User guide

Recording application simulations
Application
Screen Area
Automatic recording
Manual recording
Panning
Specifying recording preferences
Editing application simulations
If you have Adobe Captivate 6.0 installed on your computer, you can capture application simulations from within Adobe Presenter. The captured
simulations are automatically inserted as a SWF file in a separate slide.
1. Open the PPT or the PPTX file in PowerPoint.
2. Select the slide after which you want the application simulation. For example, if you want the simulation to appear as slide 6, click slide 5.
3. Click Adobe Presenter, and in the Application Simulation group, click Record. The recording window appears.
4. Click Screen Area or Application.
Select this option if you want to specify the application which you want to record as part of your project. In the Select
Application menu, select the application that you want to record and select one of the following:
Custom Size
Select this option if you want to customize the dimensions of the recorded project. You can choose from a list of standard sizes, or define a
custom size. The selected application is automatically resized to fit inside the boundaries of the recording area. Best practice is to have a
clear idea of the dimensions of the project before you start recording it.
Application Window
Select this option if you want to record the entire application window. The dimensions of the application are not altered. The recording
rectangle is resized to fit the application.
Application Region
Select this option if you want to record defined areas in an application. For example, if you are recording a window that has three frames, the
recording window snaps to individual frames when the mouse moves over them. The dimensions of the application are not altered. The
recording rectangle is resized to fit the defined area in the application.
Select this option when you want to capture all events that occur within an area on the screen.
Custom Size
Select this option if you want to record your project using a specific dimension. You can choose from a list of standard sizes, or create your
own custom size window.
Full Screen
Select this option if you want to set the size of the recording window to the size of your monitor screen. The entire computer screen is
treated as the recording window. If you work on dual monitors, you can choose the monitor that you want to use for recording. Recording in
this mode can potentially produce very large projects and output file sizes due to the large screen resolution on monitors.
5. Click Automatic or Manual in the Recording Type area. For more information, see Automatic recording, and Manual recording.
6. Do one or all of the following:
Select a panning mode if you want the recording window to follow your movements across the screen. For more information, see
Panning.
If you are adding commentary during recording, select the type of audio input.
To change the default settings that Adobe Captivate uses when recording, click Settings at the bottom of the recording options. For more
information on customizing recording preferences, see Specifying recording preferences.
7. Click Record.
8. If you have selected Manual recording, press Print Screen every time you want to take a screenshot during the procedure.