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Chapter 11: Adding and Managing Objects
Tip: In Edit view, open the Library to view all media objects in your project. From the View menu,
select Show Library to see the list of objects sorted into these categories: Audio, Backgrounds,
Images, and Media.
select Show Library to see the list of objects sorted into these categories: Audio, Backgrounds,
Images, and Media.
The following objects add interactivity to projects:
Click boxes
Click boxes are clickable boxes that add interactivity and can be used to
demonstrate an application’s capabilities by requiring users to click a menu or button.
Text entry boxes
Text entry boxes allow you to increase Adobe Captivate project interaction
quickly and easily. For example, you can use text entry boxes to ask simple quiz questions.
Buttons
Buttons increase the interactivity of Adobe Captivate projects and can be added, sized,
and located on a slide as required.
Tip: From the Project menu, select Advanced Interaction to view and edit details of all interactive
objects in your project.
objects in your project.
Importing objects
You can import objects (images, captions, audio, highlight boxes, and so on) from one Adobe
Captivate project into another. This feature is useful in two situations. First, you might want to
delete an existing project, but keep the objects to add to another project. Second, you might need
to redo slides in a project, but want to keep the existing objects to save time.
Captivate project into another. This feature is useful in two situations. First, you might want to
delete an existing project, but keep the objects to add to another project. Second, you might need
to redo slides in a project, but want to keep the existing objects to save time.
Note: If you want to reuse individual media objects from another Adobe Captivate 2 project, you can
open that project’s Library from within your current project Library and drag objects directly onto a
slide or into the current project Library for easy reuse.
open that project’s Library from within your current project Library and drag objects directly onto a
slide or into the current project Library for easy reuse.
To import objects from one Adobe Captivate project into another:
1.
Open the Adobe Captivate project to which you want to add existing objects.
2.
From the File menu, select Import/Export > Import Slides/Objects from other Adobe Captivate
Projects.
Projects.
3.
Select the project that contains the objects to import, and click Open.
The Import Project dialog box appears.
4.
Select the objects you want to add to your current project. To do this, for each slide click the
Import pop-up menu and select an option. Use the slider bar, or Tab (next slide) and Shift-Tab
(previous slide) to navigate through all the slides in the project. Click Select All-Objects to select
all objects in the project. Click Clear All-Objects to clear all objects in the project. To import
objects only, select the Objects only option.
Import pop-up menu and select an option. Use the slider bar, or Tab (next slide) and Shift-Tab
(previous slide) to navigate through all the slides in the project. Click Select All-Objects to select
all objects in the project. Click Clear All-Objects to clear all objects in the project. To import
objects only, select the Objects only option.
Selecting the Objects only option lets you specify exactly which slide you want to add the
objects to in the current project. Just click the pop-up menu next to Place objects on and select
a current project slide number.
objects to in the current project. Just click the pop-up menu next to Place objects on and select
a current project slide number.
5.
When you are done, click OK.
The objects are added to the open project.
6.
Open different slides in Edit view to see the objects that were imported.