Mastering Adobe Captivate 7 -- Table of Contents -- Mastering Adobe Captivate 7 -- Credits -- Foreword -- About the Author -- Acknowledgments -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Getting Started with Captivate -- Obtaining Captivate -- A glance at the Captivate production process -- Step zero - the preproduction phase -- Step one - capturing the slides -- Step two - the editing phase -- Step three - the publishing phase -- Touring the Captivate interface -- The first look at the Captivate interface -- Working with panels -- Adding and removing panels -- Moving panels around -- Creating a custom workspace -- Renaming and deleting custom workspaces -- Exploring the sample applications -- Experiencing the Encoder demonstration -- Experiencing the Encoder simulation -- Experiencing the Driving In Belgium sample application -- Experiencing the Encoder Video Demo -- Discussing the sample apps scenario -- Summary -- Meet the community -- Pooja Jaisingh -- Bio -- Contact details -- 2. Capturing the Slides -- Choosing the right resolution for the project -- What exactly is the problem? -- Resizing the project after the initial shooting -- Downsizing the application during shooting -- Using the panning feature of Captivate -- Using the Scalable HTML Content feature -- Conclusion -- Shooting your first movie -- Preparing the application to shoot -- Rehearsing the scenario -- Resetting the application -- Shooting the movie -- Enabling access to assistive devices (Mac users only) -- Preparing Captivate to shoot the movie.

And… Action! -- Previewing the rushes -- The inner working of the Captivate capture engine -- The Full Motion Recording mode -- Controlling Captivate during the shooting session -- Exploring the preferences -- The automatic recording modes -- Exploring the recording settings -- The Video Demo preferences -- Shooting the other versions of the project -- Previewing the second rushes -- Shooting with System Audio -- The Video Demo recording mode -- Automatic and manual panning -- Rescaling a project -- Summary -- Meet the community -- Anita Horsley -- Contact details -- 3. Working with Standard Objects -- Preparing your work -- Working with the Properties panel -- Exploring the objects of Captivate -- The Text Caption object -- Modifying the content of a Text Caption -- Creating new Text Captions -- Extra credit - adding Text Captions -- Formatting a Text Caption -- Resizing and moving Text Captions -- Changing the Callout and the Caption type -- Formatting characters and paragraphs -- Working with Text Effects -- The Highlight Box object -- Working with the mouse -- Understanding the mouse movements -- Formatting the Mouse object -- Editing a full motion recording -- Working with images -- Inserting a slide from another project -- Inserting an image into a slide -- Using the image editing tools -- Inserting a picture slide -- Extra credit - working with Characters -- Working with Smart Shapes -- Formatting a Smart Shape -- Using Smart Guides -- Grouping objects -- Adding text inside Smart Shapes -- Working with Text Animations -- Duplicating slides -- Converting a Typing object into a Text Animation -- Extra credit - creating the introductory and ending slides of another project -- Inserting external animations in the project -- Inserting a Video file -- The Equation Editor -- Using the Align toolbar -- Selecting multiple objects.

Extra credit - aligning and distributing the remaining objects -- Working with the Timeline panel -- Using the Timeline panel to select objects -- Hiding and locking objects with Timeline -- Using Timeline to change the stacking order of the objects -- Using Timeline to set the timing of the objects -- Extra credit - adjusting the timing of the other slides -- Adding effects to objects -- Combining effects -- Extra credit - adding effects to images -- Finishing touches -- Working with the Library panel -- Reusing Library items -- Importing objects from another Library -- Deleting unused assets from the Library panel -- Summary -- Meet the community -- Lieve Weymeis -- Contact details -- 4. Working with Styles, Master Slides, Themes, and Templates -- Working with Styles -- Managing Styles with the Properties panel -- Resetting a style -- Creating new styles -- Applying styles -- Modifying a style -- Applying styles automatically -- Extra credit 1- applying Styles automatically -- Extra credit 2 - creating Styles for another type of object -- Working with the Object Style manager -- Exporting a style -- Importing a style -- Creating a style in the Object Style Manager -- Extra credit - exporting and importing styles -- Working with the Themes -- The elements of a Theme -- The Master Slides -- Creating slides based on Master Slides -- Inserting a blank slide in a themed project -- Changing the Master Slide of an existing slide -- The Styles -- Creating a Theme -- Customizing the Master Slides of the Theme -- Customizing the Main Master Slide -- Adding a Master Slide to the Theme -- Adding Placeholders to the Master Slides -- Applying the Master Slides to the slides of the project -- Modifying a Master Slide -- Adding Styles to the Theme -- Styling the titles -- Working with the Swatches panel -- Importing custom Swatches to the Swatches panel.

Styling the Smart Shapes using the Swatches panel -- Saving the Styles in the Theme -- Working with Templates -- Creating a Template -- Adding Placeholder Slides -- Adding the last slides -- Saving the Template -- Creating a new Captivate project from a Template -- Summary -- Meet the community -- Jim Leichliter -- Contact details -- 5. Adding Interactivity to the Project -- Preparing your work -- Working with Buttons -- Formatting Buttons -- Using Smart Shapes as Buttons -- Branching with Buttons -- Discovering Rollover objects -- Working with Rollover Captions -- Working with Rollover Smart Shapes -- Working with Rollover Images -- Working with Rollover Slidelets -- Inserting and formatting a Rollover Slidelet -- Inserting objects in a Rollover Slidelet -- Creating a simulation -- Hiding the Mouse object -- Using Find and Replace -- Working with Click Boxes -- Extra Credit - adding the remaining Click Boxes -- Working with Text Entry Boxes -- Finishing touches -- Working with the Drag and Drop Interaction -- Using the Drag and Drop Interaction wizard -- Using the Drag and Drop panel -- Using the Drag and Drop Interaction for branching and navigation -- Objects and Animations in Video Demo projects -- Interactivity in Video Demo projects -- Standard objects in Video Demo projects -- Animations in Video Demo projects -- Using Pan and Zoom -- Adding Transitions in Video Demos -- Summary -- Meet the community -- Rod Ward -- Tristan Ward -- Contact details -- 6. Working with Audio -- Preparing your work -- Adding audio to objects -- Extra credit - adding sound effects to objects -- Adding background music to the entire project -- Adding audio to slides -- Recording narration with Captivate -- Setting up the sound system -- Recording the narration -- Importing an external sound clip -- Using the library to import the remaining audio files.

Editing a sound clip in Captivate -- Extra credit - synchronizing the audio clips -- Using Text-to-Speech to generate narration -- Installing the Captivate speech agents -- Working with the Slide Notes panel -- Converting text to speech -- Using the Speech Management window -- Using the Advanced Audio Management window -- Adding Closed Captions to the slides -- Viewing Closed Captions -- Closed Captioning a video file -- Extra credit - adding Closed Captions -- Summary -- Meet the community -- Allen Partridge -- Contact details -- 7. Working with Quizzes -- Preparing your work -- Introducing the quiz -- Creating Question Slides -- Inserting the first Question Slide -- Using the Multiple Choice question -- Understanding the basic question properties -- Working with Partial Scoring -- Branching with Question Slides -- Finalizing the Question Slide -- Importing Question Slides from a GIFT file -- Working with the Matching question -- Working with the Short Answer question -- Working with the True/False question -- Adding the remaining Question Slides -- Working with the Fill-In-The-Blank question -- Working with the Hotspot question -- Working with the Sequence question -- Creating surveys with Likert questions -- Previewing the quiz -- Creating a Pretest -- The Quiz Preferences -- Setting the passing score of a quiz -- Working with Question Pools -- Creating a Question Pool -- Inserting questions in a Question Pool -- Inserting random Question Slides into the main project -- Styling the elements of the Question Slides -- Styling the quiz buttons -- Extra credit - styling the elements of the Question Slides -- Reporting scores to an LMS -- Understanding SCORM, AICC, and Tin Can -- Enabling reporting in Captivate -- Reporting options at the interaction level -- Extra credit - assigning Interaction IDs to quiz questions.

Reporting the random Question Slides.