Macromedia captivate 2 Guide D’Installation Rapide

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Chapter 3:  Basics

5.

Click the Options tab and set the following options:

Display for 

Specify the timing of the text caption appearance. From the pop-up menu, select 

one of the following options. 

■

Specific time 

Select this option and type the number of seconds to specify the exact 

number duration the text caption appears in the slide.

■

Rest of slide 

Choose this option to have the text caption appear the entire duration of the 

slide.

■

Rest of project 

Choose this option to have the text caption appear the entire duration of 

the project.

Appear after [#] seconds 

Specify the number of seconds that should pass before the text 

caption appears on the slide.

Effect 

Click the pop-up menu and select a transition effect for the text caption. Select a fade 

in or fade out option, or select No transition.

6.

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

■

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 click 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 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.

7.

Use the Settings menu to select how to apply property changes in the project. To apply all your 
changes, select Apply only changed properties. To apply all the text caption settings, select 
Apply all properties. You can apply the text caption settings to the current slide only or to all 
slides. And you can choose to apply the text caption settings to all captions or only the text 
captions of the same type as the current one.

Note: If you change the settings in this dialog box, they become the default settings and any new 
text captions that you create use the new settings.

8.

Click the Apply to all button to apply the settings specified from the Settings menu.

9.

When you finish, click OK.

The text caption appears on the slide.