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Adobe Systems Inc. is a leading company in developing and producing multimedia, creativity and web development products. The company, based in San Jose, California, was founded in 1982. It became dominant in 2005 when it acquired Macromedia, its main competitor.

Corporate History

1. Adobe Systems made its first mark with the PostScript page description language, which was a major growth factor for desktop publishing. During the 1980s and 1990s, the company distinguished itself with the development of Ilustrator and Photoshop, which became industry-standard creativity tools.

Adobe Creative Suite

2. The Adobe Creative Suite (CS) includes the company’s major applications for graphic design, web development and video editing. The suite includes Photoshop, Acrobat, InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks and Premiere.

Server Software

3. Adobe produces several important network server applications, including ColdFusion and LiveCycle.

Technologies

4. Adobe designed and developed several standard Internet technologies, including the portable document format (PDF) and Flash.

Web Design and eLearning

5. Adobe-produced web design programs are among the most widely used in the world, and include Dreamweaver and GoLive. Adobe Captivate is the most widely used application for developing web-based training.

Video Editing and Visual Effects

6. Adobe Premiere and Adobe After Effects are industry-standard video editing and visual effects applications. They are used by professionals and are available in scaled-down versions for home computers.

Showing text when a visitor rolls over a link or image on your website is a great way to share additional information about where a link leads or what an image contains. If you have access to edit the HTML code of your website, and know how to use link (A) and image (IMG) tags, you can easily incorporate rollover text.

Show Text on an Image Rollover

1. Step 1

   Find the HTML code for the image you want to add hover text for. It should look like this:

   <img src=”http://www.linkto.com/your/image.jpg” />

2. Step 2

   Add or edit the TITLE attribute containing the text you want to appear when someone rolls over the image.

   For example:

   <img src=”http://www.linkto.com/your/image.jpg” title=”Additional text to appear upon hover” />

3. Step 3

   Add or edit the ALT attribute containing the text you want to appear when someone rolls over the image. (For cross-browser compatibility, your desired rollover text needs to appear in both the ALT and TITLE attributes.)

   For example:

   <img src=”http://www.linkto.com/your/image.jpg” alt=”Additional text to appear upon hover” title=”Additional text to appear upon hover” />

4. Step 4

   Confirm your rollover is working by refreshing your Web page and holding your cursor over the image for one to two seconds.

Show Text on a Link Rollover

5. Step 1

   Find the HTML code for the link you want to add hover text for. It should look like this:

   <a href=”http://www.yourlink.com”> Link Text</a>

6. Step 2

   Add or edit the TITLE attribute containing the text you want to appear when someone rolls over the link.

   For example:

   <a href=”http://www.yourlink.com” title=”Additional text to appear upon hover”>Link Text</a>

7. Step 3

   Confirm your rollover is working by refreshing your Web page and holding your cursor over the link for one to two seconds.

Whether you are writing user guides, online help, reference manuals, scripts for Flash tutorials, or requirements documents, you need to master Technical Writing software. Technical writing software can be broken down into four types: Document management, word processing, online help and screen captures.

1. Learn document management software such as Adobe FrameMaker. The main difference between document management software and word processing software is that document management software is designed to create and maintain very large documents. Other software in this category includes Author-it and MadCap Blaze.
2. Step 2

   Go beyond using Miscrosoft Word for writing letters. Many companies rely on Word for their technical writers and you must be more than an average user.

3. Step 3

   Familiarize yourself with as many different types of help authoring software you can. Two of the industry leaders are Adobe Robohelp and MadCap Flare. If you use FrameMaker, take a look at WebWorks ePublisher; if you use AuthorIT, then look no further.

4. Step 4

   Decide what kind of screen captures you need and learn the tools that best fit that functionality. If you’re just putting images of software in your document, Snagit is top of the class. If you are recording processes and want to distribute them get o know Adobe Captivate, Camtasia Studio or MadCap Mimic.

Adobe Flash is a format used for streaming videos online. YouTube, for example, uses Flash video. You can “capture” these flash file videos by using a website designed for the purpose. Capturing videos allows you to get a copy of an Internet movie for your computer, so you can play it while not online, or on other computers.

1. Visit a website like Convertfiles.com or Freefileformat.com.
2. Step 2

   Click on the option to download from a site. Copy the website address of the flash video file. Scroll to the top of the video web page. Highlight the URL or web address and hold down Ctrl + C to copy the address. Right-click the text box on the conversion site. A drop-down menu appears. Select “Paste.”

3. Step 3

   Click on “Output Format,” at the top of the main page on the capture website and select a format for the captured video. You can select “FLV” if that’s the format you want. Select “AVI” for most Windows movie players; the format MOV works on Apple’s Quicktime player.

4. Step 4

   Click the “Convert” or “Download” button to begin capturing the video. When it’s ready, a link to your file will appear. Click on that link and the file will download to your computer where it will be saved. Double-click on the file to launch it in your computer’s default video player.

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Articulate Adobe Presenter is a software tool that integrates with Microsoft PowerPoint to enable you to add narration, interactivity and Adobe Flash movies into a PowerPoint presentation, which can then be delivered over the Internet. While this may sound complicated, it’s not-the Articulate Presenter add-on complements the simplicity and ease of use of PowerPoint. After you purchase and install Articulate Presenter, you’ll notice that a new item appears on the PowerPoint menu bar labeled “Articulate.” Follow these steps to develop your own Flash-based presentation.

1. Install Articulate Presenter. The next time you open PowerPoint, “Articulate” will appear on the PowerPoint main menu.
2. Step 2

   Create a PowerPoint presentation as you normally would. Don’t hold back; use as many PowerPoint features as you think appropriate-use animations, slide transitions, graphics or even flying text.

3. Step 3

   From the PowerPoint menu, select “Articulate.” The drop-down menu will display. Select “Publish.” The Articulate Presenter “Publish” dialog box will display.

4. Step 4

   Notice that there are a number of choices, from publishing to the Web to publishing to CD-ROM. Since you’re interested in publishing to the Internet, select “Web” and then “Publish.”

5. Step 5

   After the presentation is successfully published, a message will display showing you where the Adobe Flash file has been copied. It also asks if you want to view the published presentation.

6. Step 6

   Click the “Yes” button. The Web-based Flash presentation will load and display in the Articulate Presenter player.