The playhead is going to reposition where you clicked. You can click a little bit to the left of where you think the part you need to edit is located. If you have an idea or estimate of where you can find the audio part, you do not need to play the entire audio just to find it.
You can also use the space bar button to pause a playing audio. The pause button is in the same position as the play button play button changes to pause button while the audio is playing so you can play and pause without repositioning the mouse pointer. Listen to pinpoint where you need to edit and pause the audio when you find it. You will see a red vertical line called "playhead" moving across the wave as the audio plays. To play an audio, click the play icon in the Record group or press the space bar. It also has a timeline that measures how many seconds away a particular segment is from the beginning of the audio file.
The Wave view contains a series of waves that serves as a visual representation of the audio file. This entry will also not cover recording (which uses the Select Source icons), Audio Settings (which opens when you click the link under Device), and the Audio Processing options under Adjust Volume. The focus on this entry is on Edit Audio tab the Add/Replace and Closed Captioning tabs are topics for another entry. The Edit Audio interface has the following parts: Since the Edit tab looks the same and works the same, the next section will focus on using it. It has similar functions as the Edit tabs discussed earlier the only buttons missing are those under the Select Source group. The Edit Audio interface has only one tab, the Edit tab. In the Audio Properties dialog box, select Edit.Double-click the audio file in the Library.Select Edit with Adobe Captivate in the small menu that displays.Īn alternative way of opening the Edit Audio has the following steps:.Right-click the audio file you wish to edit.To open Edit Audio through the Library, follow these steps:
To display the Library, enable Windows » Properties or press Control, Alt, and L together (Ctrl+Alt+L). If you cannot see the Library icon, it means the custom workspace is enabled. If you cannot see the Library, click the Library icon near the upper-right corner of the Captivate window. You can use this method regardless of how the project or lesson used the audio file.īy default, the Library is not on display. You can also open the Edit Audio interface by going to the Library. Open Edit Audio interface through the Library Its two tabs, Add/Replace and Edit, work in the same manner as the Slide Audio and Object Audio interfaces.
The Background Audio interface looks exactly the same as that of Object Audio interface except that its header says "Background Audio". To edit the background audio, on the top navigation menu, select Audio » Edit » Background. These two tabs work in the same manner as that of the Slide Audio interface. The Object Audio interface has only two tabs, Add/Replace and Edit. Then, on the top navigation menu, select Audio » Edit » Object.