Exporting Flash Files


If there is a common thread running through this book, it is the intimate relationship between Captivate and Flash MX 2004 or Flash MX Professional 2004. This isn't due to Macromedia acquiring the Captivate technology and looking to repurpose it. It is simply this: The Flash Player is one of the most ubiquitous pieces of software in the computing field.

In 2003, Macromedia released Flash Player 7, and as of the writing of this book, only eight months later, Macromedia claims that it is installed on roughly 60 percent of all computers worldwide. According to Kevin Lynch, executive vice president and chief software architect at Macromedia, that number is expected to be close to 85 percent by the time you are reading this book. Flash Player 6, which Captivate uses, is installed on just under 95 percent of all computers worldwide. It makes sense, therefore, to utilize a technology with such massive penetration into the market.

To export a movie as a Flash SWF file

1.

Open a Captivate movie, and select File > Publish or press Shift-Control-P.

The Publish dialog box opens (Figure 13.1). Note that you can export your file from both the Edit View and Storyboard View panels.

Figure 13.1. The Captivate Publish dialog box enables you to publish your movies in a variety of formats.


2.

Select Flash (SWF) from the list on the left side of the dialog box.

The Flash (.swf) options dialog box opens (Figure 13.2).

Figure 13.2. The SWF Publish options.


3.

Enter a name for the file (do not include the .swf extension at the end of the name).

4.

Click the Browse button, and navigate to and open the folder to which the SWF file will be saved.

5.

Select Full Screen if the file is to play in full screen mode.

6.

Select Export HTML if the file is to be included in a Web page.

7.

Select "View in browser after export" to open your browser and test the file locally.

8.

Select "Zip files" if you will be sending the file to a colleague via email or download.

9.

Click Finish.

A "generating" progress bar appears, showing you the frame-by-frame progress of the conversion process. When it finishes, the dialog box closes and you are returned to Captivate.

Tip

  • If you are using Dreamweaver as your Web page editor, you don't need to select the HTML option. When a SWF file is inserted into a Dreamweaver page, the Object and Embed tags are added to the Dreamweaver document automatically.




Macromedia Captivate for Windows. Visual QuickStart Guide
Macromedia Captivate for Windows. Visual QuickStart Guide
ISBN: 321294173
EAN: N/A
Year: 2003
Pages: 130

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