Macromedia captivate 2-getting started User Manual

Chapter 3: Basics

Background color

This is the color that will appear in the background of the text entry box.

Select a color from the pop-up display.

Note: The transparency effect does not appear when you view the text entry box in Edit view. To
test the transparency effect, press F4 to preview the slide.

The following options are in the Options area:

Success caption

Select this option to include a success caption (for example,

“Congratulations!”).

Failure caption

Select this option to include a failure caption (for example, “Sorry, please try

again”).

Hint caption

Select this option to include a hint caption. (The hint caption appears when

users rest the mouse over the text entry box.)

Pause for success/failure captions

Select this option to have the project pause until all

success and failure captions (see previous explanations for captions) have displayed for the user
to read.

Show button

Select this option to display a button with text such as ENTER or

COMPLETE. (To add or edit button text, view the slide in Edit view and double-click the
button to open the Button dialog box.)

Show text box frame

Select this option if you want the text entry box frame to be visible to

users. If you do not select this option, only the text is displayed.

Password

Select this option if you want to mimic a password text box.

Case-sensitive

Select this option to make the text entry box case-sensitive. This means that

users must provide answers with the correct combination of lowercase and uppercase letters.

If you want to add audio to the text entry box, click the Audio tab. Select from the following
options:

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Click the Play button to play the audio file.

■

Click the Stop button to stop playing the audio file.

■

Click the Delete button to remove the audio file from the text entry box.

Edit

Displays the Edit Audio dialog box. This dialog box lets you edit the audio file in a

variety of ways, such as inserting silent periods and adjusting the volume.

Record new

Click to open the Record Audio dialog box. (Recording audio requires some

basic equipment.)

Import

Displays the Import Audio dialog box. This dialog box lets you browse to an audio

file and import it.

Select Audio from Library

Click to open the Audio Library, which lists all audio files that

are already part of the currently open Adobe Captivate project.

Settings

Click to open the Audio Settings dialog box, where you can set and calibrate a

recording device and change audio quality level.

Fade in [#] seconds

Specifies the number of seconds for the audio to fade in to full volume.

Fade out [#] seconds

Specifies the number of seconds for audio to fade out to silence.