Adobe CAPTIVATE 5 Help Manual page 17

Last updated 4/22/2010
Show or hide the Timeline
Select Window > Timeline.
Rearrange the Timeline panel
By default, the Timeline panel is docked at the bottom of any slide in an Adobe Captivate project. You can move, resize,
group, or dock the Timeline panel to suit your requirement.
Change the zoom level of the Timeline panel
Use the slider in the Timeline panel. The center of the slider indicates 100% zoom. To increase the zoom level, drag
the slider to the right. To reduce the zoom level, drag the slider to the left.
Change the order of object layers
Move the mouse over the object in the Timeline panel until the hand icon appears and drag the object up or down
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to reposition it.
If you have two objects that overlap on the slide, you need to select the object you want in front by setting the
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stacking order.
Changing the stacking order consists of moving objects to the back and front of the slide Stage. The key point to
remember is that objects at the back of the Stage appear behind other objects. Use one of the following methods to
set the stacking order:
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Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) an object on the slide and select one of the object order
options. If necessary, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) other objects on the slide and adjust
their order.
This option brings the selected object to the top. When the project plays, the object appears on
Bring To Front
top of all others.
This option sends the selected object to the background. When the project plays, the object
Send To Back
appears behind all others.
This option moves the object one layer forward.
Bring Forward
This option moves the object one layer back.
Send Backward
• In Edit view, on the Timeline, move the mouse over an object until the hand appears and drag the object up or
down to change its position in the stacking order. Moving an object higher in the stacking order moves it to the
front of the Stage, while moving an object lower moves it to the back of the Stage.
Hide objects during editing
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In the Timeline, click the dot below the eye icon in the layer that you want to hide.
The object disappears from the slide and an X icon appears in the column. To display the object on the slide, click
the X icon.
When you hide an object layer, it is hidden only on the Stage. You can still view the layer when it is previewed or
published.
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