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Anonymous
March 27, 2008
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Editing Slide Length

  • March 27, 2008
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Hi All,

I am currently using Captivate 3 and have recorded a demonstration. I am looking to edit one of the recorded slides, specifically, wanting to cut out the first and last 2 seconds of the slide. I have not seen any tools within Captivate to do this. I have looked at FMR but am looking for an alternative solution, since i recorded in demonstration mode.

If anyone has any recommendations, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks in advance!
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Anonymous
April 1, 2008
Rick,

Ive tried adjusting the timeframe, but my only issue is that the recorded animations on my slides also get condensed. I have no found a 'cut' tool, to just clip out seconds 5-8, so my other animations are retained.

-Carrie
Captiv8r
Captiv8r
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March 27, 2008
Hi damethyst and welcome to our community

Sounds like you are simply referring to a normal, run of the mill slide here and not one with full motion? If so, you simply manipulate the objects on the slide as well as the overall slide duration to do what you want.

Cheers... Rick
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Anonymous
March 28, 2008
Hi Rick,

Thanks for your reply. I am not using full motion, and have looked through the slide and timeline properties to edit the slide. Specifically, if the slide is 10 seconds long, I would like to delete seconds 5-8. Where can I find that functionality?

Cheers!
Carrie
Captiv8r
Captiv8r
Legend
March 28, 2008
Hi Carrie

This should be super simple. See the slide over in the Film strip area that runs up and down the left side of Captivate? Try double-clicking it. Or right-click it and choose Properties. Either way, you should see the properties dialog. On the properties dialog you should see a field labeled "Display Time". Try specifying the total slide display time there.

There is a good chance that you won't be able to actually do this. This is because you may have objects on the slide that are preventing a shorter display time. In that case, you will need to adjust the display time for the objects so that it is shorter. Once you do that, you may then adjust total slide display time.

From what I'm seeing, I would say you could benefit from a Captivate class. You may wish to consider one. There are training providers you may find that offer these. I also offer them myself if you are interested.

Hopefully this helped... Rick
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