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Chapter 3: Creating projects

You can create new projects in Adobe ®Captivate™ by importing existing files, altering or copying existing Adobe 
Captivate projects, working from templates, following the Project wizard, or opening a blank project. Adobe 
Captivate allows you to specify a wide array of project settings and options so you can completely customize each 
project to your exact needs.

You can use Adobe Captivate to generate projects in the Demonstration, Training, or Assessment modes. Create 
a project in the Demonstration mode to capture screenshots of operations performed in a software application. 
You can use this presentation to demonstrate the working of a software application to your audience. If you 
generate a project in the Training Simulation mode, you can include training content for your trainees. You can 
record an Adobe Captivate project in the Assessment Simulation mode to assess the training provided to your 
audience.

Opening existing projects

Adobe Captivate stores projects in a folder named My Adobe Captivate Projects, which is placed in the My 
Documents folder when Adobe Captivate is installed. When you start Adobe Captivate, projects stored in the My 
Adobe Captivate Projects folder are automatically listed on the Start page under Open a recent project. All Adobe 
Captivate projects use the .cp file extension.

To open a project: 

1

Open Adobe Captivate.

2

Under Open a recent project, click the project you want to open. If the project is not listed, click Open and 

navigate to the project. The default storage location for projects is My Documents\My Adobe Captivate Projects.

Important: 

When opening an Adobe Captivate project created with a previous version of Adobe Captivate or with 

RoboDemo, Adobe Captivate prompts you to upgrade Adobe Captivate, or convert the project to an Adobe Captivate 
project. You can overwrite the existing project or create a new project; you cannot open the new Adobe Captivate 
project with an older version of Adobe Captivate. RoboDemo 5 projects use the .rd or .fcz file extension. When you 
open RoboDemo projects in Adobe Captivate, Adobe Captivate automatically converts them and gives them the new 
Adobe Captivate .cp file extension. Adobe Captivate does not support projects created with RoboDemo versions prior 
to version 5. 

Summary of Contents for 65029940 - Captivate - PC

Page 1: ...ADOBE CAPTIVATE 3 USER GUIDE...

Page 2: ...Captivate Authorware Acrobat Connect and Flash are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and or other countries Microsoft Windows Windows Vista...

Page 3: ...eys 16 Magnification shortcuts 18 Undoing and redoing actions 19 About the bandwidth monitor 20 Chapter 3 Creating projects Opening existing projects 23 About planning projects 24 About recording and...

Page 4: ...text captions 104 Exporting text captions 105 Changing text caption order 106 Deleting text captions 107 Chapter 5 Adding audio and video About adding audio 109 Adding existing audio 109 Equipment for...

Page 5: ...42 Creating watermark images 142 Changing JPEG quality 143 Deleting images 143 About animation in Adobe Captivate 144 Adding animations 144 Adding animated text 147 Adding animation slides 150 Chapter...

Page 6: ...nging the order of object layers 185 Hiding and locking object layers 186 Previewing a slide using the playhead 187 Changing slide timing 188 Setting caption speed automatically 188 Changing keystroke...

Page 7: ...s 244 Renaming projects 245 Resizing projects 245 Setting the background color 247 Setting project preferences 247 Adding a loading screen 251 Setting project properties 252 Using a custom keyboard ta...

Page 8: ...a SCORM package 346 Exporting text captions 348 Exporting Adobe Captivate project content to XML 349 Importing Adobe Captivate project content from XML 351 Importing and exporting project preferences...

Page 9: ...button sizes while resizing projects 379 Troubleshooting the number of slides in a project 380 Troubleshooting publishing projects 380 Troubleshooting quizzing errors 380 Troubleshooting exporting pro...

Page 10: ...CONTENTS x...

Page 11: ...so copied to the application folder during product installation Open the file to read important information about the following topics System Requirements Installation including uninstalling the softw...

Page 12: ...f you postpone registration you can register at any time by choosing Help Registration Adobe Help Adobe Help resources Documentation for your Adobe software is available in a variety of formats In pro...

Page 13: ...Store at www adobe com go store provides access to thousands of plug ins from third party developers helping you to automate tasks customize workflows create specialized professional effects and more...

Page 14: ...enter at www adobe com designcenter Adobe Developer Center Adobe Developer Center provides samples tutorials articles and community resources for developers who build rich Internet applications websit...

Page 15: ...r each time Share question pools among multiple Adobe Captivate projects Rollover slidelets Provide additional just in time information on Adobe Captivate 3 slides by displaying media rich content inc...

Page 16: ...ace Enhanced screen recording for capturing screen activity Real time recording mode Improved learning management system LMS integration Reusing quiz slides Reducing SWF file size Branching view enhan...

Page 17: ...all of the slides within a project at a glance It also enables you to see the flow of the project You can change the properties of multiple slides at the same time to select multiple slides hold down...

Page 18: ...ion such as Open URL or file when a user supplies an incorrect answer Using the Branching view you can easily make changes to the branching design You can export the branching view of an existing Adob...

Page 19: ...dobe Captivate project 2 Double click any slide to open Edit view The Slide panel appears on the left side with medium icons that represent the slides in the project a To change the size of the slide...

Page 20: ...ow to make it smaller or toward the inside to make it larger b To hide the left pane completely click the splitter bar arrow Displaying and docking toolbars Adobe Captivate contains many toolbars that...

Page 21: ...r Labels on Toolbar Restoring default settings for text captions If you made changes to the appearance of text captions you can restore all text caption settings to their defaults For example you chan...

Page 22: ...s all of the slides in your project in viewing order You can change the slide order by dragging a slide to a new location within the project To select multiple slides hold down the Shift or Control ke...

Page 23: ...or each item the Library displays the following columns Name Type Size in kilobytes Use Count and Date Modified Use Count is the number of times the item is used in the project Click the title of any...

Page 24: ...s Confirmation messages appear when you perform important and often permanent actions in Adobe Captivate The confirmation messages give you an opportunity to change your mind when deleting information...

Page 25: ...have a confirmation message appear when exporting an Adobe Captivate project into Flash Publish overwrite files Select this option to have a confirmation message appear when publishing files to the s...

Page 26: ...from current slide F9 Show the Advanced Interaction dialog box F10 Preview current slide and following n slides F11 View Adobe Captivate in full screen F12 Preview project in web browser Control A Se...

Page 27: ...ndo Control zoom in Control zoom out Control Tab To shift between storyboard edit and branching view Control Alt B Show Thumbnails Edit view only Control Alt D Update Library Control Alt F Find in Lib...

Page 28: ...ox Edit and Storyboard views only Shift Control M Add new image Shift Control N Add new animation slide Shift Control O Add new rollover image Shift Control P Publish file Shift Control Q Insert quest...

Page 29: ...se the project Therefore you can undo as many times as you need to as long as the project remains open To redo an action After you have used the Undo command from the Edit menu select Redo or press Co...

Page 30: ...djustments as necessary To analyze project bandwidth 1 Open an Adobe Captivate project 2 Select Project Bandwidth Analysis 3 Adobe Captivate generates the slides and the Bandwidth Monitor dialog box a...

Page 31: ...xample a 500 KB project running for 60 seconds streams at 8 3 KB per second this requires a broadband connection On the other hand a 2000 KB project running for 10 minutes streams at 3 3 KB per second...

Page 32: ...CHAPTER 2 22 Exploring the workspace...

Page 33: ...ojects which is placed in the My Documents folder when Adobe Captivate is installed When you start Adobe Captivate projects stored in the My Adobe Captivate Projects folder are automatically listed on...

Page 34: ...ou are ready to begin drafting project content you can do so using storyboards or scripts Storyboards are rough sketches that show the contents of each slide in your project If you rely heavily on pur...

Page 35: ...means that each time you want to capture what is displayed on your screen you press the Print Screen key or another designated key on the keyboard Then you make a change on your screen such as moving...

Page 36: ...abled by default but if you do not hear the sound open the Preferences dialog box Edit Preferences and select Recording and make sure the Hear camera sounds during recording option is selected If you...

Page 37: ...essional end result set the background to the same color as the web page on which the project will be displayed Tip 6 Turn off icons Icons like wallpaper are a distraction Reduce the number of icons b...

Page 38: ...tically Adobe Captivate snaps a screenshot every time you take an action such as clicking a button or menu Adobe Captivate contains a feature that plays a camera shutter sound each time a screenshot i...

Page 39: ...re information e g a phone number or website address As with recording text captions can be created automatically or manually If you are auto recording a project or additional slides you can have Adob...

Page 40: ...fies the number of times a user may attempt to enter text correctly in a text entry box Type a number or use the up and down arrows to select a number Note This option is unavailable if you have chose...

Page 41: ...t Actions that generate slides include clicking the mouse changing the focus within an application or web page clicking a capture key opening a menu opening a dialog box clicking a toolbar button drag...

Page 42: ...the actions you carry out while auto recording Actions that generate captions include the following selecting menus and menu items pressing buttons changing values in lists combo boxes or check boxes...

Page 43: ...is selected for the Assessment Simulation and Training Simulation modes You can select it while recording in other modes Hint caption Automatically adds a caption with a hint for the user By default t...

Page 44: ...lors Selecting 32 bit creates a larger file with a wider range of colors 6 Select Keys to set the following options for the recording keys To stop recording press Specifies the key that should be used...

Page 45: ...re capturing to rollover captions This option is not selected by default for any of the recording modes Select this option if it is required 4 Select or clear the following options in the mouse area d...

Page 46: ...a caption with a hint for the user By default this option is selected only in the Training Simulation mode Success caption Automatically adds a caption with a success message for the user For example...

Page 47: ...o pause recording press the Pause Break key on the keyboard When you want to restart recording press Pause Break again You can move the red recording window to a new location and resume recording in t...

Page 48: ...ea of 800 x 600 pixels Adobe Captivate captures 800 x 600 pixels of the 1024 x 768 pixels on your screen Adobe Captivate uses a default screen capture area of 640 x 480 pixels for all recording option...

Page 49: ...xt boxes or use the arrows to specify new numbers You can also select an option from the Preset size pop up menu Alternatively if you start a project by following the Project wizard you ll be prompted...

Page 50: ...nd select Full Motion Recording 4 Clear the Automatically use full motion capture for drag and drop actions option or the Automatically use full motion capture for mouse wheel actions option 5 Click O...

Page 51: ...decide that you don t want to include highlight boxes You can click Settings and clear the Automatically add highlight boxes when the mouse is clicked option but retain the other settings About record...

Page 52: ...izard or choose to create your project from a simulation template Project wizard Leads you through the creation of a complete scenario simulation project The Project wizard generates placeholders for...

Page 53: ...word processing program a graphics program a spreadsheet program or any kind of software you have and record the action that takes place within the appli cation Adobe Captivate contains a special fea...

Page 54: ...to recorded project You can also select the list of objects to be automatically added to your project by performing the following steps a Click Settings The Preferences dialog box appears b In Recordi...

Page 55: ...ly recording that is you selected the Enable auto recording Adobe Captivate automatically captures a screenshot every time you perform an action such as selecting a menu clicking a button or typing te...

Page 56: ...unique name for the Custom project you have recorded This field is enabled only if you selected the option to record the project in the Custom mode in the Recording dialog box Project to Open Select...

Page 57: ...matically include captions mouse movement and highlight boxes in the auto recorded project Assessment Simulation Automatically include click boxes with a failure caption and text entry boxes for text...

Page 58: ...to recording Adobe Captivate automat ically captures a screenshot every time you perform an action such as selecting a menu clicking a button or typing text Note When you are auto recording you can ta...

Page 59: ...enabled only if you selected the option to record the project in the Training Simulation mode in the Recording dialog box Optional Custom Project Name Type a unique name for the Custom project you hav...

Page 60: ...project Assessment Simulation Automatically include click boxes with a failure caption and text entry boxes for text fields with a failure caption in the auto recorded project Captions and mouse move...

Page 61: ...action a If you are automatically recording that is you selected the Enable auto recording Adobe Captivate automat ically captures a screenshot every time you perform an action such as selecting a me...

Page 62: ...dialog box Optional Training Project Name Type a unique name for the Training project you have recorded This field is enabled only if you selected the option to record the project in the Training Sim...

Page 63: ...e captions mouse movement and highlight boxes in the auto recorded project Assessment Simulation Automatically include click boxes with a failure caption and text entry boxes for text fields with a fa...

Page 64: ...ion recording settings and to change recording keys 13 Optional If necessary change the size and position of the window To do this move the mouse over the red frame until a four point arrow appears an...

Page 65: ...Training and Custom projects are created The slides are generated and the selected project appears in the Adobe Captivate Storyboard view If you recorded any drag and drop actions and created any ful...

Page 66: ...can include any of the following reasons for breaking The layout of the recorded page is different from layout of the page that you are re recording The order of the elements in the recorded page is...

Page 67: ...y boxes for text fields with a failure caption in the auto recorded project Captions and mouse movement are not included Training Simulation Automatically include click boxes with hint and failure cap...

Page 68: ...new position 14 When you finish setting options click Record Adobe Captivate begins recording the onscreen action 15 When you finish recording press the End key or the designated key to end the recor...

Page 69: ...e another project to reflect product updates and use this script file to re record listed operations with the latest screenshots instead of manually capturing new screenshots Also if you are consideri...

Page 70: ...t you have recorded This field is enabled if you selected the option to record the project in the Demonstration mode in the Recording dialog box Optional Assessment Project Name Type a unique name for...

Page 71: ...ross slides and have a project open To create a new project using the project wizard 1 Open Adobe Captivate 2 On the Start page click Record or create a new project The New project options dialog box...

Page 72: ...ns This option is selected by default Conclusion Creates the last slide of the project This slide can contain for example a final message a summary an e mail address a website link or a telephone numb...

Page 73: ...the red capture area You can position the capture area anywhere on your screen You cannot however resize the capture area because it is set to the same size as the template If after recording new sli...

Page 74: ...ect consisting of one blank frame in a size you specify This option is useful if you want to create an empty project and then import images or slides from another project Set a custom size in the Widt...

Page 75: ...select User defined custom and type new numbers in the Width and Height text boxes or use the arrows to enter new numbers You can also select Preset size and then select a commonly used size from the...

Page 76: ...imensions for your project These dimensions will be used to display your project at runtime You can choose from preset sizes by clicking the presize button If you want the dimensions to change proport...

Page 77: ...eps To use a template to create a new project 1 Open Adobe Captivate 2 On the Start page under Other project types select Create project from template The Open dialog box appears showing the contents...

Page 78: ...ey on the keyboard to capture screenshots Use whatever is within the red recording area for example an application a website and so on as if you were demonstrating your actions to someone If you have...

Page 79: ...ect to which you are adding the slides 5 When you are finished selecting options click Record 6 Record the new slides 7 When you are finished recording press End or other key combination you have desi...

Page 80: ...r projects or files using the skin editor 1 Open an Adobe Captivate project in Edit view 2 Select Project Skin The Skin Editor dialog box appears 3 Select the Menu tab 4 Click Add The Add Edit menu it...

Page 81: ...ur website and the precise size to show the project in your application you can save the project as a template and use it as a base for all projects you create in the future You can produce projects f...

Page 82: ...Captivate contains a useful feature called full motion recording When you auto record a new project or additional slides for an existing project you can use full motion recording to automatically capt...

Page 83: ...ue is 15 Key frame interval Increasing the value decreases the size of the published file but increases memory consumption while playing the SWF file Specify a value between 10 and 50 The default valu...

Page 84: ...default value is 95 Show hint at memory available MBs A message is displayed to the user when the available memory of the computer reaches the specified value This will prevent the user from losing u...

Page 85: ...gins drawing with the application and begins recording in SWF format automatically When the drawing process is complete Adobe Captivate changes back to standard capture The author can then continue ca...

Page 86: ...nhancement to not a substitute for a standard movie The full motion recorded movie is placed into one slide of a project and plays like a mini movie within the larger project Full motion movies are us...

Page 87: ...t that is you selected the Enable auto recording option Adobe Captivate automatically captures a screenshot every time you perform an action such as selecting a menu clicking a button or typing in tex...

Page 88: ...slide in the list and add a new slide after the selected slide 4 Click OK The recording window appears 5 Optional Click Settings a In Recording select Settings In Recording type select Auto Recording...

Page 89: ...e mode so you can continue recording slides if necessary Note While you are in full motion recording mode the Adobe Captivate icon displays with a red border in the system tray in the lower right corn...

Page 90: ...een reader is Window Eyes from GW Micro To access the latest information on Window Eyes visit the GW Micro website at www gwmicro com For Windows users Microsoft provides a free downloadable product c...

Page 91: ...dynamic refreshable Braille display This assistive technology can provide keyboard assistance or shortcuts captions for speech and sound and visual warnings such as flashing toolbars Tools available i...

Page 92: ...containing information about your project and creates output files that you can publish for users Read the tips for authoring and use the following procedure To publish Section 508 compliant projects...

Page 93: ...he audio using the Timeline If your project contains visual multimedia provide information about the multimedia for users with visual impairment If a name and description are given for visual elements...

Page 94: ...se the content of previous slides to be repeated in the case of continuous slides This problem does not occur in JAWS 4 5 About testing accessible content If you are designing your Adobe Captivate pro...

Page 95: ...ish language captions in the English project export them and give the text to localizers so they could translate it into other languages such as German and Japanese 3 Open the website or application i...

Page 96: ...med Updated Text Caption Data where changes to the caption text can be made Provide a copy of the Word document to the localizer translator 7 The localizer translator should open the Word document and...

Page 97: ...captions and closed captions are imported into the project and all formatting is retained A dialog box appears showing a successful import message Click OK Test the new text captions by opening diffe...

Page 98: ...CHAPTER 3 88 Creating projects...

Page 99: ...tically create a text caption that says Select the Edit menu and place the text caption on the exact slide showing the action About adding text captions You can use text captions to talk to users or t...

Page 100: ...fter seconds Displays the text caption after the slide has been displayed for the selected number of seconds Effect Click the pop up menu to select a transition effect for the text caption Select a fa...

Page 101: ...text as a transparent text caption To create a transparent text caption 1 Open an Adobe Captivate project 2 Select the slide to which you want to add a transparent text caption 3 Select Insert Text C...

Page 102: ...button to apply the settings specified from the Settings menu 11 Click OK Note If you create a transparent caption avoid underlining text because doing so might decrease text quality when the project...

Page 103: ...caption text select a text caption To add text captions automatically when recording additional slides 1 Open an Adobe Captivate project 2 Select File Record Create Additional Slides 3 Decide where t...

Page 104: ...t 2 In Storyboard view select the slide to which you want to add a rollover caption 3 Select Insert Rollover Caption The Rollover Caption Properties dialog box appears 4 On the Rollover Caption tab se...

Page 105: ...the current slide only or to all slides And you can choose to apply the rollover caption settings to all captions or only the rollover captions of the same type as the current one Note If you change t...

Page 106: ...ng a new project 1 Open Adobe Captivate 2 On the Start page click Record or create a new project The New project options dialog box appears 3 Select the Application Custom Size or Full Screen option a...

Page 107: ...tomatically converting tooltips to rollover captions Adding a language for text captions You can add new languages to the list of existing languages in which text captions are recorded The list of exi...

Page 108: ...xt Services and Input Languages dialog box appears 4 In the Settings tab click the Add button The Add Input Language dialog box appears 5 Select a language from the Input language list 6 Click OK The...

Page 109: ...o a column named Updated Text Caption Data where changes to the caption text can be made Provide a copy of the Word document to the localizer translator 7 The localizer translator should open the Word...

Page 110: ...dialog box appears 5 Click the various tabs and make any changes you want 6 When you finish click OK Tip If you have a detailed slide that contains text captions and other objects you might want to ma...

Page 111: ...aption style The next time you add a new text caption your new custom style appears in the text caption style list so you can easily select and use the new style Creating custom text for caption style...

Page 112: ...t Notepad or WordPad 4 Edit the following values as necessary Left Margin is the number of pixels from the left side of the bitmap to the text Right Margin is the number of pixels from the right side...

Page 113: ...aption style Pill uses bitmaps sized approximately 18 pixels wide x 16 pixels high so these bitmaps could not be resized down to 15 x 12 pixels However any of the caption bitmaps can be made larger If...

Page 114: ...one text caption at a time To select multiple text captions press Control and click on the text captions Then right click on one of the selected text captions and choose Copy Importing text captions...

Page 115: ...ou can make text and formatting changes to the text captions while they are in DOC format and then import them back into the Adobe Captivate project Note If you export text captions to a DOC file that...

Page 116: ...uding captions on a slide To change caption order using the Timeline 1 Open an Adobe Captivate project 2 Navigate to the slide containing the captions whose order you want to change 3 If it is not ope...

Page 117: ...lide and adjust their order b In Edit view select a caption and on the Edit View toolbar next to Slide Properties click Bring Selected Objects Forward in Z order or Send Selected Objects Backward in Z...

Page 118: ...CHAPTER 4 108 Adding text captions...

Page 119: ...import existing files You can record audio files at the same time the project is recorded or you can add an audio file later Imported files can be in WAV or MP3 format If you add a WAV file to a proje...

Page 120: ...big difference in the quality of recorded audio However basic audio equipment is relatively inexpensive Computer with sound card The sound card installed with your computer acts as a digital recorder...

Page 121: ...be making noise turning off phone ringers beepers and pagers Of course try to tell coworkers that recording is in progress Tips for recording audio Follow these tips to ensure that you are recording t...

Page 122: ...diting sound is similar to editing text Listen carefully to your recording Delete any extraneous sounds and then use the options available in your software to polish the track Add any music or sound e...

Page 123: ...options This Slide Record the audio file for the selected slide only Project Record the audio file for the entire project From this Slide Record the audio file for a group of slides starting with the...

Page 124: ...ad a sentence into the recording device Adobe Captivate uses the sample recording to detect optimal recording sensitivity levels It is important to calibrate your recording device for optimal sound qu...

Page 125: ...librating To calibrate a microphone or recording device 1 Open the Adobe Captivate project for which you want to record a new audio file 2 Select Audio Settings The Audio settings dialog box appears 3...

Page 126: ...ings 4 Optional If you have created text captions or slide notes that can be used as a script add them to the fields in the Captions and Slide Notes tabs 5 Click Record to begin recording 6 Speak into...

Page 127: ...s on the red frame and dragging it To change the location of the window move the mouse over the red frame until a four point arrow appears and then drag the entire window to a new position You can als...

Page 128: ...plays while the slides of your project are shown Background audio can be music sound effects or almost any kind of sound you can import or record You can use background audio together with individual...

Page 129: ...rding a project You can include or exclude the tap sounds You can also create a custom keyboard tap sound to use To use a custom keyboard tap sound 1 Create a new sound for keystrokes or use an existi...

Page 130: ...e If you want to add silence within the file click the exact location directly on the waveform Note The Playhead and Selected information boxes near the bottom of the dialog box can help you choose a...

Page 131: ...alog box appears 5 To change the volume click the volume slider on the left side and drag it up to increase volume or down to decrease volume 6 If you want change audio processing options Normalize Se...

Page 132: ...location when you install Adobe Captivate C Program Files Adobe Adobe Captivate 3 Gallery 5 Browse to the audio file you want to add select the file and click Open 6 Optional To listen to and test th...

Page 133: ...audio file to the Success caption Recording audio for objects You can record an audio file to use with buttons highlight boxes click boxes or text entry boxes Recording audio requires some basic equi...

Page 134: ...rea if a check mark appears next to the Play tap audio for recorded typing when project is generated option keyboard tap sounds are played in the project If a check mark does not appear keyboard tap s...

Page 135: ...Insert silence Click to add a period of silence to the beginning or end of the audio file or to a specific location within the audio file Adjust volume Click to increase or decrease the sound level of...

Page 136: ...listen to audio click a location within the waveform and then click Play The audio plays from the location you selected to the end of all the audio in the project You can stop the playback at any time...

Page 137: ...sound file Duration The length of the sound file in seconds Fade In The presence Yes or No of a fade in effect Fade Out The presence Yes or No of a fade out effect Size The size of the sound file Orig...

Page 138: ...u export audio Include WAVE files in export Includes WAV files when you export audio 5 When you finish click OK Adding closed captions You can improve the accessibility of your project by adding Close...

Page 139: ...click the Audio layer and select the Closed Captioning option From the Slide menu select Properties and in the Slide Properties dialog box go to the audio tab and click the Closed Captioning button Ti...

Page 140: ...audio 3 Select Audio Record and choose one of the following options This slide Project From this slide or Without preview The Record Audio dialog box appears 4 Click the Play button to listen to the...

Page 141: ...Deleting audio Removing an audio file from a slide is an easy task You can also remove any sound files that are used as background audio To remove audio from a slide 1 Open an Adobe Captivate project...

Page 142: ...ing Service provides the most complete consistent and robust delivery option for both audio and video files When streaming each Flash client opens a persistent connection to the Flash Communication Se...

Page 143: ...Enter the stream name in the Stream name text box If you select Flash Video Streaming Service enter the direct file link provided by your Flash Video Streaming Service in the URL text box 4 From the S...

Page 144: ...video options You can specify timing and transition options for your video when you insert the video file or you can specify them at any other time To set video options 1 If you have already inserted...

Page 145: ...your video 1 If you have already inserted the video on the slide right click the video frame and select Properties from the pop up menu The Flash Video dialog box appears 2 In the Flash Video dialog b...

Page 146: ...deo dialog box click the Position tab 3 In the Left box enter or select from the drop down menu the number of pixels that should separate the video window from the left side of the screen 4 In the Top...

Page 147: ...ry To add an image 1 Open an Adobe Captivate project 2 In Storyboard view double click the slide to which you want to add an image 3 Select Insert Image The Open dialog box appears 4 Optional You migh...

Page 148: ...ge Click on the pop up menu and select an option If you select the specific time option you can enter the exact number of seconds for the image to appear Appear after seconds Displays the image after...

Page 149: ...erties To apply all image settings select Apply all properties You can apply the image settings to the current slide only or to all slides Note If you change the settings in this dialog box they becom...

Page 150: ...w number resulting in a brighter version of the image and a higher number displaying a dimmer image Transparent background This option lets you define non rectangular rollover images by making their b...

Page 151: ...umber of seconds for audio to fade out to silence The following options are on the Size and Position tab Position in pixels Enter a number or use the arrows to set the position of the image on the sli...

Page 152: ...elect an image from the list or browse to a new location for a different image Click Open Optional You might be asked if you want to crop or rescale the image Crop This option centers the image and cr...

Page 153: ...e slide as required Changing JPEG quality Adobe Captivate automatically sets the quality of JPEG images in projects However you can adjust this setting depending upon the images used in your project H...

Page 154: ...ll Adobe Captivate C Program Files Adobe Adobe Captivate 3 Gallery Note If you want to add a Flash animation file FLA you must first converted it to a SWF file To do this conversion you must have Flas...

Page 155: ...he Animation tab Statistics Lists key information about the animation file you selected including version width height and the number of frames that comprise the file The total duration of the animati...

Page 156: ...op up menu to select a transition effect for the animation for example Fade In only or No Transition In seconds Specifies the amount of time for the animation to fully fade into view Out seconds Speci...

Page 157: ...new settings 7 Click the Apply to all button to apply the settings specified from the Settings menu 8 When you are finished click OK The animation is added to the slide Note Device fonts are not disp...

Page 158: ...er you specify in Delay does not change the absolute amount of the time the animated text feature appears For example if you specify on the Options tab that the text animation effect should show for 8...

Page 159: ...on Fade in seconds Specifies the number of seconds for the audio to fade in to full volume Fade out seconds Specifies the number of seconds for audio to fade out to silence The Size and Position tab h...

Page 160: ...ted and added to the project Note It is important to set the correct frame rate All imported animation files will play at the rate selected in the Project preferences dialog box regardless of the rate...

Page 161: ...k boxes to demonstrate an application s functionality for example by requiring users to click a menu or button You determine what happens after the user performs a successful click For example the pro...

Page 162: ...ll transparency This is the degree of transparency for the fill color Select a value from 0 to 100 A value of 10 is less transparent more solid than a value of 90 Fill outer area Select this option to...

Page 163: ...the audio to fade in to full volume Fade out seconds Specifies the number of seconds for audio to fade out to silence 7 If you want to define the exact size or location of the highlight box in terms...

Page 164: ...add a click box 3 Select Insert Click Box The Click Box dialog box appears 4 Select the Click Box tab This tab lets you determine how the project responds to user interaction The options are divided i...

Page 165: ...eys that will not conflict with common browser shortcuts For example F1 is frequently used as a keyboard shortcut to display help The Control Alt and Shift keys map to the Control Option and Shift key...

Page 166: ...rrently open Adobe Captivate project Settings Click to open the Audio settings dialog box You can change audio settings such as input source quality level and calibration Click the Settings button and...

Page 167: ...click box settings to the current slide only or to all slides Note If you change the settings in this dialog box they become the default settings and new click boxes that you create use the new settin...

Page 168: ...ecute JavaScript or No Action Note Refer to Linking Adobe Captivate projects on page 69 for more information on linking projects The following options are in the If the user enters the text incorrectl...

Page 169: ...the slide has been displayed for the selected number of seconds Pause after seconds Specifies the point at which the project should pause and allow the user to enter text into the text entry box For e...

Page 170: ...ed with the text entry box Record new Click to open the Record Audio dialog box Recording audio requires some basic equipment Import Displays the Import Audio dialog box This dialog box lets you brows...

Page 171: ...pecifies the horizontal width of the object in pixels Height Specifies the vertical height of the object in pixels Constrain proportions Select to maintain the height to width ratio during a resize 9...

Page 172: ...button 1 Open an Adobe Captivate project 2 Select the slide to which you want to add a button 3 Select Insert Button The New Button dialog box appears 4 Click the Button tab This tab lets you determi...

Page 173: ...the upper left pixel The following options are in the If the user clicks the button area On success Specify what should happen after a user clicks inside the box You can select Continue Go to previou...

Page 174: ...r of seconds for the button to appear Appear after seconds Displays the button after the slide has been displayed for the selected number of seconds Pause after seconds Specifies the point at which th...

Page 175: ...seconds Specifies the number of seconds for the audio to fade in to full volume Fade out seconds Specifies the number of seconds for audio to fade out to silence 7 If you want to keep score for the bu...

Page 176: ...reate use the new settings 10 Click the Apply to all button to apply the settings specified from the Settings menu 11 Click OK 12 The button appears on the slide 13 Size and drag the button as desired...

Page 177: ...elect keys Choose a key combination for users to press when submitting responses Any current shortcut is displayed to the left of the button Tip If your Adobe Captivate project will be displayed in a...

Page 178: ...ther On success or After last attempt select the Execute JavaScript option 5 In JavaScript click the browse button The JavaScript dialog box appears 6 Enter your JavaScript code in the text box If you...

Page 179: ...add select the file and click Open 6 Optional To listen to and test the audio file click Play 7 Set other options as necessary To edit the audio file for example change volume add silence change leng...

Page 180: ...tion Make the Success caption transparent and do not add any text Add an audio file to the Success caption Deleting buttons and boxes Deleting a button or box removes it from the project You can remov...

Page 181: ...t Mouse Use current mouse pointer for all slides To change the mouse pointer 1 Open an Adobe Captivate project 2 Open the slide you want in Edit view 3 Select Slide Mouse Project Pointers or Current T...

Page 182: ...ions tab select the Double mouse size option 6 Click OK The new double sized mouse is displayed on the slide Note To change the mouse pointer size for a mouse that has already been added double click...

Page 183: ...ox next to Mouse click sound so a green check mark appears click the arrow and select Double click To browse to an alternative sound for a mouse click select the box next to Mouse click sound so a gre...

Page 184: ...o open the Mouse Properties dialog box Changing mouse movements You can change mouse movements for an individual slide This is useful if you have taken a screenshot with mouse action but want to chang...

Page 185: ...nt on the first slide of your project you can manually change the start point of the mouse movement because you cannot align to a previous slide Using straight and curved mouse paths By default Adobe...

Page 186: ...lide 1 Open an Adobe Captivate project 2 Open the slide you want in Edit view 3 Do one of the following Select Slide Mouse Show Mouse Right click the mouse and select Show Mouse from the menu The chec...

Page 187: ...d to a rollover slidelet and is created along with the rollover slidelet You can insert the following types of objects into a slidelet Text Caption Highlight Box Image Rollover Caption Rollover Image...

Page 188: ...the transparency percentage Select image Select a background image for the slidelet Clear Remove any previously selected image 4 Click the Options tab The following option is in the Timing area Displ...

Page 189: ...delet to a new position The following options are in the Size in pixels area Width and Height boxes Type a value in these boxes to set the size of the slidelet 7 Optional To apply properties to all sl...

Page 190: ...User Clicks inside the rollover slidelet Stick Slidelet The slidelet continues to be displayed even when you move the mouse away from the rollover slidelet area Navigate Run the action selected in th...

Page 191: ...elapse before the rollover slidelet appears on the slide Hover Delay Type the number of seconds that should elapse before the slidelet appears when the mouse moves over the rollover slidelet The foll...

Page 192: ...e rollover slidelet to a new position The following options are in Size in Pixels area Width and Height boxes Type a value in these boxes to set the size of the rollover slidelet Constrain Proportions...

Page 193: ...on a slide are displayed as stacked bars in the right pane of the Timeline The header at the top of the Timeline indicates time in seconds and parts of seconds The playhead shows the point in time in...

Page 194: ...es not appear click the View menu and select Show Timeline 3 Move the mouse over the four vertical dots to the left of the Timeline display arrow until a four pointed arrow appears 4 Drag the Timeline...

Page 195: ...hat objects appear in front of others To change the order of object layers on the Timeline 1 Open an Adobe Captivate project 2 Double click on a slide that contains objects 3 Show the Timeline by clic...

Page 196: ...level Ctrl to increase zoom level or Ctrl W to set the zoom level so all objects will fit within the current Timeline width Hiding and locking object layers The Timeline lets you lock or hide individ...

Page 197: ...is a quick and efficient way to preview a single slide and check object timing The Timeline header shows time in seconds 1s for 1 second 2s for 2 seconds and so on so you see exactly when objects appe...

Page 198: ...ming is contained in a Timeline object named Slide To shorten or lengthen the amount of time it takes for the slide to play move the mouse pointer over the right edge of the Slide object until the res...

Page 199: ...ght edge of the Typing object until the resize pointer appears click and hold down the mouse button and drag the edge to the left or right Changing mouse pointer speed You determine the speed at which...

Page 200: ...c time Type a number or use the arrows to set a number for the time in seconds that the object should appear on the screen rest of slide If you select rest of slide for an object and then increase the...

Page 201: ...wheel on your mouse to increase or decrease the zoom level Alternatively use keystrokes to change the zoom level Click on the ruler and then press Ctrl to decrease zoom level Ctrl to increase zoom le...

Page 202: ...ew rdinfoFrameCount total number of swf frames in the project this is not the number of frames in the main Timeline but the sum of all slide frames rdinfoSlidesInProject number of slides in the projec...

Page 203: ...s or logos Question slides contain quizzing functionality They can be fully interactive with questions answers and actions PowerPoint slides are individual slides imported from a PowerPoint presentati...

Page 204: ...finished selecting options click Record 8 Record the new slides 9 When you are finished recording press End or other key combination you have designated on the keyboard to stop recording The newly re...

Page 205: ...lide to copy 3 Select Copy Slide from the pop up menu To paste a slide 1 Open an Adobe Captivate project 2 Right click the slide after which you want the new slide s to appear For example if you want...

Page 206: ...blank slide s to appear For example if you want to insert the blank frame as Slide 6 of your project click the slide currently labeled Slide 5 3 Select Insert Blank Slide The new slide is added to yo...

Page 207: ...mation slide 1 Open an Adobe Captivate project 2 Select Insert Slide Animation Slide The Open dialog box appears 3 Navigate to the animation file you want to insert SWF AVI or animated GIF and click O...

Page 208: ...Adobe Captivate project 2 Click a slide that you want to group and use Ctrl click or Shift click to select the other slides for the group 3 Select Slide Group Create The selected slides are grouped in...

Page 209: ...1 Open an Adobe Captivate project 2 Do one of the following Right click the slide to copy and select Duplicate Slide Select a slide and press Ctrl D Tip To select multiple slides press Shift or Ctrl...

Page 210: ...sing Ctrl C so the image is saved to the clipboard 7 Select Edit Paste as Image The new updated slide as an image is placed in the project If the original slide contained objects such as captions or h...

Page 211: ...ur audience through your project The navigation option for each slide determines what happens when that slide is done playing Navigation choices include the following Go to previous slide Go to next s...

Page 212: ...the value for the color you want and press Enter 6 If you want to apply the color to all slides select Apply to all and then click Settings to choose how to apply the change 7 Click OK Note To use th...

Page 213: ...the Slide notes option Slide notes are useful in the Record Audio dialog box because you can write voice over text in the notes and then read the text directly from the dialog as you record If you ex...

Page 214: ...light box icon and choose a color for the text highlight from the color pop up menu Caption style There is only one text caption style for a transparent caption because only text is displayed Symbol C...

Page 215: ...ct Settings 3 Select Record Keystrokes in the Recording panel To replace a piece of text on a recorded slide 1 Open an Adobe Captivate project 2 Right click the Typing layer in the timeline and select...

Page 216: ...ou can be set to appear between slides in Adobe Captivate projects Transi tions can depending on the content of your project create a smoother flow from one slide to the next Try adding a transition a...

Page 217: ...ll transparency Set the transparency The higher the number the more transparent the box Select image Click this button to select an image from the Library 5 On the Size and Position tab enter a number...

Page 218: ...x The Zoom Area dialog box appears 2 On the Zoom Area tab set the following options Use the Preview area to view the effects of the changes you make Frame color Choose a color for the frame surroundin...

Page 219: ...ne audio settings such as input source quality level and calibration Fade in seconds Specifies the number of seconds for the audio to fade in to full volume Fade out seconds Specifies the number of se...

Page 220: ...n to lock the image proportion 4 Click Apply to all to apply the settings specified from the Settings menu 5 Use the Settings menu to select how to apply property changes in the project To apply all y...

Page 221: ...e project 2 Double click the slide containing the colors you want to correct 3 Select Slide Video Quality and choose one of the following video options Standard The default format for slides Standard...

Page 222: ...hift or Ctrl on the keyboard while clicking on the desired slides To select all slides press Ctrl A or from the Edit menu choose Select All Slides Changing how a project starts and ends You can define...

Page 223: ...e place at the end of the project Stop Project This option stops the project after it plays once Loop Project This option continuously replays the project When the end is reached the project restarts...

Page 224: ...special effects like fading for example create a polished and professional look right from the start Use animated text For an easy and impressive introductory slide use the Adobe Captivate animated t...

Page 225: ...theme is in Flash format and gives you more options for customizing the look of your project You can choose colors and display elements for your playback control and then save the theme for use in ot...

Page 226: ...this button to allow your user to rewind Forward Include this button to allow your user to move to the next slide Closed Captioning Include this button if you have included closed captions in your pro...

Page 227: ...Button icon color box to select a color 15 If you want to save your new SWF theme for reuse in another project click Save As and enter a theme name in the Save as dialog box Click OK 16 When you are f...

Page 228: ...ht The information that appears is taken from project properties BMP button naming conventions Each button has two bitmaps one bitmap showing the button in its normal Up state and one bitmap showing t...

Page 229: ...uttons add colors and so on You can locate the Flash file that contains the SWF playbars in C Program Files Adobe Adobe Captivate 3 Templates PlaybackFLA The SWF images are stored in the C Program Fil...

Page 230: ...Name of the button play Localize the Flash playbar English is the default language for Flash playbars Adobe Captivate also installs localized Flash playbars in French German Italian Spanish and Japan...

Page 231: ...enu and select a texture Note Choosing an image from the Texture list will supersede any color choice for your border If you want to choose a specific color for your border select None from the Textur...

Page 232: ...n to link your user to a specific URL or file enter the URL or file location in the text box or click the browse button to the right of the text box to navigate to the file Click the arrow button to t...

Page 233: ...this button they receive project information such as author company name and website address You can add or change this information through the Skin Editor dialog box It is important to set global pre...

Page 234: ...e first slide The next slide that has the background image will appear in the skin preview dialog for final viewing Securing slides You can lock or hide individual slides in an Adobe Captivate project...

Page 235: ...dobe Captivate project 2 Right click a slide and select Hide Slide The slide is dimmed in Storyboard view To hide a slide through Slide Tasks 1 Open an Adobe Captivate project in Storyboard view 2 Cli...

Page 236: ...CHAPTER 10 226 Slides...

Page 237: ...he content contained in the zoom area Images Images add a new dimension to projects and can be used for a variety of purposes including splash screens pointers and backgrounds Rollover images A rollov...

Page 238: ...ct into another This feature is useful in two situations First you might want to delete an existing project but keep the objects to add to another project Second you might need to redo slides in a pro...

Page 239: ...ype for edit You can float the Library outside the program window or move it to a different location in the window To do so rest the pointer over the top left of the Library preview pane until a four...

Page 240: ...on where it is placed Note After you copy the object to the slide editing the properties of the object won t affect that object in other slides To reuse an object listed in a different Adobe Captivate...

Page 241: ...diting application for the specific file type through the Edit with option in a Library object s right click menu Properties Select this option to open the properties dialog box for the selected objec...

Page 242: ...you selected is duplicated and the new object is placed on the slide You can edit and work with the new object just like the original object Copying and pasting objects Once you have created an objec...

Page 243: ...nt to copy In Edit click the slide that contains the object you want to copy 3 Right click the object and select Copy 4 Select the slides to which you want to copy the object Hold down the Shift key a...

Page 244: ...horizontally Some of the alignment options depend upon the location of the anchor object The anchor object is simply the first object you select You might want to select the largest object or the obj...

Page 245: ...the Size and Position options are helpful for aligning objects Aligning objects on the Timeline The Timeline lets you align objects easily For example you can align objects to the playhead the start...

Page 246: ...om level so all objects will fit within the current Timeline width Changing object display order Adobe Captivate lets you to add multiple objects such as captions highlight boxes animations or images...

Page 247: ...d back or forward along with the slidelet Changing the size of multiple objects If you have multiple objects on a slide such as several captions a highlight box and a click box you can change the size...

Page 248: ...en you finish click OK Tip The x horizontal and y vertical coordinates of the mouse are automatically displayed in the lower right corner of the Adobe Captivate project window as you move the mouse Kn...

Page 249: ...ove 1 pixel at a time To move an item by the number of pixels defined in the grid select an object and press Control arrow key Tip You can also access the Show Grid and Snap to Grid options by clickin...

Page 250: ...Right click the object that you want to merge into the slide for example an image caption or click box 4 Select Merge into Background from the pop up menu 5 A warning appears stating that merging can...

Page 251: ...object s action Attempts This column shows the maximum number of attempts you have set as a limit for an interactive object On failure If an object or slide has the possibility of failure for example...

Page 252: ...CHAPTER 11 242 Adding and managing objects 6 When you re done reviewing and changing the interactive object properties click Close...

Page 253: ...jects or templates You can delete Adobe Captivate projects CP files or templates CPTL at any time When you create Adobe Captivate projects and templates they are saved by default to the following loca...

Page 254: ...ct names can appear in the Open a recent project list on the Adobe Captivate Start page Previewing projects As you create an Adobe Captivate project you can preview it You can see your project the way...

Page 255: ...you create Adobe Captivate projects they are saved by default into a folder named My Adobe Captivate Projects located in the My Documents folder You do have the option however to save projects to any...

Page 256: ...new larger size you specified To also rescale any objects in the project select the Rescale captions highlight boxes and other objects option Keep project the same size and fill background with color...

Page 257: ...ects area select a color from the Project background color pop up menu a Pick a color from the basic colors palette b Click More Colors to design a custom color c Click the eyedropper icon to select a...

Page 258: ...te for the project to expire When a project expires it can no longer be viewed Message line 1 This option lets you write an expiration message The message appears if the project has reached its expira...

Page 259: ...etween slides thereby reducing overall file size In certain circumstances compressed projects may not appear correctly when imported into Flash In such cases do not select the advanced project compres...

Page 260: ...select a new color BMP image quality Specifies the quality of the bitmap file JPEG image quality Specifies the quality level for JPEG images You can adjust this setting depending upon the images used...

Page 261: ...o file and import it Select audio from library Click to open the Audio Library The Library lists all audio files that are already part of the currently open Adobe Captivate project Settings Click to o...

Page 262: ...F file function initialize projectWidth Number projectHeight Number function onProgress loadedBytes Number totalBytes Number function isDone Boolean To add a loading screen 1 Open an Adobe Captivate p...

Page 263: ...mportant copyright information for your project Description A short description of the project contents For example This project is a brief overview of Product ZYX 5 Click OK Using a custom keyboard t...

Page 264: ...ing Alternatively you can press F7 3 When Adobe Captivate encounters an unrecognized word the word appears in the Not in dictionary text box Select the appropriate options based on how you want the di...

Page 265: ...ith numbers Ignore mixed case words Omits any words from the spell check comprised of uppercase and lowercase letters such as ActionScript Ignore domain names Omits any words from the spell check that...

Page 266: ...up menu select the dictionary you want to use All dictionaries installed on your computer are listed 6 Click OK 7 Click OK again Searching slides and replacing content You can use the numerous option...

Page 267: ...t chair Quiz Slides Include quiz slides in the search Hidden Slides Controls Include hidden slides or controls in the search Locked Slides Controls Include locked slides or controls in the search 6 Cl...

Page 268: ...CHAPTER 12 258 Editing projects...

Page 269: ...branching in the Branching view Provide instant feedback to users through messages for correct incorrect and incomplete answers To access the eLearning options from the edit menu select Preferences a...

Page 270: ...y creative ways For example they are an excellent way to simulate data entry in an application Because they are placed on existing slides and do not require their own slide they do not interrupt the f...

Page 271: ...the Branching tab 3 Select a slide 4 Click the Browse Into button in the Branching view toolbar Slides starting from the selected slide are displayed The number of slides that are displayed depends o...

Page 272: ...correctly or incorrectly For example you can set one action such as go to the next slide when a user supplies a correct answer and you can set a different action such as Open URL or file when a user...

Page 273: ...pes of users In Edit view you can write custom pass and fail messages customize the slide with background colors edit the quiz result slide and choose how to display the quiz score To view and edit al...

Page 274: ...menu Select the answers using the check box next to the correct answer 11 In Numbering click on the pop up menu and select uppercase letters lower case letters or numbers 12 Select the Options tab 13...

Page 275: ...l is set to two the error message is displayed for the first two attempts Action pop up menu The options are the same as for the If correct answer area Show Retry Message Display a message when the us...

Page 276: ...n the project Tip If you are creating many of the same types of questions in a single project enter unique names for each so that they can be distinguished from one another easily 6 In Question type t...

Page 277: ...Choose New if you want the new project to open in a new window Send e mail to Opens the default mail browser Execute JavaScript Runs a specific piece of JavaScript code Click browse and copy the JavaS...

Page 278: ...that users must answer by selecting from different text options to fill in a blank space within a sentence To create a fill in the blank question slide 1 Open an Adobe Captivate project 2 Select the s...

Page 279: ...users enter the correct combination of lowercase and uppercase letters when filling in the blank For example if the answer to the question is Windows and you select the case sensitive option an answer...

Page 280: ...ite Attempts The user can attempt the question any number of times Failure Levels Specify the number of attempts for which the incorrect message is displayed For example if the level is set to two the...

Page 281: ...you are creating many of the same type of question in a single project enter unique names for each so that they can be distinguished from one another easily 6 In Question type the short answer questi...

Page 282: ...begins playing a different project Click the down arrow to select the window in which the project should appear Choose Current or New Choose Current if you want the new project to replace the current...

Page 283: ...nd e mail to Opens the default mail browser Execute JavaScript Runs a specific piece of JavaScript code Click browse and copy the JavaScript code in the JavaScript window Show retry message Select thi...

Page 284: ...Tip If you are creating many of the same type of question in a single project enter unique names for each so that they can be distinguished from one another easily 6 In Question type the matching ques...

Page 285: ...ppears where you specify a destination slide in the project Open URL or file The project jumps to a specific URL on the Internet or to a local file Click the browse button to choose any local file Cli...

Page 286: ...ils of the quiz like the total score result and quiz state are still sent to the LMS Objective ID If the quiz question is related to an objective set in your LMS enter the objective ID Interaction ID...

Page 287: ...12 From the Type pop up menu select whether the question will be graded or is a survey 13 Optional To include Clear Back and Skip buttons on the question slide select these options 14 Complete the If...

Page 288: ...up menu The options are the same as for the If correct answer area Show Retry Message Display a message when the user supplies an incorrect answer but there are remaining attempts available for examp...

Page 289: ...rency box enter a number or use the arrow keys to set the transparency percentage 6 If clicking the hotspot is to be marked as a correct answer select Correct Answer 7 To make the hand icon appear whe...

Page 290: ...ick Add and enter the list of answers in the correct order During presentation the answers are shown in a random sequence If necessary click Delete to remove an item from the list 9 From the Style pop...

Page 291: ...se button and copy the JavaS cript code in the JavaScript window 15 Complete the If wrong answer area The following are the options Allow User Attempts Use the arrows to select the number of times the...

Page 292: ...efore not graded You cannot assign a rating scale question a point value nor can you creating branching for a right or wrong answer since it is a survey question and does not have a right or wrong ans...

Page 293: ...want the URL you indicate to open in the same browser window replacing your presentation Choose New if you want the URL to open in a new browser window Open other project The project begins playing a...

Page 294: ...r this project 5 Select the required output Adobe Connect Server Enables tracking in Adobe Connect Server Refer to Enabling Adobe Connect search features for the procedure to enable Adobe Connect sear...

Page 295: ...and session ID to its URL encoded values Don t escape characters supports the Escape version and session ID option Type the characters which should not be included in the escape version and session I...

Page 296: ...8 and Flash CS3 Note Question pools cannot be exported into XML To create a random question slide 1 Select Quiz Random Question Slide The New Random Question dialog box appears 2 On the Question tab...

Page 297: ...ipt window 4 Click OK Note To change the question pool for a slide after it has been created right click the slide and choose Edit Question from the pop up menu Use the Random Question dialog box to c...

Page 298: ...oved back to the main project they are not associated with any group To move question slides from a mixed group into a question pool expand the group select the question slides and move them to the qu...

Page 299: ...of points is the sum of all weighted points The percentage of points is determined by the points a user achieves divided by the maximum points or total points For example if you enter 80 or more of to...

Page 300: ...t the number of attempts a user can try before another action takes place Infinite attempts Select this option to insert messages the appear in response to multiple incorrect answers Continue Project...

Page 301: ...e project does not contain a result slide the user can continue with the training even if the user has not passed the quiz Answer all the user must answer every question to continue Select this option...

Page 302: ...lects a correct answer or incorrect answer These messages also appear when the user reviews the quiz by clicking on the review button on the result slide at the end of the project You can format revie...

Page 303: ...dialog box appears 4 In the Review Area tab specify the Review feedback messages and select the font Correct Enter the text you want to display such as Correct when the user answers correctly Incompl...

Page 304: ...file that Adobe Captivate creates is named imsmanifest xml and contains references to all content resources The XML file uses predefined XML tags to describe the package components structure and spec...

Page 305: ...can change the identifier at any time by selecting the text and typing in new text Title Required field A default title based on the name of your Adobe Captivate project is automatically added to thi...

Page 306: ...ears 3 On the left side of the dialog box select Flash SWF 4 In Project Title enter the desired name without the file extension SWF 5 In the Folder text box enter the full path for the folder in which...

Page 307: ...ption This option does not support Random Question slides E mail This option automatically sends scoring results to a specified e mail address Type a complete e mail address directly into the text box...

Page 308: ...n to continue Makes it mandatory for the user to answer all questions in the quiz to continue with the training session Objective ID This is an optional parameter If the question is related to an obje...

Page 309: ...previous slide Go to next slide Project proceeds to the next slide Jump to slide Another box appears where you specify an exact destination Open URL or file Project jumps to a specific URL on the Inte...

Page 310: ...ode in the JavaScript window Select Default Labels in the Quiz menu and choose from the following options The following options are in the Default question button labels area Submit button text Specif...

Page 311: ...is tab apply to the learning management system that publishes manages and or distributes the quiz results Target URL Enter the location of the publishing management server User ID and Password Enter a...

Page 312: ...CHAPTER 13 302 Creating eLearning content...

Page 313: ...s no programming You can export the projects you create with MenuBuilder to a variety of formats Flash HTML EXE Word and Macintosh files About creating MenuBuilder projects You can create several diff...

Page 314: ...s a link to the related HTM file Every SWF file requires an associated HTM file This file contains information that is necessary for the SWF file to play correctly You can select Save file with projec...

Page 315: ...procedure to open MenuBuilder projects you previously created To open an existing project 1 Open Adobe Captivate 2 Select File Record Create Menubuilder Project The MenuBuilder window appears 3 Select...

Page 316: ...ned template 2 Select Options Project Options 3 In the Image text box note the selected file In general the image listed here is the background image of the selected template If you want to change thi...

Page 317: ...u open a project until the time you close the project You can use the Undo command as many times as necessary while the project remains open To redo an action After you have used the Undo command from...

Page 318: ...The first time you save a project the Save As dialog box appears so you can assign the project a name To save a project 1 Open the MenuBuilder project to save 2 Select File Save Saving MenuBuilder pro...

Page 319: ...le MenuBuilder automatically creates a link to the related HTM file Every Adobe SWF file requires an associated HTM file This file contains information that is necessary for the SWF file to play corre...

Page 320: ...appropriate URL When you link to an Adobe SWF file MenuBuilder automatically creates a link to the related HTM file Every SWF file requires an associated HTM file This file contains information that...

Page 321: ...Shift and Ctrl keys while pressing an arrow key The text moves to the next grid border Aligning text in MenuBuilder You can align text items in MenuBuilder projects horizontally vertically and in rel...

Page 322: ...copy multiple text items at the same time by pressing Shift while clicking the text items To copy text 1 Open the MenuBuilder project 2 Select the text item to copy 3 Select Edit Copy Alternatively r...

Page 323: ...of the window measures 0 0 Moving an item to the right increases the first value and moving an item down increases the second value Deleting text in MenuBuilder You can delete unwanted text items in...

Page 324: ...s necessary for the SWF file to play correctly You can click Save file with project to save the linked HTM file with the SWF file When you export the SWF file the linked HTM file is also exported Adva...

Page 325: ...ked HTM file with the SWF file When you export the SWF file the linked HTM file is also exported Advanced Settings If you create a link to a URL or HTM file the Advanced Settings button is active Clic...

Page 326: ...n images 1 Open the MenuBuilder project 2 Press the Shift key and select the images to align 3 Select Edit Align The Alignment dialog box appears 4 Select from the alignment options The following opti...

Page 327: ...ight click and select Paste Ordering images in MenuBuilder MenuBuilder lets you add images as well as other objects such as click boxes and text to projects If any images overlap other objects or vice...

Page 328: ...lder project 2 Select the image to size 3 Select Edit Size 4 Select image size options The following options are in the Width area No change Select this option to make no change to the image width Shr...

Page 329: ...le multiple images at the same time by pressing Shift while clicking different images To scale an image 1 Open the MenuBuilder project 2 Select the image to scale 3 Select Edit Scale Alternatively rig...

Page 330: ...lternatively right click and select Delete 4 Depending upon your defined MenuBuilder preferences a confirmation dialog box might appear If it does click Yes to delete the item About using click boxes...

Page 331: ...at any time To set click box options 1 Open the MenuBuilder project 2 In the preview window double click the click box to edit The Click Box Properties dialog box appears 3 Adjust click box options In...

Page 332: ...ingle pixel in the chosen direction Tip Additionally you can move a click box to the next grid border Select the click box to move Hold down the Shift and Ctrl keys while pressing an arrow key The cli...

Page 333: ...items vertically 5 Click OK Copying click boxes in MenuBuilder You can copy and paste click boxes in MenuBuilder quickly and easily Tip You can copy multiple click boxes at the same time by pressing S...

Page 334: ...ates are shown The coordinates are pixel values for the upper left point of the item The upper left corner of the window measures 0 0 Moving an item to the right increases the first value and moving a...

Page 335: ...to change this image click More to select another image file After selecting an image the image appears in the small preview window Color This text box refers to the background color of the project Yo...

Page 336: ...der wizard or you can attach an icon to a project by adjusting the project options To associate an icon with a project during initial project creation Create a project using the MenuBuilder wizard In...

Page 337: ...es to your MenuBuilder projects To add audio to a project 1 Create or open the MenuBuilder project 2 Select Options Audio Options 3 Select the actions for which you want audio to play Select Mouse Cli...

Page 338: ...ges to a double sided arrow 4 Using the left mouse button drag the corner of the project to the new size The changing width and height is displayed in the lower right corner of the program window as y...

Page 339: ...pixels for new MenuBuilder projects Height Enter a default height in pixels for new MenuBuilder projects The following options are in the Show options area Startup dialog Select this option to ensure...

Page 340: ...ct directory This option refers to the folder that contains MenuBuilder projects The contents of this folder appear in the initial MenuBuilder dialog box allowing you to see existing MenuBuilder proje...

Page 341: ...My Documents My Adobe Captivate Projects To select a different folder click More Browse directory This option refers to the folder in which MenuBuilder browses By default this folder is My Documents M...

Page 342: ...clicking on the file To export a project as an EXE file 1 Create or open the MenuBuilder project 2 Select File Export 3 If you have not saved the file the Save As dialog box appears Save the file 4 Th...

Page 343: ...rting MenuBuilder projects as Word files When you export a project as a Word file MenuBuilder creates a DOC file that contains an image of the project Of course this is a static image so text and imag...

Page 344: ...he MenuBuilder project 2 Select File Export 3 If you have not saved the file the Save As dialog box appears Save the file 4 The MenuBuilder Export dialog box appears 5 Select Mac and click Next 6 In t...

Page 345: ...es for example avoid using Asian characters in a SWF filename Publishing projects as stand alone EXE files You can create stand alone executable files of your Adobe Captivate projects This publishing...

Page 346: ...click the Prefer ences button 6 When you are finished click Publish Publishing projects to Adobe Connect Enterprise Turn passive viewers of your presentations or online meetings into active participan...

Page 347: ...CP file not just the SWF file available to others Choose one or both of the following options Zip Project Files Select this option to zip the Adobe Captivate project file CP before uploading to Connec...

Page 348: ...e second HTML file which in turn plays your project Generate autorun for CD This option ensures that the output file runs automatically when the EXE file is placed on a CD Export HTML This option crea...

Page 349: ...d Word output If you have Microsoft Word installed on the same computer as Adobe Captivate you can publish Adobe Captivate projects in Microsoft Word Your output can be published in various formats ha...

Page 350: ...ight of the slide Slide notes Select this option to include slide notes in your Word document These notes are usually not seen by users those who view your project but are an organizational tool for A...

Page 351: ...ions Header text Enter text that you want to appear in the header of the project Footer text Enter text that you want to appear in the footer of the project Include hidden slides Select this option if...

Page 352: ...Folder enter the full path for the folder in which to save the file or click Browse to locate the folder 6 Select an Export range The export range is made up of the slides that you want to export to...

Page 353: ...or click Browse to locate the folder 6 Select an Export range The export range is made up of the slides that you want to export to Word You can select All slides only the Current slide only the curre...

Page 354: ...ed above to which to upload the files User name Enter a user name with permissions to publish files to the server listed above Password Enter a valid password for the user name Port Enter the correct...

Page 355: ...ified when the process is complete Note After the files are uploaded you can view the project from your web browser by entering the web address http www yourwebaddress com filename htm where www yourw...

Page 356: ...ng message You should link to the HTML file with fs added for example myproject_fs htm The HTML file with fs automatically links to the second HTML file which in turn plays your project Export HTML Th...

Page 357: ...ayed in the PENS section of the Preferences dialog box To enable reporting for a project 1 Open the Adobe Captivate project you want to publish 2 Select Quiz Quiz Preferences 3 The Preferences dialog...

Page 358: ...lick Preview to view the PENS related configuration you have defined 7 Click OK Exporting text captions You can export text captions from an existing Adobe Captivate project into a DOC file if you hav...

Page 359: ...ft Word for editing and then import them back into your Adobe Captivate project For more information about creating closed captioning see information about adding audio to your project Note The closed...

Page 360: ...Text elements Success Captions Failure Captions Incomplete Captions Hint Captions Question slide and Quiz review slide captions and button items Quiz Preferences To export the content of an Adobe Capt...

Page 361: ...ess You can also zip the XML file and send it by e mail Ensure that the Adobe Captivate project file is completely edited before exporting the XML file Tip You can use the Alt F I P shortcut key to ex...

Page 362: ...project preferences You can export preferences set in one Adobe Captivate project and import them into other Adobe Captivate projects Preferences are exported as an XML file with a cpr extension When...

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Page 364: ...CHAPTER 15 354 Publishing projects...

Page 365: ...e Captivate projects into PowerPoint presentations Adobe Captivate and Adobe Flash If you are a Flash developer you can use Adobe Captivate to easily record a SWF file and then use the powerful featur...

Page 366: ...om Adobe Captivate opening Flash 8 or Flash CS3 and importing the Adobe Captivate project into Flash 8 or Flash CS3 Note You must save your Adobe Captivate project before exporting The easiest method...

Page 367: ...into Flash Buttons Select this option to import buttons into Flash Rollover Captions and Images Select this option to import rollover captions and rollover images into Flash Zoom Select this option t...

Page 368: ...werful Flash Library and movie clip objects functionality creates reusable elements from the original project When you become familiar with the structure of the project in Flash you can easily change...

Page 369: ...folder named Adobe Captivate Objects contains all slides and objects in the project You can ignore the objects listed with the prefix xrd these objects are images and sounds that are used in other ob...

Page 370: ...easily accessible by others Use Adobe Captivate s Acrobat Connect Professional integration options In Adobe Captivate you can select two options that help Adobe Captivate and Acrobat Connect Professio...

Page 371: ...blish the Adobe Captivate project file CP file to Adobe Connect along with the project SWF file select Publish project files This can be helpful if you want to make the CP file not just the SWF file a...

Page 372: ...ethods Publish the Adobe Captivate project directly to Adobe Connect Enterprise and then add the project from the Adobe Connect Content library to an Acrobat Connect Professional meeting Adobe recomme...

Page 373: ...l meeting room To add an Adobe Captivate project from your desktop to an Acrobat Connect Professional meeting 1 In Adobe Captivate create a project 2 Publish the new project to Flash to create a SWF f...

Page 374: ...the project in a meeting or training course you can enable Adobe Connect search This option adds information to your Adobe Captivate project file SWF that makes it easier to integrate the project into...

Page 375: ...7 Click Open The HTML file and the Flash file SWF are imported into your RoboHelp project The SWF file is added to the Project Files folder and a new topic with the title of the project is created Not...

Page 376: ...art the project 6 Select the text or image to use as a hyperlink From the Insert menu select Hyperlink 7 In the Select Destination File or URL list select the topic containing the Adobe Captivate proj...

Page 377: ...the location of your Adobe Captivate file for example myproject swf select it and click OK 4 Save the topic 5 Open the topic you want to use to start the project 6 Select the text or image you want t...

Page 378: ...computer Adobe Captivate and Microsoft PowerPoint If you use both Adobe Captivate and PowerPoint there are many ways you can single source content between the two programs Here are some options Import...

Page 379: ...add the PowerPoint slides after the desig nated slide 6 Click OK The PowerPoint slides are extracted and the Convert PowerPoint presentations dialog box appears 7 Select the PowerPoint slides to conv...

Page 380: ...e Captivate slides Select individual slides by selecting the check box in the upper right corner of frames You can also click Select All to select all slides 5 Select one of the following options for...

Page 381: ...p You can resize the box in which the project appears Return to the slide that contains the project in PowerPoint and drag the resizing handles 9 Right click the box and select Properties 10 In the Pr...

Page 382: ...ith the PowerPoint presentation 15 When you finish setting options click the Close button the small red X in the top right corner of the Properties dialog box 16 Test the project From the View menu se...

Page 383: ...rnetOnStartUp DWORD key in the registry 1 Open the Registry Editor regedit exe 2 Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Adobe Adobe Captivate 3 Change the value of the ConnectToInternetOnStartUp DWOR...

Page 384: ...apturing while recording a web application When you capture a web based application or a website from a browser sometimes the slide does not have the correct image Whenever you capture a screen you mu...

Page 385: ...full motion recording Disabling hardware acceleration results in better full motion recording quality To easily disable hardware acceleration when recording a full motion project select the Disable h...

Page 386: ...uses 16 million colors for the slides This option should only be used if the Standard and Optimized options do not offer the correct color depth The file size increases dramatically using this option...

Page 387: ...teristics File Size 777K Length 6 minutes 12 seconds Audio 286K Video 491K Screen size 608 x 460 Note File size depends on several factors Larger files contain elements such as photos images soundtrac...

Page 388: ...an Adobe Captivate project is hosted on a Windows 2003 web server Troubleshooting text viewed in a browser If text in a project is not displaying properly in a browser the problem could be that a lin...

Page 389: ...dit the font in a text entry box 3 Use the Apply all option to apply the change to all text entry boxes in the project Workaround 2 1 Upgrade all the Captivate 1 projects to Adobe Captivate 3 0 2 From...

Page 390: ...containing a large size full motion recording When a large full motion recording is captured in an Adobe Captivate project the preview and publish operations take a long time If you frequently want t...

Page 391: ...output to Flash the required files are missing You should first save the project in Adobe Captivate and preview or publish the project before exporting the project to Flash This ensures that all the...

Page 392: ...first slide the blank slide inserted and open the Skin Editor dialog box again to preview the final changes The skin preview will always show the first slide of the project which is not hidden Uninst...

Page 393: ...either RoboHelp HTML or RoboHelp for Word This is because Flash Player 8 includes the new Settings Manager which allows you to manage global privacy settings storage settings security settings and aut...

Page 394: ...CHAPTER 17 384 Troubleshooting...

Page 395: ...on slides 234 objects on Timeline 235 objects to grid 238 text in MenuBuilder 311 animated text 144 147 animation troubleshooting 373 animations See also objects about 144 adding 144 defined 227 slid...

Page 396: ...ion 223 252 timing 190 C camera sounds 31 36 captions See also objects rollover captions about 89 adding automatically 29 89 92 copying and pasting 104 creating custom styles 100 defined 227 deleting...

Page 397: ...desktop wallpaper 27 dictionary spell check 256 disabilities See accessibility docking toolbars 10 E Edit view 7 editing slides recorded text 205 eLearning branching 259 description 259 manifest file...

Page 398: ...t 144 accessibility 82 83 adding 145 animation slides 150 197 Asian characters 335 compressing 249 exporting MenuBuilder projects 331 publishing projects as 337 troubleshooting text display 378 variab...

Page 399: ...7 slides inserting as 142 196 timing 190 watermarks 142 images MenuBuilder adding 314 aligning 316 copying 317 deleting 320 moving 315 options 314 ordering 317 scaling 319 sizing 318 transparent 319 i...

Page 400: ...2 aligning images 316 aligning text 311 associating icons 326 audio 327 click box options 321 copying click boxes 323 copying images 317 copying text 312 creating blank projects 305 creating projects...

Page 401: ...245 size 243 377 movies See projects video MP3 files See also audio adding 109 converting to 109 exporting 128 130 maximum size 380 recording 112 software for 111 multiple choice question slides crea...

Page 402: ...87 transitions slide 206 variables 191 Print Screen 25 26 28 printing MenuBuilder projects 308 progressive download video 132 133 project size 20 Project Wizard 62 adding slides 62 Project wizard 42 6...

Page 403: ...odes 40 mouse wheel enabling 176 options 31 pausing 34 37 scenario simulations 61 slides additional 68 slides new 193 software simulations 43 software simulations in multiple modes 53 stopping 34 tech...

Page 404: ...udio files 120 simulations application recording 43 creating 42 full screen recording 49 Project wizard 61 recording modes 40 skins adding 214 custom 217 naming conventions 218 project information 223...

Page 405: ...18 T taps keyboard customizing 119 253 settings 124 templates creating 71 creating projects with 67 deleting 243 MenuBuilder 305 306 308 simulations 42 text adding to slides 204 troubleshooting browse...

Page 406: ...ptions 284 package interchange file PIF 296 pass rate 289 Project wizard 61 question review messages 292 rating scale question slides 282 scoring display 291 short answer question slides 271 true fals...

Page 407: ...sibility 79 84 click boxes linking to 154 publishing projects to 344 width projects capture area 38 changing 245 determining 243 Windows Eyes 80 81 WMF files 137 Word files exporting MenuBuilder proje...

Page 408: ...INDEX 398...

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