A reminder- the Captivate 5 ACE exams are available for registration and the first date you can take the exam is Feb 10th .

Many of you might have already signed up for the Captivate 5 ACE exam. And as we’ve seen in the comments in my previous blog post people have been asking for the exam objectives (which normally get posted on our website). Since this will take another couple of days, I’ve reproduced this below. Good luck, and we hope that many of the tutorials and training resources we’ve pointed you to in this blog will help with your preparation.

Captivate 5 ACE Exam Objectives

1.0 Creating new projects

1.1 Given a scenario, select the appropriate display settings.

1.2 Given a scenario, select the appropriate options for software simulation. (Options

include: application, custom size, full screen)

1.3 Given a scenario, select the appropriate preferences.

1.4 Given a scenario, select the appropriate settings from the Recording panel. (Settings

include: panning, mode, and manual recording)

1.5 Given a scenario, select the appropriate method for dealing with a Full Motion

Recording (FMR).

1.6 Given a scenario, select the appropriate template. (Includes: Creating a new Project

Template, Stencil workflow, new slide vs. blank slide, and best practices for using

Master Slides and Object Styles)

1.7 Create and manage Workspaces.

2.0 Working with text captions, images, and drawing objects

2.1 Create a text caption by setting the appropriate text caption properties.

2.2 Insert an image into a slide and choose the appropriate properties.

2.3 Import Photoshop native documents and perform a roundtrip.

2.4 Add drawing objects.

3.0 Working with the timeline

3.1 List and describe the options available for displaying the timeline.

3.2 Manage objects on the timeline. (Options include: moving, hiding, locking, and

extending objects)

4.0 Working with nonscoreable objects

4.1 Select the appropriate properties for rollover captions.

4.2 Select the appropriate properties for rollover slidelet.

4.3 Select the appropriate properties for a zoom area.

4.4 Select the appropriate properties for an effect.

5.0 Working with scoreable objects

5.1 Given a scenario, select the appropriate properties for a text entry box.

5.2 Select the appropriate properties for a click box.

5.3 Select the appropriate properties for a button.

6.0 Managing animation and video

6.1 Select the appropriate options and import Flash video into a slide. (Includes: Flash

video slide, video manager, using AME for format conversion and encoding)

6.2 Select the appropriate options and import animation into a slide.

6.3 Select the appropriate options and import text animation into a slide.

6.4 Given a scenario, import, format, and implement a Widget. (Includes: Widget

parameters)

7.0 Working with audio

7.1 List and describe the options related to recording audio.

7.2 List and describe the options related to using text to speech.

7.3 Manage audio in an object, slide, or project.

7.4 Edit audio.

8.0 Importing and exporting

8.1 Given a scenario, export and import text captions.

8.2 Select the appropriate options for importing and linking to PowerPoint slides.

8.3 Select the appropriate options for importing objects from other Captivate projects.

9.0 Creating and managing skins and TOCs

9.1 Given a scenario, select the appropriate options in the Skin editor.

9.2 Select the appropriate options and configure a Playback control.

9.3 Select the appropriate options and configure a border.

9.4 Select the appropriate options and configure a TOC.

9.5 Select the appropriate options and configure an aggregator project.

10.0 Publishing projects

10.1 Given a scenario, select the appropriate publishing options from the Publish dialog

box.

10.2 Given a format, select the appropriate options when publishing. (Formats include:

Flash (SWF/F4V), APP, EXE, and PDF).

10.3 Select the appropriate options when publishing standalone output.

10.4 Select the appropriate options when publishing a Word document.

11.0 Creating compliant projects

11.1 Select the appropriate options, and add closed captioning to a slide.

11.2 Add Section 508 compliant features to a project.

12.0 Creating quizzes and managing eLearning

12.1 Given a scenario, select the appropriate question type. (Includes: Question widget)

12.2 Given a scenario, select the appropriate quiz reporting preferences. (Includes: Acrobat.

com and internal server, and using the Quiz Results Analyzer.)

12.3 Given a scenario, select the appropriate quiz settings preferences.

12.4 Create and manage a question pool.

13.0 Variables and advanced actions

13.1 Given a scenario, select the appropriate type of variable.

13.2 Create and manage advanced actions.

13.3 Given a branching scenario, create branches using variables and advanced actions.

14.0 Reviewing

14.1 Given a scenario, select the appropriate Review process.

14.2 Create and manage review comments.