After completing this topic, you will be able to publish content for the Player.
Steps:
Publish the WordPad Training module for a Player deployment.
Step 1Use the menu to start the publishing process.
Click the File menu.
Step 2Click the Publish command.
Step 3Notice that the default publishing location is a subfolder in your My Documents folder.
Step 4Publish to the default publishing destination.
Click the Next > button.
Step 5By default, the Publish entire outline and Skip advanced options page options are selected.
Click the Next > button to publish with the selected defaults.
Step 6Choose the desired deployment option.
Click the Player and LMS checkbox to publish a Player deployment.
Step 7Notice 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 8Publish a Player deployment with the default publishing options.
Click the Publish button.
Step 9The Publishing Process begins publishing the Player Package.
Step 10When 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 11The Player opens in a browser window.
We have expanded the outline in the Player for you.
Step 12Select a topic and start a playback mode.
Click Opening a Document.
Step 13Click the Try It! button.
Step 14Click the start link.
Step 15The 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 16End the topic playback using the Escape key.
Press [Escape].
Step 17Double-click the Opening a Document topic.
Step 18Double-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 19View the Print It! output for the Opening a Document topic.
Click the Print It! button.
Step 20The HTML file for the Job Aid opens in a browser window. Close the browser window.
Click the Close button.
Step 21Search for topics that contain the word "print".
Click in the Search text box.
Step 22Enter the desired information into the Search field. Enter "print".
Step 24Click the Begin search of specific word or words button.
Step 25The documents that meet the search filter appear in a list view, without the outline hierarchy.
Step 26Click the View filtered outline link to view the topics in the hierarchy.
Step 27Click the View list link to remove the hierarchy.
Step 28Click the Clear search results button to remove the search filter.
Step 29Click the Preferences button to view the user changeable options.
Step 31By default, users can change their preferences. The Preferences button does not appear if you disable this option.
Step 32Click the Cancel button to close the Preferences window.
Step 33Close the Player.
Click the Close button.
Step 34After completing this topic, you are able to publish content for the Player.