No Audio in Slide Play
I just upgraded to Captivate 2.0. I recorded audio for each
slide, but can not manipulate the timing in Edit because I can not
hear the audio. If I preview them I can hear the audio. I did
notice that before I preview the audio converts to mp files. Is
this the problem?
Hi jdella
I'm not sure I understand your issue. You say you recorded
audio. Got that. Where I'm totally confused is when you say you
cannot manipulate timing in Edit. Are you talking about the
Captivate slide editor where you adjust placement of objects such
as text captions or click boxes? Or are you talking about the
Captivate audio editor? Where are you not able to hear the audio?
If you are saying it happens when you play the slide via F3
or the Spacebar (where you preview right in the slide editor) I'm
wondering if you have managed to mute audio in the editor. Look
just below the Timeline. Just below the column where you would
click the lock. Do you see a tiny little speaker icon? Try clicking
that icon a single time and then see if you have audio.
Hopefully this helps... Rick
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