Getting Started with ADOBE® eLEARNING SUITE 2.0 & 2.
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1 Getting started Resources Before you begin working with your software, take a few moments to read an overview of activation and the many resources available to you. You have access to instructional videos, plug-ins, templates, user communities, seminars, tutorials, RSS feeds, and much more. Activation and registration To review complete system requirements and recommendations for your Adobe® eLearning Suite software, see the ReadMe file on the installation disc.
2 GETTING STARTED WITH ADOBE ELEARNING SUITE Getting started ReadMe A ReadMe file for your software is available online and on the installation disc. Open the file to read important information about topics such as the following: • System requirements • Installation (including removing the software) • Activation and registration • Troubleshooting • Customer support Help and support Adobe Community Help client (CHC) is an AIR application that displays help content for Adobe Captivate.
3 GETTING STARTED WITH ADOBE ELEARNING SUITE Getting started Adobe eLearning workflows and product extensions documentation Adobe eLearning Suite ships with an Adobe® AIR™ application that contains several multimedia demonstrations. This application is a good starting point to learn how to implement traditional and rapid multimedia authoring using Adobe eLearning Suite. To access this application, select Adobe eLearning Suite 2 Workflows (in the Microsoft® Windows® Programs menu).
4 GETTING STARTED WITH ADOBE ELEARNING SUITE Getting started Adobe eLearning Suite overview Adobe® eLearning Suite software is an end-to-end eLearning content creation solution for rapid, traditional, and mobile multimedia development.
5 GETTING STARTED WITH ADOBE ELEARNING SUITE Getting started • Adobe Acrobat Distiller® X • ExtendScript Toolkit 3.5 • Adobe® LiveCycle® Designer ES 2 (9.0.0.2) • Adobe Pixel Bender™ Toolkit 2.6 • Adobe Media Encoder CS5.5 Benefits of Adobe eLearning Suite Complete eLearning toolbox Take advantage of best-of-breed tools for rapid e-learning, courseware authoring, simulation, and media editing.
6 GETTING STARTED WITH ADOBE ELEARNING SUITE Getting started Easy reuse of content, online and offline Use the free Adobe AIR runtime to deliver your online courses as desktop applications, enabling easy offline learning for experiences that don’t require integration with an LMS. What’s new in Adobe eLearning Suite 2.
7 GETTING STARTED WITH ADOBE ELEARNING SUITE Getting started Expanded asset library Get a larger set of prebuilt widgets, playbars, skins, stock animations, images, text captions, and buttons with superior aesthetics and usability. Adobe Photoshop round-tripping Instantly update Adobe Photoshop files imported in Adobe Captivate projects. Adobe Photoshop can be invoked from within Adobe Captivate.
8 GETTING STARTED WITH ADOBE ELEARNING SUITE Getting started Adobe Acrobat 9.3 Professional For information on the new features in Adobe Acrobat 9.3 Professional, see www.adobe.com/go/learn_acr_help_en. Adobe Acrobat Distiller 9.3 Acrobat Distiller 9.3 is a separate program installed with Acrobat 9.3 that converts PostScript® and PRN files to Adobe PDF. In Distiller, you select conversion settings, security options, and font information.
9 GETTING STARTED WITH ADOBE ELEARNING SUITE Getting started Adobe Pixel Bender Toolkit 2 Easily apply custom filters and effects at runtime for real-time creative expression. Use Adobe® Pixel Bender™ to create unique filters, blends, and fills—now portable to multiple applications—to produce compelling, on-demand visual effects for the Adobe Flash Player runtime environment. Write a filter once, and then share it or apply it multiple times using ActionScript 3.0. What’s New in Adobe eLearning Suite 2.
10 GETTING STARTED WITH ADOBE ELEARNING SUITE Getting started Adobe Photoshop® CS5.1 Extended For information on the new features in Adobe Photoshop CS5.1 Extended, see www.adobe.com/go/learn_ps51_help_online_en. Adobe Audition® CS5.5 For information on the new features in Adobe Audition CS5.5, see www.adobe.com/go/learn_au55_help_online_en. Adobe® Device Central CS5.5 For information new features in Adobe Device Central CS5.5, see www.adobe.com/go/learn_adcCS55_help_en. Adobe® Bridge CS5.
11 GETTING STARTED WITH ADOBE ELEARNING SUITE Getting started When importing a PSD file, you can select and import layer comps. A layer comp is a Photoshop feature that allows you to create, manage, and view multiple versions of a layout in a single Photoshop file. See Photoshop Help for more information on this feature. 1 In an open project, select File > Import > Photoshop File. Note: Alternatively, you can use Insert > Image or you can also drag-and-drop the PSD file to the slide.
12 GETTING STARTED WITH ADOBE ELEARNING SUITE Getting started • Click the status icon in the library. • Select the PSD folder in the library, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS), and then select Update from Source. Note: The first two options update the PSD both on stage and in library. The last two options update the resource only in the library and the updated resources do not take effect on stage.
13 GETTING STARTED WITH ADOBE ELEARNING SUITE Getting started Record application in Adobe Flash You can now record applications in all Adobe Captivate recording modes from within the Adobe Flash workspace (without launching Adobe Captivate). For infomation on recording, see Recording Projects. 1 In Adobe Flash Professional CS5, select Command > Record Application. 2 Click the recording icon and then start recording.
14 GETTING STARTED WITH ADOBE ELEARNING SUITE Getting started Adobe Captivate-Adobe Bridge workflow In Adobe eLearning Suite, Adobe Bridge is integrated with Adobe Captivate. This integration lets you easily organize, browse, locate, and import shared creative assets while authoring in Adobe Captivate. You can perform the following actions to implement an Adobe Captivate-Adobe Bridge workflow: • Select any content asset from Bridge and insert it in an Adobe Captivate slide.
