Exporting project preferences

Remember that the options pertaining to the Project section of the Preferences dialog are specific to the current project only.

If you want to apply the same set of Preferences to another project, Captivate lets you export the preferences of the current project and re-import them in another project. In the following exercise, you will export the preferences of the Encoder demonstration and apply them to the Encoder simulation:

1. If needed, return to the Chapter15/encoderDemo_800.cptx file.
2. Use the File | Export | Preferences menu item to export the preferences of the demonstration.
3. Save the preferences file as Chapter15/encoderDemo_800_Preferences.cpr. This should be the default name that's proposed by Captivate.
4. Click OK to acknowledge the information box telling you that the export was successful.

Note that the file extension of such a preference file is .cpr, which stands for Captivate PReferences.

You will now open the simulation and import...