Macromedia captivate 2 User Manual
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CHAPTER 1
Introduction and Installation
Adobe® Captivate™ 2 is a professional software tool that you can use to quickly create interactive
demonstrations and simulations in a variety of formats including Macromedia® Flash® from
Adobe (SWF) and executable files (EXE). Anyone who needs to develop online product
demonstrations, software simulations for e-learning, or online tutorials for user support will find
Adobe Captivate an ideal solution. Adobe Captivate includes everything you need to record
actions in any application and instantly create a simulation.
demonstrations and simulations in a variety of formats including Macromedia® Flash® from
Adobe (SWF) and executable files (EXE). Anyone who needs to develop online product
demonstrations, software simulations for e-learning, or online tutorials for user support will find
Adobe Captivate an ideal solution. Adobe Captivate includes everything you need to record
actions in any application and instantly create a simulation.
Adobe Captivate lets you add customized text captions, audio (voice-overs, background music,
and sound effects), video, animation, text animations, images, hyperlinks, and more to your
projects. A small file size and high resolution make Adobe Captivate simulations and
demonstrations easy to publish online or burn to CD for use in training, sales, marketing, or user
support.
and sound effects), video, animation, text animations, images, hyperlinks, and more to your
projects. A small file size and high resolution make Adobe Captivate simulations and
demonstrations easy to publish online or burn to CD for use in training, sales, marketing, or user
support.
If you use Adobe Captivate to create e-learning content, you can add fully interactive question
slides, buttons, click boxes, and text entry boxes. Adobe Captivate is SCORM 1.2 and 2004
certified and PENS and AICC compliant, allowing effortless integration with any learning
management system (LMS) or Questionmark Perception.
slides, buttons, click boxes, and text entry boxes. Adobe Captivate is SCORM 1.2 and 2004
certified and PENS and AICC compliant, allowing effortless integration with any learning
management system (LMS) or Questionmark Perception.
Key features of Adobe Captivate
Adobe Captivate has the following key features:
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Rapidly develop software simulations and demonstrations
Get up and running in Adobe
Captivate immediately with a friendly user interface and a new Project wizard that walks you
through creating scenario-based simulations. Or simply start recording any application and
Adobe Captivate automatically captures every action on the screen. Increase productivity using
timesaving features like AutoText Captions (automatically inserts a text description of each
recorded task), automatic addition of highlight boxes, scored user interactions, and
instructional feedback.
through creating scenario-based simulations. Or simply start recording any application and
Adobe Captivate automatically captures every action on the screen. Increase productivity using
timesaving features like AutoText Captions (automatically inserts a text description of each
recorded task), automatic addition of highlight boxes, scored user interactions, and
instructional feedback.
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Create simulations and demonstrations in Flash format, without knowing Flash
When
the recording is done, Adobe Captivate instantly creates a Flash simulation of onscreen actions,
complete with smooth mouse animations and text descriptions or scored interactions with
instructional feedback. No Flash knowledge or programming skills are required.
complete with smooth mouse animations and text descriptions or scored interactions with
instructional feedback. No Flash knowledge or programming skills are required.