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USING ADOBE CAPTIVATE 5
Audio
Last updated 4/22/2010
• If the audio file applies only to a slide, you may increase the audio duration. If the audio duration exceeds the slide
duration, on reimport, Adobe Captivate increases the slide duration to accommodate the audio. But if the audio is
attached to an item, duration of item is not increased even if the reimported item audio has a longer duration.
However, Adobe Captivate prompts you to increase the display time when you click OK or Apply for the item in
the Properties dialog box.
Editing audio files from library
1 In the Adobe Captivate library, select the audio files that you want to edit.
2 Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) and then select Edit with Adobe Soundbooth.
Adobe Soundbooth launches. The files you selected are imported and are available for editing.
3 Edit the files in Adobe Soundbooth. You can apply all effects that Adobe Soundbooth supports.
4 Select Save All.
While you edit the audio files in Adobe Soundbooth, you can continue working on your Adobe Captivate project.
If you modify the exported audio files in Adobe Captivate, they are overridden by the files edited and reimported from
Adobe Soundbooth. But if you delete or break the audio files into clips in Adobe Captivate, then those files are not
reimported.
Add closed captions to an audio file
You can improve the accessibility of your project by adding closed captioning. Closed captioning lets you create
transcripts for audio files associated with the slides in your project. When an audio file is played for a slide, the
transcripts are displayed, thus aiding hearing-impaired users.
The option that enables closed captioning is available in the Show Playback Control section of the Skin Editor. For
more information, see “Slides” on page 37.
1 Select Audio > Audio Management.
2 Select the slide that contains an audio file to which you want to add a closed caption from the list and then click the
Closed Caption button .
The following options are available in the Closed Captioning tab of the Slide Audio dialog box:
Add Closed Caption <ICON> Click to add a caption. A new row appears in the caption window below. Type the
closed caption text in the Caption column.
Delete Close Caption <ICON> Click to delete a selected caption row.
Zoom In and Zoom Out Use the slider to increase or decrease magnification of the waveform.
Playbar Use these controls to test the audio file.
Caption Window Each caption appears as a row in this window, with the start time, end time, and caption text.
Click any row to edit or delete the text or timing.
3 If you want to test the audio file, click the Play button.
4 Click the specific spot in the waveform where you want to add a caption and click ”+.”
A new caption row appears with the start time you selected on the waveform.
5 Enter the caption you want to attach to the audio file.
6 To add another row to the caption for the audio file, click add. To remove a row from the caption for the audio file,
click “-.”
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