# Editing slides

Slides are an important element in movies. Slides contain most of the movie objects (i.e., background image, mouse movement, captions, images, etc.) and control how the objects appear. For example, at the slide level you can control how items fade in and out, when they appear, and the order in which they stack.

Unlike Captivate, Flash does not show all objects at one time. Flash uses the Timeline to represent the timing of when objects appear. Clicking on the Timeline or dragging the playhead enables you to see how a slide will look when it is played.

#### To open and edit an individual slide in a movie:

1. Export a movie from Captivate or import a movie into Flash.

2. To open an individual slide for editing, do one of the following:

- From the Scene Timeline, double-click on the movie on the stage. This shows the slides in the Timeline. Click on the Timeline and drag the playhead to a specific slide.

- Click on the Edit Symbols icon , select Captivate Objects, select the Slides folder, and then select an individual slide.

- If you have the Library open, double-click on the Captivate Objects folder, then double-click on the Slides folder, and finally double-click on a specific slide.

3. Once the slide appears on the stage, you can modify the slide. For example:

   3. Adjust the timing of two captions on a single slide so they display at the same time. You can do this by selecting all of the slides in the Timeline for the first caption. Then, drag the slides to the same point in time on the Timeline as a second caption.

   4. Edit objects on slides by double-clicking on an object such as a highlight box or caption and making a change.

Note: When looking for a specific slide, remember that you only see the initial view of the slide. For example, if the slide fades in, the initial view is a blank screen or if your captions fade in they are not visible in this initial view.