If you are tasked with recording your voice overs (narration) from directly within Captivate, a common practice would be to type your narration script directly on a slide as a note (via the Properties of a slide (click the Notes button) or directly within the Notes panel beneath the slide.
After adding the Note, it's a simple matter of choosing Audio > Record, clicking the Slide Notes tab and clicking the Record button. Of course, you'll hit a major road block if there's a lot of text on the Notes panel... since you cannot resize the panel or the Audio dialog box, you will have to scroll down to read the text you need to record. Not only is that going to be distracting, your microphone will likely pick up the click of your mouse every time you click the scroll bar.
Did I mention that you cannot resize the Notes panel? I did, didn't I? I probably should have mentioned that it is possible to resize the panel... if you read on!
With the Audio dialog box open, position your mouse pointer just to the left of the drop-down arrow where you see the words Caption and Slide Notes.
Surprise, surprise... your mouse pointer will become a four-headed arrow (as shown in the picture above). All you need to do now is drag the Caption and Slide Notes panel down to detach it from the Audio dialog box. Once detached, the panel can be resized to any size you need. Hey Joe... it's so!
After adding the Note, it's a simple matter of choosing Audio > Record, clicking the Slide Notes tab and clicking the Record button. Of course, you'll hit a major road block if there's a lot of text on the Notes panel... since you cannot resize the panel or the Audio dialog box, you will have to scroll down to read the text you need to record. Not only is that going to be distracting, your microphone will likely pick up the click of your mouse every time you click the scroll bar.
Did I mention that you cannot resize the Notes panel? I did, didn't I? I probably should have mentioned that it is possible to resize the panel... if you read on!
With the Audio dialog box open, position your mouse pointer just to the left of the drop-down arrow where you see the words Caption and Slide Notes.
Surprise, surprise... your mouse pointer will become a four-headed arrow (as shown in the picture above). All you need to do now is drag the Caption and Slide Notes panel down to detach it from the Audio dialog box. Once detached, the panel can be resized to any size you need. Hey Joe... it's so!
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