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Mastering Adobe Captivate 7

By : Damien Bruyndonckx
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Mastering Adobe Captivate 7

By: Damien Bruyndonckx

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Mastering Adobe Captivate 7
Damien Bruyndonckx
Feb, 2014 | 532 pages
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Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Mastering Adobe Captivate 7
Mastering Adobe Captivate 7
Credits
Credits
Foreword
Foreword
About the Author
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
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1
Getting Started with Captivate
Getting Started with Captivate
Obtaining Captivate
A glance at the Captivate production process
Touring the Captivate interface
Exploring the sample applications
Discussing the sample apps scenario
Summary
Meet the community
2
Capturing the Slides
Capturing the Slides
Choosing the right resolution for the project
Shooting your first movie
The inner working of the Captivate capture engine
Controlling Captivate during the shooting session
Exploring the preferences
Shooting the other versions of the project
Shooting with System Audio
The Video Demo recording mode
Automatic and manual panning
Rescaling a project
Summary
Meet the community
3
Working with Standard Objects
Working with Standard Objects
Preparing your work
Working with the Properties panel
Exploring the objects of Captivate
Using the Align toolbar
Working with the Timeline panel
Adding effects to objects
Working with the Library panel
Summary
Meet the community
4
Working with Styles, Master Slides, Themes, and Templates
Working with Styles, Master Slides, Themes, and Templates
Working with Styles
Working with the Themes
Creating a Theme
Working with Templates
Summary
Meet the community
5
Adding Interactivity to the Project
Adding Interactivity to the Project
Preparing your work
Working with Buttons
Discovering Rollover objects
Creating a simulation
Working with the Drag and Drop Interaction
Objects and Animations in Video Demo projects
Summary
Meet the community
6
Working with Audio
Working with Audio
Preparing your work
Adding audio to objects
Adding background music to the entire project
Adding audio to slides
Using Text-to-Speech to generate narration
Using the Advanced Audio Management window
Adding Closed Captions to the slides
Summary
Meet the community
7
Working with Quizzes
Working with Quizzes
Preparing your work
Introducing the quiz
Creating Question Slides
Previewing the quiz
Creating a Pretest
The Quiz Preferences
Working with Question Pools
Styling the elements of the Question Slides
Reporting scores to an LMS
Using Acrobat.com as an alternate reporting method
Summary
Meet the community
8
Finishing Touches and Publishing
Finishing Touches and Publishing
Preparing your work
Finishing touches
Publishing a Captivate project
Summary
Meet the community
9
Using Captivate 7 with Other Applications
Using Captivate 7 with Other Applications
Preparing your work
Integrating Captivate with PowerPoint
Localizing a Captivate project using Microsoft Word
Exporting the project to XML
Importing a Photoshop file into Captivate
Exporting to Flash Professional
Summary
Meet the community
10
Reviewing a Captivate Project
Reviewing a Captivate Project
Preparing your work
The review process at a glance
Distributing the project
Commenting a Captivate project
Collecting and addressing comments
Summary
Meet the community
11
Variables, Advanced Actions, and Widgets
Variables, Advanced Actions, and Widgets
Preparing your work
Working with Variables
Working with Advanced Actions
Understanding and using Widgets
Working with Smart Learning interactions
Summary
Meet the Community
Index
Index

Preparing your work

In this chapter, you will work with the Encoder Demonstration project. Perform these basic steps to get Captivate ready:

  1. Open Captivate.

  2. Ensure that the Classic workspace is the one being used.

  3. Navigate to Window | Workspace | Reset 'Classic' to reapply the default interface.

  4. Open the encoderDemo_800.cptx file under Chapter10.

Captivate is now ready for the exercises of this chapter.

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