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eeymry
eeymry
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October 3, 2010
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Audio over multiple slides in Captivate 5

  • October 3, 2010
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I am new to using Captivate 5 and i'm trying to record audio in Captivate that will play while 3 slides advance on their own.

I read something on a past thread that talked about clicking a "slide divider" - I can't find the "slide divider" and about a "distribution window" opening after I record the audio - that never appears.

Can anyone help me with this?  It seems like it should be easy to find.

Thanks

Emily

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    Hi Emily,

    You can record audio to 3 slides in different ways.

    Option1 :

    You can record audio individually on all the three slides by invoking the Slide audio dialog for every slide.

    1. On every slide you wish to record audio invoke the slide audio dialog ( from Audio >> Record to >> Slide ) and record for the single slide. Saving the recorded audio will add it to the slide you recorded.

    2. You can follow step 1 for all the three slides you wish to record.

    Option 2:

    You can record audio to all the three slides continuously in one go. You can do this in the SLIDES audio dialog

    For ex if you want to record audio for slides 1,2 and 3, then select slide 1 and invoke the slides audio dialog from Audio >> Record to >> Slides

    You get a "Record from Slide" dialog. Enter the Slide numbers for which you wish to record audio and click ok.

    This will open the slides audio dialog.

    Slides audio dialog shows up the slides selected in the "Record from slide" dialog. Enable "Continuous play" and "SWF Preview" and Click on the recording button. This will record audio over the three slides as you narrate. Audio will be added to all the three slides. You can see the Movie (SWF) preview or the Slide number mentioned in the top right of the preview pane to know the slide number you are recording to.

    If some portions of the audio spills over the next slide then you can arrange the markers in the EDIT tab. Here you can play the audio and pause at the point where you want your next slide to start and click on the button highlighted by Lilybiri. Its called the "Start Next slide here" button.

    After all the recording is done click on SAVE to add audio to all the three slides.

    Try out these and let me know if it works.

    -Ashwin Bharghav B

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    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
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    October 3, 2010

    Hello,

    Which option did you choose for recording? You should record 'to slides' and indicate the 3 slides.

    To adjust the slide transition, immediately after recording, which is done on the tab 'Add/Replace' go to the tab 'Edit'. You can cut portions, insert silences, but also indicate where the audio has to be moved to the next slide. For that workflow play the audio, pause where you want to start the next slide and choose the icon I marked in yellow, a marker will be inserted with the slide number. In the example of the screenshot you will see the marker for slide 2.

    Lilybiri

    eeymry
    eeymryAuthor
    Inspiring
    October 5, 2010

    I don't get that extra button that you highlighted.  My slide is a FMR slide and it's 5 sec long, the audio is 20 seconds long.  The extra button isn't on the edit tab and when I select Save, I get a pop up that says "Do you want to extend the display time to 15 seconds to match the new audio?"  If I say no, the audio is automatically cut to fit the slide, if I say yes, the slide length is extended.  Either way the extra button never shows up.

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    Anonymous
    Correct answer
    October 6, 2010

    Hi Emily,

    You can record audio to 3 slides in different ways.

    Option1 :

    You can record audio individually on all the three slides by invoking the Slide audio dialog for every slide.

    1. On every slide you wish to record audio invoke the slide audio dialog ( from Audio >> Record to >> Slide ) and record for the single slide. Saving the recorded audio will add it to the slide you recorded.

    2. You can follow step 1 for all the three slides you wish to record.

    Option 2:

    You can record audio to all the three slides continuously in one go. You can do this in the SLIDES audio dialog

    For ex if you want to record audio for slides 1,2 and 3, then select slide 1 and invoke the slides audio dialog from Audio >> Record to >> Slides

    You get a "Record from Slide" dialog. Enter the Slide numbers for which you wish to record audio and click ok.

    This will open the slides audio dialog.

    Slides audio dialog shows up the slides selected in the "Record from slide" dialog. Enable "Continuous play" and "SWF Preview" and Click on the recording button. This will record audio over the three slides as you narrate. Audio will be added to all the three slides. You can see the Movie (SWF) preview or the Slide number mentioned in the top right of the preview pane to know the slide number you are recording to.

    If some portions of the audio spills over the next slide then you can arrange the markers in the EDIT tab. Here you can play the audio and pause at the point where you want your next slide to start and click on the button highlighted by Lilybiri. Its called the "Start Next slide here" button.

    After all the recording is done click on SAVE to add audio to all the three slides.

    Try out these and let me know if it works.

    -Ashwin Bharghav B

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