Localizing Text Captions - Adobe 65029940 - Captivate - PC User Manual

Localizing text captions

If you are localizing a project that contains text captions, you can export text captions to make the process more
efficient.
To localize text captions:
1 Create the initial ("source language") version of the project, including all necessary text captions.
Open the completed project.
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Select File > Export > Project captions and closed captions option.
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By default, the Word (DOC) file is saved to your My Documents\My Adobe Captivate Projects folder. Change
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the location if you want. Also, the Word file is named [ProjectName] Captions.doc. You can change the name of
the file, if necessary, by clicking directly in the File name text box and entering a new name (retain the .doc file
extension). Click Save.
The Word file is generated with the name you specified and saved to the location you selected. A dialog box
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appears, asking if you want to view the document. Click Yes to view the document in Word.
The Word document contains the slide ID, item ID, original caption text, and the slide number. There is also a
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column named "Updated Text Caption Data" where changes to the caption text can be made. Provide a copy of
the Word document to the localizer/translator.
The localizer/translator should open the Word document and edit the caption text directly in "Updated Text
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Caption Data" column in the document, replacing the source language text with the new text.
While the localizer/translator is translating the text, make a copy of the original Adobe Captivate project for
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the new language.
Note: When you create a copy of the original project, be sure to keep the original text captions (in the source language)
in the new project. The original text captions act as placeholders and are overwritten when you import the new
(localized) text captions.
When the text captions are localized, open the copy of the project you created in step 8.
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Select File > Import > Project captions and closed captions option.
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Navigate to the localized text captions Word (DOC) file, select the file, and click Open.
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The new, localized text captions are imported into the project and all formatting is retained. A dialog box
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appears showing a successful import message. Click OK.
Test the new text captions by opening different slides in Edit view and reading the new caption text.
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