% relative positioning and sizing in Captivate 8?

I'm doing lots of exploring of the way objects size and position in a responsive project but I just don't get '% relative' option for positioning and sizing.
Positioning: It seems to me that Smart Positioning allows one object to be positioned relative to another without the need for '% relative'.
Sizing: I can see the need for '% relative' in object sizing but can't see how you can specify the object its size should be relative to!
Probably I'm just not seeing the wood for the trees but could anyone point me in the right direction
regards

Captivate has no real layers, like Photoshop, but there is a stacking order
in the Timeline. You can have motion path effects for objects, but not yet
for responsive projects, only for normal projects.

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>> Hello all, here is my situation:
>> I am trying to do a simple Layer animation for my
home page... 4 Layers
>> startoff at the right of my webpage(table) and end
up at the left
>> handside, as
>> an example.
>> My problem is I have a main 1x1 table that is
centered, and that works
>> fine to
>> center all the text and images that are within it,
but the layers that I
>> tried
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not relative to the
>> table....
>> and if I try to specify relative position in the
first place for any of
>> the
>> layers that Layer disapears from my Layer panel and
I cannot timeline
>> with
>> it???!!!
>> This Started out as a lame trial to avoid making a
flash movie for this
>> animation.. but right now I am more interested in
knowing the
>> possibilities and
>> limitations of using Layers and Timelines in
Dreamweaver.... Any help or
>> comments are most welcome.
>>
>> Layth
>>
>
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> It
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