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I'm New using Captivate and i need someone's help to make my
first project just i want suggestions to take the right way.
What i need to do is a practical exam in usind windows, i
begin to make it using authorware but i found it will take a long
time to do so, and they suggests captivate for me but i don't want
to make a software simulation what i need to di is a practical exam
that tracks actions of user and the result will be according to
steps user make not just one action, then i'll use
Captivate-Authorware KO to put the questions in authoreware and
i'll send result to authorware
what i needs to know in order to begin:
1- What type of projects i should select.
2- I need to capture screen shots for desktop and the output
project i need it to be in 640*480 resolution when i try to do so
the screen shots resolution is so bad.
3- I need to take result from Capitave into authorware and
when i tried to do so i didn't get the result.
Anyone have any suggestios about how to do this and how to
begin
An example for exam questions is the to make the steps to
shutdown the computer, so first user should click Start then click
"Turn off computer" then dialop appears and user click "Turn
off"

Answer 1

"noha khalifa" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Thanks for your reply, I'm glade to be here.
>
> first, I found that making questions using Captivate
will be easier than
> Authorware but the problem is that i have a special
design and i'll need
> authorware in some types of questions, so what i thought
to do is to make
> the
> practical questions using Captivate and use it inside
authorware, when i
> searched through Adobe Communite i found an object
Called "Captivate -
> Authorware KO" it'll allow me to use my Captivate
questions inside
> authorware,
> so i'll have a collection of Captivate and Authorware
questions and and i
> want
> to collect question results from Captivate and use it in
authorware. i
> didn't
> find that this option found in Captivate 3, is it
supported in lower
> versions.
Personally, I find creating custom questions a lot easier in
Authorware -
but that's probably because I've been using Authorware since
the dark ages
(before 1999). Captivate 3 has many limitations that often
make it
impossible to build exactly what you need. But you didn't
really explain
what it is you need to do, you only told us that you find
Captivate easier
to use.
For the record, you should be able to build your own code in
Authorware,
without using the KO, that *might* give better access to
question data.
However I am relatively sure that there are solid limitations
in Captivate 3
that mean you won't ever be able to get quiz results into
Authorware. I'm
happy to be proven wrong, though, as I might find this
ability useful
sometime.
>
> Second, about resolution i want to say capture screen
shot for desktop so
> resolution should be 800*600 or 1024*768 but i want my
project resolution
> to be
> 640*480, so i caouldn't use recording feture in
Captivate instead i made
> print
> screen and use it in captivate as Image Slides but when
i do so resolution
> is
> so bad, is there a solution??
> I found an option in slide properties called Quality i
made it "High
> Quality",
> is this option oky and will solve the problem.
There's really not much you can do to fix this - if you
rescale your content
from 1024x768 down to 640x480, then there will always be a
loss of quality.
You could try using PhotoShop or Fireworks for the scaling,
as these *might*
produce better quality rescaled images, but I stress
**might**. You would
need to try first rescalinng the images, and then using
filters such as
Sharpen to improve the readibility of the final image.
Why are you using 640x480 as your screen shot size? We've
been able to
confidently publish our courseware at 1024x768 for years.
Steve
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