Month: February 2006

I’ve written dozens and dozens of scripts for clients that have been used in Captivate and RoboDemo movies. I usually use a specific document when I create the scripts. A student asked how much I would charge per download if people wanted to buy the document on my site.

I do not believe the document has much value. Instead, it’s the content that my client’s pay for. So here’s a link to a Word document that you can use for free. Mind you, it’s not an actual script from any client (that wouldn’t be kosher). Instead, feel free to use the document–it may help you on your way to script-writing success.

As I travel the country teaching Captivate, I always spend the first 40 minutes going over a check-list students should go through before creating the first movie. I’ve been putting basically the same information up on the board for a few years. Much of the information is taken straight from my Essentials of Macromedia Captivate book. And some of it has evolved as I’ve created movie after movie for my own clients.

Not long ago a student asked me if what I put on the board was written somewhere. I replied that some of it is in the book but that I’d put the list on my BLOG.

As promised, here it is.

During a recent class, a student asked how an email sent from Captivate could automatically include the subject and body information.

The following was provided by Michael Dunmire from the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General who recently attended one of my classes:

When inserting a click box or button that you intend to use for sending an email, you can type the following:

someguy@someplace.com?subject=Captivate%20Presentation&body=Body%20goes%20here&cc=someotherguy@someplace.com

Provided your email client supports the tag, the email that is generated would have the following information pre-filled:

To: someguy@someplace.com

CC: someotherguy@someplace.com

Subject: Captivate Presentation

Body: Body goes here