Macromedia captivate 2 Quick Setup Guide

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Basics

You can create projects with Adobe Captivate quickly and easily. The following are the basic steps 
involved in creating projects:

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Plan your project using storyboards, scripts, or whatever organizational materials are 
appropriate.

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Set initial project options and preferences.

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Create your project. Capture onscreen action of all kinds. You can create a new project from 
scratch or use a template. You can even import other file and project types into Adobe 
Captivate projects. 

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Add captions, images, sound, animated text, video, and countless other options to your 
project. Customize what you add for your own particular needs.

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If appropriate, add quizzes and other branching elements to individual slides.

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If necessary, change project and object timing using the Timeline.

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If necessary, quickly edit and reuse any object in your project from the Library.

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Review all interactive objects and branching paths in your project. The Branching view gives 
you an easy overview of all branching in your project, and you can review all interactive objects 
in the Advanced Interaction dialog box.

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Preview the project. 

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Reuse the project for multiple purposes. The new hide/lock feature, accessible from the 
Timeline, allows you to hide or lock objects in your project. Click the eye icon to hide or show 
objects on a slide. Click the padlock icon to lock or unlock objects. Locking an object prevents 
it from being moved or changed. 

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Publish the project in any of a variety of formats. 

About the work environment

Adobe Captivate is designed so you can create a project easily. The following is an overview of the 
Adobe Captivate work environment.