Publish Content for the Player

After completing this topic, you will be able to publish content for the Player.

Steps:

1. Publish the WordPad Training module for a Player deployment.

   Step 1

2. Use the menu to start the publishing process.

    

   Click the File menu.

   Step 2

3. Click the Publish command.

   Step 3

4. Notice that the default publishing location is a subfolder in your My Documents folder.

   Step 4

5. Publish to the default publishing destination.

    

   Click the Next > button.

   Step 5

6. By default, the Publish entire outline and Skip advanced options page options are selected.

    

   Click the Next > button to publish with the selected defaults.

   Step 6

7. Choose the desired deployment option.

    

   Click the Player and LMS checkbox to publish a Player deployment.

   Step 7

8. Notice that the Player options allow users to change their Player preferences and skip steps in Try It! mode. In addition, Try It! is set as the default playback mode.

   Step 8

9. Publish a Player deployment with the default publishing options.

    

   Click the Publish button.

   Step 9

10. The Publishing Process begins publishing the Player Package.

    Step 10

11. When the publishing process is completed, you can either launch the content; configure in-application support options, if applicable; open the publishing folder; or close the Publishing Wizard.

     

    Click the Finish button to launch the content.

    Step 11

12. The Player opens in a browser window.

     

    We have expanded the outline in the Player for you.

    Step 12

13. Select a topic and start a playback mode.

     

    Click Opening a Document.

    Step 13

14. Click the Try It! button.

    Step 14

15. Click the start link.

    Step 15

16. The first frame appears. Because the option is enabled, users can press Enter to skip steps instead of performing the required action.

     

    Press [Enter] to advance to the next step.

    Step 16

17. End the topic playback using the Escape key.

     

    Press [Escape].

    Step 17

18. Double-click the Opening a Document topic.

    Step 18

19. Double-clicking opens the topic in the default playback mode, which in this case is Try It! mode.

     

    Press [Escape] to close the topic playback.

    Step 19

20. View the Print It! output for the Opening a Document topic.

     

    Click the Print It! button.

    Step 20

21. The HTML file for the Job Aid opens in a browser window. Close the browser window.

     

    Click the Close button.

    Step 21

22. Search for topics that contain the word "print".

     

    Click in the Search text box.

    Step 22
23. Step 23

24. Enter the desired information into the Search field. Enter "print".

    Step 24

25. Click the Begin search of specific word or words button.

    Step 25

26. The documents that meet the search filter appear in a list view, without the outline hierarchy.

    Step 26

27. Click the View filtered outline link to view the topics in the hierarchy.

    Step 27

28. Click the View list link to remove the hierarchy.

    Step 28

29. Click the Clear search results button to remove the search filter.

    Step 29
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31. Click the Preferences button to view the user changeable options.

    Step 31

32. By default, users can change their preferences. The Preferences button does not appear if you disable this option.

    Step 32

33. Click the Cancel button to close the Preferences window.

    Step 33

34. Close the Player.

     

    Click the Close button.

    Step 34

After completing this topic, you are able to publish content for the Player.

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