Adobe Captivate
Level 2: Advanced Techniques

At Digital Training & Designs, we provide you with the right training solutions to help you learn Adobe Captivate for creating demonstrations and simulations. Check our schedule for class dates and prices for Instructor-led Captivate training in Dallas Texas or call us for private training at your site.

This Dallas Captivate training course takes you through the development process of building software demonstrations and interactive simulations using Adobe Captivate . During class, you will learn more advanced features of Captivate9 such as: Branching, Theme Creation, Variables, Advanced Actions, and Responsive Design for mobile delivery.

Topics covered in this two-day class are:

Branching

  • Branching Decisions
  • Duplicating Slides to Change State
  • Branching for Advanced Navigation
  • Using Branching View

TOC and Aggregator

  • Table of Contents Options
  • TOC Customization
  • Aggregating Multiple Projects
  • Publishing

Variables

  • Variable Types: System vs. User
  • Creating and Modifying Variables
  • Displaying Variable values to Users

Advanced Actions

  • Scripting Essentials and Available Actions
  • Sequential Statements
  • Conditional Statements
  • Saving as Shared Actions
  • Accessing Shared Actions
  • Incorporating Javascript

Smart Shapes

    • Smart Shapes vs. Buttons
    • Smart Shape Advantages
    • Smart Shapes as Buttons
    • Creating States
    • Smart Shapes as Captions

Widgets / Interactions

  • Defining Widgets
  • Using Widgets
  • Widget Settings

Drag and Drop Interactions

    • Drag and Drop Wizard
    • Customizing Drag Behavior
    • Modifying Drop Targets
    • Adding New Drop Targets

Responsive Design

  • Overview
  • Device Breakpoints
  • Responsive Hierarchy
  • Previewing HTML5 in Browser

Responsive Position & Size

  • Absolute vs. Relative
  • Using the Positioning Panel
  • Linking Objects
  • Object Sizing: Percentage or Pixels

Responsive Previews

  • HTML5 in Browser
  • Introducing Edge Inspect
  • Configuring Edge Inspect

Themes and Templates

  • Differentiating Themes and Templates
  • Master Slide Relationship
  • Creating a Theme
  • Saving and Sharing Themes
  • Creating and Modifying Templates