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54 Chapter 3: Creating Projects
Creating a new image project
You can easily create an Adobe Captivate project made up of images. This option is useful if you
need to create an Adobe Captivate project that looks like a slide show.
To create a new image 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 on the right.
4.
Select Image project and click OK.
The Image project dialog box appears.
5.
Adobe Captivate uses a default capture area of 640 x 480 pixels. To change the size, select User
defined (custom) and type new numbers in the Width and Height text boxes, or use the arrows
to enter new numbers. You can also select Preset size, and then select a commonly used size from
the pop-up menu.
Note: In general, projects larger than 800 x 600 pixels may not stream well over dial-up
connections.
6.
Click OK.
Adobe Captivate is displayed in Storyboard view, and the Open dialog box appears.
7.
Navigate to the first image you want to include as a slide in your Adobe Captivate project.
Tip: You can create multiple image slides by choosing multiple images in the Browse dialog box.
8.
Select the image and click Open.
Note: If the image you selected is larger than the project size you specified, a dialog box appears
and gives you the choice of cropping or resizing the image. Cropping trims parts of the image
(from the sides) so that the image fits into the project. Resizing keeps the entire image, but scales
it smaller so that it fits into the project.
The image you selected opens as a slide in Edit view.
9.
From the Insert menu, select Image Slide to add more images.
Creating projects with a template
You can use Adobe Captivate templates to create a new project. Templates are other projects that
you have created and saved as a template with the .cptl file extension. Because templates can be
used many times, they save you time and help you maintain consistency.
When you open a template, the Adobe Captivate recording window appears so you can record
new slides and add them to the end of the template or within the template. When you are
finished you can save the new project as a new project, new template, or both.