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Last updated 4/22/2010
Create custom text for caption styles
You can create a custom style for the text that appears in the text captions. These preferences are applied only if you
did not set a style for the text caption earlier.
Open the fonts.ini file, stored in the \\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate 5\Gallery\Captions folder (on
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Windows) or /Applications/Adobe Captivate 5/Gallery/Captions (on Mac OS), in a text editor.
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Customize the style for the text caption using the procedure described in the file.
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Save the file.
In an open Adobe Captivate project, select Insert > Standard Objects > Text Caption.
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In Caption Type, select the caption that you have customized.
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The text in the text area changes to the specified style.
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Edit the text in the text area.
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Click OK.
Change text alignment on custom text captions
Sometimes text in custom text captions can appear out of alignment. To solve this problem, set the left, right, top, and
bottom margins.
Each of the five text caption styles requires different margin settings because text appears in slightly different places in
each text caption.
The margin settings are stored in a text file with the extension.fcm. You can use Notepad or WordPad to create or edit
FCM files.
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Using Windows Explorer, navigate to C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate 5\Gallery\Captions (on
Windows) or /Applications/Adobe Captivate 5/Gallery/Captions (on Mac OS). All the text caption BMP and
corresponding FCM files are located in this folder.
Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the FCM file you want to edit, and select Open With.
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Select a text editor.
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Edit the following values as necessary:
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Left Margin is the number of pixels from the left side of the bitmap to the text.
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Right Margin is the number of pixels from the right side of the bitmap to the text.
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Top Margin is the number of pixels from the top of the bitmap to the text.
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Bottom Margin is the number of pixels from the bottom of the bitmap to the text.
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(Optional) If necessary, you can edit the MarginX and MarginY settings. This can be important if you are adding
captions automatically.
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MarginX is the number of pixels horizontally from the nearest corner to the tip of the caption callout.
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Margin Y is the number of pixels vertically from the nearest corner to the tip of the caption callout.
Note: The nearest corner is identified in the file open in a text editor under "Corner." For example, Corner=right, top.
From the File menu, select Save.
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A dialog box may appear, asking whether you want to replace the original file. Click Yes.
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Close the text editor.
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