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Changing timing
Changing slide timing
The amount of time an individual slide appears is as important as the overall length of the project. It is critical that
your users have enough time to read and comprehend what is on the screen. You can make many changes to slide
timing using the Timeline, but it is also useful to set an amount of time for the slide to appear.
Note: Slide timing cannot be shorter than the longest object. For example, if you have a slide with a caption that
appears for 6 seconds, you cannot set the slide time for 4 seconds.
To change slide timing:
Open an Adobe Captivate project.
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Double-click a slide whose timing you want to change.
Note: The timeline is disabled for random question slides.
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If it is not open already, show the Timeline by clicking the splitter bar. To expand the Timeline, click the display
arrow.
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The slide timing is contained in a Timeline object named "Slide. " To shorten or lengthen the amount of time it
takes for the slide to play, move the mouse pointer over the right edge of the Slide object until the resize pointer
appears, click and hold down the mouse button and drag the edge to the left or right. Adobe Captivate shows the
amount of time the slide will appear, in parentheses, next to the word Slide. The maximum amount of time a slide
can appear is 1 hour (3600 seconds).
Note: To change the timing for a slidelet, select the slidelet and follow the same procedure as that for the slide. The
slidelet timing is contained in a Timeline object named 'Slidelet. "
Setting caption speed automatically
Adobe Captivate contains an option that automatically calculates caption timing. This default option uses the
length of caption text to determine how long a caption should appear.
To set caption speed automatically:
Open an Adobe Captivate project that contains captions.
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Select Project > Calculate Caption Timing. (A check mark appears in front of the option when it is selected.)
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