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Select this option to have the last slide in the project fade out of view.
Fade Out On The Last Slide
Edit default preferences for slides and objects
The changes that you make in the Preferences dialog box are applied to all the slides in the project.
Select Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Adobe Captivate > Preferences (Mac OS).
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In the Preferences dialog box, select Defaults from the Global menu.
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In the Slide Duration field, change the default time for which slides are displayed in the movie.
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Set a background color for the slides in the project using the Background Color menu.
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To change the number of slides displayed when the 'Preview next n slides' option is used, change the value of the
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Preview Next n Slides field. The default value is 5.
Select an object from the Select menu, and do the following according to your requirements.
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Change the default time for which the selected object appears on the slide.
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Change the default style for the selected object.
To resize a text caption according to the amount of text available in it, select Autosize Captions. The text caption
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resizes automatically to accommodate all the text. If you do not choose this option, the extra data is hidden.
Manually resize the text caption to display the hidden data.
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To resize a button according to the amount of text available in it, select Autosize Buttons. The button resizes
automatically to accommodate the extra data. If you do not choose this option, the extra data is hidden. Manually
resize the button to display the hidden data.
If you want to set the time of the caption automatically in accordance with the amount of data in it, select Calculate
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Caption Timing. Adobe Captivate calculates the time that the viewer requires to read the text and applies it to the
text caption.
Export and import project preferences
By exporting project preferences you can reuse your set of preferences across projects. Preferences can be saved and
exported as CPR files. When the CPR file is imported into a project, the preferences mentioned in the CPR file are set
in the Preferences dialog box.
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Select File > Export > Preferences.
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In the Save As dialog box, save your preferences as a CPR file.
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Click Save.
When you want to import preferences into another project, select File > Import > Import Preferences. Open the file
from the location where you saved the CPR file.
Set project background color
You can set the background color for the project. Whether the background color appears on all slides depends on the
type of slide and how a screenshot is captured.
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In an open project, select Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Adobe Captivate > Preferences (Mac OS).
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In the Category panel, select Defaults from the Global menu.
Click the box adjacent to the Background Color option and choose a color.
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Click OK.
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