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USING CAPTIVATE
Recording Projects
Last updated 9/28/2011
Change keyboard shortcuts for recording
You can choose your own keyboard shortcuts for actions that are involved when recording a project using the
Preferences dialog box. For example, the End key (in Windows) or Cmd + Enter (Mac OS) is used to stop recording a
project in Adobe Captivate. You can change that by entering a different key in the dialog box.
1 Select Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Adobe Captivate > Preferences (Mac OS).
2 In the Preferences dialog box, select Keys from the Recording menu.
3 Click inside the field that you want to change.
4 Type the keyboard shortcut.
Set Preferences for the different modes
Some of the options for recording modes are disabled in Adobe Captivate. The reason for disabling the options is based
on the logic for recording in that mode. However, you can still enable some of the options if you have a special
requirement.
For example, one wouldn't usually add text captions in an assessment movie. So, the options for text captions are not
enabled in Adobe Captivate. You can enable them in the Preferences dialog box if you have a special requirement.
1 Select Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Adobe Captivate > Preferences (Mac OS).
2 In the Preferences dialog box, select Modes from the Recording menu.
3 In the Mode menu, select the recording mode you want to customize.
Working folder Location of the generated FMR SWF file on your computer.
Video color mode Select this option to set your video color to 16 bit or 32 bit. Selecting 16 bit results in a smaller
file size, but also a smaller range of colors. Selecting 32 bit creates a larger file with a wider range
of colors. The video color of most computers is set to 32 bit.
FMR mode Depending on your requirements for the quality and size of the final FMR file, use the slider to
choose the corresponding option.
• Video. The highest-quality FMR files are produced in the Video option. The resulting SWF file
is considerably larger than files produced with the other options.
• Application And Low SWF Size. More splitting of SWF files occurs, and the frame rate is
reduced during capture. The resulting SWF file is smaller than files produced with the Video
option.
• Safe. If you are not sure about which option to use, choose Safe. Adobe Captivate
automatically calculates the available system resources and captures the movie at an
optimum setting.
Option Description
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