Edit slides in an Adobe Captivate Classic project

Select the slide (s) in the Filmstrip. To select multiple slides, hold down the Ctrl or the Shift key while selecting the slides.

In the Property inspector, clear the Use Master Slide Background check box.

Now, the background set in the project preferences is used as default.

To use a background other than the one set in the project preferences, clear the Project Background check box and click the Stage color palette.

Do one of the following:

• Select a color for the background.

• Click to apply a gradient fill. For more information on gradients, see Apply gradient fills.

• Click to apply a pattern or an image as the background fill. For more information on using pattern fills, see Apply texture fills.

Select the slide (s) in the Filmstrip. To select multiple slides, hold down the Ctrl or the Shift key while selecting the slides.

In the Property inspector, clear the Use Master Slide Background check box.

Click the browse icon below the Background area.

• If the library does not contain any image, you will be prompted to browse for the image. Navigate to the location of the image, select it, and click Open.

• If the library already contains images, you will be prompted to choose an image from the library. Select an image and click OK. To use an image that does not exist in the library, click Import in the Select Image from Library dialog box.

Open the slide on which you want to insert the text caption.

Select Insert > Standard Objects > Text Caption.

In the Property Inspector, select Transparent as the Caption Type in the General area.

In an open project, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the Typing layer in the Timeline, and select Replace With Text Animation.

In the General area of the Property Inspector, select one of the options in the Effect menu.

Click Properties, type the replacement text on the slide, and then click OK.

The text on the slide is replaced with the entered text. In the Timeline, the typing text object is replaced with the text animation object, and the overwritten text appears on the object in the Timeline.