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USING ADOBE CAPTIVATE 5
Recording Projects
Last updated 4/22/2010
moves over them. The dimensions of the application are not altered. The recording rectangle is resized to fit the
defined area in the application.
Screen Area 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 specified 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 computer
monitor. 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.
3 Click Automatic, Full Motion, or Manual in the Recording Type area. For more information, see “Automatic
recording” on page 28, “Full motion recording” on page 30, and “Manual recording” on page 30.
4 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” on page 33.
• 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. For more information
on customizing recording preferences, see “Set recording preferences” on page 33.
5 Click Record.
6 If you have selected Manual recording, press Print Screen every time you want to take a screenshot during the
procedure.
7 Press End key (in Windows) or Cmd + Enter (Mac OS) when you have completed the procedure.
Note: Alternatively, click the task icon or the system tray icon to stop recording.
Record additional slides
1 Open the project in which you want to record additional slides.
2 Click the Record Additional Slides icon.
3 In the Record Additional Slides dialog box, select the slide after which you want the recorded slides to be inserted
and click OK.
The recording window appears.
4 Set the recording options and click Record.
The newly recorded slides are inserted into your project after the slide you selected.
You can also add slides by importing them from other Adobe Captivate projects or PowerPoint presentations.
Pause while recording projects
You can pause while recording an Adobe Captivate project. Any action performed after a project is paused is not
recorded.
1 Open Adobe Captivate and begin recording a new project or slide.
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