Mastering Adobe Captivate 7电子书

Mastering Adobe Captivate 7

Table of Contents

Mastering Adobe Captivate 7

Credits

Foreword

About the Author

Acknowledgments

About the Reviewers

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Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the example code

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Getting Started with Captivate

Obtaining Captivate

A glance at the Captivate production process

Step zero – the preproduction phase

Step one – capturing the slides

Step two – the editing phase

Step three – the publishing phase

Touring the Captivate interface

The first look at the Captivate interface

Working with panels

Adding and removing panels

Moving panels around

Creating a custom workspace

Renaming and deleting custom workspaces

Exploring the sample applications

Experiencing the Encoder demonstration

Experiencing the Encoder simulation

Experiencing the Driving In Belgium sample application

Experiencing the Encoder Video Demo

Discussing the sample apps scenario

Summary

Meet the community

Pooja Jaisingh

Bio

Contact details

2. Capturing the Slides

Choosing the right resolution for the project

What exactly is the problem?

Resizing the project after the initial shooting

Downsizing the application during shooting

Using the panning feature of Captivate

Using the Scalable HTML Content feature

Conclusion

Shooting your first movie

Preparing the application to shoot

Rehearsing the scenario

Resetting the application

Shooting the movie

Enabling access to assistive devices (Mac users only)

Preparing Captivate to shoot the movie

And… Action!

Previewing the rushes

The inner working of the Captivate capture engine

The Full Motion Recording mode

Controlling Captivate during the shooting session

Exploring the preferences

The automatic recording modes

Exploring the recording settings

The Video Demo preferences

Shooting the other versions of the project

Previewing the second rushes

Shooting with System Audio

The Video Demo recording mode

Automatic and manual panning

Rescaling a project

Summary

Meet the community

Anita Horsley

Contact details

3. Working with Standard Objects

Preparing your work

Working with the Properties panel

Exploring the objects of Captivate

The Text Caption object

Modifying the content of a Text Caption

Creating new Text Captions

Extra credit – adding Text Captions

Formatting a Text Caption

Resizing and moving Text Captions

Changing the Callout and the Caption type

Formatting characters and paragraphs

Working with Text Effects

The Highlight Box object

Working with the mouse

Understanding the mouse movements

Formatting the Mouse object

Editing a full motion recording

Working with images

Inserting a slide from another project

Inserting an image into a slide

Using the image editing tools

Inserting a picture slide

Extra credit – working with Characters

Working with Smart Shapes

Formatting a Smart Shape

Using Smart Guides

Grouping objects

Adding text inside Smart Shapes

Working with Text Animations

Duplicating slides

Converting a Typing object into a Text Animation

Extra credit – creating the introductory and ending slides of another project

Inserting external animations in the project

Inserting a Video file

The Equation Editor

Using the Align toolbar

Selecting multiple objects

Extra credit – aligning and distributing the remaining objects

Working with the Timeline panel

Using the Timeline panel to select objects

Hiding and locking objects with Timeline

Using Timeline to change the stacking order of the objects

Using Timeline to set the timing of the objects

Extra credit – adjusting the timing of the other slides

Adding effects to objects

Combining effects

Extra credit – adding effects to images

Finishing touches

Working with the Library panel

Reusing Library items

Importing objects from another Library

Deleting unused assets from the Library panel

Summary

Meet the community

Lieve Weymeis

Contact details

4. Working with Styles, Master Slides, Themes, and Templates

Working with Styles

Managing Styles with the Properties panel

Resetting a style

Creating new styles

Applying styles

Modifying a style

Applying styles automatically

Extra credit 1– applying Styles automatically

Extra credit 2 – creating Styles for another type of object

Working with the Object Style manager

Exporting a style

Importing a style

Creating a style in the Object Style Manager

Extra credit – exporting and importing styles

Working with the Themes

The elements of a Theme

The Master Slides

Creating slides based on Master Slides

Inserting a blank slide in a themed project

Changing the Master Slide of an existing slide

The Styles

Creating a Theme

Customizing the Master Slides of the Theme

Customizing the Main Master Slide

Adding a Master Slide to the Theme

Adding Placeholders to the Master Slides

Applying the Master Slides to the slides of the project

Modifying a Master Slide

Adding Styles to the Theme

Styling the titles

Working with the Swatches panel

Importing custom Swatches to the Swatches panel

Styling the Smart Shapes using the Swatches panel

Saving the Styles in the Theme

Working with Templates

Creating a Template

Adding Placeholder Slides

Adding the last slides

Saving the Template

Creating a new Captivate project from a Template

Summary

Meet the community

Jim Leichliter

Contact details

5. Adding Interactivity to the Project

Preparing your work

Working with Buttons

Formatting Buttons

Using Smart Shapes as Buttons

Branching with Buttons

Discovering Rollover objects

Working with Rollover Captions

Working with Rollover Smart Shapes

Working with Rollover Images

Working with Rollover Slidelets

Inserting and formatting a Rollover Slidelet

Inserting objects in a Rollover Slidelet

Creating a simulation

Hiding the Mouse object

Using Find and Replace

Working with Click Boxes

Extra Credit – adding the remaining Click Boxes

Working with Text Entry Boxes

Finishing touches

Working with the Drag and Drop Interaction

Using the Drag and Drop Interaction wizard

Using the Drag and Drop panel

Using the Drag and Drop Interaction for branching and navigation

Objects and Animations in Video Demo projects

Interactivity in Video Demo projects

Standard objects in Video Demo projects

Animations in Video Demo projects

Using Pan and Zoom

Adding Transitions in Video Demos

Summary

Meet the community

Rod Ward

Tristan Ward

Contact details

6. Working with Audio

Preparing your work

Adding audio to objects

Extra credit – adding sound effects to objects

Adding background music to the entire project

Adding audio to slides

Recording narration with Captivate

Setting up the sound system

Recording the narration

Importing an external sound clip

Using the library to import the remaining audio files

Editing a sound clip in Captivate

Extra credit – synchronizing the audio clips

Using Text-to-Speech to generate narration

Installing the Captivate speech agents

Working with the Slide Notes panel

Converting text to speech

Using the Speech Management window

Using the Advanced Audio Management window

Adding Closed Captions to the slides

Viewing Closed Captions

Closed Captioning a video file

Extra credit – adding Closed Captions

Summary

Meet the community

Allen Partridge

Contact details

7. Working with Quizzes

Preparing your work

Introducing the quiz

Creating Question Slides

Inserting the first Question Slide

Using the Multiple Choice question

Understanding the basic question properties

Working with Partial Scoring

Branching with Question Slides

Finalizing the Question Slide

Importing Question Slides from a GIFT file

Working with the Matching question

Working with the Short Answer question

Working with the True/False question

Adding the remaining Question Slides

Working with the Fill-In-The-Blank question

Working with the Hotspot question

Working with the Sequence question

Creating surveys with Likert questions

Previewing the quiz

Creating a Pretest

The Quiz Preferences

Setting the passing score of a quiz

Working with Question Pools

Creating a Question Pool

Inserting questions in a Question Pool

Inserting random Question Slides into the main project

Styling the elements of the Question Slides

Styling the quiz buttons

Extra credit – styling the elements of the Question Slides

Reporting scores to an LMS

Understanding SCORM, AICC, and Tin Can

Enabling reporting in Captivate

Reporting options at the interaction level

Extra credit – assigning Interaction IDs to quiz questions

Reporting the random Question Slides

Using a Drag and Drop interaction as a Question Slide

Using the other scorable object

Setting up project-level reporting options

Creating a SCORM manifest file

Using Acrobat.com as an alternate reporting method

Configuring the Captivate project for Acrobat.com reporting

Uploading files to Acrobat.com

Taking the Quiz

Using the Adobe Captivate Quiz Results Analyzer

Summary

Meet the community

Kevin Siegel

Contact details

8. Finishing Touches and Publishing

Preparing your work

Finishing touches

Checking spelling

Exploring the Start and End preferences

Discussing the project metadata and accessibility

Exploring other project preferences

Exporting project preferences

Working with the Skin Editor panel

Customizing the Playback Controls bar

Working with Borders

Adding a Table of Contents

Applying the same Skin to other projects

Publishing a Captivate project

Publishing a Video Demo project

Publishing to Flash

Using the Scalable HTML content option

Publishing to HTML5

Using the HTML5 Tracker panel

Publishing the project in HTML5

Publishing an eLearning-enabled project

Working with the MultiSco packager

Creating a SCORM package from the Video Demo project

Creating a single course package from multiple SCOs

Publishing to PDF

Publishing as a standalone application

Publishing as a .mp4 video file

Publishing to YouTube

Publishing to Microsoft Word

Extra credit – publishing to Word

Other publishing options

Summary

Meet the community

Joe Ganci

Contact details

9. Using Captivate 7 with Other Applications

Preparing your work

Integrating Captivate with PowerPoint

Converting an existing presentation to Captivate

Viewing the presentation in PowerPoint

Creating a Captivate project from a PowerPoint presentation

Round Tripping between Captivate and PowerPoint

Updating a linked PowerPoint presentation

Inserting a PowerPoint slide in a Captivate project

Localizing a Captivate project using Microsoft Word

Exporting the project to XML

Importing a Photoshop file into Captivate

Round Tripping between Captivate and Photoshop

Exporting to Flash Professional

Summary

Meet the community

Richard Jenkins

Contact details

10. Reviewing a Captivate Project

Preparing your work

The review process at a glance

Distributing the project

Commenting a Captivate project

Installing the Adobe Captivate Reviewer application

Using the Captivate Reviewer to create new comments

Exporting comments

Collecting and addressing comments

Addressing comments in Captivate

Using Acrobat.com in the review process

Ending a review

Summary

Meet the community

Michael Lund

Contact details

11. Variables, Advanced Actions, and Widgets

Preparing your work

Working with Variables

System and user-defined Variables

Exploring System Variables

Generating text dynamically

Extra credit – generating a Quiz Results slide for the Pretest

Using user-defined Variables

Creating a User Variable

Capturing values with Text Entry Boxes

Using user-defined variables to dynamically generate text

Working with Advanced Actions

Using Standard Action

Automatically turning on Closed Captions with Advanced Actions

Extra credit – turning Closed Captions off

Using Conditional Actions

Creating the necessary variables

Assigning a score to each possible answer

Giving names to objects

Conditionally showing and hiding objects

Using a Conditional Action to implement branching with the Pretest

Discussing Shared Actions

Understanding and using Widgets

Locating Widgets

Understanding the three types of Widgets

Using Static Widgets

Finding Widgets

Adobe Captivate Exchange

Blogs and websites

Working with Smart Learning interactions

Working with the Accordion interaction

Working with the YouTube Interaction

Working with the Web Object interaction

Extra credit – working with the Award of Excellence interaction

Summary

Meet the Community

Josh Cavalier

Contact details

Index