Specifications

USING CAPTIVATE

Noninteractive Objects and Media

Last updated 9/28/2011

Properties of zoom destination areas

You can set the properties for a zoom destination area using the Property Inspector (Window > Properties).

Fill Color of the area within the Zoom Destination Area box. To decide the degree of transparency for the fill color,

select a value for the option Alpha in the Color menu. The value of 90% is less transparent (more solid) than a value

of 10%.

Stroke Stroke color for the Zoom Destination Area box.

Width Thickness of the border of the Zoom Destination Area box.

Image Image for the zoom destination area. Click the respective icon to add, crop, or delete image.

Note: You can also change the size and position of the zoom area or zoom destination area directly on the slide. Select the

box you want to change. When the hand cursor is visible, you can adjust the position of the box. When the double-headed

arrow cursor is visible, you can adjust the size.

Properties of zoom source areas

You can set the properties for a zoom source area using the Property Inspector (Window > Properties).

Zoom Source

Item Name Enter a unique name for the object. You can use this name when defining the visibility conditions for the

object.

Visible Deselect this option if you want the object to be invisible on the slide. The object can be made visible using the

Show option. For more information, see

“Controlling the visibility of objects” on page 55

Style Select a style for the Zoom source. To define a new style, select Edit > Object Style Manager. For more

information on object styles, see

“Object style” on page 56

Fill and Stroke

Fill Color of the area within the Zoom source.

To decide the degree of transparency for the fill color, select a value for the option Alpha in the Color menu. The value

of 90% is less transparent (more solid) than a value of 10%.

Stroke Stroke color of the area within the Zoom source.

Fill Outer Area Select this option to fill the area outside the boundaries of the Zoom Area box with the color selected

in Fill Color. When you choose this option, the area within the Zoom Area box is not colored.

Note: You can observe the fill color around the zoom area only when you preview or publish the project.

Width Thickness of the border of the Zoom Area box.

Timing

Display For [Time] Specifies the duration for which the zoom area is displayed.

Appear After [#] Seconds Delay between the first appearance of the slide and the first appearance of the zoom area.

Zoom For The duration of the zoom, in tenths of a second.

Transition

Effect The transition effect for the slidelet when it appears and exits the slide.

In and Out The time (in seconds) for the fading effects.