Macromedia captivate 2 Manual De Usuario

Changing how a project starts and ends

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Changing how a project starts and ends

You can define how a project starts and ends. Adobe Captivate provides many options, including 
fade in, fade out, looping the project, and displaying a load screen.

To define how a project starts and ends:

1.

Open an Adobe Captivate project.

2.

From the Project menu, select Preferences.

3.

Click the Start and End tab.

4.

Change options as required.

Loading Screen 

Select this option to display a loading screen at the start of the project. A 

loading screen might be useful if the first slide of the project is large or contains audio and 
takes a few moments to appear. Click More to select an image.

Note: Adobe Captivate includes several loading screen images you can use, or you can create a 
custom image. To make a custom image available as a loading screen option, use Windows 
Explorer to copy and paste the image into the following folder: ProgramFiles\Adobe\Adobe 
Captivate 2\Gallery\Preloaders. Supported formats are JPG, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, ICO, EMF, 
WMF, and SWF. 

Password protect project 

Select this option to establish a password that users must enter 

before they can view the project. Click More to set password options.

Project expiration date 

Select this option to set a date for the project to expire. When a 

project expires, it can no longer be viewed. 

Message line 1 

This option lets you write an expiration message. The message appears if the 

project has reached its expiration date (set earlier) and a user tries to view the project. 

Message line 2 

This option lets you add a second line of text to the project expiration 

message, if necessary.

Fade in on the first frame 

Select this option to have the first slide of the project fade into 

view.

The following options are in the Project end options area:

Action 

Click the pop-up menu and select an action to take place at the end of the project.

Stop Project 

This option stops the project after it plays once.

Loop Project 

This option continuously replays the project. (When the end is reached, the 

project restarts.)

Close Project 

This option closes the browser window at the end of the project.

Open URL or file 

This option specifies a URL or file to load at the end of the project.

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To load a URL, type the full path to a website (for example, http://www.website.com). Click 
the pop-up menu to select the window in which the URL should appear; choose from 
Current, New, Parent, and Top. 

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To load a file, click More, browse to the file, select the file, and click Open.Click the pop-up 
menu to select the window in which the file should appear; choose from Current, New, 
Parent, and Top.