Adobe 65029940 - Captivate - PC, User Manual

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CHAPTER 16
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Adobe Captivate and other software applications
Importing PowerPoint presentations
You can import entire Microsoft PowerPoint presentations directly into Adobe Captivate. When you import a
PowerPoint presentation, a new Adobe Captivate project is created and the individual PowerPoint slides become
Adobe Captivate slides. Once the new project is created, you can perform all usual Adobe Captivate tasks; you do
not need to work in PowerPoint any further.
Note: You can also import selected PowerPoint slides into existing Adobe Captivate projects.
Adobe Captivate provides a wizard for importing projects.
To import a PowerPoint presentation:
1
Open Adobe Captivate.
2
Under Other project types, click Import from Microsoft PowerPoint and click OK.
3 Enter the name of the PowerPoint presentation to import, or click Browse to navigate to the file.
4
Click Open. A preview of the PowerPoint slides appears. Select the slides to convert to Adobe Captivate slides.
Select individual slides by selecting the check box in the upper-right corner of frames. You can also click Select
All to select all slides.
5 Select one of the following options for importing PowerPoint animations:
•
Animation
Import any animation associated with the PowerPoint slides.
•
Background Image
Import the PowerPoint slides without their associated animation.
6
To set navigation preferences for the selected slides, use one of he following options from the Advance slide list:
•
On mouse click
Move to the next slide only after the mouse is clicked.
•
Automatically
Move to the next slide after the slide time-out.
7
Select a size for the new Adobe Captivate project. Specify an exact width and height for the project in the User
defined (custom) area, or select the Preset size option and choose a commonly used project size from the pop-up
menu.
8
(Optional) Select the Maintain Aspect Ratio option to have the aspect ratio (height and width proportions)
maintained when the project is sized. This ensures that the project is displayed accurately and isn’t distorted.
9
Click OK.
The new project is generated and opens in Storyboard view.