Adobe 65029940 User Manual - Page 58

Caption style: Click one of the five text caption types. Many of the text caption styles contain text captions with directional callouts so you can select a text caption that points in the most appropriate direction. Display options: If you want, set additional display options such as bold, italic, or underlined text, and text justification. Type caption text here: Enter the caption text exactly as you want it to appear. Apply properties to all captions in the movie: Select this option to apply the changes you made on this tab to all text captions in the movie. Properties applied to all text captions are caption style, font type, font size, font color, and transition.Text and text properties (bold, center, and so on) and display time are not applied to all text captions, but remain as set for each individual text caption. Note: If you change the settings on this dialog, they become the default settings and any new captions you create use the new settings. 5. Click the Options tab and set the following options: Display for [time]: Specifies the timing of the text caption. Click on the pop-up menu and select an option. If you select the specific time option, you can enter the exact number of seconds for the text caption to appear. Appear after [#] seconds: Displays the text caption after the slide has been displayed for the selected number of seconds. Effect: Click the pop-up menu and select a transition effect for the text caption. Select a fade in or fade out option, or select No transition. Apply effect to all captions in the movie: Select this option to apply the changes you made on this tab to all the text captions in the movie. 6. If you want to add audio to the text caption, click the Audio tab. 7. When you finish, click OK. The text caption appears on the slide. 8. Size and drag the text caption as you like. Note: If you create a transparent caption, avoid underlining text. In order to display underlining in transparent captions properly, we must use a font display method that may decrease text quality. Tip: If you add a transparent text caption, avoid using bold text. Regular text appears clearer than bold text on most monitors. Adding plain text to a slide As you edit a movie, you may want to add some text to the slide, but not have the text appear as a text caption over the slide. There is an easy trick you can use to add plain text to a slide: simply add the text as a transparent text caption. To create a transparent text caption: 1. Open a Captivate movie. 2. In Storyboard view, double-click the slide to which you want to add a transparent text caption. 58 Chapter 4: Adding Text Captions