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About using the Adobe Captivate Timeline
The Timeline lets you organize objects and precisely control the timing of objects on slides.
When you view the Timeline, you see a snapshot of a single slide and all of the objects on the
slide.
You have full control over when objects appear and can even specify that objects appear at the
same time. For example, on a slide that contains a caption, a highlight box, and an animation,
you can have the caption appear, then the highlight box 4 seconds later, and then the animation 2
seconds after that. The Timeline also shows any audio associated with the slide or with objects on
the slide, letting you easily coordinate the timing of audio with objects.
The Timeline provides an easy way to view, at a high level, all objects on a slide and their
relationship to each other. The major components of the Timeline are objects, the header, and the
playhead. The objects on a project slide are displayed as stacked bars on the left side of the
Timeline. The header at the top of the Timeline indicates time in seconds (and parts of seconds).
The playhead shows the point in time in which the slide is being viewed.
Note: The new hide/lock feature, accessible from the Timeline, allows you to hide or lock objects in
your project so you can use the project for multiple purposes. Click the eye icon to hide or show
objects on a slide. Click the padlock icon to lock or unlock objects. Locking an object prevents it from
being moved or changed.
The playhead shows the point in time
in which the slide is being viewed.
Changing slide timing
The amount of time an individual slide appears is as important as the overall length of the project.
It is critical that your users have enough time to read and comprehend what is on the screen. You
can make many changes to slide timing using the Timeline, but it is also useful to set an amount
of time for the slide to appear.
Note: Slide timing cannot be shorter than the longest object. For example, if you have a slide with a
caption that appears for 6 seconds, you cannot set the slide time for 4 seconds.
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Objects, such as captions, highlight boxes, click boxes, and audio files
appear as stacked bars. They can be moved left and right on the Timeline.
The header at the top of
the Timeline indicates
time in seconds (and
parts of seconds).
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