Anyone here use Captivate?

[Potdar, Deepali]

Hi Everyone,

You all are very helpful. I solved my first big question. Now I have a
couple more, if you don't mind. 

So our general policy is to design for 1024x768. But, if I RECORD in
that resolution, setting my browser to full screen (f11), then publish
to SWF file, and play back, I get a horizontal scroll bar because all
the IE browser "stuff" takes up space (the grey frame, the status bar,
etc.). I don't want to tell users to adjust to full screen (f11) before
they play my sim.

What I mean in short, is that the user doesn't automatically "see" the
recorded vertical scrollbar (which I need them to click on occasion).
They'd first have to click their browser's horizontal scrollbar to even
see the recorded one, then they can use it.

I don't like using the RESIZE MOVIE feature because it makes things
blurry. Are there any other options for me? 

My thought right now is to record in 800x600- which plays back nicely in
1024-x768- what the users will have. My only hesitation is that there's
a bunch of extra white space that could be used somehow.

Is there a different way to get around this- while recording in
1024x768. For example, is there a way to get the simulation to play NOT
inside a browser window?

Thank you very much for reading this and any tips.

Deepali


-----Original Message-----
From: Potdar, Deepali 
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 2:41 PM
To: 'Rick Stone'; techwr-l at lists.techwr-l.com
Subject: RE: Anyone here use Captivate?

Thanks, Rick. That is a bummer. So I think you're suggesting that I
create a "stockpile" of customized captions with arrows in a few
different places, so I have more to choose from and at least they're
somewhat customized?

Thanks for the link and the advice.

Deepali


-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Stone [mailto:rstone75 at kc.rr.com] 
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 2:39 PM
To: Potdar, Deepali; techwr-l at lists.techwr-l.com
Subject: Re: Anyone here use Captivate?

Hi again Deepali

This isn't possible in Captivate. Captivate doesn't provide any drawing 
tools to use. However, with a bit of creativity, you could certainly
create 
a few different arrow images that could be strategically placed and
combined 
with other caption styles and whatnot.

For creating your own customized caption styles, try the following link.

http://raisingaimee.co.uk/content/view/27/29/

Cheers... Rick :)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Potdar, Deepali" <deepali at bf.umich.edu>
To: <techwr-l at lists.techwr-l.com>
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 1:34 PM
Subject: RE: Anyone here use Captivate?


Ok- I realized I should just send one of my questions here- the most
important one-- does anyone know how to "draw" in Captivate? I do not
want to use the pre-set captions that have a little pointy arrow-like
tip. I actually want a caption with an arrow that I draw, going from the
text box to the place the user needs to click...

Thank you for any help!

Deepali