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1. Exporting The Project gt Exporting To Adobe PDF Document 102 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 256 Colors 8 bit Grayscale 8 bit images are inserted in other files that file also will become large Format JPEG PNG Due to their specs and compression algorithms JPEG is best suited for pictures while PNG is best suited for computer generated images screenshots drawings Note that JPEG compression is lossy while PNG is lossless so PNG retains crystal clear quality but the downside of PNG is that it does not compress well with pictures very big file size and the decoding when viewing is slower than JPEG However screenshots are compressed better with PNG the file has small size and there is no loss of quality Optimization None These are relative compression levels Note that the Level higher the compression level the longer it takes to Low export Normal e Select None when testing the output High e Select Ultra or High when exporting the final result Ultra Output File Specify the file path and name for the exported PDF document Advanced Options The options are divided in three sections 1 SCORM related options 2 PDF document related options 3 Security password for opening the PDF document Exporting The Project gt Exporting To Adobe PDF Document 103 ActivePresenter User Manual Export To Adobe PDF General SCORM Options
2. Hotkey Function CTRL SHFT X Cuts the range Range edit command CTRL SHFT C Copies the range to clipboard Range edit command CTRL DEL Deletes the range Range edit command SHFT DELETE Crops to range Range edit command Also keep in mind the following tips e Use CTRL Scrolling mousewheel to zoom in out quickly e Use SHFT Scrolling mousewheel to scroll horizontally in the Timeline Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Timeline 222 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Using Calibrate Audio Input dialog The Calibrate Audio Input dialog allows you to select appropriate level of input volume for recording audio Calibrate Audio Input If microphone is your input device read a sentence into the microphone to set the sensitivity level Status Not Calibrating Input Volume y Auto Calibrate OR This dialog can be used in two different modes Manual calibration 1 Keep the microphone in its normal position and speak in your normal volume 2 Click on the button and read a sentence into your microphone At the same time move the slider to right and increase the gain till the LED bar at the right shows yellow bars intermittently If the bar starts showing red LEDs move the slider a bit to the left otherwise the voice will be clipped 3 When you are satisfied with the gain setting press the button to stop the recording 4 Now press the P button to play your recorded voice
3. Mouse Hover Insert a Mouse Hover object True False Insert a True False type question object Multiple Choice Insert a Multiple Choice type question object Multiple Response Insert a Multiple Response type question object Essay Insert an Essay type question object Fill in Blank Insert a Fill In The Blank type question object Fill in Multiple Blank Insert a Fill In Multiple Blank type question object Sequence Insert a Sequence type question object Export Menu Menu option Shortcut Button Remarks Images Export slides as individual images Video El Export as a video specify the output format from AVI WMV MPEG4 and WebM Menus And Shortcuts Export Menu 283 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Flash Video FLV Export as flash video interactive L HTML SlideShow Export the slides as HTML slideshow T PDF Document fe Export as a pdf file Microsoft Word Export as MS Word file Microsoft Excel Es S Export as MS Excel file Microsoft PowerPoint Export as Microsoft PowerPoint file EJ Ajax Simulation Export as AJAX Simulation E Flash Simulation Export as Flash Simulation Localize Menu Menu option Shortcut Button Remarks Export To XLIFF Export text in the project to XLIFF format for translation Import From XLIFF Im
4. Record system sound and Microphone simultaneously Capture New Project dialog has anew design Remove audio input device setting in Capture Profile Actuiverresenter User Manual ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Table of Contents Wea GOOF E e AIEE gh o EA E T E N td 2 ADOUL TIS Maa a a e a 9 Stuctre Or Tie MAA al cateo 9 Meded AUIGIEN CO c a sore toes enc bio ohana bacese pe del Oars saute chedsiwcteG a a a aali 11 HOW TO Use TAS WAI a lana sh arcane a td dao cs wand Nantes Ea 11 ENS USC ente o e e nd bc eS 11 DS VMN EEE ARALI id de id ot o coco ida 12 A A E 12 Version NUMDO Str aio ada dela stos 12 Getting The Latest User Manual sss oia di dida 13 What s New In This Version Of User Manual cc cece cccececececcececececeeceeeeeueeceeeeueeueeneeneeas 13 ETTE Ee AAAA EE E E A TE ENEE iia 14 Basic Screcncasiing COMCCOIS sia o N R 14 SBA AEA EREE EE PAE O EEA PY a D ETENE PT VET E E E T 14 Sor e encastre 14 Capture Modest ido 15 Cape al de ec a baaa 16 P A 16 1 PP E EE TE EEE A EEEE E A AET 17 o E a E EY ORE 17 How Resources Come Into A Project occcococccoconococononoconononocnnononnnnononononnnonnnnonannnonannnenannnnnannnnos 17 ODD OCIS seers a seacoast Soy eee sie a Metta ae ciel onion A a 18 ODJECE SOIC nics eisv cite sauceinsettacncncpsieca docd 18 ad vances S 18 How ActivePresenter Manages The RESOUICEG cccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeceeeeceeeeaeeesueessueese
5. It has three sections which are to be used as follows 1 Select the transition effects entry and or exit from the drop down list and set the timings 2 Select the objects to which this transition is to be applied The Select all check boxes at the end allow you to select and deselect all objects in each list 3 Select the slides where you want this effect You can select all slides current slide or specific slides Remember that you can use this window several times to apply different settings to different sets of objects Editing A Project gt Editing A Slide 71 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Undo If you make a mistake you can reverse the effect of the last step by pressing CTRL Z or by selecting the Edit gt Undo menu option In fact you can undo any number of steps by repeating this Note that you cannot undo a particular past step selectively for example you won t be able to undo only the fourth last step Redo If you try to Undo several steps you are very likely to Undo a step that is actually needed But typically you will realize this mistake only when you see results that you didn t expect One option is to repeat what you did last time But that requires too much of effort Besides you may not achieve the exact same result as the last time So a better option is to retrace the last step that you rolled back That s why it is called Redo Re do Do it again You can Redo all
6. Menu option Shortcut Button Remarks Create Project Create a new project select the type Blank Project Ctrl K Create a new blank project New Capture Ctrl N 41 Create a new capture project Open Project Ctrl O F gt Open an existing project Save Ctrl S Save the current project Save All Save all open projects Save As Save the project under a new name Close Ctrl W Close the current project Project Properties Y Project s properties Project Settings View and edit the project s settings Shrink project Make the project compact Recent Projects List of recently opened projects Exit Ctrl Q Close the ActivePresenter application Menus And Shortcuts gt Project Menu 278 ActivePresenter User Manual Edit Menu Version 3 9 4 1 Menu option Shortcut Button Remarks Undo Ctrl Z Reverse the last action Redo Ctrl Y F Repeat the last undone action Cut Ctrl X oo Cut the selected items onto clipboard Copy Ctrl C UY Copy the selected items onto clipboard Paste Ctrl V E Paste the contents of clipboard Delete DEL X Delete the selected items Select All Ctri A Select all items in the pane Display order gt Bring Ctrl Home Brings the selected object to the top of z order to Front Display order gt Bring Ctrl PageUp Brings the selected object one level upward in the Forward z order Display order gt Send Ctrl End Sends the selected object to the bottom of the z to Back order Disp
7. 2 Pause Pause This is indefinite pause All objects stop playing as seen on the Timeline pane presentation However the user can still interact with the interactive objects The presentation to wait for resumes when one of the following actions is executed Continue Presentation user input End Presentation Go to Slide Go to Slide at Index Go Forward or Go Backward So if the author selects this option he must define one of above actions in the On Correct tab and in the On Incorrect tab for the Last attempt In fact when the author inserts a new interactive object ActivePresenter provides default actions After showing This time is relative to the Starting instant for the interactive object For example if object xxx xxx IS 1000 ms the presentation is paused when the interactive object is displayed milliseconds for 1000 ms Just before hiding object Here the presentation is paused just before the hiding transition of an object begins In other words when the presentation is resumed the first thing to happen will be the exit of this particular object 3 Timeout Enable time You can disable the time limit by unchecking this check box limit When timeout is active if the user does not respond within the defined time limit the interactive object is disabled Time Timeout is defined in terms of HH MM SS The On Correct Tab This tab is used in all interactions except the Mouse hover interaction I
8. From version 3 0 ActivePresenter has built in Shape objects which have a flexible hotspot anchor point Because of this ActivePresenter can easily place annotations properly and you don t need to care about this However if you want to use your own drawings or images as annotations please read this section carefully As mentioned above ActivePresenter inserts a shape where you click and enters a self generated comment that describes the interaction e g Left click on New menu in that shape and sets the hotspot anchor point at the click spot If you want to use a different shape from the set of ActivePresenter s shapes or a beautiful image for annotating ActivePresenter allows you to define the image properties hotspot text margin group for this purpose In the following figure the anchor point is marked as x This is just for illustration In actual practice an anchor point is not visible To use that image as annotation you need to do following steps 1 Import the image into Library define the hotspot anchor point at the tip of the arrow and define the text margin to let ActivePresenter know where to place its comment inside that image 2 Define a new style in which the Fill property must use this image as stretched background 3 In Preferences change the default shape to Rectangle and the newly created style as the default shape style When you click anywhere ActivePresenter inserts this s
9. Hardware CPU 1 0 GHz or faster processor with SSE2 which is available from Intel Pentium 4 1 2 GHz recent multi core or higher recommended RAM 1 GB Recommended gt 2 GB Hard disk 1 GB of available hard disk space Sound card Microphone for audio recording Software For AJAX simulations Adobe Flash Player version 9 0 31 or later is required for audio playback For HTML slideshow or Flash and AJAX based simulations the following web browsers are fully supported and tested e Mozilla Firefox 3 0 or higher e Google Chrome e Internet Explorer 7 0 or higher e Safari 4 or higher e Opera 9 50 or higher not recommended because Opera doesn t allow to simulate right click by default For Microsoft Word export Microsoft Word 2000 or higher is required For Microsoft Excel export Microsoft Excel 2000 or higher is required For Microsoft PowerPoint import export Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 or higher is required Installing ActivePresenter It is very easy to install the ActivePresenter After downloading the installer double click on it and follow instructions Activation The Free Edition does not need activation To activate the Standard and Professional Editions use the Help gt Activate Product menu item General gt Installing ActivePresenter 27 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Updating New versions of ActivePresent
10. The Audio 4 Video lab 1 grand tour 2 8804256 Show media in Library Project Images iB Audio amp Video UStyles This tab has three sections as marked above 1 This is the Toolbar to manage the audio and video resources The buttons work as follows Button Function le Adds an audio video clip from the computer or LAN etc E E Selects the resources that are unused in the current project E Removes the resource from the Library Project storage area Y Exports saves the media as a file Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Resource Pane 198 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 This button triggers the Audio Video Resource Properties dialog je Show hide toggle the Audio type of media visual filter Show hide toggle the Video type of media visual filter 2 This section shows the resources audio and video clips The currently selected resource has a dark blue border around it You can drag any resource from here into the slide 3 You can choose between Library resources or Project resources Keep in mind that initially a new project does not have any internal resources till you add them The Style Tab Abc Mouse Click Text Box Key Stroke Mouse Hover Abc EN Abc Button Balloon Text Caption Corect Mes P G GU Show styles in Abc Library D Pro
11. You can open an existing project in various ways Press CTRL O or use the Project gt Open menu or click on the F button in the toolbar You can also click on the Open option on the flash screen that appears when ActivePresenter is launched All these options allow you to browse your folder system to select a project file Opening Multiple Projects Simultaneously You can open multiple projects in ActivePresenter By default ActivePresenter shows only the last opened project However you can use the options in the Window menu to view the projects in cascade mode horizontally tiled mode or vertically tiled mode Project 1 Project 1 Project 1 Cascade Tile Horizontally Tile vertically The tiled modes are useful if you want to copy and paste slides from one project to another You can also minimize any all projects by clicking on the Minimize L button of the Project Window not of the ActivePresenter window The project collapses to a small icon as shown below You can drag this icon anywhere on the screen If you have opened and minimized multiple projects this way their icons would be floating in the ActivePresenter window Creating A New Project gt Opening An Existing Project 48 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 If you want to line up all icons in one place use the Window gt Arrange icons menu command E Proj GF amp 8 Proj Note that the icon for the current project lo
12. 4 The Canvas pane shows the slide It acts like a canvas for painting and hence the name Editing A Project gt Overview Of The Editing Process 51 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 All of your spatial editing is done here visually It shows the captured scene and allows you to add the other annotation interaction objects as required You can also adjust the relative positions of all items in horizontal and vertical directions You can also make a stack of objects where objects partly fully overlap to create special effects 5 The Slides pane has two tabs which show two different views of the slides e Inthe Thumbnails tab miniature view of the slides is shown This area acts as slide sorter you can drag n drop slides to shuffle their order The duration of each slide is marked in the top corner of the thumbnail 1 in mm ss or hh mm ss format The current slide is highlighted in green here slide 2 When you insert specific annotation interaction objects this pane shows overlays at the bottom of the slide 2 e Inthe Titles tab you can provide the titles names for each slide This lets you visualize the outline of the entire presentation 6 The Timeline pane shows the slide against time axis Its main function is to show all the objects against time and let you adjust the entry and exit points of all the objects In fact the Canvas pane always shows the slide at a particular moment that you sel
13. Adobe Acrobat Reader LibreOffice etc belong to their respective developers Due care is taken to use original material in this manual Nevertheless if you see any copyright infringement in the manual please send us an e mail so that immediate actions can be taken Version Numbers The version of ActivePresenter software is denoted with a three part version number such as 3 7 0 The version number of this manual is derived from the software s version number by placing a serially incrementing number as a suffix For example the second User Manual written for version 3 7 0 of ActivePresenter will have version number 3 7 0 2 About This Manual gt Version Numbers 12 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Getting The Latest User Manual The header of each page right corner carries the version number of the manual If you want to check whether you have the latest version of the manual click on the header This will launch a browser and load the manual download page Compare the version numbers and if your version is outdated download the latest version To replace the old version with a later version you have to move the downloaded file to the installation folder of ActivePresenter and named it in the form Help lt langcode gt pdf where lt langcode gt is the standard language code default is en for English version After this whenever you press F1 the latest User Manual file will open What s New
14. At the bottom there are links to the facebook and twitter sites of ActivePresenter The YouTube link takes you to the latest demo videos that explain how to use new features that appear in each new version of ActivePresenter The screenshot shows highlight on two options New Capture and New project Both are for creating a new project The difference is the New capture option starts capturing the screen whereas the New project option offers all four methods to choose from By clicking on the New Project link you can launch any type of project Creating A New Project gt Selecting The Content Generation Method 34 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 We will see how to launch each type of project in the following sections Creating A Capture Project This is the first and most prevalent content generation method This type of project captures the live action on the screen while you are interacting with the target software Typically your mouse and keyboard actions would also be captured In the flash screen select the New Project option Immediately the screen will vanish to be replaced by a second window as shown below Project Name Wii Save in njaras Documents ActivePresenter Untitled approy Capture Profiles Full Motion Recording FMR Record full motion video for demonstration Import PowerPoint i 5 Image Project Record Movie Streaming Video Reco
15. Insert Object Object Type Mouse Click To Slides e All Slides Current Slide D Specified Slides This is a two step process 1 Note that the inserted object will have its default properties in all slides You will have to edit the The Object Type drop down list offers all available types of objects Select the type of object to be inserted Then click the Settings button to adjust the properties of the selected object type Select the slides in which to insert the object In case you want to specify certain slides only separate their numbers with comma A hyphen indicates range For example the screenshot shows the range 3 6 slide 3 4 5 and 6 properties of the object in each slide separately Editing A Project gt Editing A Slide Version 3 9 4 1 hyphen indicates range For example the screenshot shows the range 3 6 slide 3 4 5 and 6 69 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Changing Object Style In A Batch Operation You can change the style of any object type ActivePresenter also has a batch operation to find and replace any given object style with another Change Style for Multiple Objects With all objects Mone Having current style Change to style None In Slides All Slides 5 Current Slide Specified Slides 7 Include objects shown over multiple slides Cancel The window has two parts 1 Sele
16. Item Title Untitled Cancel Parameter Options Remarks Generate ne If your LMS supports both 1 2 and 2004 versions of SCORM SCORM1 2 SCORM please choose 2004 version the latest version Package SCORM 2004 Package Specify a version that can be used to differentiate Verson manifests with the same identifier For example if you are uploading the same project after modifying it provide a different version number Identifier Specify a name used by the LMS to identify different manifests This value is generated automatically by ActivePresenter but you can change it if needed Exporting The Project Exporting To Microsoft Word Document 110 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Organization Specify a title for the organization which this item belongs Title to ActivePresenter automatically generates this value from project name However you can enter a difference text Item Title Specify a title for the item ActivePresenter automatically generates this value from project name However you can enter a difference text Creating Custom Word template When exporting to MS Word Document you can create your own Word template and let ActivePresenter use it to create the output document To create a custom layout template you must have Word 2002 Word XP or higher version installed on your computer The steps are as follows 1 Placement Of Contents
17. Options Remarks Size Range 10 to 150 The size is relative to canvas size selected at the beginning of the project you can check this out at any in steps of 10 time by using the Project gt Project Information menu option Note that ActivePresenter only works with logical size i e pixels However when displayed printed the physical size depends on pixels and the dpi dots per inch setting of the displaying printing device Color Depth True Colors 24 bit Higher color depth makes the presentation look stunning But it also increases the file size When the 256 Colors 8 bit images are inserted in other files that file also will become large Exporting The Project gt Exporting To Microsoft Excel Worksheet 113 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Grayscale 8 bit Format JPEG PNG Due to their specs and compression algorithms JPEG is best suited for pictures while PNG is best suited for computer generated images screenshots drawings Note that JPEG compression is lossy while PNG is lossless so PNG retains crystal clear quality but the downside of PNG is that it does not compress well with pictures very big file size and the decoding when viewing is slower than JPEG However screenshots are compressed better with PNG the file has small size and there is no loss of quality Optimization None Level These are relative compression levels
18. This top down method will save you from a writer s block and also help you stay focused on the main subject and prevent you from straying into unrelated topics Next think what material you need for each of the lowest level topics images icons screenshots or a live screen capture with annotation etc Make a note of this against each topic For best results write the script for each topic what exactly do you want to convey Optionally create a visual storyboard to bring more clarity Note A Storyboard is more useful in creating a video rather than for creating documents Note that your preparations so far have nothing to do with ActivePresenter or any other tools Identify Your Sources For Presentation Now that you are clear about your success factors and ready with an outline and storyboard the next step is to think about how to create the content for that presentation A major part of your presentation would be created by capturing the live action of the target application as you interact with it In addition you may already have some resources that can be readily used in your presentation e PowerPoint presentations e Images photos screenshots e Video audio clips In your outline and storyboard mark the places where each of these resources would be used This completes the visualization of your project Creating A New Project gt Planning A Project 32 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 se
19. Version 3 9 4 1 Advanced Text Style Generate SCORM Package Package Version 1 0 Identifier SCORM_PACKAGE Organization Title Untitled POF Document Item Title Description Title subject Keywords Frotection Opening Password Confirm Password SCORM related Options Untitled Parameter Options Remarks Generate No If your LMS supports both 1 2 and 2004 versions of SCORM Package SCORM1 2 SCORM please choose 2004 version the latest version SCORM 2004 Package Version Specify a version that can be used to differentiate manifests with the same identifier For example if you are uploading the same project after modifying it provide a different version number Identifier Specify a name used by the LMS to identify different manifests This value is generated automatically by ActivePresenter but you can change it if needed Organization Title Specify a title for the organization which this item belongs to ActivePresenter automatically generates this value from project name However you can enter a difference text Exporting The Project Exporting To Adobe PDF Document 104 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Item Title Specify a title for the item ActivePresenter automatically generates this value from project name However you can enter a difference text PDF file related options Parameter Re
20. But how is a presentation paused in the first place Well you can pause a presentation in two ways e Click in the Pause check box in the Settings tab for any interactive object In this case when the object is played the presentation will pause e Execute the Pause Presentation action see below Pause The presentation s main stream is halted all objects stop playing against the Presentation Timeline but the user can still interact with interactive objects The presentation is paused indefinitely until one of the following actions is executed Continue Presentation End Presentation Go to Slide Go to Slide at Index Go Forward or Go Backward End Exit the presentation Presentation Go to Slide Jump to the specified slide Editing A Project Advanced Editing 80 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Note that the link is made to a specific slide If you move that slide to a new position the link will follow it and jump to this new position If the target slide is deleted the link gets dissolved automatically Go to Slide at Jump to any slide that is currently at the specified index Index Note that when you add remove or shuffle slides another slide may take the place of the current slide Regardless of that this command will jump to the nth slide in the order Go Forward Go forward by the specified number of slides Note that the target is not a specific slide The jump will land on any slide t
21. General Interaction Annotation Auto Annotation Text Interface Choose your preferred lanquage Max recently used projects Canvas background colour Show disabled features Show UAC elevating message on start up Project Backup project every Default slide duration Default project location E Download The options work as follows Interface section Hotkeys Miscellaneous English US minutes seconds Restore Defaults Control Remarks language Choose your preferred The drop down menu provides the choice of available languages listed Max recently used projects The spinner defines the number of recently opened projects would be Customizing ActivePresenter gt Customizing The Preferences 288 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Note that a large number is not actually useful Instead cultivate the habit of storing the project files in a hierarchical folder system so that you can retrieve any project fast Clear list button ActivePresenter will forget the actual list of recently opened projects Canvas background color Use this to change the color of the canvas background Click on the button to see a palette of colors Select any desired color Please note that this will only affect the canvas inside ActivePresenter editor it does not affect your projects at all If you want to change the default background color for all slides in a project go to P
22. Shape 11 Shape 10 Shape 9 Shape Shape 7 a 3p pp ppp Ep Ep Ep Ep Ep Ep Ep Ep 2 gt gt gt By Ep se Shape 1 By Ep gt Original Shape 11 Shape 10 Shape 9 Cut Delete Only some objects selected The Delete Command The original slide Here we have two identical sets of objects 1 6 7 12 Only one of the two sets is selected to show the difference _ At least one object selected Only the selected objects are edited The slide itself and unselected objects 7 12 are not affected at all For the selected objects only The range is folded up and then removed Any object parts that lie in the range are deleted e g Object 5 and 3 Also shape 4 was deleted because it was completely inside the range Objects parts that follow the range are shifted to the left by the duration of the range e g Objects 3 2 1 If a selected object spans on both sides of the range its remaining parts are joined e g Shape 1 The Delete command works just like the Cut command except for one difference The Cut Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Timeline 214 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 command places the cut contents on the clipboard whereas the Delete command does not The Crop Command The crop command simply deletes everything other than what is there in the range gt ER 0 05 The original slide Shape 6 RX of Shape
23. The following tags will be used to specify the location to place exported contents e SlideName e SlideDescription1 e Slidelmage For example if you want to place slide name somewhere in the template you type SlideName1 at that location Only the usage of Slidelmage1 is different This used to specify the location of slide content slide background balloons captions texts You need to insert Word drawing canvas and set its Alternative Text to Slidelmage 7 Styling The Contents To set style font name font size color for Slide Name Slide Description you can not set text properties directly to the tags instead you need to open the Styles pane and add new styles and named them as SlideName and SlideDescription ActivePresenter will automatically use these styles when writing Slide Name and Slide Description text After exporting you can also change these styles easily by opening exported document and changes appropriate styles Exporting The Project gt Exporting To Microsoft Word Document 111 ActivePresenter User Manual Exporting To Microsoft Excel Worksheet This has two tabs General options and advanced options General Options Export To Microsoft Excel Rendering Options C Include Objects Started by Event Layout Slides Per Page f Description Page Orientation Use Native Objects Image Size Template Rendering options 1005 Color Depth Output Optimizatio
24. Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Properties Window 191 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Solid line This option lets you customize the line Width 1 y E Cap Type Round LY Join Type Round Dash Pattern Solid Line Color O l Opacity You can set the following e Line width 1 in pixels e Cap type Round square 2 note This property matters only in an open curve where you can see the end of a line At present ActivePresenter has only closed shapes e Join type Round Bevel Miter 3 This property changes the look and feel of joints See how a call out looks different with these joints e Dash pattern Solid dot dash dot dash 4 e Color of the line 5 e Opacity 6 move slider or enter the number 255 fully opaque Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Properties Window 192 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Inherit from See the discussion in the Fill section the base style The Text Section This section customizes the text placed in the object You have the following options Option Remarks Custom style This section provides multiple formatting options for the text Inherit from See the discussion in the Fill section base style The Shadow Section This section customizes the shadow of the object You have the following options Option Remarks No shadow
25. double left click right click etc optionally with modifier keys such as SHFT CTRL and ALT Also defines the points to be allocated to each specific activity Key Stroke Defines the action s to be taken for hot keys Also defines the points to be allocated for different hot keys Text Defines the reference text string against which the user s input is to be compared Choice The tab checks whether the user has chosen the correct option and also optionally responds to each option chosen for example display a hint message as to why this is not the correct choice and ask the user to try again Choice The tab allows the user to select multiple responses and optionally allocate different point for each response Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Event Editor 159 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Settings Defines the behavior of the interactive presentation when the user is not responding well It defines the maximum allowable number of attempts whether to pause the presentation to wait for the user s input and the maximum allowed time limit On Correct Defines the action to be taken when the user gives a correct response On Incorrect Defines the action to be taken when the user gives an incorrect response On Defines the behavior of the interactive presentation when the user has not Incomplete completed his answer On Timeout Defines the beha
26. e XML Document e JSON JavaScript Object Notation Email HTTP This is the HTTP URL or email address that receives the report If the method address to is HTTP this is the address of a server side script that will process the report receive data the data is either in XML or JSON format Exporting The Project For more details see Appendix Reporting Options Exporting To Ajax Simulation 126 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Pass Condition This condition is used to determine the overall pass fail result of the student when he takes a test Condition Choose between e Percents of correct answers e Points gained e Number of correct answers Minimum Set a numerical value no range Free setting i e Note that if you select percentage then this value cannot exceed 100 Misc Options In this tab define how the presentation would end and whether accessibility features are enabled Exporting The Project gt Exporting To Ajax Simulation 127 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 General Advanced Misc Presentation End Behavior Ask to restart or close presentation in Demonstration and Tutorial mode Show report in Practice and Test mode Accessibility Enable accessibility text Enable keyboard navigation Enable visual focus indicator Presentation End Behavior The following options are offered Ask to restart or Whether asking viewers to restart or close at the end of pre
27. level is slide group title the second one is slide name Layout Option Remarks Slides per page One Single slide per page Two Two slides per page top bottom Contiguous The slides are written contiguously in a page until there is not enough space then it will move to the next page Compact In this mode only the screen of first slide in each group is exported For the following slides ActivePresenter exports only the slide name and slide description Description This is the slide description None No description exported Choose on which side of the slide the description has to be placed Top Left Right or Bottom Page orientation Choose from landscape and portrait The page size is fixed A4 ActivePresenter also used fixed margins of 1 2 54 cm on all sides Image Parameter Options Remarks Size Range 10 to 150 The size is relative to canvas size selected at the beginning of the project you can check this out at any in steps of 10 time by using the Project gt Project Information menu option Note that ActivePresenter only works with logical size i e pixels However when displayed printed the physical size depends on pixels and the dpi dots per inch setting of the displaying printing device Color Depth True Colors 24 bit Higher color depth makes the presentation look stunning But it also increases the file size When the
28. levels Select a zoom level Range 25 400 Language Menus And Shortcuts View Menu Choose the language of the GUI Menus and messages 280 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Slide Menu Menu option Shortcut Button Remarks Blank Slide Lal Insert a blank slide Slides By Capture La Inserting new slides by fresh capturing Slides From Images Inserting images as slides create new slides and insert images from disk as their background Slides From Project Insert slides from another project Slides From EN Insert slides from a powerpoint presentation PowerPoint Insert Objects to Select an object of any type and insert it in Slides multiple slides Delete Objects from Delete objects of selected type from multiple Slides slides Slide Background in Set a slide s background image Edit Slide Edit a slide s background image Background Save Slide As Export the current slide as an image Image Annotation Menu Menu option Shortcut Button Remarks Shape LA Insert a Shape from 12 options Text Caption iT Insert a Text Caption Highlight _ Insert a Highlight Menus And Shortcuts gt Annotation Menu 281 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 F k Spotlight Zz Insert a Spotlight Feedback lt i Insert a Feedback object Cursor Path Ci Insert a Cursor Path Zoo
29. ma Both height and width of all other objects are adjusted to match the height and width of the reference object respectively Setting The Z Order Of Objects Imagine the slide canvas to be a horizontal surface like a table top where all the objects are placed one by one When we place any object it covers all the previously added objects f they happen to lie under it partly or fully This vertical order of object placement is called z order named after the z axis which is pointed at the viewer in this virtual 3D world We can avoid overlapping of objects by spreading out the objects in the slide However sometimes we actually want to place the objects with partial full overlap to create some special effects We may even apply shadows on some objects to stress that they are on top of the other objects Sometimes it is difficult to gauge which object is at the top especially when they are not overlapping Just keep in mind that the Timeline always lists the objects by their order in the stack Editing A Project gt Editing A Slide 65 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 1 Diamond 4 Timeline Diamond Circle Crosz In the example above the diamond is at the top of the stack and so the Timeline puts it at the top of the list The Cross is at the bottom of the stack so Timeline lists it last This fact will help you in assessing the z order of objects even when they are not pla
30. oocccconcccocccncccccncnnonncnnncnononnnononnnnnrnnnnraronannnnnns 60 REMO Aldana O 60 EIA ASIA ata 61 MSNA OD CS tii ccacis 61 PUT ANGING TNS OD Scuola 61 Basic Movement OPONE oe tcorac 62 Aligning Objects With Each Other Snapping occcccoccnccoccnccnnnnconcnnnnncnnnnncnnnoncnnonnnnonnnrnnnrnannnronannns 63 Aligning Objects With A Reference Object occccococococococcnoccnncononcononononononononannnonnonnnnnnnnnnnnonanennos 64 Resizing Objects To A Reference Object ccooocccoconncococonococononanoconocononanonnnnnnononnnonanonanonnnnnnennonanes 65 Setting The Z Order Of ODiCCS dis 65 FREMMOVING OD eco laca a aA li 67 Editing o o e r aeeatanac att a E aa 67 Moving The Objects In TMB suscrita iaa 67 Sde Backaro Ud reads 67 Removing Objects From Multiple Slides ooccooococococncoconococonononconoconnnoconononncnnonannnnonocanonnncnnnns 68 inserting Objects Into Multiple Slides scarsie i2 dente a a ales WaaiideciugS ole 69 Changing Object Style In A Batch Operati0ON occccoccccccccnccoccncnnncncnononononnnonnnononnnnnonnrnnnnnrnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnss 70 Table of Contents gt Table of Contents 3 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Changing Object Transitions In A Batch OperatiON oocccconcccccccnncnncnccnncncnononononnnonannnonnnnnonnrnonnnnnnnnnnnos 70 o edocs sree nets se tsetse uc E S AO 12 A o PI oaiac ubaeaatmenestunnacdntaneumaiat sanananosedennnan 12 Previewing A Sd Eieren A
31. you can enter a difference text Exporting The Project gt Exporting To HTML SlideShow 100 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 ltem Title Specify a title for the item ActivePresenter automatically generates this value from project name However you can enter a difference text Exporting lo Adobe PDF Document This has three tabs General options Advanced options SCORM related Text styles options General Options Export To Adobe PDF General Advanced Text Style Rendering Options Include Objects Started by Event Create Bookmarks Layout Slides Per Page Description Page Orientation Landscape Size 100 Color Depth True Colors 24 bit Format PNG Optimization Level Output Output File CA Users lt Name gt Documents ActivePresenter Untit The options are divided into four sections Rendering Options Option Remarks Include Objects Include Objects Started by Event Started by Event Exporting The Project gt Exporting To Adobe PDF Document 101 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Create Bookmarks Bookmarks are created from slide names and each bookmark is linked to corresponding slide image In other words ActivePresenter creates bookmark links to each slide However there is a little difference in Compact mode the first bookmark
32. 4 1 mode Generate in compact Create only one slide per Slide Group Include Objects started by event Includes the objects that are started by event Image Parameter Options Remarks Size Range 10 to 150 The size is relative to canvas size selected at the beginning of the project you can check this out at any in steps of 10 time by using the Project gt Project Information menu option Note that ActivePresenter only works with logical size i e pixels However when displayed printed the physical size depends on pixels and the dpi dots per inch setting of the displaying printing device Color Depth True Colors 24 bit Higher color depth makes the presentation look stunning But it also increases the file size When the 256 Colors 8 bit images are inserted in other files that file also will become large Grayscale 8 bit Format JPEG Due to their specs and compression algorithms JPEG is best suited for pictures while PNG is best suited for PNG computer generated images screenshots drawings Note that JPEG compression is lossy while PNG is lossless so PNG retains crystal clear quality but the downside of PNG is that it does not compress well with pictures very big file size and the decoding when viewing is slower than JPEG However screenshots are compressed better with PNG the file has small size and there is no loss of quality Optimization None These are relative compressi
33. Any point on the cursor path can be converted into a click point Just select the point by clicking on it and then in the Properties pane click in the Click point check box Composing A Mouse Path Here are a few tips for composing a realistic looking path 1 Avoid showing mouse all the time It is OK if the mouse vanishes from the scene for a while 2 Remove aimless wandering of the mouse It is too much distracting Replace them with straight segments 3 Avoid using the mouse as a presentation pointer Jabbing the pointer at something may be OK for live demo but in an annotated presentation this is a sure sign of laziness Instead use shapes zoom n pan or spotlight 4 The resting periods are important in realistic depiction of the mouse movement In fact they contain the clicking points you cannot click while the mouse is moving 5 When you are narrating something keep the mouse at rest 6 Before clicking any important control first prepare the viewer by a describing which control you are going to click and b what will be the consequence of that action That way he will be able to observe the action closely and correlate the happenings on the screen It is a poor practice to first do something and then tell the viewer about what you did While he struggles to make sense of what you said he would lose track of what you say next Continuation Of Cursor Path Between Slides Normally when you drag the end p
34. Back Go to the previous slide Submit Get user input evaluate and execute suitable actions User can change these default behaviors by editing On Click actions of these buttons from the Event Editor window Select the question then double click the button to launch the Event Editor In the rendered presentation the object functions as follows Only the question 2 the answer options 3 and the Submit button 7 are displayed The user is expected to select any one answer When the user responds the presentation compares the answer with the reference answer which is previously defined by the author e Ifthe answer is correct the actions defined in On correct tab are taken which typically is to display the On correct response 4 e Ifthe answer is incorrect the actions defined in On incorrect tab are taken which typically is to display the On incorrect response 5 e lf the user tries to leave the answer incomplete the actions defined in the On incomplete tab are executed which typically is to display the On incomplete response 6 Apart from this primary behavior the object also has secondary behaviors To set up all behaviors of the object double click on the Target area This launches Event Editor with the object s current settings in the following tabs Choice Settings On Correct On Incorrect On Incomplete and On Timeout You have to set up the behavior of each button separately Double
35. Copy the selected style to project and Delete the selected style When a new style is added ActivePresenter provides it with a temporary name with an internally incremented number The author should always provide a meaningful name to the newly created style Library A library is a virtual storage area that contains the often used resources General gt Basic Screencasting Concepts 18 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Library Preset resources User resources Hard disk ae Project The Library provides ready resources to all projects Note that the Library contains two different types of resources e Preset resources bundled with ActivePresenter e User resources Added to the Library by user Once a resource is placed in the Library you can delete move rename the original The author can also insert resources directly from the disk rather than placing it in the Library first But there are two major disadvantages 1 The resource is used by a particular project only To use it in another project you will have to insert the resource again from disk 2 ActivePresenter does not check whether the new resource is already being used in the current project It will go on adding each copy independently Thus the project size grows tremendously if you use the same resources multiple times Therefore if you want to re use a resource in multiple projects it is always best to first add the re
36. DO lt 2 Ot de q DCOCI RANTOEA as W z J A LS i EEEE ee iais PA i E A ad Zoom level 60 The various parts of the window are as follows Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Image Editor 179 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 1 This is the Menu system 2 These are toolbars You can customize any toolbar by clicking on the button located at the end You can also move the toolbars by clicking on their headers and dragging Button Effect Lets you select a rectangle for moving deleting or copying Toggles the antialias Sometimes you need to turn it off For example if you want to draw a polygon and flood fill it you need a shape with a clear border not anti aliased border Draw a line Draw a polygon As you click at various spots those points are added to the current polygon On the last point double click to finish the polygon creation mode Draw a Spline As you click at various spots those points are added to the current spline A double click ends the spline creation mode Pencil tool Draw freehand with this tool Airbrush tool Create spray with a color Eraser tool Image editor in ActivePresenter supports transparency so when you erase an area it will turn transparent Flood fill tool When you click anywhere in the image it finds contiguous area with the same color and then fills it with the cur
37. Error 3 Warning 4 Message Status 6 Information If you select any level the log will be kept of that level and higher levels if any For example selecting Warning will keep a log of the top three types of problems but selecting Fatal error will keep log of fatal errors only View Log Clicking on this button shows the log file The log file is automatically cleared and started over when its size reaches Customizing ActivePresenter gt Customizing The Preferences 304 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 2 MB Confirmation Settings These settings specify whether appropriate messages will be displayed to seek the user s confirmation Warning about non ANSI path when exporting When you export your project there are some outputs that can not be opened or run properly if the file name contains non ANSI characters This option specifies whether ActivePresenter should ask you in such case or not Show dialog when converting shape s text to speech Should ActivePresenter display the dialog so you can make further changes to the TTS settings before converting Extend object duration to match the duration of generated audio Link resources with file size greater than x MB When a resource is added to the Library or a project ActivePresenter creates a copy of the resource file and stores it in the Library or that project That ensure that even if you rename move or delete the original file th
38. If the sound has any defects e g breathing noise take care of the problem and repeat steps 1 4 Sometimes the problem may be in positioning of the microphone Automatic calibration 1 Press the Auto Calibrate button and use the microphone normally The Auto Calibrate button turns into Stop Calibration You can press it to stop the calibration any time 2 Continue speaking so that ActivePresenter can automatically optimize the gain After a few seconds the button reverts to Auto Calibrate button This indicates that the calibration is over Regardless of the calibration method the volume adjustment is accepted only when the OK button is pressed If you press the Cancel button the new value will be discarded and the old value will continue Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using Calibrate Audio Input dialog 223 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Objects In this appendix you will learn the best uses of each type of object in a presentation and also how to control its properties Overview Of Objects In ActivePresenter the objects belong to two different categories e Objects that are used for annotation e Objects that are used to interact with the user Annotation Objects The annotation objects add value to the slide visually but they do not interact with the user by responding to his different actions Thus they do not change the course of the presentation in response to the user inputs such as going
39. MS Excel 3D references If this happens just disable this option For capturing other applications ActivePresenter just ignores this option The Hotkeys Tab The Hotkeys tab lets you set the keyboard shortcuts for various functions Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Capture Profile Editor 157 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 General FMR Audio Cursor Annotation Use Hotkeys Pause Resume Pause Stop End Cancel Ctrl Alt C Manual Capture Print Screen Capture In Advance FS Start Full Motion Recording Stop Full Motion Recording Restore Defaults Cancel The Restore defaults button at the bottom restores the values to their default values This is useful if you have experimented with the controls far too much and want to start over ActivePresenter allows you to define hot keys for seven functions as shown above The Capture In Advance function is similar to Manual Capture except the captured screenshot will be used as background for next step This function may be useful in some circumstance for example when you want to capture a button in normal state not in hover state Sometimes the target application also needs the same hot keys In such cases you can disable the Use hot keys check box or define different ones for ActivePresenter To change any hot key just click inside the box and press the new combination of keys on your keyboard Immediately that combination appears in the box The new
40. OS For example you are typing in a text box then its type is text box If you are clicking on a button then its type is button value This is what you are entering while capturing If you are pressing a key the value is the key that you ve pressed If you are entering text into a text box then the value is the text you ve entered Customizing ActivePresenter gt Customizing The Preferences 300 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 The Hot keys Tab This tab contains all the hot Keys used by ActivePresenter for various functions ActivePresenter Ctrl WN Project Create e Project Settings Project Information T Recent Projects i Exit View Slide ES Annotation Ctrl C Interaction Export Help Canvas Currently assigned to E E E E E E a The GUI works as follows 1 All the major functions of ActivePresenter are grouped functionally in a hierarchical tree The tree consists of nodes like Project Edit View etc Each node contains a group of related functions To open any node click on the button on the left of it The node expands to show the options contained in tt Customizing ActivePresenter gt Customizing The Preferences 301 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 2 Click on any option to set its hot key 3 The hot key that is currently assigned to this activity in this case to start a n
41. Objects gt Introduction To Objects 241 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 To set up all behaviors of the object double click on the Target area This launches Event Editor with the object s current settings in the following tabs Value Settings On Correct On Incorrect On Incomplete and On Timeout You have to set up the behavior of each button separately Double click on the button to launch Event Editor with the button s current settings in the following tabs On Click On Rollover and On Rollout Question Fill In The Blank The Fill in the blank type Question is an interactive object By default it consists of seven separate elements as shown below 2 O Type the qt lestion here Congratulations your answeris correct Sorry your answeris not correct sorry you must answer before continuing Submit 7 However you have the option to add a Hint message and three buttons Clear Skip and Back which function as follows Clear Clear all user input on the question e g make text fields empty uncheck radio button check box Skip Go to the next slide Objects gt Introduction To Objects 242 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Back Go to the previous slide Submit Get user input evaluate and execute suitable actions User can change these default behaviors by editing On Click actions of these buttons from the Event Editor wind
42. The GUI works as follows 1 The actions are listed in a stack They are executed in the order of appearance top to bottom In this example the ActivePresenter will display message 87 when the user rolls his mouse off the main box of the interaction ActivePresenter provides internal reference numbers to each message 2 These buttons are used to organize the list of actions The ap button adds a new entry in the pane The button removes the selected entry The if and buttons move the selected row up and down in the stack Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Event Editor 178 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Using The Image Editor Before we proceed it is important to understand that the Image editor is meant to be a quick and dirty raster editor It is not designed for extensive editing of images The shapes you add to the image e g line polygon etc are immediately merged with the existing image You can not select them later and change their properties that is possible in a vector editor like InkScape If you want to be able to edit the objects later insert shapes directly on the slide rather than editing the image If you need fine control on the editing process use a full fledged editor like GIMP a raster editor or InkScape a vector editor and then insert the edited image into the slide The image editor in ActivePresenter has a minimalistic window View Window Help as
43. The following window pops up Convert Closed Captions To Audio In Slides 5 Current Slide 0 Specified Slides Text To Speech Settings Extend caption duration to match the duration of generated audio ox Cancel In the top section 1 define the slides where you want this convert CC to speech e You can do the conversion in all slides of the project current slide or specific slides Objects gt Introduction To Objects 263 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 e To limit the conversion only to specific slides enter the comma separated list in the input box You can enter a range by separating the slide numbers with a hyphen For example 3 6 means slide 3 4 5 and 6 Next set the TTS parameters by clicking on the Settings button 2 The following window appears Text To Speech Settings Voice Speed Volume Preview Testing text to speech settings Select the TTS voice adjust the speed and volume To check the settings enter a test sentence in the Preview input box and click on the Speak button If your results are not OK change the parameters and try again Repeat this cycle till you are satisfied If your settings are too unsatisfactory click on the Reset button and start over When you are satisfied press OK to return to the main window In the main window the check box at the bottom 3 extends the duration of each CC object to match the durati
44. Using The Timeline 208 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 In this example 1 Is the position mm ss with a resolution of 1 millisecond of the green diamond end of the entrance effect 2 Is the gap between the start edge and the green diamond mm ss with a resolution of 1 millisecond This means the entrance effect will last for 500 ms Y second 3 Is the tooltip that shows the overview of the shape it belongs to You can easily see that this is Shape 1 which starts at 4s from the start of the slide It has a duration of 2 920 seconds It has entrance and exit effects and both are set to fade fade in fade out You can also change the durations in the Properties pane To remove the effect click on the diamond and drag it downward out of the Time Bar Keep dragging till the diamond turns gray and then release the LMB The effect will be removed Audio ActivePresenter displays the audio waveform on the time bars of all audio video objects to alert you that the object has an audio attached to it and therefore you should be careful in placing another audio during the same period e f multiple audios are inserted during the same time you have to make sure that they do not interfere For example one speech and one background music go well together but not two speech tracks e The relative volume of these tracks is important The volume of the background music must be much below the volume of the
45. Version 3 9 4 1 256 Colors 8 bit Grayscale 8 bit inserted in other files that file also will become large Format JPEG Due to their specs and compression algorithms JPEG is best suited for pictures while PNG is best suited for PNG computer generated images screenshots drawings Note that JPEG compression is lossy while PNG is lossless so PNG retains crystal clear quality but the downside of PNG is that it does not compress well with pictures very big file size and the decoding when viewing is slower than JPEG However screenshots are compressed better with PNG the file has small size and there is no loss of quality Optimization None These are relative compression levels Note that the Level higher the compression level the longer it takes to Low export Normal Select None when testing the output High e Select Ultra or High when exporting the final result Ultra Output location Template Location of the template file which the doc file has to use Output File Specify the file path and name of exported document Exporting The Project Exporting To Microsoft Word Document 109 ActivePresenter User Manual Advanced Options These are SCORM related options Export To Microsoft Word General Advanced SCORM Options Generate SCORM Package Package Version 1 0 Version 3 9 4 1 Identifier SCORM_PACKAGE Organization Title Untitled Document
46. Yes Yes Yes Video Built in audio recorder Yes Yes Yes Import external audio and video files Support Yes Yes Yes multiple formats Export audio and video to external files Yes Yes Yes Built in media editing split join delete redundant Yes Yes Yes portions adjust volume insert freeze frame silence Multiple audios and videos in one slide Yes Yes Yes Interactivity Branching capabilities No No Yes Actions Go to a predefined slide send email link to No No Yes web page execute JavaScript continue pause end presentation clear user s input go back forward etc Define mouse event Left click Right click Double No No Yes click Define keyboard event No No Yes Define text entry boxes No No Yes Define mouse hover No No Yes Quizzing No No Yes Export Export to Images JPEG PNG Yes Yes Yes Export to Video WMV AVI MPEG4 WebM Yes Yes Yes Flash Video FLV No Yes Yes Microsoft Word requires MS Word 2000 or higher No Yes Yes Microsoft Excel requires MS Excel 2000 or higher No Yes Yes PDF Document No Yes Yes HTML Slide show No Yes Yes Microsoft PowerPoint No Yes Yes requires MS PowerPoint 2000 or higher AJAX Simulation No No Yes Flash Simulation No No Yes SCORM 1 2 SCORM 2004 Yes Yes Yes system Requirements Depending on the deliverable the following are required General System Requirements 26 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Operating system Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 8
47. a PowerPoint presentation are used instead of recording the target application We will again launch ActivePresenter and on the welcome screen select the third New Project option A New Project window pops up Creating A New Project gt Creating A Project From PowerPoint Presentation 40 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Project Mame Untitled Save in E Download Untitled appro Import from presentation Import PowerPoint Image Project 5 a Ad Elank Project Cancel Enter the following details 1 Select the Import PowerPoint option The right side of the window changes as shown above 2 In this section enter the project s name and also select the folder where the project is to be saved 3 In this section select the PowerPoint file from where the slides are to be imported Note that ActivePresenter cannot handle the odp files used by OpenOffice and LibreOffice Therefore you will have to save these files as pptx first and then import them into ActivePresenter Creating A New Project gt Creating A Project From PowerPoint Presentation 41 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 ActivePresenter pops up an Import PowerPoint Presentation window Options C Import Slides as Backgrounds Process Objects in Slides oS Selected Slides 0 of 13 Select All Deselect All This window offers the following two options e Import slides as backg
48. actual interactions are set using the Event Editor To invoke the Event Editor for each interaction object you can use one of following methods e Double click on the interaction object or e Select the interaction object then select the Event property in the Properties pane Making The Project Accessible ActivePresenter allows you to make your projects accessible to anyone regardless of disabilities More specifically you can edit your projects so that viewers with disabilities can perceive understand navigate and interact with the project outputs The project outputs can be viewed in various ways that do not depend on a single sense or ability For example viewers can navigate with a keyboard not with a mouse only Also audio content should be accompanied with closed caption for hearing impaired viewers text description should be provided for visual content so that screen readers can read out loud for visually impaired viewers In this version AJAX is the only output format that supports accessibility Tips for creating accessible projects To create accessible projects you should always use more than one means e g text visuals and sounds to convey information e For viewers with visual impairment add text description or audio equivalents for visual objects For example provide accessibility text description for Video object so that you can send the information to viewers through the screen reader For objects that contai
49. al Choice Settings On Correct On Incorrect On Incomplete On Timeout Points 1 Partial score Correct Choice Options Zi Options 2 P Options 3 P Options 4 The GUI works as follows 1 Enter the points to be earned For this option to work the Partial score check box must be cleared In that case the Points column below is removed To earn these points the user has to select all the correct answers and avoid selecting any of the wrong answers If he misses any of the right answers or selects any of the incorrect answers he will earn no points In other words this is all or nothing strategy 2 Place a tick against all correct answers There may be more than one correct answers If the user selects these options the action s defined in the On Correct tab will be executed If he selects the other options the action s defined in the On Incorrect tab will be executed 3 Partial scores This strategy allows the user to earn some points for each correct answer To achieve this select the Partial score option Now the Points 1 control is disabled and a Points Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Event Editor 169 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 column is activated in the table below Assign points to each answer e Sometimes all answers are not of equal merit You may want to give less points if the answer is more obvious than the others When the user
50. an interval of silence To insert a freeze frame control in an audio video track click on the Ruler where you want to pause the video This activates the El button in the toolbar of the Timeline pane Click on this button or from the context menu of the video object use the Insert Freeze frame command Now a yellow diamond and bar will get superimposed on the host time bar e lf you had defined a range in the previous step the yellow bar is adjusted to this range However the usual practice is to drag the diamond and the right side edge of the yellow band During this drag operation ActivePresenter shows you precise time stamp on the Ruler as in case of entrance exit markers e Each Freeze frame control extends the host track by its duration In other words if you insert an x second pause in an audio video clip its total duration will be increased by x seconds e You can insert any number of Freeze frame controls in any selected track The only condition is that two Freeze frame controls cannot overlap Keep in mind that each Freeze frame control will further extend the host track s duration To remove the freeze frame from its host track A click on it and drag it downward out of the Time wey LLL aa Bar of the host track Keep dragging till the iy annotation turns gray and then release the LMB The annotation i e the pause will disappear and the duration of the host track Cl ick Drag Re lease will be reduced by the du
51. at the end point A red arrow also shows the direction of cursor movement The spacing between the dots indicate the speed of the cursor on screen Closely spaced dot means slower speeds Imagine the dots to be plotted at regular intervals of time so the faster the cursor moves across the screen the farther are the dots If the dots are too closely spaced the line appears as solid instead of dotted Objects gt Introduction To Objects 250 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Note that a square denotes that Point 1 is selected at present This is more or less a straight line But you can add more points by clicking anywhere on the dotted red green line At this moment the pointer turns into a pencil After inserting any point you can drag that point to a new position This gives the path a new shape Any given path segment can be made a curve or a straight line Just select the start point and from the context menu select the Straight cursor path or Curved cursor path options or click on the iF Ti e or buttons in the toolbar When you select click on the start point of a segment ActivePresenter shows a Control point 4 associated with the end point In the example above we had clicked on point 1 so ActivePresenter shows the control point 4 which is associated with Point 2 This control point is always tangent to the curve You can change the shape of the curve by moving the control point The following fi
52. button deletes the event and all its actions e If you had clicked in the Action column this button removes the action but does not affect the Event row The tf and buttons move the selected row up and down in the stack e If you had clicked in the Event row these buttons move the event and all its actions together as a set e If you had clicked in the Action column these buttons move the Action row but do not affect the Event row 5 Choose how the user will submit his answer If you select the Auto option the answer is checked each time the text in the field is changed i e ActivePresenter checks as you type If you select the Press key option you have to click in the input box and press a hot key The user will have to press the same hot key to submit his answer e Itis your responsibility to convey to the user which hot key is defined use a message for example 6 If you click in this check box the answer will be case sensitive So if the user enters london instead of London he will not earn any points Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Event Editor 166 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 The Choice Tab There are two different tabs named Choice One is used in the Multiple Choice interaction and the other is used in the Multiple Options interaction This section describes them both Multiple Choice Question The Choice tab checks whether the user has chosen the correct opti
53. certain city is For this place the Target area on that city and make it invisible Now the user can only see the map If the user clicks on the correct area the object shows him the On Correct message If he clicks at a wrong location on the map the object shows him the On incorrect message Text Box The Text Box is an interactive object The default Text Box object consists of three separate elements as shown below Congratulations your answer ls correct YN oy pq z L p a kt a a x J t oh Somy your answer is not comect y You can optionally add a Hint message and a Timeout message The object works as follows When the interactive presentation is played this object displays only the Target area element 1 and waits for the user to enter text e Ifthe user enters text it appears in real time in the Target area 1 e Ifthe entered text exceeds the area the text is shifted so that the insertion point is always visible You will have to resize the area manually e Ifthe Submit button is enabled the entered text is validated when the user presses the Submit button e lf the Submit button is not set the text is validated whenever the user presses any key As long as the entered text is a partial match for the reference text ActivePresenter will wait for the user to input more text However the moment the last entered character is found to be different it will be deemed as i
54. check box the Points column is activated in the pane below and at the same time the Points control at the top is disabled Now you can double click in any cell in this column and enter any number In this example if the user clicks or double clicks the LMB he will earn 4 points If he clicks CTRL Left click or ALT Right click he will earn 3 points The Action by event check box allows you to add multiple actions for each event When you Click in this check box the Actions column is activated in the pane below Now you can double click in any cell in the Actions column and select an action from the drop down list Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Event Editor 161 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 In our example the first two events trigger two actions each e If the user left clicks ActivePresenter will open a website and then continue the presentation e If the user CTRL Left clicks ActivePresenter will send an email and the end the presentation 4 These buttons are used to organize the entries in the bottom pane The ar button adds a new action to the selected row e If you had clicked in the Event column this button adds an event e If you had clicked in the Action column this button adds an action within the same event In this way you can associate multiple actions with a given event The button removes the selected row e If you had clicked in the Event row this button deletes
55. click on the button to launch Event Editor with the button s current settings in the following tabs On Click On Rollover and On Rollout Question Multiple Response The Multiple response type Question is an interactive object The default Multiple response object consists of seven separate elements as shown below Objects gt Introduction To Objects 238 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 2 D Type the question here Congratulations your answeris comect vJ Type the answer here Type the answer here SOmy your answeris not correct Type the answer here Sory you must answer before continuing However you have the option to add remove answers add a Hint message and three buttons Clear Skip and Back which function as follows Clear Clear all user input on the question e g make text fields empty uncheck radio button check box Skip Go to the next slide Back Go to the previous slide Submit Get user input evaluate and execute suitable actions User can change these default behaviors by editing On Click actions of these buttons from the Event Editor window Select the question then double click the button to launch the Event Editor In the rendered presentation the object functions as follows Only the question 2 the answer options 3 and the Submit button 7 are displayed The user is expected to click one or more check bo
56. code in reportreceiver php file to receive and process report lt php if isset POST report Exporting The Project gt Reporting Options 140 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 read report data report POST report process report e g append to a text file here report file fopen report txt a if report_ file fwrite report file report separate this report from others fwrite report_file n n n n fclose report_file Exporting The Project gt Reporting Options 141 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Other Uses Of ActivePresenter So far we have seen how to use ActivePresenter for presentations of various types images documents videos and interactive learning courses with scoring facility But ActivePresenter can also be used for many other purposes 1 Image editor 2 Image format converter Screenshot software Audio video editor trimming cutting splicing joining adding titles 5 Text to speech TTS generator 6 Image Audio video format converter ActivePresenter cannot edit the object directly like a dedicated software You have to first insert the object in a new existing project and then edit it This main editing process is very similar to the process flow in a dedicated software Once you have finished editing the object you can close the host project without saving it Let us see each function in more
57. combination does not take effect till you click the Save button Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Capture Profile Editor 158 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Using The Event Editor The event editor defines the behavior for each interaction Each type of interaction can handle certain events trigger conditions by taking one or more actions It is the job of the Event Editor to define the actions to be taken for each event To launch the Event Editor window use any of the following methods 1 In the context menu of any interactive object select the Event Properties option at the top 2 Double click on the main object in the main window Careful If you double click on an element of the object this editor will not pop up 3 Select the object in the main window of ActivePresenter and then scroll down in the Properties window The last option is Event This line appears blank but when you click on it a lick do ec button appears Click on this button For each type of interaction the Event Editor will have to define different behaviors Each aspect of the behavior is covered by a separate tab The structure of a given tab does not change from object to object Thus the Event Manager employs a different set of tabs for each interaction The tabs are described below Tab Defines Mouse Click Defines the action s to be taken for specific type of mouse activity e g single left click
58. detail ActivePresenter As Image Editor You can edit and or annotate an image with ActivePresenter While ActivePresenter is not as powerful as GIMP or InkScape you can do a lot with it Actually ActivePresenter has a built in Image Editor but it is not accessible directly So you have insert the image in a new project or existing project in order to access it Once you have finished editing the image you can close the host project without saving This is a three step process 1 Open a project of any type or open an existing project Don t worry about its parameters because the project will not be changed in any way Other Uses Of ActivePresenter gt ActivePresenter As Image Editor 142 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 2 Insert the image in any slide Again don t worry about how this affects the slide We are not going to save the project 3 Right click on the image in the Canvas pane or its time bar in the Timeline pane From the context menu that appears select the Edit image option The Image Editor pops up and lets you edit the image After editing you can directly save the image as a file using the File gt Save as menu 4 Close the project without saving ActivePresenter As Image Format Converter This is a four step process 1 Open a project of any type or open an existing project Don t worry about its parameters because the project will not be changed in any way 2 Insert the ima
59. doesn t support survey question explicitly but you can create a survey question by leaving blank the Value On Correct and On Incorrect tabs By default it consists of seven separate elements as shown below Objects gt Introduction To Objects 240 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 uestion here Congratulations your answers comect SOTy your answeris not correct corry you must answer before continuing Submit gt However you have the option to add a Hint message and three buttons Clear Skip and Back which function as follows Clear Clear all user input on the question e g make text fields empty uncheck radio button check box Skip Go to the next slide Back Go to the previous slide Submit Get user input evaluate and execute suitable actions User can change these default behaviors by editing On Click actions of these buttons from the Event Editor window Select the question then double click the button to launch the Event Editor In the rendered presentation the object functions as follows Only the question 2 the answer options 3 and the Submit button 7 are displayed The user is expected to enter a descriptive text in response When the user responds the presentation compares the answer with the reference answer which is previously defined by the author Apart from this primary behavior the object also has secondary behaviors
60. following options are offered depending on which element is selected some of these options may not be shown Unlike the interaction type elements the annotation elements do not have common properties In fact they can be divided in three distinct groups based on their properties Group Elements 1 Shape Highlight Text Caption Question Title Answer Label Correct Incorrect Hint Complete Incomplete Timeout 2 Image Audio Video Zoom n Pan Closed Caption Customizing ActivePresenter gt Customizing The Preferences 292 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 3 Cursor Path Within each group the elements have small differences in their properties We will describe all groups separately Group 1 Elements The following screenshot shows properties for Shape which is a typical representative of Group 1 elements The other elements in this group have lesser properties than Shape Highlight spotlight Feedback Generate text from default interaction if any Text Caption Question Title AutoFit Text Answer Label Correct Change Text Incorrect Hint Complete Change shape Change Style Incomplete o Timeout Preferred Size Timing Snap to default interaction if any Image a A Pee aoe Audio Width 250 E Height 100 E Duration ms 1 iea Video Cursor Path Transition Effects Zoom n Pan i Closed Caption Entrance Duration ms 500 Exit Fade Out Duration ms
61. for reporting the test result Only text contains alphanumeric characters A Z a z 0 9 and underscore _ are allowed maximum length 250 characters Event The right hand cell appears blank A click there reveals a Click to Edit button Clicking this button will launch the Event Editor Transition Define how the object will start showing in the presentation and how it will effects stop showing Entrance Type Select from None Fade in Fly in Peek in and Wipe Duration Set a duration of the effect in ms Direction Select the direction for Fly in Peek in or Wipe effect Available directions are From Left From Top From Right From Bottom From Top Left From Top Right From Bottom Left From Bottom Right Exit Select from None Fade out Fly out Peek out and Wipe Duration Set a duration of the effect in ms Direction Select the direction for Fly out Peek out or Wipe effect Available directions are To Left To Top To Right To Bottom To Top Left To Top Right To Bottom Left To Bottom Right Accessibility Define properties that make the object accessible by viewer with disabilities when viewing the project output Focusable Define whether the object can receive focus when viewer navigates using the Mouse or the Tab key This property is available only for Mouse Click and Mouse Hover object Text Box is always focusable If this property is enabled in AJAX output e The object gains focus automatically when it is d
62. g gt and lt x gt tag 4 Enter the output location and filename 5 Click OK to start exporting to XLIFF Importing From XLIFF After translation you need to import the XLIFF file back to your project ActivePresenter will replace current texts in your project with the corresponding texts in the translated XLIFF file To import translated texts from XLIFF file just access Localize gt Import From XLIFF menu and select the XLIFF file Editing A Project gt Advanced Editing 85 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Exporting The Project In the previous chapters we saw how to create content and edit it Now we have come to the final stage of exporting the content in the desired formats as images videos interactive presentation or documents Depending upon the export format an exported presentation can be viewed on standard software such as web browsers e g Firefox Internet Explorer video players e g VLC The KMPlayer image viewers Picasa Irfanview XnView etc Microsoft Office LibreOffice etc Overview Of Exporting Options ActivePresenter allows you to render the presentation in many different forms Format Remarks Images Export all slides as images and then use those images for any purposes related to the presentation training course Video Use videos when interaction with audience is not needed HTML SlideShow Slides are exported as images and embedded in HTML pag
63. hear anything at all you will have to address the source of that noise Your PC may be running applications e g chat clients that pop up messages frequently or produce alert sounds Turn off all such applications Put your mobile in Silent mode or better switch it off Do a short test recording to make sure that your audio is being recorded without any distortion selecting Your Recording Equipment Buy the best possible microphone look for high sensitivity figures USB microphones use less computer resources and record better audio than an analog microphone If you are using a microphone on a stand goose neck select the stand such that you are able to sit with correct posture you should not have to lean too forward or bend down to speak into the microphone Wrong posture will not only spoil your voice delivery but it will also be tiring for long duration recordings Use a microphone stand with a stable base that does not wobble and create noise Use a microphone with a wind shield they are available in two forms foam cover or diaphragm setting Up Your Equipment Correctly Make sure your computer table is not wobbly and your keyboard is stable on an even surface Keep your keyboard as away from microphone as possible otherwise you will end up recording the tapping noise Avoid hammering your keyboard when you type Place a folded cloth under the keyboard to soften its sound If the microphone is kept too ne
64. is instantly reflected in the Timeline pane 7 This is the Time bar of an object Think of this as a lifeline for the object The object is active only for the duration of this bar We will see how to use the Time Bars later 8 This is the Time bar for the entire slide By default is end is automatically synchronized with the last element in the slide In our example Question is the last element If you extend its bar the slide s bar also extends automatically However you can stretch this bar During the stretched portion of the Time bar the canvas will display only the slide background color and or the slide background image if any 9 This is the end time for the slide Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Timeline 202 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 The slide will end at this instant and the next slide if any will start its entry transition 10 The Visibility button controls whether to display the element in the Canvas pane Click on it to toggle its state a closed eye means the element becomes invisible The best use of this control is to turn an element off to edit the overlapped element easier Note that this control is applicable only during editing not during playback It also does not affect the output when exporting The elements which are hidden by this button will still display normally in the exported materials The button at the top of the column is the Master Visibili
65. main chapters of this manual from start to finish Then you can read the Appendices in any order This manual has hyperlinks that are displayed in bold red NOT in blue text with underline Terms Used Some technical jargon especially terms related to video encoding terms are explained below For more details please refer to the Wikipedia Term Meaning Key frame To reduce the size of the video file a compression technique is used in which the computer stores the whole visual information for only a few frames called key frames For the rest of the frames it only stores the differential information with About This Manual gt Terms Used 11 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 reference to the preceding key frame in some compression schemes a frame s content is derived from key frames on both side of it LMS A Learning Management System Disclaimer This manual is written by volunteers Please use it in the same spirit No guarantees are made regarding accuracy The author assumes no responsibility for any loss of data or for any direct or indirect damages that arise out of use misuse or misapplication of the information provided in this manual Please exercise caution and use it at your own risk Copyrights All copyrights for the ActivePresenter software belong to Atomi Systems Inc The copyrights of the other applications mentioned in this manual e g Microsoft PowerPoint
66. object is exported as an image Using native objects will allow editing the shapes directly within MS PowerPoint later once exported Otherwise slide objects are exported as images so it is almost impossible to edit exported document later Advance Select between automatic and manual slides Image options Parameter Options Remarks Size Range 10 to 150 The size is relative to canvas size selected at the beginning of the project you can check this out at any in steps of 10 time by using the Project gt Project Information menu option Note that ActivePresenter only works with logical size i e pixels However when displayed printed the physical size depends on pixels and the dpi dots per inch setting of the displaying printing device Color Depth True Colors 24 bit Higher color depth makes the presentation look stunning But it also increases the file size When the 256 Colors 8 bit images are inserted in other files that file also will become large Grayscale 8 bit Format JPEG Due to their specs and compression algorithms JPEG Exporting The Project gt Exporting To Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation 117 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 PNG is best suited for pictures while PNG is best suited for computer generated images screenshots drawings Note that JPEG compression is lossy while PNG is lossless so PNG retains crystal clear quality bu
67. opaque You can colorize the image Superimpose a color by using the hue slider 4 or enter the value in the input box Inherit From Base Style The style is copied from the template style supplied with ActivePresenter ActivePresenter comes with multiple base styles You can switch to any of them To change the base style click on the Change Base style button The following Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Properties Window 190 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 window pops up Select Base Style Key Stroke Mouse Click Mouse Hover Button Balloon Text Caption Corect Mes Incorect M _ ieee Ue iis ise Show style in Library Project Cancel Select any style and press OK Using your own style In the Select Base style window see above you can opt to create your own style Just click on the button A new Properties window appears Now set all properties and save under a new style name From this moment this new style will be available Be careful about where you are adding this style Style added in Project will not be available to other projects If you add the style in Library it will be available to other projects The Line Section In this section you can customize the outline of the shape You can select from the following options Option Remarks No line There is no line at all
68. provided at the bottom the screen which allows the user to play pause stop the presentation hide closed captions change volume or jump to a particular slide In this context a template is a design pattern that is applied to this toolbar to change its appearance If you do not want to provide any control to the user you can opt for No_ Toolbar option ActivePresenter offers four default options which can be customized further Black M 4 11 DI O Ocean KE ZI CHI Silver Exporting The Project gt Exporting To Ajax Simulation 121 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 MA 4 11 0 e O Cr 1 H Standard OJAMAA A O i First select any one of the main options and then click on the Settings button The Template parameters window opens Parameters Slide List Position right Initial Slide List State hidden Always Show Slide List yes Show Slides As Groups yes Detailed Steps in Practice collapsed Navigation in Practice yes Show Duration group High Level Step Text yes Docking Pane Size 250 Initial Volume ag Initial CC State hidden Initial AutoFit State yes ka ad i hh hel a Slide List Position Position of Slide List window The window shows a preview of the layout of exported project This window works as follows 1 This drop down list offers further presets within the selected template type The Custom option allows you to customize all settings and save it as a preset Fro
69. shadow etc The behavioral properties are accessible only through the Properties pane or the Edit gt Preferences menu where you have to enter values and then check how that has changed the behavior of the object In the following sections we will take up all objects one by one and understand their properties Since the physical properties are similar in all objects we will check them out first Property Remarks Name Name of the element This is simply a unique name generated by ActivePresenter Shape Click on the right hand blank cell to reveal a drop down list of twelve shapes Audio Click This property refers to the sound associated with the object Sound e For Mouse Click object the property is named Click Sound the attached sound is played when user clicks on the object e For others types of objects the property is named Audio the attached sound is played when the object starts showing Boundary The edges of the frame that encloses the shape measured from the top left corner of the canvas Left Left edge of the frame Top Top edge of the frame Width Width of the frame Objects gt General Properties Of Objects 227 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Height Height of the frame AutoFit Text When this option is selected the frame automatically changes its size to fit the text Text margin Minimum margin between the frame and the text aro
70. shows the duration of the silence For details Refer to the Objects appendix Snapping In Timeline Often you need to align different objects precisely ActivePresenter facilitates this by providing a Snap mode Click on the 2 button or the View gt Snapping gt Timeline snapping menu option to toggle the snap mode on off When the snap mode is on you can temporarily disable the snapping by pressing CTRL as you drag the element When the snap mode is on as soon as a moving snappable element comes in the vicinity of another snappable element it will make a tiny jump to match the time stamp of the other element Note that this other element may be anywhere in the Timeline pane Right from the Ruler to the lowest object s time bar The vertical separation between the elements does not Also note that we may not be dragging the snappable element itself For example when we drag a time bar of an object all the snappable elements in the bar are moving simultaneously Any of these elements can snap to another snappable element The snap mode applies to the following elements In Ruler area Playhead start marker of the range end marker of the range Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Timeline 210 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Inthe Time Bars of objects Starting edge ending edge all markers inside the bar e Others beginning of slide slide s duration as enter
71. speech In the following screenshot the audio in stretch 1 2 is completely muted while the volume is only lowered in the 3 4 stretch As a general rule in any given stretch of time only one audio track should be dominant and the others should be lowered silenced Pause The orange stripe shows the pause mark When the Playhead reaches this marker the presentation will pause and wait for the user input Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Timeline 209 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 A pause mark can be seen in the Time Bars of Interaction type objects only The placement of this mark is decided by the time you set in the Settings tab of the Event Editor to pause the presentation You cannot drag this mark in the Timeline to change its timing Note that the length of the Time Bar after the pause mark is only nominal because you cannot predict how long the user will wait before responding Therefore the longer the actual pause the longer the Time Bar actually gets Freeze frame The Freeze frame control is superimposed on the time bar of an audio video object e Incase of a video object the yellow diamond shows the onset of frame freeze in case of a video object and the yellow band shows the duration of the pause during which the last frozen frame will be displayed e Incase of an audio object the yellow diamond shows the onset of silence and the yellow band
72. the Save as type drop down list and select the desired format Then press OK ActivePresenter saves the file in the new format Other Uses Of ActivePresenter gt ActivePresenter As Format Converter 145 Fill Type Bla Fill d Solid Fill ma Gradient Fill Irmaqu Fill nn General MEC aL gt a AS Ta Lea i o dr Fer DJ a PA street ee E E tebe it er VE TP Deere E How to make an interactive tutorial _ _ Y a noel agi fe p Oo Ml M aa a A gt SS ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Using ActivePresenter Windows In this Appendix we will see how to use the various windows in ActivePresenter Using The Capture Profile Editor The Capture Profile Editor window is launched when you launch a new profile or edit an existing profile from the New Project window e If you have launched a new profile ActivePresenter allows you to copy settings from an existing capture profile by launching the following window Copy settings from Full Motion Recording FMR Record Movie Streaming Video Smart Capture With Auto FMR Smart Capture Cancel Select None if you want to build a new profile from scratch The Capture Profile editor has five different tabs each dealing with a specific area The values set in all these tabs are saved in the current profile The Save and Cancel buttons at the bottom are common between the five tabs The n
73. the event and all its actions e If you had clicked in the Action column this button removes the action but does not affect the Event row The if and buttons move the selected row up and down in the stack e If you had clicked in the Event row these buttons move the event and all its actions together as a set e If you had clicked in the Action column these buttons move the Action row but do not affect the Event row Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Event Editor 162 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 The Key Stroke Tab The Key stroke tab provides interaction and point allocation for keyboard activities The tab for keyboard entries is shown below Mene Edits On Rollover On Rollout sl Points 4 Event Show Object Correct Message 27 Ctrl P Pause Presentation Go Forward 10 slides Ctrl 5h1ft L Pause Presentation Space Continue Presentation Ctrl F Go Forward 1 slide kspace Pause Presentation As can be seen above these events are keyboard based either a single key or a combination of any number of keys but nof a text string The GUI works as follows 1 The Points assigned here are common for any of the events listed below For this option to work the Score by event check box must be cleared In that case the Points column below is removed In this example if the user presses any of the combinations listed below he will earn 4 points 2 The Score by even
74. the video is played in an endless loop when the end is reached the tracked starts playing from the beginning Ignore Pausing If this option is selected even when the presentation is paused e g to wait for user s input the track will keep playing Note that this control cannot ignore a pause command from toolbar of player In other words if the user pauses the presentation using the toolbar the video will pause Boundary The boundary of frame that contains the video measured from the top left corner of the canvas Left Left edge of the frame Top Top edge of the frame Width Width of the frame Height Height of frame Lock aspect ratio By unchecking this check box you can stretch the video in width or height Start Time This is the time when the video track starts playing The starting moment of the slide is taken as reference t 0 Duration The duration of the video track in ms This value is non editable grayed out Show in mode Select one or more from Demonstration tutorial practice test Freeze Frame The Freeze frame control works on both audio and video objects as described below e Ifthe selected track is a video track the effect is to pause the video for any desired period Objects gt Introduction To Objects 275 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 e Ifthe selected track is an audio track the effect is to insert
75. this active stop In our example the right most stop is active shown with red border The triangle shows its color green The Position control 5 shows 86 meaning this stop is at 86 of the total length You can drag the stop with mouse The Position box 5 Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Properties Window 189 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 will reflect the new position of the stop The Color 6 shows the current color of the stop To change the stop s color click on the drop down arrow and from the swatch that appears select another color The opacity of the stop can be changed with the controls 7a slider and 7b input box To delete any stop first select it and then click on the button Image fill This option fills the shape with an image Stretch o city p 255 The controls are as follows First select how the shape is to be filled 1 e Tile means the image will be replicated in x and y axis to fill up the space If the image is larger than the shape it is clipped e Stretch means the image will be stretched in height and or width to fill up the available space If the image is larger than the shape it is rescaled to fit the available space Next select an image from either library or from your file collection 2 You can change the opacity of this image with the Opacity slider 3 or enter the value in the input box 255 fully
76. three captions Closed Caption Zoom n Pam The bars in Timeline were adjusted as follows 1 The first caption introduces the Taj Therefore it must start after a couple of seconds Objects gt Introduction To Objects 262 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Therefore the start point of this bar was pushed back by 2 seconds The duration of the bar was adjusted so that the audience can read the text comfortably 2 The intent was to zoom n pan to a minaret 2a and reveal an amazing fact that the minarets are intentionally built tilted so that from afar they actually look perfectly vertical So the zoom n pan 2b takes the viewer to the minaret 3 Once the view is zoomed in the caption is displayed Since this is a longer sentence more time is given to it 4 Another zoom n pan brings the view back to normal This is intentionally done at a faster pace because we are only reverting to the full view that was already there After this a small gap is allowed so that the audience can reorient itself 5 Now the final caption begins Adequate time is given so that the audience can read it comfortably If you launch the Closed Caption Editor now the adjusted timings of the captions are reflected in it Converting All Closed Captions To Speech ActivePresenter provides a batch operation to convert all CC objects into speech in one stroke Select the Edit gt Convert Closed Captions to Audio menu option
77. tiny part on the screen A Spotlight is a more aggressive version of Highlight where the rest of the screen is not darkened Objects gt Introduction To Objects 248 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Like the other objects a spotlight too is a Shape object with special attributes Therefore all the discussion of the shapes applies here too The only exception is that the Properties pane actually shows the property of the area that lies OUTSIDE the shape not inside it Feedback The Feedback object shows the user s mouse and keyboard activity when the rendered presentation is playing CNE When the interactive presentation is run any keyboard or mouse inputs provided by the user are displayed as follows CTRL P CTRL Left click S This is useful in on screen demonstration of any software where the audience can clearly see the actions of the presenter Therefore it is placed where it will not obstruct the parts of the screen where action is going on but at the same time it should not be placed too much away from action because in that case your eyes would have to constantly flit to and fro between the action and the indicator which is very tiring Cursor Path This object represents the mouse movement and clicking Objects gt Introduction To Objects 249 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 In practice this object gets generated in two different ways e During the cap
78. to display CC on his screen Image Adds an image in the slide Audio Adds an audio clip in a slide Video Adds a video clip Note that the video can be re sized to cover the whole screen or projected on a part of the screen Interaction Objects The interactive objects are designed to respond to use inputs They not only change the course of the presentation based on user input but also keep a track of user activity for example assess his performance in a test The interactive objects are as follows Object Typical uses Mouse Click Responds when the user clicks in a pre defined area Use of modifier keys ALT CTRL SHFT is also allowed Text Box Responds when the user enters specific text string Key Stroke Responds to an individual key on the keyboard or a hot key such as CTRL SHFT P Mouse Has two different types of responses Hover Objects gt Overview Of Objects 225 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 When the user hovers his mouse over a certain area When the user moves his mouse away from the area Question ActivePresenter allows you to insert seven different types of questions true false options multiple options essay fill in blank fill in multiple blank and sequence The question and options appear on screen and the viewer is expected to respond within a predefined time ActivePresenter can be programmed to take various di
79. to describe any mood conveyed through voice modulation such as whispers shouts menacingly croons sobs Always use the appropriate word to convey the degree of intensity of an action For example chuckles smiles laughs and guffaws are all different Similarly door closes and door slams convey entirely different moods When the speaker is off screen identify him her by name When more than one persons are on screen identify the speaker by name As a rule show only one line of Closed Caption at a time An exception is when multiple people speak simultaneously In this case it is OK to show their sentences together but always maintain the correct sequence a sentence that starts first should be listed at the top of the Closed Caption stack Another exception is when one person is interrupted by another Here end the first interrupted sentence with a dash and place the second interrupting sentence in the Objects gt Introduction To Objects 265 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 second line Image You can insert an image in the ActivePresenter presentation by clicking on the button or using the Annotation gt Image menu option Depending upon the context of the presentation images are screenshots of applications drawings electrical civil mechanical etc or photos of persons products places buildings etc After placing the image you can place other annotatio
80. type project you can add slides from PowerPoint or images Slide level editing In this step we fine tune each individual slide Since a slide is made up of objects we essentially deal with objects in this step Insert objects shapes text interactions video clip audio clip highlight closed captions etc and add voice over commentary Next we adjust the properties of each object both in the Canvas pane and also in the Properties pane Then we preview the slide and adjust the objects on the Timeline adjust the timing of its entry exit and also manipulate its sequence amongst all objects of the slide Finally we play each slide separately and optimize it by adjusting all objects one final time 3 Advanced editing e Making the project interactive This involves inserting questions and also adding actions that deal with correct and incorrect responses from the viewer e Making the project accessible This means making the project available to as many people as possible More specifically we edit the project so that viewers with disabilities can perceive understand navigate and interact with the project output e Localizing the project Here we adapt the project to a particular language culture and desired local look and feel The following sections provide more details of these steps Remember that if you commit any mistake you can reverse any number of steps by pressing CTRL Z for the required number of t
81. video flash screen for a website brochure handout for a lecture a module for an LMS etc You can save your favorite profiles and use them for capturing new projects Slide Background Slide background in ActivePresenter displays the image of a step where to click what key is pressed in interactions chain when creating a tutorial It is also used to display some form of corporate identity throughout the presentation This could be in the form of a corporate logo or simply corporate colors in the backdrop of each slide This can be achieved by inserting a background image that is shared among multiple slides General gt Basic Screencasting Concepts 16 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 The slide you see is made up of several objects that form a stack When an object is added to a slide it is placed at the top of the pile and covers the objects placed beneath it In this context the background image remains at the bottom of the objects stack regardless of when it is added Background is an optional item some slides may not have it A given slide can not have multiple backgrounds ActivePresenter has the facility to flatten any stack of objects and turn them into a single background image A background image can be edited like any other image Slide Index The slide index denotes the order of any given slide in the slide list The first slide has index 1 the second slide has index 2 etc The index num
82. 00 00 Generate Audio Speech Audio paje g 00 00 00 00 00 08 Update Audio When launched the Closed Caption Editor shows one dummy entry Replace that with your real Objects gt Introduction To Objects 259 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 entry as described below 1 This is the Text editor section where each CC line highlighted in the CC stack 3 is edited When you start the first line of the CC Stack is already loaded in the Text Editor Click in the text box and enter the CC text As you edit the line this change is reflected live in the CC stack 3 o Avoid long sentences and multi line text because your audience cannot read long lines while they are trying to study the slide o You can create a multiple row CC line as shown in the screenshot above To create the second row just press Enter ActivePresenter stores a line break as lt br gt If you want to remove the line break delete lt br gt Next define the start time and the end time for this particular CC line o The star end times are in milliseconds o Starting of the slide is taken as reference t 0 If the Change focus to text editor when selecting a caption check box is selected whenever you click on any line in the CC stack 3 ActivePresenter automatically shifts the focus to the Text Editor so that you can start editing that line straightaway If this check box is not selected the focus remains within the CC St
83. 3 9 4 1 You can join an audio object with other audio objects and a video object with other video objects You cannot join an audio object with a video object When you select audio video for joining here s how ActivePresenter handles the job 1 In the background ActivePresenter maintains four separate lists of selected audio video objects a Selected audio objects in current slide b Selected video objects in current slide c Selected audio objects that show over multiple slides d Selected video objects that show over multiple slides 2 Within each list ActivePresenter sorts the objects by their Start Time in ascending order o If two or more objects in each list have the same Start Time ActivePresenter sorts them by their Z Index in ascending order i e bottom up order in Timeline 3 For each list that contains at least two objects ActivePresenter joins the objects in the order of their sorting 4 The combined track is assigned to the first object in the list All the other objects in the list are deleted 5 If any of the tracks has effects applied to it e g freeze frame silence volume change they are burned in before joining it with the other resources 6 If the source audio video resource is logical that is created by any of the following operations Cut Crop Delete Paste Join Split Insert Freeze Frame Silence or Adjust Volume and not used by any object it will be deleted from the Resource pane
84. 5 RX E Shape 4 RX E gt dl Shape 3 of rr Shape 2 A of Shape ad BE e Original 0 00 O00 if 0 03 0 04 0 05 pa No object selected Shape 5 A E Only the contents of the range Shape 4 gt are retained and the rest is Shape 3 a y es Ulead tee Ol is reduced to the duration o Shape bie ri S eo the range If any object does not have any part inside range it is dropped Crop No objects selected e g Shapes 6 2 Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Timeline 215 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 When some objects in the slides are selected the command behaves differently as shown with the following example 100 0 002 Ree 004 0 05 The original slide AAA AAA AAA AA E A ere we have two identical Shape 12 sets of objects 1 6 7 12 Shape 11 Only one of the two sets is selected to show the DA difference 7 PUN sel Ss A x T P p p p pp PD gt a gt E a Eh At least one object selected Only the selected objects are edited The slide itself and unselected objects 7 12 are not affected at all Those parts of the selected objects that lie inside the range are retained If any selected object does not have any part inside range it is deleted entirely from the slide e g Shapes 6 2 Eh Crop Some objects selected The Copy Command The Copy command copies those parts of objects that fall ins
85. 500 Show in Mode Demonstration Tutorial Practice Elements in this group have the following properties Customizing ActivePresenter gt Customizing The Preferences 293 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Snap to default interaction if any Causes the mouse pointer to automatically jump to the default interaction if any Customizing ActivePresenter gt Customizing The Preferences 294 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Generate text from default interaction if any Whether ActivePresenter should generate text for the shape based on the default first interaction on current slide For example if there is a mouse click interaction on current slide the text can be generated to something like Click on XXX This is called auto annotation Refer to the Auto Annotation tab to understand how it works AutoFit Text Automatically enlarges the outline of the shape till the text fits inside the shape Change text Launches the Text Editor window and allows you to enter a message in HTML format Change shape Lets you change the shape for the element Change style Style is the combination of attributes for fill area outline shadow and text Transition Allows you to select the following effects 1 The effect and duration of the entry of the object in the slide when rendered 2 The effect and duration of the exit of the object in the slide when rende
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87. Congratulations your answer ls correct OOTY your answer Is not cormect Somy you must answer before continuing Submit y However you have the option to add a Hint message and three buttons Clear Skip and Back which function as follows Clear Clear all user input on the question e g make text fields empty uncheck radio button check box Skip Go to the next slide Back Go to the previous slide Submit Get user input evaluate and execute suitable actions User can change these default behaviors by editing On Click actions of these buttons from the Event Editor window Select the question then double click the button to launch the Event Editor In the rendered presentation the object functions as follows Only the question 2 the True false radio button options 3 and the Submit button 7 are displayed When the user responds the presentation compares the answer with the reference answer which is previously defined by the author Objects Introduction To Objects Version 3 9 4 1 236 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 e Ifthe answer is correct the actions defined in On correct tab are taken which typically is to display the On correct response 4 e Ifthe answer is incorrect the actions defined in On incorrect tab are taken which typically is to display the On incorrect response 5 e Ifthe user tries to leave the answer incomplet
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89. Flash Simulation General Adwanced Misc SCORM Options Generate SCORM Package Package Version Identifier Organization Title Untitled Itern Title Untitled Report Options No Report Emal HTTP address to receive Pass Condition SCORM Options Parameter Options Remarks Generate SCORM No If your LMS supports both 1 2 and 2004 versions of Package SCOR M please choose 2004 version the latest version SCORM1 2 Exporting The Project gt Exporting To Flash Simulation 133 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 SCORM 2004 Package Version Specify a version that can be used to differentiate manifests with the same identifier For example if you are uploading the same project after modifying it provide a different version number Identifier Specify a name used by the LMS to identify different manifests This value is generated automatically by ActivePresenter but you can change it if needed Organization Title Specify a title for the organization which this item belongs to ActivePresenter automatically generates this value from project name However you can enter a difference text Item Title Specify a title for the item ActivePresenter automatically generates this value from project name However you can enter a difference text Report Options These options let you decide how to report the results of test taken by the student Metho
90. If it is a physical resource or is used by any object it still shows in the Resource Pane In addition the newly joined track also is added to the Resource Pane 7 The original audio video objects may not have identical properties e g height width aspect ratio resolution fps bit rate ActivePresenter solves this problem by using all parameters of the first resource for its output Within a project the resources are joined only virtually The actual joining of the objects takes place only when the presentation is exported rendered at which time ActivePresenter converts all objects from their respective formats into the desired format and joins them directly Using The Adjust Volume Control If the slide has multiple concurrent audio tracks you will have to ensure that only one of those tracks is dominant at any time and the other tracks are either muted or with lowered volumes This balance keeps changing In other parts of the slide you may have to give dominance to other track s Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Timeline 218 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 This is where the Adjust Volume control is helpful When you click on the di gt button the following window pops up Volume 55 100 Mute Note that this is a relative volume scale with a default value of 100 original volume It can adjust the volume from 0 mute to 500 original volume x 5 You can use the Mu
91. If the user selects a particular option from the specified list this condition is met Settings Specify 1 How many attempts are allowed 2 Whether the presentation pauses for user response 3 Maximum time limit for responding On Correct When the answer is correct On Incorrect When the answer is not correct On incomplete If the user clicks on the Submit button but leaves some fields blank Specifically e Ifthe user leaves a field blank in the Text box object and question objects Editing A Project Advanced Editing 79 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 that contain a text box fill in the blank fill multiple blanks and essay e If the user leaves all check boxes or radio buttons unchecked in case of True False Multiple Choice or Multiple Response question On Timeout When the user does not respond within the specified time On Rollover When the mouse rolls over the shape of the object enters the boundary of the shape On Rollout When the mouse rolls out of the shape of the object exits from the boundary of the shape The Actions In response to those trigger conditions you can take the following actions Option Remarks Continue The effect depends on the current state of the presentation e Ifthe presentation is playing this action does not change anything e Ifthe presentation had paused this action will continue playing the presentation from the time it is paused
92. In This Version Of User Manual Appendix What s New describes what s new in this version of the manual so that if you have already read the previous version you can update yourself with minimal effort The appendix provides links so that you can directly jump to the changed portions and catch up About This Manual gt What s New In This Version Of User Manual 13 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 General Basic Screencasting Concepts Before using ActivePresenter you must first understand some basic concepts ocreenshot Just imagine that we have a camera to take a photo of the whole screen of your PC an application s window or any part of it Such an image is called screenshot This manual contains a lot of screenshots of the ActivePresenter windows Screencasting A screencast also known as screen capture is a digital recording of what happens dynamically on your computer screen screenshot is like a still photo taken of your screen while a screencast is like a video of your screen In the context of ActivePresenter the entire process is as follows 1 Capturing The teacher presenter works on the target application and captures the screen The outcome of this step is a video or a slide show 2 Editing and annotating The teacher presenter edits the video or slide show and adds annotations commentary images audio video clips etc 3 Making it interactive Optional Optionally the te
93. Key Stroke Y Y VY Y Y Y Y Mouse Hover Y Y Question True False Y Y Y YY Question Multiple Choice Y Y Y YI Y Y Question Multiple Response Y Y Y Y Y Y Question Essay Y YY Y Y Y Question Fill in Blank Y Y YIY Y Y Question Fill in Multiple Blank Y Y Y Y Y Y Editing A Project gt Advanced Editing 78 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Question Sequence Y Vi Y Y In fact for each object you can specify multiple trigger conditions and corresponding actions Further for a given trigger condition you can define multiple actions in a pre defined sequence For example If the mouse rolls over the shape display the hint message 2 When the mouse rolls out of the shape hide the hint message If the user presses CTR Click a display a message first and then b end the presentation 4 Ifthe user presses SHFT Click go to slide 25 The Trigger Conditions The trigger conditions are explained below Trigger Remarks Mouse click You can define specific combinations of LMB RMB clicks and modifier keys SHFT CTRL and ALT For example ALT SHFT Left click Keystroke Any press of a single key of the keyboard OR hot key e g CTRL ALT SHFT P is defined as a keystroke Text You can define a text string and optionally make it case sensitive If the user enters exactly the same string the condition is met Choice
94. Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Using The Timeline The Timeline shows all objects in a given slide against time It also allows you to preview the slide In addition the following editing tasks are possible in the Timeline pane 1 Edit the timings start point and or end point of the objects Split any audio video objects at the desired instant Join selected audio video objects gt e NP Split the slide into two at the desired instant 5 Play the slide and record your commentary in real time You can also use this feature to dub your presentation in different languages 6 Adjust the relative volume of audio video objects in the selected range of time 7 Freeze pause a video object for desired time while the other objects are played out normally A screenshot of the Timeline pane is shown below Timelipa Zoom n Pan Audio 15 Question 3 Shape 2 Shape 16 Kaeo OORT U H t t f Eb Eb Ep Ep Ep Ep Eh mk A E The various parts work as follows 1 The Toolbar contains controls to play and edit the objects in the slide We will see its functions later 2 The Time Ruler shows the time axis in mm ss format For duration longer than 1 hour the display changes to hh mm ss format Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Timeline 201 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 The time axis starts with 0 This is the instant when the slide starts playing 3 This is the Start marker 4 Thi
95. Note that the higher the compression level the longer it takes to Low export Normal e Select None when testing the output High e Select Ultra or High when exporting the final result Ultra Output location Template Location of the template file which the file has to use Output File Specify the file path and name of exported worksheet Exporting The Project gt Exporting To Microsoft Excel Worksheet 114 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Advanced Options Export To Microsoft Excel General Advanced SCORM Options Generate SCORM Package Package Version 1 0 Identifier SCORM_PACKAGE Organization Title Untitled Iter Title Untitled Cancel These are SCORM related options Parameter Options Remarks Generate No If your LMS supports both 1 2 and 2004 versions of SCORM SCORM please choose 2004 version the latest version Package SCORM1 2 SCORM 2004 Package Specify a version that can be used to differentiate manifests Versi n with the same identifier For example if you are uploading the same project after modifying it provide a different version number Identifier Specify a name used by the LMS to identify different manifests This value is generated automatically by ActivePresenter but you can change it if needed Exporting The Project gt Exporting To Microsoft Excel Worksheet 115 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Organiz
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97. Or add annotations to a captured video see examples below Editing A Project gt Editing A Slide 61 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Flowchart Annotations This is achieved by moving the objects around in the canvas and placing them exactly where you want For example in the examples above want all shapes in my flowchart to be centered on a vertical line want to place a red circle around a minaret of the Taj and a call out to point at the dome of the Taj You may also have to place some objects overlapping over others typically all annotations overlap on a video or image Although this free placement generally works you will often need to arrange the objects accurately For example to create a flow chart You may also need to select multiple shapes and make their sizes uniform ActivePresenter offers you the following tools 1 Align Snap objects with each other 2 Aligning all selected objects with a reference object 3 Resizing all selected objects to the size of a reference object 4 Changing the layers z order of objects The following sections show how this is done Basic Movement Of Objects You can move objects individually or in groups To move an individual object you have the following options Editing A Project gt Editing A Slide 62 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 1 Drag the object with mouse and release the LMB when the object is placed properly 2 Click o
98. Presenter User Manual 1 General 2 Advanced General Options Export To Microsoft Word General Advanced Rendering Options C Include Objects Started by Event Layout Slides Per Page One Page Orientation Use Native Objects Image 100 Size Color Depth Format Output Template Output File C Users lt name gt Documents ActivePresenter Untitled W Description Version 3 9 4 1 Create Table of Contents IP Use Template Layout True Colors 24 bit Optimization Level Rendering Options Option Remarks Include Objects Started by Event Include Objects Started by Event Create Table of Contents Adds a TOC to the document hyperlinked to the slides Layout options Option Remarks Exporting The Project Exporting To Microsoft Word Document 107 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Slides per page One Single slide per page Two Two slides per page top bottom Contiguous The slides are written contiguously in a page until there is not enough space then it will move to the next page Compact In this mode only the screen of first slide in each group is exported For the following slides ActivePresenter exports only the slide name and slide description Description Slide description None No description exported Choose on which side of the slide the description has to be placed Top Left
99. Project gt Project Properties menu option The following window pops up Editing A Project gt Editing A Slide 75 ActivePresenter User Manual Project Properties General Author Project Name o SampleProject 4 l Description Project Size Background Color Number of Slides Total Duration Location E Download ActivePresenter SampleProject appro File Size 2 2 MB Created 12 12 2012 10 11 42 PM Modified 12 12 2012 10 11 42 PM Cancel You can do the following 1 Enter a meaningful project name This may be a combination of subject and client You should define your project naming scheme beforehand 2 Enter description for the project Version 3 9 4 1 3 Click on the triangle and from the palette widget that appears select a color This changes the background color for the slides This is global setting that affects all slides but if a slide already has a background image it won t be affected Editing A Project Editing A Slide 76 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 On the Author tab of this window enter all your details Author Author Copyright Home Page Security New Password Confirm Password File Format Version ActivePresenter 3 6 0 aon You can also enter a password for opening the project file Once you set the password you can only open the file if you enter the password This is useful if you have to leave the project file on a
100. RM 1 2 SCORM 2004 Specify a version that can be used to differentiate manifests with Package q Versi the same identifier For example if you are uploading the same ersion o project after modifying it provide a different version number Identifier Specify a name used by the LMS to identify different manifests This value is generated automatically by ActivePresenter but you can change it if needed Organization Title Specify a title for the organization which this item belongs to ActivePresenter automatically generates this value from project name However you can enter a difference text Item Title Exporting The Project Specify a title for the item ActivePresenter automatically generates this value from project name However you can enter a difference text Exporting To Images 89 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Exporting To Video Video format is suitable when the audience or an individual student does not have to interact with the presentation in a self paced manner The advantage of video over the image or documents formats is that the video contains all animations closed captions and voice The disadvantage of video is that it can be made in one language at a time thanks to the Closed Caption and audio objects it contains You can export in multiple video formats The selection of a format over the others is primarily driven by which codecs are allowed to be used in yo
101. Right or Bottom Page orientation Choose from landscape and portrait The page size is fixed A4 ActivePresenter uses fixed margins of 1 2 54 cm on all sides Use Native Objects Use Microsoft Word auto shapes images text boxes and text for representing slide objects Otherwise each object is exported as an image Using native objects will allow editing the shapes directly within MS Word later once exported Otherwise slide objects are exported as images so it is almost impossible to edit exported document later Use Template Layout Use the layout specified in the template Refer to Appendix Create custom Word template to learn more about how to create a custom layout Image options Parameter Options Remarks Size Range 10 to 150 The size is relative to canvas size selected at the beginning of the project you can check this out at any in steps of 10 time by using the Project gt Project Information menu option Note that ActivePresenter only works with logical size i e pixels However when displayed printed the physical size depends on pixels and the dpi dots per inch setting of the displaying printing device Color Depth True Colors 24 bit Higher color depth makes the presentation look stunning But it also increases the file size When the images are Exporting The Project gt Exporting To Microsoft Word Document 108 ActivePresenter User Manual
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103. The shape has no shadow Custom The following options are available shadow e Blur radius The larger the radius the more the diffused the shadow e Angle Angle is measured clockwise with ve x axis as reference e Distance Distance from the main shape Longer distance creates the illusion that the shape is located higher from the slide e Color You can select any color but a dark color is best e Opacity move slider or enter the number 255 fully opaque Inherit from See the discussion in the Fill section base style Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Properties Window 193 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 The Audio Section ActivePresenter allows you to associate a sound with almost all types of objects e For Mouse Click object the attached sound is played when user clicks on the object e For other types of objects the attached sound is played when the object starts showing The Audio section looks like this Mato Audioi Mame Audio 1 DE Duration 00 03 33 Recording Calibrate Input Text To Speech Generate The controls work as follows 1 This is the general section The Name box shows the name of the audio resource The and P buttons add the audio resource from Library or disk respectively The button removes the loaded resource The playback controls play this audio Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Properties Window 194 Ac
104. a curved line Select this option if you have the habit of moving the mouse aimlessly while you record the target application It will reduce a lot of clutter and you will not need to clean up a complicated mouse path later Cursor Highlight Often the target application has such a cluttered interface that it becomes very difficult to spot the mouse pointer in it To help the viewers ActivePresenter provides a highlight around the mouse pointer so that it stands out against the background The rest of the section is applicable only if the Highlight Cursor option is selected The section contains four options for the shape size color and opacity of the highlight A previewer pane shows the net effect of all these options The Annotation Tab This tab controls the annotations and interactions that are automatically added during the capture mode These are distinct from the annotations and interactions added during the editing of the captured project The options on this tab get activated only when you select the Smart Capture mode in the General tab If you select the FMR mode none of the options apply Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Capture Profile Editor 155 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Add Annotation and Interaction for Mouse event Annotation Mouse Click Interaction Mouse Click Feedbacks Correct Incorrect Add Annotation and Interaction for Keyboard event Annotation K
105. aces the selected slide on the clipboard Instead of selecting a single slide you can select multiple slides by using SHFT Click and or CTRL Click Now switch to the home project and in its Slides pane click on the slide after which you want to paste the copied slides Press CTRL V or use the Edit gt Paste menu This pastes the slide after the current slide in the home project along with objects background slide properties and all resources that are referenced by the source slide and its objects Note that the imported slides and their objects always keep their original size and position they are not rescaled to match the home project If the donor project and the home project do not have the same canvas size and or resolution some imported objects may lie outside the slide canvas Therefore always check all imported slides and edit them as necessary In a future version of ActivePresenter three options will be provided stretch crop and keep original size Repeat steps 2 6 for other slide s Close the donor project Repeat this with other donor projects to import more slides from them Editing A Project gt Project Level Editing 59 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Inserting Slides From A PowerPoint Presentation This technique is mainly used when your primary project was created using either from Images or Capturing and now you want to add complementary slides by inserting a Pow
106. acher presenter adds interactive elements typically questions and quizzes and also defines how the presentation should behave when the student gives a correct answer an incorrect answer or does not respond within the stipulated time A presentation behaves differently to the user depending upon his previous answer and what he is doing on the screen at that moment General gt Basic Screencasting Concepts 14 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 4 Exporting Rendering The teacher presenter renders the output exports the files Broadly the outputs fall in three different categories e Interactive presentation AJAX Flash viewed in a browser e Video with audio e Documents Excel Word PowerPoint PDF Images HTML slide show 5 Actual delivery Depending upon the output it is used by either the teacher presenter himself to teach his course or by the students or course participants to study practice the subject on their own The actual delivery may be in a classroom setting on a projector or via a remote network where the student goes through the presentation using his browser and or reads the documents using a PDF reader or Microsoft Office LibreOffice 6 Assessment Optional The students may be required to take tests These may be used by the teacher presenter to rank the students or to screen them for promotion to the next class Alternatively they may allow the student to obtain the results for a sel
107. ack 2 This is the TTS Text To Speech section Each CC line can be converted to speech with its own individual setting of voice speed and volume Click on the Speak button to check the audio with the current settings If you are not satisfied change the settings and try again This button is only for trying out the settings It does not create the TTS audio o If the speed is too fast the voice will sound cartoonish and the words start merging into each other o If the speed is too slow it will sound like a growl Therefore a mid range speed is best Remember Using multiple voices male female at different soeeds makes the narration interesting You can even use a different voice for each specific purpose Different male female voices are available on the Internet some of which have American or British accent Select the accent that is suitable for your target audience 3 This is the CC Stack It contains all the CC Lines of the CC object A given CC object can have multiple CC lines some of which can occupy 2 3 rows on the screen You cannot edit the CC lines here To edit a CC line click on it It appears in the Text Editor 1 and its settings appear in the TTS section 2 Now you can edit the text and the TTS settings Objects gt Introduction To Objects 260 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 4 This section contains buttons to handle the CC lines in the CC Stack The ar button adds a new CC li
108. ally using it The website provides some excellent demo videos Watch and learn Tutorials The website has a compilation of tutorials FAQ The website has a FAQ Frequently Asked Questions section where most frequently asked question are answered User forum The User Forum answers all your queries But it is always best to first check whether your query is already listed in the FAQ section If you have any features in mind you can also post a new feature request Email support If everything else fails you can send an email to the support team General gt The Multi tier Help System 28 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Phone support For urgent support needs contact 844 3755 8373 General gt The Multi tier Help System 29 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Creating A New Project In this chapter we will see how to launch a new project Planning A Project You begin a project with certain deliverable items in mind Here are a few sample outcomes 1 Video Presentation group training demo teaser video kiosk based interactive mode 2 Flash Banner for a website flash screen PDF Brochure handout for a lecture exhibition PowerPoint Presentation E Learning Course for LMS Interactive training course with score management 6 Images Material to create further documents Note that often you will want more than one outcomes from a single p
109. alue this setting will be ignored for that slide So this can also be considered as the minimum duration for each slide Default project location This is the default folder path where all new projects will be saved e You are allowed to change this folder when you save a new project Customizing ActivePresenter gt Customizing The Preferences 289 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 The Interaction Tab As described earlier you can set properties of all the objects in the nteraction tab and the Annotation tab The Interaction Tab deals with only the interactive type parts of the objects 1 al Interaction Annotation Miscellaneous Preferer Mouse Click Text Text Box Key Stroke Mouse Hover Button Question Preferred Size Timing Width 120 Height 40 a Duration ms 1000 al Transition Effects Show in Mode Demonstration Tutorial Practice Default Action Scoring Continue Presentation Max Attempts A Go to Next Slide Points Attached Message Coi Incorrect Incomplete Hint _ Timeout Click Sound Mouse Click 1 When you select an element from the list at left 1 its settings are shown on the right 2 These elements have similar properties but you can set their values independently for each type of element Customizing ActivePresenter gt Customizing The Prefer
110. an image from file cation Browse Cancel Exporting The Project gt Exporting To Flash Video 96 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 SCORM related Options Parameter Options Remarks Generate SCORM No If your LMS supports both 1 2 and 2004 versions of Package SCORM please choose 2004 version the latest version SCORM1 2 SCORM 2004 Package Version Specify a version that can be used to differentiate manifests with the same identifier For example if you are uploading the same project after modifying it provide a different version number Identifier Specify a name used by the LMS to identify different manifests This value is generated automatically by ActivePresenter but you can change it if needed Organization Title Specify a title for the organization which this item belongs to ActivePresenter automatically generates this value from project name However you can enter a difference text Item Title Specify a title for the item ActivePresenter automatically generates this value from project name However you can enter a difference text Video Thumbnail options This option allows you to select a thumbnail for the video the thumbnail is displayed on the very first screen when you open the video and before you click on the play button to start playing the video Option Remarks None Do not use a thumbnail The initial screen of the FLV player will
111. and aural properties of the following annotation type objects Shapes Text Caption Highlight Spotlight and Feedback Properties Shape 10 E Fill Type Fill EA EA No Fill 5 Solid Fill Gradient Fill 0 Image Fill C Inherit From Base Style You can also change visual and aural properties of interactive objects Right click the interactive object and from the context menu select the Style option This is done with the Properties window Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Properties Window 187 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 The window works as follows 1 Select different aspects of the object by clicking on these buttons 2 This pane shows the options for the aspect selected in the left pane 3 This area shows controls that implement the option selected above If you click in the Style preview check box a small window pops up as shown It shows a preview result of your changes The Fill Section In this section you can customize the body of the object You can choose from the following options Option Remarks No fill The object s body becomes transparent no solid color or gradient of colors Solid fill Fills the shape with a single color 1 Click on the drop down arrow A color swatch appears Select a color Color Opacity 2 Move the slider to set the opacity or enter the value directly in the input box at right 255 fully opaque Gradient fill Fills the sh
112. ange edit commands PE oe E that work only when a range is defined first Let us understand their working with a few examples in which we will use each command in two different circumstances a when none of the objects are selected and b when some objects are selected Each set has three screenshots 1 The original objects 2 result when none of the objects are selected and 3 result when some objects are selected Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Timeline 212 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 The Cut Command The Cut command places the cut contents on the clipboard You can paste that content in a new slide The following example shows the effect of the Cut command when no objects are selected in the slide The original slide _ No object selected The slide and all objects are edited The entire slice of the range with the parts of objects enclosed in it is cut away Thus the slide duration is reduced by the duration of the range Cut Delete No objects selected If an object spans on both sides of the range its remaining parts are joined e g Shape 1 Shape 4 was deleted because it was completely inside the range Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Timeline 213 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 When some objects in the slides are selected the command behaves differently as shown with the following example
113. ape with a gradient of colors We will see how to create the following gradient The actual controls adjusted to create this particular gradient are shown below Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Properties Window 188 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Gradient Fill Position 7 86 Color EQ Opacity The Gradient strip 3 is at the heart of the controls It shows a live sample of the gradient and lets you make changes to it in a visual manner Choose between Linear and Radial gradients using the Gradient type drop down list 1 e In Linear the shades vary in a straight direction e In Radial the shades are in concentric circles Our example calls for Linear type gradient Choose the Inclination angle of the gradient using the input box spinners 2 The angle is relevant for linear gradient only In our example we have chosen a 45 degree angle The triangular stops at the bottom of the strip show how many colors are used to compose the gradient This example shows four stops which means it uses four colors However observe that the two stops in the middle use the same white color That is to ensure that the white band in the middle is of sufficient width Click anywhere in the strip 3 to add a new stop at that spot You can click on any stop to make it active An active stop has a red border The controls 5 6 and 7 are meant to edit the properties of
114. ar your nose it will pick up the noise of your breathing If the microphone is kept too near your mouth it will catch the puff of air whenever you speak a fricative consonant General Tips For Recording Some people prefer to record live They explain even as they are operating the target application However not many people can do this simultaneously Therefore it may be best for you to record the narration as the last operation after you have recorded the slides and added the other objects Many people are at a loss for words when they are trying to find the best way to express something especially when you are also operating a software They typically fill the gaps with um and ah This is extremely irritating for your audience To avoid this problem create an outline plot of your presentation story and a script beforehand Editing A Project gt Editing A Slide 74 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Recording narration for the entire slide at a time may be difficult because you don t remember exactly what comes next Therefore mentally divide each slide in smaller logical parts and then record audio for each part separately Before actual recording first conduct a few practice trials Use loop mode and repeat the play till you can speak without mistakes and without um and er sounds Even with best care you may not be able to totally avoid such sounds Be sure to edit them out later Sp
115. are anyway capturing the entire screen of the target application or the whole desktop screen then this technique is not applicable Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Capture Profile Editor 149 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Target application screen Capture frame Usually you use this feature when the target application has many controls and you want to zoom in to a certain part of the screen at a time but keep your option open to move to any other part of the screen as required Option Remarks Make Capture When this option is selected the capture frame follows the mouse pointer Window around the screen Follow Mouse Cursor As long as the pointer is within the capture frame the frame does not move But when the mouse pointer crosses any side of the frame the frame starts following it Panning Set the speed in pixel s at which the frame will start following your mouse Speed pointer Note that very high speeds are unsettling for the viewers because the small capture frame presents a blinkered view to begin with and at high pan speeds the user won t realize which area of the screen you are at Use this facility sparingly because the viewer will get a blinkered view of the target application which is often irritating Instead of this feature consider using the pan n zoom feature which zooms in from full screen view to a small area and zooms back as soon as the detail is s
116. ately the right side of the window changes to show the relevant options as shown below Project Mame Images saven D mages approy Width 1920 File name Atom Systems Logo ActivePresenter Eram 596x842 Image Project Blank Project Use images as objects The various parts of this window work as follows 1 The Image Project option 2 In this section select a name for the new project Also the folder where the project is to be saved Keep in mind that a copy of all images will be saved in the project folder and also any videos you may add to the project later The disk must have enough space to accommodate these items 3 In this section select a size for the project s canvas The Preset sizes button offers multiple popular video sizes including the VGA 720p and 1080p Creating A New Project gt Creating A Project From Images 43 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 While selecting the canvas size keep in mind the size of images you would be using If the canvas is too small for the image the image will be clipped You can re adjust the canvas size after inserting all the images ActivePresenter displays the size of all images which makes it easy to find the largest height width and set the canvas size accordingly 4 This section lets you insert images First click on the amp button to insert an image This pops up a browse window You can nav
117. ation Specify a title for the organization which this item belongs to Title ActivePresenter automatically generates this value from project name However you can enter a difference text Item Title Specify a title for the item ActivePresenter automatically generates this value from project name However you can enter a difference text Exporting To Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation This has two tabs General and Advanced General Options Export To Microsoft PowerPoint Include Objects Started by Event Layout Show Slide Name Full Screen Show Slide Description Use Native Objects Advance Slides Automatic Image gt Color Depth True Colors 24 bit Format PNG y Optimization Level None Output Ternplate Browse Output File C Users Name Documents ActivePresenter Untitled Pov Browse Rendering options Exporting The Project gt Exporting To Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation 116 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Option Remarks Include Include Objects Started by Event Objects Started by Event Layout options Option Remarks Show slide Whether to display the slide names name Full Screen Open the presentation in full screen initially Show slide Whether to render the slide description description Use Native Use Microsoft PowerPoint auto shapes images text boxes and text for Objects representing slide objects Otherwise each
118. ays the On Incorrect type message 3 Apart from this primary behavior the object also has secondary behaviors To set up all behaviors of the object double click on the Target area This launches Event Editor Objects gt Introduction To Objects 234 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 with the object s current settings in the following tabs Keystroke Settings On Correct On Incorrect On Timeout On Rollover and On Rollout Mouse Hover The Mouse Hover is an interactive object It consists of two separate elements as shown below A es ee T In a rendered interactive presentation the object functions as follows When the mouse rolls over the Target area 1 the object displays the Hint message 2 Apart from this primary behavior the object can execute any number of additional tasks as defined in its interaction tabs It responds to two events mouse rollover and rollout Apart from this primary behavior the object also has secondary behaviors To set up all behaviors of the object double click on the Target area This launches Event Editor with the object s current settings in the following tabs On Rollover and On Rollout Question True False The True False type Question is an interactive object Objects gt Introduction To Objects 235 ActivePresenter User Manual By default this object consists of seven separate elements as shown below O Type the question here 2
119. be displayed instead Select a slide image from project Select a slide from the current project itself which will act as a thumbnail Select an image from file Exporting The Project Browse for an image file Exporting To Flash Video 97 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Exporting To HTML SlideShow This has two different options General options and Advanced SCORM General Options Export To HTML SlideShow General Advanced Rendering Options M Include Closed Caption Generate Navigation Guide Page IP Include Cursor Path Generate in Compact Mode C Include Objects Started by Event Color Depth True Colors 24 bit Format PNG Optimization Level Output Location C Users Nagesh Documents ActivePresenter U Cancel These options are divided in three sections as follows Rendering Options Option Remarks Include Closed If this option is selected the images will have CC Caption e Note that if the image size is reduced the captions may not be readable On the contrary they will obstruct whatever little space is left Then it is best to drop it Generate Navigation Create a first page which contains guideline about using hot key to Guide page navigate through the slides Include Cursor Path Deselecting this option will hide the cursor path Exporting The Project gt Exporting To HTML SlideShow 98 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9
120. be careful while resizing the frame e Drag the yellow diamond to change the dimensions appearance of the shape e Use the context menu and change the shape type Objects gt Introduction To Objects 247 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 e Use the context menu to change the style of the shape e Double click on the frame of the shape to launch the Properties window and change its properties e Click on the Properties 2 button to launch the Properties window Now you can edit all the properties of the object in one place e Use the Properties pane in the Editor window to edit most of the properties Text Caption A Text Caption object is a rectangular shape that can contain multi line formatted text In fact the Text Option is a variant of the Shape object where only the text is given prominence and the Fill and Line attributes of the shape are muted Therefore the discussion for shapes applies here too Highlight A Highlight object is used to draw the attention of the viewers to a certain part of the screen Think of a Highlight as a variant of Shape object where the text and border line are removed and the background is made semi transparent 50 transparency Therefore the discussion for shapes applies here too Spotlight A Spotlight object retains the original brightness within the shape and darkens the rest of the screen Thus it is able to instantly draw your attention irresistibly to even a
121. ber of continuous non key frames between key frames When every x frames recording video ActivePresenter will automatically place a key frame every X frames When you change the frame rate ActivePresenter automatically adjusts this setting so that the video will have exactly one key frame every four seconds But you can manually change this rate Key frames are full frames that video player can jump directly to a higher value results in a little bit smaller video size but will make seeking less accurate Also in case of corruption lesser number of frames are lost because the key frames are spaced closer As a compromise the 4 400 range is used Video codec ActivePresenter offers a choice of three codecs 1 Flash Screen Video lossless 2 MPEG1 lossy 3 MPEG2 lossy When the flash codec is selected ActivePresenter stores the whole video data But when you select the MPEG1 or MPEG2 codec ActivePresenter down samples the video data resulting in reduced file size but at the cost of irreversible loss of video detail When you select one of the two lossy codecs ActivePresenter allows you to select a quality level between 1 min and 30 max The higher the number you select the better is the video quality and the larger is the file size Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Capture Profile Editor 152 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Audio Settings This setting contains three
122. bers of slides change when slides are added deleted or shuffled Resources We need multiple items for annotation shapes for the annotation styles for shapes background music pre recorded sounds such as mouse clicks additional video clips etc These are collectively known as resources The resources can be divided into two categories based on their source Preset resources and User resources e The Preset resources are predefined and get installed with the ActivePresenter They cannot be moved renamed or deleted e The User resources are the resources added by the user to the library The User resources can be further divided into two categories based on their availability global and project level e The global resources are available to all ActivePresenter projects e The project level resources are assigned to a particular project and are not available to the other projects How Resources Come Into A Project Resources get into a project in five different ways 1 Pre installed resources bundled with ActivePresenter 2 Resources added by the user from the file system to the Library e g audio video files General gt Basic Screencasting Concepts 17 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 3 Resources added by the user from the file system to the canvas directly e g audio video files If you insert the same file multiple times in the same project the project treats each copy as a different re
123. ble click here Double click here Right click on Sname type Right click on name type Right click on Sname Right click on Sname Right click here Right click here Press Svalue Press Svalue Type Svalue Type Svalue Ctrl Ctrl Shift Shift Alt Alt Prefix Modifiers Restore Defaults Cancel Apply ActivePresenter can generate the text for annotation automatically based on what you are interacting with while capturing For example when you type your User Name into a log in screen ActivePresenter can create a call out which says Type XXX into User Name text box You can easily customize how ActivePresenter generates the annotation text through the settings in this tab With these options you can easily control the annotation contents which are generated Customizing ActivePresenter gt Customizing The Preferences 299 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 automatically by ActivePresenter when capturing There are 3 parameters that you can use to specify dynamic content depends on the context Every parameter has the form XXX in which XXX is the parameter name name This is the name of the item that you are interacting with when capturing For example when you entering your name in a log in screen the text box may have a name like User Name type This is the type of the item that you are interacting with The types of items are provided by the
124. by straight lines between clicks e Curved ActivePresenter preserves the actual movement path and represents it with a B zier curve Cursor shape Click the Change cursor button to see other shapes Select any shape and press OK Click sound This section shows three different sounds which correspond to the clicking sound associated with a Left click a Right click and a Left double click You can use another sound to create a clicking sound The button lets you select a sound from the library e The button lets you delete the current selection The P button lets you play the currently selected sound Click effect This section show three different effects which correspond to the clicking effect associated with a Left click a Right click and a Left double click You can select none circle concentric circles or rectangle effect type For each effect other than none you can also customize effect color opacity and size Customizing ActivePresenter gt Customizing The Preferences 298 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 The Auto Annotation Tab Preferences General Interaction Annotation Auto Annotation Text Hotkeys Miscellaneous Click on 5name type Click on Sname type Click on name Click on Sname Left click here Left click here Double click on name type Double click on 5name type Double click on name Double click on name Dou
125. by clicking on the Speak button Repeat the cycle till you are happy and then press the OK button to exit To generate the TTS audio click the Generate button Using The Resource Pane The Resource Pane provides you with the images audio clips video clips and object styles that are available in the Library and also in the current project There are two benefits of using resources from the Library 1 ActivePresenter does not need a local copy of the resource It simply links the object As you use the resource in more and more projects the total saving in storage area become significant 2 Ifyou use a resource directly from disk ActivePresenter stores a local copy of it If you use the same resource at multiple places within a project ActivePresenter will not maintain a common copy of the object it has no way to compare the incoming objects As a result the same object will be stored multiple times On the other hand if the object is used from the Library all this storage area is freed The Resource pane has three tabs 1 Images Provides Images from Library and current project 2 Audio amp Video Provides audio clips and video clips from Library and current project 3 Styles Provides default styles provided in ActivePresenter and your own customized styles from the current project Let us see these tabs in more details Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Resource Pane 196 ActivePresenter User Manual Ve
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127. ced overlapping You can even select the object from the Timeline itself click on the name or on the Time Bar of the object The following commands change the stacking order Icon Shortcut Function LL CTRL Home Place the selected object at the very top of the stack Lh CTRL PageUp Send the selected object higher by one level in the stack CTRL End td Place the selected object at the very bottom of the stack Li CTRL PageDn Send the selected object lower by one level in the stack Editing A Project gt Editing A Slide 66 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Removing Objects To remove an object follow this two step procedure 1 Select the object by any one of the following methods e Inthe Edit pane click on its outline or e Inthe Timeline pane click anywhere on its row 2 Press the DEL key on the keyboard click on the X button in the main toolbar or use the Edit gt Delete menu option Editing Objects The objects can be edited in different ways 1 Change the physical properties position on screen size fill outline colors transparency shadow etc 2 Change the text inside the object especially text in questions Text caption closed caption etc See Appendix Objects for details Moving The Objects In Timeline In a presentation the timely entry and exit of each object is all important Therefore you must adjust the ti
128. ch Extend object duration to match the duration of generated audio Ask Yes E No Save external resource Link resources wrth file size greater than 50 MB Restore Defaults The options on this tab are as follows Automatic Updates Selecting the Automatically Check for Updates option allows ActivePresenter to contact its server to check for updates automatically Customizing ActivePresenter gt Customizing The Preferences 303 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 If enabled ActivePresenter will periodically check for updates when started Connection settings In order to connect to the internet ActivePresenter needs the connection settings When you click this button a dialog pops up and offers the following options e No proxy e Use system settings default e Manual configuration Check with your admin and set the values Log section Provides logging related options Logs are important for troubleshooting Enable logging If you disable this option no logs will be kept Log Ul level Select the log level that will be displayed Only log messages which have severity level that is higher or equal to the selected level will be displayed The other logs will be written to the log file silently Verbose mode In verbose mode more details are captured This is better for troubleshooting Log level There are five levels 1 Fatal error most severe level 2
129. corect M Incomplete Complete Retry Timeout Hint Abc Abc Highlight Question Answer Closed Cap Blue Lime Purple Aqua Spotlight Feedback Trial This is achieved by setting a different color transparency text shadow and line thickness for each type of object The combination of all these attributes is called Style You can edit the default styles all objects using those styles will take the new look and create new styles and apply to any of the objects Right click on any object and from the context menu select the Style option Objects gt General Properties Of Objects 231 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 A Properties window pops up which allows you to change the style of the object Introduction To Objects In this section we will see the properties that are unique to each object Mouse Click The Mouse click is an interactive object By default a Mouse click object consists of three separate elements as shown below Congratulations your answeris comect Sorry youransweris K not correct A i You can optionally add a Hint message and a Timeout message The object works as follows When the interactive presentation is played this object displays only the Target area element 1 and waits for the user to click anywhere in the slide You can prompt the user to click in a specific area by inserting a shape with some guidance Change the Show in Mo
130. ct the style to be replaced and the style which should take its place You will need to define the replacement style in advance 2 Select the slides where you want this effect You can select all slides current slide or specific slides The check box at the bottom includes objects that are shared over multiple slides Changing Object Transitions In A Batch Operation The transitions of an object is a matter of personal taste Therefore you may have set the transitions according to your taste Now suppose your boss does not like it How to change them now Worry not ActivePresenter helps you to change the transition effects in all objects or only for the selected objects in one stroke using a batch operation Use the Edit gt Change Transition Effects for Multiple Objects menu option A window opens Editing A Project gt Editing A Slide 70 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Change Transition E fects Enr r i Transition Effects Direction From Left Duration tris 500 Direction To Left For Objects Annotations Interactions Messages E 5hape Mouse Click Pl Correct E Text Caption Mouse Hover E Incorrect El Highlight Button Hint FF Image Text Box E Complete FP Video E Key Stroke E Incomplete E Question Timeout Select All Deselect All In Slides All Slides A 5 Current Slide 5 Specified Slides Cancel
131. cursor for each of those interim points When rendered this line will keep changing the cursor shape along the way Also note how graceful the movement is thanks to use of four control points Objects gt Introduction To Objects 252 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Now let us manipulate the same cursor movement in time The following screenshot shows the actual movement on the screen and corresponding Timeline view BH het ii The screenshot shows the 3 segment with four instants 1 4 marked on both the canvas and the Timeline From the Timeline we can see that 1 The purple vertical line starts the life of the segment 2 The instant when the cursor starts moving is marked with a red vertical line During the 1 2 gap the cursor is at rest there is no movement this is the Start Duration of the cursor Objects gt Introduction To Objects 253 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 The green line spans the duration of cursor movement 3 The instant when the cursor stops moving is marked with a second red vertical line During the 3 4 gap the cursor is at rest there is no movement this is the End Duration of the cursor 4 The second purple vertical line denotes the end of the segment Adding A Click Point The diamond on the Timeline shows a click point This is where ActivePresenter simulates a click by producing a click sound and click effect
132. d Choose between e No Report Do not send report Email Send report through email e HTTP Send report through HTTP request Format Choose between the reporting formats e XML Document e JSON JavaScript Object Notation Email HTTP This is the HTTP URL or email address that receives the report If the address to receive method is HTTP this is the address of a server side script that will process the report data the data is either in XML or JSON format For more details see Appendix Reporting Options Pass Condition This condition is used to determine the overall pass fail result of the student when he takes a test Condition Choose between Exporting The Project gt Exporting To Flash Simulation 134 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 e Percents of correct answers e Points gained e Number of correct answers Minimum value Set a numerical value no range Free setting e Note that if you select percentage then this value cannot exceed 100 Misc Options In this tab define how the presentation would end General Adwanced Misc Presentation End Behavior Ask to restart or close presentation in Demonstration and Tutorial mode Show report in Practice and Test mode The following options are offered Exporting The Project gt Exporting To Flash Simulation 135 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Ask to restart or close presentation in De
133. de property of the object to make it invisible in unchecked modes by default the object is invisible in Practice and Test mode You can also change the object s style Fill Line Text Shadow to make it always invisible in all modes The User action must be the same as one of events defined in the Mouse Click tab of the Event Editor otherwise On Incorrect message is displayed For example if the predefined event is CTRL Left Click but user clicks on the Target area without holding down the CTRL key he is doing it incorrectly Apart from this primary behavior the object also has secondary behaviors To set up all behaviors of the object double click on the Target area This launches Event Editor with the object s current settings in the following tabs Mouse click Settings On Correct On Incorrect On Timeout On Rollover and On Rollout Objects gt Introduction To Objects 232 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Note that you can make the Target area invisible by setting the line to None in the Properties pane if you don t want to reveal the correct click area to the user However this is not recommended Use the Show In Mode property of the object That is more flexible and useful especially when you want to show the object in some modes e g Demonstration and Tutorial but hide the object in other modes e g Practice and Test For example suppose you want to show a world map and quiz the user about where a
134. deo in Video2 object is frozen and an audio commentary is introduced in the paused duration During this time two annotation shapes are also displayed on the screen and two closed caption lines appear While the video is paused all these other objects are played normally Note that you can insert any number of Freeze frame controls in a video clip This allows you to pause the video any number of times and explain those frames to your viewers Pausing An Audio Track Inserting Silence When a Freeze frame control is inserted in an audio track it inserts an interval of silence When the slide is played in preview mode or exported the host audio clip is paused for the duration of the Freeze frame control s duration However the other objects in the slide are played normally Normally you would apply this effect only to a significant audio track that needs to be synchronized with the visual part of the presentation for example you would not need it for a background music track A typical example is to re sync a stand alone commentary track with the rest of the slide by holding it off for a few seconds Objects gt Introduction To Objects 277 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Menus And Shortcuts In this appendix the menus toolbar buttons and default keyboard shortcuts are listed Note that ActivePresenter allows you to customize the keyboard shortcuts Project Menu
135. des and slide objects time setting but also supports interactive capability User must use mouse or keyboard to interact with interactive objects on each slide ActivePresenter will assess user response and execute associated actions which are defined in authoring time Practice Mode This mode is similar to Tutorial mode except it has options to create and send report about user result to specified Email or HTTP address Besides if user fails to perform expected interaction the interactive object will be displayed if it is hidden before Test Mode This is similar to the Practice mode but when user fails to perform properly the interactive object won t be displayed if it is hidden before Furthermore the author can limit the maximum time which users are allowed to complete the test Frame Rate To create an illusion of animation consecutive images frames show the action in small progression in quick succession The brain is tricked into believing that these discrete images show a single continuous motion This is the technique behind motion video The frequency rate at which the frames are displayed is called the Frame Rate The normal frame rate is in the range of 20 30 frames s The three commonly used frame rate standards in the TV and movie making business are 24 25 and 30 fps e Higher rates means more frames are required per second to produce the same animation which in turn will increase the file size e Lower ra
136. dio mp3 Ogg wav wma file from the disk The name of the audio resource appears in the box You can edit this name The button is used to remove an existing resource so that you can insert another resource The playback section allows you to play the track The Edit button loads the audio source in Audio Editor where you can do basic editing 2 This is the recording section where you can create an audio resource by recording your Objects gt Introduction To Objects 270 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 own sound Typically your commentary The drop down list allows you to select the input device which depends on the hardware you use Line input Mic input etc The e button starts the recording The button stops the recording The button lets you adjust the level of input sound The Calibrate Input button lets you calibrate the input sound level so that you do not have either too faint a sound or a distorted sound The calibration is explained here 3 This section converts text to sound Click in the box and type any text here Alternatively copy text from other document or web page and paste it here Now press the Generate button The generated audio appears in the top section of the window 1 If you want you can adjust the TTS settings by clicking on the Settings button This pops up another window Text To Speech Settings Voice Default Speed 0 Volume Selec
137. dio Editor This is a five step process 1 Open a project of any type or open an existing project Don t worry about its parameters because the project will not be changed in any way Insert the audio that is to be edited Now you can edit this track in one or more of the following 1 Edit the track using the Range Edit commands 2 Insert silence of any duration you want 3 Adjust the volume of the track between any selected moments 4 Join the track with other audio tracks Right click on the icon in the Canvas pane or its time bar in the Timeline pane From the context menu that appears select the Export To File option o If you had split the audio track in Step 3 you can save any or all of those parts individually Close the project without saving ActivePresenter As TTS Generator This is a five step process 1 Open a project of any type or open an existing project Don t worry about its parameters because the project will not be changed in any way Select the Annotation gt Audio gt Create New menu option Or click on the arrow of the Je toolbar button and select Create New option In the Audio window that pops up type some text or copy from another document in its Text To Speech section at bottom and press the Generate button This converts the text to speech and inserts a new audio track in the slide Da Right click on the icon in the Canvas pane or its time bar in the Timeli
138. e You also have to add some explanatory elements Objects to the video Adding these objects to the original screen recording is called annotation You have the option to insert annotations at two stages 1 Annotation during capture phase In a typical capture project you would be interacting with the target application by clicking on its menus and buttons pressing hot keys and entering text ActivePresenter has the option to automatically insert annotation shapes where you have clicked or when you press any keys on the keyboard Optionally ActivePresenter can actually insert the description of your actions e g left click right click in the inserted shape 2 Annotation during edit phase Annotation during edit phase is done by various methods e Superimposing different shapes on the video e g a circle ellipse around a button a rectangle around a control etc e Inserting comments with call outs and text boxes e Inserting audio video clips e Adding your own commentary also called voice over e Adding subtitles and closed captions Annotation During Capture Phase ActivePresenter has the ability to create appropriate annotations for mouse and keyboard operations while capturing Along with how to generate the annotation content one of the main issues is choosing the right shape and placing it at the right position General gt Basic Screencasting Concepts 20 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1
139. e the actions defined in the On incomplete tab are executed which typically is to display the On incomplete response 6 Apart from this primary behavior the object also has secondary behaviors To set up all behaviors of the main object double click on the frame 1 This launches Event Editor with the object s current settings in the following tabs Settings On Correct On Incorrect On Incomplete and On Timeout You have to set up the behavior of each button separately Double click on the button to launch Event Editor with the button s current settings in the following tabs On Click On Rollover and On Rollout Question Multiple Choice The Multiple choice type Question is an interactive object The default Multiple choice object consists of seven separate elements as shown below 2 O Type the question here Congratulations your Type the answer here answeris correct Type the answer here SOmy your answeris not correct Type the answer here Type the answer here 99 You Must answer before continuing Submit gt Obj ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 However you have the option to add remove answers add a Hint message and three buttons Clear Skip and Back which function as follows Clear Clear all user input on the question e g make text fields empty uncheck radio button check box Skip Go to the next slide
140. e Library item will not be affected But if the original file is large storing it directly in the Library or project will consume more disk space than necessary severely reduce the performance and prone to errors that might corrupt the Library or project In that case ActivePresenter doesn t store the original file directly in the Library or project but maintains its own copy of the original file and creates a link in the Library or project which points to its own copy This parameter defines the threshold above which ActivePresenter will create a link to the resource instead of storing the original file directly inside the Library or project Customizing ActivePresenter gt Customizing The Preferences 305 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Whats New All changes are tagged to identify their source Tag What it means New A new feature was introduced in the latest ActivePresenter Modified An existing feature was modified enhanced in the latest ActivePresenter Added The earlier version of manual missed a feature detail Corrected Mistake in an earlier version of manual is corrected now In the table below click on the page number in the left column to jump to the changed text Use your pdf reader s Back button to return here Page What s new 36 Modified Capture New Project dialog is redesigned 147 Modified Capture Profile Editor 223 Modified Using the Calibrate
141. e button to launch the Event Editor In the rendered presentation the object functions as follows The question 2 all answers 3 and the buttons 6 are displayed The answers are shuffled randomly each time the question shows The user is expected to drag and drop the answers so that they have the same order as the author placed them Apart from this primary behavior the object also has secondary behaviors To set up all behaviors of the object double click on the Target area This launches Event Editor with the object s current settings in the following tabs Settings On Correct On Incorrect and On Objects gt Introduction To Objects 246 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Timeout You have to set up the behavior of each button separately Double click on the button to launch Event Editor with the button s current settings in the following tabs On Click On Rollover and On Rollout shape ActivePresenter offers a dozen shapes You can insert any of them Rectangle Rounded Rectangle Rectangle Callout Rounded Rectangle Callout Right Arrow Lett Arrow Up Arrow Ta IA T Down Arrow A Oval Callout Cross Oval Diamond CAOR After inserting a shape you can do the following e Double click inside the shape and enter text e Drag the shape to a new position e Drag the handles to resize the shape If you make the shape too small some text may be clipped or hidden Therefore
142. e effect i e make the volume normal follow this procedure Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Timeline 219 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 1 Click on the a button to turn on the snap mode 2 Click anywhere on the Ruler which starts a new range 3 Now drag it to the red mark on the left thanks to the snap mode it will snap to the marker 4 Now drag the End marker of the range to the red marker on the right thanks to the snap mode it will snap to the marker 0 13 5 Click on the arrow in the T button and select the Restore Original Volume option The effect of the Adjust Volume control is removed and the original sound is restored Productivity Tips For Timeline Most of the editing work is accomplished in the Canvas and Timeline panes Therefore it is important to learn some productivity tricks First force yourself to use and memorize the hotkeys Although this may look difficult at the beginning it will be very rewarding on long term as you will be able to work in Timeline at much higher speeds Here is a Summary of hotkeys used in Timeline Hotkey Function Home Moves the Playhead to the beginning of slide End Moves the Playhead to the end of slide LeftArrow e When no objects are selected Moves the Playhead to the left e When objects are selected Moves the selected objects to Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Timeline 220 ActivePresen
143. e from the drop down list All images that have a common group name are considered interchangeable and ActivePresenter will automatically select the image that fits inside the canvas even when the click spot is close to the boundary of the slide canvas Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using Image Resource Properties Window 184 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 4 Define the cursor hotspot This is the hotspot position not direction for the cursor The x and y dimensions are from the origin point x 0 y 0 of the image which is located on the top left corner of the shape as shown below 0 0 pm x axis y axis The anchor point hotspot is shown as x y vis a vis the origin 0 0 Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using Image Resource Properties Window 185 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 The Text Margin Tab The Text Margin tab has the following controls Image Resource Properties Text Margin 1 This drop down menu has two settings for the zoom level Actual size 100 and fit to window 2 The margin between the image and the nearest text is defined here If the image is surrounded by text then the distance between the image and the text would be automatically maintained as per these limits Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using Image Resource Properties Window 186 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Using The Properties Window You can change the visual
144. e input box over this blank area of the answer Re size the input Objects gt Introduction To Objects 244 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 box size position text style etc as required When the user responds the presentation compares the input text strings with the reference answers which are previously defined by the author e Ifthe answer is correct the actions defined in On Correct tab are taken which typically is to display the On Correct response 4 e Ifthe answer is incorrect the actions defined in On Incorrect tab are taken which typically is to display the On Incorrect response 5 e lf the user tries to leave the answer incomplete the actions defined in the On Incomplete tab are executed which typically is to display the On Incomplete response 6 Apart from this primary behavior the object also has secondary behaviors To set up the general behaviors of the object double click on the Target area This launches Event Editor with the object s current settings in the following tabs Settings On Correct On Incorrect On Incomplete and On Timeout To set up the reference text for each answer double click on each input box mewii E Note To reach the input box you may have to click on the answer first and then click on the input box Once the input box is selected you can double click on it This launches Event Editor with the current settings for this specific answer Each tab of the Even
145. e right side of the playhead position is transferred to the second new slide e Ifthe playhead position lies in the middle of a time bar of an object that time bar is split at the playhead position and the latter part is transferred to the second new slide The Time Bar The time bar of an object represents its existence along the time axis Slide Closed Caption Shape T For example the screenshot above shows that Shape 1 will appear on the canvas at 4 second after the current slide starts playing It will be displayed till the 10 second which happens to be till the end of the slide On the other hand the closed captions the first object in the list appears for just four seconds and vanishes The length of a Time Bar represents the duration of the corresponding element e The background image is an exception It has no Time Bar in the Timeline view because it remains unchanged You cannot vary its properties over time Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Timeline 206 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Position Of A Drag n Dropped Resource When you drag and drop an audio video image file inside the Canvas pane its time bar will start at the Playhead position Therefore place the Playhead properly before such drag n drop operations Even if you had forgotten to do this don t worry Simply drag the time bar of the object to its desired position in the Timeline C
146. e the practice or test SlideCount Number of slides in the presentation Taken Number of slides which user has taken Correct Number of slides which user has performed action correctly without any help Wrong Number of slides which user has performed action incorrectly or using Exporting The Project gt Reporting Options 136 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 help Points Points mark user has gained through the practice or test only correct action gains points MaxPoints Maximum points which user can gain in the practice or test by taking correctly all slides Percent Points over MaxPoints in percentage Points MaxPoints 100 Result The practice or test assessment based on pass condition e For human readable passed or failed e For computer true or false User passes the practice or test if his her result greater than or equal the minimum required result The result can be points which user gained points gained over maximum points in percentage or number of correct answer Details Detail result for each slide consists of slide index number of user attempts for the slide and slide result Report Formats Report formats are chosen based on how they are transmitted e Plain text or CSV for email sending e XML or JSON for HTTP sending Report In Plain Text Report data is formatted in plain text for human reading The language can be selected when exporting B
147. eaieds 286 TASEN ral Ta 6 ee mentee heen tea vein Prt UR e te 288 Tee aro a secs ahah O teen ta deenate ahh A tance led raha ate Aoi hire ete tea mente ae oka e 290 TMeAnnota ton Ta Dista ai 292 co E en eee eee ee eee 293 E ene eee ee ee ee 296 SOUND Elements raa a a a e eon caw needa EO 297 TACAUOANNOAUON TaD eana o e dEl ete 299 The Hot keys TaD enra a dahil uke na inert ann ensens ae 301 The Miscellaneous TD satis a oca 303 What S NA da 306 Table of Contents gt Table of Contents 8 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 About This Manual Structure Of The Manual The manual contains the following sections Section Contents About this Structure of the manual This section manual Intended audience Who can use this manual Terms used explanation of the jargon used in this manual Disclaimer Read carefully Copyrights Copyright of the ActivePresenter and the products used with ActivePresenter Version numbering How to recognize the version of ActivePresenter and this manual What is new in this version of User Manual List of latest changes General Basic Screen casting Concepts A glimpse of how ActivePresenter works under the hood Overview of ActivePresenter Feature comparison between ActivePresenter versions System Requirements Your system must have these resources Installing ActivePresenter How to install update and upgrade ActivePresenter The multi tier help system How to get help w
148. eak loudly as if you are addressing a small audience in a large room Monitor the audio level as you record most of the green LEDs should be visible but not the orange red Adjust the sound level from time to time Remember also that if you are recording in multiple sessions you will have to set up the sound level for each session Never play a background music while you record a narration It is best to add the background music separately so that you can adjust its relative volume precisely If you are using paper sheets for script ensure that they do not rustle when you turn the pages Splitting A Slide Sometimes you will need to split a slide into two or mode slides ActivePresenter allows you to split a slide at a chosen point You can split a given slide any number of times Refer to the Using The Timeline appendix for details Editing Project Properties Project properties fall in two categories 1 Properties of the project such as size of the canvas total number of slides and the total run time for the presentation the size of the project file the date on which the project was created and last modified This information is provided by ActivePresenter and is non editable 2 Properties that you can edit such as the author s name and any remarks that you may wish to attach to the project s file such as client name conference detail the type of outputs for this project etc To see the project properties use the
149. earn any points 2 The Score by answer check box allows you to specify different scores for different answers When you click in this check box the Points column is activated in the pane below and at the same time the Points control at the top is disabled Now you can double click in any cell in the Value column and enter any string In this example if the user enters Bangalore he will earn 5 points and if he enters London he will earn 4 points Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Event Editor 165 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 3 The Action by answer check box allows you to define a different action for each answer When you click in this check box the Actions column is activated in the pane below Now you can double click in any cell in the Actions column and select an action from the drop down list Notice that our example shows three actions if the user enters Bangalore o First execute a specified JavaScript o Jump to slide 3 and then o Pause the presentation 4 These buttons are used to organize the entries in the bottom pane The ar button adds a new action to the selected row e If you had clicked in the Event column this button adds an event e If you had clicked in the Action column this button adds an action within the same event In this way you can associate multiple actions with a given event The button removes the selected row e If you had clicked in the Event row this
150. ect is quite different from other object types 1 Actually a CC object is a virtual entity It is the aggregate of all CC lines that appear in a given slide It does not have a shape of its own 2 All CC lines in a slide are part of a single CC object 3 You cannot have more than one CC object in a slide On the other hand a slide may not have CC object 4 You can not change the position of the CC lines 5 The visual attributes for all CC objects can be only set globally in the project You cannot set a different visual attribute for each CC object Objects gt Introduction To Objects 258 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 In other words if you change the style of the CC on one slide it will be applied to the CC in all other slides of that project 6 Usually a CC line is also converted into speech When converted all lines of a CC object produce a combined single audio object To add a CC line s to slide you have to launch the Closed Caption Editor from Annotation gt Closed Caption menu or by clicking on the ES button in the toolbar The following window is launched Closed Caption Editor Text Time CL2 Ist row Start Time 2500 CL2 2nd row End Time 5000 Change focus to text editor when selecting a caption Text To Speech Start Time ms End Time ms EX Voice Speed Volume 110 cal 30 2 2500 5 CL2 Ist row lt br gt CL2 2nd row 78 3 6000 cL 30 Speech Audio mE 00 00 00 00
151. ect on the Timeline Timeline also lets you play the current slide to check the effect of your adjustments You can play the slide for only a selected portion of the Timeline to focus on what happens during that slice of time You can also play the slide in loop mode endless play You can play the slide and record your voice in real time The Using The Timeline appendix explains the functioning of Timeline in detail 7 The Properties pane lets you edit all the physical and behavioral properties of the object that is selected in either the Canvas Pane or the Timeline Pane When you select any property its explanation appears at the bottom of the pane 8 The Status Line shows the current state of the project and the zoom level currently used Editing A Project gt Overview Of The Editing Process 52 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 in the Canvas pane The Editing Process The project is edited in three distinct steps 1 Project level editing Since the project is made up of slides we essentially deal with slides in this step Sort the slides in the correct order remove redundant slides get slides from other projects name all slides and add new slides to bridge a gap in the presentation This is the stage where you populate a blank project by inserting slides from other project types This is also the stage where you can insert the non predominant type of content in any project for example in a capture
152. ected The left side of all objects will get aligned with the eft of the reference object Their vertical position will not be affected The center of all objects will get aligned with the center of the reference object Their vertical position will not be affected The right side of all objects will get aligned with the right of the reference object Their vertical position will not be affected ES The entire group of object will move to the center of the canvas vertically The relative position of the group members will not be changed 4 The entire group of object will move to the center of the canvas horizontally The relative position of the group members will not be changed n Make the horizontal spaces between selected objects equal Editing A Project gt Editing A Slide 64 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 This command works only when more than two objects are selected Make the horizontal spaces between selected objects equal This command works only when more than two objects are selected Resizing Objects To A Reference Object The following commands also work on a group of objects again the last selected object is the reference object Icon Function al The height of all other objects is adjusted to match the height of the reference object The width of all other objects is adjusted to match the width of the reference object
153. ed in the Properties pane actual end of slide When a snapping takes place ActivePresenter shows an orange vertical line at that point of time to draw your attention Now it is up to you whether to drop the dragged element there or keep dragging This helps us to synchronize the dragged element precisely with some other element in the Timeline The following experiment shows what happens when drag the object s time bar from right to left Figure 1 highlights all elements that are snappable The red marker in the slide s time bar marks the original duration of the slide and it is a snappable element too However the slide s actual duration appears to extend beyond this red marker because as soon as dragged the object s time bar to the right for this experiment ActivePresenter automatically extended the slide s duration to accommodate this object In the subsequent figures different elements snap together as shown with an orange vertical line The object s time bar gives little jumps at these points If you release the LMB it will lock there Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Timeline 211 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 0 00 0 05 zr 1 0 13 840 0 21 0 25 0 30 0 35 0 4 ES O _ _ a _ _ _ gt gt _ z gt lt A AAG2 252 lt _ a A 0 35 0 4 0 35 0 4 0 35 0 4 Using The Range Edit Commands The Timeline pane has four R
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155. elow is an example of plain text report in English Here is a sample Presentation Demo Description Project for Demonstration Date Fri May 25 11 28 31 GMT 0700 2012 UserID test Total Time 0h 0m 30s Total Slides 2 Taken Slides 2 Exporting The Project gt Reporting Options 137 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Total Interactions 2 Taken Interactions 2 Correct 2 Points 2 2 Percentage 100 Result Passed At least 80 required 1 Slide 1 ID 1 4 Attempts 1 Points 1 Max Points 1 Result Correct Interaction Type Text Box Answer demo 2 Slide 2 ID 2_ 1 Attempts 1 Points 1 Max Points 1 Result Correct Interaction Type Multiple Choice Answer 1 Report In CSV Format The report is formatted as CSV Comma Separated Values This format is suitable for importing into MS Excel Here is a sample Presentation Description Date UserID Total Time Total Slides Taken Slides Total Interactions Taken Interactions Correct Points Max Points Percentage Result Demo Project for Demonstration Fri May 25 11 46 11 GMT 0700 2012 test 30 2 2 N2N Von 2 2 2 100 Passed 4 Slide ID Attempts Points Max Points Result Interaction Type Answer l are l ae 1 4 l ae l m l Correct Text Box demo Die O ifa l iri l ai l Correct Multiple Choice 1 Report In XML Format The
156. ences 290 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 The following properties can be edited depending on which element is selected some of these options may not be shown Option What it does Autofit text Automatically enlarges the outline of the shape till the text fits inside the shape Change text Launches the Text Editor window and allows you to enter a message in rich text format Change shape Lets you change the shape for the element Change style Lets you change the style of the element Style is the combination of attributes for line fill shadow and text Preview Shows how the element will look with all the new settings Preferred size width height Sets the default width and height Timing Duration Sets the default timing for the element as shown on the Timeline Transition effects Allows you to select effect for entry and exit of the object in the slide when rendered Show in mode State whether you want to show this element in the Demonstration Tutorial Practice and Test modes Default Action In edit mode when you insert any interaction object ActivePresenter automatically adds one action to be performed by default see the Event Editor You can use this control to choose the action that will be inserted as default Scoring Max attempts points After the viewer has exceeded the maximum allowed attempts the interaction is abandoned and t
157. er are posted at the website on a quarterly basis approximately The new versions have many exciting features To update an existing version of ActivePresenter just download the latest version of the executable and run it by double clicking on it There is no need to first uninstall the older version Or you can simply use the Check for Updates function in the Help Menu ActivePresenter will check if there are new updates and do the updating automatically Upgrading To upgrade your license please contact the support group Uninstalling The standard way to uninstall the ActivePresenter from your computer is to use the Control pane of your Windows go to the Programs and Features option and select ActivePresenter from the application list and follow the instructions to uninstall Alternatively open the folder in which you ve installed ActivePresenter double click on the unins000 exe file and follow the instructions to complete the uninstallation The Multi tier Help System ActivePresenter has a multi tier help system as described below Tooltips ActivePresenter has a tooltip system that explains the purpose of all toolbar buttons Hover your mouse pointer on any button and a short description pops Up User Manual If you press F1 at any time this user Manual pdf file pops up to provide the ultimate reference on all topics Demo The best way to learn any product is to watch as someone is actu
158. er in his last attempt recall that the number of attempts is defined in the Settings tab then ActivePresenter will display Incorrect message All attempt action then continue the presentation Last attempt action e In all the attempts including the last attempt if the user has provided an incorrect answer ActivePresenter will display the Incorrect message 2 These buttons are used to organize the list of actions The ar button adds a new entry in the pane The button removes the selected entry The if and buttons move the selected row up and down in the stack The On Incomplete Tab This tab is used in the Text Box True False Multiple Choice Multiple Response Essay Fill in Blank and Fill in Multiple Blank interactions Event Editor Choice Settings On Correct n Incorrect On Incomplete On Timeout Actions to be performed when the answer is incomplete Action Show Object Incomplete Message 54 Cancel It defines the behavior when the user has not completed his answer The GUI works as follows Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Event Editor 174 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 1 The actions are listed in a stack They are executed in the order of appearance top to bottom In this example if the user has provided an incomplete answer ActivePresenter will display the Incomplete message 54 ActivePresenter provides internal reference numbers to each message T
159. erPoint presentation This is equivalent to launching a new PowerPoint project but with the difference that the newly created slides are inserted in the current project rather than opening up a new project The new slides from this instant PowerPoint project are inserted after the current slide The procedure is same as launching a new PowerPoint project Removing A Slide To delete a slide select it in the Slides pane either in the Thumbnails or in the Titles tab and press DEL e For deleting you can also click on the XX button in the main toolbar or use the Edit gt Delete menu option e To delete multiple slides at a time select those slides by using CTRL Click and or SHFT Click and then delete them There are a number of reasons for discarding a few slides 1 The presentation is too long 2 Some slides repeat paraphrase stretch the same contents Remember n the world of presentations less is more 3 Some slides are irrelevant for the current presentation But always remember that you need not throw them away on a permanent basis Indeed you may find them useful on another occasion Here are a couple of tricks to solve this dilemma 1 Save a backup copy of project and then start deleting the slides Effectively you will be creating two different versions of the same presentation one full version and a few abridged versions If you want to follow this approach it would be best to do this at the very end
160. ere is a trick Use another zoom n pan object to zoom back to normal 3 d A i ere Click te Re size it to cover the entire canvas On the Timeline place it apart so that you have a few seconds of close up at the minaret the camera should not start Zooming out abruptly Set its duration so that the zooming out is smooth and unhurried it should not be too fast The combined effect of the two zoom n pan objects will be what you need Closed Caption The closed captions CC are exactly like subtitles you see during a movie Actually the key term is Captions The qualifier term closed means that the user and not the author has the power to display or hide the CC lines Objects gt Introduction To Objects 257 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 The above screenshot shows only one CC line which typically lasts for a few seconds on screen A typical slide would have tens or hundreds of such CC lines All of those CC lines belong to one single CC object The screenshot below shows three CC lines in the Timeline pane The duration of each line is shown with a yellow rectangle time bar All of them are part of a single CC object gt line is usually a short single line sentence But a CC line may span over multiple lines This is an example of a 2 line CC line All CC lines in a slide are part of a single CC object Timeline a e Closed Caption 7 PO A CC obj
161. es to be viewed in a browser PDF Document Slides are exported as images and embedded in PDF format Microsoft Word Slides are exported as shapes text and images and inserted in a doc docx file Now this file can be edited further in Microsoft Word or LibreOffice Writer Microsoft Excel Slides are exported as shapes text and images and inserted in a xIs xIsx file Now this file can be edited further in Microsoft PowerPoint or LibreOffice Calc Microsoft PowerPoint Slides are converted into PowerPoint slides This exported ppt pptx file can be edited further in Microsoft PowerPoint or LibreOffice Impress AJAX Simulation Presentation is exported as a set of HTML files with AJAX Asynchronous JavaScript and XML content to be viewed in a browser Exporting The Project gt Overview Of Exporting Options 86 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Flash Simulation Presentation is exported as a set of HTML files with Flash content to be viewed in a browser These options are explained in detail below Exporting To Images Typical uses of exported images are to create brochures handouts and posters for the training Images are also useful to translate the training in another format such as PowerPoint General Options Export To Images General Advanced Rendering Options IP Include Closed Caption IP Include Objects Started by Event Include Cursor Path Image Color Depth True Co
162. et application must be running at this time If not launch it now and re size its window as desired ActivePresenter displays the following window Capture New Project Capture Area Audio Input ae Fa J paa sze 900 Ax W Device Microphone Realtek Higl E H l Y W Lock to application Volume A Full Screen Custom ActivePresenter Adwa E W Record System Audio The screen has three parts 1 The Capture Area section allows you to specify a region on computer screen to capture 2 The Audio Input section contains options for recording audio in the capture session ActivePresenter supports recording system audio and Microphone or another audio input device simultaneously 3 On the very right of the window a Start Capture button the big red one is provided and at the bottom right corner of the window is the More Options button Let us see how these sections work The Capture Area Section This section include two main options are described below 1 The Custom option allows you to select any rectangle region on screen to capture Creating A New Project gt Creating A Capture Project 36 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Capture New Project Capture rea p Size 900 Ex e7 E e u L v Lock to application Full Screen Custom O ActivePresenter Adwa E In this mode a floating green rectangle shows the capture area The fancy cross hair in the middle is j
163. ets eae ele 226 ObJecto WI btn tate a isa 231 Introalction TOODE CS a ia dias 232 MOUSS lc ette io il tesis 232 o A A ener eres rene 233 o secs ancai sat cotus and pbacdun shed diodtnabatcaebesecacnsemeeacns 234 MOUSE TIOV Cette e dl e dd o ees 235 Question Tue Falta acorta ianbcacoO 235 Table of Contents gt Table of Contents 6 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Questione Malper GOI E acres ova ccc a a a a a O E 237 Question Multiple RESPONSE irre a EA a 238 Question ESS AY assa a a 240 Question FILA Wine BAIK o 242 Questior Fiki Multiple Blank acc alas 243 Questo Sequence a a ean 245 a a E UE O A E eRe E NAE ne er ee E ET 247 10 0 g ree tert cee pte aioe eee E T E 248 A 0 e se aces A EE 248 SP IE 248 A A A A et ee Tene ee eee aes ne ee eee een eed 249 CS OF E sie ct a loco 249 Adding A GICK POIN tie dd tds 254 Composing A Mou se Paliani a O da deat ae ee aro 254 Continuation Of Cursor Path Between Slides ccooccccooconccnnncononncnononononnnonnncnononononconaronannnnons 254 A eee es 255 Ss a a a a suchuseteatach saseogseeeacataanssansecee 257 Adjusting Closed Captions In The Slide ccooocccoccconoconococononononononcnnononncnnonononannnonanonenaninon 261 Converting All Closed Captions To Speech ooocccoccccoccnccccnccncnononnnonononononncnonnnnonnnncnnnnnnnnnnonnnnncnnnnns 263 Miscellaneous PS isa 265 o 5 io snict asin sescabciaheaganaie E E ieandee A a A 266 SEN NI
164. ew Project option Creating A New Project gt Creating A Blank Project 44 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 A New Project window pops up Select the fourth Blank Project option Immediately the right side of the window changes to show the relevant options as shown below Project 1 Mame Untitled Save in D Data Downloads Untitled appro Slide Number of blank slides you would like to create Blank Project The various sections of this window work as follows 1 The Blank Project option 2 Inthis section select a name for the new project Also the folder where the project is to be saved Keep in mind that you are likely to insert a wide variety of objects images video clips etc in a blank project All these files will be saved in the project folder The disk must have enough space to accommodate these items 3 In this section select a size for the project s canvas The Preset sizes button offers multiple popular video sizes including the VGA 720p and 1080p Keep in mind the largest item you would be inserting in the project and adjust the canvas size accordingly 4 This section lets you insert any number of slides This is just for convenience You can add new slides at any time later Click the OK button to launch the project Since this type of project does not have any content all content has to be added using editing techniques described in the next chapter Creat
165. ew capture project is displayed here 4 You can remove the assigned hot key 5 To assign a new hot key to the function first click in the input box and then press the hot key In this example we have pressed CTRL C which is automatically captured and displayed in the input box In fact ActivePresenter detected that this hot key is currently assigned to the copy function Now you have two options Either try another hot key and repeat the cycle or press the Add button to re assign the CTRL C hot key to start a new capture project function Naturally this hot key will no longer be assigned to the copy function 6 If your experiments go haywire you can always restore to the defaults by pressing this button All your hot key customization will be removed Customizing ActivePresenter gt Customizing The Preferences 302 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 The Miscellaneous Tab This tab is a catch all tab It contains program options that could not be placed in the other tabs Preferences General Interaction Annotation Auto Annotation Text Hotkeys Miscellaneous Automatic Updates Automatically Check for Updates Connection Settings Log Settings Enable Logging Log UI Level Warning Verbose Mode Log Level Message bd Confirmation Settings Warning none ANSI path when export Show dialog when converting shape s text to speech Show dialog when converting closed caption s text to spee
166. ew settings do not take effect till you have saved the profile Once you create a new profile it will be available in the Capture New project window The tabs are described below Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Capture Profile Editor 147 ActivePresenter User Manual The General Tab This tab allows you to make generic choices for the capture settings below FMR Audio Cursor Annotation Hotkeys n AAA H lo Lj Capture Profile Profile Name Full Motion Recording FMR Description Record full motion video for demonstration Capture Type 0 Smart Capture Capture screenshots whenever you type or click Automatically use FMR for Drag and Drop Actions Mouse Wheel Actions Full Motion Recording FMR Record the screen like a video camera Automatic Panning Make Capture Window Follow Mouse Cursor Panning Speed 30 pixels Version 3 9 4 1 It has three sections Capture profile Capture type and Automatic panning These are explained Capture Profile This section records the name and description for the profile Parameter Remarks Profile Name The name must be indicative of the end purpose of the project Description Describe the end purpose and your strategy for the project Note that each different end purpose calls for a different project settings and Using Acti
167. ey Stroke Text Box Interaction Key Stroke Text Box Feedbacks Correct Incorrect Use OLE Automation for Microsoft Office The annotation tab has two main sections one for the mouse and the other for the keyboard Both sections have identical options as follows Option Remarks Annotation To introduce an annotation mouse key that is about to occur or to guide the learners how to operate Annotation is usually used for demonstration and training Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Capture Profile Editor 156 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Correct Message Incorrect Message Hint Message Correct Incorrect and Hint message are feedback objects ActivePresenter presentations can provide a feedback to the viewer s action when he interacts with the Ajax Flash simulation in Tutorial Practice or Test mode but not in Demo The Correct Message is displayed if user action is correct Conversely the ncorrect Message is displayed if user action is incorrect The Hint Message is displayed when user hovers the mouse over the interactive object Mouse Click Key Stroke see the demo for an example of interactive objects and feedback messages When the Use OLE Automation for Microsoft Office option is checked ActivePresenter can get more precise size and location of captured interactions when capturing MS Office But sometimes it causes MS Office working improperly e g
168. f a new slide that is inserted after the current slide The Screenshot size section allows you to set the size precisely instead of setting the size visually by adjusting the target seeker window When you set a size the target seeker window re sizes to that specified size The Preset sizes button allows you to select from pre defined sizes The Application section provides you a drop down list of all applications running on this PC that have a visible window Generally you need to take the screenshot of an application so this list should satisfy your needs The button refreshes the drop down list of all running applications If you have started a new application recently use this button to include it in the list e The Fit To Application button fits the window of the selected target application to the target seeker window s current size e The Fit To Boundary button fits re sizes the target seeker window to the selected target application s window The Wait for control allows you to take the snap after a delay defined in milliseconds Use this delay to quickly interact with the target application after you and capture its response To take the screenshot click on the Take Screenshot button Screenshot Options The Annotation gt Screenshot menu or the Ca button also contains a few options as explained Objects gt Introduction To Objects 268 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 below Note that the first
169. f assessment so that the student can improve in his weak areas The results are produced either directly by the interactive module or by the LMS Reporting is only available when the project is exported in an interactive format AJAX Flash Capture Modes ActivePresenter can record the action on your screen in four different ways called screen capture modes 1 Full Motion Recording FMR In this mode ActivePresenter records the screen like a video camera it captures a certain number of still photos per second It produces a video clip that captures all actions on the screen faithfully So the FMR is the most suitable mode when you want to capture the motion effects exactly movement of the mouse resizing of windows animated content etc This mode uses a lossless flash codec to record the movie to preserve the quality 2 Record movie Streaming video This mode is very similar to the FMR mode but it uses a lossy encoder to record the video with a choice between MPEG1 and MPEGZ2 ActivePresenter also allows the author to select from 30 distinct quality levels The higher the quality level the higher is the resultant file size General gt Basic Screencasting Concepts 15 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 3 Smart Capture In this mode ActivePresenter captures screenshots when there is an input from mouse or keyboard At the same time ActivePresenter keeps track of the actual elapsed time This mode
170. fferent actions depending on whether the response is correct or incorrect or if the viewer fails to respond within the time limit General Properties Of Objects In general any object s properties can be divided into three categories 1 Properties that define the object physically size position color transparency start end time etc Properties that deliver the core function of the object each object has a unique purpose Properties that define response to the user action Interaction Some objects don t have interactive properties They provide only annotations to the presentation Most of these objects are made up of multiple parts elements Each element has its own properties You can tweak these properties to such as extent that the object may not be recognizable You can visually adjust some physical properties with mouse 1 Most rectangular shapes have eight handles Drag these handles to change the size and aspect ratio of the rectangle Most rectangles have rounded corners Slide the yellow diamond gt to change the rounding of the corners Different positions of the diamond results in drastic change in the shape as shown below Objects gt General Properties Of Objects 226 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 3 Double click on any text to edit it 4 You can use the context menu to any rectangle to apply a different style changing the stroke and fill colors text
171. for those controls ActivePresenter typically captures the whole toolbar because it is usually the lowest level child window When you find the correct area to be captured press the PrintScrn key on your keyboard or CTRL Click ActivePresenter will capture the screenshot and place the image in the current slide Objects gt Introduction To Objects 266 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Capturing An Object To capture a screenshot of any object in any window select the at Object option As you move the mouse over different parts of the screen ActivePresenter shows a red dotted outline Gas around areas that can be captured Note You will find that ActivePresenter cannot detect some objects in certain target applications This is because those applications have not provided MSAA interface for those controls Typically ActivePresenter can capture the individual tools on any toolbar depending on the accessibility support level of the target application When you find the correct area to be captured press the PrintScrn key on your keyboard or CTRL Click ActivePresenter will capture the screenshot and place the image in the current slide Capturing The Full Screen To capture a screenshot of the entire screen of your PC select the Full Screen option Some screen capturing applications call this desktop mode ActivePresenter will minimize its own screen and capture whatever is visible on your computer screen Th
172. g A Capture Project 37 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Capture New Project Capture rea Screen resolution 1920 x 1080 32 bpp 60 Hz Cu Full Screen Custom The Audio Input Section ActivePresenter allows you to record the system audio and one other audio input device simultaneously Recording the system audio and Microphone at the same time is the most common in practice Audio Input Device Microphone Realtek Higl Volume v Record System Audio The Device box shows the list of audio input devices detected If you want to record the audio from your Microphone let select it in this list On some computer selecting Stereo Mix What U Hear Wave Out Playback will also record the system audio but using Record System Audio check box is much easier The Volume slider displays the input audio signal level for the audio input device selected in the Device box You can also change the input volume level of selected audio input device with this slider For example you are selecting the Microphone as the input device and speaking something on Microphone to test If the Volume slider displays the signal in red color you should reduce the input volume value otherwise the audio quality will be low because the signal is clipped The Record System Audio check box allows you to select recording the system audio while capturing screen If ActivePresenter cannot detect the way to record the system audio on your co
173. g ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Event Editor 172 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 The button removes the selected entry The if and buttons move the selected row up and down in the stack The On Incorrect Tab This tab is used in all interactions except the Mouse hover interaction It defines the action to be taken when the user gives an incorrect response Event Editor Choice Settings On Correct On Incorrect On Incomplete On Timeout Actions to be performed when the answer is not correct Continue Presentation Show Object Incorrect Message 53 Cancel The GUI works as follows 1 The actions are listed in a stack The attempt is classified into various groups It can be specific First Second Third 4 5 or special All Last The actions for each group are listed in a stack and executed in the order of appearance top to bottom If a certain attempt belongs to multiple attempt groups the actions are executed from group to group in this order specific group All All but Last Last Others For example if maximum attempt is 3 and user gives incorrect answer in the third attempt the actions of the Third attempt will be executed first then the actions of All attempt then the actions of the Last attempt In this example Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Event Editor 173 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 e If the user gives incorrect answ
174. ge in any slide Again don t worry about how this affects the slide We are not going to save the project 3 Right click on the image in the Canvas pane or its time bar in the Timeline pane From the context menu that appears select the Export To File option A dialog pops up In its Save as type drop down list select your desired format png jpeg bmp 4 Close the project without saving ActivePresenter As Screenshot Software This is a four step process ActivePresenter cannot snap and save a screenshot image directly 1 Open a project of any type or open an existing project Don t worry about its parameters because the project will not be changed in any way 2 Take a screenshot any window object whole screen or a rectangular area on screen e When taking a screenshot in Application or region mode be sure to select the Insert as image to current slide check box ActivePresenter inserts it as an image in the current slide 3 Right click on the image in the Canvas pane or its time bar in the Timeline pane From the context menu that appears select the Edit image option The Image Editor pops up and lets you edit the image After editing you can directly save the image as a file using the File gt Save as menu Other Uses Of ActivePresenter gt ActivePresenter As Screenshot Software 143 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 4 Close the project without saving ActivePresenter As Au
175. given event The button removes the selected row e If you had clicked in the Event row this button deletes the event and all its actions e If you had clicked in the Action column this button removes the action but does not affect the Event row The if and buttons move the selected row up and down in the stack e If you had clicked in the Event row these buttons move the event and all its actions together as a set e If you had clicked in the Action column these buttons move the Action row but do not affect the Event row Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Event Editor 164 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 The Text Tab The Text tab checks whether the user has entered the correct text string in response to a Text Box an essay question or a fill in the blank type question Event Editor 4 i d Text Settings On Correct n Info Score by answer Execute JavaScript Bangalore Go to Slide ID 5 Slide 3 Pause Presentation Mumbai Go to Slide at Index 4 Hanoi Submit Text Box 32 London 4 End Presentation 4 Submit Enter The GUI works as follows 1 The Points assigned here are common for any of the events listed below For this option to work the Score by event check box must be cleared In that case the Points column below is removed In this example if the user enters Bangalore Mumbai Hanoi or London he will earn 5 points If he enters anything else he will not
176. ground in ActivePresenter is mainly used for the image of a step where to click what key is pressed in interactions chain when creating software tutorials A background image can also be used for other purposes such as show a corporate logo throughout the presentation set different backgrounds for different segments subjects of the presentation show a theme etc Click button to edit the background image Background Position 0 0 0 0 There are four parameters here 1 x offset from top left corner default 0 2 y offset from top left corner default 0 3 Width of the background image 4 Height of the background image Changing the width and height scales the original image Background Color Project s settings The part of canvas that is not occupied by the background image takes this color By default all slides of a project has the same color set by the project s settings menu But you can change the background color of any slide Click and select from the available palette of colors Duration 5000 ms You can set the duration of each slide in milliseconds This duration is represented as a slide bar in Timeline Note that you can also set the duration of the slide on the Timeline by Editing A Project Project Level Editing 57 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 moving the red tick on slide bar This is only the default value to start with If any object in a slide e
177. gure shows two sets of experiments e Within each row the diamond is shifted more and more away from the end point See the progression between figures 1 2 3 and figures 4 5 6 e Within each column the diamond is rotated around the end point by 45 Compare figures 1 4 2 5 and 3 6 Observe that 1 As the yellow diamond is moved away from the end point the path becomes more curved Observe the progression in figures 1 2 3 and also figures 4 5 6 2 As the diamond is turned away from the straight line connecting the start point and the end point the curve also moves away from the center line This shift is even more pronounced Objects gt Introduction To Objects 251 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 when the diamond is farther away from the end point Compare figures 1 4 2 5 and 3 6 To replace the original pointer with other shapes double click on any end point ActivePresenter pops up a cursor selector window Select a cursor A ES MODE Mone l windows 2 wIndows 3 Windows 4 windows a e 1 J windows 6 windows window amp windows 9 windows Show image in Library Project Make sure that Library option is selected at the bottom the project is not likely to have any shape resources Select any shape pointer and press OK In the following example we have added a few points to the original line and also changed the
178. h as video image In this case you should customize the accessibility text to Editing A Project gt Advanced Editing 83 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 provide sufficient information about the object Audio None Boundary 20 20 62 40 Lock aspect ratio Style Start Time 0 ms Duration 1 ms Show In Mode Demonstration Tutorial Practici Transition Effects Accessibility Auto Label Name Description Auto Label Check to make the accessibility name and description generated automatically 1 Select the object that you want to change accessibility text 2 Inthe Properties panel expand Accessibility property 3 Deselect Auto Label property the accessibility Name and Description are now enabled 4 Inthe accessibility Name and Description field type the accessibility name and description for the object 5 When the object appears screen readers will read aloud the accessibility name first then the accessibility description If you don t want screen readers to read anything leave both accessibility name and description blank Localizing The Project Localization is the process of adapting your project for use in a specific country region with a particular language culture and desired local look and feel If you are creating a demonstration or simulation of a certain application that supports multiple languages you may need to localize your project for each language In this version ActivePre
179. h objects by their edges Depending on which edge is nearby ActivePresenter will show a horizontal line or a vertical line or both horizontal vertical lines Once the objects snap to a guiding line you can slide the dragged object along this line Despite small shakes of your hand the object will stay locked to the line If you are not looking for this particular alignment just ignore this present orange line and continue dragging As soon as a threshold distance value is crossed the orange line will vanish When the snap mode is on you can press CTRL during the dragging operation to temporarily turn the snap mode off Aligning Objects With A Reference Object The last object selected is the reference object This object does not move Rather all the other objects move or re size to align to this object Therefore always be careful and select the reference object at the end You can click one of the currently selected objects without holding CTRL to set it as reference object Icon Function ye The top of all objects will get aligned vertically with the top of the reference object Their horizontal position will not be affected HF The center of all objects will get aligned vertically with the center of the reference object Their horizontal position will not be affected Mi The bottom of all objects will get aligned vertically with the bottom of the reference gt object Their horizontal position will not be aff
180. hanging The Timing Duration Of An Object You can change the timing and duration of any element Moving just one end of a Time Bar changes the duration of that object o To change the start moment move the left side edge of the bar horizontally by clicking on it and dragging the mouse Ww o To change the end moment move the right side edge of the bar horizontally by clicking on it and dragging the mouse You cannot change the duration of audio video clips because their duration depends on the content To shift an element on the time scale without changing its duration click anywhere in the middle of its Time Bar and drag horizontally FEN The entire Time Bar moves along the time axis Drop it wherever required You can also shift multiple elements simultaneously in such a way that their relative timing remains undisturbed To do this first select multiple elements and then drag the entire group horizontally To make a group of objects press CTRL and then go on clicking on the objects names 6 or Time Bars 7 To select contiguous objects first click on the first object and then SHFT Click on the last object to be selected All the objects between these two objects will be selected To deselect any object from the group press CTRL and click on that object While you drag a border ActivePresenter provides precise timing information in milliseconds o For the start edge it shows the start time Using Act
181. hape in such a way that its anchor point is placed exactly at the spot where you clicked But this strategy often runs into problem If the click spot is too close to the border of the canvas a part of the inserted image may lie outside the canvas When rendered such images would get truncated General gt Basic Screencasting Concepts 21 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Canvas Canvas This version lies This version stays outside the canvas inside the canvas In some shapes a solution is possible You can use another variant of the shape that stays inside the canvas as shown above In fact ActivePresenter can select a suitable shape variant on its own if you define a group of all the variants of a shape In the following example there are four similar looking images with the only difference that the arrow points in a different direction aim Version 1 Version 2 Version 3 Version 4 Based on the anchor point location ActivePresenter will automatically decide which variant should be inserted while capturing The selection criteria is simple When the shape is placed on the screen no part of it should project outside the slide canvas To create a group of related shapes follow this process e Add the variant shapes to the ActivePresenter Library Take care to include variants that have anchor points in all possible directions so that at least one variant will match a given click spot For example the gro
182. hat is presently n slides away from the current slide Go Backward Go backward by the specified number of slides Note that the target is not a specific slide The jump will land on any slide that is presently n slides away from the current slide Send Email This action launches default email client program installed on user PC and loads the previously configured content in the mail including recipient address subject line etc Note that the email is not sent silently or automatically The user must manually press the send button The user can also modify the email content before sending Open Web Open the specified URL You can specify whether to open it in the current window or page to use a different window Recall that the interactive presentations are always delivered through a browser window Execute Execute the specified JavaScript JavaScript Show Object Show shapes and images The current version cannot show interactive objects audio or video Hide Object This action is used to hide any objects which are displayed by Show Object action before they hide automatically Clear User This action Input e Clears text in all text fields for Text box and question objects that contain a text box e Un checks the radio buttons or check boxes for question objects Editing A Project gt Advanced Editing 81 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Setting Up The Interactions The
183. he control takes the actions defined for the On Incorrect event Attached message You can select which messages to attach with the selected element e Correct When the viewer s answer is correct e Incorrect When the viewer s answer is incorrect e Incomplete When the viewer s answer is incomplete e Hint A helpful hint the viewer can hover the mouse on the element Customizing ActivePresenter Customizing The Preferences 291 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 to see it e Timeout When the viewer does not respond within predefined time Click sound A default sound is shown But you can use another sound to create a clicking sound The button lets you select a sound from the library e The button lets you delete the current selection The P button lets you play the currently selected sound Question Button Allows you to insert up to four different buttons with the following labels on them e Clear Clear the input which viewer has entered e Back Go back one slide e Skip Skip this question and move on e Submit Submit answers Restore defaults Restores the Factory set values Useful to roll back your changes The Annotation Tab As described earlier you can set properties of all the components in the nteraction tab and the Annotation tab The Annotation tab deals with only the non interactive parts of the objects The
184. he time scale and see more details Pp Zoom all Click this button to automatically adjust the zoom factor to fit the entire slide s duration in the available pane width f 3 CTRL SHFT X Guts the range and places it in the clipboard Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Timeline 204 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Button Shortcut Function e The slide duration is shrunk by the duration of the range e If the Time Bar of any object extends on both sides of the range the remainder parts on both sides of the range are joined spliced together This command is activated only when a range is defined The range edit commands are explained in more details here tl CTRL SHFT C Copies the range into clipboard The original contents of the slide are not affected This command is activated only when a range is defined The range edit commands are explained in more details here CTRL Del Deletes the range Nothing is placed in clipboard compare with the Cut command This command is activated only when a range is defined The range edit commands are explained in more details here SHFT Del Crop to range Everything in the slide is deleted except the content that falls within the range After this command is executed the duration of the slide is reduced to the range This command is activated only when a range is defined The range edit commands are explained i
185. hile using ActivePresenter Creating a new project Creating a Capture project Capturing screen while using an application Creating a project from MS PowerPoint Presentation Creating a project from Images Create a project by importing images as slides About This Manual gt Structure Of The Manual 9 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Creating a blank project Start with a blank canvas and add items Saving a project How to save an ActivePresenter project Opening an existing project How to open an existing ActivePresenter project Editing a project Editing overview Project level editing Sorting slides adding deleting slides naming slides Editing a slide Adding annotation objects editing those objects Adding interaction Adding interaction objects Making projects accessible Localizing projects Rendering How to export the ActivePresenter project to create different types of Exporting presentations Using Appendices that explain how different windows work in ActivePresenter ActivePresenter windows e Capture Profile Editor How to edit all settings for screen capturing e Event Editor How to set up the interaction objects to respond to various trigger events e Image editor How to edit images e Image Resource Properties Window How to edit the properties of image such as margins and hotspots e Properties window How to edit properties of an object e Resou
186. his particular message is the Incomplete message for this particular interaction 2 These buttons are used to organize the list of actions The ar button adds a new entry in the pane The button removes the selected entry The if and buttons move the selected row up and down in the stack The On Timeout Tab This tab is used in all interactions except the Mouse hover interaction Choice Settings On Correct On Incorrect On Incomplete On Timeout Actions to be performed when time limit expires q Action T Continue Presentation Cancel It defines the behavior when the user fails to respond within the time limit defined in the Settings Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Event Editor 175 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 tab The GUI works as follows 1 The actions are listed in a stack They are executed in the order of appearance top to bottom In this example if the user has failed to respond within the time limit ActivePresenter will continue with the presentation But you may choose to display a Sorry you have exceeded the time limit message and then continue or even end the presentation 2 These buttons are used to organize the list of actions The ar button adds a new entry in the pane The button removes the selected entry The if and buttons move the selected row up and down in the stack The On Rollover Tab This tab is used by the Mouse C
187. hown Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Capture Profile Editor 150 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 The FMR Audio Tab This tab provides more choices for the Full Motion Recording FMR mode and audio Full Motion Recording Settings Frame Rate 30 En Frames s Key Frame Every 30 Frames Video Codec Flash Screen Video Lossless Quality 28 Audio Settings Bit Rate 126 Kbps Sample Rate 48000 Hz Channels Stereo It contains two sections 1 FMR basic settings 2 Audio settings Both sections are unrelated but placed on the same tab for convenience These sections are explained below Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Capture Profile Editor 151 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 FMR Settings Since FMR is like videotaping the screen it has three parameters Option Remarks Frame rate A higher frame rate would increase the size of the recorded video It may also overload simpler computers because the computer not only has to run all the applications but capture those screens in real time In the worst case you will see dropped frames in the captured video On the other hand a lower frame record will appear jerky This especially happens with rates lower than 15 frames s Besides you may miss capturing some low duration events something that just flashes on the screen and vanishes The most commonly used range is 20 30 frames s Key frames This is the num
188. ich has no relation to what the CC is talking about The converted audio may interfere with an audio embedded in the slide during capturing phase The converted audio may overlap with TTS audio of other objects shapes for example The converted audio may overlap with other stand alone audio video objects You will have to check the presentation for these problems and sort them out Objects gt Introduction To Objects 261 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 To synchronize the captions with your annotations go back to the slide and look at the Timeline Each caption appears in the Timeline as a separate bar Look at its relationship with the other objects in the Timeline and adjust the bars e Display each caption for adequate time so that your audience can read it comfortably So longer captions need more display time e If you have used TTS narration it needs to be read fully while the corresponding feature is still highlighted This is not a problem for most objects as you can simply lengthen their bars in the Timeline In case of a video you can freeze the frame for a few moments till the narration and caption play out After that resume the play When you adjust the caption bars in the Timeline these changes are reflected in the Closed Caption Editor Let us see all this with an example The following screenshot shows our Taj Mahal project It shows three bars in the Closed Caption row which means there are
189. ide the range and puts them on clipboard e fno objects are selected the Copy command checks all objects in the slide Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Timeline 216 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 e If any objects are selected in the slide the Copy command checks only these selected objects If any object does not have any part inside the range it is not copied The following diagram illustrates these conditions ap pe A y Shape 12 a of a y Shape 11 A of a y Shape 10 RX g A y Shape 9 A of Aa FP Shape R E A y Shape 7 A i gt E xs a gf ad gt E Je Se A ac Ep No objects selected Some objects selected Shape 4 RX i Shape 3 A E Shape 2 E ad Shape 1 Ep Eb Eb Ep Eb Ej Eb Ej Note that the lower figures show fresh slides into which the clipboard contents are pasted Just imagine that a slice is taken out of the original slide and placed at Playhead position in another slide e fno objects are selected in the source slide ActivePresenter will slice through all objects e f some objects are selected ActivePresenter will slice through only these selected objects Obviously if any object has no content inside the slice it won t be pasted Using The Join Command The Join command Eick joins the selected objects either audio or video Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Timeline 217 ActivePresenter User Manual Version
190. igate to the desired folder and select an image file The list of all images appears in the left pane as shown Note that ActivePresenter displays the size of each image This lets you adjust your canvas size to fit the largest of the images to avoid clipping To remove any image from the list click on it and then click the button To change the order of the images select any image and then click on the 4 or 3 buttons to move it up or down in the list ActivePresenter shows a preview of the selected image in the right pane You can flip or rotate the image using the four buttons at the bottom of the right pane If you select the Use images as objects option each image will be inserted on a different slide as an object But if you do not select this option then ActivePresenter will place each image as the background of each slide Click the OK button A new project is launched with all the selected images The next step is to edit this project The editing techniques are described in the next chapter Creating A Blank Project This is the fourth content generation method where you get a blank canvas Now wait a minute Why would you need a blank project without any content The answer is to create a hybrid project that has a bit of everything Slides from other ActivePresenter projects images video audio clips etc To launch a blank project launch ActivePresenter and in the welcome screen select the third N
191. imes And in case you have pressed CTRL Z too many times you can cancel them by pressing CTR Y called re do operation Editing A Project gt Overview Of The Editing Process 53 ActivePresenter User Manual Project Level Editing Version 3 9 4 1 As mentioned before this is the start of the edit cycle in which we take a bird s eye view at the project and make coarse adjustments Naming The Slides Before you can do anything you must name the slides based on their function This helps in the next step of sorting the slides and later inserting navigational controls for example to enable jumping to a particular slide etc To name a slide follow these steps Slides 34 Thumbnails Al 4 2 Slide2 3 Slide3 5 4 Slided 4 Slide5 6 Slide6 7 Slide 8 Slides 9 Slide9 S 10 Slide10 S 11 Slide11 12 Slide12 S 13 Slide13 Properties Slide Name Slide Description Group Title Background Image Slide Background 2 Rename all slides by repeating steps 2 and 3 Sorting The Slides In the Slides pane click on the Titles tab This tab shows all slides by their titles By default ActivePresenter shows dummy titles Click on any slide that is to be renamed The properties of this slide are loaded in the Properties pane below Click in the Name field and type a new name Press ENTER to confirm the change Now that the slides are named after their func
192. ing A New Project gt Creating A Blank Project 45 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 saving A Project You can save a project by clicking on the tl button or using the CTRL S shortcut or the Project gt Save menu option Note that when you save a project that was created with an older version ActivePresenter automatically saves it in the new format Such files cannot be opened with the older version of ActivePresenter However most users use the latest version of ActivePresenter so usually this is not a problem ActivePresenter warns you when you try to save such a project ActivePresenter Project will be saved with 3 6 0 file format and can only be opened by ActivePresenter 3 6 0 or later Do you want to continue ez Closing The Project Without Saving When you try to close a project ActivePresenter checks if there are any changes vis a vis the last saved version If so it will alert you whether you want to save the changes made to the project Just select No Shrinking A Project Often a project has many unused resources including some new resources that you create during the course of the project You may choose to get rid of those unused resources and reduce the size of the project Use the Project gt Shrink Project menu option A window pops up Creating A New Project gt Saving A Project 46 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Information Project File Size Number of Un
193. is may be a single application running with its window maximized or several wndows of different applications ActivePresenter will then place this image on the current slide Be careful This image is very likely to be larger than your slide If you re size it to fit the canvas size the details in the image will get blurred and the viewers may not be able to read specific details Capturing An Application or Region To capture a screenshot of the top level window of the target application or a rectangular region of the screen select the ES Application or Region option A target seeker window pops up as shown below A cross hair in the middle of this window indicates that this is a target seeker window e Drag and position this window around the target part of the screen e Re size the window by dragging its handles tiny squares at the corners and middle of all sides Objects gt Introduction To Objects 267 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 The screenshot command window Make Screrachcn Screenshot Usage C Insert as image to current slide Insert as new slide next to current slide Screenshot size Width 640 Height 480 Application Optionally select an application Fit To Application Fit To Boundary Wait for msj 500 Take Screenshot This window works as follows The Screenshot Usage section allows you to insert the screenshot as an image in the current slide and or as a background image o
194. isplayed if no object in the content has focus at that time e When the object has focus pressing the Enter or Space key is the same as clicking on the object i e actions for Left click event that are defined in the object Event Editor will be executed e When the object has focus the object outline yellow dotted by default will be displayed if Enable visual focus indicator option is selected when exporting to AJAX e Viewer can navigate between focusable objects by pressing the Tab key if Enable keyboard navigation option is selected when exporting to AJAX Objects gt General Properties Of Objects 229 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Auto Label If this property is selected accessibility text will be generated automatically from the text that the object displays or the object name if it doesn t contain any text Name Accessibility name of the object Screen reader will read this text aloud when the object appears Description This provide more information about the object Screen reader will read this text aloud when the object appears after reading the accessibility name Objects gt General Properties Of Objects 230 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Object Styles By default each type of object has a separate look and feel see below Abc Abc None Text Box key Stroke Mouse Click Mouse Hover Abc Abc Abc Abc Button Balloon Text Caption Corect Mes In
195. ivePresenter Windows gt Using The Timeline 207 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 o For the end edge it shows the end time on the Ruler and the duration of the time bar next to the bar as shown below You can use either value to drag the edge Using The Markers On Time Bar The Time Bars of all objects contain some markers and annotation which are useful for specific purposes Transition effects You can use the Properties pane to add transition effects to an object s entrance exit These effects are visually shown with diamonds in Time Bars of the object e The green diamond shows the Entrance transition effect The effect starts at the starting point of the object i e the left edge of the Time Bar and ends at the diamond e The red diamond shows the Exit transition effect The effect starts at the diamond and ends at the end point of the object i e the right edge of the Time Bar The light blue shaded ramps at both ends signify that the object is undergoing the transition effect during this time The pure object can be seen only between the two diamonds You can drag both diamonds in the Timeline to adjust the durations of the transitions ActivePresenter shows precise timing information and other information about the marker as shown below Start Time 45 Orms Duration 2s 920hms Entrance Effect Fade Exit Effect Fade Using ActivePresenter Windows gt
196. ject Images EA Audio amp Video Styles This tab has three sections as marked above 1 This is the Toolbar to manage the styles The buttons work as follows Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Resource Pane Al 199 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Button Function Launches the Style Editor to compose a new base style 5 Selects the styles that are unused in the current project F m Removes the selected style from the Library Project storage area i Launches the Style Editor to edit the selected style 2 This section shows the styles The currently selected style has a dark blue border around it You can drag any style from here into the slide ActivePresenter creates a call out shape with the selected style For example in the following screenshot we have dragged the preset style used for Hint type messages into the slide This action has created a call out with the Hint style Resources x m Timeout Show styles in Library Project 4 F Styles Pla TM Now you can right click on this call out and change it into any other shape The new shape will retain the style 3 You can choose between Library styles or Project styles Keep in mind that initially a new project does not have any internal styles till you add them Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Resource Pane 200 ActivePresenter User
197. lash Simulation 129 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 General Options General Advanced Misc Template Operation Modes Demonstration Tutorial Practice Test Total Max Time minutes 0 Interaction Flashing ms 0 Output Language English U S Flash Options SIZE Image Color Depth True Colors 24 bit Frame Rate 25 Compression Level 5 Output C Users Name Documents ActivePresenter Untitled Flash Template Options Flash simulation is interactive presentation which is delivered through a browser A control toolbar is provided at the bottom the screen which allows the user to play pause stop the presentation hide closed captions change volume or jump to a particular slide In this context a template is a design pattern that is applied to this toolbar to change its appearance If you do not want to provide any control to the user you can opt for No_ Toolbar option ActivePresenter offers four default options which can be customized further Black Ocean Silver Exporting The Project gt Exporting To Flash Simulation 130 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 lt q il O mi o al Standard OA 11 For First select any one of the main options and then click on the Settings button The Template Parameters window opens A XA Preview Template Parameters Presets Custom Parameters SlideList Positi
198. lay order gt Send Ctrl PageDn Sends the selected object one level downward in Backward the z order Merge Into Convert the selected objects into background Background Change Style for Change the style of objects for the current slide Multiple Objects selected slides or all slides Change Transition Effects for Multiple Objects Change the entrance and exit effects of objects for the current slide selected slides or all slides Menus And Shortcuts Edit Menu 279 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Convert Closed Captions to Audio Convert closed captions to speech for the current slide selected slides or all slides Preferences View Menu View and edit the global settings Menu option Shortcut Button Remarks Menu Bar Show hide the Menu Bar Status Bar Show hide the Status Bar Tool bars gt List Show hide the individual toolbars Slides Show hide the Slides pane thumbnails titles Properties Show hide the Properties pane Timeline Show hide the Timeline pane Resources Show hide the Resource pane Snapping Enable disable snapping in the Canvas and Timeline panes Go To Go to first previous next last specified slide Zoom Slide Reset E Set to 100 Zoom Slide Zoom in Zoom in by one level see levels below Zoom Slide Zoom out Zoom out by one level see levels below Zoom Slide
199. lecting The Content Generation Method Typically only one of these sources plays a predominant role in your presentation 1 Screen action of a target application captured live 2 A PowerPoint presentation 3 Slide show created from multiple images 4 Start with a blank project and add images video clips and other ActivePresenter projects With this in mind ActivePresenter lets you launch four different types of projects each suited for a particular content creation approach Later in the Edit phase insert the content of other types wherever required However if your project uses multiple types of resources in equal proportions launch a different project type for each type of resource Finally launch a blank project and add all those projects into it to create the final presentation Regardless of the project type i e primary method of generating the content the resultant presentation has to be edited using a common process as described in the next chapter In this chapter we will see how to launch each type of project Creating A New Project gt Selecting The Content Generation Method 33 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 When you launch ActivePresenter a welcome screen appears in the ActivePresenter window as shown below A ActivePresenter Er x D Project Edit View Help ETEEFETELILIFTFE LJ Purchase A License 1 New Capture ES Questions amp Answers J New Project Fi Help
200. lick Text Box Key Stroke and Mouse Hover interactions It defines the behavior when the user rolls the mouse over the main area of the interaction Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Event Editor 176 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Event Editor On Rollover On Rollout Actions to be performed when user moves the mouse over this object Action Show Object Hint Message 8 7 Cancel The GUI works as follows 1 The actions are listed in a stack They are executed in the order of appearance top to bottom In this example the ActivePresenter will display message 87 when the user rolls his mouse on the main box of the interaction ActivePresenter provides internal reference numbers to each message 2 These buttons are used to organize the list of actions The ar button adds a new entry in the pane The button removes the selected entry The if and buttons move the selected row up and down in the stack The On Rollout Tab This tab is used by the Mouse Click Text Box Key Stroke and Mouse Hover interactions Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Event Editor 177 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Event Editor On Rollover On Rollout Actions to be performed when user moves the mouse out of this object Action sL Hide Object Hint Message 87 Cancel It defines the behavior when the user rolls the mouse off the main area of the interaction
201. llocate different points to each option to differentiate between non preferable and preferable answers In each row double click in the cell in the Points column and enter points 4 Apart from allocating the points you may also want to respond to the user e g You can state why his answer is wrong followed by the try again message To do this click on the Action by choice check box Immediately the Actions column appears in the pane below Now double click in each row in this column and from the drop down list that appears select an action You can enter multiple actions for any given choice This example shows two actions for each answer 5 These buttons are used to organize the Action rows within a given answers You cannot change the order of the answers simply because the answers need not be in a particular e Click in the Action column first and then click on ar button to add an action In this way you can associate multiple actions with a given event e The button removes the selected action e Ifa given answer contains multiple actions the T and buttons move the selected actions up and down in the stack within the answer Multiple Response Question The Choice tab allows the user to select multiple options and optionally allocate different points for each option Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Event Editor 168 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Event Editor
202. lors 24 bit Optimization Level Location G Users lt Name gt Documents ActivePresenter These options are divided in three sections as follows Rendering Options Option Remarks Include Closed If this option is selected the images will have Closed Caption Caption e Note that if the image size is reduced the captions may not be readable On the contrary they will obstruct whatever little space is left Then it is best to drop it Exporting The Project gt Exporting To Images 87 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Include Objects Started by Event If this option is selected ActivePresenter includes objects that are triggered by events Include Cursor Allows you to show or hide the cursor path Path Image Parameter Options Remarks Size Range 10 to 150 The size is relative to canvas size selected at the in steps of 10 beginning of the project you can check this out at any time by using the Project gt project Information menu option Note that ActivePresenter only works with logical size i e pixels However when displayed printed the physical size depends on pixels and the dpi dots per inch setting of the displaying printing device Color Depth True Colors 24 bit Higher color depth makes the presentation look stunning But it also increases the file size When the 256 Colors 8 bit images are inserted in other files that file al
203. m n Pan lJ Insert a Zoom n Pan object Closed Caption Insert a Closed Caption object Screenshot gt 8 Capture a window Screen Window Screenshot gt Capture an object Object j Screenshot gt Full m Capture the full screen Screenshot gt Application or Region fi Capture an application or rectangular area Screenshot gt Options gt Capture Window Shadow Screenshot option to capture the shadow of the target window when not maximized Screenshot gt Options gt Process Rounded Corners Screenshot option to keep rounded corners of target window instead of sharp corners Screenshot gt Options gt Use Opaque Background Screenshot option to use opaque borders of the target window instead of translucent transparent borders Screenshot gt Options gt Show Usage Guide Screenshot option to show tooltip on how to use Image Insert an Image Audio gt From File Insert an Audio from external audio file Menus And Shortcuts Annotation Menu 282 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Audio gt Create New S Insert an Audio object for recording TTS Video Interaction Menu Insert a Video Menu option Shortcut Button Remarks ey Mouse Click Insert a Mouse Click object Text Box IP Insert a Text Box object Key Stroke Insert a Key Stroke object
204. m now on the newly defined preset will be available to you from the Preset drop down list 2 Apreview window shows the effect of your customization on the toolbar 3 To customize the toolbar click on any parameters listed here and adjust its value The changes are reflected in the toolbar sample 2 4 This area shows the explanation of the parameter selected above Exporting The Project gt Exporting To Ajax Simulation 122 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Operation Modes In this section there are four controls Modes You can select what modes would be available to the users Demonstration Tutorial Practice and Test Recall that you can customize each object whether it can appear in each of these modes Thus the same presentation can behave in totally different manner in different modes Total max This is the total time The time taken by all objects to complete their lifecycle time plus the time allowed for the student to answer while the presentation pauses and waits for the answer in minutes Interaction This is the speed milliseconds for flashing blinking the interaction object for flashing attracting viewer attention Output This is the language used by the output toolbar and messages language Image Options Parameter Options Remarks Size Range 10 to 150 The size is relative to canvas size selected at the beginning of the project you can check this out at an
205. marks Title Title of the PDF document e When you open the pdf in a viewer this name appears in the Windows Bar or in the tab in case of a tabbed pdf reader Subject Subject of the document This is one of PDF document properties which can be seen in Document Properties in any PDF Viewer Keywords Keywords defined in the PDF document Protection Opening You can set a password for opening this PDF document Password Confirm Enter the password again manually no copy paste from the previous field Password e This is to avoid the possibility that you entered a wrong password Exporting The Project gt Exporting To Adobe PDF Document 105 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Text Style Options These options control the text in the generated pdf file General Advanced Text Style Group Title Font Size pt 16 Line Spacing Text Color a Slide Mame Font Size pt 14 Line Spacing Text Color a Slide Description Font Size pt 12 Line Spacing Text Color a The font size text color and line spacing are controlled for three different parts of the slides 1 Group Title It is printed before any slide group Please note that the group title will only be exported in Compact mode 2 Slide name As entered in the Slide Titles pane 3 Slide Description Exporting To Microsoft Word Document There are two tabs Exporting The Project gt Exporting To Microsoft Word Document 106 Active
206. me bar of each object very carefully and play the slide repeatedly to check whether the overall effect is exactly as you wanted Refer to the Using The Timeline appendix to know how to manipulate the objects on the Timeline Slide Background Slide background is mainly used for storing the main screenshot of each step when creating software tutorials The slide background can also be used to create a corporate identity on all slides typically in the form of corporate logo and or a pattern that has corporate colors It can also be used to set apart different groups of slides For example your presentation may have multiple topics or you may have a multi session training program In such a case you can use a different background image for each topic session Editing A Project gt Editing A Slide 67 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Removing Objects From Multiple Slides Sometimes you realize that you have made the same mistake in multiple slides For example while capturing the target application you chose to record sound but the final project does not need sound or it got recorded poorly and now you would like to remove the sound object from all slides Rather than laboriously selecting each slide and deleting the sound you have a shortcut Select the Slide gt Delete Objects from Slides menu option A window is launched Delete Multiple Slide Objects gt Delete Objects Annotations Inte
207. monstration and Tutorial mode Whether asking viewers to restart or close at the end of presentation or not When unselected the exported presentation will stop silently at the last slide and the window is left open This behavior is applicable only in Demonstration and Tutorial modes Show report in Practice and Test mode If this option is unselected then the presentation will end without presenting you with test result applicable only for Practice and Test modes Reporting Options The reporting option is designed for publisher who does not have a SCORM compliant LMS It provides an alternative way for publisher to collect test results from learners via HTTP or Email protocol Content Of The Report The report can be formatted in various ways but the content generally consists of the following Name Presentation name also project name Description Presentation description also project description Date The local time based on user computer date time setting when the report is created UserlD Identity of the user who takes the practice or test When user logged in to take practice or test server side script should store a cookie which its name is userid and value is the id of the user to the client computer If no userid named cookie is found the user will be prompt to input his her identity before sending report TotalTime The duration in seconds which user used to tak
208. mputer this check box will be disabled Note that on Windows Vista or later the system audio and audio recorded from selected device in Device box are independent from each other so you can see two audio objects in recorded project While in Windows XP they are dependent so there is only one audio object in recorded project You may also wonder why there is no volume slider for system audio There are two main reasons for that The first is the system audio signal always in the range of volume level which can be recorded The second is you can always change the volume of recorded audio in the editor by using the Adjust Volume tool in Timeline Creating A New Project gt Creating A Capture Project 38 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 The Start Capture and More Options Section Audio amp Video Settings Calibrate Audio Input Show Recording Toolbar The Start Capture button is a big button with the red color Click on this button to start a capture session The More Options button provides the following options 1 Select Audio amp Video Settings to launch the Capture Profile Editor where you can change the settings for audio and video 2 Select Calibrate Audio Input to open the Calibrate Audio Input dialog which allows you to turn the audio input volume automatically or manually 3 If Show Recording Toolbar option is selected ActivePresenter pops up a toolbar with all controls necessary to start a
209. n Level True Colors 24 bit Version 3 9 4 1 Option Remarks Include Objects Started by Event Include Objects Started by Event Layout options Option Remarks Exporting The Project Exporting To Microsoft Excel Worksheet 112 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Slides per One Single slide per page page Two Two slides per page top bottom Contiguous The slides are written contiguously in a page until there is not enough space then it will move to the next page Compact In this mode only the screen of first slide in each group is exported For the following slides ActivePresenter exports only the slide name and slide description Description Slide description None No description exported Choose on which side of the slide the description has to be placed Top Left Right or Bottom Page Choose from landscape and portrait orientation The page size is fixed A4 ActivePresenter uses fixed margins of 1 2 54 cm on all sides Use Native Use Microsoft Excel auto shapes images text boxes and text for Objects representing slide objects Otherwise each object is exported as an image Using native objects will allow editing the shapes directly within MS Excel later once exported Otherwise slide objects are exported as images so it is almost impossible to edit exported document later Image options Parameter
210. n inside a web browser The user runs the interactive presentation with a web browser The interactive presentation can run in four different modes Demonstration Tutorial Practice and Test The Demonstration and Tutorial modes are appropriate for teacher to lecture automatically or manually The Practice and Test mode are appropriate for the student to take exercise or examination ActivePresenter allows to you to display hide each object in specific modes For example you might use two different audio narrations for the Demo and the Jest modes A brief overview of each mode is given below Demonstration Mode The simulation will automatically run based on your time settings for slides and slide objects in your project When the elapsed time for each slide reaches the slide s duration the presentation jumps to next slide if the current slide is not the last one If toolbar and slides list are available user can navigate to a certain slide pause resume or exit the simulation Note a special case If you export the presentation as a video AVI WMV MP4 or WebM ActivePresenter checks each object s Demo mode settings to decide whether to include it in the video In other words ActivePresenter treats a video like an interactive presentation that is running in demo mode General gt Basic Screencasting Concepts 23 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Tutorial Mode In this mode the simulation not only runs based on sli
211. n more details here A Splits the selected audio video object at the Playhead position e The Timeline shows the latter part as a new object which is added to the top of the object pile e The split parts are treated as new Project level resources which appear in the Resources pane and can be further used in other slides within the project e Incase audio object each split part is shown with a separate icon in the Canvas pane However all these icons are stacked together so you cannot tell them apart Only when you drag them apart can you see them individually Joins the selected audio objects or video objects Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Timeline 205 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Button Shortcut Function This command is explained later ER Inserts a Freeze frame control in the selected audio video track AFreeze frame control does not have its own track It is always superimposed on an audio video object s time bar For details refer to the Objects appendix Adjusts the relative volume of the selected audio video track in the selected range as explained here a nn UL Splits the slide at the Playhead position The slide is sliced vertically at the playhead position and a new slide is created from the second part This newly created slide is inserted immediately after the current slide e Any content in the slide that is in th
212. n text such as Shape Text Caption you should enable the Auto Label property the screen reader will read the text when this object is displayed If you choose to attach audio to the object don t forget to remove all accessibility text otherwise voice from the screen reader will interfere with the attached sound e For users with hearing impairment add text equivalents for audio objects For example when delivering narrative audio it is important to provide captions at the same time You can use Closed Caption or any other type of object that can display text and remember to synchronize the text with the audio using the Timeline e For viewers with either visual or mobility impairment ensure that viewers can interact with the output using keyboard For example enable Focusable property for Mouse Click objects so that viewers can press the Tab key to navigate to the object and the Enter or Space key to activate it You can also provide a Key Stroke object that acts as a keyboard shortcut for each Mouse Click object Enable accessibility features when exporting to output formats that support accessibility Editing A Project gt Advanced Editing 82 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Customizing accessibility text for slides In ActivePresenter you can add accessibility text describing each slide for screen readers to read aloud when the slide is displayed Screen readers and accessibility text are useful for people with vi
213. n the object Now move it by using the Arrow keys Pressing CTRL at the same time accelerates the movement by a factor of 10 To move a group of objects together you have to first form a group For this draw a lasso with the mouse or CTRL Click on all objects if you CTRL click on a selected object it gets deselected Now move the group just like you move an individual object see above Aligning Objects With Each Other Snapping ActivePresenter has a snap mode for the Canvas pane You can toggle this mode by using the View gt Snapping gt Canvas snapping menu option When this mode is turned on when the dragged object or group of objects come close to an edge ActivePresenter shows an orange line connecting the dragged object group and the target object The dragged object group will also make a tiny jump to align itself with this orange line If you drop the object group it aligns perfectly with the reference edge You may also choose to continue dragging the object group In the following example the green diamond B is being dragged We will see what happens when it comes in the vicinity of the yellow rectangle A As shown below when the diamond comes close to the rectangle ActivePresenter shows an orange line and snaps the diamond to it Vertical guide Horizontal guide Twin guides Editing A Project gt Editing A Slide 63 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Note that ActivePresenter aligns bot
214. ncorrect Objects gt Introduction To Objects 233 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 e lf the entered text matches the reference text ActivePresenter displays the On Correct type message 2 e Ifthe entered text does not match the reference text ActivePresenter displays the On Incorrect type message 3 Apart from this primary behavior the object also has secondary behaviors To set up all behaviors of the object double click on the Target area This launches Event Editor with the object s current settings in the following tabs Text Settings On Correct On Incorrect On Incomplete On Timeout On Rollover and On Rollout Key Stroke The Key Stroke is an interactive object By default a Key Stroke object consists of three separate elements as shown below Congratulations your answer is correct sorry your answer Is not correct You can optionally add a Hint message and a Timeout message The object works as follows When the interactive presentation is played this object displays nothing initially and waits for the user to enter a hot key such as CTRL SHFT P It ignores text strings entered by the user You can change the Show in Mode property to choose in which modes the Target Area 1 should be displayed e Ifthe entered hot key matches the reference ActivePresenter displays the On Correct type message 2 e Ifthe entered text does not match the reference ActivePresenter displ
215. nd stop the recording and adjust the sound level The large counter shows the duration of the recording Aare 00 00 00 MH gt Note If this toolbar is placed inside the capture area it is also captured so please be careful when placing this toolbar on screen For this same reason this toolbar should not be used when you capture full screen Once you are satisfied with all settings click on the Start Capture button the big red button Now ActivePresenter hides in the system tray and captures the target application Work with the target application as usual After you have finished the action to be captured click on the button in the system tray This action pops up the ActivePresenter recording pane Creating A New Project gt Creating A Capture Project 39 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 ActivePresenter Ca You have now the following options 1 Click on the Pause button to pause the recording The idea is to skip recording for a while and resume later 2 Click on the Stop button This ends the recording and lets you edit the recorded project 3 Click on the Discard button This aborts the current recording and discards the recorded project When you press the Stop button ActivePresenter automatically enters edit mode The editing techniques are described in the next chapter Creating A Project From PowerPoint Presentation This is the second content generation method where slides from
216. nds after this time limit ActivePresenter automatically extends that slide s duration to display all objects Transition None This is the visual effect when the presentation enters this slide Select from None Fade In Fly In and Wipe Accessibility Define properties that make the slide accessible by viewer with disabilities when viewing the project output Auto Label If this property is selected accessibility text will be generated automatically from the slide name and slide description Name Accessibility name of the slide Screen reader will read this text aloud when the slide appears Description This provide more information about the slide Screen reader will read this text aloud when the slide appears after reading the accessibility name Inserting New Slides By Fresh Capturing This technique is mainly used when your primary project was created using either from PowerPoint or Images and now you want to add complementary slides by capturing the live action on screen while operating a software This is equivalent to launching a new Capture project but with the difference that the newly captured slides are inserted in the current project rather than opening up a new project The new slides from this instant capture project are inserted after the current slide The procedure is same as launching a new Capture project Inserting Images As Slides This technique is mainly used when your p
217. ne The Text Editor is automatically set to edit this line The button removes the selected CC Line The if and buttons move the selected CC Line up and down in the stack This is the Speech audio section It is for converting the composed CC into audio and checking it out Initially only the Generate Audio button is active Click on it to convert all CC lines into an audio track At this stage the appearance of this whole section changes as shown in figure 5a ActivePresenter activates the audio player controls and changes the Generate Audio button to Update Audio Check out the converted audio using the play E button o If everything is fine click the OK button A new audio object appears in the Timeline This object is independent of the CC object o If you are not happy with the audio go back to the CC Stack and try editing the CC lines o You can also press Cancel instead The audio object will not be created All your recent changes in the CC lines will also be lost Note that all CC Lines in the CC Stack are converted together individual lines cannot be converted into speech Adjusting Closed Captions In The Slide If you have annotated the slide with shapes and zoom and pan your captions and TTS speech must refer to the feature that is being highlighted at that particular moment However this does not happen automatically There may be several sync problems The CC may run into the subsequent scene wh
218. ne pane From the context menu that appears select the Export To File option Other Uses Of ActivePresenter gt ActivePresenter As TTS Generator 144 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 5 Close the project without saving ActivePresenter As Video Editor This is a five step process 1 Open a project of any type or open an existing project Don t worry about its parameters because the project will not be changed in any way Click on the El toolbar button or use the Annotation gt Video menu Select the video that is to be edited Now you can edit this track in one or more of the following 1 Edit the track using the Range Edit commands 2 Freeze the frame insert a pause for any duration you want 3 Adjust the volume of the track between any selected moments 4 Join the track with other video tracks Right click on the video frame in the Canvas pane or its time bar in the Timeline pane From the context menu that appears select the Export To File option o If you had split the video track in Step 3 you can save any or all of those parts individually Close the project without saving ActivePresenter As Format Converter ActivePresenter can convert the formats of an image audio or video In fact whenever you edit image audio or video as explained above you have the choice to save the resultant object in a different format All you have to do is in the Export To File dialog click on
219. nk Slide A blank slide acts as a blank canvas a placeholder for other objects For example if you want to add an image video or audio clip in a project you need a slide Now this slide can be an already existing slide one that already contains other objects But usually objects like a video clip do not share screen space with other objects unless you want to show the video in a part of a screen like Picture in Picture Therefore you need a blank slide Some important uses of a blank slide are as follows 1 Le Make the title of the presentation If you have divided your presentation in different chapters topics make title of the chapters In a long presentation insert coffee break slides At strategic points during the presentation insert blank slides to allow audience participation At the end of the presentation insert an Any questions slide The final Thank you slide with your corporate logo and address Insert an external video Insert two comparative videos side by side and run them in parallel e g a before vs after comparison a wrong vs right demo To add a blank slide Click on the al button in the main toolbar or use the Slide gt Blank Slide menu option The new slide is inserted after the current slide ActivePresenter keeps displaying the current slide You may switch to the new slide manually In the Slides pane right click on an existing slide From the context men
220. ns and explain the image or parts of it Screenshot ActivePresenter has a built in facility to capture screenshots A typical application has a top level window which in turn may have child windows that pop up to accomplish different tasks The windows form a hierarchical tree A window at any level top child has objects menus panes toolbars controls etc ActivePresenter allows you to take a screenshot of any of these windows objects which is then inserted in the current slide of your presentation ActivePresenter has four different ways of taking a screenshot which can be selected by clicking on the arrow next to the button or by using the Annotation gt Screenshot menu option and then selecting a sub option The screenshot modes are described below Capturing A Window To capture a screenshot of the target window or any object in it select the L Window option ActivePresenter can capture a window at any level of the application Use the mouse to select a window or its object e g toolbar pane menus etc You can use the mouse click on the target applications normally it does not trigger a screenshot As you move the mouse over different parts of the screen ActivePresenter shows a red dotted outline basi around areas that can be captured Note You will find that ActivePresenter cannot detect some objects in certain target applications This is because those applications have not provided MSAA interface
221. o 92 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Export To Video General SCORM Options Generate SCORM Package No Package Version 1 0 Identifier SCORM_PACKAGE Organization Title Untitled Item Title Untitled Parameter Options Remarks Generate No If your LMS supports both 1 2 and 2004 versions of SCORM SCORM please choose 2004 version the latest version Package SCORM1 2 SCORM 2004 Specify a version that can be used to differentiate manifests Pri with the same identifier For example if you are uploading the same project after modifying it provide a different version number Identifier Specify a name used by the LMS to identify different manifests This value is generated automatically by ActivePresenter but you can change it if needed Organization Specify a title for the organization which this item belongs to Title ActivePresenter automatically generates this value from project name However you can enter a difference text Item Title Specify a title for the item ActivePresenter automatically generates this value from project name However you can enter a difference text Exporting The Project gt Exporting To Video 93 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Exporting To Flash Video This has two different options General and Advanced SCORM General Options Rendering Options Include Closed Caption Export Closed Caption as Subtitle s
222. o the Canvas to insert Typically the next step is to re size and re position the video frame by dragging the handles on all sides and corners Objects gt Introduction To Objects 273 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 To change a video double click on the frame The following dialog pops up Properties Video 4 General Mame Short architectural animatio Ooms DE led Duration 00 00 03 Click on the button to insert a resource from the Library or 7 button to insert a file from the disk The button is used to remove an existing resource so that you can insert another resource The playback controls allow you to play the video and check it out You can insert multiple frames in the slide and play multiple videos simultaneously e Play two videos side by side in a before after scenario or e Play multiple videos side by side to compare different techniques e g bowling action batting strokes biking posture running etc Properties Of Video Object The video objects have the following properties Property Remarks Objects gt Introduction To Objects 274 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Name A name generated by ActivePresenter to identify the audio object uniquely The name is simply Video_n where n is an incremental counter number Video The media resource which selected object refers to You can change it to another resource Loop If selected
223. of the project where you have edited all slides Otherwise you will end up editing the same slides for each version 2 Create a master repository project that holds all slides on a given subject As you create new content keep adding it to the master project Reorganize the slides from time to time Whenever you need to create a new project start by taking a copy of this master project Editing A Project gt Project Level Editing 60 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 and then trim it ruthlessly Editing A Slide So far we have collected all the slides we want and more importantly discarded the ones we don t want This is the right time to fine tune each slide by e Adding objects to the slide and editing and arranging them e Adding a narration voice over e Inserting a slide background e g with corporate logo or chapter theme etc Occasionally you will realize that you still need a few slides here and there This is natural Just go back to the previous step to add those slides and then return to this step Let us see the details Inserting Objects ActivePresenter allows you to annotate the slide by adding a large variety of objects Appendix Objects provides the details of each type of object and how to use it Arranging The Objects After inserting the objects in a slide you will have to arrange them in some logical manner For example you may want to create a flowchart out of shapes and arrows
224. oints of a cursor path ActivePresenter will also move appropriate end point in previous or next slide to ensure a smooth non abrupt movement of the cursor in the rendered presentation Objects gt Introduction To Objects 254 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Let us understand this with an example In the following figure the end point of the cursor path 1 on one slide has the same coordinates as the start point of the cursor path 2 in the next slide As result when the rendered presentation transitions from the first slide to the next slide the movement of the cursor appears to be continuous without any jerks If you move the end point or the start point in any one slide ActivePresenter automatically moves the corresponding matching point in the other slide to again match their coordinates A Moving the m oves the end point here start point here gata 7 a P E E a DS a C However in rare cases the cursor path is out of sync e g when you delete a slide that is in the middle or delete the cursor path in that slide This results in an abrupt movement of the mouse cursor in the rendered presentation when the slide changes To avoid this you can again stitch together the ends of cursor paths of adjoining slides using the da and i buttons or by r clicking on the start end point and using the context menu options This will snap the start end point of the cursor path in cu
225. oks darker than the other icons Now you can restore any of these project window by clicking on its e button or maximize the project window by clicking on its button Creating A New Project gt Opening An Existing Project 49 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Editing A Project The previous chapter describes how to create a new project by capturing an application or by importing slides from PowerPoint file or by importing images As discussed each type of project refers to what kind of content is added to the project Finally we saw how to combine these different types of projects into a blank project At this point the captured content is raw and usually not presentable to your target audience In fact the content may not be even complete because each project type can only capture only one type of content You have to add the other types of content to complete the project The real value addition comes only when we edit the project to add annotations shapes audio video clips voice narration closed captions etc and optionally make the presentation interactive All this is done in the edit phase of the project These editing techniques are common for all types of projects The following sections show how to edit a project Overview Of The Editing Process All editing is done in the Edit Window which pops up automatically when 1 You finish creating a new project or 2 You open an e
226. om n pan objects will be included in the exported video Include Cursor Whether to render the cursor paths or not Path Video Option Remarks Video Size Range 50 to 150 in steps of 10 The reference is the canvas size which you specified when you created the project The video will be rescaled using Bicubic interpolation Note that the aspect ratio is fixed when you created the project it cannot be changed at render time Frame Rate Set between 1 and 30 fps frames per second Key Frame Specify the number of frames between which we must have a key frame default 3 Frame Rate Quality Select in the range 1 30 Higher the number better the quality and larger the file size Exporting The Project Exporting To Video 91 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Audio Option Remarks Channels Select from mono stereo Bit Rate Select from 64 96 and 128 kbps Sample Rate Select from 11025 22050 and 44100 Hz Output Option Remarks Format Select from AVI MP4 WMV and WebM HTML 5 The following video and audio codecs are used for each container format e AVI MS MPEG4 v2 WMA v2 e MP4 MPEG4 Simple L1 MP3 e WMV WMV v2 WMA v2 e WebM VP8 Vorbis Output File Specify the file path and name for exported video Advanced Options The following SCORM options are available Exporting The Project gt Exporting To Vide
227. on and also optionally responds to each option chosen for example display a hint message as to why this is not the correct choice and ask the user to try again Note that before coming to the Event Editor you must enter the text for all options The Choice column reflects this text You cannot edit this column in the Event Manager Event Editor Choice Settings OnCorrect OnIncofrect On Incomplete On Tir Points 10 Correct Choice Go to Slide at Index 1 Answer 1 Continue Presentation Go to Slide at Index 4 Answer 2 Continue Presentation Go Forward 1 slide Answer 3 Continue Presentation Send Email Answer 4 End Presentation Cancel The GUI works as follows 1 Enter the points to be earned For this option to work the Score by event check box must be cleared In that case the Points column below is removed If the user selects the correct option he earns these points Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Event Editor 167 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 If he selects the incorrect option he earns no points 2 Click on the radio button of the correct option In this example Answer 7 is the correct option 3 Sometimes the answers are not strictly right wrong Even the other answers may be partially right but some of them may be preferable To handle such situation select the Score by choice check box This activates the Points column in the pane below Now a
228. on levels Note that the Level higher the compression level the longer it takes to Low export Normal Select None when testing the output High e Select Ultra or High when exporting the final result Ultra Output Location Define the location where the exported contents will be placed Exporting The Project Exporting To HTML SlideShow 99 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Advanced Options The following SCORM related options are available Export To HTML SlideShow SCORM related Options Options Advanced SCORM Options Generate SCORM Package Package Version Organization Title Item Title 1 0 Identifier SCORM_PACKAGE Untitled Image Untitled Parameter Options Remarks Generate No If your LMS supports both 1 2 and 2004 versions of SCORM SCORM please choose 2004 version the latest version Package SCORM1 2 SCORM 2004 Package Specify a version that can be used to differentiate manifests Versi n with the same identifier For example if you are uploading the same project after modifying it provide a different version number Identifier Specify a name used by the LMS to identify different manifests This value is generated automatically by ActivePresenter but you can change it if needed Organization Specify a title for the organization which this item belongs to Title ActivePresenter automatically generates this value from project name However
229. on none SlideList Width 220 Initial Volume 80 Initial CC State hidden SlideList Position Position of slidelist window Show Al PO Cancel The window does not show a preview of the project itself This window works as follows 1 This drop down list offers further presets within the selected template type The Custom option allows you to customize all settings and save it as a preset From now on the newly defined preset will be available to you from the Preset drop down list 2 Apreview window shows the effect of your customization on the toolbar 3 To customize the toolbar click on any parameters listed here and adjust its value The Exporting The Project gt Exporting To Flash Simulation 131 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 changes are reflected in the toolbar sample 2 4 This area shows the explanation of the parameter selected above Operation Modes In this section there are four controls Modes You can select what modes would be available to the users Demonstration Tutorial Practice and Test Recall that you can customize each object whether it can appear in each of these modes Thus the same presentation can behave in totally different manner in different modes Total max time in minutes This is the total time The time taken by all objects to complete their lifecycle plus the time allowed for the student to answer while the presentation pauses and waits for the an
230. on of the converted speech This may cause sync problems e The CC may run into the subsequent scene which has no relation to what the CC is talking about Objects gt Introduction To Objects 264 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 The converted audio may interfere with an audio embedded in the slide during capturing phase The converted audio may overlap with TTS audio of other objects shapes for example The converted audio may overlap with other stand alone audio video objects You will have to check the presentation for these problems and sort them out Note that even if you have already converted the captions for many CC objects you can still launch this operation safely without any adverse effects Miscellaneous Tips Here are some general tips for using Closed Captions Always ensure correct spellings Use words that match the actual voice narration Do NOT try to paraphrase Otherwise the audience may find it very hard to read the Closed Captions Use punctuation to clarify the meaning If a sentence ends normally use the appropriate mark at the end However a sentence that is left unfinished should end with an ellipsis Translate foreign words in parenthesis Use italics or ALLCAPS to denote a new word or heavily emphasized part in speech Show music or other sound effects in square brackets such as music door slams crowd at the bar or laughter Use square brackets
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232. ons This tab controls how those annotations are generated Hot keys Change the hot keys used for various operations Miscellaneous Options that don t fit anywhere in the above tabs Note that some objects have multiple elements Some of these elements are meant for annotation while the other elements are for interaction Such elements are controlled by the Annotation and Interaction tabs respectively For example a True False type Question object has these elements 1 A Question Label that is displayed on screen Annotation type element 2 Two Answer Labels that the viewer can click to choose the answer Annotation type elements 3 A Submit button that the viewer clicks Interaction type element 4 Various attached messages that will be displayed for various events such as On Correct On Incorrect On Incomplete and On Timeout these events are triggered automatically when viewer interact with the question These messages are also classified as Annotation elements All these various elements form a question object as a whole A question as a whole is also an Interaction Therefore in case of a True False type Question object its button element and the question itself will be controlled by the nteraction tab and the remaining elements will be controlled by the Annotation tab Customizing ActivePresenter gt Customizing The Preferences 287 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 The General Tab
233. ortcuts leave this display on Audio An audio object is displayed on the canvas pane as the icon and its Time Bar is displayed in the Timeline Note that the canvas icon is just a visual indicator to remind you that there is an audio in the slide lts placement in the canvas is not important This icon is not visually rendered in the final output In a capture type project a new audio object is created when you narrate the operation of the target software Later during the edit phase you can add audio objects to the slide in four different ways 1 2 Adding A Voice over Commentary or Dubbing Insert an audio file mp3 ogg wav wma Record a new audio track Convert some text to speech Objects gt Introduction To Objects 269 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 The last three methods are described below In the Editor window of ActivePresenter Select the Annotation gt Audio gt Create New menu option Or click on the arrow of the JO toolbar button and select Create New option A window pops up Pba Adell Mame Audio 1 DE Duration 00 03 33 Recording Input Device Line In Realtek High Definitio e LJ riia Calibrate Input Text To Speech Generate This window lets you add audio in the current slide as explained below 1 This section allows you to add audio resources Click on the A button to insert a resource from the Library or L7 button to insert an au
234. orting the final result Media Player This section allows you to choose either Adobe Flash Player or Microsoft Silverlight for audio video playback Output Location Location Location where the exported files will be placed Advanced Options Exporting The Project gt Exporting To Ajax Simulation 124 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Export To AJAX Simulation General Advanced Misc Annotation Contents Convert to image SCORM Options Generate SCORM Package Package Version 1 0 Identifier Organization Title Untitled Item Title Untitled Report Options Format XML Document Email HTTP address to receive Pass Condition Condition Percents of correct answers These options are related to SCORM Annotation Contents Choose between the following options Convert to image ActivePresenter will convert the annotations to images so it will be displayed just as you see it in the ActivePresenter s Editor window The converted output is browser independent However its downside is the output size will be a little bigger and the annotations lose some of HTML features like clickable hyperlinks So we recommend that you should not choose this feature if you have hyperlinks in your annotation contents As HTML ActivePresenter will preserve the annotation contents as HTML so some of HTML features like clickable hyperlinks are preserved But please n
235. ote that different web browsers may render the HTML content a little differently Exporting The Project gt Exporting To Ajax Simulation 125 ActivePresenter User Manual SCORM Options Version 3 9 4 1 Parameter Options Remarks Generate No If your LMS supports both 1 2 and 2004 versions of SCORM SCORM please choose 2004 version the latest version Package SCORM1 2 SCORM 2004 Package Specify a version that can be used to differentiate manifests Version with the same identifier For example if you are uploading the same project after modifying it provide a different version number Identifier Specify a name used by the LMS to identify different manifests This value is generated automatically by ActivePresenter but you can change it if needed Organization Title Specify a title for the organization which this item belongs to ActivePresenter automatically generates this value from project name However you can enter a difference text Item Title Report Options Specify a title for the item ActivePresenter automatically generates this value from project name However you can enter a difference text These options let you decide how to report the results of test taken by the student Method Choose between e No Report Do not send report e Email Send report through email e HTTP Send report through HTTP request Format Choose between the reporting formats
236. ow Select the question then double click the button to launch the Event Editor In the rendered presentation the object functions as follows Only the question 2 the answer box 3 and the Submit button 7 are displayed The user is expected to click inside the box and enter some text When the user responds the presentation compares the answer with the reference answer which is previously defined by the author e Ifthe answer is correct the actions defined in On Correct tab are taken which typically is to display the On Correct response 4 e Ifthe answer is incorrect the actions defined in On Incorrect tab are taken which typically is to display the On Incorrect response 5 e Ifthe user tries to leave the answer incomplete the actions defined in the On Incomplete tab are executed which typically is to display the On Incomplete response 6 Apart from this primary behavior the object also has secondary behaviors To set up all behaviors of the object double click on the Target area This launches Event Editor with the object s current settings in the following tabs Value Settings On Correct On Incorrect On Incomplete and On Timeout You have to set up the behavior of each button separately Double click on the button to launch Event Editor with the button s current settings in the following tabs On Click On Rollover and On Rollout Question Fill In Multiple Blank The Fill in multiple blank type Q
237. parameters to balance between the audio quality or storage size Option Remarks Bit Rate This is the amount of compressed data needed to store one second of sound Higher the bit rate better the audio quality and larger the file size Sample Rate The incoming analog sound is first converted into digital form and then stored on the disk This digital sound is not the exact replica of the original Some fidelity is always lost The fidelity of the digital sound depends on the sample rate and bit rate Higher the sampling and bit rate better the fidelity However higher fidelity also increases the file size as more data needs to be stored The most popular sampling rates are listed here Channels Choose from Mono and Stereo Unless you are opting for a studio recorded sound track Mono is sufficient During playback the sound card feeds the same sound in left and right channels Stereo recording needs double the storage size as compared to Mono Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Capture Profile Editor 153 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 The Cursor Tab General Mouse Cursor Record Mouse Cursor Show Mouse in Full Motion Recording Mode Add Mouse Click Sound Use Simple Cursor Path Cursor Highlight Highlight Cursor Shape Circle Restore Defaults The Cursor tab controls the appearance of the captured image of the mouse pointer in the rendered output The main choice is
238. ple Choice lt Type gt lt Answers gt 1 lt Answers gt lt Interaction gt lt Details gt lt Report gt lt Content gt Report In JSON Format The report is formatted in JSON JavaScript Object Notation format Here is a sample t Name Demo Exporting The Project gt Reporting Options 139 ActivePresenter User Manual Description Project for demonstration Date Fri May 25 11 46 11 GMT 0700 2012 UserID test TotalTime 30 SlideCount 2 TakenSlide 2 InteractionCount 2 TakeInteraction 2 Correct 2 Points 4 MaxPoints 4 Percent 100 Result true Details SlideIndex 1 ReportID 1 4 Attempts 1 Points 1 MaxPoints 1 Result Correct Type Text Box Answers demo SlideIndex 2 ReportID 2 1 Attempts 1 Points 1 MaxPoints 1 Result Correct Type Multiple Choice Answers 1 Transmission Of Report The report can be sent to a valid email or HTTP address Version 3 9 4 1 In case of sending via HTTP protocol POST method is used where the key is report and the value is the report content with format specified when exporting to AJAX presentation The server side script at the HTTP address must handle and process the report For example suppose that the HTTP address is http atomisystems com reportreceiver php The following is a trivial sample
239. port translated text in XLIFF format into the project Window Menu Menu option Shortcut Button Remarks Cascade Show all open projects as a stack Tile Horizontally Show all open projects side by side Tile Vertically Show all open projects one above the other Arrange Icons Lines up the icons of minimized projects Menus And Shortcuts gt Window Menu 284 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 when multiple projects are opened and minimized Next Select the next window in the ist see below The selected window comes to the top Previous Select the previous window in the ist see below The selected window comes to the top lt List gt Provides the list of currently open windows projects Click on any entry to switch to that window The selected window comes to the top Help Menu Menu option Shortcut Button Remarks Help Contents F1 Launches this help file Product Homepage Launches a browser and takes you to the homepage for ActivePresenter Support Center Launches a browser and takes you to the user forum FAQ Purchase A License To convert from Free edition to Standard Professional edition Activate Product To activate the product Check for Check for update at the website Updates About Provide information about the current version ActivePresenter Menu
240. produces multiple screenshots slides and or multiple videos While recording you can manually switch between the FMR and Smart Capture modes using hot keys defaults are F9 and F10 This is very useful when capturing a text typing operation or a mouse drag n drop operation Using Smart Capture has several advantages e Itis possible to create interactive and branching content AJAX Flash e High quality output when export to AJAX Flash but small output size thanks to PNG loss less compression e Smooth cursor path e The presentation is divided into steps so it is easier to manage and edit 4 Smart Capture with Auto FMR In this mode ActivePresenter switches automatically between the two modes mentioned above lt captures in the smart capture mode but will temporarily switch to the FMR mode when you start dragging the mouse and switch back to the smart capture mode when you stop dragging the mouse You can start and stop the capturing action at any time and also manually switch between the different modes Capture Profiles Apart from selecting one of the four primary capturing modes ActivePresenter also lets you choose many options such as whether to capture the mouse movement whether to highlight the mouse pointer whether to record audio etc The entire set of options is called a capture profile Typically you would have a different profile depending on what you want to create e g presentation training demo teaser
241. provide a different version number Identifier Specify a name used by the LMS to identify different manifests This value is generated automatically by ActivePresenter but Exporting The Project gt Exporting To Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation 119 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 you can change it if needed Organization Specify a title for the organization which this item belongs to Title ActivePresenter automatically generates this value from project name However you can enter a difference text Item Title Specify a title for the item ActivePresenter automatically generates this value from project name However you can enter a difference text Exporting To Ajax Simulation This has three options General Advanced and Misc Miscellaneous General Options Exporting The Project gt Exporting To Ajax Simulation 120 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 General Advanced Misc Template Operation Modes Demonstration Tutorial Practice Test Total Max Time minutes O Interaction Flashing ms 0 Output Lang uage English U S Color Depth True Colors 24 bit Optimization Level Media Player Adobe Flash Player O Microsoft Silverlight Output Location C Users Name Documents ActivePresenter Untitled AJAX Close Template Options AJAX simulation is interactive presentation which is delivered through a browser A control toolbar is
242. public computer where others may fiddle with it Note that this feature is not meant to provide a bullet proof security As with any security system given enough time someone will manage to break in Adding Navigational Elements You can easily add navigational buttons to slides by using mouse click interactions e Insert mouse click interactions to slide e Open its Event Editor select On Correct tab remove all current actions and add a Go Forward Go Backward or Go to Slide action e Ifyou want to add hot keys you can also insert and use key stroke interaction Editing A Project gt Editing A Slide 77 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Advanced Editing Making The Project Interactive In ActivePresenter the user can experience eleven types of interactions with the presentation For any of these objects you can specify trigger conditions e g when the mouse rolls over this shape and specify what actions should be taken for that trigger condition e g display the hint message How Interactive Objects Behave The following chart shows the trigger conditions for each interactive object A trigger condition is the user s action that causes a pre programmed response from the object Trigger conditions 9 O L gt A 9 53 2 9 3 O ab o 2 8 3 amp 2 2 2 e S is 3 2 18 2 3 m 2328382855866 Mouse Click Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Text Box Y Y Y YY Y Y Y
243. r User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Button Shortcut Function uu When you click this button the play pauses and the button turns to Resume l The playhead stays at its current position Clicking on the Resume button starts the play from the Playhead s current position and the button turns to Pause 111 again After this successive clicks on the button toggles it between Pause uu and Resume lb Tip Instead of clicking these buttons it is far easier to simply press the Space Bar to play pause resume If you click this button while the Timeline is playing ActivePresenter stops playing and the playhead stays at its current position e If you click this button when the Timeline is not playing then ActivePresenter removes the selection markers 3 and 4 In other words use this button to clear the selection range et Records your voice even as you play the slide simultaneously This allows you to watch the slide s playback and time your voice perfectly with the action on the screen To stop recording press the Stop button This also allows you to dub your slide in another language Tip To synchronize your voice over perfectly press the 3 button to select the loop mode Play the range repeatedly for a few times and practice speaking in perfect sync Once your timing is right start recording J Zooms out Use this to see the duration for the entire slide p Zooms in Click this button to expand t
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245. ractions Messages F Shape E Spotlight Mouse Click Pl Correct E Text Caption Feedback Mouse Hover E Incorrect Highlight Cursor Path Button Hint E Image Zoom n Pan Pl Text Box El Complete Pl Video E Closed Ca ption F Key Stroke F Incomplete Audio Question Timeout Select All Deselect All In Slides a All Slides E Current Slide O Specified Slides It has three sections which are to be used as follows 1 What to delete This section contains the master list of all objects Select the ones you want to delete Where to delete In this section identify the slides where you want this mass destruction to happen Be careful You could delete objects from good slides as well In case you want to specify certain slides only separate their numbers with comma A Editing A Project gt Editing A Slide 68 ActivePresenter User Manual 3 Additional Option Check this if you also want to delete objects which have been set to show over multiple slides normally these are background music or corporate logo Inserting Objects Into Multiple Slides This is the opposite of the situation described above You may realize that multiple slides are lacking a particular object To insert an object in multiple slides at once select the Slide gt Insert Objects to Slides menu item The following window opens Insert Multiple Slide Objects
246. ration of the pause So why don t we simply split the track and shift the latter part to achieve the same end result Well there are two benefits of using a Freeze frame control a It is easier to remove to reverse its effect and b It does not create extra resources by splitting the original object Let us see how the Freeze frame control affects the audio and video tracks Pausing A Video Track Freezing The Scene When the slide is played in preview mode or exported the host video is paused for the duration of the Freeze frame control s duration However the other objects in the slide are played normally Now why should we want to do this in the first place Well sometimes a video contains a significant scene which lasts only for a few seconds The scene is over even before your audience has the time to absorb the important clues If this were a live lecture you would pause the video and explain various parts of the frozen scene to your audience But what to do if this is a self running video This is where the Freeze frame is useful It allows you to pause a video for the duration of its time bar You can extend this pause as long as you want and add a commentary track or annotations to Objects gt Introduction To Objects 276 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 analyze the frozen video frame Closed Caption A of Shape 4 of Shape 3 A of Commentary A El Video 2 A of In the above example the vi
247. rce pane e Timeline How to use the Timeline pane Objects Explanation about all annotation and interaction objects used in ActivePresenter e What is the basic use of each type of object e How they work e How to set their visual and behavioral properties Menus and Summary of all menus and hot keys Shortcuts About This Manual gt Structure Of The Manual 10 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Customizing Customizing the interface and behavior ActivePresenter What s new What is new in this edition of the User Manual Covers changes in the software and the manual itself Intended Audience ActivePresenter is directly and indirectly used by two different kinds of users 1 Presenters teachers They are the direct users of ActivePresenter They use ActivePresenter to prepare a presentation and export it to various formats 2 Viewers students They are the indirect users of ActivePresenter They watch the exported presentation practice and take a test In some cases the presentation is run and moderated by the presenter In other cases the viewers students run the presentation in self paced mode as guided by the presentation itself In this context this manual is meant for the direct users of ActivePresenter i e for the presenters teachers No previous experience of screencasting is assumed All terms are explained within this manual How lo Use This Manual It is best to read the
248. rd movie or streaming video uu Blank Project Smart Capture With Auto FMR Create training materials with Auto Full Motion Recording Auto FMR GSE Smart Capture Create training materials Without Auto FMR The different parts of the screen work as follows 1 This section offers the four methods of launching a new project The Capture method is selected by default Leave it selected 2 In this section give a name to the new project and select the folder to store it Remember that if you plan to insert any videos in this project the disk must have enough space for those videos apart from the captured project s size 3 This section lists the four profiles modes of capturing Full Motion Recording FMR Record movie Streaming Video Smart Capture with FMR and Smart capture Creating A New Project gt Creating A Capture Project 35 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 At this time we will select the FMR method the appendix explains how to select or create an appropriate profile for a given purpose Remember that you can change the capture mode even during recording The controls at the right allow you to edit these default modes and even create your own profiles Refer to appendix for details When you press OK ActivePresenter now needs to know the area of the screen is to be captured and other settings for the new project Since the actual capturing is just one step away your targ
249. red Preferred size width height Set the default width and height Timing duration in ms Sets the default timing for the element as shown on the Timeline If the duration is set to 1 the object will be displayed till the end of the slide If the duration of the slide is changed for any reason the object s duration will be automatically adjusted Show in mode State whether to show this element in the four modes Demonstration Tutorial Practice and Test Select one or more modes Customizing ActivePresenter Customizing The Preferences 295 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Group 2 Elements The following screenshot shows properties for Audio which is a typical representative of Group 2 elements General Interaction Annotation Auto Annotation Text Hotkeys Miscellaneous shape Show in Mode Highlight ae 2 i Text Caption Demonstration Tutorial Practice Test Question Title Answer Label a Correct Sample Rate 48000 Hz Channels Stereo Bit Rate 64 kbps Incorrect Hint Complete Restore Defaults Incomplete Timeout Image Video Cursor Path oom n Pan Closed Caption Elements in this group have the following properties Show in mode State whether to show this element in the four modes Demonstration Tutorial Practice and Test Select one or more modes Sample rate Select from 11025 22050 and 44100 Hz Channels Selec
250. rent pen color T Text Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Image Editor 180 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 This tool has its own word editor window You can create rich text with its own attribute color italics bold underline font size font type superscript subscript etc F Autoshape This is a drop down list of shapes Blur Blur Obfuscate selected area Blur radius 6 The larger the radius the more obfuscated the image alll Pen color This selects a pen color for pending or next drawing command 25 Pen opacity O fully transparent 255 fully opaque Pick pen color After selecting this tool click on any area and the pen tool will assume that color hue and saturation and opacity Pt St Fill color Sets the color filled inside a shape 25 Fill opacity O fully transparent 255 fully opaque Pick fill color After selecting this tool click on any area and the fill color tool will assume that color hue and saturation and opacity Line width 1 Sets the line width for the outline of a shape or for the pencil tool ad Line style Sets the type of line for the outline of a shape or for the pencil tool PL Rotate right Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Image Editor 181 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 i Rotate left F k dk Flip hori
251. report is formatted as XML eXtensible Markup Language Here is a sample lt xml version 1 0 encoding UTF 8 gt lt Content gt lt Report gt lt Name gt Demo lt Name gt lt Description gt Project for demonstration lt Description gt lt Date gt Fri May 25 11 28 31 GMT 0700 2012 lt Date gt lt UserID gt test lt UserID gt lt TotalTime gt 30 lt TotalTime gt Exporting The Project gt Reporting Options 138 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 lt SlideCount gt 2 lt SlideCount gt lt TakenSlide gt 2 lt TakenSlide gt lt InteractionCount gt 2 lt InteractionCount gt lt TakenInteraction gt 2 lt TakenInteraction gt lt Correct gt 2 lt Correct gt lt Points gt 2 lt Points gt lt MaxPoints gt 2 lt MaxPoints gt lt Percent gt 100 lt Percent gt lt Result gt true lt Result gt lt Details gt lt Interaction gt lt SlideIndex gt 1 lt SlideIndex gt lt ReportID gt 1_4 lt ReportID gt lt Attempts gt 1 lt Attempts gt lt Points gt 1 lt Points gt lt MaxPoints gt 1 lt MaxPoints gt lt Result gt Correct lt Result gt lt Type gt Text Box lt Type gt lt Answers gt demo lt Answers gt lt Interaction gt lt Interaction gt lt SlideIndex gt 2 lt SlideIndex gt lt ReportID gt 2_1 lt ReportID gt lt Attempts gt 1 lt Attempts gt lt Points gt 1 lt Points gt lt MaxPoints gt 1 lt MaxPoints gt lt Result gt Correct lt Result gt lt Type gt Multi
252. rimary project was created using either from PowerPoint or Capturing and now you want to add complementary slides by inserting images as slides This is equivalent to launching a new Image project but with the difference that the newly created slides are inserted in the current project rather than opening up a new project The new slides from this instant Image project are inserted after the current slide The procedure is same as launching a new Image project Editing A Project gt Project Level Editing 58 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Inserting Slides From Another Project This technique is mainly used when you have launched a Blank project or if you want to add complementary slides in an existing project of any type Often the slide you want are already available in other ActivePresenter projects All you need to do is to copy those slides and insert them in the current project at the appropriate places Here is the procedure 1 2 T 8 While the current project is open open the another donor project Use the Window gt Tile Vertically menu option Now ActivePresenter displays both projects side by side If you prefer you can use the Cascade or Tile Horizontally options You are going to use the Slides pane of both project First switch to Thumbnails tab in both projects Now click on the desired slide from the other project and press CTRL C or use the Edit gt Copy menu This pl
253. roject For example you may want to create a video a flash banner for a website and a pdf brochure If you miss any of the expected outputs or if your client adds a requirement later you may have to repeat the project with different settings Therefore you must begin with a careful planning of what is expected out of it Find The Success Factors Depending on the expected outcome for the given project you have to consider various success factors The following is only a sample list of considerations 1 What is the mode of delivery Will the user interact with you Will you need to embed all the information in the product or deliver some of the information in person 2 Is ita simple start to finish presentation or will it have branches Is there additional content that is presented only if when needed Creating A New Project gt Planning A Project 30 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 3 Do you want audio not if the kiosk is in a shared noisy exhibition hall 4 What is the size and resolution of your target device low resolution devices won t run high resolution presentation 5 What is the user s preferred device Some high value presentations may be specially created for iPad or HD monitor screens 6 Does the situation allow interaction not if the viewers have to walk past the terminal in groups 7 Will your audience include visually impaired people The presentation will need Closed Cap
254. roject menu gt Project Information gt Background Color Show disabled features Controls whether ActivePresenter will show menu and toolbar items for features which is not available in the edition you are using For example you can choose to hide most of the items on Export menu if you are using a Free edition Show UAC elevating message on start up In order to be able to capture applications which were run as Administrator ActivePresenter will also need Administrator privilege On recent versions of Windows that have UAC http en wikipedia org wiki User_Account_Control enabled ActivePresenter will notify you on start up that it need to be elevated to capture those applications However if you just need to capture applications with normal privilege this is the most common cases then you should not care about this and can safely deselect this option to bypass the notification message Project section Control Remarks minutes Backup project every n Define how frequently to back up save the project In rare cases when ActivePresenter crashes it will allow you to recover your last opening projects from the latest back ups Please note that these are not permanent back ups They will be automatically removed when you close your projects Default slide duration Set a default duration for each slide in milliseconds e Ifthe total run time for all components of a slide exceeds this v
255. rounds Each slide turns into a background image for a corresponding slide in ActivePresenter project All the separate objects in the pptx slide will be flattened into one image and you cannot manipulate animate them But can add annotations in the ActivePresenter project e Process objects in slides All the objects present in each slide are imported in the corresponding ActivePresenter slide You can manipulate these objects and then annotate the slides in ActivePresenter Remember that by default none of the slides are selected If you do not select any slides nothing will be imported into ActivePresenter You can select multiple slides by pressing SHFT and CTRL keys as you click on the slides Or else just click on the Select All button Once you are satisfied with the slide selection click on the OK button This imports the pptx file into ActivePresenter The next step is to edit this project The editing techniques are described in the next chapter Creating A New Project gt Creating A Project From PowerPoint Presentation 42 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Creating A Project From Images This is the third content generation method where images are used to create slides in ActivePresenter instead of recording a target application We will again launch ActivePresenter and on the welcome screen select the third New Project option A New Project window pops up Select the third Image Project option Immedi
256. rrent slide to the appropriate end start point of cursor path in previous or next slide Zoom n Pan The zoom n pan object shows ActivePresenter where to zoom during playback Objects gt Introduction To Objects 255 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 This is a re sizable rectangle that must always match its aspect ratio to the project s aspect ratio Let us understand this with an example In the following screenshot the image of the Taj Mahal occupies the entire screen Now imagine you were standing on the right minaret and therefore you would like to zoom in that minaret To do this insert a Zoom and pan object and move it over the minaret Make it small enough so that the zoomed in view focuses there 4 Timeline q a pPoua 27253 5 10 15 20 35 Zoom n P an Image 1 In the Timeline adjust the onset and duration of the Zoom and pan object e The zoom should not be too fast otherwise it becomes nauseating When this slide is rendered the camera shows the entire scene and then zooms in and simultaneously pans sideways to the minaret Note that the zoom n pan object has a one way effect When it ends it does not restore the zoom back to normal So the camera will keep looking at the minaret till the slide ends Objects gt Introduction To Objects 256 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 If this were a movie instead of an image this would not be acceptable at all Fortunately th
257. rs to You can change it to another resource Loop If selected the audio is played in an endless loop when the end is reached the tracked starts playing from the beginning Ignore Pausing If this option is selected even when the presentation is paused e g to wait for user s input the track will keep playing Note that this control cannot ignore a pause command from toolbar of player In other words if the user pauses the presentation using the toolbar the audio will pause Objects gt Introduction To Objects 272 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Property Remarks Boundary Physical placement of the YY icon measured from the top left corner of Left the canvas Change the placement if the icon is obstructing any other element Top Note that this is only an indication that the slide has an audio track During actual rendering this icon is not used at all Start Time This is the time when the audio track starts playing The starting moment of the slide is taken as reference t 0 Duration The duration of the audio track in ms This value is non editable grayed out Show in mode Select one or more from Demonstration tutorial practice test Video To insert a video into a slide click on the EL toolbar button or use the Annotation gt Video menu and select an existing video file to insert You can also drag an existing video file from Explorer and drop it ont
258. rsion 3 9 4 1 The Images Tab l Image 9 2 Image 10 4 Image 12 5 Image 13 Show Images in Library Images A Audio amp Video 44 Styles This tab has three sections as marked above 1 This is the Toolbar to manage image resources The buttons work as follows Button Function ar Adds an image from the computer or LAN etc ml Selects the resources that are unused in the current project E zm Removes the resource from the Library Project storage area al Saves the image as a file Launches the Image Editor and loads the image in it l This button triggers the Image Resource Properties dialog Show hide toggle the Slide background type of images visual filter 13 Show hide toggle the Object background type of images visual filter Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Resource Pane 197 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 o Show hide toggle the Cursor type of images visual filter Ex Show hide toggle the deprecated images balloons in the Library visual filter 2 This section shows the resources images The currently selected image has a dark blue border around it You can drag any image from here into the slide 3 You can choose between Library resources or Project resources Keep in mind that initially a new project does not have any internal resources till you add them
259. rt oom n Pan Embedded in HTML Include Cursor Path Video Video Size Key Frame Audio Channels Frame Rate Quality Eit Rate Sample Rate Output Output File C Users Livy Documents ActiveP resenter Explorer Flas The options are divided into four sections Rendering Options Option Remarks Include Closed Caption If you disable this option the Closed Captions will not be exported to the video Export Closed This is a sub option for the option above Exporting The Project Exporting To Flash Video 94 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Caption as Subtitle srt If you select this option the Closed Captions will be exported as a separate subtitle file with srt extension The player must have the capability to display subtitles Note that this allows you to change the font size and color of the subtitles at play time You can also change the srt file to display the subtitles in a different language e lf this option is disabled the captions will be hard coded inside the video In this case any video player can play the video However the attributes of the subtitles cannot be changed at play time Zoom n Pan If selected the effects of zoom n pan objects will be included in the exported video Embedded in HTML If you select this option the flash will be embedded in an HTML file This can be viewed in a browser directly e If yo
260. s And Shortcuts Help Menu 285 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Customizing ActivePresenter You can customize the following aspects in ActivePresenter Changing The Language Use the View gt Language menu option The available languages will be listed Select the appropriate language Customizing The User Interface You can make the following changes to the user interface 1 View hide the toolbars use View gt Toolbars menu option 2 View hide the various panes Library Timeline Slides Properties use the View menu ActivePresenter saves the project settings when the project is closed If you open a new project the settings of the last saved project will be automatically applied to it Customizing The Preferences Use the Edit gt Preferences menu option The Preferences window pops up It has six tabs each serving a different area Select the relevant tab to change the relevant setting Tab What controls are provided General General options applicable to the entire software Customizing ActivePresenter gt Customizing The Preferences 286 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Interaction Parts of objects that have interactive nature are controlled from here Annotation Parts of objects that have annotative nature are controlled from here Auto Annotation Text ActivePresenter has the capability to generate appropriate annotation automatically from interacti
261. s is the End marker The slice of Timeline between the start marker 3 and the end marker 4 is known as selected range often called just range It is shown darkened in the Timeline pane A range has two main purposes o You can check out a range by playing the contents repeatedly and making small adjustments till things become perfect o Range Editing functions like cut range copy range delete range and crop to range work only when a range is defined first 5 This is the playhead the position at which ActivePresenter will play the slide Notice that a vertical line runs across the pane By default the Timeline pane does not display the start marker 3 the end marker 4 or the playhead 5 To create them click anywhere on the Ruler 2 ActivePresenter creates all three at the same spot on the Ruler 4 23 5 6 Now drag the markers to any desired position to set the range You can click on the playhead and drag it horizontally to play the slide at different moments This is called scrubbing the Timeline lt gives you an instant rough idea about how the slide will play at normal speed 6 This area lists all the objects on the current slide according to their z order For example if you add a new object to the Canvas pane it is always placed on top of the pile Therefore in Timeline pane also it is placed at the top of the list If you change the z order of any object in the Canvas pane that change
262. selects a correct answer he earns the points assigned to that particular answer As he chooses more correct answers these partial scores are added up However if he chooses any of the wrong answers then the whole answer is considered incorrect and he will lose all the partial points earned in this question Note that this interaction cannot have a response action per answer because there are multiple correct answers and there is no way to predict which ones are attempted by the user and which answers are correct Thus it is virtually impossible to set a trigger condition The Settings Tab This tab defines the behavior of the interactive presentation when the user is not responding well Event Editor A Choice Settings OnCorrect n Incorrect n Incomplete On Timeout Attempts Max Attempts 3 Infinite Pause presentation to wart for user input After showing object 0 milliseconds V Just before hiding object Enable time limit Hours 0 Minutes 0 Seconds 0 It has three sections as shown above 1 Attempts Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Event Editor 170 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Max Attempts After the user makes the predefined number of attempts the interactive object will be disabled The user can t interact with it anymore Infinite This check box overrides the number of attempts defined at the left
263. sentation or close presentation not When unselected the exported presentation will stop silently at the in Demonstration last slide and the window is left open This behavior is applicable only in and Tutorial mode Demonstration and Tutorial modes Show report in If this option is unselected then the presentation will end without Practice and Test presenting you with test result applicable only for Practice and Test mode modes Accessibility These options allow you to enable or disable accessibility features Enable If this option is selected slide and object accessibility text is exported accessibility text When a slide or an object is displayed its accessibility text will be read out Exporting The Project gt Exporting To Ajax Simulation 128 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 by the screen reader Enable keyboard If this option is selected viewer can navigate between focusable objects navigation using the Tab key Please note that any Key Stroke object that handles the Tab key will not work anymore if this option is selected Enable visual If this option is selected an outline is displayed for the object having focus indicator focus Exporting To Flash Simulation The options here are very similar to AJAX presentation This has three options General Advanced and Misc miscellaneous The options are explained below Exporting The Project gt Exporting To F
264. senter supports text translation which is a large part of localization To translate texts in your project do the following steps 1 Export texts in your project to XLIFF format 2 Translate texts in the exported XLIFF file using any tool that supports XLIFF 1 2 e g Swordfish Translation Editor Editing A Project gt Advanced Editing 84 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 3 Import the translated XLIFF file into your project 4 Test the localized version of your project make sure that all texts are properly translated and displayed Exporting To XLIFF XLIFF XML Localisation Interchange File Format is an XML based format created to standardize the way localizable data are passed between tools during a localization process To export texts in your project to XLIFF format do the following steps 1 Click on menu Localize gt Export To XLIFF 2 Inthe Export To XLIFF dialog select types of text which you want to export for translation Export Options Include Project Information Include Slide Texts Name Description Group Title Include Closed Captions Include Shape Texts Include Accessibility Texts Include Event Values Use TMX 1 4b standard compatible tags lt bpt gt lt ept gt lt ph gt Output Output File re Documents ActrePresenter Untitled xrnl 3 Select option Use TMX 1 4b standard compatible tags lt bpt gt lt ept gt lt ph gt if your translation tool doesn t support lt
265. so will become large Grayscale 8 bit Format JPEG Due to their specs and compression algorithms JPEG is best suited for pictures while PNG is best suited for PNG computer generated images screenshots drawings Note that JPEG compression is lossy while PNG is lossless so PNG retains crystal clear quality but the downside of PNG is that it does not compress well with pictures very big file size and the decoding when viewing is slower than JPEG However screenshots are compressed better with PNG the file has small size and there is no loss of quality Optimization None These are relative compression levels Note that the Level Low higher the compression level the longer it takes to Normal export High Ultra e Select None when testing the output e Select Ultra or High when exporting the final result Output Location Define the location where the exported images will be placed Exporting The Project Exporting To Images 88 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 SCORM Options These are the SCORM related options Export To Images General Advanced SCORM Options Generate SCORM Package Package Version 1 0 Identifier SCORM_PACKAGE Organization Title Untitled Image Item Title Untitled Cancel Parameter Options Remarks Generate No If your LMS supports both 1 2 and 2004 versions of SCORM SCORM please choose 2004 version the latest version Package SCO
266. sounds Selecting your recording equipment E N Setting up your equipment correctly 5 Tips for recording Let us see some details for each Choosing A Quiet And Comfortable Location Record in a quiet location Avoid recording in a public shared location If possible you should be alone in the recording room with complete silence prevailing Place a Silence please notice outside your door to let others know that you are recording Avoid using a large bare room as it produces echos Placing furniture books and curtains in the room absorbs the echoes For best results hang heavy curtains on walls also Eliminating And Preventing Any Disturbing Sounds Most home office areas do have ambient noises e Noise of traffic on the road e Insects birds e Music playing e Your colleagues friends family talking or yelling to each other or on phone e Wind noise or air blown by an overhead AC vent e Creaking of your chair when you move e Pets children making a noise e Humming of your PC fan or an overhead fan Normally we are not aware of these constant noises because our brain tunes them out naturally However when the same noises are heard during your presentation your audience would be distracted Editing A Project gt Editing A Slide 73 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 To check for ambient noises leave the microphone on for a couple of minutes without speaking and then play back that recording If you
267. source and does not try to find duplicates 4 Audio objects created by the user in a slide e g recorded voice Text To Speech track created from a Closed Caption etc 5 Logical resources created by certain operations Splitting of an audio video splitting of slide deletion cutting of a portion joining with other object changing the volume or inserting a freeze frame silence All these resources appear in the Resources pane from where you can use them in the current project Objects Object is a generic name for any structured item that is placed in a slide to add annotation or to make it interactive Examples of Objects are images different shapes such as rectangles circles ovals arrows and call outs text captions closed captions highlights vector curves that represent the path of the cursor Zoom n pan frames audio clips and video clips See Appendix Objects for mode details Note that the term objects is also used in a totally different context when you are taking a screenshot There an object means any part of a window that can be captured in a screenshot such as toolbars toolbar buttons panes menus scroll bars controls etc Object Style Style is a preset of object properties fill line text graphics effects Several options are available in the Styles tab in the Resources pane select any style listed in the pane and use the context menu Add a new style Clone from selected style
268. source to the Library and then use it in your projects from there There is only one physical file that stores all library contents This file is located at C Users lt Username gt AppData Roaming ActivePresenter ActivePresenter aplib Windows Vista or Windows 7 Or C Documents and Settings lt Username gt Application Data ActivePresenter Windows XP How ActivePresenter Manages The Resources ActivePresenter reads the file content and saves it to the Library file see above It creates a resource entry that points to this imported content General gt Basic Screencasting Concepts 19 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 This entry has a name and that name is used to refer to a resource in the library If the file size is bigger than a pre defined value in Preferences ActivePresenter does not store file content directly in the Library file but maintains its own local copy of the imported file By default this limit is 50 MB but you can freely adjust it any time in Preferences The original file leads an independent life If you rename or delete it the copy in the Library will not be affected When you use a library resource in any project ActivePresenter only creates a link with its file That means if the resource file is modified in a future version of ActivePresenter all projects using it will use the modified resource automatically Annotation Just recording a screen is not enough as a training resourc
269. sual impairment Name Description Group Title Background Image None Background Position 0 0 0 0 Background Color Teal Duration 5000 ms Transition Fly In H Accessibility Auto Label Name Description Auto Label Check to make the accessibility name and description generated automatically By default ActivePresenter uses slide name and description as slide accessibility text To provide different text for screen readers do the following steps 1 Select the slide that you want to change accessibility text 2 Inthe Properties panel expand Accessibility property Deselect Auto Label property the accessibility Name and Description are now enabled In the accessibility Name field type the accessibility name or short description for the slide In the accessibility Description field type text that describes the slide 6 When the slide appears screen readers will read aloud the accessibility name first then the accessibility description If you don t want screen readers to read anything leave both accessibility name and description blank Customizing accessibility text for objects ActivePresenter also supports accessibility text for each object on a slide By default accessibility text is generated automatically from the text that the object displays or the object name if it doesn t contain any text Therefore the default accessibility text is usually useless for objects that doesn t contain text suc
270. swer Interaction flashing This is the speed milliseconds for flashing blinking the interaction object for attracting viewer attention Output language This is the language used by the output toolbar and messages Flash Options Parameter Options Remarks Size Range 10 to 150 The size is relative to canvas size selected at the beginning of the project you can check this out at in steps of 10 any time by using the Project gt Project Information menu option Note that ActivePresenter only works with logical size i e pixels However when displayed printed the physical size depends on pixels and the dpi dots per inch setting of the displaying printing device Image Color Depth True Colors 24 bit Higher color depth makes the presentation look stunning But it also increases the file size When 256 Colors 8 bit the images are inserted in other files that file also will become large Grayscale 8 bit Frame rate Set between 1 and 30 fps frames per second Compression level Choose from Select the compression level you want None Exporting The Project gt Exporting To Flash Simulation 132 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 1 8 select a number Maximum Output Location Location Location where the exported files will be placed Advanced Options These are SCORM related options Export To
271. t Editor defines the object s response to a different event as shown below Value On Rollover and On Rollout Repeat this for each input box for each answer You have to set up the behavior of each button separately Double click on the button to launch Event Editor with the button s current settings in the following tabs On Click On Rollover and On Rollout Question Sequence The Question Sequence is an interactive object The default Question Sequence object consists of six separate elements as shown below Objects gt Introduction To Objects 245 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Type the question here Congratulations your answeris comect Type the answer here Type the answer here SOTy your answers not correct Type the answer here Type the answer here Submit However you have the option to add remove answers add a Hint message and three buttons Clear Skip and Back which function as follows Clear Clear all user input on the question e g make text fields empty uncheck radio button check box Skip Go to the next slide Back Go to the previous slide Submit Get user input evaluate and execute suitable actions User can change these default behaviors by editing On Click actions of these buttons from the Event Editor window Select the question then double click th
272. t a TTS voice and adjust the speed and volume To check out the settings enter a test sentence in the Preview box and then click on the Speak button The Reset button at the top restores the default settings You can associate another object with the icon Just double click on the icon The window Objects gt Introduction To Objects 271 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 appears again Now select any other audio object and press OK Display Styles of Audio Objects Depending on how the audio objects are created they are displayed in three different ways 1 When an audio object is inserted to the slide an icon is displayed in the Canvas Pane only during edit mode not when the slide is being played The Timeline pane displays the Time bar of the object 2 When an audio track is attached to an object e g the sound track of a video the Timeline pane displays its Time bar 3 When a Closed Caption is converted into audio a separate audio object is created The Timeline shows a separate audio object In all cases the time bar in the Timeline shows the actual audio waveform which facilitates editing Properties Of Audio Object The audio objects have the following properties Property Remarks Name A name generated by ActivePresenter to identify the audio object uniquely The name is simply Audio_n where n is an incremental counter number Audio The media resource which selected object refe
273. t check box allows you to specify different scores for different events When you click in this check box the Points column is activated in the pane below and at the same time the Points control at the top is disabled Now you can double click in any cell in this column and enter any number Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Event Editor 163 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 3 In this example if the user presses CTRL P he will earn 3 points If he presses the Space bar he will earn 2 points etc The Action by event check box allows you to define a different action for each event When you click in this check box the Actions column is activated in the pane below Now you can double click in any cell in the Actions column and select an action from the drop down list In this example note that the first two events will trigger two actions each o If the user presses CTRL P ActivePresenter will first display the Correct message object and then pause the presentation o If the user presses CTRL SHFT L the presentation will jump forward by 10 slides and then pause These buttons are used to organize the entries in the bottom pane The ar button adds a new action to the selected row e If you had clicked in the Event column this button adds an event e If you had clicked in the Action column this button adds an action within the same event In this way you can associate multiple actions with a
274. t defines the action to be taken when the user gives a correct response Using ActivePresenter Windows Using The Event Editor 171 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Event Editor Choice Settings On Correct On Incorrect On Incomplete On Timeout Actions to be performed when the answer ts correct Action Show Object Correct Message 32 Continue Presentation The GUI works as follows 1 The actions are listed in a stack They are executed in the order of appearance top to bottom In this example e The presentation will show the correct message 52 ActivePresenter provides internal reference numbers to each message This particular message is the Correct message for this particular interaction Note that the Show Object action doesn t control the display duration of the message To change the display duration of the message select the message in the Canvas and change its duration in the Properties pane e After that ActivePresenter will continue the presentation If the presentation is playing this action does nothing If the presentation had paused because a Pause is set in an interactive object or if an object takes the Pause Presentation action in response to a trigger event the Continue Presentation action will continue playing the presentation from the time it is paused 2 These buttons are used to organize the list of actions The ar button adds a new entry in the pane Usin
275. t from mono stereo Bit rate Select from 64 96 and 128 kbps Customizing ActivePresenter gt Customizing The Preferences 296 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Zooming Duration Duration of the Zoom movement transition Zoom scale How much to zoom in Group 3 Elements The following screenshot shows properties for Cursor Path which is a unique type of element placed in Group 3 Shape Show in Mode ae Demonstration E Tutorial E Practice Feedback a Cursor Highlight Text Caption ye eres Question Title Type Color iii Opacity 100 Answer Label Correct Movement Path Cursor Shape Incorrect Hint Complete Incomplete Timeout Click Sound Image Audio Left click Mouse Click 1 Video Path Z oom n Pan Closed Caption Straight O Curved Change Cursor Right click Mouse Click 2 Left double click Mouse Double Click 1 Click Effect Left click Right click Left double click Type Concentric Circles Color It has the following properties Show in mode State whether to show this element in the four modes Demonstration Tutorial Practice and Test Select one or more modes Cursor highlight type Select between none circle and square Customizing ActivePresenter gt Customizing The Preferences 297 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Movement path Select between e Straight The actual path of the mouse cursor is replaced
276. t the downside of PNG is that it does not compress well with pictures very big file size and the decoding when viewing is slower than JPEG However screenshots are compressed better with PNG the file has small size and there is no loss of quality Optimization None Level These are relative compression levels Note that the higher the compression level the longer it takes to Low export Normal e Select None when testing the output High e Select Ultra or High when exporting the final result Ultra Output location Template Location of the template file which the file has to use Output File Specify the file path and name of exported presentation Exporting The Project gt Exporting To Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation 118 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Advanced Options These are SCORM related options Export To Microsoft PowerPoint General Advanced SCORM Options Generate SCORM Package Package Version 1 0 Identifier SCORM_PACKAGE Organization Title Untitled Presentation Item Title Untitled Parameter Options Remarks Generate No If your LMS supports both 1 2 and 2004 versions of SCORM SCORM please choose 2004 version the latest version Package SCORM1 2 SCORM 2004 Package Specify a version that can be used to differentiate manifests Version with the same identifier For example if you are uploading the same project after modifying it
277. te check box to quickly silence the track e The original track is not affected at all You can revert to the original volume at any time e Ifthis control is used to mute a track it does not affect the original duration of the track because unlike the Freeze frame control this control does not insert an additional period of silence In short the trick is to first set a range and then select each of the audio video objects and adjust their volumes individually Only the dominant track will retain its full volume or it may even be boosted while you will lower the volume for the non dominant tracks or even mute them altogether These adjustments would be applied within the range only Set another range in another part of the time axis and repeat this This time a different track may be dominant ActivePresenter displays the audio waveform proportional to its actual volume So if you have applied volume control within a range or muted the track within a range it will be displayed as shown below Here a silence is inserted in the 1 2 stretch note the straight line in place of the audio waveform In the 3 4 stretch the volume is lowered note the signal has become weaker in that range In both cases the start and end points are marked with red vertical marker lines Note that these markers cannot be moved within the time bar because they actually denote the range in which the volume is altered If you want to reverse th
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279. ter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 the left CTRL LeftArrow Same as above but 10 times faster the CTRL key is x10 accelerator RightArrow e When no objects are selected Moves the Playhead to the right e When objects are selected Moves the selected objects to the right CTRL RightArrow Same as above but 10 times faster the CTRL key is x10 accelerator Moves the Playhead to the starting marker of the selection range Moves the Playhead to the end marker of the selection range SHFT Sets the start marker of the selection range at the Playhead position SHFT Sets the end marker of the selection range at the Playhead position SHFT LeftArrow e When no objects are selected Moves the start point of the range to the left e When objects are selected Reduces the selected objects duration CTRL SHFT LeftArrow Same as above but 10 times faster the CTRL key is x10 accelerator SHFT RightArrow e When no objects are selected Moves the end point of the range to the right e When objects are selected Increases the selected objects duration CTRL SHFT RightArrow Same as above but 10 times faster the CTRL key is x10 accelerator Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Timeline 221 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 The following are Customizable hotkeys to change their settings use the Preferences gt Hotkeys menu The following are their default values
280. tes result in smaller file size but make the movement jerky e Sometimes the main power supply which has 50 60 Hz AC causes the room lighting to flicker at this rate Normally this is unnoticeable to the naked eye but sometimes a small difference in the frequencies causes a beat frequency and appears as a large flickering in display This can be avoided by changing the frame rate by a few Hz Reporting Even if an ActivePresenter interactive presentation is not running on a SCORM compliant LMS it can still create a report and optionally send it to a valid email or HTTP address Typically the report contains the data related to the performance of the student under Demo or Test modes For example Time taken to take the test points obtained passing criteria overall General gt Basic Screencasting Concepts 24 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 result pass fail details of the tests taken etc Overview Of ActivePresenter Using ActivePresenter you can capture the live action on the screen and also record your commentary as voice over Then you can edit the result and then add annotations text boxes call outs arrows circles boxes etc images navigational controls and video audio clips ActivePresenter Editions ActivePresenter is available in three different editions with incremental capabilities and pricing Edition Main uses Free Demo videos Standard Demo videos Documenta
281. the properties of various balloons that are available in the Library pane A window pops up when you double click on any balloon in the Library pane The window contains two tabs General and Text Margin General Tab The general tab has the following controls Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using Image Resource Properties Window 183 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Image Resource Properties General Test Margin Name Picture 63 Image size 604 x 604 Type FP Slide background Object background C Cursor Define Group and HotSpot Group None HotSpot The controls work as follows 1 This section contains the Name field This is just the name of the resource for easy remembering and handling You can enter any name you want and change it at any time without affecting any functionality The type of resource You can tag the image resource as slide background object background and or cursor You can apply multiple tags to any resource Later you can use these tags to filter shortlist images of certain type s Define the group and hotspot If you want to use the image for annotation during capturing you should add multiple versions of the image each having its hotspot anchor point in a different direction so that ActivePresenter can automatically select a variant that does not cross the slide canvas This is done by entering a new group name or selecting an existing nam
282. the steps that you just rolled back provided that you don t do anything after that last Undo operation If you take a new step just after rolling back Undoing some steps then the Redo queue is emptied Previewing A Slide Now that we have inserted all objects and slide background the slide is ready for presentation But the proof of the pie is in the eating If the slide does not look good when played we need to edit it further So play the slide by pressing the spacebar or clicking on the gt button on the Timeline pane Go on editing various parts till the slide plays perfectly If everything goes well move on to the next slide Adding A Voice over Commentary or Dubbing Many presentations contain a voice over commentary by an unseen person This technique is mostly adopted for documentaries ActivePresenter has a special recording feature that allows you to add a voice over You can also use this feature for dubbing your presentation adding the commentary in a different language than the original Editing A Project gt Editing A Slide 72 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 A good sound track is critical for your presentation Audio without a sound track or with a poor audio would create a very bad impression Therefore you must take utmost care of your sound track Pay special attention to these five areas 1 Choosing a quiet and comfortable location Eliminating and preventing any disturbing
283. three options work only when capturing a window at any level not when you are Capturing a region or an object Capture shadow Windows Vista or later When an application s window is in non maximized state the Windows OS casts a drop shadow around its border ActivePresenter has the option to capture this shadow while taking a screenshot of the target window Note that this drop shadow is treated as part of the image and not a shadow property of the screenshot image that is captured In other words you can add one more shadow to this captured image with a different set of parameters color distance angle etc Process rounded corners When an application s window is in non maximized state the Windows OS offers an option to display rounded corners ActivePresenter has the option to capture these rounded corners If this option is turned off the captured image will have sharp corners Use opaque background Windows Vista and later have the option to use Aero theme where the borders of windows appear semi transparent While the windows look great they also mess up the screenshot because any text images in the background will also show up through these borders ActivePresenter has the option to replace this transparency in the captured screenshot with an opaque border Show usage guide Shows a yellow text box that describes how to actually capture the screenshot when capturing windows or objects If you are apt to forget the sh
284. tion Professional Demo videos Documentation Interactive training with score management Feature Comparison Main Features Free Standard Professional Capture Application or specified screen area Yes Yes Yes Full screen Yes Yes Yes Automatic capture Yes Yes Yes Manual capture Yes Yes Yes Automatically generate description for interaction Yes Yes Yes Full motion Yes Yes Yes Auto panning Yes Yes Yes Customizable pointer highlight Yes Yes Yes Editor Secure project with password Yes Yes Yes Backup and recovery capabilities Yes Yes Yes Unlimited Undo Redo Yes Yes Yes Slide thumbnails Timeline libraries Yes Yes Yes Customizable balloons highlights or text captions Yes Yes Yes with 12 shape types Object styling fill line text style Yes Yes Yes Lock unlock show hide object while editing Yes Yes Yes Select Insert Edit Delete multiple objects Yes Yes Yes Pointer path Yes Yes Yes Closed caption Yes Yes Yes General gt Overview Of ActivePresenter 25 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Zoom n Pan Yes Yes Yes Support 7 types of questions Yes Yes Yes Import external images JPEG PNG GIF BMP Yes Yes Yes PNM PCX XPM CUR ICO ANI Built in image editor Yes Yes Yes Import existing projects Yes Yes Yes Import PowerPoint slides No Yes Yes Audio amp Built in media player
285. tion it is easier to recognize them in a list Editing A Project gt Project Level Editing 54 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Slides ix Thumbnails Titles 4 In the Slides pane switch to Thumbnails tab Here you can drag n drop any slide to a new position As you drag the slide over the other slides they move aside to make space for it If you release LMB the slide will drop in the gap below The current slide is highlighted in green as shown above Also note that while a slide is dragged it retains its original sequence number in this example 2 In case you change your mind this number will help you remember where to drop it back Once in a while switch to the Titles tab to check if all slides are ordered correctly Inserting Slides At this stage you are likely to find that the presentation has some gaps in it ActivePresenter allows you to insert additional slides using the following techniques 1 2 Insert blank slides and then insert any desired elements in them Create new slides by fresh screen capturing Create new slides by importing images Copy slides from another ActivePresenter project Either an archived project or a project where you inserted content of different type Editing A Project gt Project Level Editing 55 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 O Create new slides from a PowerPoint file These options are described in depth below Inserting A Bla
286. tion and longer duration slides 8 Is it meant for international audiences The text and Closed captions will need to be translated later called nternationalization You may also have to dub the audio tracks in the other language 9 Will you need a background for your slides Corporate logo in a corner Borders in corporate colors Make a note of these settings and use them in the next steps Prepare An Outline And Storyboard Prepare the outline for your presentation First think of only the top level topics and make a bullet list like this e Point 1 e Point 2 e Point 3 Next break down each topic into sub topics Repeat till you have visualized the project in sufficient details This will create a hierarchical outline for your presentation like this e Point 1 o Point 1 1 Point 1 1 1 e Point 1 1 1 1 e Point 1 1 1 2 e Point 1 1 1 3 Point 1 1 2 Creating A New Project gt Planning A Project 31 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 o Point 1 2 e Point 2 o Point 2 1 Point 2 1 1 Point 2 1 2 o Point 2 2 e Point 3 Tip Initially when you are marshaling your thoughts on the subject you will change your mind very rapidly This means you need to amend your outline rapidly without creating a mess For best results use Microsoft PowerPoint or LibreOffice Impress in outline mode This allows you to move the topics up down insert new topics in the list delete them edit the text etc
287. tivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 2 The Recording section offers a third alternative source for the audio Here you can record your own audio track Select the Input device using the drop down lists The list changes based on your hardware Now press the Record button e to capture the sound Adjust the Volume control button and adjust the recording volume When done press the Stop button my e Optionally you can calibrate the sound level before starting the recording to make sure that the sound level is strong enough but there is no distortion To calibrate the sound level click the Calibrate Input button The actual calibration is described here Now proceed with the recording as explained earlier 3 This section provides the fourth alternative source of sound A text to speech sound of the text that is entered in the box By default ActivePresenter copies the text that is entered in the shape into this box However you can edit the text or enter your own text e To adjust the TTS settings click on the Settings button The following window pops up Settings Voice Speed o Volume Preview This is a trial TTS sentence Speak Stop Select the TTS voice all the installed voices are displayed in the drop down list Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Properties Window 195 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Adjust the speed and volume and check out the overall effect
288. to a certain slide pausing resuming etc They are as follows Object Typical uses Screenshot Adds a screenshot of anything on the screen This could be a website a TV grab a still from a movie etc The screenshot can be inserted as an object in a slide or as background of the slide Shape Adds a shape on around the point of interest ActivePresenter offers a choice of 12 shapes rectangle oval arrows cross diamond call outs etc Text Caption Adds text to explain highlight something Highlight Overlays a colored semitransparent area on some part of the screen to highlight it Objects gt Overview Of Objects 224 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Spotlight Overlays a dark screen on the display area and allow only a certain area to be fully visible This creates an effect like we are watching a dark screen with a search light Feedback Adds a widget that displays the user s activity on screen only applicable in an interactive presentation Cursor Path Manipulates the movement and clicks of the mouse to simulate that the user of the application is using his mouse in that manner Zoom n Pan During rendering zooms in the virtual camera on some interesting part of the screen to show in more detail Closed Closed Captions are like subtitles on a movie text that can be read at the Caption bottom of the screen It is optional The viewer has the control whether
289. ture phase ActivePresenter records your mouse movements and converts them into such paths The figure above shows only one segment In real life ActivePresenter creates a complex path with multiple segments e During the edit phase you can edit the captured path or insert a new cursor path object by clicking on the toolbar button or using the Annotation gt Cursor path menu option In general the idea is to add delete nodes in the path and to drag them to place them over buttons or other clickable objects in the canvas Optionally you can add click points where ActivePresenter produces the clicking sound in the rendered presentation Tip When you insert a Cursor Path object the whole object is selected so that you can move it to another position in the canvas If you want to change the shape of the path you will have to select its individual elements and drag To do so first click anywhere in the canvas This deselects the path Now click on any element of the path and drag When you add a Cursor Path object ActivePresenter inserts a Start point 1 an End point 2 and a dotted line 3 that represents the movement path of the pointer between these two points The dotted circles mark the end points these markers are useful because you may want to turn off the mouse pointer during some segments in which you need a handle and a positional reference to manipulate the path The line has green color at start which changes to red
290. ty Button It toggles the visibility of all elements at once 11 The Lock button controls whether you can edit the element Click on this control to toggle its state A closed lock means that the element is locked You cannot edit this element In fact you cannot select its shape in the Canvas pane or its Time Bar in the Timeline pane The B3 button at the top of the column is the Master Lock Button It toggles the lock status of all elements at once The Toolbar In Timeline The toolbar provides most of the functions in the Timeline Button Shortcut Function P Toggles between Current slide and All slides view The All slides display mode shows all slides on the Timeline This mode is useful to see the objects that span across multiple slides io If this is selected the dragged object snaps to the features of other objects and also to certain parts of the Timeline pane See Snapping in Timeline for more details r If this is selected the range will be played endlessly in a loop When the playhead reaches the end of the range it will return to the beginning and continue playing gt Space Bar Plays the slide once starting from the current position of the playhead At the end of the play the playhead returns to the Start marker of the range While the selection is being played the button turns to Pause Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Timeline 203 ActivePresente
291. u deselect this option a stand alone video will be created Include Cursor Path Deselecting this option will hide the cursor path Video Option Remarks Video Size Range 50 to 150 in steps of 10 The reference is the canvas size which you specified when you created the project The video will be rescaled using Bicubic interpolation Note that the aspect ratio is fixed when you created the project it cannot be changed at render time Frame Rate Set between 1 and 30 fps frames per second Key Frame Specify the number of frames between which we must have a key frame default 3 Frame Rate Quality Select in the range 1 30 Higher the number better the quality and larger the file size Audio Exporting The Project Exporting To Flash Video 95 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Option Remarks Channels Select from mono stereo Bit Rate Select from 64 96 and 128 kbps Sample Rate Select from 11025 22050 and 44100 Hz Output Option Remarks Output File Specify the file path and name for exported flash video Advanced Options This tab contains SCORM related options and video thumbnail related options General Advanced SCORM Options Generate SCORM Package Package Version 1 0 Identifier SCORM_PACKAGE Organization Title Explorer ltem Title Explorer Video Thumbnail 5 None Select a slide image from project Select
292. u that appears select the New blank slide option This method works in both Thumbnails and Titles tabs of the pane A blank slide has the following properties Property Default Remarks value Name Blank Title of the slide Editing A Project gt Project Level Editing 56 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 When planning navigational jumps amongst slides their titles are very useful Base it on the content of the slide Description Blank Your comments about the content While exporting the project to document formats PDF MS Word Excel PowerPoint you can choose whether to export slide description For example if you plan to present the slides personally you can enter your speech associated with the slide in this field equivalent to the Notes field in PowerPoint Group Title Blank For creating groups Slides with the same group title will automatically belong to the same group ActivePresenter does not have a separate mechanism to define slide groups Take care in entering names A small spelling change will put the slide in a different group White spaces also count It s better to select several slides and change group title at once in Properties pane This is used if you export the project to document formats PDF Word Excel in compact mode In compact mode of export only one image is exported for each slide group Background Image None Slide back
293. uestion is an interactive object By default it consists of seven separate elements as shown below Objects gt Introduction To Objects 243 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 2 o Type the question here Congratulations your answeris comect SOmy your answeris not correct sorry you must answer before continuing Su bmit 1 However you have the option to add remove answers add a Hint message and three buttons Clear Skip and Back which function as follows Clear Clear all user input on the question e g make text fields empty uncheck radio button check box Skip Go to the next slide Back Go to the previous slide Submit Get user input evaluate and execute suitable actions User can change these default behaviors by editing On Click actions of these buttons from the Event Editor window Select the question then double click the button to launch the Event Editor In the rendered presentation the object functions as follows Only the question 2 all answer statements 3a with their corresponding input boxes 3b and the Submit button 7 are displayed The user is expected to click in these input boxes and type his answers e Note that although this example shows the answer boxes at the end you can easily place them in the middle of the sentences Just type a few spaces in the middle of the answer sentence and then drag th
294. und it Objects Left Minimum margin on the left side Top Minimum margin on the top side Right Minimum margin on the right side Bottom Minimum margin on the bottom side Style Style is the combination of attributes of the fill line and text Base Click on the right side cell to reveal a Click to Edit button When you click this button a style selector window pops up Fill The fill properties Line The outline properties Text The text properties Start Time The starting time of the object vis a vis starting time of the slide Duration The duration for which the object is to be displayed Set it to 1 to display the object till the end of slide e Ifthe duration of the slide increases for any reason e g you added another object or increased the duration of other objects this object s duration will be automatically increased e Ifthe duration of the slide decreases for any reason the duration of this object will be decreased automatically Show In Mode Put a click in the four check boxes Demonstration in object will be visible in a given mode if there is a tick in its check OX EAR e Incase of interactive object if the object is invisible in a specific Brace mode except the Demonstration mode it is still functional Test General Properties Of Objects 228 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Report ID This unique reference number is used
295. up above is not sufficient if the click spot is in a corner of the slide we need four more shapes with arrows pointing to corners Inthe Image Resource Property Editor enter a common name in the Group input box If a few images share a common group name ActivePresenter treats them all as equivalent and selects the image that fits in the slide for the given click spot ActivePresenter And LMS The outputs produced by ActivePresenter can be hosted on an LMS Learning Management System as an online course An LMS can manage multiple courses on different subjects The General gt Basic Screencasting Concepts 22 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 LMS also allows multiple students to have multiple sessions of the course and keeps track of the marks scored by each of the students during each of those sessions SCORM SCORM is a standard for describing and packing materials so that the LMS can understand So virtually anything can be packed into a SCORM compatible package Interactive Presentation Modes ActivePresenter is capable of generating a presentation in interactive mode in which the generated output uses either AJAX or Flash technology This is a self running presentation and normally consists of multiple files e AJAX They are HTML JavaScript CSS and media resource files which will be run by a web browser e Flash The main file is a SWF Flash file and HTML index page which embed that SWF file so it can ru
296. ur country thanks to the country specific patent laws Other than that there may be quality vs file size preferences or what player software is available on the target hardware General Options Export To Video i l General Advanced Rendering Options Include Closed Caption Export Closed Caption as Subtitle srt oom n Pan Include Cursor Path Video Video Size 1005 Frame Rate Rey Frame i Quality Audio Channels Sample Rate Output Format Exporting The Project gt Exporting To Video 90 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 The options are divided into four sections Rendering Options Option Remarks Include Closed If you disable this option the Closed Captions will not be exported to the Subtitle srt Caption video Export Closed This is a sub option for the option above Caption as If you select this option the Closed Captions will be exported as a separate subtitle file with srt extension The player must have the capability to display subtitles Note that this allows you to change the font size and color of the subtitles at play time You can also change the srt file to display the subtitles in a different language e lf this option is disabled the captions will be hard coded inside the video In this case any video player can play the video However the attributes of the subtitles cannot be changed at play time Zoom n Pan If selected the effects of zo
297. used Resources Delete Resources Delete All Unused Resources This sample shows that there are three unused resources You can select the Delete all unused resources check box and click on the Shrink button This removes the unused storage space and reduces the file size on disk You also have the option to manually check all the unused resources before deciding whether to delete them In fact if this is a new resource created within this project you may want to export it as a file to create an asset for yourself In that case click on the Delete Manually button This pops up another window 16 Image 24 17 Image 25 a Aedes ld Porno Bored oer khera Lia Gama 19 Image 27 20 Image 28 Show Images in Library 8 Project Images EF Audio amp Video O Styles You can also click on the Select unused resources F button 1 ActivePresenter will select all such resources 2 for you Check them out visually and decide whether you would like to save export them Creating A New Project gt Saving A Project 47 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 e Pressing the pr button in the Image tab exports all selected images at once e Pressing the button in the Audio and video tab exports all selected audio video resources at once e Remember that if you don t export any unused resource it will be lost when you shrink the project Opening An Existing Project
298. ust a visual reminder that this is a target seeker window ActivePresenter will capture only the screen enclosed in this frame and ignore the rest of the screen You can drag this rectangle around and re size it as desired by dragging on its handles the tiny gray squares on its border You can specify an arbitrary size to capture by entering the width and height consequently into Size spin boxes You can also quickly set the capture size by using the Preset sizes button the down arrow next to Size spin boxes The Preset sizes button offers some most popular video sizes You can also add your preferred sizes to the list of preset sizes The Lock to application check box allows you to select a running application window listed in the underneath box to snap into the capture area The Change Lock Mode button next to the list of applications box provides two options to define the snap behavior The Fit To Application option will resize the capture area to fit into the window of application when the application is selected The Fit To Boundary option will resize the window of application to fit into the capture area when the application is selected 2 The Full Screen option provides a quick way to select the entire screen to capture This mode allows you to temporarily change the resolution of the screen before doing the capture and automatically revert to the previous setting when you finish the capturing Creating A New Project gt Creatin
299. vePresenter Windows gt Using The Capture Profile Editor 148 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 also different approaches for capturing annotation and interaction The end purpose will also affect the format of the video and or documentation Capture Type Here choose between two main capture modes Smart capture and FMR e The FMR mode is like recording a movie with a fixed rate of frames per second It does not respond to any mouse keyboard inputs Therefore there are no further choices in this mode e If you choose the Smart capture mode ActivePresenter offers further choices Option Remarks Automatically use FMR for Drag and Drop Actions Captures the target screen when you drag any item with LMB or RMB The entire dragging action will be captured in FMR mode with a fixed frame rate When the drag action is over ActivePresenter will switch back to the Smart Capture mode Automatically use FMR for Mouse Wheel Actions Captures the target screen in FMR mode with a fixed frame rate when you scroll the mouse wheel up or down The FMR mode will last as long as you scroll the wheel After that ActivePresenter will switch back to the Smart Capture mode Automatic Panning This facility is useful only when your capture frame is smaller than the target application s screen and if you want to freely move pan that frame to any part of the screen But if you
300. vior of the interactive presentation when the user fails to respond within the time limit defined in the Settings tab On Rollover Defines the behavior of the interactive presentation when the user rolls the mouse over the main area of the interaction On Rollout Defines the behavior of the interactive presentation when the user rolls the mouse off the main area of the interaction The Mouse Click Tab The Mouse click tab provides interaction and point allocation for mouse clicks optionally with modifier keys such as SHFT CTRL and ALT Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Event Editor 160 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Event Editor 4 Mouse Click Settings Points 5 Event Actions Open Webpage http www you Left click Continue Presentation Send Email Ctrl Left click End Presentation a 4 Ctrl Shift Left click Continue Presentation Alt Right click Go to Slide ID 3 Slide 4 Ctrl Shitt Alt Right click Lo Backward 1 slide Left double click End Presentation The GUI works as follows 1 The Points assigned here are common for any of the events listed below For this option to work the Score by event check box must be cleared In that case the Points column below is removed In this example if the user any of the combinations listed below he will earn 5 points The Score by event check box allows you to specify different scores for different events When you click in this
301. whether to capture the mouse pointer at all Indeed if your application is not interactive there is no point in capturing the mouse action it will be only distracting the viewer and so it is best to deselect this option The Restore defaults button at the bottom restores the values to their default values This is useful if you have experimented with the controls far too much and want to start over If you do select the Record Mouse Cursor option the following sub options are offered Option Remarks Show Mouse If you deselect this option ActivePresenter will record the mouse cursor only in in Full Motion the Smart capture mode but not in the FMR mode Recording Mode Using ActivePresenter Windows gt Using The Capture Profile Editor 154 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 Add Mouse This option is available only if you have selected the Smart capture mode Click Sound If you select this option ActivePresenter inserts a simulated sound when you click LMB RMB or double click LMB ActivePresenter doesn t support a MMB click Use Simple This option is available only if you have selected the Smart capture mode Cursor Path By default ActivePresenter records the actual real time movement of the mouse pointer But if you select this option ActivePresenter will record only the locations of the click points not the real time movement path and connect those points with a straight line or
302. xes When the user responds the presentation compares the answer with the reference answer which is previously defined by the author Objects Introduction To Objects 239 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 e Ifthe answer is correct the actions defined in On correct tab are taken which typically is to display the On correct response 4 e Ifthe answer is incorrect the actions defined in On incorrect tab are taken which typically is to display the On incorrect response 5 e Ifthe user tries to leave the answer incomplete the actions defined in the On incomplete tab are executed which typically is to display the On incomplete response 6 Apart from this primary behavior the object also has secondary behaviors To set up all behaviors of the object double click on the Target area This launches Event Editor with the object s current settings in the following tabs Choice Settings On Correct On Incorrect On Incomplete and On Timeout You have to set up the behavior of each button separately Double click on the button to launch Event Editor with the button s current settings in the following tabs On Click On Rollover and On Rollout Question Essay The Essay type Question is an interactive object This object should only be used for taking a survey from users not for assessment We cannot expect that a descriptive answer will match the stored model answer exactly Currently ActivePresenter
303. xisting project Therefore first let us familiarize ourselves with the Edit window and then see the actual editing process Editing A Project gt Overview Of The Editing Process 50 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 The Editing Window The Edit window is shown below fe ActivePresenter Untitled Untitled approj FIT Dar 7 20 o THURE HE gt Pie a a i le oY RESOUNCES ah cp mm 8 Eo Jo Je 1 Kahe Tars 2 Broccoli T 3 Audio 3 30 4 Video 4 5 Audio 5 6 Video 6 Properties Slide Name Description Group Title Show media in Background Image Library Project H Background Position 0 Left Image Audio amp Video HA Style Top le Width Height Background Color C Project s Setting Duration 2000 ms Video 9 i koai A A ee ee ae A ea ee add ea Transition None A dle cl il o o a ll Ll NL a o AO o A i ALLA Audio Text Caption 7 Set the transition effect for this slide The window has eight interlinked areas If you carry out any activity in one area the result is reflected instantly in the other areas as applicable The window works as follows 1 The menu system provides all the commands that are needed for editing purpose 2 The toolbars provide buttons for the frequently used commands 3 The Resources pane shows the global and project level resources To add any resource to the current slide drag n drop it from here into the Canvas pane 4
304. y in steps of 10 time by using the Project gt Project Information menu option Note that ActivePresenter only works with logical size i e pixels However when displayed printed the physical size depends on pixels and the dpi dots per inch setting of the displaying printing device True Colors 24 bit Color Depth Higher color depth makes the presentation look 256 Colors 8 bit stunning But it also increases the file size When the Grayscale 8 bit images are inserted in other files that file also will become large Format JPEG Due to their specs and compression algorithms JPEG is best suited for pictures while PNG is best suited for PNG computer generated images screenshots drawings Note that JPEG compression is lossy while PNG is lossless so PNG retains crystal clear quality but the downside of PNG is that it does not compress well with pictures very big file size and the decoding when viewing is slower than JPEG However screenshots are Exporting The Project gt Exporting To Ajax Simulation 123 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 compressed better with PNG the file has small size and there is no loss of quality tee ae None Optimization These are relative compression levels Note that the Level Low higher the compression level the longer it takes to Normal export High e Select None when testing the output Ult a e Select Ultra or High when exp
305. zontally q Flip vertically iG Crop TE Scale image A window pops up Image Size Width Height Quality rescales the image Lock ratio yd You can specify the target width and height If the Width Height ratio is not same as original the image will get stretched Alternatively tick in the Lock ration check box and then specify only one of the dimensions ActivePresenter maintains the original aspect ration and Using ActivePresenter Windows Using The Image Editor 182 ActivePresenter User Manual Version 3 9 4 1 The Reset button restores the original size of the image The quality of the rescaled image depends upon the algorithm used ActivePresenter offers a choice of algorithms Box Bilinear Bicubic 4 order b spline Catmull Rom spline Lanczos3 The Box algorithm is the most simple one and usually gives the lowest quality Lanczos3 is an advanced algorithm and is commonly used in popular image editor it usually gives the best quality However choosing the most suitable algorithm also depends on the image content so you can use try and error tactic to choose the most suitable one mu Insert image 3 This is the image to be edited Any changes in the image are not actually implemented till we save the image and exit 4 The status bar shows the current state of the image editor Using Image Resource Properties Window This window allows you to view and edit

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