Use Automatic Recording

After completing this topic, you will be able to set and use automatic recording.

Steps:

1. Open the Options dialog box.

    

   Click the Tools menu.

   Step 1

2. Click the Options command.

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3. Change the recording option to automatic.

    

   Click the Recorder category.

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4. Click the Automatically record screenshots option.

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5. Click the OK button.

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6. Click the Creating Bullet Lists topic.

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7. Switch to WordPad to set up the application for the first screen capture.

    

   Click the WordPad application button in the taskbar.

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8. It is a good idea to set up the Start screen before you start the recording process.

    

   We have scrolled the Award.rtf file to the list items for bulleting.

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9. Switch back to the Developer window to start the recording.

    

   Click the Developer button in the taskbar.

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10. Start the Recorder to record the Creating Bullet Lists topic.

     

    Click the Record Topic button.

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11. Click the Award.rtf - WordPad title bar to activate the application.

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12. Press [PrintScreen] to start the recording.

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13. The Recorder window does not appear during automatic recording.

     

    You can however, display the deskband in the taskbar to add an author or testing note, pause the recording, and control sound recording levels.

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14. If you hide the taskbar for recording, you can point to the bottom of the screen to display it and the Deskband.

     

    Point to the taskbar.

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15. Notice the Deskband in the taskbar.

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16. Click at the beginning of the first list item you want to bullet.

     

    Click at the beginning of Top regional sales associate.

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17. Hold the Shift key and click at the end of the last list item you want to bullet.

     

    Press the [Shift] key and click at the end of the Most improved.

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18. Apply bullets to the selected text by clicking the list arrow for the Start a list icon.

     

    Click the list arrow for the Start a list button.

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19. Click the Bullet Style command.

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20. Change the font for the selected bullet list.

     

    Click the Font family list arrow.

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21. Click the Times New Roman list item.

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22. Change the font size to 14.

     

    Click the Font size list arrow.

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23. Click the 14.

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24. Bold the bullet list text.

     

    Click the Bold button.

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25. Italicize the bullet list text.

     

    Click the Italics button.

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26. Press [PrintScreen] to end the recording.

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27. The second time you press [PrintScreen], the recording ends and the topic opens in the Topic Editor.

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28. Save the recorded topic using the toolbar.

     

    Click the Save button.

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29. Close the topic using the document tab.

     

    Click the Close button.

    Step 29

After completing this topic, you are able to set and use automatic recording.

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