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Chapter 4: Adding Text Captions
Copying and pasting text captions
You can copy and paste text captions between slides. This is a great time-saver, especially if you
need to have the same text caption on multiple slides.
need to have the same text caption on multiple slides.
To copy and paste a text caption:
1.
Open an Adobe Captivate project.
2.
Select the slide containing the text caption you want to copy.
3.
Right-click the text caption and select Copy.
4.
Navigate to the slide where you want to paste the caption.
5.
Right-click on the slide and select Paste Object.
Tip: You can copy and paste more than one text caption at a time. To select multiple text captions,
press Control and click on the text captions. Then, right-click on one of the selected text captions and
choose Copy.
press Control and click on the text captions. Then, right-click on one of the selected text captions and
choose Copy.
Importing text captions
You can import text captions from a DOC file. First, you export the text captions from your
Adobe Captivate project. Adobe Captivate creates a DOC file that preserves all of the formatting
from the text captions. While the text captions are in DOC format, you can make text and
formatting changes in a word processing program. Then import the text captions back into the
Adobe Captivate project using the steps below.
Adobe Captivate project. Adobe Captivate creates a DOC file that preserves all of the formatting
from the text captions. While the text captions are in DOC format, you can make text and
formatting changes in a word processing program. Then import the text captions back into the
Adobe Captivate project using the steps below.
Note: If you export text captions to a DOC file, that DOC file can only be imported back into the
original project.
original project.
Importing and exporting text captions to and from a DOC file can be useful in several situations.
For example, if you have many text captions and need to edit the text on all of them, it might be
easier and faster to work with the text in DOC format instead of navigating from slide to slide.
For example, if you have many text captions and need to edit the text on all of them, it might be
easier and faster to work with the text in DOC format instead of navigating from slide to slide.
To import text captions:
1.
Open the Adobe Captivate project containing text captions.
2.
Export the text captions.
3.
Make the necessary changes while the text captions are in DOC format (in the Updated Text
Caption Data column), and save the DOC file.
Caption Data column), and save the DOC file.
4.
From the Adobe Captivate File menu, select Import/Export > Import project captions and
closed captions.
closed captions.
5.
Select the DOC file that contains the exported text captions.
6.
Click Open.
7.
An Information dialog box appears, confirming that the import was successful. Click OK.