Macromedia captivate 2 Quick Setup Guide
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CHAPTER 1
Getting Started
Adobe® Captivate™ is a professional software tool for quickly creating 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.
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 enables you to add customized text captions, audio (voice-overs, background
music, and sound effects), Flash® Video and animations, 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.
music, and sound effects), Flash® Video and animations, 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, PENS, and AICC compliant, allowing effortless integration with any learning
management system (LMS), Adobe® Authorware®, or Questionmark Perception.
slides, buttons, click boxes, and text entry boxes. Adobe Captivate is SCORM 1.2 and 2004
certified, PENS, and AICC compliant, allowing effortless integration with any learning
management system (LMS), Adobe® Authorware®, or Questionmark Perception.
What’s new in Adobe Captivate
Adobe Captivate provides major new features and enhancements, including the following:
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Compile scenario simulations for training
Easily create interactive training modules. You
can simulate scenarios that form building blocks of demonstrations, assessments, or training
sessions in three easy steps.
sessions in three easy steps.
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View complex scenario branching
Rapidly develop scenario-based training by visually
mapping out the different learner paths. Collapse and expand sections of the simulation and
focus on the branching at the end of slides based on a learner’s choice in the beginning of the
simulation.
focus on the branching at the end of slides based on a learner’s choice in the beginning of the
simulation.
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Manage project interactions globally
Speed up development and manage all project
interactions globally. Organized as a table, the Advanced Interaction dialog box provides easy
editing of all interaction options such as branching, attempts, success and failure actions,
shortcuts, time limits, scoring and reporting.
editing of all interaction options such as branching, attempts, success and failure actions,
shortcuts, time limits, scoring and reporting.