QUICK START Adobe Presenter Adobe Presenter is a software tool for rapidly creating e-learning content and high-quality multimedia presentations Adobe Presenter is a plug-in for Microsoft PowerPoint, an application that is part of the Microsoft Office suite. GETTING STARTED To access the Adobe Presenter features: 1. Open Microsoft PowerPoint 2. Click on the Adobe Presenter menu Adobe Presenter User Guide To create a presenter profile and select where your Adobe Presenter presentations will be saved: 1. Choose Settings from the Adobe Presenter menu 2. Select Presenters and click add to create a presenter profile. 3. Select Servers (optional) to configure the Adobe Connect Enterprise server to which you want to publish. If you do not know the URL of your server ask your Adobe Connect Administrator. When you have defined your settings: 1. Select and open your PowerPoint presentation. 2. If using, insert your script for each slide into the applicable notes panel 3. Click on the Adobe Presenter menu. 2
RECORD AUDIO To add narration to PowerPoint slides: 1. In the Audio group Select Record 2. Adobe Presenter sets the optimal recording level for your microphone. Speak into the microphone until the red Checking Input Level box turns green and then click OK. 3. The Record Audio dialog box will appear: 4. Click the icon to open the Script window. The notes section for each slide will be displayed. 5. Click the icon to start recording. 6. Speak into the microphone or the recording device. 7. Click the icon to record audio for the next slide. Next object or recording is a slide. IMPORT AUDIO To add existing audio files, in mp3 or WAV to a presentation: 1. In the Audio group, click Import 2. Select the slide to which you want to add audio 3. Click and navigate to the audio file 4. Select the mp3 or WAV audio file that you want to import and click Open and OK 5. A popup will inform your that Import is complete Click OK EDIT AUDIO Edit the audio in your presentation at any time. 1. In the Audio group, click Edit 2. Use the buttons and menu options to make any necessary edits. You can cut and paste sections of the audio file, insert periods of silence to lengthen the audio file, adjust volume, import a different audio file, and more. 8. If the current slide contains animation, then click to record or synchronize audio with the animation. Next object for recording is an animation. 9. Click anytime during recording to pause. Click to continue recording again. 10. When you complete the narration, click to stop recording. To play the audio that is recorded, click. 11. Click Save to save the recording. Adobe Presenter converts the audio to mp3 format. To cancel the recording, click Discard. 12. Click X to close the record audio dialog box. A: Insert marker D: Record audio button B: Slide divider and Red marker line E: Play/Pause audio button C: Waveform 3. Click Save 3 4
RECORD VIDEO 1. You have two options for video: To record a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation as a video, click the Adobe Presenter ribbon in Microsoft PowerPoint, and click Record To record any other application simulation or demonstration, open the required application, and then launch Adobe Presenter Video Creator (Start > All Programs > Adobe Presenter Video Creator). 2. Click to set the recording preferences. 3. Click 4. Adobe Presenter Video Creator changes the resolution of your monitor screen to match the video resolution you selected in the recording preferences. The recording begins after the countdown (3 seconds). 5. If you want to highlight important areas within your course, use annotation. 6. To pause the recording, press the Pause key or right-click the Adobe Presenter Video Creator icon in the system tray, and click Pause Recording. Note: When you right-click the Adobe Presenter icon and choose to Pause recording, these actions are recorded along with your main recording. You can use the trim option to trim this part of the recording. 7. Adobe Presenter Video Creator screen appears and displays the pause icon to indicate that you have paused the recording. Click the record button to resume recording or click the edit icon to end recording and edit the video. Perform the steps on the computer while you narrate the script. 8. Adobe Presenter Video Creator captures both you (the Presenter) and the full monitor screen simultaneously during recording. After recording, you can choose to display the Presenter, the presentation, or both in different parts of the video. Only presenter Only presentation Both (presenter on left) Both (presenter on right) HOW TO IMPORT VIDEO 1. Select the slide to which you want to add the video file. 2. In the Insert group select Video and click Import to open the Adobe Presenter Import Video dialog box 3. Select your video file 4. Video file formats that can be imported are Video file formats that can be imported are 3GP, F4V (never reencoded as On2 FLV), ASF, AVI, DV, DVI, MOV, MP4, MPEG, MPG, WMA, WMV, and FLV. 5. Under Import Options, select a quality option from the menu 6. To change the slide on which video is imported, use the Import On menu to select a different slide 7. Select Slide video or Sidebar Video 8. Select Preview to see a small version of the video file directly on the Import Video dialog box 9. Click Open 10. The file is added to the specified slide ADD ATTACHMENTS Attachments can be documents, spreadsheets, or event images 1. In the Tools group, click Settings 2. In the Presentation menu, click Attachments 3. Click Add to open the Add Attachment dialog box 4. Enter a unique Name for the attachment 5. Select the Type from the drop down list, File or Link: To attach a file, click and navigate to the file To attach a link, enter the full path in the URL text box 6. Click OK Note: When you launch Adobe Presenter Video Creator with a webcam connected to your computer, you see two lines on the webcam capture area. Only the webcam capture between these two lines is displayed in the side by side layouts (Both Presenter and Presentation layouts). 9. T o end the recording, press Shift + End, or click the Adobe Presenter Video Creator icon in the system tray, and click End Recording. 10. Preview the video by clicking the Play icon. The waveform of the audio that you recorded with the video is displayed in the Timeline. 5 6
ADD QUIZZES AND SURVEYS 1. From the Quiz group select: Add Quiz to create a new quiz. Complete the Quiz Settings Import Quizzes to use one from an existing presentations created in Adobe Presenter or Articulate 2. In the Quiz Manager, click Add Question 3. Choose the type of question you would like to create and complete the question properties 4. Continue until you have created all questions and click OK in the Quiz Manager 5. New slides are added to the presentation for each question you create 6. Edit Quizzes for advanced options like pooling, shuffling and branching Quiz n 1 CREATE AND EDIT THEMES Select a presentation theme: 1. In PowerPoint, open a presentation (PPT or PPTX file). 2. Click Adobe Presenter and select Theme. 3. In the Theme Editor, select theme from the Theme drop down list 4. Click OK Create a custom theme: 1. Click Adobe Presenter and select Theme 2. Make changes as desired. For example, click Modify Text Labels to change the text in different areas of the theme, or click the colors under Appearance to select custom colors. Different types of questions in Quiz 1 Quiz n 2 A question in Quiz 2 3. Click the Save As button and specify a name for the new theme. 4. Click OK. The new theme appears in the Theme Name pop-up menu in the Theme Editor and can be used when publishing presentations. 7 8
INSERT IMAGES AND SCENES 1. Select the slide into which you will insert a character, images or scenes. 2. Click Adobe Presenter, and in the Insert group, click on Character or Scene. 3. In the dialog box that appears, choose one of the Scene/Character categories and select the character/image 4. Click OK. Note: Click the Download Character Assets From Here link in the Character dialog box to download more images. PUBLISH LOCALLY Publishing to your local machine is a good way to test your presentation and see how it will look to your end users. 1. From the Presentation group, select Publish to open the Publish dialog box 2. Click My Computer to check the location where the project will be stored. To change the location, click Choose 3. Select the Output Options: Click Zip Package to create a compressed file containing all of your presentation files. Click CD Package ( with autorun for CD) if yo u are burning the presentation to a CD and want the presentation to automatically start when the CD is loaded 4. If you need to make changes, click Settings 5. Check the presentation settings to make sure they meet your requirements 6. When you have finished, click the Publish button When the process is finished, you can click View Output to see what the presentation will look like for users 9 10