Working with the Timeline

By default, the Timeline is initially hidden in Captivate 8. To reveal it, just click on the Timeline bar situated at the bottom of the interface. The primary purpose of the Timeline is to organize the sequence of events on each slide, but the Timeline panel can be used for other purposes as well.

Using the Timeline to select objects

Sometimes the objects are so close to each other that you might have a hard time selecting the right object. The objects can also be stacked on top of one other so that selecting an object that is not on top of the stack can be very tricky. Using the Timeline panel, you can make sure that the object you select is the one you actually want to select! The steps are as follows:

1. If needed, return to the Chapter05/encoderDemo_800.cptx file.

2. Click on the Timeline bar at the very bottom of the screen to open the Timeline panel.

3. Use the Filmstrip panel to go to slide 4 of the project.

   This slide contains four objects: two Text Captions, one rounded...