Brian, while Mark is correct about there being no "one-click"
(automated) way to convert from demo to sim, the "manual" process
to do so is (or can be) a really quick and simple process. I'll
give you the way to do it when you know ahead of time that the
project will require both, and you can adapt that process to those
situations where the original recording has already been done (see
bottom of this message > "
For converting existing projects").
1) When setting up to record the demo (demonstration mode
should be done first), open "Options > Recording Options and
open the "Settings" dialog for "Recording Defaults".
2) Change the setting for automatically inserted highlight
boxes (near the bottom of the dialog) to a frame width of, say "4"
or "5" (nice and thick), and the color to a bright "red", or
perhaps "bright pink" - any color that is very visible.
3) Shoot your demo movie.
4) Use "File > Save As" to create a copy to be used for
the simulation.
5) Create a click-box with actions appropriate to what you
are trying to do - in most cases, a "Next Slide" option will be the
right action.
6) Place the click-box over (directly on top of) the first
automatically-created highlight box (or just replace the highlight
with the click-box, as you wish) . . .
7) Copy the newly created click-box to the Windows clipboard.
8) Change your view to "Storyboard" view instead of
single-slide "Edit" view.
9) The bright red - and thick - highlight boxes should be
easy to see in Storyboard view - you may have to make the thumbnail
size "large".
10) Paste (CTRL+V) the click-box (on the clipboard) to each
slide on which there is a red highlight-box.
11) When pasting is complete, go back to each slide and
manually place the click-box over the highlight.
12) You are done. You may elect to keep the highlight boxes,
or discard them. Their purpose was primarily to show you which
slides require the insertion of the click-box .
This works because during "Demo" recording, a highlight box
is (by default) placed on every slide - and at the exact location -
that a click-box would be placed if you were using one of the
simulation modes for the recording.
For converting existing projects, you can accomplish the
same thing by making a copy of the demo movie, then changing the
width and color of the first highlight-box so it is nice and
visible, then selecting the "
Apply to All" option for that highlight box - to change all
the rest without any more work.
Hope this helps - it really can cut hours off the conversion
process. Have a great day!
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