# Publishing movies as handouts

You can publish Captivate movies as handouts in Microsoft Word format. A Captivate movie is published into a Word document as individual slides.

Note: Microsoft Word must be installed on the same computer as Captivate in order to publish movies as handouts.

#### To publish a Captivate movie as a handout:

1. Open a Captivate movie.

2. From the File menu, select Publish.

3. In the Publish dialog box, select Handouts.

4. In Movie Title, enter the desired name without the file extension (DOC).

5. In Folder, enter the full path for the folder in which to save the file or click Browse to locate the folder.

6. Select from the following output options:

   Select an export range: The export range is simply the slides that you want to export to Word. You can select All slides, only the Current slide, only the current Selection, or a range of Slides.

   Slides per page: Specifies the number of slides to print on each page of the word document. A small thumbnail image to the right shows a preview of the page layout selected.

   Caption text: Select this option to print the text of captions underneath the slide on which they appear. For example, if slide 2 of the movie contains a caption, the text on the caption will print below the slide when the movie is converted to Word format.

   Blank lines: Select this option to print four blank lines under each slide of your movie on the Word document. This option is appropriate if you are using your Word document as a printed handout and want to supply your users with an area in which they can take notes.

   Slide notes: Select this option to include slide notes in your Word document. These notes are usually not seen by end users (those who view your movie), but are an organizational tool for Captivate authors. (For more information, see Creating slide notes.)

   Include objects (text captions, images, etc.): Select this option to include objects on slides such as captions, images, click boxes, or highlight boxes.

   Export hidden slides: Select this option to include any slides you have marked as hidden in your movie. (Hidden slides do not appear when the movie is viewed.)

   Include Mouse Path: Select this option to include any mouse paths that appear on slides.

7. When you are done, click Publish.

Microsoft Word opens with the new movie document. You can make modifications and save the file as desired.

Note: The DOC file is created using a Microsoft Word template named Captivate.dot. This template contains a header with the date and a footer with page numbers. If you want to change or remove the information in the header or footer, you can edit the DOT file by opening it in Word. When you install Captivate, the Captivate.dot template is automatically placed in the program folder, located by default at, C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Captivate.