Adobe CAPTIVATE 5 Help Manual page 79

Last updated 4/22/2010
Design tips for custom text captions
Don't use the transparent colors for captions. The upper-left pixel determines which color is transparent. For
Colors
example, if the color in the upper-left pixel is yellow, everything that is the same yellow will be transparent in the text
caption. Also, the text caption itself can have a gradient background, but the area around ("behind") the text caption,
must be a solid color.
Do not anti-alias the edges of your text captions. Your text captions will appear on different screenshots,
Anti-alias
and the anti-alias can cause a jagged halo effect on some screenshots.
Import and export text captions
Import text captions
You can import text captions from a DOC file. First, you export the text captions from your Adobe Captivate project.
Adobe Captivate creates a DOC file that preserves all the formatting from the text captions. While the text captions are
in DOC format, you can make text and formatting changes in a word-processing program. Then you can import the
text captions back into the Adobe Captivate project using the following steps.
Note: If you export text captions to a DOC file, that DOC file can only be imported back into the original project.
Importing and exporting text captions to and from a DOC file can be useful in several situations. For example, if you
have to edit many captions, it is easier and faster to work in DOC files instead of navigating from slide to slide.
1 In an open project that contains text captions, select File > Export > Project Captions And Closed Captions.
2 Make the necessary changes while the text captions are in DOC format (in the Updated Text Caption Data column),
and save the DOC file.
Select File > Import > Project Captions And Closed Captions.
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4 Select the DOC file that contains the exported text captions.
5 Click Open.
6 An Information dialog box appears, confirming that the import was successful. Click OK.
Export text captions
You can export text captions from an existing Adobe Captivate project into a DOC file if you have Microsoft Word
installed on your computer. All formatting done in Adobe Captivate is preserved when the text captions open as a
DOC file. Make text and formatting changes to the text captions while they are in DOC format. Then import them
back into the Adobe Captivate project.
Note: If you export text captions to a DOC file, that DOC file can only be imported back into the original project.
Exporting text captions can be useful in several situations:
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If you intend to record and voice-over narration and create a script, exported text captions can provide the
foundation for the script.
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If you want to provide printed step-by-step instructions, you can export text captions and print the DOC file.
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If a project must be localized, you can export text captions into a DOC file and give it to a translator.
1 In an open project, select File > Export > Project Captions And Closed Captions.
2 In the Save As dialog box, enter a filename for the new DOC file.
Note the default directory where the file will be saved. If you want, navigate to a different location in which to save
the file.
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