Changing How A Project Starts And Ends - Adobe CAPTIVATE 2-USING CAPTIVATE Use Manual

Changing how a project starts and ends

You can define how a project starts and ends. Adobe Captivate provides many options, including
fade in, fade out, looping the project, and displaying a load screen.
To define how a project starts and ends:
Open an Adobe Captivate project.
1.
From the Project menu, select Preferences.
2.
Click the Start and End tab.
3.
Change options as required.
4.
Loading Screen
loading screen might be useful if the first slide of the project is large or contains audio and
takes a few moments to appear. Click More to select an image.
Note: Adobe Captivate includes several loading screen images you can use, or you can create a
custom image. To make a custom image available as a loading screen option, use Windows
Explorer to copy and paste the image into the following folder: ProgramFiles\Adobe\Adobe
Captivate 2\Gallery\Preloaders. Supported formats are JPG, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, ICO, EMF,
WMF, and SWF.
Password protect project
before they can view the project. Click More to set password options.
Project expiration date
project expires, it can no longer be viewed.
Message line 1
project has reached its expiration date (set earlier) and a user tries to view the project.
Message line 2
message, if necessary.
Fade in on the first frame
view.
The following options are in the Project end options area:
Action Click the pop-up menu and select an action to take place at the end of the project.
Stop Project
Loop Project
project restarts.)
Close Project
Open URL or file
To load a URL, type the full path to a website (for example, http://www.website.com). Click
■
the pop-up menu to select the window in which the URL should appear; choose from
Current, New, Parent, and Top.
To load a file, click More, browse to the file, select the file, and click Open.Click the pop-up
■
menu to select the window in which the file should appear; choose from Current, New,
Parent, and Top.
Select this option to display a loading screen at the start of the project. A
Select this option to establish a password that users must enter
Select this option to set a date for the project to expire. When a
This option lets you write an expiration message. The message appears if the
This option lets you add a second line of text to the project expiration
Select this option to have the first slide of the project fade into
This option stops the project after it plays once.
This option continuously replays the project. (When the end is reached, the
This option closes the browser window at the end of the project.
This option specifies a URL or file to load at the end of the project.
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