Adobe 65029940 - Captivate - PC User Manual page 96

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Creating projects
Localizing text captions
If you are localizing a project that contains text captions and closed captions, you can export text captions to make
the process more efficient.
To localize text captions:
Create the initial ("source language") version of the project, including all necessary text captions.
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Open the completed project.
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Select File > Export > Project captions and closed captions.
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4 By default, the Word (DOC) file is saved to your My Documents\My Adobe Captivate Projects folder. You can
change the location if you want. If the project file has been saved, the location of the default Word file, named
[ProjectName] Captions.doc is same directory as the one in which the project has been saved. You can change the
name of the file, if necessary, by clicking directly in the File name text box and entering a new name (retain the
.doc file extension). Click Save.
The Word file is generated with the name you specified and saved to the location you selected. A dialog box
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appears, asking if you want to view the document. Click Yes to view the document in Word.
The Word document contains the slide ID, item ID, original caption text, and the slide number. There is also a
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column named "Updated Text Caption Data" where changes to the caption text can be made. Provide a copy of
the Word document to the localizer/translator.
The localizer/translator should open the Word document and edit the caption text directly in "Updated Text
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Caption Data" column in the document, replacing the source language text with the new text.
While the localizer/translator is translating the text, make a copy of the original Adobe Captivate project for
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the new language.
Note: When you create a copy of the original project, be sure to keep the original text captions and closed captions (in
the source language) in the new project. The original captions act as placeholders and are overwritten when you
import the new (localized) text captions and closed captions.
When the text captions are localized, open the copy of the project you created.
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Select File menu > Import > Project captions and closed captions option.
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Note: The Import project captions and closed captions option is enabled only after you export the captions; you can
only import an edited caption file that you originally exported from the same project.
The Import project captions and closed captions option is enabled only after you export the captions; you can
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only import an edited caption file that you originally exported from the same project.
Navigate to the localized text captions Word (DOC) file, select the file, and click Open.
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