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1. INTRODUCTIONWouldyou.

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Macromedias Authorware is a softwaredevelopment tool for creating interactive

multimedia applications.

It is primarily designed to facilitate the creation ofcomputer-based training programs.

Combining an icon-based approach toprogramming, a highly integrated interface, and a

powerful scripting language..


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The Authorware interface follows many of thestandard Microsoft Windows conventions and

functionality. The Windows Control Bar, Menu Bar

and Tool Bar are all examples of this.

2.1 The Windows Control Bar

The Windows Control Bar features standardWindows functionality. To view the Control Bar,

click on the Authorware 4.0 icon that appears

next to the word Authorware.

2. INTERFACE COMPONENTS


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2.2 The menu Bar

The Menu Bar offers a series of drop-downmenus filled with the features that give the

multimedia developer control and Authorware

its poser and flexibility. Many of these menushave standard functionality.


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2.3 The Toolbar

The Toolbar features shortcut buttons thatmake doing common tasks in Authorware easier

and faster.

You should recognize the icons for opening files,copy, paste, cut and the text editing icons,

including bolding, italicizing, and underlining.

The icons that are new include the Control

Panel, the run icon, functions, and variables.


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New Creates a new Authoware file.

In Windows, the extention will be .a4w.

Open Opens an existing file.

Save All Saves all open files-the Authoware

piece plus libraries.

Import Import text and graphics, sound, &movies directly into display or

interaction icons.


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Undo Removes the effects of the

last operation or command.

Cut Removes the selected object and

places it on the Clipboard.

Copy Makes a copy of the selected

object on the Clipboard.

Paste Pastes the object stored on the

Clipboard at the insertion point.


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Find Displays the Find/Replace dialog box.

Styles boxes Changes the font characteristics to

predetermined settings called styles.

Restart Run the piece from the

beginning of the flowline.

Bold/Italic/Underline Changes the selected texts

to the bold/italic/underlines styles.


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Control Panel Displays the Authoware

Control Panel.

Functions Displays the Functions

dialog box so you can

choose a built-in function.

Variables Displays the Variables

dialog box.

Help Activates Authoware help

facility.


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2.4 Increasing the Viewing Area

Sometimes every pixel of the viewing window isneeded while authoring. You can remove the

toolbar from the interface by deselecting

Toolbar from the View menu (Ctrl+Shift+T).

This option toggles the Toolbar on and off.


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There are two types of windows :(1) Design Windows, which contain flowlines, and

(2) Presentation windows, where images can be

imported, objects can be drawn and text can be

entered.

Using the toolbar, a collection of text and drawtools, you can easily modify the Presentation

window contents. Ancillary windows, calledpalettes, may also be opened. For example, along

the left side of the screen will be the icon palette.

Other palettes can be optionally displayed.

3. WINDOW TYPES


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3.1 The Design Window

The design window is where the programming isdone. The flowline is within the Design window, but

well usually refer to them both as the flowlines.

The paste handindicates the insertionpoint for the next new

icons


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3.2 The Flowline

The flowline in Authorware provides an area in

which to arrange icons to create a project, or piece.

The physical length of the flowline is bounded bythe size for its design window It never is displayed

with scroll bars. To add to a flowline that is at its maximum length,group icons into map icons. These combine one or

more icons into an aggregate called a map.

The icons are executed sequentially beginning withthe first icon and ending with the last. Linearity can

be altered if Authorware encounters an interaction,

decision, or framework icon. Pieces that run without

interactivity are called l inear pieces.


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3.3 The Tool Palette

The Authorware Tool Palette provides all thebuilding blocks for creating projects. They control

what the user sees and hears. They determine how

they interact with a project and how they are

managed while interacting with the application. Each icon represents a different type of content.For example, a display icon is used to present text

and graphics, while a movie icon can show these

Windows digital movie types : QuickTime forWindows (MOV), Microsoft Audio Video

Interleaved (AVI) files, Director movies (DIR, DXR),

Autodesk FLC, FLI and CEL animation files, BMP

movies, and MPEG movies.


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Motion Framework Map Start flag

Erase Decision Movie Stop flag

Wait Interaction Sound Colors

Display Nevigate Calculation Video

< The Authorware Tool Palette>


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Icon Purpose

Display Used to show graphics and text.

MotionMoves graphics, text, or digital video along paths you define

and at speeds you specify.

EraseDeletes an icon s contents. A single erase icon can delete content

from several previous icons.

WaitHolds the program flow until a mouse is clicked, a key pressed

or a specified unit of time elapses.

Navigate Specifies where to jump to in a hypertext/hypermediainteraction. It is used with the framework icon.

Framework Controls project navigation, flow, and organization.


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DecisionSpecifies branching based on program-defined specification orconditions.

Interaction

Creates displays and controls event interactions that respond to

the user input. These may take the form of hot spots, hot objects,or buttons.

CalculationProvides a mechanism for Authoware scripting. Calculationicons can be standalone or integrated into other icon types.

MapA grouping of icons. Each map can be opened to show its ownflowline.

MovieDisplays and controls digital movies-Director, QuickTime,MPEG, Video for Windows, FLI, FLC, PICs files.

Sound Plays and controls digital audio-WAV, PCM, or AIFF file.

Video Controls Laser Disk players.

Start/Stop

flags

Instead of always running a piece from beginning to end, theseflags can be placed along a flowline to mark temporary start andstop points.

Colors Icons can be color-coded.

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