Adobe CAPTIVATE 5 Help Manual page 148

Last updated 4/22/2010
(As per your requirement) Add silence to the beginning of the audio file, to the end, or to a specific location within
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the audio file.
If you want to add silence within the file, click the exact location directly on the waveform.
Note: The Playhead and Selected information boxes near the bottom of the dialog box can help you choose a precise
location in the audio file. For example, if you want to add a silent period four seconds into the audio file, click the
waveform until the Playhead information box displays a number close to four seconds (that is, 00:04.00).
Click Insert Silence.
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Select the portion of the audio file where you want to insert silence, and click Insert Silence.
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Adds silence to the beginning of the audio file.
Start Of Audio
Adds silence to the end of the audio file.
End Of Audio
This option is available only when you have not selected a portion of the audio file. The silence
Playhead Position
is inserted at the playhead position. Use this option when you want to insert an extremely brief period of silence.
Note: When you select a part of an audio file, and then click Insert Silence, the selection is replaced with silence.
5 Click Save.
The silent period is added to the audio file and you can see the silent period in the waveform. The audio file with
added silence is saved under a new file name.
To test the audio file with the silent period added, click the audio icon.
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If you find that you frequently want to add silence at the same position and of the same duration, press S to add it
without using the Insert Silence dialog box.
Edit audio using Adobe Soundbooth
You can use Adobe Soundbooth to edit audio when you want to go beyond the audio editing options available in
Adobe Captivate. You can either edit the audio files from slides or batch process by opening multiple audio files for
editing in Adobe Soundbooth using the Library panel.
The changes reflect in Adobe Captivate library and the associated slides where the audio files are being used. The saved
files are reimported to Adobe Captivate with the slide associations intact.
Editing slide audio
Editing slide audio is helpful when you apply filters that do not affect audio timing.
Note: The following steps are also applicable for editing background audio.
Select the slides with the audio files (that you want to edit).
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Select Audio and then slide, slides, or project depending on your requirement.
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The Slide Audio dialog box appears.
3 In the Edit tab, select Edit with Adobe Soundbooth.
4 Read the instructions and then proceed.
5 Edit the slide audio in Adobe Soundbooth and then save.
In the Adobe Captivate prompt, click OK.
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When you edit the slide audio file in Adobe Soundbooth:
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If the audio file applies to multiple slides, ensure that you do not modify the audio duration.
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