Adobe 65029940 - Captivate - PC, User Manual

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Adding text captions
Editing text captions
After you have created text captions, it is easy to make changes to the caption style or text.
Note: If you are resizing a text caption, you cannot make the text caption smaller than the bitmap used to create the
text caption. For example, the text caption style “Pill” uses bitmaps sized approximately 18 pixels (wide) x 16 pixels
(high), so these bitmaps could not be resized down to 15 x 12 pixels. However, any of the text caption bitmaps can be
made larger. If you need very small text captions, consider creating custom captions.
To edit a text caption:
1
Open an Adobe Captivate project.
2
Select the slide that contains the text caption you want to edit.
3
Double-click the text caption to edit.
4 The Text Caption dialog box appears.
5 Click the various tabs and make any changes you want.
6
When you finish, click OK.
Tip:If you have a detailed slide that contains text captions and other objects, you might want to make the text caption
a permanent part of the background.
Creating custom text caption styles
You can create custom text caption styles for your Adobe Captivate projects with a graphics program, such as
Adobe’s 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 new text caption style named “Brightblue,” the five bitmap images that constitute the new style
should be named as follows: