MatchWare Mediator 9 Documentation

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User Guide Setting up your project Setting up your workspace The Mediator window is made up of several components: • The Mediator Button is displayed in the upper left corner of the Mediator window. It opens the Mediator Menu, which contains commands affecting the entire document, such as New, Open, Save, Print or Export. • The Quick Access Toolbar is a component of the Microsoft Office 2007 interface. It is a customizable toolbar that is available at all times, regardless of the menu tab currently open on the ribbon. By default, it is located in the upper left corner of the Mediator window, next to the Mediator Button. • The Ribbon is also a component of the Microsoft Office 2007 interface. Its tabs, corresponding to the main activities in Mediator, contain all the necessary commands, options and icons, organized in groups. It is designed to help you quickly find the commands that you need to complete a task. When a particular object is selected, a special Format tab may appear at the right of the ribbon. It contains all the commands that are specific to the selected object. • The Mediator Panels are displayed by default on the left of the Mediator window. Taken together, they give you a complete overview of your project. • The Mediator Workspace is the area you use to design your project. 42
Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar The Quick Access Toolbar contains the most frequently used commands. By default, it is located in the upper left corner of the Mediator window, next to the Mediator Button. To move the Quick Access Toolbar closer to the workspace area: Click the Customize Quick Access Toolbar arrow on the right of the toolbar. Choose Show Below the Ribbon. You can also add the commands you use most frequently to the Quick Access Toolbar, or remove commands you use less often. See "Setting up your preferences" for more information. Minimizing the ribbon Mediator lets you minimize the ribbon to increase the workspace available: Click the Customize Quick Access Toolbar arrow on the right of the toolbar. Choose Minimize the Ribbon. To use the ribbon while it is minimized, click the tab you want to use, and then click the command you want to use. As soon as you have made your choice, the ribbon returns to its minimized form. To restore the ribbon, click the Customize Quick Access Toolbar arrow again and uncheck Minimize the Ribbon. You can also minimize the ribbon temporarily as follows: Double-click the current tab. To restore the ribbon, just double-click any of its tabs. You can also press Ctrl + F1 to minimize or restore the ribbon. The layout of the commands, options and icons in the ribbon changes when the width of the Mediator application window is reduced. Controls normally represented by large icons may for instance now be represented by small icons. If the width of the application window is greatly reduced, a group may be represented only by its icon. To view the contents of such a collapsed group, just click its icon. Using access keys and shortcut keys To select a command from the ribbon, all you need to do is click the relevant tab to open it, then choose the command. You can also use access keys for this purpose. Access keys are different from shortcut keys. 43
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Page 7 and 8: EDUCATIONAL LICENSES Commercial use
Page 9 and 10: Introduction Welcome First of all,
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Page 13 and 14: Mediator 9 feature list Mediator al
Page 15 and 16: Actions/Resources Standard HTML FLA
Page 17 and 18: Installation Stand-alone installati
Page 19 and 20: Quick Start The three basic steps T
Page 21 and 22: Browse through the style gallery, c
Page 23 and 24: Click Open to insert the picture. T
Page 25 and 26: If the Page list is not already ope
Page 27 and 28: Let us test the presentation to see
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Page 31 and 32: We can now assign an action to each
Page 33 and 34: Click the Browse button next to the
Page 35 and 36: Drop it to the right of the Move In
Page 37 and 38: Scroll down the events list. Selec
Page 39 and 40: You are ready to test the page. Do
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Page 47 and 48: Resetting panels to their default p
Page 49 and 50: Planning your project The first ste
Page 51 and 52: Designing your project Working with
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Page 59 and 60: HTML tab This tab is only relevant
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Page 63 and 64: Setting a password Mediator lets yo
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A page that uses another page as a
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Using the master page tabs Once you
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…which means that if we later dec
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The left field lists all the keywor
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Opening the Events dialog You can o
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• To select several combinations,
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Placing and editing the actions is
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As soon as the user presses a key,
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• Right-click the page and choose
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Using project variables Mediator le
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This means that: Array[0] = 5 is th
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Using object expressions Object exp
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Using o8o files An o8o file is a Me
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If you are printing text or picture
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To select several words in one of t
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Overview of the Multimedia Catalog
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You can view the keywords associate
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Creating a category within the User
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Round Buttons: Here you will find a
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By default, the Properties panel is
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Drawing rectangles Click the Recta
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Notice that the curve is more accen
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Copying, pasting and cutting shapes
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Choose Arrange | Send to Back to se
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If necessary repeat the operation t
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Click the point that you want to mo
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Move the Delete Point cursor on the
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Making a point soft or sharp If you
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Star points: This property is speci
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B Select the Bezier tool E Select t
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In the Database Resource dialog, cl
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Resetting the database Once you hav
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(optional) Click SCORM settings. Th
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Using script Using runtime script U
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seconds and therefore block Mediato
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An important method is how to make
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Mediator goes through all the objec
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Ignore words with numbers: When ena
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Testing your project Even if you ar
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Locate the object or action causing
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Please refer to the "Mediator 9 fea
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• You cannot access the propertie
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Preparing for export Viewing and re
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Additional program files In additio
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Manual mode In manual mode, Mediato
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Data folders in large CD-ROM projec
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• Flash Only for projects of type
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Choose the export settings required
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Exporting as self-executable EXE fi
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With this export format, all the pr
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Quick export Click the Mediator Bu
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Exporting to Flash This topic descr
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Finalizing the export The export ma
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If you check this option, Mediator
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If you try to upload a project to a
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Selecting the Install folder The ne
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You can either customize one of the
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If upload is completed successfully
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Reference Pages Page properties: Ge
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Objects Common properties Object pr
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that instead of applying a separate
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Advantage: Memory is freed up. Disa
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Path: This field shows the path you
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Add Hotspot Selecting Add Hotspot c
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Fill gradient type: This lets you c
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• Press Ctrl + A to select all th
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Fill type: This property allows you
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• You can use the Effects command
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Non scale bottom: Specifies the num
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You can assign a background color t
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Transparent: This option is checked
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Transparent: When this is checked,
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Fill gradient type: This lets you c
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The advantage of streaming media is
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To insert a video, choose Insert |
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The Animated GIF object The Animate
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Flash object properties: Flash tab
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• Custom: If you select Custom th
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Picture alignment: Use this field t
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The Embedded Document object The Em
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You have two choices: • Clicking
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The Format tab contains the most co
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Input object properties: Scroll tab
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You can also display the contents o
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Selected background color: Use this
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The Available ActiveX Controls dial
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This is often combined with the Sho
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Collision This event occurs when tw
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Choose the page you require and clo
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= Acceleration = Deceleration = Acc
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Do not confuse transparent objects
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Selecting actions • To select an
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When you drop the action in the act
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Example 2: To make the height of on
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Object to animate: Here you select
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Object to animate: Here you select
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Calculating the overall duration Th
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Selecting and manipulating nodes An
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Once you have placed the node, you
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Cancel current midi sound: If this
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Wind (Multimedia tab) The Wind acti
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Stop / Play: The CD Audio action le
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To create a link to a web page ente
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Entry: Enter the specific entry in
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You can fill in all the fields of t
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Document path: Here you enter the n
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If you intend to export your projec
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Result: Here you may enter a boolea
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In other words: IF a condition is t
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The Break action does not have any
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List box object: Specifies the list
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Message Box (Programming tab) This
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SCORM Set SCORM Variable (SCORM tab
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Get SCORM Variable (SCORM tab) The
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Resources The Database Resource The
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Data can be any expression. You can
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System variables Mediator system va
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@PageRange (integer) Description: T
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Functions Mediator provides many di
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ARCSIN (1) = 1.571 (π/2) ARCSIN (0
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LEN (txt) LEN is short for "length"
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Examples: STRING (10) = "10" Conver
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SQL statements ODBC databases uses
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Outside the range '[!a-z]' '9' , '&
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F4 or Ctrl + F10 Show/Hide the Obje
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Animated GIF Properties Name Return
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GlowWidth Integer X X GlowX Integer
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TextFillGradientAngle Integer X X T
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GlowX Integer X X GlowY Integer X X
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ShadowColor Integer X X ShadowExclO
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GlowX Integer X X GlowY Integer X X
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Appendix 3: Macro objects This appe
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Name String X Objects Objects X X R
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Appendix 4: Mediator action objects
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Index .KIX search list ............
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List Box object ...................
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