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Jammeaze
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January 7, 2008
Question

Captivate 1.0 changing demo to simulation

  • January 7, 2008
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First off, I'm using Captivate 1.0 and I'm fairly new in using it to its full capacity. Soon I'll be upgrading to Captivate 3, but until then I'm working with what I have. That being said, I've recorded a demonstration of a process in one of our company tools and after viewing the preview found it rather bland. I want to add some interactivity - kind of like a simulation where the user clicks through the steps instead of just watching them... in addition to watching the demo.

So, here are my questions:

How can I add interactivity to a Captivate 1.0 project without having to rerecord the screens and manually going through each slide to set up the interactivity?

If this is not possible with this version, what would you recommend as the most efficient way to getting my project to the point I outlined?

Thanks for your ideas.
Russ
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NixTheNext
NixTheNext
Inspiring
January 7, 2008
I'm no expert, certainly, but I just did something similar- I wanted to forewarn you about making the move to Captivate 3. We had a cp that was originally created in Cap1, and needed changes- when we opened it in Cap3 (which is what we now use), all the timing and caption sizes were off. So, my recommendation is when you do make the move to Cap3, be sure to 'save as...' before you open your old (Cap1) files, so that if anything doesn't convert well, you can always revert to the original.

FWIW, our solution on the timing problem was actually to edit the original cp using Cap1. Otherwise, we would have faced re-recording all the audio, etc.

Good Luck!
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JammeazeAuthor
Participant
January 25, 2008
quote:
Originally posted by: MrsZev
I'm no expert, certainly, but I just did something similar- I wanted to forewarn you about making the move to Captivate 3. We had a cp that was originally created in Cap1, and needed changes- when we opened it in Cap3 (which is what we now use), all the timing and caption sizes were off. So, my recommendation is when you do make the move to Cap3, be sure to 'save as...' before you open your old (Cap1) files, so that if anything doesn't convert well, you can always revert to the original.

FWIW, our solution on the timing problem was actually to edit the original cp using Cap1. Otherwise, we would have faced re-recording all the audio, etc.

Good Luck!


Great advice MrsZev. Thank you. I can recall something similar happening one time with my captions when I resized a movie... all of them were off their mark after that. I did manage to salvage a half-baked copy back to the original - ended up having to re-record in a different screen size. Hopefully at least that feature has been "fixed" in Cap3 (??)

As for audio: I've not journeyed that route through audio land yet, so as future needs come up, I'll be starting that out fresh in Cap3.

Overall, I'm looking forward to diving into the new features and cranking out some great e-learning curriculum... now if only my IT department would move a little faster to get it installed...

Take Care.
Captiv8r
Captiv8r
Legend
January 7, 2008
Hi Russ and welcome to our community

Basically I would take the following approach.

First, keep your demo as a demo. So the first step would be to click File > Save As... and save as a new file.
Now edit the new file. Basically you add Click Box objects to each slide where the user should click the mouse. You would also want to turn the mouse property off on all the slides.

Hopefully this helps... Rick
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JammeazeAuthor
Participant
January 25, 2008
quote:
Originally posted by: Captiv8r
Hi Russ and welcome to our community

Basically I would take the following approach.

First, keep your demo as a demo. So the first step would be to click File > Save As... and save as a new file.
Now edit the new file. Basically you add Click Box objects to each slide where the user should click the mouse. You would also want to turn the mouse property off on all the slides.

Hopefully this helps... Rick


THANKS for the warm welcome Rick. I'll give your idea a try. I like the idea of saving the original. That's good advice for any endeavor, IMHO. It might take a few more screenshots to put it in simulation mode though... even with click boxes. We'll see... Thanks again for your input nonetheless.
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