Re: Tool to create interactive demos?

["Collin Turner" <straylightsghost -at- gmail -dot- com>]

I use Captivate to create software demos, GUI demos, to create Web
site prototype walk-throughs, etc. With it's new branching? You can
pretty much do whatever you need. What you describe takes a bit of
know how, but it's not too involved. Just some button work, slicing
and branching (if you require decision making).

-Collin

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Leonard C. Porrello
<Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- soleratec -dot- com> wrote:
> I mean an application that can run with the software so that when the
>  user is, say, prompted by the tutorial to enter values into a field, the
>  tutorial will guide him to the field in the actual (embedded?) GUI. The
>  values the user enters will really affect the actual application. When
>  the user is finished entering values for the given step, the tutorial
>  software would notice and present the next step, etc.
>
>  Leonard C. Porrello
>
>
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: David Hailey [mailto:david -dot- hailey -at- usu -dot- edu]
>  Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 12:03 PM
>  To: Leonard C. Porrello; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>  Subject: RE: Tool to create interactive demos?
>
>  Hi Leonard,
>
>  Could you be more specific? Do you mean a tutorial for simulating a
>  software or a tutorial that drives the software or one that can run
>  parallel to the software or something else?
>
>
>  David E. Hailey, Jr., Ph.D.
>  Associate Professor -- Professional and Technical Writing
>  Utah State University
>  dhailey -at- english -dot- usu -dot- edu
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>
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: techwr-l-bounces+david -dot- hailey=usu -dot- edu -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>  [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+david -dot- hailey=usu -dot- edu -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On
>  Behalf Of Leonard C. Porrello
>  Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 12:43 PM
>  To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>  Subject: Tool to create interactive demos?
>
>
>  Does anyone know of a good tool for creating tutorials (similar to
>  ViewletBuilder or Camtasia) in which actual GUIs can be embedded so that
>  as the user works through the tutorial, he is actually working in the
>  application?
>
>  Thanks in advance.
>
>  Leonard C. Porrello
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