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CHAPTER 13

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Creating eLearning content

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Open other project

The project 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 project. Choose New if you want the new project to open in a new window.

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Send e-mail to

Opens the default mail browser. 

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Execute JavaScript

Runs a specific piece of JavaScript code. Click the browse (...) button and copy the JavaS-

cript code in the JavaScript window.

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Complete the If wrong answer area. The following are the options:

Allow User [#] Attempts

Use the arrows to select the number of times the user can attempt the question before 

the action you select from the Action pop-up menu occurs. 

Infinite 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 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 user supplies an incorrect answer but there are remaining 

attempts available (for example, “Please try again.”). This option is disabled if failure levels have been set.

Show Incomplete Message

Display a message when the user doesn’t supply an answer (for example, “Please 

select an answer before continuing.”).

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Select the Reporting tab for the following options:

Report Answers

Keep a quiz score.

Note: 

Interactive details, like Interaction ID, Objective ID, and Interaction type, are not sent to the LMS if this option 

is not selected. However, details 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

If you want the Adobe Captivate project (SWF file) to send tracking information to your LMS, 

enter the Interaction ID specified by your LMS.

Time limit

Set a limit for the time users have to answer the question. In the box, type the limit as 

hours:minutes:seconds.

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When you finish, click OK.

The hotspot area appears on the slide. You can place this hotspot area over any object on the slide.

Содержание 65029940 - Captivate - PC

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

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 10: ...CONTENTS x...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

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

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

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

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

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

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 236: ...CHAPTER 10 226 Slides...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

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

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

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

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

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Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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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Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

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Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 408: ...INDEX 398...

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