Adobe CAPTIVATE 5 - Object Styles Management

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USING ADOBE CAPTIVATE 5
Adding and Managing Objects
Last updated 4/22/2010
The following example illustrates how to hide an image on a slide until the user clicks the Show Image button.
1 Select Insert > Image to insert an image on the slide.
2 In the Properties inspector, type a name for the image in the Item Name text box. For example, My_Image.
3 Clear the Visible check box.
4 Select Insert > Standard Objects > Button.
5 In the Action area of the Properties inspector, select Show in the On Success list, and then select My_Image in the
Show list.
When you play the movie, the image appears only when you click the button.
Object style
Object style is a set of visual attributes, such as color and font, which you apply to an object. These styles let you provide
a uniform appearance to objects that are used across slides and projects.
With this feature, you can
• Use a predefined object style or create a custom object style, and apply it to as many objects as required
• Create a custom object style by modifying the predefined style attributes
• Import or export custom object styles from one project to another
• Search for objects that use a specific style
Create and apply object styles
1 Go to Edit > Object Style Manager.
2 From the list of objects, select the object for which you want to define a style.
3 From the list of styles, select a style that is most relevant for the new style you want to create.
4 Click Clone, and then enter a name for the style.
5 Specify the style properties, and click OK.
6 To apply the style to an object, select the object and then select an object style from the Properties panel.
Specifying default object styles for the current project
1 Open the project for which you want to specify the default object styles.
2 Go to Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Adobe Captivate > Preferences (Mac OS).
3 To specify
• The default object styles while recording, click Recording > Defaults in the Category list, and then specify the
styles.
• The default styles for quiz objects, click Quiz > Default Labels in the Category list, and then specify the styles.
• The default styles for all other types of objects, click Global > Defaults in the Category list. Then specify the styles
in the Object Defaults section.
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