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Inspiring
December 11, 2012
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Is it possible to convert text captions to Smart Shapes?

  • December 11, 2012
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Hello,

I have a collegue that is using Cp 5 to record software simulations which then need to be brought into Cp6. The problem is that our standards (for software simulations) employ Smart Shape call outs (not the Cp 5.5 and earlier text captions).

Is it possible to convert these text captions into our themed Smart Shapes either automatically inside Captivate 6 or by modifying the content within the CPTx file?

Thank you,

Shawn

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Lilybiri
Lilybiri
Legend
December 11, 2012

Hello Shawn,

I don't believe an automatic switch will be possible, because smart shapes are totally different objects. Personally I replace text captions whenever possible by shapes, used as text containers. You can indicate in the Preferences for recording simulations to do that, but since you already have created the simulations, it has to be done manually. Hoping for you that someone has a bright idea, but I do not see one immediately. I would export the text to Word, save that without formatting and copy/paste the necessary text into inserted shapes.

Lilybiri

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kind_days15B9Author
Inspiring
December 11, 2012

Hello Lilybiri,

As always you are awesome! :-)

>I don't believe an automatic switch will be possible, because smart shapes are totally different objects.

I understand because there are a huge variety of shapes in either format. But I suspect that it should be easy to convert a text caption from any style to one specified smart shape style.

Actually, I am asking before the simulations get started. So nothing has been done yet. I am unsure what you are suggesting I should do in the preferences under Cp 5.5. Are you suggesting that there is a way to convert 'some format' of text callouts, in a Cp5.5 demonstration simulation, to Smart Shapes in Cp6?

>but since you already have created the simulations, it has to be done manually. Hoping for you that

>someone has a bright idea, but I do not see one immediately.

For anyone else in this situation, it would be handy to have a solution (rather than painstakingly convert each manually).

I am wondering if this might be a relatively easy search/replace within one of the xml files within the CPTx file. I'm going to look at this tonight.

Thanks for your assist.

Lilybiri
Lilybiri
Legend
December 12, 2012

Only in Captivate 6 you can replace by default all text captions that are generated during an Automatic capture by a smart shape (and define its style). Since 5.5 didn't have smart shapes, only some drawing objects, it is not possible in that version.

Lilybiri

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