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Using Adobe Captivate, you can convert your Legacy Microsoft PowerPoint e-learning content into Adobe Captivate projects. To get started, we will show you how to create a new project file from a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation. Our first step is to click "from Microsoft PowerPoint," and then select the PowerPoint presentation we want to import. Adobe Captivate now imports the PowerPoint presentation. Next, give the new project file a name, and set the dimensions for the new project. Now, we will specify how the slides should advance. In this instance, we will choose "on mouse click," which will ensure that the learner will only advance to the next slide when they click the mouse button. The linked option ensures that the connection between the source PowerPoint presentation and the Adobe Captivate project file is maintained. The first PowerPoint slide is now displayed in film strip view. Notice also the PowerPoint presentation has been added to the library panel. To move to another slide in the project, we would use the film strip. We will quickly save the newly created project file. Notice that a click box has been added to the timeline. This is because we selected the on mouse click option in the convert PowerPoint presentation's dialog. Next, we will preview the imported PowerPoint presentation. In this case, we will preview the entire project. To advance to the next slide, we will click anywhere inside the slide. The next slide is now displayed. You can edit any of your slides with Microsoft PowerPoint. In this case, we will edit the currently selected slide. The PowerPoint editing environment now opens right in Adobe Captivate. We will now make some changes to the slide. Having modified the slide, we will now save the changes. The project file is now updated, and the changes to the PowerPoint presentation can be seen here on this slide. You can also modify the PowerPoint presentation using the library panel. Select "embedded" if you want to embed the PowerPoint presentation into your Adobe Captivate project. Embedding your PowerPoint presentations is useful when you want to send your project files to someone else to edit. Note, however, that embedding PowerPoint presentations will increase the size of your Adobe Captivate project files. We will now return to the Captivate/PowerPoint editing environment and make further changes to this PowerPoint presentation. Having finished modifying the presentation, we will once again save the PowerPoint file. The entire PowerPoint presentation has now been updated. In the next part of this demonstration, we will show you how to update PowerPoint presentations that become out of sync. Notice that at present, the status indicator reports that the Powerpoint presentation is in sync with the Adobe Captivate project file. PowerPoint presentations become out of sync when you modify the Powerpoint file, and the Adobe Captivate project file is not open. To synchronize the presentation with the Adobe Captivate project file, we will click the status indicator. Adobe Captivate now updates the project file, as well as the presentation, and both files are now back in sync. In the final part of this demonstration, we will show you how to export animations created in the PowerPoint presentation. To export the PowerPoint slide as a Flash file, we will choose "edit with Microsoft PowerPoint," followed by export animation. All animations from the presentation are exported as SWF files. The exported SWF files could now be opened in future Adobe Captivate projects as SWF animations.
