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Mastering Adobe Captivate 2019

You're reading from   Mastering Adobe Captivate 2019 Build cutting edge professional SCORM compliant and interactive eLearning content with Adobe Captivate

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789803051
Length 770 pages
Edition 5th Edition
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Dr. Pooja Jaisingh Dr. Pooja Jaisingh
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Damien Bruyndonckx Damien Bruyndonckx
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started with Adobe Captivate 2019 FREE CHAPTER 2. Working with Standard Objects 3. Working with Multimedia 4. Working with the Timeline and Other Useful Tools 5. Developing Interactivity 6. Crafting the Graphical Experience with Styles and Themes 7. Working with Quizzes 8. Capturing Onscreen Action 9. Producing a Video Demo 10. Creating a Responsive Project 11. Creating Virtual Reality Projects 12. Using Captivate with Other Applications 13. Creating Accessible eLearning 14. Variables and Advanced Actions 15. Finishing Touches and Publishing 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Using the Timeline to select objects

Sometimes, objects are so close to each other that you might have a hard time selecting the correct one. Objects can also be stacked on top of one other so that selecting an object that is not on top of the stack can be tricky. Using the Timeline panel, you can make sure that the object you select is the one you want!

  1. If necessary, return to the Chapter04/takeTheTrain.cptx file.
  2. Click the Timeline bar at the very bottom of the screen to open the Timeline panel.
  3. Use the Filmstrip to navigate to slide 3. This slide contains several images stacked on top of each other.
  4. Look at the Timeline panel at the bottom of the screen.

In the Timeline panel, each line (layer) represents an object (with the exception of the bottommost line, which represents the audio clip associated with this slide).

You can make the Timeline taller by dragging the top edge of the Timeline panel toward the top of the screen.

The layer just above the audio clip represents the slide...

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