Adobe CAPTIVATE 2-USING CAPTIVATE Use Manual page 168

To create a SWF theme for your project:
Open an Adobe Captivate project.
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From the Project menu, select Skin.
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The Skin Editor dialog box appears.
From the Skin pop-up menu, select Default SWF Theme.
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Note: If you have previously created and saved SWF themes, they will appear in the pop-up menu
and you can reuse them or modify them to create new themes.
In the Playback Control tab, select Show playback control.
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Choose a location for your playbar and click one of the Position buttons: left, top, bottom, or
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right.
The preview window reflects whatever change you make.
From the Layout pop-up menu, select the alignment of your playbar. (For a top or bottom
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playbar you can choose left, right, center, or stretched. For a side playbar you can choose top,
bottom, center, or stretched.)
From the checkbox list, select the items you want to include on your playback control. You can
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select:
Play/Pause
resume the project.
Rewind Include this button to allow your user to rewind.
Forward Include this button to allow your user to move to the next slide.
Closed Captioning
and want to give your user the option to turn them on or off.
Note: To review or change the settings for closed captioning in your project, click the Settings
button.
Back
Include this button to allow users to move back one slide.
Close/Exit
important for full screen projects as it allows the user to close the window quickly.
Mute
Include this button to allow users to turn the project audio off and back on.
Progress bar
project, and to move back and forth in the project by dragging the indicator on the progress
bar.
To change the transparency of the playback control background, click the up and down arrow
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next to the Transparency text box, or type a number in the text box.
Note: You can configure the transparency option only for the SWF playbar background. The
transparency of the playbar buttons cannot be configured.
To change the color of any playback control element, select the Playback Colors option. If you
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prefer to use the default color, leave the option cleared.
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Include this button on the playback control to allow your user to pause and
Include this button if you have included closed captions in your project
Include this button to allow users to exit the project. This is particularly
Include this option to allow users to see the progress as they move through the