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Mastering Adobe Captivate 2019

You're reading from   Mastering Adobe Captivate 2019 Build cutting edge professional SCORM compliant and interactive eLearning content with Adobe Captivate

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789803051
Length 770 pages
Edition 5th Edition
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Dr. Pooja Jaisingh Dr. Pooja Jaisingh
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started with Adobe Captivate 2019 FREE CHAPTER 2. Working with Standard Objects 3. Working with Multimedia 4. Working with the Timeline and Other Useful Tools 5. Developing Interactivity 6. Crafting the Graphical Experience with Styles and Themes 7. Working with Quizzes 8. Capturing Onscreen Action 9. Producing a Video Demo 10. Creating a Responsive Project 11. Creating Virtual Reality Projects 12. Using Captivate with Other Applications 13. Creating Accessible eLearning 14. Variables and Advanced Actions 15. Finishing Touches and Publishing 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Using Smart Shapes as Buttons

Back in Chapter 2, Working with Standard Objects, you learned about Smart Shapes. If you are not yet convinced of the awesomeness of Smart Shapes, this section will win you over!

  1. Return to slide 3 in the Chapter05/takeTheTrain.cptx file.
  2. Select the image button you added in the previous section and delete it.
  3. Use the Shapes icon on the Toolbar to open the Smart Shape menu.
  4. Select the rounded rectangle shape and draw a rounded rectangle in the lower-left area of the slide.
  5. Double-click the Smart Shape and write Continue in the rounded rectangle.
  6. Use the Style Name dropdown of the Properties inspector to apply the shape_As_Button style to the rounded rectangle shape.

Remember that this style, along with all the other styles currently in use in the project, is defined in the Theme you applied in Chapter 2, Working with Standard Objects. When done, your slide should look like the following screenshot:

You will now turn your new Smart Shapes into...

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