Adding Skins - Adobe CAPTIVATE 2-USING CAPTIVATE Use Manual

Adding skins

You can enhance your project by adding a skin. Skins include playback controls, borders, and
menu settings. Playback controls allow your users to set the pace of the Adobe Captivate project
with buttons such as Play, Pause, Mute, Stop, Forward, and Rewind. For example, if a project
contains step-by-step instructions, a Pause button lets users pause the project until they have
finished reading the necessary information.
The Skin Editor dialog box also gives you the option to add a custom border that contains the
playback control and menu items, and to enter project information.
You can also add menu items, which you can set to appear in the top left, middle, or right corner
of your project. You can use menu items to allow users to jump to a specific slide in the project,
open a different project, or access a URL or file outside of the project. You can also execute
JavaScripts or launch e-mails from menu items.
Adding a playback control to your project
You can choose to add a BMP playbar or a SWF theme to your project. A BMP playbar is a basic
playback control that consists of buttons that are bitmap (BMP) images. You can choose from a
list of existing playbars and preview them in the Skin Editor preview window.
A SWF theme is in Flash format and gives you more options for customizing the look of your
project. You can choose colors and display elements for your playback control and then save the
theme for use in other projects.
Note: When you create an Adobe Captivate project using the Full Screen option, you should select a
playback control style that contains a Close button as a courtesy to users. This lets users close the
project and access other applications quickly and easily.
To add a BMP playbar to your project:
Open an Adobe Captivate project.
1.
From the Project menu, select Skin.
2.
The Skin Editor dialog box appears.
From the Skin pop-up menu, select BMP Playbars.
3.
In the Playback Control tab, select Show playback control.
4.
From the Playbar pop-up menu, select a playbar to view it in the preview window.
5.
When you have selected the playbar you want, select the position of the playbar by clicking the
6.
top or bottom button.
From the Layout pop-up menu, select left, right, or center alignment for the playbar.
7.
Click OK.
8.
Note: You can hide the playback control but preserve the settings you selected by clearing the Show
playback control option in the Playback Control tab.
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