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32 Chapter 3: Creating Projects
To convert a PowerPoint presentation into an Adobe Captivate project:
1.
Open Adobe Captivate.
2.
On the Start page, click Record or create a new project.
The New project options dialog box appears.
3.
In the left pane, click Other.
The Other Project Type window appears.
4.
Select Import from Microsoft PowerPoint and click OK.
The Open dialog box appears.
5.
Navigate to the PowerPoint file you want to import into Adobe Captivate and click Open.
A progress bar shows the progress as Adobe Captivate loads the PowerPoint presentation. After
the presentation loads, the Convert PowerPoint presentations dialog box appears.
6.
Set the properties for your new project:
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Enter a project title in the Name text box.
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To change the image size, enter new numbers in the Width and Height text boxes, or use
the arrows to specify new numbers. You can also specify a commonly used size in the Preset
size pop-up menu.
Note: In general, project sizes larger than 800 x 600 pixels do not stream well over dial-up
connections.
7.
Scroll through the slide thumbnails in the Slides Preview and select the slides you want to
import.
Note: By default Adobe Captivate selects all of the slides in the PowerPoint file. You can clear the
check boxes on individual slides that you don’t want to import, or you can click Clear All and then
select the check boxes of the slides you want to import.
8.
Click OK.
The new Adobe Captivate project is generated and opens in Adobe Captivate Storyboard view.
About planning projects
You can start recording Adobe Captivate projects right away using the default settings, but it may
be helpful to do a little planning and customize some recording settings.
Using Adobe Captivate, you can create a simple project quickly or you can create a more
sophisticated project with images, background music, animation, Flash Videos, voice-over
narration (with closed captioning), and detailed captions.
No matter what kind of project you want to create, it is helpful to do some planning before you
start taking screenshots. Consider first what you want the user to do, learn, or achieve as a result
of viewing your project. Defining this goal allows you to create a comprehensive plan for success.
Once you have defined the action you want the audience to take, you can create the “core” of the
project.
When you are ready to begin drafting project content, you can do so using storyboards or scripts.