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About planning projects 37
If you create a project manually, you can add text captions as necessary.
Click boxes
Click boxes are interactive boxes created during recording in the Assessment Simulation, Training
Simulation, and Custom modes. Click boxes appear on slides and give project viewers a chance to
actually “use” an application or website. After viewers click a click box, you can have the project
perform different actions such as continue to play, open a new project, or go to a specific website.
If you automatically record a project or slides, Adobe Captivate can add click boxes automatically.
If you have an existing project, you can add click boxes at any time.
Auto text entry boxes
Auto text entry boxes are interactive boxes created during recording in the Assessment Simulation
and Custom modes. Auto text entry boxes are created when you type text during recording. An
object “Typing Text” is shown in the Timeline, later on that slide, when the project is generated.
During recording, the text in the Auto text entry box is stopped when you press Enter or Tab to
complete the text box.
To enable auto text entry boxes during recording:
1.
Do one of the following:
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Open Adobe Captivate. From the Options menu, select Recording Options.
■
Open Adobe Captivate. Open an Adobe Captivate project. From the Options menu, select
Recording Options.
2.
In the Recording Options dialog box, click the Recording mode drop-down and choose
Assessment Simulation or Custom.
3.
Click Edit settings.
4.
In the Text entry boxes section, select Automatically add text entry boxes for text fields and
select from the following options:
Hint caption
Select this option to automatically add a caption with a hint for the user.
Success caption
Select this option to automatically add a caption with a success message for
the user. For example, a success caption may read, “Yes, that is correct.”
Failure caption
Select this option to automatically add a caption with a failure message for
the user. For example, a failure caption may read, “Sorry, that is incorrect. Please try again.”
Limit attempts to [#]
Select this option to specify 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.
5.
Click OK.
Note: An auto text entry box cannot be created on applications such as Java, JavaScript, Flash, and
DOS.
Tip: While typing characters that require the use of the Shift key, ensure that you hold the Shift key
down until you press the required character key. For example, to include the “!” character in the text,
hold the Shift key down, and simultaneously press the “!” key.