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 Documents folder.

   Step 4

5. Publish to the default publishing destination.

    

   Click the Next > button.

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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.

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7. Choose the desired deployment option.

    

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

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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 open the publishing folder; launch the content; configure in-application support options, if applicable; or close the Publishing Wizard.

    Step 11

12. Click the link below Your local player can be viewed using: to launch the content.

    Step 12

13. Select the desired browser for the player. In this example, we will use Internet Explorer.

     

    Click the Internet Explorer option.

    Step 13

14. Click the OK button.

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15. The Player opens in a browser window.

     

    We have expanded the outline in the Player for you.

    Step 15

16. Select a topic and start a playback mode.

     

    Click Opening a Document.

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17. Click the Try It! button.

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18. Click the start link.

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19. 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 19

20. End the topic playback using the Escape key.

     

    Press [Escape].

    Step 20

21. Double-click the Opening a Document topic.

    Step 21

22. 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 22

23. View the Try It! jump-in points for the Opening a Document topic.

     

    Click the arrow to the right of the Try It! button.

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24. Start the topic at the jump-in point.

     

    Click the Open dialog box link.

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25. The topic opens with the jump-in point frame as the first frame.

     

    The jump-in point is also available for playback in See It! and Do It! modes.

     

    Press [Escape] to close the topic playback.

    Step 25

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

     

    Click the Print It! button.

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

     

    Click the Close button.

    Step 27

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

     

    Click in the Search text box.

    Step 28

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

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

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

    Step 31

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

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

    Step 33

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

    Step 34

35. Click the Preferences button to view the user changeable options.

    Step 35

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

    Step 36

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

    Step 37

38. Close the Player.

     

    Click the Close button.

    Step 38

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

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