Aligning objects on the Timeline

The Timeline enables you to align objects easily. You can align objects to the playhead, the start of a slide, the end of a slide, another object, or a point in time. First, open the Timeline.

To display the Captivate Timeline:

  1. Open a Captivate project.

  2. Double-click on a slide containing objects you want to align.

  3. If it is not open already, show the Timeline by clicking on the splitter bar . To expand the Timeline, click on the display arrow.

    Click on the black arrow.

To align an object to the playhead:

To align an object to the start of a slide:

To align an object to a point in time:

For example, if you have a caption that currently displays at the same time the slide displays, but you want a slight delay, click the caption, and drag it so the left edge aligns with 2s (a two-second delay) or 4s (a four-second delay) in the header. (Example)

The red arrow points to the left edge of the caption object bar aligned with the two-second mark on the Timeline.

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