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USING ADOBE CAPTIVATE 5
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Last updated 4/22/2010
Preview a slide using the playhead
The playhead moves through the Timeline to indicate how the currently displayed slide appears in the project. It is a
quick and efficient way to preview a single slide and check object timing. To see how the playhead functions, press F3.
The red line that moves across the Timeline is the playhead. You can stop a playhead when it is playing by clicking it.
To drag the playhead to a required position, move the mouse over its “head” in the area displaying the time. When the
pointer appears, drag the playhead to the required position.
❖ Do one of the following:
• “Scrub” the slide by dragging the playhead to the left or right. As you move the playhead, objects appear and fade
as they will when users view the slide. Scrubbing gives you the ability to control the pace and view the slide at
any speed from very slowly to very quickly.
• With the playhead in any location on the Timeline, press the Spacebar or F3 to begin playing the slide.
• With the playhead in any location on the Timeline, press Play in the lower-left corner of the Timeline. (To end
playback, press Stop, or to wait, press Pause.)
Branching view
The Branching view gives you a visual representation of all links between the slides in a project and lets you quickly
edit those links. Select Window > Branching View to open the Branching View panel.
The main pane displays all the slides, the type of link between the slide,s and lets you find and select the slide you want
to review. To collapse the slide path use the ‘-’ icon that appears adjacent to the slides. To view and change the
properties of a slide, select the slide and use the Property Inspector.
The bottom pane provides an overview and the left pane lists all the unlinked slides.
The Branching view is particularly helpful when creating instructional materials containing question slides and
specifying different paths for right and wrong answers. For example, you can set one action (such as “Go to the next
slide”) when a user supplies a correct answer, and you can set a different action (such as “Open URL or file”) when a
user supplies an incorrect answer. Using the Branching view, you can easily make changes to the branching design.
You can export the Branching view of an existing Adobe Captivate project into a BMP, JPEG, or JPG file.
Create Slide Group Combines the selected slides into a single group. For more information on grouping slides, see
Expand Slide Group Displays all the slides belonging to the selected group. The slides in a group are by default in a
collapsed state.
Collapse Slide Group Combines the expanded slides of a group back into a group.
Remove Slide Group Ungroups the grouped slides.
Export Branching View Export the Branching view as a JPEG or BMP file using the dialog box that appears.
Adobe Captivate Library
Library overview
An Adobe Captivate library is a repository of resources, such as, audio files, images, and animations. Every Adobe
Captivate project contains its own library.
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