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USING CAPTIVATE
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Last updated 9/28/2011
4 Do one of the following:
• Select a color for the background.
• Click to apply a gradient fill (available in 5.5). For more information on gradients, see “Apply gradient fills
(5.5)” on page 99.
Using images in the background
By default, the slides use the background that is set in the corresponding master slides.
1 Select the slide (s) in the Filmstrip. To select multiple slides, hold down the Ctrl or the Shift key while selecting the
slides.
2 In the Property inspector, clear the Use Master Slide Background check box.
3 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.
Editing background images
Click the edit icon in the General section of the slide’s Property Inspector. Edit the required attributes of the image in
the Resize/Crop Image dialog box.
Add plain text to a slide
As you edit a project, you may want to add some text to the slide but not have the text appear as a text caption over the
slide. There is an easy trick you can use to add plain text to a slide: simply add the text as a transparent text caption.
1 Open the slide on which you want to insert the text caption.
2 Select Insert > Standard Objects > Text Caption.
3 In the Property Inspector, select Transparent as the Caption Type in the General area.
Note: If you create a transparent caption, avoid underlining text. Underlined text might affect the quality of the text.
Edit text recorded on a slide
When you record text being typed, a new slide is created for every line break. Each line of typed text is treated as a
single object and appears as a separate layer on the Timeline. You can replace text recorded on a slide with new text
along with typing effects. For example, if you have recorded text being typed in an editing program and you want to
change the recorded text on the slide later, you can use this option.
Before you record text being typed, ensure that the option to record keystrokes has been enabled. For more
information, see
“Set global recording preferences” on page 36.
1 In an open project, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the Typing layer in the Timeline, and select
Replace With Text Animation.
2 In the General area of the Property Inspector, select one of the options in the Effect menu.
3 Click Properties, type the replacement text on the slide, and then click OK.
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