Join Pooja Jaisingh for an in-depth discussion in this video Using themes and theme colors, part of Captivate 8: Advanced Techniques.
- Themes help your project look better…with coordinated colors, well-planned layouts…for slides, fonts, and effects.…When you create a project, a default theme…is automatically applied to your project.…You can change the theme…by choosing one of the pre-loaded themes…that are shipped along with Captivate.…You can also customize a theme,…save it as a different theme,…and reuse it for other projects.…You can also apply different theme colors…to these themes to create more variations.…
Each theme in Captivate consists of master slides,…object styles, theme colors, skin, and PUC settings…related to the theme and recording defaults.…When you create a new blank project,…by default white theme is applied to your project,…and you can easily change it to any other theme.…Let's go ahead and see how to do that.…We'll go to Themes and notice that there are…11 different themes available.…
And here's the white theme which is default.…To apply any other theme,…just go and select a theme that you like…and that theme will be applied to your project.…
Author
Pooja Jaisingh
Released
6/18/2015- Introducing actions, events, and variables
- Creating advanced actions
- Working with lightboxes
- Creating custom navigation
- Controlling audio through screens
- Building custom themes
- Inserting smart shapes
- Making elearning projects responsive
- Creating advanced quizzes
- Converting text to speech
- Being more productive in Captivate
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 42s
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1. Actions and Events
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Introduction to actions2m 15s
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Introduction to events4m 29s
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2. Variables
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Types of variables2m 9s
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Creating and using variables1m 40s
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3. Advanced Actions
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Creating a standard action4m 24s
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Creating a shared action4m 6s
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4. Lightboxes
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Using lightboxes1m 25s
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Screen with a lightbox4m 43s
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Highlighting clicked objects2m 44s
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Glossary as a lightbox7m 17s
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Lightbox-style menu6m 49s
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5. Custom Navigation
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Decision-based branching8m 32s
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Forced navigation10m 52s
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6. Audio Screen
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Syncing audio with objects6m 40s
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Playing audio on hover3m 5s
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Playing audio on click/tap1m 54s
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Playing audio on drag5m 29s
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7. Custom Themes
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8. Smart Shapes
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Inserting a smart shape3m 4s
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Formatting smart shapes4m 26s
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Creating custom shapes2m 20s
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Using shapes as buttons2m 14s
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9. Responsive Elearning Basics
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Modifying size and position14m 54s
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Excluding objects3m 1s
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Previewing and publishing2m 50s
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10. Responsive Elearning
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11. Advanced Quizzing
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Creating a basic quiz3m 28s
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Creating branched quizzes4m 15s
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Adding pretest questions5m 43s
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Randomizing quiz questions3m 35s
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12. Text to Speech
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Using VTML tags3m 20s
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13. Productivity Tips and Best Practices
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Setting up custom workspace2m 35s
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Photoshop round-tripping4m 50s
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Keyboard shortcuts4m 26s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 10s
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