by Kevin Siegel
You've got three text buttons on a slide. The text on each of the buttons is different (One says "Repeat this lesson," one says "Take the Next Lesson," and the last one says "Close the lesson.") You'd still like the buttons to be the same width. So there you go, manually resizing each button until the sizes look about right. There… that wasn't so bad. Oh, did I mention you have a similar problem on 20 other slides.
I know what you're thinking… this is a problem that really isn't a problem. You're such a Captivate stud that you show the properties of the widest button (you can right-click an object and choose Properties to display its properties) and head straight for the Size and Position tab. You adeptly change the Width and Height of the button and, before clicking OK, use the Apply to All option to make all of the buttons in the project the same size. Nice! Good for you! On to another, more complex problem you go…
Oh, did I mention that the text buttons on each of those 20 slides vary from slide to slide. Some have a few words, some just one. Using the Apply to All option to make the buttons all the same size, project-wide, just wouldn't be appropriate in this instance. Dohhhh! So what's a developer to do? Read on…
Here's the challenge: you'd like to make the buttons shown in the picture below match the size of the widest button. Here's a quick way to do it without manually changing the size of any of the buttons, or using the Apply to All option.
- Select some buttons (or other slide objects… you can perform this procedure on just about anything).
- Right-click the objects and choose Align > Resize to Same Width.
And Bam, all three buttons are the same width! Keep in mind you could have also selected Align > Resize to Same Height or Same Size.
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Does this work for objects on different slides or only the same slide?
Does this work for objects on different slides or only the same slide?
Does this work for objects on different slides or only the same slide?
Only one slide I’m afraid. However, you can show the Properties of a button, change it’s size and then Update All across an entire project. And you will want to check out Captivate 5… it has some wonderful new features that will make this kind of updating a very quick process.
Only one slide I’m afraid. However, you can show the Properties of a button, change it’s size and then Update All across an entire project. And you will want to check out Captivate 5… it has some wonderful new features that will make this kind of updating a very quick process.
Only one slide I’m afraid. However, you can show the Properties of a button, change it’s size and then Update All across an entire project. And you will want to check out Captivate 5… it has some wonderful new features that will make this kind of updating a very quick process.