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USING CAPTIVATE
Noninteractive Objects and Media
Last updated 9/28/2011
Observe that the selected slide or the object changes dynamically on the stage to reflect the changes you do the
gradient fill.
5 To edit the colors, click the color stops and choose the required color.
Note: For drawing objects, set the transparency for the colors (in percentage) using the option adjacent to the Fill
palette in the Property Inspector.
To delete a color stop, click it and press the Delete key on your keyboard. You can even drag the color stop out of
the gradient box.
6 To reverse the positioning of colors, click the Reverse Colors icon.
7 Choose the direction for the gradient from the Direction row.
8 Click the Linear Gradient icon for a linear gradient, or click the Radial gradient icon for a radial gradient.
9 Click a pattern in the Pattern list.
10 Click the Add To Custom Gradients icon. The gradient fill and the related settings that you used are saved in the
Custom Gradients row for future use.
Note: Custom gradients are available for use across all projects that you create subsequently.
To delete a custom gradient, click the delete icon and then click the custom gradient. All custom gradients are
deleted if you delete the Adobe Captivate preferences folder.
Edit a gradient fill
You can edit the length, position, and angle (for linear fill) of the gradients on Stage.
Note: To edit the colors, patterns, and direction of the gradient, use the Property Inspector.
1 Select the slide or the drawing object.
2 Click Edit > Edit Gradient.
A line with a thick start and end point appears on the selected object. The start point is denoted with a circle and
the end point is denoted with a square.
3 To position the line at the required location on the slide or object, drag the start point.
4 To change the angle or the length of the gradient fill, click the end point and drag it in the required direction. Hold
down the Shift key (Windows) or Control key (Mac) while you move the line to rotate the gradient by 15° shifts.
You can also rotate the line to change the angle of the gradient fill. To do so, hover your mouse over the line. When
the cursor changes to a rotation symbol, drag the mouse in the required direction.
Resize drawing objects
• To manually resize objects, use the selection tool. Adobe Captivate does not have a separate transformation tool.
You can resize any object after selecting it. Move the cursor over the corners of objects, and when the relevant
cursor appears, resize the object to the required dimensions.
• To resize an object to specific dimensions, select the object, and change the dimensions in the Stage toolbar.
Resize rollover area to the bounding box of other objects
❖ Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the rollover area, and select Auto Adjust Rollover Area.
When you now move the rollover area over an object, it assumes the shape of the bounding box of that object. If
there are overlapping objects, the rollover area is resized to the dimensions of the object with the highest z-order.
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