Editing the Captured Topic

Now that the outline is approved, and you have the screen captures, it's time to do the editing.

Most of the formatting is done by the template; however you will need to check everything.

It's important to realize that, in order for a Design Template to re-brand a topic with the client's logo and color scheme, all captions of the same type must use the same format.

Use the Capensys caption types for Text Captions and Failure Captions.  The set is designed to include both the gray text box in the left column, Failure Captions, and any additional "pointer" Text Captions.  This graphic shows the Capensys set of captions.

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Sample slide in the template

  1. Change the name in the Topic Title box at left of first slide.

  2. Change the course name in the colored bar at the top of the screen.

  3. Delete the sample text in main text box in left column.

  4. In each slide, select items in the slide timeline (Ctrl-A ), right-click, and set to “rest of slide.” Most items should be "rest of slide."  Keep in mind that the slide timeline may be much longer after audio has been added, so the reviewer should be notified of any items that should not be "rest of slide."

  5. Review all slides and capture more frames if necessary.

  6. Name all slides  according to the step taken, e.g. "TableButton" (no spaces). 

  7. Name corresponding components–[slidename] + "bg" (for background) or +"audio", e.g. "TableButton bg," or "TableButton audio."

  8. Add any keystroke equivalents ("Select keys" button in Click Box dialog box.)  

    Be careful!  Keystrokes that work in the Preview may not work in a browser. Examples are the F1 key, Ctrl+N  and Esc. They act on the browser instead of on the simulated application - F1 brings up the Help file for the browser, Ctrl+N opens a new browser window, and Esc closes the browser window.

  9. Captivate doesn't have an "insertion point" function, but they can be created by inserting a small text entry box and turning off all options to "show text box frame," etc.  It should be used only when it is absolutely necessary. Usually the static insertion point captured in the screenshot is enough.

  10. Failure captions:  Each user action (click box, etc.) must be set as seen here: