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SJ718
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November 27, 2006
Question

Importing audio

  • November 27, 2006
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I am using Cap 2 and there seems to be having a problem with imported audio. When I import the audio into a highlight box. Then copy and paste the highlight box onto another slide and edit it. It plays the audio from the orginal highlight box. Even if I make a new highlight box and re-import the audio it still plays the original audio. The only way we found around it was to duplicate the orignal audio file for as many slides as you need, and then select it from the library. The problem with this is that it is increasing the published file sizes.

Is there a way to have it refference one file but keep the edits made per highlight box's. I hope this makes sense, I just never had this problem Captivate 1
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DilbertG
Adobe Employee
November 28, 2006
Hi SJ718,

I am not sure if I understood it clearly. Are you saying, that you imported a audio to a highlight box, then did a copy paste of highlight box to another slide, and then edited the audio on the first highlightbox?
If you do that, Captivate will ask you the option to save it as new clip or alter the original clip (which you also mentioned). Which option did you select?

What is your expected behaviour here?
I am sorry, if I am missing something here.

thanks
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Anonymous
November 27, 2006
Hello SJ718,

What happens if you check the usage of the original audio file you imported onto the first highlight box, does this list all of the subsequent slides that you have added highlight boxes to?

To check an object's using in Adobe Captivate 2 carry out these steps.
1. Show the Library Panel (View > Show Library Panel)
2. Select the audio file you imported in the Library
3. Click the Usage button on the LIbrary toolbar

Regards,
Mark
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SJ718Author
Participant
November 28, 2006
It lists the number of times the file has been used, but once I edit the audio on any slide it asks if I want to apply the edit to all slides or create a new audio clip for that slide. This causes the same problem of building up the size of the file.

I am not sure if there is away around this.
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