Chapter 13: Advanced Editing And Project Reviews; Projects And Project Preferences - Adobe CAPTIVATE 5 Help Manual

Last updated 4/22/2010
Chapter 13: Advanced Editing and Project
Reviews

Projects and project preferences

Overview of project editing
When you record or create a project, you provide it with the required framework. To provide your project with a
professional touch and to meet any standards set by the client or company, you can edit it. Editing a project involves
the following:
• Adding additional slides and objects
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Editing slides and objects
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Reordering slides
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Deleting slides and objects that are not required
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Changing the timing of slides and objects
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Adding a skin
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Adding a table of contents
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Changing the dimensions of the project
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Changing the file size of the completed project.
You can set various project preferences in the Project menu of the Preferences dialog box. Any preferences you select
are for the currently open project only, enabling you to set different preferences for different projects.
Edit project preferences
You can set project preferences that are applied to all the slides in the project. Some of these settings can overrule
specific settings that you have set at the slide level. Use the Project menu in the Preferences dialog box to make the
changes.
Edit project information
Project properties are visible to users from the Information button that is included with all playback controls. It is
important to set project properties if you are creating 508-compliant accessible projects.
Select Edit > Preferences > Project > Information (Windows) or Adobe Captivate > Preferences > Project >
Information (Mac OS)and specify the following properties:
Name of the author or authors of the project.
Author
Name of the company or organization responsible for the content in the document.
Company
E-mail address for the company or, if appropriate, of your customer service department.
E-mail
Website address of the company.
Website
Copyright information for your project.
Copyright
A distinctive and descriptive name for your project.
Project Name
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