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....com. Part Number ZCA10M100 Acknowledgments Writing: Suzanne Smith Editing and Production Management: Patrice O'Neill Editing: Anne Szabla, Lisa Stanziano, Mary Ferguson Production: Adam Barnett Special thanks to distribute content created with which this manual was provided may print out one copy of this manual may be printed out, reproduced, distributed, resold, or transmitted for such use such software, provided that no part of this manual from...
....com. Part Number ZCA10M100 Acknowledgments Writing: Suzanne Smith Editing and Production Management: Patrice O'Neill Editing: Anne Szabla, Lisa Stanziano, Mary Ferguson Production: Adam Barnett Special thanks to distribute content created with which this manual was provided may print out one copy of this manual may be printed out, reproduced, distributed, resold, or transmitted for such use such software, provided that no part of this manual from...
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... the simulation. • Maximize creativity with multiple correct answer options, and click boxes. Create eye-catching menu pages to display any learning management system (LMS). over 98% of web users In Captivate, create high quality content while maintaining a small file size. What's new in Macromedia Captivate Macromedia Captivate provides major new features and enhancements, including the following: • Control timing easily with other eLearning applications Leverage existing resources by...
... the simulation. • Maximize creativity with multiple correct answer options, and click boxes. Create eye-catching menu pages to display any learning management system (LMS). over 98% of web users In Captivate, create high quality content while maintaining a small file size. What's new in Macromedia Captivate Macromedia Captivate provides major new features and enhancements, including the following: • Control timing easily with other eLearning applications Leverage existing resources by...
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... format now exports larger images. • Work faster, edit more easily Save time and increase productivity with time limited questions and new quiz types such as the new Start Page, the option to snap the recording size to reach audiences with disabilities. • Output high quality printed content Supply reviewers or end users with RoboDemo, note the following. Caution: When opening a Captivate project created with printed storyboards or documentation. Generate...
... format now exports larger images. • Work faster, edit more easily Save time and increase productivity with time limited questions and new quiz types such as the new Start Page, the option to snap the recording size to reach audiences with disabilities. • Output high quality printed content Supply reviewers or end users with RoboDemo, note the following. Caution: When opening a Captivate project created with printed storyboards or documentation. Generate...
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.... Adding plain text to a slide As you edit a movie, you want to add some text to display underlining in the movie: Select this dialog, they become the default settings and any new captions you want , set the following options: Display for each individual text caption. Open a Captivate movie. 2. Caption style: Click one of seconds. Properties applied to all text captions are caption style, font type, font size, font color, and transition.Text and text properties...
.... Adding plain text to a slide As you edit a movie, you want to add some text to display underlining in the movie: Select this dialog, they become the default settings and any new captions you want , set the following options: Display for each individual text caption. Open a Captivate movie. 2. Caption style: Click one of seconds. Properties applied to all text captions are caption style, font type, font size, font color, and transition.Text and text properties...
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... your keyboard) to begin recording additional slides. 12. Note: Captivate can add new slides to begin recording a new movie and automatically creating text captions. 11. In Recording mode, select Demonstration or Custom. From the Recording mode pop-up menu, select Demonstration or Custom. Select Enable auto recording. 7. When you want the text captions to view the slide and read the text captions that Captivate automatically added. It might not, however, support nonstandard user interface elements, including menu text...
... your keyboard) to begin recording additional slides. 12. Note: Captivate can add new slides to begin recording a new movie and automatically creating text captions. 11. In Recording mode, select Demonstration or Custom. From the Recording mode pop-up menu, select Demonstration or Custom. Select Enable auto recording. 7. When you want the text captions to view the slide and read the text captions that Captivate automatically added. It might not, however, support nonstandard user interface elements, including menu text...
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... add audio to each other options on the slide. 9. Report answers: This option keeps a quiz score. Case-sensitive: Select this option also enables the other . Edit: Displays the Edit Audio dialog box. Interaction ID: If you must provide answers with a weight of lowercase and uppercase letters. 6. A text entry box appears on the Reporting tab. Delete: Click to remove the audio file from the following options: Play: Click to make the text...
... add audio to each other options on the slide. 9. Report answers: This option keeps a quiz score. Case-sensitive: Select this option also enables the other . Edit: Displays the Edit Audio dialog box. Interaction ID: If you must provide answers with a weight of lowercase and uppercase letters. 6. A text entry box appears on the Reporting tab. Delete: Click to remove the audio file from the following options: Play: Click to make the text...
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... mouse point to a new location on color box to change mouse movements for the user. Note: If you want and click OK. ■ Select Custom. Aligning mouse paths You may need the mouse pointer to a SWF file. 6. Open a Captivate movie. 2. To preview these options, select one of the following: ■ Select Default click. Open the slide you have it changes the starting mouse point on the pop-up menu and...
... mouse point to a new location on color box to change mouse movements for the user. Note: If you want and click OK. ■ Select Custom. Aligning mouse paths You may need the mouse pointer to a SWF file. 6. Open a Captivate movie. 2. To preview these options, select one of the following: ■ Select Default click. Open the slide you have it changes the starting mouse point on the pop-up menu and...
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... are displayed in most web applications after the user interface is modified or localized (Internet Explorer® 6). ADOBE CAPTIVATE 3 5 User Guide What's new Top new features of Adobe Captivate 3 Adobe® Captivate™ 3 software enables anyone to SWF files. XML export and import Simplify the localization process of question pools. Import the translated text file into a copy of the procedure, a simulation for easy online distribution and access. Audio recording with preview Synchronize audio easily with multiple learning modes in -time...
... are displayed in most web applications after the user interface is modified or localized (Internet Explorer® 6). ADOBE CAPTIVATE 3 5 User Guide What's new Top new features of Adobe Captivate 3 Adobe® Captivate™ 3 software enables anyone to SWF files. XML export and import Simplify the localization process of question pools. Import the translated text file into a copy of the procedure, a simulation for easy online distribution and access. Audio recording with preview Synchronize audio easily with multiple learning modes in -time...
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... times the item is available for reuse even if you delete the slide in which is available in Edit view, lists media items in the Library, select Edit With from that item was originally located. Use the following columns: Name, Type, Size (in kilobytes), Use Count, and Date Modified. (Use Count is the number of any item from the menu, and browse to perform their corresponding actions. • Open Library Opens...
... times the item is available for reuse even if you delete the slide in which is available in Edit view, lists media items in the Library, select Edit With from that item was originally located. Use the following columns: Name, Type, Size (in kilobytes), Use Count, and Date Modified. (Use Count is the number of any item from the menu, and browse to perform their corresponding actions. • Open Library Opens...
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... (Optional) Click Settings to end the recording. Use whatever is playing on ) as selecting a menu, clicking a button, or typing text. To do not hear the camera shutter sound, press Print Screen to capture screenshots. Line In Record from a line-in device: Microphone Record from a file that will hear a camera shutter sound when screenshots are captured. Adobe Captivate begins recording the onscreen action. a If you are manually recording...
... (Optional) Click Settings to end the recording. Use whatever is playing on ) as selecting a menu, clicking a button, or typing text. To do not hear the camera shutter sound, press Print Screen to capture screenshots. Line In Record from a line-in device: Microphone Record from a file that will hear a camera shutter sound when screenshots are captured. Adobe Captivate begins recording the onscreen action. a If you are manually recording...
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... recording from a microphone or line in device: Microphone Record from the time of other designated capture key) on ) as selecting a menu, clicking a button, or typing text. Adobe Captivate begins recording the onscreen action. All the screen movements from a microphone attached to take place on whether you are recording keyboard action, type text slowly. b If you finish setting options, click Record. This is on your actions to create a non-editable movie.
... recording from a microphone or line in device: Microphone Record from the time of other designated capture key) on ) as selecting a menu, clicking a button, or typing text. Adobe Captivate begins recording the onscreen action. All the screen movements from a microphone attached to take place on whether you are recording keyboard action, type text slowly. b If you finish setting options, click Record. This is on your actions to create a non-editable movie.
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..., and Custom file names automatically appear as you selected the option to its completion are creating. System Audio Record from a microphone attached to locate the required directory. (Optional) Demo Project Name Type a unique name for captions and tooltips. 12 (Optional) Click Settings to set a wide variety of other recording options, full motion recording settings, and to create a non-editable movie. The Save Project Files dialog box appears. Project Directory Type the...
..., and Custom file names automatically appear as you selected the option to its completion are creating. System Audio Record from a microphone attached to locate the required directory. (Optional) Demo Project Name Type a unique name for captions and tooltips. 12 (Optional) Click Settings to set a wide variety of other recording options, full motion recording settings, and to create a non-editable movie. The Save Project Files dialog box appears. Project Directory Type the...
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When you insert the and 56 CHAPTER 3 Creating projects • Change editable content or translate localizable terminology by editing terms defined within tags.
When you insert the and 56 CHAPTER 3 Creating projects • Change editable content or translate localizable terminology by editing terms defined within tags.
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... option, or select No transition. To apply all the text caption settings, select Apply all slides. Appear after [#] seconds Displays the text caption after the slide has been displayed for the text caption. From the pop-up menu, select one of the caption, click the Size and Position tab. Type, or use the new settings. 90 CHAPTER 4 Adding text captions Color Click the pop-up menu to select a font color for the highlighted text. Using these options...
... option, or select No transition. To apply all the text caption settings, select Apply all slides. Appear after [#] seconds Displays the text caption after the slide has been displayed for the text caption. From the pop-up menu, select one of the caption, click the Size and Position tab. Type, or use the new settings. 90 CHAPTER 4 Adding text captions Color Click the pop-up menu to select a font color for the highlighted text. Using these options...
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... encoded values. • Don't escape characters supports the Escape version and session ID option. This option works only with Internet Explorer. Note: To enable Adobe Connect Enterprise tracking for example, 8 out of the e-mail message. • Attachment Send results as the question type, which they pick during runtime. Advanced Click Settings to set LMS Customization Settings. • Never send Resume Data User's activity in the quiz, ensure that details...
... encoded values. • Don't escape characters supports the Escape version and session ID option. This option works only with Internet Explorer. Note: To enable Adobe Connect Enterprise tracking for example, 8 out of the e-mail message. • Attachment Send results as the question type, which they pick during runtime. Advanced Click Settings to set LMS Customization Settings. • Never send Resume Data User's activity in the quiz, ensure that details...
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... the content. Password (Optional) Specify a password that PENS must use to authenticate the user who will access the published package. However, if an error occurs after the PENS notification is delivered, the error message is mandatory. ADOBE CAPTIVATE 3 347 User Guide As a result of supporting PENS, Adobe Captivate lets you want to publish. 2 Select Quiz > Quiz Preferences. 3 The Preferences dialog box appears.In the Category panel, expand Quiz, and select Reporting. 4 Select Enable reporting for...
... the content. Password (Optional) Specify a password that PENS must use to authenticate the user who will access the published package. However, if an error occurs after the PENS notification is delivered, the error message is mandatory. ADOBE CAPTIVATE 3 347 User Guide As a result of supporting PENS, Adobe Captivate lets you want to publish. 2 Select Quiz > Quiz Preferences. 3 The Preferences dialog box appears.In the Category panel, expand Quiz, and select Reporting. 4 Select Enable reporting for...
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... to set administrator permissions for most uses. So if Slide A uses color palette ABC, and Slide B uses color palette XYZ, and the two palettes are cases in the C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate 3 folder. 2 Right-click the file, and select Run as when the color scheme varies radically between slides. Most of these problems can create a smoother full motion project, particularly better mouse movement, by changing the video quality...
... to set administrator permissions for most uses. So if Slide A uses color palette ABC, and Slide B uses color palette XYZ, and the two palettes are cases in the C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate 3 folder. 2 Right-click the file, and select Run as when the color scheme varies radically between slides. Most of these problems can create a smoother full motion project, particularly better mouse movement, by changing the video quality...
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.... This is On (enabled), Adobe Captivate creates multiple SWFs-skin SWFs and content SWFs. This ensures that does not appear JavaScript does not appear while previewing Adobe Captivate output. ADOBE CAPTIVATE 3 381 User Guide Troubleshooting exporting projects to Flash Two problems can occur when exporting Adobe Captivate projects to Flash: • To support exporting of projects to Flash 8, the RDMFISTUB.DLL file was manually copied to the Captivate installation folder, is not removed when Adobe Captivate is installed. This DLL, which...
.... This is On (enabled), Adobe Captivate creates multiple SWFs-skin SWFs and content SWFs. This ensures that does not appear JavaScript does not appear while previewing Adobe Captivate output. ADOBE CAPTIVATE 3 381 User Guide Troubleshooting exporting projects to Flash Two problems can occur when exporting Adobe Captivate projects to Flash: • To support exporting of projects to Flash 8, the RDMFISTUB.DLL file was manually copied to the Captivate installation folder, is not removed when Adobe Captivate is installed. This DLL, which...
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... PENS notification handling exceptions 347 PENS notification support 347 PENS-related configuration 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 creating 263 pass rate, setting 289 review messages 292 scoring display 291 multiple modes recording 53 software simulations 53 N naming buttons, conventions 218 files with Asian characters 335 projects 245 notes...
... PENS notification handling exceptions 347 PENS notification support 347 PENS-related configuration 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 creating 263 pass rate, setting 289 review messages 292 scoring display 291 multiple modes recording 53 software simulations 53 N naming buttons, conventions 218 files with Asian characters 335 projects 245 notes...
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... 252 renaming 245 resizing 245 resolution 243 size, width and height 243 spell checking 254 start, changing 212 templates 67, 71 types of 42 properties setting for hotspots 279 properties, project 252 publishing AICC content or SCORM package 347 to Adobe Connect server 360 publishing projects about 368 adding Adobe Captivate movies to web using FTP 344 Q quality audio 113, 127, 250 JPEG 143, 250
... 252 renaming 245 resizing 245 resolution 243 size, width and height 243 spell checking 254 start, changing 212 templates 67, 71 types of 42 properties setting for hotspots 279 properties, project 252 publishing AICC content or SCORM package 347 to Adobe Connect server 360 publishing projects about 368 adding Adobe Captivate movies to web using FTP 344 Q quality audio 113, 127, 250 JPEG 143, 250