Setting The Background Color - Adobe CAPTIVATE 2-USING CAPTIVATE Use Manual

Keep project the same size and fill background with color
the same size, but creates a project background at the size that you specified earlier. For
example, if your original project is 550 x 400 pixels and you set the new size to 640 x 480, this
option keeps the project at 550 x 400 and creates extra space around the project of 90 x 80.
You can select any background color and choose a position for the project on the background,
such as Center or Top Right.
Rescale captions, highlight boxes, and other objects
Captivate automatically rescale all objects in your project such as captions, highlight boxes,
click boxes, and text entry boxes to the new, larger size.
The following options are in the If the new size is smaller area:
Rescale
This option resizes and resamples the project to provide a good quality project. To
also rescale any objects in the project, select the Rescale captions, highlight boxes, and other
objects option.
Crop This option crops the project to the new size. If any background space appears after
cropping, you can select a specific color for the background by clicking Crop fill color. If you
select the crop option, click Next to open the Crop Area dialog box where you can define a
crop area.
Rescale captions, highlight boxes, and other objects
Captivate automatically rescale all objects in your project such as captions, highlight boxes,
click boxes, and text entry boxes to the new, smaller size.
Click Finish.
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The project is resized according to your choices.

Setting the background color

You can set the background color of the project. Depending upon the type of slide and how a
screenshot is captured, the background color may or may not appear on all slides.
To set the background color:
Open an Adobe Captivate project.
1.
From the Project menu, select Preferences.
2.
The Project Preferences dialog box appears.
Click the Preferences tab.
3.
Click the box next to Project background color to open the Color dialog box.
4.
Select a color:
5.
Pick a color from the basic colors palette.
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Click More Colors to design a custom color.
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Click the eyedropper icon to select and copy any color on your screen.
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In the text field, enter the value for the color you want and press Enter.
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Click OK.
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This option keeps the project
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