Essentials of Adobe Captivate 2: Skills and Drills Workbook

Using this fast-paced, step-by-step workbook, you will master the essential Adobe Captivate skills. You'll learn how to capture screen shots of just about anything on your computer, and quickly create quality CBTs. You will learn how to make your movies visually appealing and interactive by adding such things as images, captions, rollovers, clickable areas, typing areas, narrative, and sound effects. You will also learn to create quizzes that can be integrated into a Learning Management System.

Here's a sample of what you'll learn:

• Record Projects in all of the Capture Modes
• Insert and Edit Text Captions
• Insert Images
• Change the Pointer Path
• Change the Pointer Type
• Insert a Text Button
• Insert and Format a Highlight Box
• Insert a Click Box
• Shrink an Object
• Insert a Text Entry Box
• Insert a Rollover Caption
• Insert a Rollover Image
• Insert a Zoom Area
• Add a Slide Label
• Add a Slide Note
• Add a Sound Effect to an Object
• Add Background Music to a Project
• Calibrate a Microphone
• Record Audio
• Edit an Audio File
• Change a Project's Frame Rate
• Add Animation to a Slide
• Change an Animation's Slide Position
• Insert Text Animation
• Insert Flash Video
• Create Quiz Slides
• Link Projects to Web Sites
• Link Projects Together
• Work with an LMS
• Create, Apply and Edit Skins
• Add a Loading Screen
• Create a Project Template
• Record a New Project Based on a Template
• Edit a Template
• Add Closed Captioning
• Import a PowerPoint Presentation
• Resize a Project
• Import Project Slides and Objects
• Use Buttons to Create a Branch

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lynda.com Announces Release of Captivate 2 Essential Training Over Six Hours of Hands-On Tutorials for Professional Presentations

lynda.com, the leader in self-paced career and computer training in digital media and design, today introduced Captivate 2 Essential Training.

Captivate 2 Essential Training teaches users how to take advantage of Adobe Captivate 2 to create exciting presentations, software demonstrations and simulations, and soft-skills training applications--all without prior programming knowledge. Instructor Tim Plumer introduces the program's interface and preferences, then demonstrates how to plan and create presentations. He also covers how to add animation, interactive files, audio, and video.

"Adobe Captivate 2 walks users through the process of creating passive, interactive, and simulation-oriented presentations. Tim Plumer gives excellent real-world examples of Captivate 2 projects that are simple enough to understand, yet complex enough to teach viewers what they need to learn," says Lynda Weinman, CEO of lynda.com.

Anyone with an internet connection can access Captivate 2 Essential Training by subscribing to lynda.com's Online Training Library™. A separate DVD version of Captivate 2 Essential Training is scheduled for release later this month.

Subscriptions to the lynda.com Online Training Library™ start at $25 per month, and provide access to over 17,600 movie tutorials covering more than 260 technology career tools, software applications, and techniques. Subscribers can access any of the computer-based training titles at their convenience. Multi-user subscriptions are also available for companies and institutions seeking to provide education and training to groups.

For free online samples of Captivate 2 Essential Training and more detailed product information, please visit http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=331.

About lynda.com
Since 1997, lynda.com has provided education and technical training solutions for designers, computer graphics specialists, digital media users, and computer owners. lynda.com products include web-based training, instructional books, CD- and DVD-based video training, self-paced online learning, and events for creative designers, instructors, students, and hobbyists. lynda.com specializes in teaching fundamental design and graphics principles along with the latest computer software, digital media technologies, and techniques.

About Tim Plumer
Tim Plumer is a consultant and trainer in the world of digital communications. He is a seasoned web presenter and has delivered hundreds of web seminars (and as many live seminars) on the topic of digital collaboration. He has given presentations for Adobe Systems Incorporated, Enfocus Software, and Time Inc. He also teaches at the University of Southern Maine, where he helps his students prepare for the ever-changing world of digital communications.

Source: PRWeb