Using shortcut keys

Below are a few shortcut keys to help you work quickly.

Shortcut key

Action

F1

Open Captivate Help (To access dialog-level help, click the Help button on individual dialog boxes.)

F4

Generate

F5

Record audio (Storyboard view and Edit view)

F6

Preview current slide and the next slide (Storyboard view and Edit view)

F7

Spelling and grammar check (Storyboard view and Edit view)

F8

Preview movie from current slide (Storyboard view and Edit view)

F10

Preview current slide and following four slides (Storyboard view and Edit view)

F11

Full screen (all three views)

F12

Preview movie in web browser (Storyboard view and Edit view)

Control+A

Select all

Control+C

Copy (slide in Storyboard view or Filmstrip, and selected object in Edit view)

Control+D

Duplicate (slide in Storyboard view or Filmstrip, and selected object in Edit view)

Control+H

Change slide to high quality (Storyboard view and Edit view)

Control+I

Increase indent (selected object in Edit view)

Control+J

Transform to JPEG (Storyboard view and Edit view)

Control+O

Open project

Control+S

Save (all views)

Control+V

Paste (slide in Storyboard view or Filmstrip, what was copied or cut in Edit view)

Control+X

Cut (selected object in Edit view)

Control+Y

Redo

Control+Z

Undo

Shift+Control+A

Add animation object (Edit view)

Shift+Control+B

Add new button (Edit view)

Shift+Control+C

Add new caption (Edit view)

Shift+Control+I

Decrease indent (selected object in Edit view)

Shift+Control+K

Add new click box (Edit view)

Shift+Control+L

Add new highlight box (Edit view)

Shift+Control+M

Add new image (Edit view)

Shift+Control+O

Add new rollover image (Edit view)

Shift+Control+P

Publish

Shift+Control+R

Add new rollover caption (Edit view)

Shift+Control+T

Add new text entry box (Edit view)

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