Customizing The Work Environment - Adobe 65029940 - Captivate - PC Using Manual

Toolbars and menus
In both views, the program contains menus and toolbars at the top of the program window.
Context (right-click) menus are also available throughout the program.
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Menu bar: Click a menu at the top of the program window (for example, File, Insert, or
Options) to see the related menu commands.
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Context menus: Place the mouse pointer in the pane in which you want to work. Press the
right mouse button, and select command from the menu.
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Toolbars: Click an icon on any of the program toolbars as a shortcut to dialog boxes and
actions. All of the toolbar options (for example, showing/hiding toolbars, toolbar location, and
so on) for a given view are located in the View menu.
Tip: For maximum editing space, open a movie and click F11 to display Captivate in full-screen edit
mode.

Customizing the work environment

You can change and customize certain elements of the Captivate work environment to suit your
work style.
To change the size and location of the Filmstrip:
Open a Captivate movie.
1.
Double-click on any slide to open Edit view.
2.
By default, the Filmstrip appears on the left side with medium icons that represent the slides in
the movie.
To move the Filmstrip to another location, click the View menu, select Filmstrip
Orientation, and then select an option from the submenu such as Right, Top, or Bottom.
To change the size of the slide thumbnail images, drag the splitter bar toward the outside of
the program window to make the thumbnails smaller or toward the inside to make the
thumbnails larger.
To hide the Filmstrip completely, click the splitter bar arrow.
To show or hide the Timeline:
Open a Captivate movie.
1.
Double-click on any slide to open Edit view.
2.
By default, the Timeline appears along the top of the slide.
If it is not open already, show the Timeline by clicking the splitter bar arrow.
To expand the Timeline, click the small, black display arrow. To close the Timeline, click
the display arrow again.
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