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ADOBE CAPTIVATE 3 191 User Guide • To set two objects to appear at the same time, align their left and right edges. For example, you can set a highlight box to appear at the same time as an image so that the highlight box can appear over the image. • To adjust the display time of interactive objects (such as text entry boxes, click boxes, and buttons) rest the pointer over the line between Active and Inactive in the bar until the slider handle appears. Drag the slider to adjust the display time. Tip:You can select multiple objects and move them at the same time. Hold down the SHIFT key and click on objects to select consecutive stacked objects in the Timeline or to select non-consecutive objects, hold down the Ctrl key and click on the objects to move. Tip:You can adjust the zoom level of the Timeline easily. Click in the Timeline ruler and spin the mouse 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 level, or Ctrl+W to set the zoom level so all objects will fit within the current Timeline width. Controlling Adobe Captivate projects with variables You can control Adobe Captivate projects with variables that you can set on the Timeline. Controlling a project with variables is useful if you want to create custom SWF playback control or if you are putting a project into a Flash FLA file. Using variables is an advanced feature that should be implemented only by users with a solid background in Flash. Tip:To control the project through the skin file, add the prefix cpSkinLoader_mc to the variables. The following commands are used by playback controls and preview: rdcmndPrevious set to 1 to go previous slide rdcmndNextSlide set to 1 to go to next slide rdcmndPause set to 1 to pause the project rdcmndResume set to 1 to resume showing a paused project

Section	Page
Contents	3
Chapter 1: Getting started	11
Installation	11
Adobe Help	12
What's new	15
Chapter 2: Exploring the workspace	17
About Adobe Captivate views	17
About the timeline	18
Customizing the work environment	19
Displaying and docking toolbars	20
Using the filmstrip	22
Using the library	23
Displaying confirmation messages	24
Using shortcut keys	26
Magnification shortcuts	28
Undoing and redoing actions	29
About the bandwidth monitor	30
Chapter 3: Creating projects	33
Opening existing projects	33
About planning projects	34
About recording and creating new projects	51
Recording software simulations	53
Re-recording software simulations	65
Recording scenario simulations	71
Recording other types of projects	74
Linking Adobe Captivate projects	79
About using project templates	81
Using full motion recording	82
Creating accessible projects	89
Localizing Captivate projects	95
Chapter 4: Adding text captions	99
About adding text captions	99
Adding plain text to a slide	101
Adding text captions automatically	102
Adding rollover captions	104
Changing the rollover area	105
Converting tooltips to rollover captions	106
Adding a language for text captions	107
Localizing text captions	109
Editing text captions	110
Creating custom text caption styles	110
Moving and resizing text captions	113
Copying and pasting text captions	114
Importing text captions	114
Exporting text captions	115
Changing text caption order	116
Deleting text captions	117
Chapter 5: Adding audio and video	119
About adding audio	119
Adding existing audio	119
Equipment for recording audio	120
Tips for recording audio	121
Setting audio recording options	122
Calibrating microphones for recording	125
Recording audio	125
Recording audio while creating a project	126
Creating background audio	128
Using a custom keyboard tap sound	129
Adjusting audio volume	131
Adding existing audio to objects	132
Recording audio for objects	133
Setting keyboard tap sounds	134
Editing audio files	134
Editing audio timing	135
Viewing audio details	137
Adding closed captions	138
Previewing audio	139
Exporting audio	140
Deleting audio	141
About adding video	142
Adding a video file	143
Setting video options	144
Setting audio options for the video	145
Setting position options for the video	145
Chapter 6: Adding images and animation	147
Adding images	147
Adding rollover images	149
Inserting images as slides	152
Creating watermark images	152
Changing JPEG quality	153
Deleting images	153
About animation in Adobe Captivate	154
Adding animations	154
Adding animated text	157
Adding animation slides	160
Chapter 7: Adding boxes and buttons	161
Highlight boxes	161
Click boxes	161
Text entry boxes	161
Buttons	161
Adding highlight boxes	162
Adding click boxes	164
Adding text entry boxes	167
Adding buttons	172
Modifying buttons on question slides	176
Adding JavaScript to boxes and buttons	178
Adding existing audio to boxes and buttons	179
Deleting buttons and boxes	180
Chapter 8: Editing mouse movement	181
Changing mouse pointers	181
Changing mouse pointer size	182
Changing mouse click sounds	182
Setting mouse click effect	183
Changing mouse movements	184
Aligning mouse paths	185
Using straight and curved mouse paths	185
Hiding the mouse pointer	186
Enabling the mouse wheel	186
Creating mouse over effects using a rollover slidelet	187
Chapter 9: Changing timing	193
Customizing timeline appearance	193
Changing the order of object layers	195
Hiding and locking object layers	196
Previewing a slide using the playhead	197
Changing slide timing	198
Setting caption speed automatically	198
Changing keystroke speed	199
Changing mouse pointer speed	199
Changing object timing	200
Controlling Adobe Captivate projects with variables	201
Chapter 10: Slides	203
Adding slides to a project	203
Grouping slides	208
Editing slides	209
Changing how a project starts and ends	222
Adding skins	224
Securing slides	234
Chapter 11: Adding and managing objects	237
Importing objects	238
Using the library	239
Managing objects with the stage toolbar	241
Duplicating objects	242
Copying and pasting objects	242
Copying and pasting objects from other projects	243
Aligning objects	244
Aligning objects on the Timeline	245
Changing object display order	246
Changing the size of multiple objects	247
Aligning objects with the grid	248
Adjusting object size and position by pixel	249
Merging objects into a slide	250
Managing interactive objects	250
Chapter 12: Editing projects	253
Determining the size of your project	253
Deleting projects or templates	253
Hiding projects	254
Previewing projects	254
Renaming projects	255
Resizing projects	255
Setting the background color	257
Setting project preferences	257
Adding a loading screen	261
Setting project properties	262
Using a custom keyboard tap sound	263
Checking spelling in Adobe Captivate projects	264
Changing spell check dictionary	266
Searching slides and replacing content	266
Chapter 13: Creating eLearning content	269
About branching in Adobe Captivate projects	269
About editing branching in Adobe Captivate projects	270
Going to a slide in the Branching view	271
Exporting Branching view	271
Creating question slides	272
Setting eLearning pass rate	299
Creating question review messages for quizzes	302
Creating a manifest file	304
Creating a PIF	306
Organizing quizzes	306
Chapter 14: Creating a menu of Adobe Captivate projects	313
About creating MenuBuilder projects	313
About using text in MenuBuilder	319
Using images in MenuBuilder Projects	323
About using click boxes in MenuBuilder projects	330
About changing MenuBuilder project options	334
About exporting MenuBuilder projects	341
Chapter 15: Publishing projects	345
Publishing projects as stand-alone (EXE) files	345
Publishing projects to Adobe Connect Enterprise	346
Publishing projects as Flash files	347
Publishing projects as printed Word output	349
Publishing projects to the web using FTP	354
Sending projects using e-mail	355
Publishing an AICC content or a SCORM package	356
Exporting text captions	358
Exporting Adobe Captivate project content to XML	359
Importing Adobe Captivate project content from XML	361
Importing and exporting project preferences	362
Chapter 16: Adobe Captivate and other software applications	365
Adobe Captivate and Adobe Flash	365
Adobe Captivate and Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional	370
Adobe Captivate and RoboHelp	375
Adobe Captivate and Microsoft PowerPoint	378
Chapter 17: Troubleshooting	383
Troubleshooting Adobe Captivate project startup	383
Troubleshooting animation timing	383
Troubleshooting application distortion when recording	384
Troubleshooting capturing while recording a web application	384
Troubleshooting capture of elevated applications in Windows Vista	385
Troubleshooting choppy full motion recording	385
Correcting colors in slides	385
Troubleshooting fonts on transparent captions	386
Troubleshooting Adobe Captivate output	387
Troubleshooting video errors	388
Troubleshooting text viewed in a browser	388
Troubleshooting font size in text entry boxes	389
Troubleshooting button sizes while resizing projects	389
Troubleshooting the number of slides in a project	390
Troubleshooting publishing projects	390
Troubleshooting quizzing errors	390
Troubleshooting exporting projects to Flash	391
Troubleshooting JavaScript that does not appear	391
Troubleshooting the Skin Editor	392
Uninstalling Adobe Captivate	392
Security warning with Flash Player 8	393
Index	395
A	395
about 55	395
re-recording script file 55	395
accessibility	395
closed captioning 128	395
Flash (SWF) files 82, 83	395
project information 223, 252	395
project preferences 249	395
requirements 80	395
screen readers 80	395
slides 82, 205	395
standards 79	395
testing 84	395
websites 79, 84	395
adding	395
closed captioning 128	395
adding slides 62	395
using Project Wizard 62	395
Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional	395
about 360	395
Adobe Captivate output	395
bandwidth 377	395
Adobe Connect	395
and Adobe Captivate 360	395
publishing Adobe Captivate movies to 360	395
publishing projects to 360	395
search features 364	395
tracking 364	395
Advanced Interaction dialog box 240	395
AICC 284	395
AICC compliance	395
features 259	395
options 284	395
Quiz Manager 296	395
AICC content	395
publishing 347	395
aligning	395
click boxes in MenuBuilder 322	395
custom text captions 102	395
images in MenuBuilder 316	395
mouse paths 175	395
objects by pixels 239	395
objects on slides 234	395
objects on Timeline 235	395
objects to grid 238	395
text in MenuBuilder 311	395
animated text 144, 147	395
animation	395
troubleshooting 373	395
animations	395
See also objects	395
about 144	395
adding 144	395
defined 227	395
slides 150, 197	395
troubleshooting 373	395
application projects, recording 43, 49	395
Asian characters 335	395
Assessment simulation recording mode 41	395
attachments, e-mail 345	395
audio	395
about 109	395
adding existing 109	395
adding to boxes and buttons 122	395
background, creating 118	395
buttons and boxes 169	395
calibrating microphone 115	395
camera sounds 31, 36	395
click sounds, mouse 172	395
deleting 131	395
editing 112, 124	395
equipment for recording 110	395
exporting 128, 130	395
introductory slides 214	395
keyboard taps, customizing 253	395
loading screens 251	395
maximum size 380	395
MenuBuilder projects 327	395
object layer order 185	395
previewing 129	395
quality 113, 127, 250	395
recording options 112	395
recording process 115	395
recording tips 111	395
recording while creating a project 116	395
silence, adding 120	395
software for recording 111	395
tap sounds 119, 124	395
timing 125	395
video options 135	395
viewing details 127	395
volume 121	395
auto-recording 25, 37	395
AVI files	396
about 144	396
adding 145	396
animation slides 150, 197	396
B	396
background (movies) 247	396
background audio	396
about 109	396
creating 118	396
deleting 131	396
background color	396
projects 247	396
slides 202, 211	396
bandwidth 20	396
screen resolution 26	396
BMP files 137	396
BMP playbars 215, 217, 218	396
borders, project 220	396
boxes	396
See also objects	396
audio, adding to 169	396
automatically creating 29	396
click, adding 154	396
deleting 170	396
highlight, adding 152	396
JavaScript, adding to 168	396
object layer order 185	396
text entry, adding 157	396
timing 190	396
types of 151, 227, 228	396
branching 259, 260	396
Branching view 8	396
branching view	396
exporting 261	396
going to a slide 261	396
browsers	396
troubleshooting text 378	396
buttons	396
about 151, 228	396
adding to projects 162	396
audio, adding to 122, 169	396
deleting 170	396
JavaScript 168	396
managing all interactive objects 240	396
naming conventions 218	396
playback controls 214, 217	396
project information 223, 252	396
timing 190	396
C	396
camera sounds 31, 36	396
captions	396
See also objects; rollover captions	396
about 89	396
adding automatically 29, 89, 92	396
copying and pasting 104	396
creating custom styles 100	396
defined 227	396
deleting 107	396
editing 100	396
exporting 105, 348	396
frames, number of 380	396
importing 104	396
localizing 86, 99	396
moving 103	396
object layer order 185	396
ordering 106	396
resizing 103	396
speed 188	396
spell checking 254	396
timing 190	396
toolbars 11	396
transparent 91, 204	396
troubleshooting 376	396
troubleshooting fonts 376	396
capture area 38	396
capture keys, changing 19	396
choppy full motion recording, troubleshooting 375	396
click boxes	396
about 151, 228	396
adding to projects 154	396
audio, adding to 122, 169	396
automatically creating 29	396
deleting 170	396
JavaScript 168	396
managing all interactive objects 240	396
object layer order 185	396
timing 190	396
click boxes, MenuBuilder	396
adding 320	396
aligning 322	396
copying 323	396
deleting 324	396
moving 322	396
options 321	396
ordering 323	396
click effects 173	396
click sounds, mouse 172	396
closed captioning	396
accessibility 128	396
adding 128	396
localizing 86	396
colors	396
click effects 173	396
gradients 27	396
movie background 247	396
nonstandard 27	397
projects, background 247	397
slides 202, 211	397
troubleshooting 375	397
wallpaper, desktop 27	397
compressing	397
Flash (SWF) files 249	397
projects 249	397
slides 210	397
configuring	397
PENS-related settings 347	397
confirmation messages 14	397
Connect Enterprise metadata 249	397
Connect Enterprise Server	397
metadata 249	397
contingency branching 259, 260	397
converting Adobe Captivate projects 349	397
to XML 349	397
creating	397
mouse over effect 177	397
rollover slidelets	397
sequence question slide 279	397
sequence questions 279	397
slidelets 177	397
Custom recording mode 41	397
customizing	397
caption styles 100	397
keyboard taps 119, 253	397
playback controls 217	397
Timeline 183	397
workspace 9	397
custom-sized projects 46	397
D	397
deleting	397
audio 131	397
boxes 170	397
buttons 170	397
captions 107	397
click boxes in MenuBuilder 324	397
images 143	397
images in MenuBuilder 320	397
projects 243	397
slides 212	397
templates 243	397
text in MenuBuilder 313	397
Demonstration recording mode 41	397
desktop wallpaper 27	397
dictionary, spell check 256	397
disabilities. See accessibility	397
docking toolbars 10	397
E	397
Edit view 7	397
editing slides	397
recorded text 205	397
eLearning	397
branching 259	397
description 259	397
manifest file 294	397
output options 284	397
pass rate 289	397
PIF file 296	397
scoring display 291	397
e-learning	397
Adobe Connect tracking 364	397
branching 259, 260	397
creating question slides 262	397
features 259	397
fill in the blank question slides 268	397
hot spot question slides 276, 279	397
likert question slides 282	397
manifest file, creating 294	397
matching question slides 274	397
multiple choice question slides 263	397
options 284	397
package interchange file (PIF) 296	397
pass rate 289	397
question review messages 292	397
rating scale question slides 282	397
scoring display 291	397
short answer question slides 271	397
true-false question slides 266	397
e-mail	397
click boxes 154	397
sending projects by 345	397
EMF files 137	397
end, projects 212	397
exceptions	397

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ADOBE CAPTIVATE 3

User Guide

•

To set two objects to appear at the same time, align their left and right edges. For example, you can set a

highlight box to appear at the same time as an image so that the highlight box can appear over the image.

•

To adjust the display time of interactive objects (such as text entry boxes, click boxes, and buttons) rest the

pointer over the line between Active and Inactive in the bar until the slider handle appears. Drag the slider to

adjust the display time.

Tip:You can select multiple objects and move them at the same time. Hold down the SHIFT key and click on objects

to select consecutive stacked objects in the Timeline or to select non-consecutive objects, hold down the Ctrl key and

click on the objects to move.

Tip:You can adjust the zoom level of the Timeline easily. Click in the Timeline ruler and spin the mouse 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 level, or Ctrl+W to set the zoom level so all

objects will fit within the current Timeline width.

Controlling Adobe Captivate projects with variables

You can control Adobe Captivate projects with variables that you can set on the Timeline. Controlling a project

with variables is useful if you want to create custom SWF playback control or if you are putting a project into a

Flash FLA file.

Using variables is an advanced feature that should be implemented only by users with a solid background in Flash.

Tip:To control the project through the skin file, add the prefix cpSkinLoader_mc to the variables.

The following commands are used by playback controls and preview:

rdcmndPrevious

set to 1 to go previous slide

rdcmndNextSlide

set to 1 to go to next slide

rdcmndPause

set to 1 to pause the project

rdcmndResume

set to 1 to resume showing a paused project