Alan Rosenberg presents this handy Captivate production technique:
Have you ever wondered if making some edits to a slide might improve your Captivate presentation, but been afraid to do so for fear of being able to get things back just right? Although you could make a copy of the file and make your changes in the B version and then compare them, there’s a quicker way.
- Right-click the slide you need to edit and choose Duplicate
- Move either the original or the duplicate slide to the end of your project
- Insert a blank slide just in front of the slide you just moved to the end (Insert > Blank Slide)
I used this technique to remind myself that the duplicate slide is there. You can also show the slide’s properties and label the slide Duplicate.
- Do your edits on the duplicate slide
- Test the results
If you like the results, delete the moved slide and the blank slide. If you don’t like the results you can get back to where you were in short time by moving the unedited slide back to its place and deleting the edited slide and the blank slide.
You can also use this technique to test a file in which you want to delete one or more slides.
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