Preview Audio - Adobe CAPTIVATE 5 Help Manual

Last updated 4/22/2010
You can use background audio together with individual slide audio for a truly professional effect. Adobe Captivate
provides an option to lower the volume of background audio when a slide with audio assigned plays. For example, you
can import a music file and set it to loop continuously as background audio. In that same project, you can record voice-
over narration for individual slides, and when the voice-over audio plays, the music volume is lowered.
1 In an open project, do one of the following:
•
Select Audio > Import to > Background to import an existing audio file by navigating to the file, selecting the
file, and clicking Open.
If you want to use an audio file that is already in your project, click Select Audio From Library.
•
Click Record to > Background and follow the instructions to record the background audio.
(Optional) Click Play Audio to listen to the audio file.
2
Select from the following options:
3
Lets you set a time, in seconds, for the audio file to fade in and fade out at the beginning and
Fade In and Fade Out
end of the project.
The background audio file replays continuously.
Loop Audio
Stop audio at end of project
Adjust background audio volume on slides with audio
slides that have individual audio files assigned, such as voice-over narration.
Use a custom keyboard tap sound
Adobe Captivate includes a feature that records a keyboard tap sound whenever you press keys on the keyboard while
recording a project. You can include or exclude the tap sounds. You can also create a custom keyboard tap sound to use.
Create a new sound for keystrokes, or use an existing mp3 file (for example, one of the Windows sound files.)
1
Name the new sound file KeyClick.mp3.
2
Save the file and note the location to which the file is saved.
3
Using Windows Explorer, browse to the Adobe Captivate sound effects folder. (The default location is \\Program
4
Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate 5\Gallery\SoundEffects (on Windows) or /Applications/Adobe Captivate
5/Gallery/SoundEffects (on Mac OS).
5 Locate the file named KeyClick.mp3. This is the Adobe Captivate default keystroke sound file.
Note: Before overwriting the file, you may want to copy and place the original KeyClick.mp3 file in a backup folder so
it can be used again if necessary.
6 Copy the new keyboard tap sound from the location in step 3 above, and paste it into the Adobe Captivate sound
effects folder.
7 Select the option Hear Keyboard tap sounds (Preferences > Recording > Settings).

Preview audio

After you add an audio file, you can preview the audio to test it.
There are two methods for previewing audio. First, you can preview the entire Adobe Captivate project and listen to
the audio associated with an object, a slide, or the background. This lets you see exactly where the audio begins and
ends in the project and enables you to experience the audio as your users will.
DRAFT
Stops the background audio when the project ends.
Use the slider to adjust the background audio volume on
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