Adobe 65029940 - Captivate - PC User Manual page 169

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User Guide
Note: If you select the Open URL or file option and specify a URL, the URL is visible when you edit the slide in Adobe
Captivate. However, it won't be visible to the user. To show the URL, create a simple image with the URL text on the
image, add the image to your slide, and place a click box over the image.
Click Select keys to choose a key combination for users to press when submitting responses.
Set shortcut key
The current shortcut is displayed to the left of the button.
Note: If your Adobe Captivate project will be displayed in a browser, set shortcut keys that won't conflict with common
browser shortcuts. For example, F1 is frequently used as a keyboard shortcut to display help. The Control, Alt and
Shift keys map to the Control, Option, and Shift keys on Macintosh computers, respectively.
5 Click the Options tab, and customize your text entry box by selecting from the following options:
Specifies the timing of the text entry box. Click the pop-up menu and select an option. If you
Display for [time]
select the specific time option, you can enter the exact number of seconds for the text entry box to appear.
Displays the text entry box after the slide has been displayed for the selected number
Appear after [#] seconds
of seconds.
Specifies the point at which the project should pause and allow the user to enter text
Pause after [#] seconds
into the text entry box. For example, you can set this option to 5 seconds so the text entry box displays and then
5 seconds later the project pauses to wait for the user to enter text.
Click the pop-up menu and select a transition effect for the text entry box. Select a fade in or fade out
Effect
option, or select No transition.
This is the degree of transparency for the text entry box. Select a value from 0% to 100%. A value
Transparency
of 10% is less transparent (more solid) than a value of 90%.
The transparency effect does not appear when you view the text entry box in Edit view. To test the transparency
effect, press F4 to preview the slide.
Select a background color for the text entry box.
Background color
Select this option to include a success caption (for example, Congratulations!).
Success caption
Select this option to include a failure caption (for example, Sorry, please try again).
Failure caption
Select this option to include a hint caption. (The hint caption appears when users move the mouse
Hint caption
over the text entry box.)
Select this option to have the project pause until all success and failure
Pause for success/failure captions
captions (see explanations for captions above) have displayed for the user to read.