The Video Demo interface

For this chapter, you will use the Video Demo file that you created in Chapter 2, Capturing the Slides. Let's first open this file and take a closer look at this project:

1. Start Captivate and open the Chapter08/encoderVideo.cpvc file.

2. Use the Preview | Project icon of the Big Buttons Bar and take the necessary time to view the entire project.

   When you click on the Preview icon, note that most of the previewing options are grayed out. The only thing that you can actually do is preview the entire project. Remember that a Video Demo project is aimed at producing an .mp4 video file. This content plays in one big chunk from the beginning to the end with no interactivity whatsoever. Technically, it is said that a video file offers a linear experience versus the nonlinear interactive experience of a regular project. It is therefore not based on slides, so the previewing options involving slides (Preview From this Slide, Preview Next 5 slides, and so on) are, logically, unavailable...