Creating Custom Buttons in Captivate 3

In the first version of Captivate, I was able to create my
own image buttons, including the three states of the button (over,
down, click). When I select one of the included buttons in
Captivate 3, the three states of that button are added
automatically. How do I create my own custom buttons and include
the three states in Captivate 3?
Thanks,
Erica

Hi Erica and welcome to our community
The process is essentially the same. The only difference here
is that instead of just browsing to the button images and selecting
them individually, you name them appropriately and place them where
Captivate expects to find them.
They are expected to be found in the following location:
(Assuming you haven't deviated from the default location during
install)
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate 3\Gallery\Buttons
The names should be:
ButtonName_down.EXT
ButtonName_over.EXT
ButtonName_up.EXT
*Note that .EXT reflects the image format. This could be .GIF
or .JPG or .PNG or .BMP and ButtonName reflects what you want to
call your button.
Hope this helps... Rick

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