Graphics Reference
In-Depth Information
Note: If you move the timeline to the top or the bottom of the slide
display, it will “dock” or become part of the slide window.
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You can change the size of the increments in the ruler that repre-
sents seconds in the timeline. For example, if you currently are
showing 19 or 20 seconds on the timeline, but only need 5 or 6,
you could make the increments larger. Valid ruler display options
are tiny, small, normal, medium, and large. The actual number of
seconds that will display for each option varies by the type of mon-
itor you have and your system display settings. To change the
seconds on the timeline ruler, do one of the following:
Click the
magnifying glass
icon in the upper-right corner of
the timeline to display a list of size options, and then click the
one you want.
Click anywhere on the
timeline ruler
, then use your mouse
wheel to scroll through the available ruler sizes.
Preventing Changes to a Slide
After you've made all these edits to a slide to make it exactly what you
want, you can lock the slide so that the objects on it cannot be moved,
deleted, or changed. Locking a slide prevents changes to the elements
on the slide, but it does not prevent changes to the slide as a whole. In
other words, although no one but you will be able to delete the cap-
tions from a locked slide, anyone would be able to move the whole
slide to another part of the movie or change the slide transitions.
Tip: Anyone with access to these Captivate project source files can
lock (or unlock) any slide or element on a slide. Though this feature
is very useful to prevent accidental or unintended changes, it does
not prevent others from unlocking and making changes.
Another method of preventing accidental changes is to temporarily
hide elements on a slide. Like the lock elements feature, the hide fea-
ture can easily be undone by anyone.
