Macromedia captivate 2 Manual De Usuario

Adding animations

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About animation in Adobe Captivate

Adobe Captivate lets you add animation to Adobe Captivate SWF files. This introduces an
element of motion that is effective and eye-catching for users. Add existing animation files to a
slide or use the animated text feature in Adobe Captivate.

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If you have an animation file in SWF, AVI, FLA, or GIF format, you can add it directly to a
slide. Slides containing an animation file can be edited just like other slides containing an
object.

Tip: Adobe Captivate contains a gallery that has buttons, sounds, and animations (in SWF format)
for you to use in your projects. By default, the gallery is stored in the following location when you
install Adobe Captivate: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate 2\Gallery.

Note: If you want to add a Flash animation file (FLA), you must first converted it to a SWF file. To
do this conversion you must have Flash MX 2004 or later installed on your computer.

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To add animated text, select from a number of interesting effects included with Adobe
Captivate. Experiment with different fonts, colors, and effects to achieve the right look. Slides
containing animated text, with their combination of text, movement, and sound (if you choose
to add audio) make great opening slides for projects.

Note: Device fonts are not displayed in Adobe Captivate. If you import an animation file containing
text created with device fonts, the animation appears in Adobe Captivate, but the text does not. For
animations that will be imported into Adobe Captivate, try to use embedded fonts for text.

Adding animations

If you already have animation files in SWF, AVI, GIF, or FLA format, you can add them to Adobe
Captivate slides. You can add animation files to slides the same way that you add other content.
You can edit slides containing an animation file as you would any others.

Note: If you want to add a Flash animation file (FLA), you must first converted it to a SWF file. To do
this conversion you must have Flash MX 2004 or later installed on your computer.

To add animations to slides:

Open an Adobe Captivate project.

In Storyboard view, double-click the slide to which you want to add an animation file.

From the Insert menu, select Animation.

The Open dialog box appears.

Navigate to the animation file you want to add to the slide, select it, and click Open.

The New animation dialog box appears.

Set properties and options as required.