Adobe 65029940 User Guide - Page 162

152 CHAPTER 7 Adding boxes and buttons Adding highlight boxes Adobe Captivate lets you add highlight boxes to spotlight areas within a slide. You can think of a highlight box as the online equivalent of a highlighter pen used on paper. Add highlight boxes to show users where to focus attention or enter data, or simply as emphasis. You can control the size, color, transparency, and timing for highlight boxes. To add a highlight box: 1 Open an Adobe Captivate project. 2 Select the slide to which you want to add a highlight box. 3 Select Insert > Highlight Box. The New Highlight Box dialog box appears. 4 On the Highlight Box tab, set the following options: Frame color This is the border color for the highlight box. Click the color box to change the color. Fill color This is the fill color for the highlight box. Click the color box to change the color. Frame width This is the width for the border of the highlight box. Fill transparency This is the degree of transparency for the fill color. Select a value from 0% to 100%. A value of 10% is less transparent (more solid) than a value of 90%. Fill outer area Select this option to fill the area outside the boundaries of highlight box. Preview This area displays the settings you selected in the Appearance area. 5 Click the Options tab and set the following options: Display for [time] Specifies the timing of the highlight box. 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 highlight box to appear. Appear after [#] seconds Displays the highlight box after the slide has been displayed for the selected number of seconds. Effect Use the pop-up menu to select a transition effect for the highlight box. Select a fade in or fade out option, or select No transition. If you select fade in or fade out, use the arrows to set the exact amount of time (in seconds) for the effect. 6 If you want to add audio to the highlight box, click the Audio tab. Select from the following options: Play audio Click to play the audio file.