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Captivate 5.5 Training | Level 1 Learn the New Features Add shadows, rotate objects, create gradients, new Quiz Enhancements, new Quiz Templates, new Publishing Options, Publish directly to YouTube, Publish to MP4, create animation, add effects and more!! |
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Audience
Adobe Captivate 5.5 is a course for beginning and intermediate Captivate users who want to create software demonstrations and interactive simulations. Captivate appeals to a wide variety of audiences, typically grouped in training and education, sales and marketing, or technical support and documentation.
Prerequisites
- Basic Computer Skills & File Management on Windows or Mac
Adobe Captivate Training Course Outline
Topics covered in this three-day class are:
Project Planning
- Target Audience Connection Speeds
- Target Audience – Monitor Resolution
- Flash Player Penetration
- Creating Storyboards
- Interface Basics
Recording Essentials
- Grabbing Still Images
- Using Full Motion Recording & When
- Manual Recording A Demonstration
Recording a Demonstration
- Using Manual Recording Mode
- Hotkey Controls
- Previewing your Project
- Using Automatic Recording Mode
- Preview and Note differences
Project Editing
- Inserting Blank slides
- Creating Slide Labels & Why
- Reordering Slides
- Defining & Modifying Highlight Boxes
- Setting Mouse and pointer options
Text Captions
- Objects in the timeline
- Caption Types vs Styles
- Using Transparency
Object Styles
- Setting Attributes
- Defining New Styles
- Applying Object Styles
Timeline Essentials
- Object layering/reordering/stacking order
- Controlling Timings (birth and duration)
- End Marker and Anchors
Importing Images
- Scaling Images
- Managing the Library
- Understanding Library Controls
- Drag and drop onto Canvas vs. Filmstrip
- Merge into Background
- RoundTrip Image Editing
- Editing & Cropping Images in Captivate
- Background Trade-outs
- Internal Image Editing Options
Creating Simulations
- Difference of Training vs Assessment
- Recording Settings
- Capturing the Mouse & Shortcut Keys
- Click Boxes – an invisible button
Simulation Editing
- Editing Captions - apply to all?
- Success Captions and Why you don’t need them
- Click Boxes Options
The Captivate Actions List
- Available Options
- Linking to Websites
- Linking to Files
- Absolute and Relative Paths
Importing Powerpoint Projects
- Selection and Placement
- What’s Importable
- Navigation Settings
- Dynamic Linking
- Editing Powerpoint within Captivate
Buttons
- Three Button types explained
- Custom File naming conventions: _up, _over, _down
- Button vs Click Boxes
Master Slides and Templates
- Defining Master Slides
- Working with a Master Slide
- Creating a Template
- Using Templates in Projects
Publish Settings
- Movie Preferences
- Loading screens
- Adding Playback Skins and Borders
- Creating a Table of Contents Menu
- Saving Skins
- Project Info
Flash Video
- Stream vs Progressive download
- FLV format
- Inserting Video / skins
- Pausing Project for Video Completion
- Importing Video
Audio
- Recording Narration
- Importing Audio
- Editing Audio – silence /volume levels
- Background Audio
- Advanced Audio Management
- Encoding Settings
- Creating Closed Captions
- Text-to-Speech
Effects
- Creating Zoom areas
- Panning during Recording
- Working with Rollovers
- Using Effect Presets
- Animation Effects
- Adding Drop Shadows
- Creating and Editing Gradiens
- Defining Trigger-based Effects
Publishing
- SWF and Dependant Formats
- Scaling your Project
- FTP Uploading
- Publishing as a PDF
- Publishing as an AVI
Quizzes
- Types of Available Questions
- Editing the Captions & Buttons
- Review Areas
- Displaying Progress Indicators
- Using the Advanced Interactions Manager
Random Quizzes
- Architecting Pools - Embedded vs Standalone
- Building Question Pools
- Creating a Random Quiz
- Publishing and Dependent files
Delivery Options
- Adding Table of Contents to projects
- TOC settings
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