The Timeline

The Timeline typically appears just above or below the slide (the Timeline can be dragged to different window positions); each slide has its own unique Timeline. You can use the Timeline to control the timing of any slide object. Using the Timeline, you can force captions to appear on a slide at the same time, and force one caption to appear as another goes away. The Timeline consists of the following features: Object Bars, a Header, a Playhead and Playback Controls. The objects on a project slide are displayed as stacked bars on the left side of the Timeline. The header at the top of the Timeline indicates time in seconds (and parts of seconds). The playhead shows the point in time in which the slide is being viewed.

Student Activity: Change an Object’s Slide Position and Size

1.	Using Captivate, open TimeMe.cp from the Captivate4Data folder.
2.	Open Slide 1.
3.	Insert a Text Caption. choose Insert > Standard Objects > Text Caption (or click the Caption tool on the Object toolbar) type During this demonstration you will see how to create a new folder if necessary, select Caption 1 as the Caption style ensure the Font is Verdana and the Size is 11 [View full size image] click OK
4.	Control the size and slide position of the Text Caption. select the newest Text Caption Find the formatting controls located just above and to the right of the slide. click the Constrain proportions tool (the gold padlock) to turn off Constrain proportions change W (Width) to 231 and H (Height) to 79 Note If you hadn’t turned off the Constrain proportions tool, you would have had a very hard time matching the W (Width) and H (Height) values shown above because one value would have changed proportionally as you changed the other. change L (Left) to 48 and T (Top) to 183 Your slide should look similar to this:
5.	Save your work.
6.	Preview Slide 1. click the Preview tool and choose Play this slide The captions all appear at the same time and disappear at odd intervals. You will next learn how to use the Timeline to control when the Text Captions appear on the slide, and how long they stay.