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38 Chapter 3: Creating Projects
Highlight boxes
Highlight boxes are created during recording in the Demonstration and Custom modes.
Highlight boxes are transparent, colored squares that can be placed over areas on a slide to draw
attention to the area, just like a highlighter pen spotlights an area on a printed page. You have
complete control over the formatting, color, transparency, and size of all highlight boxes.
If you automatically record a project or slides, Adobe Captivate can automatically create a
highlight box for any area on which a mouse click is performed. If you have an existing project,
you can add highlight boxes manually.
Setting recording options
In general, you should set recording options before recording a new project, so the most
appropriate options are in place. This can save you valuable time by reducing the amount of
editing you must do to make your Adobe Captivate projects sound great.
Even though it is best to set options before you record, you can change recording options from
within an open Adobe Captivate project at any time. This is useful if you have a project open and
want to record additional slides.
To set recording options:
1.
Do one of the following:
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Open Adobe Captivate. From the Options menu, select Recording Options.
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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 Options tab and choose from the
following options:
Enable auto recording
Select this option to automatically take screenshots during the
recording process. This option is on by default. 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, dragging and dropping, and clicking
buttons.
Note: You should not select this option when recording onscreen action that involves the
keyboard calculator keys. If you select Enable auto recording, Adobe Captivate cannot accurately
record the onscreen calculations.
Language
If you selected the Enable auto recording option (previously) click the Language
pop-up menu to specify a language for the text that will automatically be generated for
captions and tooltips.
Recording defaults If you selected the Enable auto recording option (previously) click the
Recording defaults pop-up menu to specify a default text caption style to be used for captions.
To change the default settings for all types of captions and highlight boxes that can
automatically be created when recording projects, click Edit settings.
Recording mode If you selected the Enable auto recording option (previously) use
Recording mode to specify what should be included in auto-recorded projects. Select one of
the following options from the pop-up menu: