Animations - Adobe CAPTIVATE 5 Help Manual

Last updated 4/22/2010
To edit text within objects, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the object and then select Edit Text. The
text in the text area within the object is made available for editing. The text option is not available when you have
selected the line tool.
Snap lines to objects
When drawing straight lines, you can make them snap to the contours of other Adobe Captivate objects, including
free-form objects. Use this option when you want to precisely connect the end of a straight line to the periphery of an
object.
To snap lines to objects, do the following:
1 Draw the object (rectangle, oval, free-form polygon, and so on).
Click the Snap To Object icon
2
When you now draw a straight line, the line snaps to the contours of objects with which it comes in contact.

Animations

Adobe Captivate lets you add animation to Adobe Captivate SWF files. This introduces an element of motion that is
effective and eye-catching for users. Add existing animation files to a slide or use the animated text feature in Adobe
Captivate.
When you add an animation file to your project, it automatically gets added to the library to the Media folder.
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You can add SWF, AVI, FLA, or GIF animation files directly to a slide. Slides containing an animation file can be
edited just like other slides containing an object.
Adobe Captivate contains a gallery that has buttons, sounds, and animations (in SWF format) for you to use in
your projects. By default, the gallery is stored in the following location when you install Adobe Captivate:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate 5\Gallery (on Windows) or /Applications/Adobe Captivate 5/Gallery (on
Mac OS).
Note: If you want to add a Flash animation file (FLA), you must first convert it to a SWF file. To do this conversion,
you must have the latest Flash version installed on your computer.
• To add animated text, select from a number of interesting effects included with Adobe Captivate. Experiment with
different fonts, colors, and effects to achieve the right look. Slides containing animated text, with their combination
of text, movement, and sound (if you choose to add audio) make great opening slides for projects.
Note: Device fonts are not displayed in Adobe Captivate. If you import an animation file containing text created with
device fonts, the animation appears in Adobe Captivate, but the text does not. For animations that will be imported
into Adobe Captivate, try to use embedded fonts for text.
Properties of animation objects
You can change the properties of animation objects using their Properties Inspector (Window > Properties).
Animation Name
Enter a unique name for the object. You can use this name when defining the visibility conditions for the
Item Name
object.
DRAFT
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