Recording over several slides

Question

Hello Everyone!
I am completely new to Captivate 2 and I am having difficulty
with a few things.
1. I thought when I recorded a section that section would be
one slide. That section ends up being many slides, is there any way
to record a large sections that is one slide? Is this a capability
in Captivate 3?
2. Is there any way to record without having those bubbles
pop-up that say what to click? Can I edit the text that is
displayed in the pop-up bubble?
3. When I record the audio for a section and select to have
it go over several slides, how do you specify which slides for the
audio to go across? It ends up going across all slides that are
left in my project.
Thanks,
Amanda

Answer 1

Amanda said ...
quote:
1. I thought when I recorded a section that section would be
one slide. That section ends up being many slides, is there any way
to record a large sections that is one slide? Is this a capability
in Captivate 3?
If you mean you want multiple actions to appear
on a single slide - let's say, the act of opening a file opening
the File menu, navigating to the file with Windows Explorer,
selecting it, then opening it ... this would constitute at least
3-4 background changes, and each would be a separate slide. But I'm
confused, Amanda, because your Topic Subject indicates you have an
audio question, and this doesn't seem to fit that description ...
Anyway, if you want all those actions to appear on a single
slide, you can use *full-motion* to capture the entire process
(press F9 to start and F10 to stop recording). I recommend against
this, because it is counter to the designed purpose of use for
Captivate, but ... maybe you can tell us why it is important to
have a *section* all on a single slide. And maybe you can advise
what you define as a *section*?
2) Yes, you can eliminate the automatic text-captions by
changing the options selected for recording. They are inserted as a
*default* addition when you are recording a *Demonstration*. The
text can be edited by going into the application files to make
changes, but I wonder if this might be *running before you can
walk*, as it can be dangerous changing program files, and is
definitely for advanced users ...
3) You can edit the *Timing* of audio by going to the Audio
menu and selecting EDIT TIMING. I would eliminate this concern by
adding audio to your project as a step in the editing process, as
opposed to using the *Narration* option during Recording. Uncheck
the *Narrative* election for Recording, then during Editing, go to
the first slide requiring audio, and insert the audio there, then
move to the next slide, add audio, and so on.
Hope this helps, Amanda. Your question(s) are multiple, and
varied in subject matter, so I've just given you over-views and
hope that will help you get started. A last though ... watch the
tutorial movies included on the Main UI (user interface). There
should be some help there, also.
Draw fast, shoot fast, but aim slowly.
Larry