Java as a tool for creating a tutorial?

I am new to Java and have a question regarding its' capabilities. The majority of my work is done using multimedia software (Director, Flash, etc.) but I'd like to use Java for a project (and learn it along the way)...Is it possible to develop an application designed to display text, images, and other content along with interactive tests and examples (with links to and from) to be used as an interactive training program? It would, hopefully, be similiar to the "tutorial's" you find in most software programs.
I'm pretty sure that it is possible (so it's kind of a dumb question) but I also wanted to get any opinions on the level of difficulty and possible suggestions on an approach. (I don't want to rely on a web browser so I'd like to develop an application vs. an applet)
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you

Well to be brutally honest, I think you'd be better off sticking with Flash if this is a critical project... it would be a great exercise for learning Java, but would probably take w-a-y-y-y-y-y more effort than doing a similar multimedia presentation in flash.
(I haven't used Director, so can only talk about Flash here) - as you know, Flash is really a very powerful authoring tool that allows the user to do very complex animations very easily, whereas Java is a lower-level programming language that is infinitely more flexible, but comparatively more developer-intensive when it comes to producing user interface stuff. Java might be a viable option if you have to do stuff that flash can't, like very complex interactivity, or pulling info from a database etc (although maybe Flash 5 can even talk to databases now??? I don't know)
You can get tools to help you build Java user interfaces using "drag & drop" methods, and these tools will automatically generate the code for you, but (a) this means you're not really learning java, and (b) flash would still be less labor-intensive (and probably more impressive to your end users)
In summary - I'm not knocking Java or Flash - I love 'em both; it's just that Flash is better suited for certain things, and Java is better suited for others...
PS - nice website, but Portfolios shouldn't have an apostrophe before the "s" ;-)

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