Using this step-by-step workbook, you can teach yourself to use Adobe Captivate 3 and quickly create interactive eLearning lessons.
Recording
Step Through a Script | Set the Recording Type and Options | Record a Project Manually | Record a Demonstration | Record an Assessment Simulation | Record a Training Assessment | Record a Custom Project
Text Captions and The Timeline
Duplicate a Slide and Hide the Mouse | Insert, Resize and Move Text Captions | Change Text Caption Properties | Change an Object's Slide Position and Size | View the Timeline | Change a Slide's Display Time | Change Timeline View Settings | Use the Timeline to Set Text Caption Display Times | Show/Hide Timeline Objects | Use Options to Control Object Timing | Set Mouse Properties | Check Spelling | Align Slide Objects
Images
Insert and Delete Slides | Insert an Image | Set Image Size and Slide Position | Use the Library | Manage Unused Images | Create an Image Transparency | Create an Image Watermark | Replace an Image | Set Image Timing Options and Transition Effects | Work With Image Stacks | Add a Visual Mouse Click and Click Sound
Pointer Paths, Buttons and Highlight Boxes
Change the Pointer Path | Change the Pointer Type | Edit a Slide and Object Display Times | Insert a Text Button | Set a Button's Options | Insert an Image Button | Insert and Format a Highlight Box
Converting Demonstrations into Simulations
Hide the Mouse | Replace Phrases | Insert a Click Box | Set Click Box Options | Change a Slide's Display Time | Set a Text Caption Transition | Insert a Text Entry Box
Rollovers and Zoom Areas
Insert a Rollover Caption | Set Rollover Area Properties | Insert a Rollover Image | Insert a Zoom Area | Insert a Rollover Slidelet | Set Rollover Slidelet Properties | Format and Position a Slidelet | Insert a Caption into a Slidelet | Insert an Image into a Slidelet
Slide Labels, Notes and Audio
Add a Slide Label | Add a Slide Note | Add a Sound Effect to an Object | Add Background Music to a Project | Calibrate a Microphone | Record a Slide Note | Edit an Audio File | Insert Silence
Animation and Flash Video
Change a Project's Frame Rate | Add Animation to a Slide | Change an Animation's Slide Position | Insert Text Animation | Add Flash Video
Importing and Branching
Import PowerPoint Animation | Import PowerPoint Backgrounds | Resize a Project | Import Project Slides and Objects | Label a Slide | Use Buttons to Create a Branch | Explore the Branching Tab | Export the Branching View | Create a Slide Group | Work with a Slide Group
Skins and Templates
Apply a BMP Playbar | Apply a Skin | Edit and Save a Skin | Delete a Skin | Add a Loading Screen | Create a Project Template | Create a New Project From a Template | Record Additional Slides | Edit a Template
Compliant Movies, Bandwidth and Publishing
Enable 508 Compliance | Add Accessibility Text | Add Closed Captions | Link to a Web Site | Set Project Information | Check Bandwidth | Publish a Flash (SWF) | Publish Word Handouts | Export Captions | Perform a "Round Trip" From Word
Creating Quizzes
Set Quiz Preferences | Insert a Question Slide | Add an Image to a Question Slide | Reuse a Slide Background | Format the Question Title | Use the Slide Grid | Format the Progress Indicator | Create and Rename Question Pools | Add Questions to Question Pools | Insert Random Question Slides
MenuBuilder
Publish a Standalone Project | Create a MenuBuilder Project | Add Text Items to a Menu | Format Styles | Edit Text Items | Export a MenuBuilder Project
… and much, much more!