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To change the background color of the playback control, click the Background color box to
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select a color by doing one of the following:
Pick a color from the basic colors palette.
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Click More Colors to design a custom color.
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Click the eyedropper icon to select and copy any color on your screen.
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In the text field, enter the value for the color you want and press Enter.
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To change the button glow color, which is the color that highlights the buttons when a user
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hovers over them with a mouse, click the Button glow color box to select a color.
To change the button face color, click the Button face color box to select a color.
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To change the button icon color, which is the color of the symbol on the button face, click the
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Button icon color box to select a color.
If you want to save your new SWF theme for reuse in another project, click Save As and enter
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a theme name in the Save as dialog box. Click OK.
When you are finished making adjustments to your theme, click OK.
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Note: You can hide the playback control but preserve the settings you selected by clearing the Show
playback control option on the Playback Control tab.
Creating custom playback controls
Users control Adobe Captivate projects with playback control buttons such as Play or Pause.
These buttons allow users to set the pace of the project as necessary.
For example, if a project contains step-by-step instructions, a Pause button lets users pause the
project until they have finished reading and processing the necessary information.
You select the playback control buttons that appear in a finished project. These buttons "float" in
front of the project in a specified location. Adobe Captivate contains numerous playback controls
you can use in your projects; however, you can also create custom playback control buttons.
You can create custom BMP or SWF playback controls.
Creating custom BMP playback controls
You can create custom BMP video playbars. Each BMP playback control is a series of bitmap
images (BMP). The images are stored in the C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate
2\Gallery\PlaybackControls\BmpBars folder.
A playback control can have the following buttons:
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Play
Plays the project (or restarts the project if Pause has been clicked).
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Back
Moves back one slide.
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Forward Moves forward one slide.
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Pause Pauses the project (until Play is clicked).
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Exit Closes the web browser or project window.
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