Changing Slide Timing; Setting Caption Speed Automatically - Adobe CAPTIVATE 2-USING CAPTIVATE Use Manual

If it is not open already, show the Timeline by clicking the splitter bar. To expand the Timeline,
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click the display arrow.
Do one of the following:
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"Scrub" the slide by dragging the playhead to the left or right. As you move the playhead,
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objects appear and fade as they will when users view the slide. Scrubbing gives you the
ability to control the pace and view the slide at any speed from very slowly to very quickly.
With the playhead in any location on the Timeline, press the Spacebar or F3 to begin
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playing the slide.
With the playhead in any location on the Timeline, press Play in the lower-left corner of the
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Timeline. (To end playback, press Stop or to wait, press Pause.)

Changing slide timing

The amount of time an individual slide appears is as important as the overall length of the project.
It is critical that your users have enough time to read and comprehend what is on the screen. You
can make many changes to slide timing using the Timeline, but it is also useful to set an amount
of time for the slide to appear.
Note: Slide timing cannot be shorter than the longest object. For example, if you have a slide with a
caption that appears for 6 seconds, you cannot set the slide time for 4 seconds.
To change slide timing:
Open an Adobe Captivate project.
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Double-click a slide whose timing you want to change.
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If it is not open already, show the Timeline by clicking the splitter bar. To expand the Timeline,
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click the display arrow.
The slide timing is contained in a Timeline object named "Slide." To shorten or lengthen the
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amount of time it takes for the slide to play, move the mouse pointer over the right edge of the
Slide object until the resize pointer appears, click and hold down the mouse button and drag
the edge to the left or right. Adobe Captivate shows the amount of time the slide will appear, in
parentheses, next to the word Slide. The maximum amount of time a slide can appear is 1 hour
(3600 seconds).

Setting caption speed automatically

Adobe Captivate contains an option that automatically calculates caption timing. This default
option uses the length of caption text to determine how long a caption should appear.
To set caption speed automatically:
Open an Adobe Captivate project that contains captions.
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From the Options menu, select Calculate Caption Timing. (A check mark appears in front of
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the option when it is selected.)
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