You have several options to control the display of features within the Document and Simulation Editor.
Specifying Course and Simulation Audio Options
- Select .
- Press Audio on the left pane.
- Complete the following fields:
Field
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Description
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Recording Device
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Specify the input recording device. This selection is machine specific.
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Recording Quality
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Specify the audio quality setting.
Setting
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MP3
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WAV
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High
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320kbps
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16-bit
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Medium
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128kbps
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8-bit
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Low
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64kbps
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8-bit
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- Click OK.
Specifying Simulation Editor Options
- Select .
- Click Simulation Editor on the left pane.
- Complete the following fields:
Field
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Description
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Mouse action
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Specify the color of the mouse action displayed in the Editor.
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Key action
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Specify the color of the key action displayed in the Editor.
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Edit action
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Specify the color of the text action displayed in the Editor.
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Tooltip
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Specify the color of the tooltip displayed in the Editor.
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Action hotspot: Width
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Specify the initial width of the hotspot.
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Action hotspot: Height
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Specify the initial height of the hotspot.
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Note: Width
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Specify the initial width of the note.
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Note: Height
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Specify the initial height of the note.
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- Optionally, choose custom colors by clicking More Colors on the color drop-down list.
- Select Show Action Notes to display action notes in the Simulation Editor.
- Select Auto Size Notes to automatically resize the note to fit its contents.
- Select Show Action Points to display action points in the Simulation Editor.
- Click OK.
Specifying Filter Options
- Select .
- Click Filters on the left pane.
- Choose from the following options:
Field
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Description
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Highlight steps with Broken Step Links
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This option will highlight steps in the task pane that contain broken step links.
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Highlight steps with Missing text in edit actions
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This option will highlight edit steps in the task pane that are missing text in an edit action.
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Highlight steps with Missing hint text in edit actions
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This option will highlight edit steps in the task pane that are missing hint text.
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Highlight steps with Possible incorrect hotspot location
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This option will highlight steps in the task pane that might contain incorrect hotspot locations.
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Highlight steps with Unknown control types
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This option will highlight steps in the task pane that contain unknown control types. For more information on control types, refer to Editing an Action: Advanced.
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Highlight steps with Note duration longer than step duration
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This option will highlight steps in the task pane that contain a longer note duration than step duration.
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Highlight steps with Manual audio
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This option will highlight steps in the task pane that do not contain text to speech (TTS). For more information on TTS, refer to Using Text to Speech.
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Highlight steps with Non-Localized Elements
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This option will highlight steps in the task pane that are not localized.
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Highlight steps with Overlapping Notes
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This option will highlight steps in the task pane that may contain overlapping notes.
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Highlight screens with Scaled screen image in Word/PDF/Print output
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This option will highlight screens where the image will be scaled for Word, PDF, and Print outputs. This option helps reduce the occurrence of screen image scaling, which degrades image quality.
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Highlight steps with Manual audio (under Course Filters)
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This option will highlight steps in the task pane for courses that do not contain text to speech (TTS). For more information on TTS, refer to Using Text to Speech.
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Highlight steps with Non-Localized Elements (under Course Filters)
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This option will highlight steps in the task pane for courses that are not localized
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Highlight steps with Cropped text in Word or PDF output (under Course Filters)
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This option will highlight steps where too much text is entered on course content pane. This filter alerts you that if the course is published to Word and/or PDF outputs, it would not publish in its entirety. It would publish "cropped." (This does not occur for HTML output, since content panes can be scrolled in dynamic output.)
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NOTE:
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Highlighting displays in the task pane as a warning icon. When you hover the mouse over the step, a tooltip will display containing more details regarding the missing information.
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- Click .
Specifying Screenshot and Scripting Options for the Recorder
Refer to Managing Your Editor Configuration Settings: Specifying Recording And HTML Capture Modes.