Macromedia Captivate Tutorial

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The Creation of Movies
An Overview of the Recording Process
Recording Modes Explained
How to Set the Recording Capture Area
Full Motion Recording in Captivate
How to Record New Application Movies
How to Record Custom-Sized
How to Record Full Screen Movies
How to Record New Blank Movies
Adding Content into Blank Movies
How to Record New Image Movies
The Creation of New Movies with Templates

Using the Timeline
The Captivate Timeline Described
How to Customize the Appearance of the Timeline
Preview Slides with the Timeline Playhead
Modifying Slide Timing
Modifying Object Timing
Modifying Caption Speed
How to Align Objects on the Timeline and Stage
How to Import Objects Between Movies
Modifying Object Sizes
How to Duplicate and Merge Objects

Add Text Captions
Manually Adding Text Captions
Automatically Adding Text Captions
The Creation of Rollover Captions
How to Convert Tooltips to Rollover Captions
Edit Text Captions
The Creation of Custom Text Captions
Using Custom Text Captions
Import and Export Captions

Adding Audio
Recording Equipment & Tips for Successful Recording
Options for Audio Recording
How to Calibrate Microphones
Audio Recording Overview
How to Create Background Audio
Working with Audio with Slide Objects
How to Adjust Audio Volume
Editing Audio and Timing - Lesson 1
Editing Audio and Timing - Lesson 2
Audio Management - Advanced

Adding Multimedia
Add Images
Further Image Techniques
The Addition Of:
• Rollover Images
• Animations
• Animated Text
• Animation Slides
Prepare Video for Captivate - Lesson 1
Prepare Video for Captivate - Lesson 2
AVI Video and Further Formats

Adding Interactive Elements
How to Add Highlight Boxes
How to Add Click Boxes - Lesson 1
How to Add Click Boxes - Lesson 2
How to Add Click Boxes - Lesson 3
How to Add Text Entry Boxes - Lesson 1
How to Add Text Entry Boxes - Lesson 2
How to Add Buttons - Lesson 1
How to Add Buttons - Lesson 2
How to Add JavaScript to Boxes and Buttons

Editing Movies
Editing Mouse Movement - Lesson 1
Editing Mouse Movement - Lesson 2
Modifying Object Layer Ordering - Lesson 1
Modifying Object Layer Ordering - Lesson 2
Object and Slide Timing
Caption Mouse and Keystroke Speed Explained
Using Movie Properties
Setting Movie Preferences - Lesson 1
Setting Movie Preferences - Lesson 2
Spell Checking

Adding Interactivity
The Creation of:
• Branching Movies
• Question Slides
• a True/False Question Slide
• Fill-in the Blank Slides
• Matching Question Slides
• Multiple Choice Question Slides
The Quiz Manager Explored - Lesson 1
The Quiz Manager Explored - Lesson 2

Linking Movies With the Menu Builder
Create a MenuBuilder Project
Changing a MenuBuilder Project
How to Add Interactivity to Your Menus
Export MenuBuilder Projects

Publishing Movies
Publishing EXE Files - Step by Step
Publishing Flash Files
Publishing Movies as Handouts
Publishing to the Web Using File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

Course Wrap-up
Captivate Tutorial Wrap-up

Credits
Author Details