Editing a sound clip in Captivate

Now that you know how to insert sound in Captivate, it is time to take a look at how you can modify it. Even though Captivate is not an audio editing application, it does have some basic audio editing capabilities.

In this exercise, you will use the audio editing capabilities of Captivate to finalize the chimes sound you recorded with the System Audio feature back in Chapter 2, Capturing the Slides.

1. Return to the Chapter04/encoderDemo_800.cptx file.

2. Use the Filmstrip panel to go to slide 17.

3. Make sure the Properties panel shows the properties of the slide.

4. Switch to the Options tab of the Properties panel and click on the Edit Audio button (see the following screenshot). Alternatively, you can go to the Audio | Edit | Slide menu item to do the same thing:

   

5. The Slide Audio dialog box opens on the Edit tab (see (1) on the next screenshot).

   Locate the Select Source section situated in the top-left corner of the Slide Audio dialog (see (2) on the next screenshot). The...