Adobe CAPTIVATE 5 - Customizing Project Size; Enabling Backup File Creation

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USING ADOBE CAPTIVATE 5
Creating Projects
Last updated 4/22/2010
2 Specify the dimensions of the project template, and click OK.
3 Do one or all of the following:
• Set the properties for the slide, such as background, navigation, and audio.
• Use drawing tools to color and demarcate different sections of the slide.
• Set preferences for that template using the Preferences dialog box. The preferences are automatically applied
when you use the project template to create a project.
4 Insert other Adobe Captivate objects, and supported media types.
Best practice is to add all objects or media that do not change from project to project (for example, a logo) as actual
objects. Use placeholders for objects or media that are specific to the project.
5 To insert placeholders for slides, select Insert > Placeholder Slides, and choose the type of slide placeholder.
6 To insert placeholders for objects in the slides, select Insert > Placeholder Objects and choose the type of object
placeholder. Specify the properties for the various placeholder objects that you have inserted.
7 Save the file. The file is saved with a .cptl extension.
Create projects from project templates
1 Select File > New Project > Project From Template.
2 Navigate to the template file and click Open.
3 Double-click the placeholder and do the following:
• For placeholder objects, use the respective dialog box to add objects to the placeholder. The placeholder is
converted to a concrete object.
• For recording slide placeholders, double-click the placeholder slide to start recording.
• For question slide placeholders, double-click the placeholder slide to insert a question slide.
Customizing the project size
When you start creating a new project, you are prompted to choose a predefine size for the project. You can also specify
a custom Width and Height for your project.
If you want to reuse the custom size frequently, you can save the project size and assign a name to it. By doing so, you
get to choose the custom size from the Select menu the next time you create a project.
1 In the New <type of project> Project dialog box, click Customize. The Custom Project Size dialog box appears.
2 Click New and type a name for the custom size. For example, “Size for Adobe Projects.”
3 Specify the height and width.
4 Click Save and then click OK.
The saved custom size now appears in the Select list of the New <type of project> Project dialog box.
Enable backup file creation
Adobe Captivate creates a backup file for your project when you save it. When you re-save the project, the changes are
saved to the backup file too. The backup file is saved with a .bak extension.
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