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Editing Standard Simulation Objects: Steps

You can edit the general, audio, auto playback, screen, and step text properties of a simulation step by right-clicking or double-clicking on a step in the task pane.

You can view context information for enterprise systems recorded using the application. This will assist in setting up context-sensitive help with the Server, as an author will be able to easily identify screen information within a uPerform document. For more information on context-sensitive help, refer to Setting Up Context-Sensitive Help.

Editing a Simulation Step: Reordering Steps

  1. In the Steps task pane, click on the step you want to move.
  2. Drag the step to above or below the step where you want it to display.

    NOTE:

    This action will automatically renumber the steps.

Editing a Simulation Step: Step Text Editor

  1. Select View > Show Step Text Editor to display the step text editor.
  2. In the Steps task pane, select the step to be edited.

    NOTE:

    Action text is highlighted with the background color of the action note styles. Action text displays in the same color as the text within the note. This will allow you to confirm that the text you are editing is for an action.
  3. Edit the step text in the editor.
  4. Optionally, click Regenerate Text to revert to the last saved text.

Editing a Simulation Step: General Properties

  1. Double-click on the step in the Steps task pane.
  2. Select General in the left pane.
  3. Edit the following fields:

    Field

    Description

    Help text

    To display the default help text when the user makes an incorrect response during the Self-Test or Assessment mode, enable the Use default help text checkbox.

    To display custom help text, disable the Use default help text checkbox, and enter your text in the Help text field.

    Cursor image

    Browse to select the cursor graphic displayed during the particular step.

    Use composite

    Brings extra attention to the hotspot by slowly blacking out the screen (except for the hotspot area) and then returning to the screen display.

    Include in assessment grade

    To include this step in the grade calculated for Assessment mode, select the Include in assessment grade checkbox.

    Visibility

    To display this step in the simulation view, select the Simulation View checkbox.

    To display this step in the document view, select the Document View checkbox.
  4. Press OK.

Editing a Simulation Step: Audio Properties

  1. Press the Simulation tab.
  2. Double-click the step containing audio in the Steps task pane.
  3. Press Audio in the left pane of the Step Properties window.
  4. Select one of the following options from the Audio source drop-down:

    If You Want To

    Then

    Disable text to speech and include a manual audio file
    1. Select Manual.
    2. Click Browse... to select the audio file.

    Enable text to speech for step text

    Select Step text [TTS].

    Enable text to speech for transcript

    Select Transcript [TTS].

    Enable text to speech for step text followed by transcript

    Select Step text followed by transcript [TTS].

    Enable text to speech for transcript followed by step text

    Select Transcript followed by step text [TTS].

    This is the default setting.

    NOTE:

    For more information on using text to speech options, refer to Using Text to Speech.
  5. SelectRecordAudio.jpg to open the Recording Options window.
  6. Refer to Creating an Audio File.
  7. Select Localized to mark the content for localization.
  8. Press OK.

Editing a Simulation Step: Auto Playback Properties

  1. Double-click on the step in the Steps task pane.
  2. Press Auto Playback in the left pane.
  3. Edit the following fields:

    Field

    Description

    Time length

    Specify the delay between each simulation step during Auto Playback mode.

    To use the default wait time specified in the template, select Use default time length.

    To specify a custom wait time, enter the value in the Time length field.

    Go to step

    Edit the next step or action to be displayed during Auto Playback mode.

    Use this option to set which branch should be displayed in Auto Playback mode.
  4. Press OK.

Editing a Simulation Step: Screen Properties

  1. Double-click on the step in the Steps task pane.
  2. Press Screen in the left pane.
  3. Optionally, you can edit the screen title of the main window of the target application during this particular step.
  4. As desired, select one of the following options:

    If You Want To

    Then

    Paste a new image from the clipboard
    • Copy the new background image to be used to your Microsoft Windows clipboard.
    • Click Paste.

    Copy the current image to the clipboard for editing in an external application
    • Click Copy, and edit the image in the external application.
    • Copy the edited image to your Microsoft Windows clipboard, and click Paste (as described above) to replace the background image.

    Change the display of the image to reflect either the entire desktop or only the application window
    1. Press Edit..., and select Regions on the resulting screen.
    2. Select the area you want to display.
    3. Press OK.
    4. Press OK.

    NOTE:

    If the clipboard image you are pasting is larger than the current image, a prompt is displayed. Select Yes to resize the clipboard image before pasting, or select No to insert the image without resizing.
  5. Press OK.

Editing a Simulation Step: Step Text Properties

  1. Double-click on the step in the Steps task pane.
  2. Press Step text in the left pane.
  3. Edit the following fields:

    Field

    Description

    Step text

    Displays the current step text.

    Actions

    You can select any action text in the Actions list box and click Insert to include the text in the step text.

    You can also insert additional text before or after the action text by entering the text in the Step text field. For example, you can insert "and" or "or" to join two actions in a sentence.
  4. Press OK.

Editing a Simulation Step: Viewing and Editing Context Information

  1. Double-click on the step in the Steps task pane.
  2. Press Context Information in the left pane.
  3. Review/edit the following fields:

    NOTE:

    When an author records applications for which context information is captured by the recorder, that data is placed into the PrimaryContextID, SecondaryContextID, and TertiaryContextID fields at the step-level.

    Depending on the application or enterprise system recorder, some of these fields may not be populated. If a step has an action, then these fields will be editable. When a step has multiple actions then three fields will show Context Information of default action.

    Field

    Description

    Primary

    Displays the transaction code(s) or screen ID(s) associated with the step.

    NOTE: Use a semicolon to separate multiple transaction codes.

    Secondary

    Displays the ID for the screen.

    Tertiary

    Displays the location of the application recorded into the step.
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