Adobe Captivate 5.5: The Fastest Angle Remover in the West

by Kevin Siegel

You may have noticed that Captivate 5.5 allows you to quickly change the angle of a slide object by dragging the free-rotate icon you will find just above any selected object.

While rotating an object is great, getting rid of the rotation can get a bit sticky if you try to use the free-rotate icon. Most people will nearly remove the rotation, but are surprised to find that a slight angle remains.

There are two painless ways to remove the rotation (the Angle). First, with the rotated object selected, expand the Transform group on the Properties panel and change the Angle to 0.

Sure, using the Angle field on the Transform group is easy. But I am always looking for easier. Select a rotated object and, instead of dragging the free-rotate icon at the top of the object... double-click it. And bam! That Angle is instantly reset to 0. No dragging. No typing. Just a simple double-click and done.

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