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Mastering Adobe Captivate 7

By : Damien Bruyndonckx
Book Image

Mastering Adobe Captivate 7

By: Damien Bruyndonckx

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Mastering Adobe Captivate 7
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Exploring the preferences


First, let's explore the four automatic recording modes of Captivate.

The automatic recording modes

Your first shooting experience was based on the default preferences of Captivate. In order to take full control on the situation, you will explore and fine-tune the automatic recording modes before having a second try by performing the following steps:

  1. On the left-hand side of the Preferences window, click on the Modes category in the Recording section.

  2. At the top of the Preferences window, make sure the Mode drop-down list is set to Demonstration. This is shown in the following screenshot:

    The Preferences window currently displays the settings of the Demonstration recording mode you used during your first capture session. As expected, this recording mode adds Text Captions to the slides. It also features the Mouse and adds a Highlight Box each time the mouse is clicked during the capture. These settings reflect what you saw when previewing the rushes of the first movie...