Rollover Captions - Adobe CAPTIVATE 5 Help Manual

Last updated 4/22/2010
Click Save.
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The text captions from the project are converted into DOC format. A dialog box appears, confirming that the text
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captions were exported to Word and asking if you would like to view the document. Click Yes.
5 A new DOC file that contains the caption text opens in Word. Make any necessary text changes in the Updated Text
Caption Data column. The slide number is also included as a reference.
6 Save the document.
Restore default settings for text captions
If you changed the appearance of text captions, you can restore all text caption settings to their defaults. For example,
you change the font for text captions to Times New Roman and the font color to green. Click Restore To Default to
change the font back to the default font Arial and the color to the default blue.
1 In an open project, select Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Adobe Captivate > Preferences (Mac OS).
2 In the Category panel, select Modes under the Recording menu.
3 In the Recording menu, > Modes area, click Restore Defaults.

Rollover captions

Use rollover captions when you want to display the caption only when the user moves the mouse over a designated
area on the slide. Rollover captions consist of a caption and a rectangle that marks the designated area, also called the
rollover area. The caption appears when the user moves the mouse over the rollover area at run time.
Add rollover captions
Select the slide to which you want to add a rollover caption.
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2 Select Insert > Standard Objects > Rollover Caption.
3 Set the various options for the caption in the Rollover Caption dialog box. See
for more information.
Click OK. The text caption and the rollover area appear on the slide.
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Select the rollover area and set the properties using the Properties Inspector (Window > Properties).
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Use the Settings menu to select how to apply property changes in the project. To apply all your changes, select Apply
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Only Changed Properties. To apply all the rollover caption settings, select Apply All Properties. You can apply the
rollover caption settings to the current slide only or to all slides. And you can choose to apply the rollover caption
settings to all captions or only the rollover captions of the same type as the current one.
Note: If you change the settings in this dialog box, they become the default settings, and any new rollover captions you
create use the new settings.
7 Select Apply To All to apply settings specified from the Settings menu to all slides.
8 Click OK.
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