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characters (without any delimiters such as spaces or commas) that the learning management system does not want 
escaped. For example, if the LMS does not want any numbers escaped, type 0123456789.

Send Interval

 

This option specifies how often slide data is sent to the LMS. As a user views a presentation, infor-

mation is sent to the LMS. For regular slides, the LMS is notified that the user viewed the slide, and for question 
slides, information about the user response is sent to the LMS. Also, each time a slide is viewed, the LMS records the 
slide number so that if a user quits and then opens the presentation later, they user returns to the last slide. If you 
do not want information sent to the LMS for every slide in the presentation, you can change the Send Interval. For 
example, if you change the interval to 10, information is sent to the LMS every 10

 slides. 

Note: 

If you change the Send Interval to a number higher than 1, users who quit before finishing the presentation may 

not be able to resume where they left off. For example, if the Send Interval is changed to 10 and a user quits after 
viewing nine slides, when they open the presentation again, they start over at slide 1. 

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Click OK to finish setting the custom LMS settings and close the Quiz Manager.

Designing presentations

Create and edit themes

The primary way to design how presentations appear in the Adobe Presenter viewer is through the use of themes. 
Themes serve as the container for your presentation and let you add static images, colors, and sound to create 
dynamic and interactive presentations. You can add a theme at any time. Try using different themes until you 
achieve the look you want. You can reuse the same theme for each presentation you create or design new themes.

Presenter gives you many options for customizing colors, tabs, functionality, graphics, font style, and other design 
elements of a theme. 

See also 

Preview a presentation

” on page  8

Select a presentation theme

The default theme assigned to presentations is 

Sage

, but you can change the theme at any time.

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In PowerPoint, open a presentation (PPT or PPTX file).

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Select Adobe Presenter

  > Presentation Settings. (PowerPoint 2007 users select Adobe Presenter

 > 

Settings.)

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Click the Appearance tab.

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Do one of the following:

Next to Theme, click the menu and select a different theme. The preview window displays the new theme.

Click Theme Editor, and from the Theme Name pop-up menu, select a theme. The preview window displays the 
new theme. Change theme options as desired. Click OK to close the Theme Editor.

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Click OK.

Summary of Contents for PRESENTER 7

Page 1: ...USING ADOBE PRESENTER 7...

Page 2: ...Inc registered in the United States and other countries Microsoft Windows and Windows Vista are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other c...

Page 3: ...r overview 1 Creating presentations 3 Editing Presenter presentations 10 Audio in presentations 20 Flash and video in presentations 30 Adding quizzes and questions 35 Designing presentations 64 Publis...

Page 4: ...as surveys Add branching to quizzes to guide users through different paths in the presentation based on their answers Presenter provides a simple interface for using a microphone to add audio narratio...

Page 5: ...entations created with Breeze versions older than Adobe Connect Enterprise Server 6 will need to click the content area in the browser once before any controls are clickable To update your presentatio...

Page 6: ...e 8 Change slide properties on page 11 Add and edit presenters on page 13 Add and edit attachments on page 16 Add audio files to a presentation on page 20 Record audio on page 24 Import video on page...

Page 7: ...including Connect Pro Training and Connect Pro Meetings as well as Captivate Flash content and FLV files View presentations in the interactive Presenter viewer Integrate Presenter content with learnin...

Page 8: ...middle and end of the presentation You can use the same opening and closing slide across a series of presentations for a unified professional look Section divider slides Use divider slides to delineat...

Page 9: ...can create a graphic intensive presentation that includes many animations However if your audience has slower connection speeds consider using graphic images only no animations or no graphics at all t...

Page 10: ...udio narration video files SWF files quizzes attachments and a theme enhances the presentation and gives you the opportunity to experiment with the functionality available in Presenter 3 Preview the p...

Page 11: ...o view the log file Navigate to the location you specified in step 3 right click the ConversionLog log file and select Open with Notepad 5 After the conversion process finishes click Close 6 In Adobe...

Page 12: ...r 7 Optional Select CD Package if you are going to distribute the presentation on a CD ROM after previewing If you select this option you can burn the presentation onto a CD ROM and when it is opened...

Page 13: ...ations Change the presentation title You can change the presentation title at any time The title appears in the Adobe Presenter viewer The presentation title appears at the top of the browser window a...

Page 14: ...ide are icons representing audio video and Flash If a slide contains one of these multimedia types the corre sponding icon is displayed in color otherwise the icon is grayed out The slide properties d...

Page 15: ...through the slides but their order can be changed using the Go To Slide option This option lets you skip slides in the presentation without having to remove them The Go To Slide option can be useful...

Page 16: ...f the slide are not locked and the navigation controls are not disabled 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Select Adobe Presenter Slide Manager 3 Select a slide and next to Lock Sl...

Page 17: ...displayed 9 Optional Enter an e mail address 10 Optional In the Biography text box enter information about the presenter such as professional and educa tional credentials employment history phone numb...

Page 18: ...er for that slide becomes None 5 Click Close About attachments Attachments are files or links that give viewers of the presentation supplemental information Use attachments to incorporate existing con...

Page 19: ...le to users and use the hyperlink feature of PowerPoint to allow users to view the attachments See also Preview a presentation on page 8 Add and manage SWF files in presentations on page 30 Add an att...

Page 20: ...resources sample swf copy the file to the resources folder located by default at C My Documents My Adobe Presentations presentation name data resources Note the path specified in the message and clos...

Page 21: ...obe Presenter Presentation Settings PowerPoint 2007 users select Adobe Presenter Settings 3 Select the Attachments tab 4 Select an attachment and click Delete 5 Click OK If a folder containing attachm...

Page 22: ...stopped playing click Play to view the slide and animations with the new timing If you do not like the results repeat steps 4 and 5 again 7 Click OK Note Animations can only be synchronized with audio...

Page 23: ...udio files using some simple equipment or import existing files Recorded files are saved in mp3 format Imported files can be in WAV or mp3 format Stereo files are imported as stereo and mono files are...

Page 24: ...ter sound card s line in Plug the headphones into your computer Then set the volume on the mixer or preamplifier Begin speaking to test the volume levels and carefully raise the volume until it shows...

Page 25: ...wing Computer with a sound card The sound card installed in your computer acts as a digital recorder for audio Microphone If possible avoid using the internal microphone that comes with most computers...

Page 26: ...start but the slides play smoothly after the presentation begins 6 Optional If your presentation contains SWF files on consecutive slides select Control Preloading and then select Disable Preloading O...

Page 27: ...ord B Play C Pause D Stop 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Select Adobe Presenter Record Audio 3 Calibrate your microphone by following the instructions in the Set Microphone Rec...

Page 28: ...s you record Stop Click Stop to end recording 9 To listen to the recording click Play 10 Click OK The audio you just recorded is added to the location you specified on the waveform Waveform before top...

Page 29: ...ork in a presentation without having to edit the audio extensively If you have inserted an FLV file with audio such as sidebar video of a speaker into a presentation and want to synchronize the FLV fi...

Page 30: ...Normalizing audio helps keep the sound level consistent between slides Dynamics Amplifies quiet sections of the audio to help compensate for variations in audio volume 6 Click OK 7 When you finish edi...

Page 31: ...e slide selected in the waveform for example slide 4 or 12 Playhead Specifies the selected location in seconds within an individual slide on the waveform For example if you are working with a slide th...

Page 32: ...lide The waveform remains static but you can change where the audio file begins to play within the presentation This option is useful if you have a long audio file and need to experiment with assignin...

Page 33: ...er Settings 3 Select the Quality tab 4 Select an audio quality level Remember that a higher quality level results in a larger audio file size CD Quality stereo or mono Bit rate of up to 128 Kbps and s...

Page 34: ...owerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Select Adobe Presenter Insert Flash PowerPoint 2007 users select Adobe Presenter Insert SWF Insert SWF File 3 Under Import Options use the menu next to...

Page 35: ...a speaker Video added to the sidebar appears in the location used for presenter photographs Only one video can be added to one slide area For information about adding SWF files see Add and manage SWF...

Page 36: ...mera or other video capturing device connected to your computer After recording edit and adjust the file as necessary 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Select the slide to which y...

Page 37: ...t to edit is on different slide click the menu next to Attach On and select a different one 5 In the playbar use Play Pause to start and pause the video file 6 Click the trash can to delete the video...

Page 38: ...uestions or a combination of both to each quiz After adding questions use question groups to ensure two people taking the same quiz do not see the same questions in the same order Quizzes are assigned...

Page 39: ...ew a presentation they may move in and out of the quiz boundaries For example if a user moves back a slide from the first question they have exited the quiz boundary Also if the user is on the final q...

Page 40: ...a question slide from one quiz to another quiz is not supported 4 In the New Quiz dialog box accept the default name or enter a new name in the Name text box 5 From the pop up menu next to Required se...

Page 41: ...custom pass and fail messages design the slide using background colors and choose how to display the score Show Questions In Outline Optional Displays the name of the question slide in the outline wh...

Page 42: ...nd specify how to grade the question Create Graded Question The question is graded Create Survey Question The question is not graded 6 On the Question tab accept the default text for the name or enter...

Page 43: ...irst remove the audio and then select Record Note If a question has an audio clip and an action the audio clip plays before the action takes place Show Correct Message Select this option to provide a...

Page 44: ...e a new question by copying and pasting an existing question slide you must enter a new unique Interaction ID so that each individual question is reported properly to Connect Pro Server We do not reco...

Page 45: ...New to display the web page in another window Go to Next Slide Depending on the option you selected for Action this text box lets you specify an exact destination Play Audio Clip Select this option t...

Page 46: ...be tracked in Connect Pro Server or a learning management system Interaction ID Accept the default number or type a new number directly in the text box The maximum length of an interaction ID is 64 ch...

Page 47: ...senting the number assigned to the blank Do not edit the text i manually Use the Add blank and Delete blanks buttons to achieve the desired results 12 In the Blank Answer dialog box specify how users...

Page 48: ...er window Go To Next Slide Depending on the option you selected for Action this text box lets you specify an exact desti nation Play Audio Clip Select this option to import an audio file or record a n...

Page 49: ...on The question is not graded 6 On the Question tab accept the default text for Name or type a new name directly into the text box The name appears on the question slide in the presentation If you are...

Page 50: ...pens and views the question slide Setting the number of attempts to 1 prevents the presentation from proceeding if the user exits and then attempts to enter the quiz again Do not set attempts to 1 if...

Page 51: ...r individually by using the Connect Pro Central override option For more information see the Connect Pro Central User Guide See also Create a quiz on page 37 Preview a presentation on page 8 Add a mat...

Page 52: ...ercase letters or numbers 16 Select the Options tab 17 Optional In Type use the pop up menu to change the question type to Graded or Survey 18 Select Show Clear Button to display a button on the quest...

Page 53: ...ect this option to provide a text message to users who don t provide an answer for example Please select an answer before continuing Note You can edit the default text in the Correct Error Retry and I...

Page 54: ...ingle presentation type a unique name for each so that you can distinguish between them 8 Accept the default text for Description or type a new description directly into the text box The description a...

Page 55: ...erly to Connect Pro Server We do not recommend creating new questions by copying and pasting always create new questions using the Quiz Manager 15 When you finish click OK twice See also Create a quiz...

Page 56: ...cause quizzes are interactive it s important to guide users through any question slides you place in projects An easy way to communicate with users is through feedback messages A feedback message can...

Page 57: ...rect Incomplete and Incorrect feedback messages 6 Click OK three times to close all of the dialog boxes Note If you change the default labels the question feedback messages also change for questions t...

Page 58: ...question groups in a quiz never branch outside the quiz boundary See also Create a quiz on page 37 Add questions to presentations on page 38 Quiz boundaries on page 36 Create question groups Question...

Page 59: ...ntent slides located between shuffled quiz questions are not displayed in the published presentation If a user views a course on a Connect Pro server or learning management system begins a quiz does n...

Page 60: ...feature that enables you to substitute a Quiz pane for the Outline pane in the sidebar of your published presentation The Quiz pane can be customized to show different types of information about quizz...

Page 61: ...e learning elements For example you can create presenta tions that are SCORM or AICC compliant for use within a learning management system Reporting options such as what data to collect and how the da...

Page 62: ...port Complete Incomplete Reports results as either complete or incomplete Users must view every slide and if there are quiz slides must take the quizzes and receive either a passing or failing score t...

Page 63: ...to pass For example if 100 is the maximum quiz score then 80 means a score of 80 is required to pass Or More Of Total Score To Pass Enter a numeric value that students must meet in order to pass For e...

Page 64: ...al After changing settings click Save As to save the settings as a new Profile Enter a new profile name and click OK See also Create a quiz on page 37 Add questions to presentations on page 38 Unanswe...

Page 65: ...Presenter Quiz Manager PowerPoint 2007 users select Adobe Presenter Manage Quiz 3 Click the Reporting tab 4 Select Enable Reporting For This Presentation 5 Under Learning Management System LMS select...

Page 66: ...arning management systems use the advanced settings any advanced options set using this procedure do not affect the data sent from Presenter to Connect Pro Server 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation P...

Page 67: ...n they start over at slide 1 6 Click OK to finish setting the custom LMS settings and close the Quiz Manager Designing presentations Create and edit themes The primary way to design how presentations...

Page 68: ...rds that appear in a theme such as button text and tab names You can edit text labels in a theme at any time 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Select Adobe Presenter Presentation...

Page 69: ...ult themes included with Presenter such as Sage and Sapphire cannot be removed 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Select Adobe Presenter Presentation Settings PowerPoint 2007 users...

Page 70: ...1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Select Adobe Presenter Presentation Settings PowerPoint 2007 users select Adobe Presenter Settings 3 Click the Appearance tab 4 Click Theme Edito...

Page 71: ...ation PPT or PPTX file 2 From the Format menu select Slide Design 3 Select an appropriate template that matches the theme you have chosen for your presentation 4 To test the design template background...

Page 72: ...ick OK 8 To preview the custom logo publish your presentation locally and view the results In PowerPoint select Adobe Presenter Publish select My Computer and click Publish See also Create and edit th...

Page 73: ...int slide notes in the Notes pane of the sidebar See also Import slide notes on page 25 Preview a presentation on page 8 Change presentation settings You can change settings such as the title and summ...

Page 74: ...ick the Play button in the playbar to start the presentation again Duration Of Slide Without Audio Or Video Select an amount of time in seconds for slides without audio to appear By default slides wit...

Page 75: ...n have the presentation open in fullscreen mode with only a small modified toolbar appearing in the lower right corner 1 In PowerPoint open a presentation PPT or PPTX file 2 Select Adobe Presenter Pre...

Page 76: ...ww mycompanyname com Note To change the logo for a different language locate the correct language id xx section in the vconfig xml file 6 Save and close the vconfig xml file 7 To test the new logo hyp...

Page 77: ...ocuments and Settings user name My Documents My Adobe Presentations PresentationName data 4 Right click the vconfig xml file and open the file using an XML editor or a text editor such as Notepad 5 In...

Page 78: ...at all files will be deleted click Yes Each time you generate your presentation the files in your current output folder are deleted and replaced by the newly generated files When you publish a new fol...

Page 79: ...ngs and receive training over the Internet using the familiar PowerPoint application web browsers and Flash Player Note Users do not need to have PowerPoint installed in order to view a presentation c...

Page 80: ...xact URL address of the server Note The URL you enter here is the same URL you use to log in to Connect Pro Central If you do not know this URL consult your Connect Pro administrator 7 Click OK The se...

Page 81: ...ect Pro meeting on page 80 Change presentation settings on page 70 Select a Connect Pro server The first step in publishing a presentation to a Connect Pro server is to select a server from the publis...

Page 82: ...ted in the folder click Update Existing Presentation The new version of the presentation overwrites the existing presentation To create a new folder navigate to the location where you want to add a ne...

Page 83: ...ormation dialog box appears This screen lists important information about the presentation including the URL for viewing If you click the URL the presentation is displayed and begins to play To share...

Page 84: ...esentation that you have not published because it is incomplete but you want to show a preliminary version in a Connect Pro meeting Note Adobe recommends adding presentations to Connect Pro meetings f...

Page 85: ...which displays the presentation slides Presentation sidebar An area on the right side default location of the browser window that shows the name of the presentation the presenter information and the O...

Page 86: ...se the Thumb pane to see the contents each slide quickly and to move to a specific slide in the presentation Note If you upload your presentations directly from your computer to a Connect Pro meeting...

Page 87: ...h pane A Text box B Search button C Results Viewing the Quiz pane You can include a Quiz pane in your published presentation If you designed your presentation so all four panes appear and the Quiz pan...

Page 88: ...s for example 00 02 00 05 Audio volume Shows the volume level that is set for the slide Attachments Displays a small window showing any attachments for example documents spreadsheets images URL addres...

Page 89: ...ing the audio button on the presentation toolbar You may need to click the Sync button to see the presentation toolbar Examples of presentation audio that the audio button can control include audio im...

Page 90: ...s important to rename the presentation and republish the presentation to a different location and different folder in the Connect Pro Content library This ensures that reporting information for the ev...

Page 91: ...licensing 3 Likert questions 51 loading screen 74 locking slides 13 logos 69 72 73 looping presentations 70 71 M manifest file SCORM 62 matching questions 48 microphones 21 23 mobile devices presenta...

Page 92: ...registering Adobe Presenter 2 repeating presentations 71 reports 36 conversion log 7 event 87 quiz 58 training 86 S scores reporting 58 SCORM 1 35 58 62 87 scripts audio 26 searching presentations 84...

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