Adobe CAPTIVATE 5 Help Manual page 64

Last updated 4/22/2010
Copy an object to a different slide
1 Open the slide that contains the object.
2 Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the object and select Copy.
Open the slide to which you want to copy the object.
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Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the slide and select Paste.
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Copy an object to multiple slides
Open the slide that contains the object.
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Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the object and select Copy.
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In the Filmstrip, select the slides to which you want to copy the object. Hold down the Shift key and click
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consecutive slides, or hold down the Control key and select any slides, even if they are not consecutive.
Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) a selected slide and select Paste.
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Copy objects from other projects
You can copy and paste objects from other projects. This strategy can save you a great deal of time. For example,
suppose you have created a detailed object in another project. Simply copy and paste the object into any new projects
you create.
Note: To reuse media objects from another Adobe Captivate project, open that project Library from within your current
project Library. Then drag objects directly onto a slide or into the current project Library for easy reuse.
Open the Adobe Captivate project that contains the object you want to copy.
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Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the object, and select Copy.
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Open the Adobe Captivate project to which you want to add the object copied in the previous steps.
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Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the slide to which you want to add the object.
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Select Paste.
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Duplicate objects
Duplicating objects is an easy way to reuse content. For example, you can duplicate a detailed caption and change some
of the text to quickly add more information to your project.
Note: To reuse media objects that appear in the Library, simply drag the object from the Library onto the slide.
Open the slide that contains the object you want to duplicate.
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Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the object and select Duplicate.
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The object you selected is duplicated and the new object is placed on the slide. You can edit and work with the new
object just like the original object.
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