Preparing the buttons

The first step is to prepare the necessary buttons. There are several ways to do it in Captivate. Here is one of them:

1. Use the Filmstrip to go to slide 11 of the Chapter05/takeTheTrain.cptx file.
2. Click the Library icon in the upper-right corner of the screen to open the Library.
3. In the Images section of the Library, locate the Ticket.png file.
4. Click the fifth icon of the Library toolbar to see the Properties of the selected image.

Notice the dimensions of the picture are 521 by 320 pixels:

5. Click the OK button to close the Image Properties dialog.
6. Use the Shapes icon on the Toolbar to draw a rectangle on the slide. The size and the position of this rectangle do not matter at this time.
7. With the new rectangle selected, use the Options tab of the Properties panel to give the rectangle a Width of 521 pixels and a Height of 320 pixels (You may need to deselect the Constraint Proportions checkbox).

At this point of the process, you have a rectangle shape on the slide...