Adobe Captivate

Mark ordered 4 copies of Captivate 7 recently

I have Captivate 5.5, but 7 has HTML export capabilities, better PowerPoint importing, general improvements

See Lynda.com's great tutorial on Captivate and other Adobe products

I have to leave for my exit interview at 10:50

Software demonstrations

Interactive software simulations

Live presentations

E-Learning with quizzes, requirements, navigation

Importing documentation like PowerPoints and adding recording and interactivity

Full-motion recording for any sort of demonstration

.mp4 output (but I would use HTML if I could)

Recording small pieces makes editing much more friendly. If I mess up, I tend to keep on trying until I get it right, and then crop out failed attempts

I like to make a script first to make recording easier

• Text-to-speech available through NeoSpeech.
• Adobe's 30 day free trials mean that you can download Captivate 7 now for free and enter the product key when the hard copy arrives
• Captivate has a hard time dealing with multiple displays
• Try recording some audio and playing it back to make sure the volume is what you expect