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USING ADOBE CAPTIVATE 5
Noninteractive Objects and Media
Last updated 4/22/2010
6 The Word document contains the slide ID, item ID, original caption text, and the slide number. You can change
the caption text in the Updated Text Caption Data column. Provide a copy of the Word document to the
localizer/translator.
7 The localizer/translator should open the Word document and edit the caption text directly in the Updated Text
Caption Data column in the document, replacing the source language text with the new text.
8 While the localizer/translator is translating the text, make a copy of the original Adobe Captivate project for the
new language.
Note: When you create a copy of the original project, be sure to keep the original text captions (in the source language)
in the new project. The original text captions act as placeholders and are overwritten when you import the new
(localized) text captions.
9 When the text captions are localized, open the copy of the project you created in step 8.
10 Select File > Import > Project Captions And Closed Captions.
11 Navigate to the localized text captions Word (DOC) file, select the file, and click Open.
12 The new, localized text captions are imported into the project, and all formatting is retained. A dialog box appears
showing a successful import message. Click OK.
13 Test the new text captions by opening different slides in Edit view and reading the new caption text.
Creating custom text caption styles
You can create custom text caption styles for your Adobe Captivate projects with a graphics program, such as Adobe®
Fireworks® or Adobe® Photoshop®.
Custom text captions must be in BMP (bitmap) format. In general, each Adobe Captivate text caption has five
associated bitmap images.
Naming custom text caption styles
When creating custom text caption styles, be sure to follow the correct naming conventions. Each caption style has a
unique name, and you must use this name at the beginning of each associated bitmap filename. For example, if you
create a text caption style named “Brightblue,” the five bitmap images that constitute the new style should be named
as follows:
• Brightblue1.bmp, an image with no callouts
• Brightblue2.bmp, an image with a callout to the right or upper-right
• Brightblue3.bmp, an image with a callout to the left or upper-left
• Brightblue4.bmp, an image with a callout to the lower right
• Brightblue5.bmp, an image with a callout to the lower left
Storing custom text caption styles
You must store all the bitmap images for a custom text caption style in the Adobe Captivate Captions folder located in
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate 4\Gallery\Captions (on Windows) and /Applications/Adobe Captivate
5/Gallery/Captions (on Mac OS). After you add the five new bitmaps to the captions folder, Adobe Captivate
recognizes the bitmap files as a new text caption style. The next time you add a new text caption, your new custom style
appears in the text caption style list.
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