Adobe CAPTIVATE 5 Help Manual page 124

Last updated 4/22/2010
In the Name field, enter v_Name.
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Insert a blank slide and add a text entry box to it.
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In the Properties Inspector (Windows > Properties), do the following in the General area:
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• Deselect Validate User Input
• In the Var Associated menu, select v_Name
Insert a minimum of one question slide.
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4 Insert a blank slide after the results slide.
5 Insert the Certificate.swf file from the Widget panel in the inserted slide.
When you preview the movie, enter your name in the text entry box on the first slide. After you complete the quiz,
click Continue on the Results slide. A certificate is displayed containing your name along with your score.
If you are a developer trying to create a static widget in Flash, you can explore the code for the certificate widget. The
code gives you an idea of how to create static widgets. Look for the Certificate.fla file on your computer in the
\\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate 5\Gallery\Widgets\ Certificate.wdgt (on Windows) or /Applications/Adobe
Captivate 5/Gallery/Widgets/Certificate.wdgt (on Mac OS).
Interactive widget
Interactive widgets change their appearance or function based on user input.
If you are a developer trying to create an interactive widget in Flash, you can explore the code for the button widget.
The code gives you an idea of how to create interactive widgets. Look for the button widget, FlashButton.fla, on your
computer in the \\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate <version number>\Gallery\ Widgets\FlashButton.wdgt (on
Windows) and /Applications/Adobe Captivate 5/Gallery/Widgets/FlashButton.wdgt (on Mac OS).
The button widget glows when the user moves the pointer over it.
1 Insert a blank slide.
Insert the FlashButton.swf file from the Widget panel (Window > Widget).
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Preview the slide. When you move the pointer over the button, the Button widget glows.
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Question widget
You can use question widgets to add new question types in Adobe Captivate.
If you are a developer trying to create a question widget in Flash, you can explore the code for the sequence question
widget. The code gives you an idea of how to create question widgets. Look for the question widget,
SequencingQuestion.fla on your computer in the \\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate <version
number>\Gallery\ Widgets\MCQ.swf (on Windows) and /Applications/Adobe Captivate
5/Gallery/Widgets/MCQ.swf (on Mac OS).
The sequence question slide contains an anagram. The user must rearrange the letters by moving them to their correct
positions in the blue boxes.
Insert a blank slide.
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2 Insert the widget MCQ.swf from the Widget panel to the slide.
3 In the Words To Be Jumbled field, enter the word, "user."
4 Preview the project. The letters of the word, "user" appear jumbled in the orange boxes. Move the letters to their
correct positions by dragging them to the empty blue boxes.
Click Submit.
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