Adobe Captivate Question: How Can I Assign Different Point Values to Question Slides?
I'm using Captivate to create a quiz. I'd like to have each question be worth different points. Is this even possible?
Answer
Yes, when you insert each Question Slide, you can assign a point value. If you have already gotten past the screen where you could initially set the point value, it's not too late. Right-click the Question Slide and choose Edit Question. Then assign the appropriate point value.
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Adobe Captivate Question: Can I Reuse Slide Backgrounds?
I'm currently building Captivate projects by importing background templates from Photoshop, then adding text, images and controls within Captivate.
I've found that it's relatively easy to assign a background to a new slide, but I'm looking for a quick way to change the backgrounds on multiple slides. For instance, if 20 slides share a common background, is there a way to use the image library to change the background for all 20 slides?
I've tried to use the Apply Changes feature within the slide properties, but it doesn't seem to work reliably, especially if I only want to apply the change to some slides but not all slides..
Answer
Insert the background image onto a slide. Right-click the image and choose Merge Into Background. Copy the slide background (right-click and choose Copy Background). Finally, select the slides you'd like to change and choose Paste as Background.
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Adobe Captivate Question: Can Captivate Record Animation on My Computer?
Can you capture video animation within a computer program with Captivate? I have tried everything I can think of with Captivate 3 to capture video animation but to no success. It only wants to capture it as one static slide. I found a workaround using Snagit and then inserted those slides into my Captivate project, but that was quite time consuming.
Answer:
No, you can't do it with Captivate. However, if you are trying to demonstrate something flying across the screen, you can press [print] [screen] a bunch of times while recording. Then, in production, speed up the timing for those slides to a tenth of a second. Of course, if you have an actual animation recorded using some other tool, you can import an AVI, SWF or FLV into Captivate via Insert > Animation or Insert > Flash Video.
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WRT recording animation – it really all depends on how the animation was created and is being displayed. With video animation it often plays in a layered window and that ends up being rendered as a solid black or blue rectangle where the video was playing. But if it’s something like a Flash animation, one actually could record it and retain the animation in Captivate by coaxing full motion recording mode. Tap the F9 key to begin full motion capture and tap the F10 key when finished. (Unless, of course, you have changed those keys in Captivate.)
Cheers… Rick 🙂
WRT recording animation – it really all depends on how the animation was created and is being displayed. With video animation it often plays in a layered window and that ends up being rendered as a solid black or blue rectangle where the video was playing. But if it’s something like a Flash animation, one actually could record it and retain the animation in Captivate by coaxing full motion recording mode. Tap the F9 key to begin full motion capture and tap the F10 key when finished. (Unless, of course, you have changed those keys in Captivate.)
Cheers… Rick 🙂
WRT recording animation – it really all depends on how the animation was created and is being displayed. With video animation it often plays in a layered window and that ends up being rendered as a solid black or blue rectangle where the video was playing. But if it’s something like a Flash animation, one actually could record it and retain the animation in Captivate by coaxing full motion recording mode. Tap the F9 key to begin full motion capture and tap the F10 key when finished. (Unless, of course, you have changed those keys in Captivate.)
Cheers… Rick 🙂