Adobe CAPTIVATE 5 Help Manual page 95

Last updated 4/22/2010
To draw straight lines.
Draw Line
Draw Free-Form Polygon
To draw rectangles and squares.
Draw Rectangle
To draw oval shaped objects and circles.
Draw Oval
To change the stroke color of an object.
Set Stroke Color
To change the fill color of an object.
Set Fill Color
Set Stroke/Fill To Black/White
To interchange the color of the stroke and fill for the selected object.
Swap Fill/Stroke Colors
Note: To select Rectangle, Oval, or Polygon, click and hold the mouse button on the Line tool, and then select one of the
options.
Drawing objects
To draw an object once, click the corresponding icon in the toolbar and drag the pointer on the Stage to create the
object. Adobe Captivate resets to the Select tool after an object is created on Stage. To draw the same type of object
many times over (multiple drawing mode), click the corresponding icon on the drawing toolbar while pressing the
Control key (on Windows) or Cmd (on Mac OS).
For free-form polygons, define the sides by clicking where you want the node to appear. To
Free-form polygons
complete drawing the polygon, double-click the final node to automatically join it to the starting node. To redraw a
free-form polygon, select it, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) and then select Redraw Shape.
To draw a square or circle, click the rectangle or oval icon, press Shift, and draw the object. If you
Squares and circles
want to create a rectangle or square with rounded corners, double-click the rectangular object, and increase the value
of the corner radius.
Horizontal, vertical, and diagonal lines
press Shift, and move the mouse at different angles. This way, you can draw horizontal, vertical, and diagonal lines.
Note: An object is not visible on a slide with a white background if both the stroke and fill of objects are set to white.
To exit the drawing or multiple drawing mode, do one of the following:
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Click the selection icon.
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Press Escape.
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Click the Stage.
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Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) outside the Stage.
Change the stroke and fill properties of drawing objects
Select the object, and set the fill and stroke properties for the object in the Properties Inspector (Window > Properties)
in the Fill & Stroke area. You can change the fill/stroke properties of legacy objects like highlight boxes and rollover
objects using the fill/stroke options in the drawing toolbar.
You can set the following stroke properties for straight lines:
• Transparency of the line
• Style of the stroke, such as dashes or dots
• Color of the stroke
DRAFT
To create free-form polygons.
To change the stroke color of an object to black and its fill color to white.
You can rotate lines by 45 using the selection tool. Hold the end of the line,
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