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August 12, 2014
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Show closed captions without audio file?

  • August 12, 2014
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I would like to have my slide notes displayed as closed captions EVEN though I do NOT have an audio file - how can I do that?  I have imported a PP file into captivate 7 and in this PP there is slides notes. I would like these slide notes to be displayed in the finished project and I do NOT have an audio file - and will have have one at any point. I just would like the slide notes/closed captions to work as supporting the information on the slides?

Thanx in advance,

Nanna

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Correct answer RodWard

You MUST have an audio file to use the Closed Captions feature.  It doesn't have to have voiceover on it.  It could just contain very low sound level audio, but it must not be pure silence otherwise Captivate tends to clip off that pure silence, leaving you back at square one.

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RodWard
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RodWardCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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August 12, 2014

You MUST have an audio file to use the Closed Captions feature.  It doesn't have to have voiceover on it.  It could just contain very low sound level audio, but it must not be pure silence otherwise Captivate tends to clip off that pure silence, leaving you back at square one.

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UserSense4Author
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August 12, 2014

Thank you very much for the quick reply... but... (soory, I have to get this off my chest:) first of all, that's not a very intelligent solutions made by Adobe .... I can think of lots of situations where I would like to have the slide notes/closed captions as supporting notes and this without audio.... and they are RIGHT there in the project?????

And second - unfortunately this sends me right back to my usual problem; that Captivate cannot distribute an audio file across several slides (I know the functionality is there.... but it does NOT work (see the many errors reports about this issue)). So, if I need to add an audio file, I need to add it to every single slide... sigh......

But again, thank you RodWard

    RodWard
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    RodWardCommunity Expert
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    August 12, 2014

    There's nothing to stop you from adding text captions or Smart Shapes containing text to the lower part of the slide where the Closed Captions normally appear.  You can time these captions or shapes to appear and disappear as you want and replicate more or less what Closed Captions do.  But I understood you were specifically referring to using the built-in Closed Captioning feature, which only works when there is an audio file because the text needs something to synchronise to.

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