Chapter 5. Adding Captions


You can have the coolest presentation going. It could contain lots of whizzy stuff, from a thundering sound track and professional animations to detailed imaging. It could also be a complete failure. Why? The focus is on the technology, not the information. That information is contained in the least technical aspect of the presentationwords.

For some odd reason, words tend to be regarded as the "gray stuff that goes around the pictures and the animations." This is a huge error, because words are what we use to interpret the information being presented. They provide the context and access to the information. In Captivate, that context and access is provided by captions.

Captions draw the viewer's attention to areas of a slide or explain the purpose of a tool or icon. Most important, in situations where there is no audio or narration, captions enable you to "speak" to the viewer. As well, you can edit the wording in captions and change the font, font color, point size, and screen location. You can even add your own captions or have the application create them automatically for you.



Macromedia Captivate for Windows. Visual QuickStart Guide
Macromedia Captivate for Windows. Visual QuickStart Guide
ISBN: 321294173
EAN: N/A
Year: 2003
Pages: 130

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