Re: Tool to create interactive demos?

["Pro TechWriter" <pro -dot- techwriter -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Captivate is a pretty impressive product. Thanks for sharing the info,
everybody. I need something for tutorials also, so I may give this one a try
(there is a trial copy available).

Pt

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Collin Turner <straylightsghost -at- gmail -dot- com>
wrote:

> 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
> >
> >
> >  -----Original Message-----
> >  From: techwr-l-bounces+david -dot- hailey=usu -dot- edu -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> >  [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+david.hailey <techwr-l-bounces%2Bdavid.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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