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Branching view
This view appears when you click the Branching tab. The Branching view gives you a visual
representation of all links between the slides in a project, and lets you quickly edit those links.
The left pane contains the Properties, Overview, and Legend areas, which are all collapsible. The
Properties area shows the link properties of the selected slide or link, and lets you edit the
navigation type; the Overview section indicates which portion of the project you're reviewing in
the main Branching pane; and the Legend section defines how each type of link between slides is
displayed. The main pane displays the type of link between slides, and lets you find and select the
slide you want to review. The bottom pane displays and lets you add notes for the slide selected in
the main pane.
The Branching view is particularly helpful when creating instructional materials containing
question slides, and specifying different paths for right and wrong answers. For example, you can
set one action (such as "Go to the next slide") when a user supplies a correct answer, and you can
set a different action (such as "Open URL or file") when a user supplies an incorrect answer.
Using the Branching view, you can easily make changes to the branching design.
You can export the branching view of an existing Adobe Captivate project into a BMP, JPEG, or
JPG file.
About the Timeline
The Timeline is a visual representation of all objects on slides. The Timeline provides an easy way
to view, at a high level, all objects on a slide and their relationship to each other. With the
Timeline, you can organize objects and precisely control the timing of objects. For example, on a
slide that contains a caption, an image, and a highlight box, you can display the caption, then the
image four seconds later, and then the highlight box two 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.
You can use the Timeline to hide or lock objects easily. This is useful when a slide contains many
objects and you need to edit the objects separately.
About toolbars and menus
In all views, the program contains menus and toolbars at the top of the program window. Context
(right-click) menus are also available throughout the program.
Menu bar
Click a menu at the top of the program window (for example, File, Insert, or
Options) to see the related menu commands.
Context menus
mouse button, and select a command from the menu.
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 project and click F11 to display Adobe Captivate in full-
screen edit mode.
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Place the mouse pointer in the pane in which you want to work. Press the right
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