In addition to predefined shapes, Captivate allows you to draw your own Smart Shapes and save them for later use. In the following exercise, you will experiment with this feature hands-on, via the following steps:
- In slide 2 of the Chapter02/takeTheTrain.cptx project, click the Shapes icon on the toolbar to open the Smart Shapes menu.
- Choose the Polygon tool in the Smart Shapes menu. It is the line that ends with a star at the top of the menu. With the Polygon tool selected, the mouse pointer turns into a crosshair.
- Click anywhere on the slide where you want the first point of the Polygon to be located.
- Click a second time at another location to create a second point. Captivate automatically connects the two points with a dotted line.
- Use the same technique to add other points to the shape.
- To close the shape, click a second time on the first point you created. Captivate displays a small circle next to the mouse pointer to indicate that the shape can be...
