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Adobe Captivate 7: Beyond the Essentials

Custom Recordings

You can create software demonstrations or simulations using Captivate. Typical

demonstrations include text captions that explain what’s about to happen, and then a

mouse automatically moves across the screen to perform the action.

With a simulation, you can have text captions explaining a concept, just like a

demonstration, but you can include interactive hotspots (click boxes) that let the

user actually perform the required steps.

Between demonstrations and simulations, I recommend you create simulations,

especially if you are working by yourself and don’t have the resources to create both

a demonstration and simulation for the same lesson. Why are simulations better? It’s

always better to let a user perform the step-by-step process you’re trying to teach

instead of allowing them to passively watch the steps.

When recording, I recommend you use Captivate’s Custom recording mode. This

mode effectively combines Captivate’s Demonstration and Simulation modes. Using

the Custom recording mode when you record, Captivate automatically adds text

captions and click boxes throughout the lesson that engage your learner.

Student Activity: Set Up the Custom Recording Mode

1. Leave Notepad or TextEdit running and start Adobe Captivate.

2. Set Captivate’s Preferences for the simulation you are about to record.

 Windows users, choose Edit > Preferences;

Mac users, choose Adobe Captivate > Preferences

 from the Recording category, select Modes

 from the Mode drop-down menu, select Custom

 click the Restore Defaults button at the bottom of the dialog box

By default, none of the options should be selected. By clicking the Restore

Defaults button, any of the options that had been selected have now been

deselected.

 from the Captions area, select Add Text Captions

 from the Click Boxes area, select Add Click Boxes on Mouse Click and

Failure Caption

None of the other options in the dialog box should be selected. You were asked

to select Add Text Captions so that the Text Captions will be created for you.

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