Preferences

Preferences allow you to customize the recording process of Demo Builder to suit your individual requirements. The Preferences Wizard from the Movie Window and Movie Editing Window contains four tabs : General, Auto-Calculate,Confirmation Messages and Defaults.

General

1. Check for update at start-up : Automatically make sure that you have the most up-to-date version of Demo Builder at all times! Check this box to check if any updates are available when Demo Builder starts (recommended).
2. Grid : It helps to line up images, cursors, notes and balloons within your movie scenes.
3. Thumbnail : The scenes in a movie are displayed as a thumbnail in your Movies Window. There are three skins to choose for your thumbnails; Bulb, Led and Switch.
4. Progress Window: The Progress Window displays as your movie is being built.
   • Expanded: In this case the progress bar, display logs, errors logs and tasks are shown while compiling the movie and the window closes automatically when compiling is complete and jumps to movie play.
   • As a Pin. In this case, the progress window (collapsed) continues to display after Demo builder completes compiling and is ready to run the Movie. You can then choose to view the logs, errors logs and tasks by clicking on the More button and/or the relevant tab (Tasks, Error or Log).
5. Spelling Options: Demo Builder can check spelling and grammar errors according to your language specification. You can choose more than one language dictionary. Simply check the relevant option box(es) as desired.

Auto-Calculate

1. Auto-Calculate Size: You can use this option to have Demo Builder automatically estimate how large the text boxes (e.g. notes and balloons) should be.
2. Auto-Calculate Time: You can use this option to have Demo Builder automatically estimate how long each text box (e.g. notes and balloons) should be displayed in the Timeline. This is based on the "words per minute" reader profile.

Confirmation Messages

When a box is checked from the list of options, Demo Builder will ask for confirmation of the corresponding actions when requested.

Example:

• From the Preferences Wizard, Confirmation Messages tab, ensure that the Delete scenes option is checked.
• Then click on a Scene within your Movie and Press the Delete key on your keyboard.
• Demo Builder displays a confirmation message.
• Click Yes to confirm or No to leave the scene in your movie.
• If you check the box Don't Show Again, the Delete Scenes option in the preference wizard is auto-unchecked and Demo Builder will not request confirmation of this action until you re-check this in your preference wizard.

Defaults

1. Font : Set the default font name and size
2. Style : Set the default balloon,note,edit zone and button style.
3. Duration : This sets the default duration a new Scene or Object will be displayed for during a movie. For example, if the initial interval in preferences is set to 3 seconds, it means that objects you insert in your movies' scenes will be displayed for 3 seconds when the movie runs. You can adjust this default time manually in the Timeline.