# Changing keystroke speed

You determine the speed of keystrokes when the movie is played. Keystrokes can be played slowly or quickly. If you have many keystrokes in a movie, increasing the speed will make the pace of the movie faster. However, if keystrokes are critical in the movie, you may want to have them play slowly so users can view them clearly. Use the Timeline to change keystroke speed.

#### To change keystroke speed:

1. Open a Captivate movie containing keystrokes.

2. Double-click a slide containing keystrokes.

3. If the Timeline is not already displayed, expand the Timeline by clicking the small black arrow to the left of the word Timeline.

   Click on the black arrow.

4. The keystrokes are contained in a Timeline object named "Typing." To shorten or lengthen the amount of time it takes for the keystrokes to play, click the right edge of the Typing object until the resize curser appears and drag the edge to the left or right. (Example)

   In the graphic below, the red arrow points to the right edge of the Typing object bar. With the resize pointer displayed, you can drag the Typing object bar to the left or right so that the amount of time it takes for the keystrokes to play is shortened or lengthened.