Macromedia Captivate

Contents......Page 3 Introduction......Page 11 Basic Tasks: Create a Document......Page 13 Take a tour of the user interface......Page 14 Use tools to create Flash content......Page 15 View the Timeline......Page 16 Change background and Stage size......Page 17 View the Library panel......Page 18 Add video......Page 19 Add video control behaviors......Page 20 Use the Movie Explorer to view the document structure......Page 22 Summary......Page 23 Basic Tasks: Creating a banner, Part 1......Page 25 Open the finished FLA file......Page 27 Close the completed FLA file......Page 28 Creating a new document......Page 29 Changing document properties......Page 30 Importing graphics......Page 33 Introducing layers and the timeline......Page 36 Creating a new layer......Page 38 Importing to a layer......Page 39 Test the application......Page 40 Summary......Page 41 Basic Tasks: Creating a banner, Part 2......Page 43 Open the finished FLA file......Page 44 Review the completed FLA file......Page 45 Adding text......Page 46 Creating a symbol......Page 49 Adding animation to a timeline......Page 51 Creating a button......Page 56 Writing simple actions......Page 59 Test the application......Page 61 Summary......Page 62 Basic Tasks: Creating a banner, Part 3......Page 63 Examine the completed FLA file......Page 64 Open the finished project......Page 65 Close the completed project......Page 66 Considering your audience......Page 67 Checking your publish settings......Page 68 Inserting Flash on a Dreamweaver site......Page 71 Using roundtrip editing......Page 73 Checking for Flash Player......Page 74 Test the application......Page 76 Summary......Page 77 Basic Tasks: Create Accessible Flash Content......Page 79 Set up your workspace......Page 80 Provide a document title and description......Page 81 Provide a title and description for instances......Page 82 Change static text to dynamic text for accessibility......Page 83 Control the tab order and reading order......Page 84 Summary......Page 87 Basic Tasks: Work with Layers......Page 89 Set up your workspace......Page 90 Select a layer......Page 91 Lock a layer......Page 92 Change the order of layers......Page 93 Add a mask layer......Page 94 Add a guide layer......Page 95 Summary......Page 96 Basic Tasks: Create an Application......Page 97 Set up your workspace......Page 98 Name text fields......Page 99 Add and name a Button component......Page 100 Declare variables and values for the prices......Page 101 Specify values for input text fields......Page 102 Write a function......Page 103 Write an event handler for the component......Page 104 Summary......Page 105 Basic Tasks: Use Layout Tools......Page 107 Use guides to align an object......Page 108 Change the Stage size......Page 109 Resize objects to match the Stage size......Page 110 Align an object using the alignment guides......Page 111 Align objects using the Align panel......Page 112 Snap objects to each other......Page 113 Align objects using the Property inspector......Page 114 Summary......Page 115 Basic Tasks: Create Symbols and Instances......Page 117 About creating symbols......Page 118 Create a graphic symbol......Page 119 Duplicate and modify an instance of a symbol......Page 120 Modify a symbol......Page 121 Assign an instance name to the movie clip......Page 122 Summary......Page 123 Basic Tasks: Add Button Animation and Navigation......Page 125 Set up your workspace......Page 126 Name a button instance......Page 127 Change the hit area of a button......Page 128 Align buttons......Page 129 Create animation for a button state......Page 130 Add an action to a button......Page 131 Add navigation to a button......Page 132 Summary......Page 133 Basic Tasks: Create a Presentation with Screens (Flash Professional Only)......Page 135 Set up your workspace......Page 136 View the screen hierarchy and screen Timelines......Page 137 View screen properties......Page 138 Add content to a presentation slide......Page 139 Add screen navigation behaviors to buttons......Page 140 Select and move slides......Page 141 Add transition behaviors......Page 142 Summary......Page 143 Creating Graphics: Draw in Flash......Page 145 Select a shape tool......Page 146 Draw a polygon......Page 147 Use the cutout feature......Page 148 Copy strokes......Page 149 Select and add a different fill color......Page 150 Create a logo with the Pen tool......Page 151 Summary......Page 152 Creating Graphics: Create a Timeline Animation......Page 153 Set up your workspace......Page 154 Create a motion tween......Page 155 Create a shape tween......Page 156 Copy and paste keyframes in an animation......Page 157 Change the speed of the animation......Page 158 Change the acceleration and deceleration......Page 159 Summary......Page 160 Creating Graphics: Making Animations with Easing (Flash Professional only)......Page 161 Open the authoring document......Page 163 Review the completed FLA file......Page 164 Create a motion tween......Page 165 Create a motion tween in the new frames......Page 166 Ease in the eight-ball animation......Page 168 Add custom easing settings to the eight-ball tween......Page 169 Create the tween of the alpha value for the shadow......Page 174 Test the application......Page 176 Creating Graphics: Applying Gradients......Page 177 Open the authoring document......Page 179 Review the completed FLA file......Page 180 Apply a linear gradient......Page 181 Create a radial gradient......Page 183 Create a transform gradient with a shape......Page 186 Apply a gradient to the white circle on the eight ball......Page 187 Apply a linear gradient to the highlight......Page 188 Test the application......Page 191 Creating Graphics: Apply Graphic Filters and Blends (Flash Professional Only)......Page 193 Review your task......Page 194 Apply a blend to the 9ball movie clip......Page 195 Apply a filter......Page 196 Apply filters and blends to the cue ball......Page 197 Text: Add Text to a Document......Page 199 Set up your workspace......Page 200 Create an expanding-width text block......Page 201 Edit text and change font attributes......Page 202 Add an input text field......Page 203 Copy a text field......Page 204 Create a dynamic text field......Page 205 Specify format options......Page 206 Test the SWF file......Page 207 Summary......Page 208 ActionScript: Use Script Assist mode......Page 209 Open the authoring document......Page 211 Close the completed FLA file......Page 212 Add a script to a button by using Script Assist mode......Page 213 Add frame scripts to the Timeline by using Script Assist mode......Page 218 Add a frame script to the Title movie clip......Page 221 Summary......Page 223 ActionScript: Write Scripts......Page 225 Create an instance of a symbol......Page 226 Initialize the document......Page 228 Apply ActionScript syntax......Page 229 Add comments to ActionScript......Page 230 Write a function for a button......Page 231 Copy and modify a button function......Page 232 Check syntax and test your application......Page 233 Summary......Page 234 ActionScript: Add Interactivity......Page 235 Set up your workspace......Page 236 Add a scene......Page 237 Control the document with a stop() action......Page 238 Add navigation to return to Scene 1......Page 239 Use the attachMovie() method to play a movie clip......Page 240 Specify movie clip Stage coordinates......Page 241 Unload the movie clip......Page 242 Test your document......Page 243 Summary......Page 244 ActionScript: Create a Form with Conditional Logic and Send Data......Page 245 Add an input text field to collect form data......Page 246 Add a Submit button to the form......Page 247 Add an error message......Page 248 Add a stop() action......Page 249 Add frame labels for navigation......Page 250 Add conditional logic for the Submit button......Page 251 Pass data out of a SWF file......Page 252 Test your SWF file......Page 253 Summary......Page 254 ActionScript: Work with Objects and Classes......Page 255 Learn about classes and object types......Page 256 Create an object from a class......Page 257 Modify your script......Page 258 Create a custom class......Page 259 Specify the data type for method return values......Page 260 Build a custom class......Page 261 Create two objects from the Product class......Page 263 Learn about extending existing classes......Page 264 Extend the MovieClip class to create a new class......Page 265 Summary......Page 267 Data Integration: Overview (Flash Professional Only)......Page 269 Data Integration: Using the Macromedia Tips Web Service (Flash Professional Only)......Page 271 Connect to a public web service......Page 272 Create a user interface and bind the components with the web service......Page 274 Data Integration: Using XML for a Timesheet (Flash Professional Only)......Page 279 Add XMLConnector and DataSet Components......Page 280 Add DataGrid and Button components......Page 286 Edit the data......Page 288 Data Integration: Using XUpdate to Update the Timesheet (Flash Professional Only)......Page 289 Update the timesheet......Page 290