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How to insert audio into an Adobe Captivate Classic project

  1. Captivate Classic User Guide
  2. Introduction to Captivate
    1. What's New in Adobe Captivate
    2. Adobe Captivate System Requirements
    3. Responsive Project Design with Adobe Captivate
  3. Captivate Classic Release Notes
    1.  Adobe Captivate Classic 11.8.3 Release Notes
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    3. Adobe Captivate 11.8.1 Release Notes
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    5. What's New in Adobe Captivate (2019 release) Update 5
    6. What's New in Adobe Captivate (2019 release) Update 2
    7. Adobe Captivate Release Notes
  4. Create Projects
    1. Create different types of projects in Adobe Captivate
    2. Customize the size of an Adobe Captivate project
    3. Responsive Project Design with Adobe Captivate
    4. Create Virtual Reality (VR) projects
    5. Work with responsive text in Adobe Captivate
    6. Work with themes in Adobe Captivate
    7. How to apply view specific properties in responsive projects
    8. How to create backup files for Adobe Captivate projects
    9. Asset panel
    10. Create branching and forced navigation in Captivate
    11. Replace image on the stage
  5. Add and Manage Objects
    1. Work with multi-state objects in Adobe Captivate
    2. Object effects
    3. Insert web objects in Adobe Captivate projects
    4. Work with object styles in Adobe Captivate
    5. How to rotate objects in Adobe Captivate
    6. How to manage objects with the Main Options toolbar
    7. How to merge objects in a slide
    8. How to manage objects in the library
    9. How to group objects in Adobe Captivate
    10. Edit object information using the Advanced Interaction panel
    11. How to copy, paste, and duplicate objects in Adobe Captivate
    12. Control the visibility of objects
    13. How to change the display order of objects in Adobe Captivate
    14. Apply shadows to objects
    15. How to align objects in Adobe Captivate
    16. How to add reflection to objects in Adobe Captivate
    17. Import assets into a Captivate project
  6. Slides
    1. Add slides to an Adobe Captivate project
    2. Editing slides in an Adobe Captivate project
    3. Delete Adobe Captivate project slides
    4. Change slide order in Adobe Captivate
    5. Set slide properties in Adobe Captivate
    6. Add and convert slide notes to audio files with Adobe Captivate
    7. Set up knowledge check slides in Adobe Captivate
    8. How to add slide transitions in Adobe Captivate
    9. How to work with master slides in Adobe Captivate
    10. How to lock Adobe Captivate slides
    11. How to hide or exclude slides in an Adobe Captivate project
    12. How to group and ungroup slides in Adobe Captivate
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    6. How to customize the Adobe Captivate workspace
    7. How to use the Adobe Captivate Library
    8. How to use the Branching panel in Adobe Captivate
  8. Create Quizzes
    1. Insert question slides in Adobe Captivate projects
    2. Set quiz preferences for Adobe Captivate
    3. How to enable learners to submit all quiz responses simultaneously
    4. How to set up question slides with Adobe Captivate
    5. Using random question slides in Adobe Captivate
    6. How to allow users to return to quiz
    7. Import questions from CSV format files
    8. Import questions from GIFT format files
    9. How to insert pretests in Adobe Captivate
  9. Audio
    1. How to insert audio into an Adobe Captivate project
    2. How to preview audio in Adobe Captivate
    3. How to edit audio files with Adobe Captivate
    4. View audio details in Adobe Captivate
    5. Set audio recording preferences and recording audio
    6. How to export audio from Adobe Captivate
  10. Video
    1. Slide videos
    2. Work with event videos in Adobe Captivate
    3. Differences between events and synchronized videos in Adobe Captivate
  11. Interactive Objects
    1. Add interactive buttons to your Captivate projects
    2. Create click boxes in Adobe Captivate
    3. Add text entry boxes with Adobe Captivate
    4. How to add audio to boxes and buttons
    5. How to add JavaScript to boxes and buttons in Adobe Captivate
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    1. Create drag-and-drop interactions in Adobe Captivate
    2. Use Adobe Captivate variables in widgets
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    4. How to create static, interactive, and question widgets in Adobe Captivate
    5. How to add widgets to your Adobe Captivate project
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    1. Create and edit smart shapes
    2. Edit and create text captions with Captivate
    3. How to use images and rollover images with Captivate
    4. How to customize smart shapes in Adobe Captivate
    5. How to create zoom areas in Adobe Captivate
    6. How to set audio for noninteractive objects
    7. How to create rollover slidelets in Adobe Captivate
    8. How to create rollover captions in Adobe Captivate
    9. Change mouse properties in Adobe Captivate
    10. Use highlight boxes in Captivate
    11. Work with swatches in Adobe Captivate
    12. Fix size and position of non-interactive objects
    13. Add animations to a Adobe Captivate project
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    6. Set publishing preferences in Adobe Captivate
    7. Using web fonts from Adobe Fonts in Adobe Captivate
    8. Report quiz results to an internal server
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    2. Upload an Adobe Captivate project to a Learning Management System
    3. Learn about the Common JavaScript interface for Adobe Captivate
    4. How to publish Captivate projects to Microsoft Word
    5. Using Adobe Connect with Captivate
    6. How to add Captivate projects to a RoboHelp online help system
    7. How to package multiple SCOs using the Adobe Multi-SCORM Packager
  19. Troubleshoot Adobe Captivate
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    3. Hotfix for VR content not playing on devices
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    5. Captivate (2019 release) activation issues on macOS Catalina
    6. Captivate responsive courses will not auto-play on browsers
    7. Issues with Asset panel in Adobe Captivate (2019 release)
    8. Error 103 while installing Adobe Captivate
    9. Issues when previewing a Captivate project

Adobe Captivate Classic lets you add narration, music, step-by-step instructions, or almost any sound to your projects.

You can use audio in Adobe Captivate Classic projects in a variety of ways. For example, you can do the following, all in the same project:

  • Add a background track that plays for the duration of the project.

  • Add sound to an individual slide.

  • Add sound to a specific object, such as a caption, click box, highlight box, or button.

Adobe Captivate Classic lets you record your own audio files (using some simple equipment) or import existing files. You can record audio files at the same time you record the project, or you can add an audio file later. Imported files can be in WAV or mp3 format. If you add a WAV file to a project, Adobe Captivate Classic automatically converts the WAV file to mp3 format when you publish the project.

After you add audio to a project, you can adjust the timing of objects to fit the sound file precisely. Adobe Captivate Classic also contains features for adding silence to audio files and for normalizing audio for all slides so the sound level is consistent.

Adobe Captivate Classic contains a gallery that has buttons, sounds, and animations (in SWF format) for you to use in your projects. By default, the gallery is stored in the following location when you install Adobe Captivate Classic:

C:\Program files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate Classic <version_number>\Gallery (on Windows)

or

/Applications/Adobe Captivate Classic <version_number>/Gallery/Captions (for Mac OS).

Note:

You can attach an audio file to a button or click box and have the audio play when the user clicks the button or click box instead of when the button or click box is displayed. To do this, create the button or click box and select the Success Caption option. Make the Success Caption transparent and do not add any text. Add an audio file to the Success Caption.

Import audio

You can import an audio file to use with slides, buttons, highlight boxes, click boxes, or text entry boxes. You can also use the Library to add an audio file that is already in your current project.

  1. Select the slide or object to which you want to add audio.

  2. In the Property Inspector (Window > Properties), click Add Audio in the Audio area.

  3. In the Slide Audio dialog box, click Import.

    Note:

    Adobe Captivate Classic contains a gallery that has buttons, sounds, and animations (in SWF format) for you to use in your projects. By default, the gallery is stored in the following location when you install Adobe Captivate Classic: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate Classic <version_number>\Gallery (on Windows) or /Applications/Adobe Captivate Classic <version_number>/Gallery/Captions (on Mac OS).

  4. Browse to the audio file you want to add, select the file, and click Open.

  5. (Optional) To listen to and test the audio file, click Play Audio.

  6. Set other options as necessary.

    • To edit the audio file (for example, change volume, add silence, change length, and so on), click Edit Audio in Audio area.

    • If you want the audio to fade in or fade out, set the number of seconds using the options Fade In and Fade Out in the audio area.

  7. When you finish, click Save.

Add audio from library

You can reuse existing audio files for any slide or object in a project.

  1. In an open audio project, click the Library panel and then select the file from the Audio folder.

  2. Drag and drop the audio object to the object or slide.

Create background audio

You can create background audio for your projects. The audio plays while the slides of your project are shown. Background audio can be music, sound effects, or almost any kind of sound you can import or record.

You can use background audio together with individual slide audio for a truly professional effect. Adobe Captivate Classic provides an option to lower the volume of background audio when a slide with audio assigned plays. For example, you can import a music file and set it to loop continuously as background audio. In that same project, you can record voice-over narration for individual slides, and when the voice-over audio plays, the music volume is lowered.

  1. In an open project, do one of the following:

    • Select Audio > Import to > Background to import an existing audio file by navigating to the file, selecting the file, and clicking Open.

      If you want to use an audio file that is already in your project, click Select Audio From Library.

    • Click Record to > Background and follow the instructions to record the background audio.

  2. (Optional) Click Play Audio to listen to the audio file.

  3. Select from the following options:

    Fade In and Fade Out

    Lets you set a time, in seconds, for the audio file to fade in and fade out at the beginning and end of the project.

    Loop Audio

    The background audio file replays continuously.

    Stop audio at end of project

    Stops the background audio when the project ends.

    Adjust background audio volume on slides with audio

    Use the slider to adjust the background audio volume on slides that have individual audio files assigned, such as voice-over narration.

Use a custom keyboard tap sound

Adobe Captivate Classic includes a feature that records a keyboard tap sound whenever you press keys on the keyboard while recording a project. You can include or exclude the tap sounds. You can also create a custom keyboard tap sound to use.

  1. Create a new sound for keystrokes, or use an existing mp3 file (for example, one of the Windows sound files.)

  2. Name the new sound file KeyClick.mp3.

  3. Save the file and note the location to which the file is saved.

  4. Using Windows Explorer, browse to the Adobe Captivate Classic sound effects folder. (The default location is \\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate Classic <version_number>\Gallery\SoundEffects (on Windows) or /Applications/Adobe Captivate Classic <version_number>/Gallery/SoundEffects (on Mac OS).

  5. Locate the file named KeyClick.mp3. This is the Adobe Captivate Classic default keystroke sound file.

    Note:

    Before overwriting the file, you may want to copy and place the original KeyClick.mp3 file in a backup folder so it can be used again if necessary.

  6. Copy the new keyboard tap sound from the location in step 3 above, and paste it into the Adobe Captivate Classic sound effects folder.

  7. Select the option Hear Keyboard tap sounds (Preferences > Recording > Settings).

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