# Changing the order of object layers

The Timeline shows all objects on a slide, such as click boxes, captions, highlight boxes, mouse movement, and audio. The objects on a movie slide are displayed as stacked bars on the left side of the Timeline. You can change the order of the stacked bars easily to organize objects the way you want.

#### To change the order of object layers on the Timeline:

1. Open a Captivate project.

2. Double-click on a slide containing objects.

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.

4. Move the mouse over one of the objects on the Timeline until the hand cursor appears.

5. Press the mouse button and drag the object up or down until it is in the position you want.