Captivate 3: Introduction for Beginners UK Classes & Lessons (Adobe)

About this class

Adobe Captivate is an increasingly popular way to create software demonstrations and interactive simulations for distribution in Flash format. Captivate records your actions in any software application and creates a simulation which can be published online or on DVD for use in training, sales, marketing or user support.

Who will the lesson benefit?

Delegates who want to learn the fundamentals of Captivate 3

What delegates will learn

This two day task based Adobe authorised course is designed to give you the skills to build powerful and engaging software simulations and demonstrations.

What prerequisites are required

None

Contents of this class

Introduction

The differences between simulations and demonstrations
Describing Captivate projects

Recording a software demonstration

Using the menu bar, toolbar, timeline and filmstrip
The storyboard and edit views
The Slide properties dialog box
Checking the timings of your project

Working with text captions

Auto-generated text captions
Inserting and editing captions

Working with the Timeline

Previewing the Timeline

Working with images and objects

Inserting images
Setting image properties
Setting object transitions
Merging images
Setting project preferences

Recording software demonstrations with audio

Scripting and recording a project
Enhanced audio management
Recording an interactive simulation
Recording options dialog box
Importing Powerpoint slides
Moving slides on filmstrip
Inserting buttons and text entry points

Inserting rollover captions and images

The rollover caption dialog box
Adding click boxes
Adding animations
Adding highlight boxes

Inserting question slides

Planning for questionss
The Question Types dialog box

Using e-learning features

A learning management system
Describing the manifest file

Using Menubuilder

Linking to Flash SWF files

Captivate 3: Introduction for Beginners