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louisea11373483
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June 12, 2017
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How do I copy slides from one project to another, without the content being changed or moved?

  • June 12, 2017
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I tried to copy slides from a software simulation to another project. When inserting the slides, some of the content is moved and in incorrect places.
Anybody who has tried something like that? 
I have tried to change the screen size for both of the project, but it doesn't make any differences.

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    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    June 12, 2017

    Both projects need to have the same resolution. Can you check that? You can find it under Project info.

    I hope you are talking about normal (blank) projects for both target and source file?

    Can you tell which version you are using, please (exact number).

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    louisea11373483Author
    Participant
    June 12, 2017

    The to projects is not the in the same resolution, but i tried to change the screen size, so they where the same, but there are still some misplacements of the content in the copied slides.
    I am using captivate 9.

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    June 12, 2017

    The target project has the resolution 1680 x 1050, while the copied slide is 1928 x 1048.
    I have already tried your suggestion, but it isn't working yet.
    My version is 9.02.1.


    The width/height ratio of the two projects is also different, which makes everything a lot more complicated of course, especially with a software simulation where each  background slide is static. Not a very well prepared project I would say, but that is off topic.

    The target project has 16/10 ratio, but the software simulation has a very weird widht/height ratio. Who did decide to capture at such a resolution, don't understand. Downscale the software simulation project without modifying the aspect ration to a width of 1680, the height will then be about 892 px. Activate Rescale all object, but you'llhave to check each slide. Normally in a software simulation you'll not have a lot of objects (depends on mode of the simulation, which you didn't tell). Resulting height is smaller than the height of the target project. If you copy/paste to the target project, the software sim slides will fit horizontally but they'll be put at the top of the slides. I would cover the bottom part (height = 1050-892 = 158px) with a shape. Another approach with a knockout master slide has been explained here:

    Create and Use a "Knockout" Master Slide - Captivate blog

    Please, next time, try to prepare a project: choice of the correct resolution is one of the most important decisions. Even though you only used one downscale, you'll always lose quality.

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