Adobe 65029940 User Guide - Page 258

248 CHAPTER 12 Editing projects To set project preferences: 1 Open an Adobe Captivate project. 2 Select Edit > Preferences. The Preferences dialog box appears. 3 In the Category panel, expand Project, and select Start and End. Loading Screen This option displays a loading screen at the start of the project. A loading screen might be useful if the first slide of the project is large or contains audio and takes a few moments to appear. Click browse (...) to select an image. Note: Adobe Captivate includes several loading screen images you can use, or you can create a custom image. To make a custom image available as a loading screen option, use Windows Explorer to copy and paste the image into the following folder: C:\Program files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate 3\Gallery\Preloaders. Supported formats are JPG, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, ICO, EMF, WMF, and SWF. Password protect project This option establishes a password that users must enter before being allowed to view the project. Click browse (...) to set a password and write password messages for users. Project expiration date This option sets a date for the project to expire. When a project expires, it can no longer be viewed. Message line 1 This option lets you write an expiration message. The message appears if the project has reached its expiration date (set earlier) and a user tries to view the project. Message line 2 This option lets you add a second line of text to the project expiration message, if necessary. Fade in on the first slide This option slowly fades in the first slide of the project. Action Click the pop-up menu and select an action to take place at the end of the project. • Stop project This option stops the project after it plays once. • Loop project This option continuously replays the project. (When the end is reached, the project restarts.) • Close project This option closes the browser window at the end of the project. • Open URL or file This option specifies a URL or file to load at the end of the project. To load a URL, type the full path to a website (for example, http://www.website.com). Click the pop-up menu to select the window in which the URL should appear; choose from Current, New, Parent, and Top. To load a file, click browse (...), browse to the file, select the file, and click Open. Click the pop-up menu to select the window in which the file should appear; choose from Current, New, Parent, and Top.