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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.
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Test the new text captions by opening different slides in Edit view and reading the new caption
text.
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.
The Text Caption dialog box appears.
4.
Click the various tabs and make any changes you want. (For details about all of the available
options, click the Help button.)
5.
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 Macromedia® 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:
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Brightblue1.bmp an image with no callouts
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Brightblue2.bmp an image with a callout to the right or upper right
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Brightblue3.bmp an image with a callout to the left or upper left
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Brightblue4.bmp an image with a callout to the lower right
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Brightblue5.bmp an image with a callout to the lower left