Question About Adobe Captivate Movie Size & Playbars
I need a 679 height to cover the spread sheet I’ll be capturing in the movie. Two things happen in View in Web Browser mode:
- User needs to scroll down to the bottom of the screen to view the entire application.
- The playback controls cover parts of the application that is being demonstrated.
Do you know how I can set the New movie options to capture the entire application without scrolling and having the controls block the application?
Answer
If you must capture a screen height of 679, and scrolling is an issue, you can select Full screen from the Output Options in the Publish dialog box (File > Publish). When publishing with this option, the browser’s title bar and toolbars will be hidden when the learner watches your simulation.
As for the playbar issue, use Skins (Project > Skin) instead of Bitmap playbars. Unlike Bitmap playbars, the playbars included with Skins do not cover any part of your simulation’s screen.
Question about Updating PDF Files in RoboInfo
In RoboInfo, if I want to replace an existing PDF with a new PDF, what is the best way to do that? Do I need to first delete the old one before I import the new one? What about if I have hyperlinks to the old PDF document and I want the same hyperlinks to the new PDF? Do I need to go in and redo all the hyperlinks, or is there a way to avoid redoing them?
Answer
The simplest thing to do is keep the PDF file names the same. Open the RoboInfo project folder, copy the new PDF into the project folder where the old PDF resides. Replace the old file with the new one when prompted. If you keep the names and locations the same, you will NOT have to redo your project links.
Question about Punctuation in eLearning
What is the proper use of quotation marks in eLearning? Can quotation marks be used to make a phrase or button stand out?
Answer
I tend to use quotation marks as little as possible. For instance, if you instruct a user to type "67" into a Captivate Text Entry Box, they are likely to take you literally and type "67" instead of 67. Instead, I would make the instruction appear bold: type 67.
Question about Displaying Proper Names in eLearning
How would you handle the name of books and /or the names of chapters in a book (would you use italics, quotation marks or bold)?
Answer
I use bold for all titles, names and important steps. I do not use underline (people will mistake the title for a link), italics (hard to read) or quotation marks. But keep in mind that as long as you are consistent in what you do, you can quite literally do anything you want when it comes to either of the two questions above. When in doubt, you could refer to the The Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual—that’s the one we use at IconLogic as our grammar bible.
If you have your own resources when it comes to either of these two questions, please send them along. I’ll be sure to post your comments here.
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