# Recording a new full-screen movie

Use the full-screen recording option to record all actions that take place on your computer screen. This option is useful if you need to record actions in two or more applications within one Captivate movie. For example, if you need to record how a user would copy information from a word processing program into a spreadsheet program, use the full-screen recording option to capture the action in both programs.

Captivate contains a special feature called full motion recording that automatically captures frames at a higher frame rate when you record any drag-and-drop actions. For more details, see Full motion recording.

#### To record a new full-screen movie:

1. Open Captivate.

2. On the Start Page, click Record or create a new movie.

The New movie options dialog box appears.

3. Select Full screen and click OK.

The Recording dialog box appears.

4. (Optional) If you have two monitors associated with your computer, select the monitor you want to record by selecting Monitor 1 or Monitor 2.

5. (Optional) Select Record narration to record audio as you record the movie. For details, see Recording audio
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6. (Optional) Click Options to set a wide variety of recording options, including the capability to automatically capture screen shots and automatically generate text captions.

7. When you finish setting options, click Record.

8. Captivate begins recording the onscreen action.

If you are automatically recording (that is, you selected the Enable auto recording option in step 6), Captivate automatically captures a screen shot every time you perform an action, such as selecting a menu, clicking a button, or typing in text.

If you are manually recording (that is, you did not select the Enable Auto Recording option in step 6), press the Print Screen key (or other designated capture key) to capture screen shots.

Use whatever is on your screen (for example, applications, websites, and so on) as if you were demonstrating your actions to someone. If you have sound enabled on your computer and the option is activated, you will hear a camera shutter sound when screen shots are captured.

Note: When recording an onscreen action, it is best to perform the action more slowly than you would normally. For example, if you are recording keyboard action, type text slowly.

9. When you finish recording, press the End key (or other designated key) to end recording.

The slides are generated and your new movie appears in Captivate Storyboard view. If any drag-and-drop actions were recorded and full motion slides created, you will see the full motion slides displayed in Storyboard view with a special icon.

Tip: If you need to pause recording, press the Pause/Break key. To restart recording, press the Pause/Break key again.