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Pankratees
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April 12, 2019
Question

Demonstration video using internal website with narration?

  • April 12, 2019
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I am new to Captivate. I want to create a demonstration video of a tool on our website. I have a script that I will read as a narration. No webcam needed, as I only want to follow the mouse as I move through the tool, describing what one sees and what is happening.

I opened up our web site to the page I want to start recording from, but it started to record from my email. I also couldn't uncheck the no narration option, but I didn't have the microphone attached.

This should be very basic, but I need to specify what screen(s) I want to record from, and turn on the narration.

If I need to do more, I'll appreciate any help I can get.

Thank you very much.

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    Mhminnich
    Mhminnich
    Participating Frequently
    April 12, 2019

    Basic question, but did you select the application window to record?

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    PankrateesAuthor
    Participant
    April 12, 2019

    I’m not sure. There was an option to record from PRISM (our internal web site) which I did but it didn’t give a chance to specify which page. I opened up PRISM to the page I wanted, but nothing elsel.

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    April 12, 2019

    First question: if you really want only a video, I would recommend to create a Video Demo, not a software simulation in Demo mode. In that case it is important that you do at least a draft narration during the capturing, which means you need to have a microphon even if it is not a good one.

    Can you tell if you started a Software simulation or a Video Demo?

    Second question: which type of screen do you have, what is its resolution? Need to know if it is a retina screen or not. If you are on Win10 can you also check the Display resolution?

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    PankrateesAuthor
    Participant
    April 12, 2019

    Thank you,

    I opened a new Video Demo. I do have a microphone.

    It is Dell monitor, I can’t read the model (it looks like some Asian script), but the resolution is set at 1920 x 1200. It is not a retina screen.

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    April 12, 2019

    Win10? Check Display percentage.

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