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Anonymous
October 2, 2012
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Apply All Default Object Styles

  • October 2, 2012
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Captivate v5.5

Having opened Captivate v5.5, not opened any projects and going straight to Edit/Object Styles - I have created the styles I want to work with for projects I create in v5.5...Let's call them my default styles for this question

When I open a blank project in order to create a new project it seems (but not yet fully tested this) that my default styles have been applied. So far so good.

However as I often create new projects based on a copy of a recently created project, the styles are not my "default" styles.

1. How can I quickly apply all my default styles in one go to a project that has other styles already applied?

2. Would it make sense if you could name and save your styles (and preferences) and so quickly identify and apply them ?

Noel

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    Anjaneai_Srivastava
    Adobe Employee
    Anjaneai_Srivastava
    Adobe Employee
    October 2, 2012

    Hello Noel,

    Have you tried to export your styles (.CPS) from your existing project and bring them inside your other project?

    This way you can bring the local styles defined to your project to your other project.

    If you create a Global styling (like you didi in first case) all you projects would carry that formatting and layout.

    Thanks,

    Anjaneai

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    Anonymous
    October 3, 2012

    Hello Anjaneai,

    I know you can export and then import your styles - but it would make more sense if you could name and save your default styles within Captivate so when you open an older project you could quickly change the style settings of the old project to your save and named default style settings.

    Thanks for the reply.

    Noel

    RodWard
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    RodWardCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 3, 2012

    Anjaneai,

    Actually, Global Styles don't quite work that way.  If you set up a Global Style, it is ONLY available in new blank projects, not ALL projects.

    As a test, set up a new Global Style with some unique name, and then open up a project that already has a number of custom local styles created.  You'll find that the new Global Style you created does not appear in the Style list, or in the Object Style Manager.  However, if you open a new Blank project that has no custom styles, THEN the global style will show up on the Style list.

    So Noel's point is quite valid. Global styles SHOULD be available in all projects.  But that's not the way they actually work in practice.

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