Oracle User Productivity Kit 3.5 -- Table of Contents -- Oracle User Productivity Kit 3.5 -- Credits -- About the author -- Acknowledgment -- About the reviewer -- Preface -- What this book covers -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code for the book -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Oracle User Productivity Kit -- What is UPK? -- A brief history of UPK -- Why use UPK? -- Instructor-led training -- Self-paced learning -- How does UPK work? -- Output formats -- Online delivery -- See It! mode: Demonstrations -- Try It! mode: Exercises -- Know It? mode: Tests -- Do It! mode: Performance support -- Print It!: Documentation -- Documentation -- Training Guide -- Instructor Manual -- Job Aid -- System Process Document -- Test Document -- HP Quality Center Test Script -- Deciding how you will use UPK -- Choosing delivery formats -- Styles and standards -- When to record -- What to record -- Summary -- 2. Organizing your Library -- Accessing the Library -- Working in the Developer screen -- Changing the screen layout -- The Properties pane -- The Broken Links pane -- The Related Documents pane -- Arranging panes on the screen -- Changing the information displayed for objects -- Working with Views -- Creating a Custom View -- Choosing a structure for your Library -- Creating folders -- Changing the Library structure -- Summary -- 3. Recording a Simulation -- How UPK captures a recording -- Automatic recording -- Capturing actions -- Problematic actions -- Planning your recording -- Setting your content defaults -- General options -- Options for Bubble Text -- Options for the Introduction/End Frames -- Options for String Input -- Our first recording -- Creating an empty Topic -- Recording an empty Topic -- Recording a Topic immediately -- The Recorder window.

The Recorder window for automatic recording -- Our sample exercise -- Setting your Recorder options -- Recording drag-and-drop activities -- Summary -- 4. Editing a Topic -- Understanding the Topic Editor screen -- The Screenshot pane -- The Frame Structure pane -- The Property Editor panes -- Adjusting actions -- The Action Properties pane -- Working with mouse Actions -- Adjusting Action Areas -- Adjusting Bubble Text -- Working with keyboard Actions -- Working with string input Actions -- Adjusting the string input action area -- Adjusting the background color -- Adjusting the font -- Controlling what the user can enter -- Case sensitivity and password fields -- Changing the Bubble -- The Bubble Properties pane -- Changing the Bubble format -- Changing the Bubble pointer -- Repositioning the Bubble -- Changing the size of the Bubble -- Adding an icon to a Bubble -- Changing the Bubble Text -- Template Text versus Custom Text -- Using Custom Text -- Choosing which texts are displayed -- Formatting Bubble Text -- Tagging Custom Text for different modes -- A standardized approach to string input Bubble Text -- Undo -- Adjusting your recording -- Adding missing Frames -- Inserting a No-context Frame -- Replacing screenshots -- Re-recording a Topic -- Editing screenshots -- Choosing an image editing application -- Editing a screenshot -- Deleting Frames -- Summary -- 5. Building an Outline -- Outlines versus the Library -- Organizing your Topics -- Building an Outline -- Step 1: Creating an Outline -- Step 2: Inserting Outline Elements into an Outline -- Step 3: Inserting a Topic -- Step 4: Inserting Topic placeholders -- Adjusting the Outline -- Summary -- 6. Publishing Your Content -- Pre-publication checks -- Checking your spelling -- Changing your spelling options -- Updating the Glossary links -- Testing your content -- Previewing a Topic.

Publishing your content -- Publishing content-a generic approach -- Published folder structure -- Publishing for online use -- Creating a Player -- Publishing options -- Generated files -- Example output -- Creating an HTML Web Site -- Publishing options -- Generated files -- Example output -- Creating an LMS Package -- Publishing options -- Generated files -- Example output -- Creating Standalone Topic Files -- Publishing options -- Generated files -- Example output -- Publishing Documents -- Publishing a System Process document -- Document Properties -- Publishing options -- Generated files -- Example output -- Publishing an Instructor Manual -- Document Properties -- Publishing options -- Generated files -- Example output -- Publishing a Job Aid -- Document Properties -- Publishing options -- Generated files -- Example output -- Publishing a Test Document -- Document Properties -- Publishing options -- Generated files -- Example output -- Publishing an HP Quality Center test script -- Document Properties -- Publishing options -- Generated files -- Example output -- Publishing a Training Guide -- Document Properties -- Publishing options -- Generated files -- Example output -- Automatic publishing -- Settings files -- The command line command -- Publishing via a batch job -- Integrating published content into other environments -- Integrating a Topic into a presentation -- Integrating UPK into your application -- What is context capturing, and what does it do? -- SmartMatch and SmartHelp -- Summary -- 7. Version Management -- Checking in a content object -- UPK Workflow -- Step 1: Selecting the content objects -- Step 2: Confirming the scope of the check-in -- Step 3: Specifying a reason for the change -- Checking out a content object -- Cancelling the check-out of a content object -- Working with document versions -- Displaying an earlier version.

Reverting to an earlier version -- Restoring a deleted document -- Exporting and importing content -- Exporting content objects -- Importing content objects -- Converting content from a previous version of UPK or OnDemand -- Summary -- 8. Allowing Alternatives -- Adding Alternative Actions -- Automatically capturing Alternative Actions -- Alternative Paths and Branches -- Adding an Alternative Path -- Changing the end point of an Alternative Path -- Deleting an Alternative Path -- Inserting a Decision Frame -- Inserting a Branch -- Changing the order of paths -- Deleting a decision path -- Decision Frames in See It! mode -- Decision Frames in Know It? mode -- Stretching the envelope with Alternative Paths -- Looping back -- Automatically responding to user input -- Summary -- 9. Adding Value to Your Topics -- Providing context through the use of Custom Text -- The Start Frame -- Introduction Text: Version differences -- Action Frames -- The End Frame -- Explanation Frames -- Copying and Pasting Frames -- Putting Web Pages to good use -- Using Web Pages in the Concept pane -- Using images in Web Pages -- Creating independent Web Pages -- Using Web Pages in Topics -- Linking via a hyperlink -- Linking via an icon -- Linking files through the use of Packages -- Creating a Package -- Adding files to a Package -- Linking a Package into a content object -- Linking to a URL -- Using a Glossary -- Creating a glossary -- Assigning a Glossary to content objects -- Regenerating the Glossary links -- Updating Glossary links after updating the Glossary itself -- Manually regenerating the Glossary links -- Generating a stand-alone Glossary -- Summary -- 10. Adding Value in the Player -- Working with roles -- Defining your roles -- Assigning roles to Topics -- Selecting roles in the Player -- Remembering a trainee's selection -- Publishing for a role.

Thinking beyond roles -- Jump-in Points -- Defining jump-in points -- Selecting jump-in points in the Player -- Facilitating effective searches -- Using Keywords -- Assigning Keywords to a Topic -- Allowing trainees to change their Player options -- Providing training on the Player -- What to explain -- How to train on the Player -- Explain the UPK Player during classroom training -- Conduct a UPK "show-and-tell" -- Create a UPK simulation on using the UPK Player -- Do nothing -- Summary -- 11. Incorporating Sound into Your Topics -- Displaying sound properties for a Frame -- Setting up your sound options -- Recording sound files for Template Text -- Locating the sound files in the Library -- Recording custom text sound files -- Importing and exporting sound files -- Exporting sound files -- Importing sound files -- Deleting sound files -- Publishing sound -- Sound in the Player -- Summary -- 12. Configuring UPK -- Configuring Template Text -- Understanding the template file -- The file header -- The section -- The section -- The section -- The section -- The sections -- The section -- The section -- The section -- Creating a custom template -- Taking a copy of an existing template -- Editing a custom template -- Customizing the Template Text -- Customizing the Template Text the "easy" way -- Using your custom template -- Using a custom template as the default template -- Assigning a custom template to existing Topics -- Defining a new object type -- Customizing deployment packages -- Understanding where the deployment formats are defined -- Creating your own deployment category -- Customizing the logo -- Customizing an output style -- Removing the ability to skip in Try It! mode -- Customizing document formats -- Copying an existing document format.

Customizing the UPK settings.