Adobe 65029940 - Captivate - PC, User Manual

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CHAPTER 3
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Creating projects
Recording and re-recording techniques
Adobe Captivate gives you a variety of options that help you create a new project. You can have many processes
take place automatically, use a combination of automatic and manual options, or retain greater control by
recording manually.
Often, the decision to have a task take place automatically or do the task manually is based on the purpose of the
project and how much time you have. If you need to create a short project quickly, have Adobe Captivate do
recording tasks automatically. If you are creating a longer, more detailed project, try a combination of automatic
and manual recording options. Experiment with the different recording options to find the combinations that
work best for you.
In Adobe Captivate, you can define a key to pause and resume the recording process, thus letting you switch
between automatic and manual recording of a software simulation.
Capturing screenshots
When you are recording a project, you can set Adobe Captivate to automatically capture screenshots or you can
capture them manually. If you decide to record automatically, 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 is taken to help you determine exactly when shots are captured.) If you choose to
record manually, press the designated capture key (the default key is the Print Screen button on the keyboard) each
time you want to take a screenshot.
You can also use both techniques together; simply select the auto-record option and let Adobe Captivate take
screenshots, but if you need a screenshot during the process, press Print Screen as necessary.
In Adobe Captivate, while creating a new software simulation, you can select the option to use a re-recording
script file. The script automatically takes screenshots of the software application and generates a new Adobe
Captivate project. You can define a key to pause and resume the re-recording process, thus letting you switch
between automatic and manual re-recording of a software simulation.
Additional slides
If you are capturing additional slides to add in or at the end of a project, the same options are available as the ones
you use for recording a project. You can have Adobe Captivate capture the slides automatically, you can capture
manually, or you can use a combination of both.