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1. Introduction to TurboDemo 16 computer will still be able to run smoothly using only a small amount of RAM Example 5 MB TDP Project is now only 1 9 MB The Memory Manager is completely transparent and is running automatically in the background Increased Objects Capabilities Ability to select more objects or even ALL objects in a slide and use all of the functions such as Cut Copy Paste Delete Moving and more Lock and Unlock Feature Now you can lock unlock each individual object This guarantees that the position and traits of the locked object will be fixed and cannot be moved by mistake Additional menu items for easier editing of the Interactivity functions Added flexibility to the interactive Click Area options Can access the Additional Click Areas option from the Slide drop down menu or from the icons Setting to Automatically Open the Last Project This is an option that can easily be activated or deactivated Enhancements for Flash generation Importing of GIF files Revision of the Help file now available in HTML format Options to modify the slide color A Confirmation Message is provided prior to deletion of a slide The quantity of items in the Last Projects Menu has been increased from the last 5 to the last 8 items Navigation No Skin Option when compiling in Java More skins available for Flash Demo Tutorials Control Panel for the Internal Player Increase and Decrease of th
2. TurboDemo com User Manual Premium Software Quality Copyright O 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved Contents l Table of Contents Part Part Il Part Ill zl Oo 0 BO N ch Part IV a P OND a 6 Part V Part VI a Ff OND Part VII ooh WN What s new in TurboDemo 7 x 2 Welcome to TurboDemo 5 Introduction to TurboDemo 7 Jude e TC EE 7 AAA 8 Why use different Demo Tutorial Formats ccsccceseeseeecesneeeneeeeeenesesnaeenseeeeeeneesnaeseseeneneeeeees 9 TurboDemo Installation EE 12 System E TE cccioocinicnncian ceechacsecctacscantsdeatencdecsceccdtaseeatiwezeqeceseneerstutenscsseaccestueseenesdendece 12 Version S Hetto eege ege 13 Cooperation with other tOOlS ccccsccceseesseeeeeeeeeeeeeenaeseneeeenseeeeeaeeeseaesaseeeenseeeseaeseseaesnseneneeees 19 TurboDemo menus 21 IHC TN 21 Edit Men ii dis 22 Slide Menu eege ee 23 A A E 24 Icons of the Thumbnail Mode ooooonioncccccnnnnnnncnonnccnonnnnnnnnnocn conocer 24 Icons of the Single Slide Mode oomnoccccconninonnccanecarnnrrr nc 24 Creating a Demo or Tutorial 28 Capturing 30 Capturing OVGrVICW sicario ci dia 30 e AAA AP A arara eaa a sauces AAEE AEA aSa Haaa a Ea aA EEan ia FEE AONAR EEE 31 Capturing Quickstart Guide c cccescceseseeesneeeeseeeeeeneesaeseseeeeneeeeeeaeeesaesaneeeeeseeeseaesaseaesnseeenenees 32 Hot Keys in capture session cccsseececeseeeeeenseeeeeenseeeeeense
3. Go to relative Go to absolute Slide 5 Go to First Slide Go to Last Slide O Go to URL O Close O Do Nothing Go to Next Slide Fire Action only available for the Insert Slide Action Before showing current Slide After showing current Slide 7 8 4 Slide Actions Dialog Action Option Dialog A Slide Action will automatically run a predefined action when you get to the specific slide These actions can be before you see the slide or after the slide has been displayed Slide action automation Before Showing You can define an action to occur before a slide is displayed After Showing You can define an action to occur after a slide has been displayed To activate these options you need to open the selected slide and click on this icon or use right click in the slide to define this action You can select either Before showing or After showing for a slide but not both Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved 47 TurboDemo Help File Action Options Slide 29 Action Types WW AAA a nana a Name A O Slide 1 3 Go to relative Si de 2 Go to absolute Slide 8 Go to First Slide Go to Last Slide O Go to URL O Close Go to Next Slide Fire Action only available for the Insert Slide Action Before showing current Slide After showing current Slide Types of Action Go
4. 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved 25 TurboDemo Help File Project New Project Create of a new project CTRL O Opening an existing project for editing EI CTRL S Save an open project after editing Printout preview Edit 19 Undo reverse previous steps Redo repeat the steps previously undone Objects for the clipboard CTRL X Cut selected object to the clipboard CTRL C Copy selected object to the clipboard CTRL V Paste clipboard into the current slide ke Slide clipboard method Cut slide s to the clipboard Copy slide s to the clipboard Paste slide s from the clipboard into the opened project Duplicate slide s Dx i Delete slides lt J 3 o o O F8 Single slide mode F10 Show all slides gt dd Objects CTRL Add an image CTRL N Add a note CTRL B Add a bubble Add text object add a transparent text comment area to your slide JEE E Dy BERRE CTRL R Add a rollover to description an area CTRL A Add an attractor as eye catcher CTRL E Add an elastic band as eye catcher Add Flash animations in the Shockwave format SWF Drawing customized objects Drawing an object and adding an action Creating a rectangle and adding an action Creating an ellipse and adding an action Interactive objects CTRL K Adding a click area for an interactive Demo Tutoria
5. The image can be resized or moved to another position on the slide oo Ze ONS Tip It is possible to define a specific color as transparent 7 5 Slide Transitions Slide Transitions Since version 7 0 you can assign transitions to the slide We distinguish between transitions for the appearance and for disappearance of the slide There are several effects to choose of Fading Random Blocks Circle Clock Cross Jalousie Join Moving Slide Enlarging Squares Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved Editing 40 Slide Effects AAA Appearance Disappearance Effect Effect Name A Moving Slide Options Preview C Use plain color instead of previous screenshot Plain Color Effect Effect Settings Define Preview 7 6 Adding Texts Bubbles and Rollovers Adding Text and visual effects e Notes and Balloons e Balloon and text skin e Adding an image e Shockwave Flash Files e Animated Pointers e Elastic Bands e Rollovers 7 6 1 Notes and Balloons Notes amp Balloons Describe your screenshot by using Balloons Notes or Text Objects F Balloons are very useful in explaining a click or an issue found on a particular slide To add a balloon use CTRL B or select the icon a Notes are text objects with a specified background color Notes are suitable for explaining a whole process or a particular step to the end user To
6. e With mouse pointer speed you can adjust the speed of the mouse pointer movement in the compiled Demo Tutorials In the different formats there can be differences in the mouse pointer speed Miscellaneous The option animation shows the bubbles in the whole Demo Tutorial animated Otherwise no animation of bubbles is shown Animation means that the bubble fades in out instead of appearing all at once Show action description of object shows the object description This is useful if there are many actions on a slide or if you want to export the slides as images Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved Options 68 Subject Comments are added to the project which can be seen by clicking the info button in the compiled Demo Tutorial Project Options Setup the project options such as speed Eh reading time and the minimum slide display Timing Miscellaneous Subject Timing Miscellaneous Subject Animation Minimum reading time 0 5 sec 4 go Animate all notes and balloons C De animate all notes and balloons Character reading time g Slower Faste EE description of men By selecting this checkbox the assinged Mouse pointer speed J object actions will be displayed in the slides i y V Timing Miscellaneous Subject Slower Fas Title Comment Copyright 19
7. graphic cards LG Resize Project Further Information about TurboDemo Settings CI Close Project D cose Projec Advantages and disadvantages of the different Ql Print Preview formats dk Generate Demo Publish Demo Generate a FLASH Animation SWF Generate 4 Java Applet Generate an EXE File Generate a GIF File Generate a Windows Media Player File ASP Generate an AYI Yideo uncompressed Generate a Word Document Generate a PDF Document Export Slides as images Export to Text File gt Import Linux Mac Unix Project Recent Projects gt TurboDemo Settings Ki Close TurboDemo Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved TurboDemo menus 22 4 2 Edit Menu Edit Menu Undo Ctrl z Ei Select all objects Ctrl 4 Y Cut selected Object Ctrl x Copy selected Object Ctrl C KR E Le C Ki se m Delete selected Object Lock selected Object Copy Slide Image Screenshot Copy Slide Image with all Items Cut Slidefs Copy Slide s Duplicate Slide Delete Slide s With Edit you can copy paste cut or delete objects as well as undo or redo actions Note that the option Copy slide image Screenshot copys the image onto the clipboard so that it can be edited in image editing programs such as Photoshop Paintshop Pro etc The options in the lower part of the menu are for working internally in the program so that you can
8. www TurboDemo com The Tutorial Creator 5 TurboDemo Help File 2 Welcome to TurboDemo Welcome to TurboDemo Online Demos Creation made easy and fast TU This efficient and easy to use program captures your onscreen activitiy and creates online demos interactive tutorials software simulations and films in few minutes without any need of programming knowledge Create your demos tutorials without any programming knowledge in the following formats e Flash demos tutorials e Microsoft Word export e Java HTML demos tutorials e PDF documents e Executable files e AVI files and e EXE Standalone Player e ASF Windows Media Player format e GIF files e Exportto Word Excel etc The file sizes of the generated Demos Tutorials are extremely small and can be started very quickly An average size for a 1 minute Flash or Java demo is at 0 1 MB This means that the demos tutorials can be sent via e mail sending and can be incorporated easily into your website Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH 8 Co KG All rights reserved www TurboDemo com The Tutorial Creator 7 TurboDemo Help File 3 Introduction to TurboDemo Introduction This capital describes the TurboDemo installation system requirements features list and the different output and export formats such as FLASH Java etc A demo tutorial simulation or presentation is created in three major steps 1 Captur
9. Start Button TurboDemo will generate a FLASH Animation Settings Statistic Color Mode 256 colors O JPEG compression O Hi color 32000 colors ul True color 16 7 Millions Ge Define Demo T utorial Title Control Panel Quality Miscellaneous C Use Preloader C Play Mouse Click Sound C Activate Loop C Time limitation Days Include Version Information No Control Panel Name Control Panel Default Skin Left checken Hidden Control Panel Version Author Choosing this option the Control Authors IRI Panel will be hidden on the top PSE right corner of the Demo EE Author s E Mail When the user moves over this corner the Menu will be displayed Output Language English Selecting a skin when creating a Java HTML Demo Tutorial You can to select a skin in the pop up list Skins include different background colors and circular or rectangular buttons Please open the Skin Wizard to select one of the default skins 8 7 Publish Demo Tutorial to a Web Site Publish Demo Tutorial on a Web Site Include your Demo Tutorial in your website If you wish to put your Demo Tutorial on your homepage then you have to upload the Demo Tutorial files to your web server If you wish to put your Demo Tutorial on a CD ROM or other media you have to copy the files into a directory folder You will find more information about hosting D
10. Step 5 Start TurboDemo and click on New Project in the File menu Choose the appropriate resolution TurboDemo will show you a rectangle of this size on the screen Star Cancel Es Full Screen eso x 480 Apply You can also adjust the size of the rectangle by clicking on the dots on the red frame and moving them Open or activate your application in the red frame Fit easily your application into this red rectangle by using the hot keys CTRL SHIFT P or CTRL SHIFT R With each click of your mouse can be turned off in the red rectangle area TurboDemo will capture the current screen Alternatively you can define a key to do this default is the Pause Key A new method since version 5 allows the capture of screenshots automatically at preset time intervals This automatic interval can be toggled with the key sequence CTRL SHIFT T When finished capturing you can return by clicking on the TurboDemo icon in the System Tray When this icon is hidden from view press the Print Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH 8 Co KG All rights reserved Capturing 32 6 3 6 4 Key Step 6 Edit your Demo Tutorial Add balloons animated objects notes interactions SWF files etc Step 7 Click Generate Demo Publish Demo in the File menu and select a format of your Demos Tutorials Flash Java HTML GIF animated PDF EXE AVI uncompres
11. substantially lower cost Additionally thanks to TurboDemo your employees will not only be trained in a cost effective and flexible manner but also quickly and efficiently via the Internet or Intranet 3 2 Features List Features List Recording Made Easy and Fast amp Start recording with one click Set size of recording window Support of full screen Stop recording with one click NEW Simultaneous recording onscreen activities and sound FLASH Create Demos in Just a Few Minutes e Java HTML or Flash Demos e Demos and Interactive Demos with just one click e No programming knowledge required e Generated demos are independent of the operating system used e Viewer does not need a exotic codec or plug in to view the demo Easy to Use Intuitive Editing Undo and Redo function Single slide view and thumbnail view Re position the mouse on the slide Adjust the mouse cursor design or hide it Straight or curved cursor movement Insert add delete and duplicate slides Add audio images hyperlinks captions and animated effects Positioning of the objects with the arrow keys Small and Fast Demos k e Greatly compressed demos Begin demos quickly by using streaming technology o e Suitable for sending via e mail e Suitable for integration into web sites 28 Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved 9 TurboDemo Help File ww Special Effects Animated notes and balloons Rollover
12. Draw Objects Areas where the viewer is able to click and an event will occur such as go to first slide or go one step back etc If the end user clicks on the defined area to fire a defined action For example you can open external web pages from a Demo Tutorial or start another Demo Tutorial by opening an URL which contains a new Demo Tutorial Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved 51 TurboDemo Help File 7 10 2 Click Area Click Area You can use a Click Area in order to make an interactive Demo Tutorial stop If the user clicks on the correct area the success message the green rectangle will be displayed Otherwise the error message the red rectangle will be displayed To the success message and the error message can be assigned an action option This means that after showing the message an action or event will occur Please see the Types of Action which can be implemented The Click Area object can have multiple individual error messages To add those choose the option add error message over the context menu The position of the added error messages can be changed later on through the context menu as well With this feature you can guide the end user to the goal of your lesson 7 10 3 Text Area Text Area You can use a Text Area in order to show a question or a request for information to the end user When positioning a Text Area the user will be prompted to insert text
13. Multiple instances of TurooDemo can be launched from different directories What s New in Version 1 2 e Several internal changes e You can contact balesio GmbH amp Co KG and order TurboDemo per Fax over London Washington Paris Milan and Sydney What s New in Version 1 1 e Deletion of in use files during uninstall e More possibilities to order TurboDemo What s New in Version 1 0 e First release was in 1998 in Germany and has been widely used in the Fashion Software Industry 3 7 Cooperation with other tools Cooperation with other tools As you see TurboDemo can be incorporated easily into help manuals This help manual was created with the help authoring tool Help8Manual of EC Software We would like to thank EC Software for their excellent cooperation Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH 8 Co KG All rights reserved www TurboDemo com The Tutorial Creator 21 TurboDemo Help File 4 TurboDemo menus Menu Summary This section describes TuroboDemo menu items and toolbar icons 4 1 File Menu File Menu e The file menu is used to open close and save projects and demonstration files Many different L New Project demonstration file formats are supported ES open Project Ctri o TurboDemo Settings allow activation of options E like for example Use safe capturing method Save Project CtrS which corrects capturing errors on some NVIDIA al Save Project As
14. Operating System Microsoft Windows 95 or higher End user requirements for ASF Videos Movies e Windows Media Player from Version 7 End user requirements for AVI Videos Movies e Operating System Microsoft Windows 95 or higher End user requirements for Standalone Demos Tutorials e Operating System Microsoft Windows 95 or higher e CD Device End user requirements for Word Export e Operating System Microsoft Windows 95 or higher e Microsoft Word installed on the computer Introduction Installation Version s History Version History What s new in Version 7 x Capturing e Capture Screenshots and Audio at the same time Editing Simulation of text typing H Audio editor for professional editing of audio streams e g post editing of volume cutting of recordings Automatic balloons and notes creation e Numerous effects for slide transitions Output of changing individual error messages in interactive elements Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH 8 Co KG All rights reserved Introduction to TurboDemo 14 Images and available Skins can be assigned to the rollover feature Enhanced user interface Clipboard Feature to copy and paste between projects Option to make your Pause Button transparent Pause button can be resized Mouse Cursor files cur and images can be assigned as mouse cursors Add mouse click sound to specific slides Enhancement of the Quiz function Import of animatio
15. Slide Go to Last Slide O Go to URL O Close Go to Next Slide Fire Action only available for the Insert Slide Action Before showing current Slide After showing current Slide Action jump can be defined to go to a slide name instead of selecting the number of a slide or slide jump When the end user misunderstands a process then this action positions them for example 3 steps behind This is indicated by 3 This function is similar to the Go to by name option You will select slide number instead of slide name Jump back to the first slide Jump ahead to the last slide Open the URL When the end user reaches this slide then they will be forwarded to a web site Close the entire Demo Tutorial Disables the above options and the Demo Tutorial will move on to the next slide SCORM settings SCORNM is a standard for interactive learning software within an LMS Learning Management System You can for example document your students learning progress and so make your teaching materials more effective TurboDemo generates demonstrations or learning software that can be included into Learning Management Systems These Demo Tutorial files can also be compressed automatically to one single file if the LMS requires Copyright O 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH 8 Co KG All rights reserved 55 TurboDemo Help File When generating the Demo Tutorial you can influence the settings
16. The minimum reading time Project Options Menu can now be Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved TurboDemo Help File reduced to 0 1 sec using the No Time Restriction entry With this new feature you will be able to make a realistic simulation of typing of a text in an application e Compatibility 100 compatible with older versions of TurboDemo The old project files can be imported directly without using any conversion routines e Clipboard Options Use CTRL C CTRL V and CTRL X to copy and paste all objects and slides in your projects Transfer slides from one project to another using the clipboard option e Enhanced Options for Single Slide View Copy Cut Paste Delete and duplicate slides in the view Single Slide Mode e Automatic compilation of the Demo Tutorial This option helps the users to easily generate Demos Tutorials using the last selected file format chosen e Enhanced objects in relation to the slides Shape object The Shape can have any possible form The user can choose as a drawing tool a rectangular shape elliptic shape lasso tool and poly lasso tool Furthermore the user can define the opacity of the shape background color outline color outline style and outline thickness As with Notes and Balloons the user can place as many Shape Objects as desired on a slide The Shape Objects can be elongated as well An action can be assigned to any shap
17. for example copy slides from one project to another Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved 23 TurboDemo Help File 4 3 Slide Menu Slide Menu e With this menu you can add objects to the current slide not a available in thumbnail mode ai Insert Picture Hir e Multiple objects can be gathered in a group to enhance A Insert Flash Animation SwF orientation fa e Note that with interactive options like Insert Click Area it is 4 Insert Note Ctrl N only possible to have one object per slide because they stop oO EE Ctrl B the slide until a end user condition is fulfilled A Insert Text Object D Further information about the different objects can be found at P Insert Rollover Ctrl R the following links ip Insert Pointer Ctrl 4 r Adding texts and visual effects Insert Elastic Band Ctrl E r Bee S Adding objects and actions to the slide AA Insert Typing Simulation Z Draw Lines Freehand mode Adding narration or music 4 Draw a Rectangle Interactive functions S Draw an Ellipse Kr Insert Click Area Ctrl4K abl Insert Text Area Ctrl T id Insert Pause Button Ctrl P iaj Insert Hot Key Area CR Additional Click Areas vw Insert Quiz Show Mouse Pointer At Insert Sound FX Slide Effects Change Slide Color Er Insert Slide Action Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved TurboDemo menus 24 4
18. for interactive learning software within an LMS Learning Management System You can for example document your students learning progress and so make your teaching materials more effective TurboDemo generates demonstrations or learning software that can be included into Learning Management Systems These Demo Tutorial files can also be compressed automatically to one single file if the LMS requires When generating the Demo Tutorial you can influence the settings for SCORM with the flag statistics Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved Publishing 64 Settings Statistic Scoring O No Scoring Show statistic at the end of the demo SCORM Zip SCORM Package Pass Conditions 3 Collect points weight not less than Points Weight g a Collect correct answers not less than Answers count 0 a Collect percent of total points weight not less than Percents o a y The points can be allocated through the interactive elements like click area text input or quiz Depending on the importance of the task more or less points can be given For allocating points right click on the activated interactive element db Cut selected Object a Copy selected Object Lo DR Delete Order abi Edit Text pl Add answers Please understand that at this point we can not expla
19. have completed a Demo Tutorial you can alter the resolution size of your Demo Tutorial with this feature You can shrink your Demo Tutorial resolution size or enlarge it Please follow the following steps to resize an existing project 1 Open your project by clicking File Open Project 2 Select in File menu the menu item Resize 3 Resize Wizard Dialog will be displayed Resize Wizard With the Resize Wizard you are able to alter the resolution size of your projects The Wizard generates a new Project File as output Scaling Percentage Seel EES SE SES Current percentage 76 434 kel ar i Minimum percentage 33 100 125 150 Start Resizing Cancel 4 The original width and height is displayed at 100 5 You can use the popup to change either the width or the height You can also use the Scaling panel to resize the project 6 After defining the size click the Start Resizing button Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved 61 TurboDemo Help File 8 5 8 6 7 8 After compiling the new project a message with the new project name and the path name will be displayed Close the current project and open your new resized project Generate Demo Publish Demo Generate Demo Publish Demo Please follow these steps to create your Demo or Tutorial Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Start TurboDemo and click on Open Project in t
20. insert a note press CTRL N or select the icon E Text objects are notes They can be transparent or with a selected background color and do not disappear during the mouse movement as happens with balloons and notes After balloons and notes have been displayed they disappear during mouse movement while text objects remain Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved 41 TurboDemo Help File 7 6 2 Balloon and Text Skin Notes amp Balloons Both Notes and Balloons have interchangeable skins that allow you to change the look and feel of your onscreen notes They can also be easily resized To change the skin or text of a Note or Balloon Click on the Note or Balloon icon in Single Slide Mode the note or balloon will appear on the slide Double click on the note or balloon the Edit Text dialog will appear To change the skin Click the Skin tab and click in the space under Skin Name Scroll through the available skins and select the one you want Click OK To change the text Click the Text tab to edit the text of the note or balloon Click OK Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved Editing 42 Edit Text Text Skin Skin Name Clear Skin M Margins Offsets Left lg Top 0 Right 0 Bottom Show Margins Skin Options Show Pointer Pointer Positi
21. into an edit field If the end user inserted text matches the text written in the field Answer should be then the success message the green rectangle will be displayed otherwise the error message the red rectangle will appear To the success message and the error message can be assigned an action option This means that after showing the message an action or event will occur Please see the Types of Action which can be implemented The Text Area object can have multiple individual error messages To add those choose the option add error message over the context menu The position of the added error messages can be changed later on through the context menu as well With this feature you can guide the end user to the goal of your lesson 7 10 4 Hot Key Area Hot Key Area You can use a Hot Key Area in order to receive an answer from the end user who can respond by pressing a Hot Key through using the keyboard When placing a Hot Key Area the user will be prompted to insert a key for example CTRL T over the keyboard If the selected keystrokes of the end user matches then the success message the green rectangle will be displayed if not the error message the red rectangle will appear To the success message and the error message can be assigned an action option This means that after showing the message an action or event will occur Please see the Types of Action which can be implemented The Hot Key Area object can have
22. launch TurboDemo without installation from either a CD or the server e Standard or default settings can be created for the server e The user can adjust the TurboDemo settings on their personal workstation Recording e Use CTRL Shift T for automatic capturing method in addition to Mouse tracking and Pause Button e A faster way of capturing by using DirectX technology DirectX offers the power of multimedia in Windows and gives you the best possible experience with graphics sound music and 3 D animation Using DirectX with TurboDemo allows you to record screenshots much faster and capture quicker movements that normally can t be captured by standard Windows routines TurboDemo currently supports DirectX versions 6 0 through 9 0 e Option to record Drag amp Drop icons e Option to record icons including their ToolTips New export formats e Additional documentation option to generate PDF files e Additional option to compile your Demo in GIF format as well as FLASH JAVA HTML and EXE Animated Objects e Additional animated objects such as a Wizard or logos e Now you can use amazing skins for your Balloons and Notes e Additional shapes for call outs balloons notes and text objects Enhancements e Memory Manager The new Memory Manager allows TurboDemo to use 20 to 50 TIMES less RAM than before So even if you have a lot of slides your Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved
23. show by tracking your mouse clicks Press the Left or Right mouse buttons to record Capturing a screenshot Press the Pause Break key to take each Screenshot TurboDemo will capture everything inside the red rectangle This means that every time you wish to record a step you need to press the Pause key Print Sern SysRq Press the Print key to end if the TurboDemo icon is hidden from view Control Keys Ctri S MO By pressing CTRL SHIFT S while capturing screenshots will switch into the hidden TurboDemo application in order to see the captured screenshots Press these keys again to hide the TurboDemo window Application adaptation during recording Ctrl P a A Fit your active application into the red rectangle by pressing CTRL SHIFT P Application adaptation during recording cri R m w Al Adjust or resize the red rectangle to the size of your active application by pressing CTRL SHIFT R Activating the Red Rectangle Ctri A D When pressing CTRL SHIFT A while capturing screenshots you will be able to activate the red rectangle The activated rectangle can be moved now with the arrows keys to any position on the screen Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved Hints and Tips 72 10 3 Hints and Tips Hints and Tips You will find tips under Help Hints and Tips and here is an overview TurboDemo Version 6 0 supports U
24. you running Windows 98 Windows XP etc 3 Which version of TurboDemo are you running to view which version of TurboDemo you are using choose About TurboDemo in the Help menu Please include the entire version line in your problem report 4 Ifa dialog box with an error message was displayed please include the full text of the dialog box including the text in the title bar Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved www TurboDemo com The Tutorial Creator Contact us 78 12 Contact us 12 1 About us About Us balesio GmbH amp Co KG is an innovative software company and market leader in the development of intelligent application software for the Internet We develop and distribute E Learning Software and Internet Filtering Software Solutions balesio GmbH amp Co KG is represented by distributors in more than 20 countries Our products are sold in over 100 countries worldwide To contact us please visit our home page at http Awww turbodemo com Eng Contact htm or send us an email at info turbodemo com 12 2 Sales Sales The following information is for the English language version of TurboDemo There are English German Dutch Spanish Italian Japanese and French language versions of TurboDemo as well If you are looking for a version in one of these languages please ask one of our sales representatives to forward your order feedback or questions
25. 4 4 5 4 6 Project Menu Project Menu e You can add slides to your project after it has been captured El Insert Screenshots and stored We differentiate between screenshot slides as a background and empty slides blank e A new feature is the implementing of images as slides e The option Intelligent Mouse Tracking is only important for you if you have projects created with version 4 0 If you have Add Image s as Screenshot questions about this feature please send an e mail to support turbodemo com Insert Blank Slide s e With Options you can make general settings for the whole Add Blank Slide s project More about that here dl Add Screenshots Insert Image s as Screenshot Sn Generate Demo Publish Demo a F Intelligent mouse tracking y Options Icons of the Thumbnail Mode Icons in the Thumbnail Slides Summary Project New Project Create a new project CTRL O Open an existing project for editing SO CTRL S Save an open project after editing Printout preview Slide editing Cut slide s to the clipboard Copy slide s to the clipboard Paste slide s from the clipboard into the opened project Duplicate slide s De i La Delete slides View mode F3 Single slide mode F10 Show all slides Project functions Automatic compilation of the Demo Tutorial Icons of the Single Slide Mode Icons of the Single Slide Mode Copyright
26. 98 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved www TurboDemo com The Tutorial Creator Hints and Tips 70 10 Hints and Tips 10 1 TurboDemo Standard and Professional Differences between the Standard and Pro Version TurboDemo Standard Package includes 1 Interactivity 2 Ability to create Tutorials Demos in FLASH GIF TurboDemo Professional Package includes 1 Enhanced Interactivity 2 Ability to create Tutorials Demos in JAVA Format FLASH EXE Files ASF Files Windows Media Player Format AVI Movies GIF Format PDF Document Export slides into images Microsoft Word Document 3 Training Tool Create Time Limited Tutorials Demos Print slides for educational use 4 Resolution Resizing Tool 5 Text Orthography Tool 6 Enhanced Animation Objects Chart as a matrix of product differences http www turbodemo com eng differences htm 10 2 Important Hot Keys Hot Keys Recording and Capturing A Automatic Recording T ME Toggle function TurooDemo can be set to automatically capture at the rate of one screenshot per 0 2 5 0 seconds by pressing these keys To end capturing press CTRL SHIFT T again Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved 71 TurboDemo Help File B Single Picture Capturin Capturing the screen by every mouse click Di Capture your process what you would like to
27. Audio Editor Use the Audio Editor to add silence adjust volume add or cut comments etc Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved Editing 50 ki Audio Wizard Slide 2 ES With this Audio Editor you can add cut normalize copy paste and more Ga For more information see the help file 4 4D apply Cancel 00 01 103 00 01 655 00 02 207 00 02 759 00 03 311 iadaa o O 22050 Hz 16bit Mono 00 00 00 693 7 10 Interactive Functions Interactive Functions Interactive Demo Tutorial Click area Text area Key area Pause Button Adding Hyperlinks Drawing an object Action option SCORM Question and answer quiz 7 10 1 Interactive Demo Tutorial Interactive Demo Tutorial Add either click or text entry areas or hot keys and action regions with events By doing so you are able to make your Demos Tutorials interactive and improve your end user s learning Click area the end user will be asked to use the mouse to interact with the Demo Tutorial The user can define left right or double mouse Click Types Text entry area the end use receives an area as an entry field where they have to enter the requested information using the keyboard Hot key area Define a hot key such as CTRL SHIFT D where the viewer will be asked to enter a key sequence Pause button the end user will be asked to click on this button to continue the Demo Tutorial
28. ED OR IMPLIED Because of the various hardware and software environments into which TurboDemo may be put NO WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS OFFERED Good data processing procedure dictates that any program be thoroughly tested with non critical data before relying on it The user must assume the entire risk of using the program ANY LIABILITY OF THE SELLER WILL BE LIMITED EXCLUSIVELY TO PRODUCT REPLACEMENT OR REFUND OF PURCHASE PRICE 9 HIGH RISK ACTIVITIES The Software is not fault tolerant and is not designed manufactured or intended for use or resale as on line control equipment in hazardous environments requiring fail safe performance such as in the operation of nuclear facilities air traffic control aircraft navigation or communication systems direct life support machines or weapons systems in which the failure of the Software could lead directly to death personal injury or severe physical or environmental damage High Risk Activities balesio GmbH amp Co KG specifically disclaims any expression or implied warranty of fitness for High Risk Activities 10 DISTRIBUTION OF EVALUATION VERSION Provided that you verify that you are distributing the evaluation version you are hereby licensed to make as many copies of the evaluation version of this software and documentation as you wish give exact copies of the original evaluation version to anyone and distribute the evaluation version of the software and document
29. H amp Co KG All rights reserygd e Notes 2 Notes 40 41 Sales 78 81 TurboDemo Help File Save 59 SCORM 54 56 63 Server 12 Shockwave files 43 Simulation 5 9 28 Single Slide Mode 38 Skin Skins 2 41 61 Slide time 48 Slide Transitions 39 Slides 37 Sound 48 speak Square 34 44 52 Standard 70 Start Recording 31 Stop 47 52 Strocke keys 50 51 Studio 70 Support 75 SWF 2 43 Symbols 24 System Requirements 12 T tansitions 39 TDP 60 Technical Support 75 Text 40 Text Area 51 Thumbnail 37 Time 48 Tips 72 Transparencies 40 Turtorial 5 Tutorial 9 28 Types 41 U Upload URL 62 44 45 46 52 53 Version 2 13 W Windows Media Player Word 9 Z Zone 44 52 9 Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved
30. The Tutorial Creator 37 TurboDemo Help File 7 7 1 7 2 Editing Editing Overview Edit Demo Tutorial When you are done capturing screenshots or recording click on the TurboDemo icon in Print Sern the system tray Sena Print key on your keyboard You are now in Thumbnail mode This mode helps you organize your project Slides can be added moved or deleted To edit slides start Single Slide Mode by double clicking on any slide in the thumbnail view Navigate to other slides by clicking the top bar on the Player Controls and dragging the slider or by using the arrow keys In single slide mode you can add text animated objects photos and images interactivity links to the web and sound Most if these features are accessible from the tool bar in Single Slide Mode Description Notes Add text via Text Notes Balloons or Transparencies Text objects These are text notes with the main difference that the text area does not disappear with balloons or text notes Animated Objects Used to attract the attention of your end users Add an image Add your company logo or a simple image Audio Features Add sound or tone with voice and background music Mouse Display Change mouse cursor display and movement or delete mouse movement Interactive Options Make your Demo Tutorial interactive by defining interactive zones within a slide The end user will receive the success or error message de
31. active FUNCHIONS 00 cd 50 Interactive DeMO TUtOT Al 2 zegeggEgEEeEEREeR SE cecceiirecateccic bien 50 Click Area Text Area Hot Key Area Pause BUOM ieee ci sess cc geess Eed ir a EES ege 52 Adding Fy PerlinkS EE 52 Drawing an object A O JA esbecne0es QUESTION ANG ANSWEN QUIZA daran 56 Part VIII Publishing 59 1 Publishing Overview ii is 59 ES A A 59 3 Opening an Existing Project ccmnncninnnnnicccnnnnosnrcc SEENEN nannan 60 4 Resizing the Project coi aii ia 60 5 Generate Demo Publish Demo scccceenennensecceseseensnnenceceeseesensnneaconeeseesensnsacoaaessenens 61 6 Navigation Panels and SKINS ocoinnncinninnnnccnnniccsccrnrc cr 61 7 Publish Demo Tutorial to a Web Site ooooccccnonocicicnonccccononcnncnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnne nn rnnnnn nr rnnnnr rene ENEE 62 SS cece ceases ve ecb cwce cnet ces asuc seve ests a a aa aE a 63 Part IX Options 66 TATUFDOD EMO SOU EE 66 2 Project Option gege ee SENNENG ri 67 Part X Hints and Tips 70 1 TurboDemo Standard and Professional cccssececeseseeeeeseeeeeenseeeeeenseeeeeenseseenseseeeenenseeeenens 70 2 Important Eiere eege 70 3 Hims and TAPS ai 72 Part XI License Ordering and Support 74 1 License Agreement coo dida 74 2 Eitrderipo Interes 75 3 Technical Support die EENEG GEES EES 75 Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved Contents IlI Part XII Contact us 78 Vi ABOUTS ssi N eegene ee 78 2 ale c
32. aewdeveercducaecsesdavedeuscaacsueacvaeceus saususicseceesssuue vavsssuctessssaeusedceuetousandevasescuesousandecaetesssdensndecus 78 3 TUPDODEMO Web SITO iii a ENEE EE Nee 78 Index 79 Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved www TurboDemo com The Tutorial Creator What s new in TurboDemo 7 x 2 1 What s new in TurboDemo 7 x What s new in TurboDemo 7 x Please scroll down to view the major changes in version 7 x TurboDemo is the only screen capture tool that is compatible with all current internet formats TurboDemo Version 7 is packed with improvements and new features to reduce production time and to increase the quality and attraction of your demo e Quicker clearer capturing e More editing options eg Typing Simulation Audio Editor and better interactivity e And now supporting Microsoft Word output format 1 Capture and Record Area Simultaneous recording of onscreen activities AND sound 2 Editing Simulation of text typing Audio editor for professional editing of audio streams e g post editing of volume cutting of recordings Automatic balloons and notes creation Numerous effects for slide transitions Output of changing individual error messages in interactive elements Images and available Skins can be assigned to the rollover feature Enhanced user interface Clipboard Feature to copy and paste between projects Option to m
33. ake your Pause Button transparent Pause button can be resized Mouse Cursor files cur and images can be assigned as mouse cursors Add mouse click sound to specific slides Enhancement of the Quiz function 3 Import of animations Enhancement of the SWF import Enhanced Linux compatibility 4 Output amp Formats TurboDemo 7 x offers an additional format Microsoft Word Document doc Enhanced Flash output Enhanced Resize Option Mouse click visualization for left and right mouse clicks Additional navigation bar in the old TurboDemo style 5 E Learning Java output enhancements SCORM is now included in the Pro version Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved TurboDemo Help File Statistic information at the end of the Demo Tutorial e SCORM 2004 and 1 2 compliant in JAVA and FLASH Demo Tutorials for Learning Management Systems LMS 6 PowerConverter Add On Convert PowerPoint Presentations in Flash e Now optimized for more supported animations in Office XP and Office 2003 7 Capture Tools for other Operating systems TurboDemo offers additional capture programs to create projects under several operating systems e LINUX system over the KDE graphical environment Besides Fedora and RedHat distributions ScreenStudio supports Debian Ubunto and Suse distributions e MACOSX Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved
34. amphlet Microsoft Word Use templates for different purposes Word documents do not support animation Word needs to be installed on the computer 3 4 TurboDemo Installation TurboDemo Installation To install TuroboDemo from a CD ROM 1 Simply insert the CD ROM into your drive 2 The Windows Autorun capability will start the TurboDemo setup program If the CD does not start automatically select the Run option from the taskbar Start Menu and enter D CDStart exe replacing D with your CD ROM drive letter 3 Select Install TurboDemo or Run TurboDemo from the CD 4 Read the program license conditions carefully 5 Choose the directory into which you wish to install TurboDemo Please follow the instructions of the Setup program displayed on the screen until you receive the message The installation is completed To install TurboDemo from a downloaded file 1 Start the installation program TD Setup exe 2 Read the program licence conditions carefully 3 Chose the directory in which you wish to install TurboDemo Please follow the instructions by the Setup program displayed on the screen until you receive the message The installation is completed Introduction System Requirements Features 3 5 System Requirements System Requirements TurboDemo User Interface requires at least PC with Microsoft Windows 95 or higher 50 MB of free hard disk space 64 MB RAM More memory impr
35. and elastic band effects Eye catchers through Attractors Customized shapes and colors Customized font size style and formatting Addition of more than one object to the slide Graphical analysis of the questions and answers Import of Flash Animations SWF NEW New Typing Object to simulate typing of characters NEW Numerous effects for Slide transitions NEW Place images and Skins to your Rollover object d Interactive Areas e Click area left right and double click Hot Key area Text area Success and error messages Hyperlink to a Web page or another demo Quizzing Function NEW Multiple Error Messages e SE Sound NEW Recording with the new Audio Editor Import of WAV files Assigning audio to one or several slides Adding or deleting sound Le Export Option Java HTML demo NEW Now SCORM 1 2 and 2004 compliant Flash demo SWF Format NEW Now SCORM 1 2 and 2004 compliant AVI Movie AVI Format not compressed ASF Windows Media Player format Caption text export TXT Format Executable Demo EXE File PDF as a print out PDF Format GIF animation GIF File Image export GIF JPG and BMP Format NEW Microsoft Word DOC ww Additional Options Customize slide duration Add author information to the demo Quick loading saving and compiling 32 Bit and native XP application Player controls Stand alone demo player 3 3 Why use different Demo Tutorial Formats Why use different Demo Tutorial Formats W
36. at 9 28 G Generate Demo Tutorial 61 GIF 9 28 39 Graphic card 66 H Help 75 Help and Manual 19 Hints and Tips 72 Host 62 Hotkeys 32 70 control buttons 32 70 Create ademo 28 Create a Demo Tutorial 31 Gante O ARIA 2005 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved Hover 42 Hyperlink 44 45 46 52 53 Index 80 O Icons 24 Objects 42 43 Image 39 Open an existing Demo Tutorial project 60 Insert 2 Options 66 67 Install 12 Ordering Information 75 Interaction 51 Interactive Demo Tutorial 50 a D Introduction to TurboDemo 7 Introdution 5 Panel 361 Issue 75 Pause Button 47 52 PDF 9 28 e y Picture 39 Play 59 61 Jalousie 39 Polynome 44 52 Java 9 28 PowerPoint 9 Join 39 Presentation 5 JPG 39 Problem 75 Jump 45 46 53 Professional 70 Project 60 67 ES K a Publish 59 Publish Demo Tutorial 61 Key Area 51 Publish Demo Tutorial to a Web Site 62 keys 32 51 70 Publishing 28 L Q Quickstart 32 Left mouse click 50 51 i Quiz 54 56 63 Licence 74 License 74 Logo 39 R RAM 2 M 39 Random Blocks Record 30 32 Memory 66 l Menu 21 22 23 24 Recording 31 Mouse click 50 51 recording keys 32 70 Mouse Hover 42 Rectangle 44 52 Movie 9 28 Red rectangle 31 Moving Slide 39 Region 44 52 Resize Project 60 Resolutions 60 gt N E Right mouse click 50 51 Rollover 42 Navigation Panel 61 Rubber 43 Network 12 News 2 Copyright 7088 2006 by balesio Gmb
37. atically capture at the rate of one screenshot per 0 2 5 0 seconds by pressing these keys To end capturing press CTRL SHIFT T again B Single Picture Capturin Capturing the screen with every mouse click AS Capture your process by tracking your mouse clicks Press the Left or Right mouse buttons to record Capturing a screenshot Pause Press the Pause Break key to record each Screenshot TurboDemo will capture everything inside the red rectangle This means that every time you wish to cover a step you need to press the Pause key Print Sern SysRq Press the Print key to end capturing if the TurboDemo icon is hidden from view aay Control Keys Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved Capturing 34 Ct Ss alll dd By pressing CTRL SHIFT S while capturing screenshots you can switch into the hidden TurboDemo application in order to see which screenshots you have captured By pressing these keys again you will hide the TurboDemo window Application adaptation during recording Ctrl P A AMA Fit your active application into the red rectangle by pressing CTRL SHIFT P Application adaptation during recording Ctri R m w EI Adjust or resize the red rectangle to the size of your active application by pressing CTRL SHIFT R Activate the red rectangle Ctrl A TMB When pressing CTRL SHIFT A while capturing screenshots yo
38. ation in its unmodified form via electronic means There is no charge for any of the above You are specifically prohibited from charging or requesting donations for any such copies however made and from distributing the software and or documentation with other products commercial or otherwise without prior written permission Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG 11 2 Ordering Information Ordering Information Please visit our home page to view the latest offers To contact us visit http www turbodemo com Eng contact htm or send us an email to sales turbodemo com If you are interested in purchasing a site license for your company then please send us an email to sales turbodemo com with the quantity of desired workstations and we will send you a quote Educational prices for schools universities and colleges are available Please ask for a quote 11 3 Technical Support Technical Support To confirm that you have the most recent version of TuroboDemo please view the TurboDemo home page at http www turbodemo com help fag htm in the section Frequently Asked Questions The best way to report problems is to send an email to support turbodemo com When reporting problems please include the following information 1 Is the problem reproducible If so how Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved License Ordering and Support 76 2 Which version of Windows are
39. ding Objects and Actions to Slide Adding Objects and Actions to a slide e Drawing an Object e Adding Hyperlinks e Action Options e Slide Actions Dialog e Pause Button 7 8 1 Drawing an Object Drawing an Object There are three types of objects Polyline Select Slide Draw Lines Freehand Mode or click on this icon to draw your own image art and to define the action field To end your image creation click on the right mouse button EIN Rectangle Select Slide Draw Rectangle or click on this icon to create a rectangle shape Square Select Slide Draw Rectangle or click on this icon while pressing the shift key to begin defining the position of your square Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved 45 TurboDemo Help File Ef Ellipse Select Slide Draw Ellipse or click on this icon to create an ellipse shape Circle Select Slide Draw Ellipse or click on this icon while pressing the shift key to begin defining the position of your circle To all these objects can be assigned an action where the end user is able to click on a specified area after which a defined event or action will occur Types of Actions 7 8 2 Adding Hyperlinks Adding Hyperlinks ZEEE ZE 1 Add your desired area by using Draw Objects such as Polyline Rectangle or Ellipse 2 Double click your defined object to assign it to a File URL or E Mail address mailt
40. e Objects assigned to actions Actions give the user the ability to create amazing interactive Demos Tutorials The following actions can be assigned to objects e g Shape Object 1 Slide Label Skip The user can choose to jump to a slide using the slide name This has the advantage that it is not important if a slide is later inserted or deleted The Software will always jump to the correct slide 2 Relative Skip This means that the user can define a relative value in order to jump to another slide Therefore if the end user is currently on slide 10 and the user has defined as an event Jump 3 then the software will go to Slide 13 3 Absolute Skip This means that the user can define an absolute value in order to jump to another slide So if the end user is currently on Slide 10 and the user has defined as an absolute value of 3 then the software will go to Slide 3 4 First and Last Slide Skip This means that the user can define the action to go to the first or last slide 5 Web Site or E Mail URL This action can be used to open a new URL ora website 6 Close Demo Tutorial This action closes the current window where the Demo Tutorial is being played Insert Slide Action Placed on a slide it will perform a defined event automatically without interaction So for example if the user assigned the Relative Skip Event 5 to Slide 10 then when the Player comes to Slide 10 the Player will automatically jump to Slide 15 The user ca
41. e Slide Time What s New in Version 4 0 and 3 0 TurboDemo 4 0 provides features and enhancement options for the users and end users Description of enhancements Generate Flash Demos Tutorials The user is now able using the new Flash Export feature to create Macromedia Flash Animation with all features objects and functions of TurboDemo Without any prior Flash Programming knowledge the user can create amazing Flash Animations with one click Interactive Flash Demos Tutorials Create Macromedia Flash Animation including the interactive functions and objects Flash navigation Choose one of 3 amazing navigation panels to present your Demos Tutorials New skins The new version of TurboDemo will offer 12 fantastic new Java HTML skins for free Resize project s resolution After you have completed a Demo Tutorial you can alter screen resolution size of your Demo Tutorial You can shrink or enlarge your Demo Tutorial resolution size Screenshot capturing using the mouse This feature allows the user to use the mouse to capture screenshots Every time the mouse is clicked a screenshot is taken You can also continue to use the hot key as always to capture screenshots Automatic adaptation of the capture area The capture area will automatically conform to the application you would like to record CTRL SHIFT R And vice versa the application can be automatically fitted to the area captured CTRL SHIFT P No Time Restriction
42. easily and quickly record a walktrough or simulation Tips for Capturing While you are recording you can easily fit your ACTIVE application to the Red Rectangle by clicking Ctrl Shift P The red rectangle may be adjusted to the ACTIVE application by using the key combination Ctrl Shift R End Capture Session To end your capture session click on the TurboDemo symbol in the bottom right hand corner of the taskbar Alternatively press the print or print screen key on your keyboard C Don t show this window again TurboDemo works by capturing screenshots to create application Demos Tutorials or simulations These screenshots are captured in a step by step process and the Demo Tutorial created thus functions as a small film Demo Tutorial files can be created in many formats including Java HTML and Flash With every left or right click of your mouse in the red rectangle area TurboDemo will capture the application screen Capturing can also be done by pressing the Pause key Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved EA TurboDemo Help File 6 2 Begin Capturing Begin Capturing Generating a Demo Tutorial is easy and straightforward Please follow these steps to create your Demo or Tutorial This example shows step by step how to create a Demo Tutorial for example with a 640 x 480 pixels application size Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4
43. ed 49 TurboDemo Help File In the thumbnail view you can enter the Audio Wizard by clicking the speaker icon in the thumbnails To add already existing files the files need to be in the WAV format uncompressed Audio Wizard Slide 2 With the Audio Wizard you are able to import or record an audio file E The audio will be inserted in the currently selected Slide Gs Record Play Audio Position Import Export Audio Za lay Import Audio Export Audio Delete Slide Audio Audio time and slide duration Play sound only on this slide Play sound over several slides Advanced mode gt gt Audio can also be imported by clicking the Import Audio button Navigate in the Insert Sound dialogue box to the desired sound file then click Open Clicking the Export Audio button exports the audio to a WAV file Clicking the Delete Slide Audio button deletes all audio from the selected slide If you add sound or narration to the slide you can choose between two options By default the Play sound only on this slide is activated This means that the sound will be added to only this slide and the slide timing will be increased by the duration of the added sound The other option is to Play sound over several slides This means that the sound does not stop at the end of the slide duration instead it will play back over several slide till the end of the sound file 7 9 3 Audio Editor
44. eeeeenseeeeeensueeeeensueeeeenseeeeeesseeeeeenseeeeeenses 32 Capture Screen and Audio cccsseccsseceseeeeesneeenseeeenensesnaeenseaecesnaeenseeaseaesaanaeenseaeseaeseseaesaseanenseaes 34 Editing 37 O O eee gt 37 UN TE 37 Single Slide Mode oea eaa r rra aae ara anara inner 38 inserting an Mage nnn 39 Slide Transl ong E 39 Adding Texts Bubbles and Rollovers ccccesseeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseseseeeeeseeneeseseeneeseseeneeseeeeeeeseseeeenens 40 Notes and BallOOMS iiciciccssiccicecesdsecsascsescncsccsessstscabasdscccveasessevensedsescncbecstoncidcatesabesebencesecedsabcsabancsdcsdoeardcabasdsdseseesaseare 40 AA SKIN E 41 le 42 Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved TurboDemo Help File RA EEEE A AAAA EENAA SEAE 43 Amimmated RTE Elastic Bande sgsoesssseggeteseesgesscheekesscesEesgEeen Shockwave Flash Files cs ccesseeseseeees Text SIMULATION oo nccscccccinsesesiscicesescexcsnsesssescescscscererstesesececsersstenecstecaveceustvseeeecsutenevesenscstecenssetesstecseccriseesessbevebedseocrie 8 Adding Objects and Actions to Slide Drawing an CDe AAA Eege eebe EEN Adding Hyperlinks Action Options Slide Actions Dialog ENT e E 9 Adding Narration or MUSIC sees SRREEEEREREEEEEREREEEEEREREEEEEREREEEEEREREEEEEREREEEEEREREEEEEREREEEEEREREEEEEREREEEEN GEN VUn 0 e 48 AGING etol Tnte i coatele aea E eres 48 A dio TT 49 10 Inter
45. emo Re position or move the red rectangle by pressing the SHIFT key and movie it with the mouse left mouse button TurboDemo is the easiest and fastest way to explain the use of software web sites IT Solutions and much more Additional recording method Use mouse clicks for recording Add clicks sound with the check box Mouse click Audio when compiling your project Objects can be aligned now with the arrow keys Just select them and use the arrow keys to nudge them around Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved www TurboDemo com The Tutorial Creator License Ordering and Support 74 11 License Ordering and Support 11 1 License Agreement License Agreement TurboDemo License Agreement Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved LICENSE AGREEMENT You should read carefully the following terms and conditions before using this software Unless you have a different license agreement signed by balesio GmbH amp Co KG the use or installation of this software indicates your acceptance of this license agreement and warranty 1 REGISTERED VERSION A single registered copy of TurboDemo may either be used by a single person who uses the software himself or herself on one or more computers or installed on a single computer and used by multiple people but not both You may access the registered version of TuroboDemo through a
46. emo Tutorial and posting them on your site below Host your Demo Tutorial on your own server or on a CD ROM Step 1 You have to upload your Demo Tutorial files manually to your web server or copy the files to a directory These Files should be copied to your web server or to a directory Java Demo Tutorial Demoname BIN Flash Demo Tutorial Demoname SWF Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved 63 TurboDemo Help File Demoname HTM Demoname HTM Tdemo JS Skinw JAR IIp3 JAR Step 2 After you have uploaded copied your Demo Tutorial files you can post them on a web page Edit your HTML page and use copy and paste to add the following Start by copying the following code and paste it between the lt head gt and lt head gt tags of your homepage only for Java Demos For Flash Demos there is no need to add this lt script language JavaScript src tdemo js gt lt script gt Step 3 Use this link in your homepage in order to open your demo lt a href javascript openDemo Demoname htm width hight gt TITLE lt a gt Here is an HTML Source Code example of how to play a Demo Tutorial lt html gt lt head gt lt script language JavaScript src tdemo js gt lt script gt lt head gt lt body gt Play Demo lt a href javascript openDemo Demoname HTM Width Hight gt TITLE lt a gt lt body gt lt html gt 8 8 SCORM SCORM settings SCORM is a standard
47. for SCORM with the flag statistics Settings Statistic Scoring O No Scoring Show statistic at the end of the demo Zip SCORM Package Pass Conditions 3 Collect points weight not less than Points Weight y a 5d Collect correct answers not less than Answers count g a A Y Collect percent of total points weight not less than Percents 0 The points can be allocated through the interactive elements like click area text input or quiz Depending on the importance of the task more or less points can be given For allocating points right click on the activated interactive element A g Cut selected Object a Copy selected Object A Delete Order gt abl Edit Text El 12 Add answers Please understand that at this point we can not explain how the SCORM files you created with TurboDemo can be included in the singular LMS Please ask the LMS manufacturer how the SCORM files created with TurboDemo can be included Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved Editing 56 7 10 10 Question and answer quiz Question and Answer Quiz The question and answer quiz is very suitable for the creation of multiple choice tasks for your e learning demonstrations You may write down your questions directly or use preset questions in the form of images Answers are added by right clicking the quiz ques
48. for the desired image New is that you can hide the Pause Button on the slide with just one click The Option can be accessed through the context menu 7 10 6 Adding Hyperlinks Adding Hyperlinks RHEE E 1 Add your desired area by using Draw Objects such as Polyline Rectangle or Ellipse 2 Double click your defined object to assign it to a File URL or E Mail address mailto sales turbodemo com 3 Inthe URL field you can insert an file name internet address an e mail address or any hyperlink you wish If the end user clicks on the defined area the URL will be opened For example you can open external web pages from a Demo Tutorial or start another Demo Tutorial Choose an Action Type In the Action Option dialog you can define the action 7 10 7 Drawing an object Drawing an Object There are three types of objects Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved 53 TurboDemo Help File Zan Polyline Select Slide Draw Lines Freehand Mode or click on this icon to draw your own image art and to define the action field To end your image creation click on the right mouse button Ein Rectangle Select Slide Draw Rectangle or click on this icon to create a rectangle shape Square Select Slide Draw Rectangle or click on this icon while pressing the shift key to begin defining the position of your square Ef Ellipse Select Slide Draw Ellipse o
49. he File menu Select Generate Demo Publish Demo in the File menu and select the appropriate format for your Demo Tutorial Flash Java HTML PDF GIF ASF EXE AVI uncompressed Microsoft Word Document doc Run the generated Demo Tutorial How to publish a Demo Tutorial to a web site Navigation Panels and Skins Navigation Panel and Skins What is a skin A skin acts like a border or frame around your Demo Tutorial to customize it by color company logo and control player buttons A skin allows you to present your Demo Tutorial with the look and feel of your company Selecting a skin by creating a Flash or EXE Demo Tutorial No Control Panel Run your Demo Tutorial without the use of a navigation panel or menu Navigation Panel A navigation control panel will be added to the bottom your Demo Tutorial and it includes play control buttons and the navigation panel Hidden Panel A hidden panel is displayed in the top right hand corner of your Demo Tutorial This is used when you don t have enough space on your slides to accommodate the panel or wish that the viewer doesn t see the navigation panel The navigation panel is hidden as menu and is automatically shown when the end user indicates it with the mouse Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved Publishing 62 Generate a FLASH Animation SWF TurboDemo Compile Window By pressing the
50. hen considering sending a Demo Tutorial it must be remembered that they are dependent upon how the end user views them This means the end user may have e A different operating system on their computer than what you have MS Windows Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved Introduction to TurboDemo 10 Mac Linux etc e A different internet browser than yours either no Internet browser Netscape Navigator MS Internet Explorer etc e A long demonstration 1 Minute Demo 1 Hour Tutorial or even longer TurboDemo helps to create Flash Java Exe AVI and standalone Demos Tutorials Please see below the advantages and disadvantages of these formats Flash Demo Tutorial SWF The average size of a 1 Minute Tutorial is 100 350 KB Flash Plug In is a small file size and is quick to download from the Internet macromedia Flash Plug In is a standard browser plug in FLASH Audio and Sound are better compressed ENABLED Platforms MS Windows 95 and later Macintosh Unix Pocket PC Linux Flash Demos Tutorials are limited to 16000 Macromedia Flash frames An Internet browser is required Demo Tutorial file size could be larger than Java Demo Tutorial file size Right click and double click are not supported in interactive Demos Tutorials Java Demo Tutorial The average file size of a 1 Minute Tutorial is 100 200 KB gt No dura
51. in how the SCORM files you created with TurboDemo can be included in the singular LMS Please ask the LMS manufacturer how the SCORM files created with TurooDemo can be included Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved www TurboDemo com The Tutorial Creator Options 66 9 Options Options Here you can find information how to do settings in TuroboDemo or your project TurboDemo Settings Project options 9 1 TurboDemo Settings TurboDemo Settings At this menu you can find the following setting possibilities Opening the last project when starting TurboDemo e DirectX capturing option DirectX controls the interaction of the installed PC components With some computers this leads to faster operation Using safe capturing method This option is necessary if you have problems with capturing With some drivers for Nvidia graphic cards the capturing area is not reproduced correctly With this setting you can prevent this effect but it slows down capturing e Undo Memory The value you set here will only be active after restarting Options for the internal player This is only for showing and playing TurboDemo itself These settings have no influence on the generated Demo Tutorial e The Memory Manager optimizes your memory requirements The files used by TurboDemo are compressed in memory so that you don t need as many resources with larger projects Over
52. ing screen shots of a software application or any onscreen activity 2 Editing adding animation text voice over interactive features 3 Publishing generating a finished file for the Web or Compact Disk 3 1 Introduction Introduction to TurboDemo Capturing screen activities and creating demos for the internet TurboDemo Online Demos Creation Made Easy and Fast Summarized in 3 steps First Step Capturing With TurboDemo you can capture every action on your screen quickly and easily With a mouseclick or by using the break key TurboDemo creates screenshots in the background that are connected and ready to form a project Second Step Editing After capturing your application you can edit the screenshots slides Add the bubbles or notes to your slide in order to explain the different steps But that is not yet all you can do you can add interactive functions so that the viewer can work with the presentation instead of just watching it this enhances the learning effect You can add objects as an eye catcher or just pictures Even adding sound or spoken texts is not a problem Third Step Publishing You can now convert the demo you created into the format you want to have TurboDemo supports a multitude of formats and is thus at the standard of your company Generating demos is very easy and there is no knowledge of programming necessary With some of the formats you even get a manual that shows you how to incorpora
53. k the icon or select Insert Pause Button from the Slide Menu Position the button where you want on the slide To assign a Slide Action to a Pause Button Right click on the Pause Button and select Action Options Choose an Action Type In the Action Option dialog you can define the action To assign a Image to the Pause Button Right click or double click on the Pause Button and select assign a dialog box will appear to brows for the desired image New is that you can hide the Pause Button on the slide with just one click The Option can be accessed through the context menu 7 9 Adding Narration or Music Adding narration or music e Slide Timing e Adding Sound to a Slide e Audio Editor functions 7 9 1 Slide Timing Slide Timing Slide timing can be adjusted in Single Slide Mode in the Player Controls window Player controls Slide 2 2 7 00 02 on 00 15 2002 HA be Ba i 7 9 2 Adding Sound to a Slide Adding Sound to a Slide To add sound to a slide click on the icon in single slide mode and the Audio Wizard will appear To start recording press the red button and to stop recording press the square black button Of course you will need to have a microphone properly connected to your computer To access the audio editor please click on the the Advanced Mode button There you can change and edit your recorded or inserted audio Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserv
54. l Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved TurboDemo menus 26 ra E CTRL T Adding a text area for an interactive Demo Tutorial CTRL P Adding a Pause button Adding a hot key area to an interactive Demo Tutorial TEE Adding a click area helper to an interactive Demo Tutorial Quiz function Adding a question and answer s to the slide Mouse functions Hide the mouse pointer to show a screenshot without mouse movement Show mouse pointer on the slide Adjust the type of mouse pointer Audio functions Add sound to one or several slides Deleting sound from one or several slides Start the audio assistant or playback function Slide functions Add a slide function Project functions Automatic compilation of the Demo Tutorial Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved www TurboDemo com The Tutorial Creator Creating a Demo or Tutorial 5 Creating a Demo or Tutorial Creating a Demo Tutorial A demo tutorial simulation or presentation is created in three major steps 1 Capturing screen shots of a software application or any onscreen activity 2 Editing adding animation text voice over interactive features 3 Publishing generating a finished file for the Web or a CD ROM 28 Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved www TurboDemo com The Tutorial Crea
55. multiple individual error messages To add those choose the option add error message over the context menu The position of the added error messages can be changed later on through the context menu as well With this feature you can guide the end user to the goal of your lesson Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved Editing 52 7 10 5 Pause Button Pause Button Adding a La Pause Button to a slide stops the Demo Tutorial until the Pause Button is left clicked A Pause Button halts play of the Demo Tutorial until the pause button is clicked It is ideal for allowing the end user to study a slide that features a large amount of text or a complex graphic Besides pausing the Demo Tutorial slide actions from the Action Options list can be assigned to the Pause Button as well Since version 7 the Pause Button can also be defined as transparent trough an option in the context menu To place a Pause Button on a slide In Single Slide Mode click the icon or select Insert Pause Button from the Slide Menu Position the button where you want on the slide To assign a Slide Action to a Pause Button Right click on the Pause Button and select Action Options Choose an Action Type In the Action Option dialog you can define the action To assign a Image to the Pause Button Right click or double click on the Pause Button and select assign a dialog box will appear to brows
56. n specify if the automatic actions should be fired started before the Slide is displayed immediately when the slide appears or after the display time of the slide has elapsed Extended success and error message object The user can define a action for each object success and error message and decide which action to take when an answer is correct or not Extended Pause Area The Pause Area can be extended with Actions such as Shape Objects Text Object The user can insert Text Objects which are constantly displayed on a slide and unlike Notes or Balloons do not disappear The background can be transparent or translucent As with Notes and Balloons the user can place as many Text Objects as desired on a slide After creating an object such as a Note Text properties such as font color and background color of this object will be defined for the whole project and become the default properties for new objects What s New in Version 2 0 TurboDemo 2 0 continues to improve the most important technologies like Streaming Technique Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved Introduction to TurboDemo 18 and Flash Support to make the Demos Tutorials small and effective to start for the end user For example TurboDemo now uses animated objects to make Demos Tutorials more attractive TurboDemo uses Click Key and Field Areas to make interactive E Learning Demos Tutorials fo
57. ndo Redo Additional recording method Automated screenshots capturing in adjustable time intervals Just press CTRL SHIFT T to toggle on off Import images and insert or add them as a screenshot to your project You will find this features under the Project menu Right clicking on objects will give you a menu of settable properties For example changing text color In the Version 6 0 of TurboDemo you can show results of your E Learning Tutorial as a Graphic Chart and you can export the SCORM 1 2 compatible results into an LSM Learning Management System Application adaptation during recording Fit the active application inside the red rectangle by pressing CTRL SHIFT P Application adaptation during recording Adjust the red rectangle size to the size of your current opened application by pressing CTRL SHIFT R During the capturing session you can move the red rectangle by clicking on the red border with the left mouse button and then moving the rectangle with the mouse TurboDemo is suitable for E Learning E Commerce Online Marketing Consulting Training Support and much more Pressing CTRL SHIFT A while capturing will activate the red rectangle After activation you can move the red rectangle with the Arrows keys to any position on the screen Pressing CTRL SHIFT S while capturing switches to the hidden TurboDemo application in order to see captured screenshots By pressing these keys again will hide TurooD
58. network provided that you have obtained individual licenses for the software covering all computers that will run the software from the network For instance if seven different workstations will access TurooDemo on the network you will need a seven user TurboDemo license whether they use TurboDemo at different times or concurrently With a registered copy of TuroboDemo you can create an unlimited number of freely distributable royalty free Demo Tutorial files 2 SHAREWARE VERSION EVALUATON AND REGISTRATION This is not free software Subject to the terms below you are hereby licensed to use this software for evaluation purposes without charge for a period of 30 days If you use this software after the 30 day evaluation period a registration fee is required for the Standard Version or for the Professional Version Credit card ordering and quantity discounts are available as described in the section Secure On Line Order Unregistered use of TurboDemo after the 30 day evaluation period is in violation of German and international copyright laws 3 COPYRIGHT The Software is confidential copyrighted information of balesio GmbH amp Co KG You shall not modify decompile disassemble decrypt extract or otherwise reverse engineer Software The Software may not be leased assigned or sublicensed in whole or in part The commercial version of TurboDemo may either be used by a single person who uses the Software personally
59. ns Enhancement of the SWF import Enhanced Linux compatibility Output amp Formats TurboDemo 7 x offers an additional format Microsoft Word Document doc Enhanced Flash output Enhanced Resize Option Mouse click visualization for left and right mouse clicks Additional navigation bar in the old TurboDemo style SCORM Enhancements e The SCORM Demo Tutorials can be exported now with 2004 compliance e JAVA SCORM feature is now included in the Professional Version Enterprise Version Extensions PowerConverter Add On Convert PowerPoint Presentations in Flash e Now optimized for more supported animations in Office XP and Office 2003 Capture Tools for other Operating systems TurboDemo offers additional capture programs to create projects under several operating systems e LINUX system over the KDE graphical environment Besides Fedora and RedHat distributions ScreenStudio supports Debian Ubuntu and Suse distributions e MAC OS X What s new in Version 6 0 A graphic summary of TurboDemo 6 0 can be viewed here SCORM compatible formats e Take advantage of SCORM export for Flash and JAVA formats in E Learning tutorials With SCORM you are able to receive results like wrong clicks out of your demo e Work with the results of the participants using the LMS Learning Management Systems can manage your demos and the results for the viewers New Flash Export e The Flash export has been totally redone and now allow
60. o sales turbodemo com 3 Inthe URL field you can insert an file name internet address an e mail address or any hyperlink you wish If the end user clicks on the defined area the URL will be opened For example you can open external web pages from a Demo Tutorial or start another Demo Tutorial Choose an Action Type In the Action Option dialog you can define the action 7 8 3 Action Options Action Option Dialog When a user clicks on an object in a slide then if any the defined Action for this object will be activated Types of Action Goto by name Action jump can be defined to go to a slide name instead of selecting the number of a slide Go to relative or slide jump When the end user misunderstands a process then this action positions them for example 3 steps behind This is indicated by 3 Go to absolute This function is similar to the Go to by name option You will select the slide number instead of the slide name Go to first Jump back to the first slide Go to last Jump ahead to the last slide Go to URL Open the URL by clicking on this object When the end user clicks this object then they will be forwarded to a web site Close Close the entire Demo Tutorial Go to next Slide This option brings you to the next slide Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved Editing 46 Action Options Action Types Go to Slide name Name
61. of all slides menu If you are navigating between slides in the Single Slide Mode and you return to Thumbnails Mode you will be positioned directly to the slide that was active in Single Slide Mode Paste Object Menu entry in Objects Menus Windows Standard Hot Keys such as Ctrl X Ctrl C Ctrl V When deleting a slide TurooDemo does not jump to the first slide anymore What s New in Version 1 5 Print routines have been implemented Fonts and colors can be selected in Balloons Notes etc Time limits can be set for Demos Tutorials Export to AVI Movie You can export your Project to an AVI Movie Additional graphic file formats BMP TIFF PNG JPEG PCX TGA PCD Skin engine What s New in Version 1 4 Reseller Marketing Program The Internet TurooDemo Reseller Program will pay you 15 of all software sales generated from your reseller ID Visitors to your site will receive a TurboDemo Version with your personal reseller ID inside This guarantees that you will get paid for any software purchase made with your personal TurboDemo Version This means that you can share your TurboDemo Version everywhere CD ROM s Newsletters Homepages etc For more information see our Homepage www turbodemo com Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved 18 TurboDemo Help File e Support for double byte characters languages e g Japanese Chinese e Localization Test routines e
62. on o Top O Right Bottom Left Relative Position To change the shape a balloon or note Click and drag a corner of the object when it is selected The text will automatically resize to fit the new shape na Bees H 7 ie A eeeepee teen nonnntner i going to rain Do you think it is going to rain i gem g Se S 7 6 3 Rollovers Rollovers Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved 43 TurboDemo Help File A rollover functions like a dialogue balloon in a cartoon and helps to give an explanation to emphasize desired information This feature is used to describe buttons fields and other objects and areas on your screen and works very well as a teaching tool Rollovers are activated as balloons and are displayed when the end user moves the mouse over the rollover area Beginning with Version 7 0 rollovers can be replaced with images and the available Skins for Notes and Balloons Those will be displayed instead of the bubbles of the original Rollover pu 7 7 Adding Animations Adding Animations Animated Pointers Elastic Bands Shockwave Flash Files Text Simulation 7 7 1 Animated Pointers Animated Pointers You can use an Attractor to draw the attention of the end user to a particular part of your Demo Tutorial The attractor arrow blinks in the selected color when activated and more than one a
63. on one or more computers or installed on a single workstation used non simultaneously by multiple people but not both You may access a version of TurboDemo through a network provided that you have obtained individual commercial licenses for the Software covering all workstations that will access the Software through the network 4 TRADEMARKS AND LOGOS balesio is a registered trademark of balesio GmbH amp Co KG TurboDemo is a trademark of balesio Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation All other trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective owners 5 GOVERNING LAW Any action related to this License will be governed by German law No choice of law rules of any jurisdiction will apply 6 LIMITATION OF SUPPORT If you are using the Software free of charge under the terms of this agreement you are not entitled to support or telephone assistance Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved 75 TurboDemo Help File 7 MULTI USER Packages Company Licenses If the copy of the Software you received was accompanied by a printed or other form of hard copy License whose terms vary from this agreement then the hard copy License governs your use of the Software 8 DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY THIS SOFTWARE AND THE ACCOMPANYING FILES ARE SOLD AS IS AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES AS TO PERFORMANCE OR MERCHANTABILITY OR ANY OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESS
64. on which can be implemented The quiz object can have multiple individual error messages To add those choose the option Add error message over the context menu The position of the added error messages can be changed later on through the context menu as well With this feature you can guide the end user to the goal of your lesson Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved www TurboDemo com The Tutorial Creator Part 59 TurboDemo Help File 8 Publishing 8 1 Publishing Overview Publishing or playing a demo Click on this icon ae play a Demo Tutorial When the export wizard appears select the type of file format you wish to generate Export Wizard Please select an icon to view further information and automatically generate the demo tutorial or simulation in the desired export format Fa E Generate FLASH Generate Java Applet Generate EXE Standalone Generate GIF Create ASF Windows Generate AVI SWF Animation Media Player e y Generate PDF Export Slides as Documentation images uncompressed Description With this option you create movies in the Windows Media Player format that has full streaming capabilities and supports sound To view the files you need at least Windows Media Player 7 To create the files you need at least Windows Media Player 9 After clicking OK you will be asked to enter the file name and the path of is
65. oves performance SVGA Graphic Card with 256 colors Windows Media Player 9 or higher for creating ASF Videos Movies End user requirements for Flash Demos Tutorials Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved 13 TurboDemo Help File 3 6 e Internet Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer Netscape Navigator e Macromedia Flash Plug In for viewing the demonstrations e Demos or tutorials can be viewed on Microsoft Windows 95 or higher Macintosh UNIX Linux and Pocket PCs End user requirements for Java HTML Demos Tutorials e Internet Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer Netscape Navigator e Java Runtime installed either Microsoft Virtual Machine or Sun Java Runtime to view the demos e Demos or tutorials can be viewed on Microsoft Windows 95 or higher Macintosh UNIX Linux and Pocket PCs End user requirements for GIF Demos Tutorials e Internet Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer Netscape Navigator e Demos or tutorials can be viewed on Microsoft Windows 95 or higher Macintosh UNIX Linux and Pocket PCs End user requirements for PDF Documentation e Internet Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer Netscape Navigator e Acrobat Reader from Adobe or other suitable PDF reader e Demos or tutorials can be viewed on Microsoft Windows 95 or higher Macintosh UNIX Linux and Pocket PCs End user requirements for EXE Demos Tutorials e
66. pending on mouse selection entry fields or hot keys Draw objects This is also a type of interactivity option and allows the user to create customized areas or regions and assign them to an action which gives the ability for the end user to jump and move from one slide to another slide in the project You can draw these objects without an action function This is also where mouse movement and slide timing can be adjusted Single Slide Icon s Overview Thumbnail Icon s Overview Thumbnail Mode Thumbnail Mode Thumbnail mode provides an instant overview of your project and appears immediately after you finish the screenshot session In this mode you can cut paste copy and delete slides as well as insert slide actions and add sound You can also easily open other projects and copy slides from them to your current project Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved Editing 38 iki TurboDemo Professional 7 0 Outlook_new File Edit Weu Project Help a Di j View Turbolem o Turba gt Play Demo a Single Slide Mode Slide Tasks A0 Insert Sound FX Slide Effects Change Slide Color mJ Insert Screenshots EE gel Add Screenshots El Insert Blank Slide s 20 Add Blank Slide s Slides Slide 4 TurboDemo Export Slides as L I FLASH Animation SWF amp Java Applet Slide 5 Slide 6 T Executable File Sy GIF Animation Windows Media Playe
67. quired No duration limit with AVI Demos Tutorials Platforms MS Windows 95 and higher Demo Tutorial file size is large No Sound or Audio No Interactivity The average size of a 1 minute Demo Tutorial is between 100 300 MB not compressed compressed 3 5 MB Player Plug In is required ASF Windows Media Player Format High Compression Small Files Windows Standard format No duration limitation Can be with Sound Streamable Interactivity is not supported Windows Media Player 7 required Not Operating System independend Limited to 256 colors PDF documentation Print out documenation No animation and Audio Player Plug In is required Acrobat Reader GIF Demo Tutorial Standard Internet format No duration limit Platforms MS Windows 95 or higher Macintosh Unix Pocket PC Linux Demo Tutorial file size is a little large No Sound or Audio No Interactivity The average size of a 1 minute Demo Tutorial is 700 KB Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved Introduction to TurboDemo 12 Export Slides as Images Import the exported images to any application such as WORD EXCEL PowerPoint Ideal for creating user manuals or documentations Images lack on animations and audio Export as Word Document Edit your documentation of your project Assign your corporate identity to the p
68. r ASF D AVI Video uncompressed wi Word Document S PDF Document ig Images BMP GIF JPEG E Slides 28 Slide selected D Slide s size 600x460 Turbolemrn Turbalemo 7 3 Single Slide Mode Single Slide Mode To edit slides start Si Single Slide Mode by double clicking on any slide in the thumbnail view Player controls Slide 2 2 7 00 02 on 00 15 20 5 UD a DDH a Navigate to other slides by clicking the top bar on the Player Controls and dragging the slider or by left clicking the blue arrow keys Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved 39 TurboDemo Help File In single slide mode you can add text animated objects photos images interactivity links to the web and sound Most if these features are accessible from the tool bar in single slide mode This is also where cursor movement and slide timing can be adjusted By clicking the Play button on the Player Controls you can play the Demo Tutorial in progress to check animations cursor movement and slide timing Single Slide Icons 7 4 Inserting an Image Adding an Image Add your logo or an image to your slide To add an image Double click a slide in the Thumbnail View or use the F3 key Click the menu Slide gt gt Insert Picture or press CTRL l Insert Picture window will be displayed Browse to select your image picture or logo The image will be positioned in the opened slide
69. r Training Description of enhancements A fantastic intelligent Streaming Technology Now the Demos Tutorials start immediately and information is loaded in the background New compression algorithms The Demos Tutorials are at least 10 times smaller than before Amazing export to Macromedia FLASH Animation SWF with only one click Import and Export to Text File format By using these features it is simple to translate an already created Demo Tutorial Project in another language or do for example a spelling check with external software Animation Objects Animation Effect for Notes and Balloons Rollover Object Attention Attractor Object Eye Catcher Elastic band Object Animated Ellipses and Rectangles Hot Key Area Object With the Hot Key Area Object you can create Demos Tutorials that react to specific Hot Keys Click Area Helper Object This Object is applied to help the end user see where to click and is only shown if the user clicks outside of the defined Click Area New Skin Engine Skin possibilities have been extremely extended Demo Tour Size is displayed after compiling the Demo Tutorial End Mouse Point red circle can be moved directly in the Single Slide Mode With a double click on the Start Mouse Point blue circle or on the End Mouse Point red circle you can change the mouse shape directly Automatic replacement of non capture able mouse shapes Selection of all slides menu De selection
70. r click on this icon to create an ellipse shape Circle Select Slide Draw Ellipse or click on this icon while pressing the shift key to begin defining the position of your circle To all these objects can be assigned an action where the end user is able to click on a specified area after which a defined event or action will occur Types of Actions 7 10 8 Action Option Action Option Dialog A Slide Action will automatically run a predefined action when you get to the specific slide These actions can be before you see the slide or after the slide has been displayed Slide action automation Before Showing You can define an action to occur before a slide is displayed After Showing You can define an action to occur after a slide has been displayed To activate these options you need to open the selected slide and click on this icon or use right click in the slide to define this action You can select either Before showing or After showing for a slide but not both Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved Editing 54 Action Options Slide 29 CL J1 Go to Slide name HIR Name Action Types Types of Action Go to by name Go to relative Go to absolute Go to first Go to last Go to URL Close Go to next Slide 7 10 9 SCORM O Slide 1 3 Go to relative Si de 2 Go to absolute Slide 8 Go to First
71. rrow can be used concurrently or in chronological sequence to help you drive home important facts or information 7 7 2 Elastic Bands Elastic Bands An elastic band functions similarly to that of an attractor It encloses a text or area by using a frame that can be either circular or rectangular This form of encircling draws end user attention to even the smallest details 7 7 3 Shockwave Flash Files Adding Shockwave Flash Files With this function you can enhance the quality of your Demo Tutorials For example you can highlight listings in a very nice way by adding an animated object Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved Editing 44 Or if you want to highlight a certain area you can include Flash files SWF you created yourself It is even possible to include your TurboDemo into another TurboDemo Note that playing Flash elements only works in Demo Tutorials that are based on Flash or EXE format 7 7 4 Text Simulation Text Simulation Beginning with Version 7 0 it is possible to easily simulate text entries Just take a screenshot when you done your writing for example an user name entry box or a email text With the Typing Simulation object A you can simulate the typing in different speeds by drawing an object over the text If the background of the text has a plain color the Typing Simulation object recognizes the single characters automatically 7 8 Ad
72. s simulations or demonstrations with a longer duration and smaller file size e In addition to different color depths users can now select a JPG compression for generating demonstrations e Choose between several navigation bars for Flash and EXE export e Import Shockwave Files SWF to a slide to make Demos Tutorials more attractive e Visualization of mouse clicks in the generated Demos Tutorials Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved 15 TurboDemo Help File Improved user interface e Addition of UNDO and REDO functions e Alignment of objects with the arrow keys e Automatic balloons and notes creation e Images imported directly as a screenshot slide background Enterprise Version Extensions e E Learning solutions with full SCORM compliancy e SkinStudio Add On for creating your own balloons and notes with your company logo or corporate design e PowerConverter to convert your big Powerpoint presentations into small and streamable Flash files for your webpage e ScreenStudio to capture screenshots under Linux and Mac to be edited later using TurboDemo Additional Formats e ASF Format This Windows Media Player format allows you to make extremely small videos for viewing from version 7 and above e Image Export Export your slides as images in the formats BMP GIF or JPEG What s New in Version 5 0 Network Version CD Version e The network version allows users to
73. sed ASF Windows Media Player Format BMP GIF or JPG Images Word Document DOC Step 8 After the completion of the generation process you will be asked Do you want to start the generated demo in the browser Capturing Quickstart Guide To capture screenshots of a software application Pon a Launch the target application you wish to capture Launch TurboDemo Select New Project from the File menu Select a standard screen capture size use your own capture size or adjust the rectangle with the mouse Click on the title bar at the top on the application you wish to capture and the title bar will become highlighted Press CTRL Shift P and the application will appear in the capture area inside the red rectangle Confirm Record within the red rectangle TurboDemo will capture your screen each time you click with your mouse press the hotkey or over the automatic capture method Click on the a icon in the system tray to end the screenshot session or press the Print key to end capturing if the TurboDemo icon is hidden from view Click Yes in the Confirm window to end the screenshot session or continue capturing by clicking No Hot Keys in capture session Hot Keys Recording and Capturing Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved TurboDemo Help File A Automatic Recording Ctri T m al Toggle function TurooDemo can be set to autom
74. sue 8 2 Saving the Project Saving the Project To save a Demo Tutorial project select from the pull down menu File gt gt Save Project CTRL S or File gt gt Save Project as This activates the Save Project dialog box Enter the project name for example my_project tdp and then left click the Save button to save the project Save Project is saving the project to your hard disk To generate a Demo Tutorial for publication to a web site then select File gt gt Create Demo Tutorial and select one of these formats e Flash e Java HTML e GIF e ASF Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved Publishing 60 e PDF e Executable and e AVI Movie e Microsoft Word Document How to create a Demo Tutorial 8 3 Opening an Existing Project Open an existing Demo Tutorial Project To open an existing Demo Tutorial project select from the pull down menu File gt gt Open Project or CTRL O This activates the Open Project dialog box Then select the project tdp you want to open in the Open dialog box After selecting a project the first slide from the selected project will be displayed in the same dialog box to give you the ability to verify that it is the actual project you would like to open You can switch between the slides by clicking Next Slide or Previous Slide in the Open dialog box 8 4 Resizing the Project Resize the Project After you
75. te them in your website Most of the formats are independent from the operating system and need only standard Plug ins which most browsers already contain like Macromedia Flash Plug or the Microsoft Virtual Machine JAVA plug in Reasons for TurboDemo TurboDemo allows your business to function more effectively helps your employees become more knowledgeable and enables you to better satisfy your customers It also ensures that your on line support infrastructure will be more flexible and efficient In E Learning E Commerce Training or Sales Everything comes to a halt without proper information and support Online customers demand comprehensive advice participants in training programmes need descriptive training material and sales departments require up to date marketing and sales information Your solution is TurooDemo Where animated demos tutorials for any topic can be compiled Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved Introduction to TurboDemo 8 simply and quickly and then made available on the Internet A professional software demonstration can as shown in this example be produced in a matter of minutes By doing so you will be able to market your products much more effectively and at the same time increase your sales A unique advantage of TurboDemo in comparison to previous discussion and communication channels such as Call Centres or correspondence via e mail is the
76. the Use Windows Clipboard option you can adjust if you like to use the Windows Clipboard or the program internal method to store memory contents while copying objects or slides e Do not show animations in Thumbnail Mode shows just the image of the slide transitions type instead of the animated preview Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved 67 TurboDemo Help File 9 2 TurboDemo Options 9 Memory Manager C Open last project when launching TurboDemo C Use DirectX graphic card for faster capturing C Use safe capturing method Use Windows Clipboard C Do not show animations in Thumbnail Mode Undo Steps 110 j Active after program restart Options Memory Manager Internal Player Settings ERE y S Enable optimization C Hide SWF Animation Optimization speed C Hide SWF Preview 8 1 d Low High Project Options Project Options In the Project menu under Options you can allocate settings for the whole project Timing e The option minimum reading time sets the shortest time a slide is shown at shortest The listed settings allow 0 5 sec 1 sec 2 sec and no time limit so that it is possible to have a slide duration of less than 0 5 seconds Character reading time sets the time that is added to a slide when notes or bubbles are added Here you can adjust how slowly or how quickly the end user is reading
77. tion element E mm Duuble Click io edit d Cut selected Object rey a Copy selected Object T Delete RATES Order Si your success ebi Edit Text essage here A Options Gi Add answers The answers can be clearly laid out and you can choose between text answer and image answer By double clicking the line beneath the column Data where you can edit the text or allocate an image to the answer With the table option Correct you decide which answer is the correct one With the option Correct answers allowed you can decide whether only one answer is correct or whether several correct answers are possible Of course you can also number your answers by using the function numbering C Text D Tet C image Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved 57 TurboDemo Help File Quiz Answers Answers Type Des Add Answer Font Numbering Example AaBb none Correct answers allowed AaBb Just One Multiple Check box design KktTeecc In the demo itself the end user ticks the answer s which he thinks are correct and needs to confirm his choice over the quiz button Depending on the answer the success or error message will be displayed To the success message and the error message can be assigned an action option This means that after showing the message an action or event will occur Please see the Types of Acti
78. tion limit with Java Demos Tutorials gt The Java Plug In is a standard plug in and on the most OS C preinstalled File size is smaller than Flash Demo Tutorial file size Jav Right click and double click are supported in interactive Demos Tutorials Platforms MS Windows 95 and later Macintosh Unix Pocket PC Linux A Java Plug In is very large to download from the Internet There are incompatibilities between the Sun and the Microsoft Java Runtimes An Internet browser is required Exe Demo Tutorial An internet browser is not required Interactive Hot keys are supported Platforms MS Windows 95 or higher A Exe Files can be hard to attach to emails due to firewall ENABLED restrictions Exe Files enlarge the Demos Tutorials by 1300 KB Flash Demos Tutorials as Exe files are limited by 16000 Macromedia Flash frames Right click and double click are not supported in interactive Demos Tutorials Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved 11 TurboDemo Help File Standalone Demo Tutorial Suitable for sending via CD to end users An internet browser is not required Unlike Flash interactive right click and double click is supported No duration limit Platforms MS Windows 95 or higher The Demo Tutorial file size is large AVI Demo Tutorial Applicable to send via CD to end users Internet browser is not re
79. to by name Action jump can be defined to go to a slide name instead of selecting the number of a slide Go to relative or slide jump When the end user misunderstands a process then this action positions them for example 3 steps behind This is indicated by 3 Goto absolute This function is similar to the Go to by name option You will select slide number instead of slide name Go to first Jump back to the first slide Go to last Jump ahead to the last slide Go to URL Open the URL When the end user reaches this slide then they will be forwarded to a web site Close Close the entire Demo Tutorial Go to next Slide Disables the above options and the Demo Tutorial will move on to the next slide 7 8 5 Pause Button Pause Button Adding a Pause Button to a slide stops the Demo Tutorial until the Pause Button is left clicked A Pause Button halts play of the Demo Tutorial until the pause button is clicked It is ideal for allowing the end user to study a slide that features a large amount of text or a complex graphic Besides pausing the Demo Tutorial slide actions from the Action Options list can be assigned to the Pause Button as well Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved Editing 48 Since version 7 the Pause Button can also be defined as transparent trough an option in the context menu To place a Pause Button on a slide In Single Slide Mode clic
80. to our partner responsible for this area The sales departments can be reached at both of our headquarters located in Europe and the USA Please visit our web site at http www turbodemo com Eng contact htm to contact us or send us an email at sales turbodemo com 12 3 TurboDemo Web Site If you have access to the internet then please visit us by clicking here Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved 79 TurboDemo Help File Index 6 6 0 2 A About us 78 Action Field 44 52 Action Option Dialog 46 53 Action Type 45 46 53 Adding an image 39 Advantages 8 Animation Objects 42 43 Area 44 52 ASF Windows Media Player 9 28 Attractor 43 Audio 34 48 Audio Editor 49 Authoring tools 19 AVI 9 28 B Balloons 2 Balloons 40 41 Begin Recording 31 BMP 39 buttons 32 70 C Call Outs 40 Callouts 2 Capture 30 32 Capture Screen and Audio 34 Capturing 28 31 capturing keys 32 70 CD 12 Circle 39 44 52 Click Area 51 Clock 39 Concurrent 12 Contact 75 Create Demo Tutorial 61 Cross 39 D De Install 12 Demo _ 5 9 28 Description Notes 40 41 Desktop 30 31 Double mouse click 50 51 Duration 48 ebe Edit Project 37 Editing 28 Editions 70 Elastic bands 43 Ellipse 44 52 E Mail 45 52 Enlarging Squares 39 Enterprise 70 Error 75 Excel 9 Fe Fade In and Out 43 Fading 39 FAQ 75 Features 8 Flash 9 28 Form
81. tor Capturing 30 6 Capturing 6 1 Capturing Overview Capturing Overview Capturing sometimes called recording screenshots is the first step in the TurboDemo process To begin you must specify a capture window size This size or resolution will become the final size of your Demo Tutorial You can do this manually or use a preset size You also can automatically size your capture area to the size of the application you like to capture or vice versa There are several ways to capture or record a screenshot using the right or left click or using a hotkey Additionally TurboDemo may be set to automatically capture at the rate of an adjustable amount of screenshots per second By using a hotkey you can toggle between screenshot mode and thumbnail mode to monitor the screenshots you have taken Screenshot Wizard Please read the following information on how to take the Screenshots More information may be found in the menu Help Important Hot Keys Capture Methods TurboDemo offers different possiblities for taking application screenshots 1 TurboDemo creates a screenshot for each time that a key on the keyboard is pressed default is the Pause key 2 By pressing Ctrl Shift T TurboDemo takes screenshots in an adjustable time offset To end the automatic capturing you have to press again 3 TurboDemo tracks and captures with each mouse click left or right With this method you can
82. u will be able to activate the red rectangle After the activation you can move the red rectangle with the Arrows Keys to any position on the screen 6 5 Capture Screen and Audio Capture Screen and Audio To capture screenshots and audio at the same time you should choose the appropriate option in the Screenshot Wizard before you start the capture session The audio gets cut when you capture a screenshot which means that you need to record the audio first and then take your screenshot in order to avoid hops in the audio playback Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved 35 TurboDemo Help File Screenshot Wizard Here you can define several Options that will be used in the Screenshots capture session XK C Hide Tray Icon on capturing the Screenshots You have to press the Print Key in order to close the Screenshots session if you activate this option be Sound signal on capturing the Screenshots 7 Screenshot capturing using the Mouse Left mouse button C Right mouse button ECH Timer for Screenshot capturing Capture the screen by using CTRL SHIFT T every ns sec lt captures the screen based on time To activate or de activate this option please press CTRL SHIFT T Show help box Screenshots capture Session C Don t show this window again Copyright 1998 2006 by balesio GmbH amp Co KG All rights reserved www TurboDemo com

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