Adding Highlight Boxes - Adobe 65029940 - Captivate - PC Using Manual

Adding highlight boxes

Captivate lets you add highlight boxes to spotlight areas within a slide. You can think of a
highlight box as the online equivalent of a highlighter pen used on paper. Add highlight boxes to
show users where to focus attention or enter data, or simply as emphasis. You can control the size,
color, transparency, and timing for highlight boxes.
To add a highlight box:
Open a Captivate project.
1.
Double-click on the slide to which you want to add a highlight box.
2.
From the Insert menu, select Highlight Box.
3.
The New Highlight Box dialog box appears.
On the Highlight Box tab, set the following options:
4.
Frame color: This is the border color for the highlight box. Click the color box to change the
color.
Fill color: This is the fill color for the highlight box. Click the color box to change the color.
Frame width: This is the width for the border of the highlight box.
Fill transparency: This is the degree of transparency for the fill color. Select a value from 0% to
100%. A value of 10% is less transparent (more solid) than a value of 90%.
Preview: This area displays the settings you selected above in Appearance.
Apply properties to all highlight boxes in the movie: Select this option to apply the changes
you made in this tab to all the highlight boxes in the movie.
Click the Options tab and set the following options:
5.
Display for [time]: Specifies the timing of the highlight box. Click on the pop-up menu and
select an option. If you select the specific time option, you can enter the exact number of
seconds for the highlight box to appear.
Appear after [#] seconds: Displays the highlight box after the slide has been displayed for the
selected number of seconds.
Effect: Use the pop-up menu to select a transition effect for the highlight box. Select a fade in
or fade out option, or select No transition. If you select fade in or fade out, use the arrows to
set the exact amount of time (in seconds) for the effect.
Apply effect to all highlight boxes in the movie: Select this option to apply the changes you
made in this tab to all the highlight boxes in the movie.
If you want to add audio to the highlight box, click the Audio tab. Select from the following
6.
options:
Play: Click to play the audio file.
Stop: Click to stop playing the audio file.
Delete: Click to remove the audio file from the highlight box.
Edit: Displays the Edit Audio dialog box. This dialog box lets you edit the audio file in a
variety of ways, such as inserting silent periods and adjusting the volume.
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