Customising simulation caption text

You can use smartshapes instead of default text captions such as Halo Blue.

These instructions are for Captivate 9. I am assuming this works for CP 2017.

1. Go to Edit > Preferences > Recording > Modes  and select Use Smartshapes instead of Captions.

2. In the Object Style Manager under Edit menu, go to Smartshapes and change the default caption settings as per your requirement.

Sreekanth

The default text captions that Captivate adds to screen captures are not really editable. They are actually a combination of several images that are blended together to allow resizing on screen.  In order to achieve a different colour, you would need to use a graphics editor such as Photoshop to alter the original graphics (found in the Captivate install directory under the Gallery > Captions folder).

If you want greater control over the specific fill colour of these callouts, change your Preference settings to use Smart Shapes instead of Text Captions.  You find this setting at Edit > Preferences > Recording > Modes > Use Smart Shapes Instead of Captions.  Then you can set up a specific Object Style for these Shapes and make it whatever colour you want.