Macromedia captivate 2 User Manual

About planning projects

Demonstration

Select this option to automatically include captions, highlight boxes, and

mouse movement in the auto-recorded project.

Assessment Simulation

Select this option to automatically include click boxes with a

failure caption in the auto-recorded project. Mouse movement is not included.

Training Simulation

Select this option to automatically include click boxes with hint and

failure captions to the project. Captions and mouse movement are not included

Custom

Select this option to choose the objects, such as captions, highlight boxes, and

click boxes that you automatically want to add to the project.

If you want to edit the list of objects that you want to add automatically to your project when
using any of the different auto-recording modes, click Edit settings.

You can set the following options in the Sound area:

Record narration

Select this option to record audio as you record the project.

Note: You can’t select both Record narration and Hear camera sounds during recording. When
you select one, the other option is automatically disabled.

Hear camera sounds during recording

Select this option to play a “camera shutter” sound

whenever a screenshot is captured during recording. It is helpful to turn this sound on so you
know exactly when a screenshot is captured, especially when using the auto-recording feature.
The camera sound is not included in the finished project.

Record keystrokes

Select this option to record keyboard action. Adobe Captivate records

keyboard input but does not capture screenshots for every character. The keystrokes appear in
the finished project.

Hear keyboard tap sounds

Select this option to determine whether keyboard tap sounds are

audible during recording. The keyboard tap sounds are not included in the finished project.

The following options are in the Options area:

Hide recording window

Select this option to hide the red rectangle that is displayed during

recording.

Hide Adobe Captivate task icon

Select this option to hide the task icon during recording.

(When you record with the full-screen options, you typically see that Adobe Captivate is an
open application. If this interferes with what you are recording, you can hide Adobe Captivate
with this option.)

Hide Adobe Captivate system tray icon

Select this option to hide the system tray icon

during recording. (This icon is the small Adobe Captivate icon that is displayed in the system
tray in the lower-right corner of the computer screen. If you need to record that area of the
computer screen, but do not want the Adobe Captivate icon to be displayed in your project,
this option lets you hide the icon.)

Move new windows inside recording area

Select this option to have Adobe Captivate

automatically take any windows that open while you are recording and move them into the red
capture window. This is particularly useful if you are recording an application in which many
dialog boxes open as you use the application.

Record actions in real time

Select this option to have Adobe Captivate record in real time.