Using the Screen Recorder

The Screen Recorder is in Tools > More Tools.

You can use the Screen Recorder to capture the actions on a flipchart, desktop flipchart, the desktop, or another application, provided that your hardware supports this. Animations are saved as .avi files (Audio Video Interleave).

You can choose to capture the full screen, or only an area of the screen.

  1. Select Screen Recorder . Then select Fullscreen Recorder or Area Screen Recorder.

    • If you selected Area Screen Recorder, the screen is greyed out, the 'Area Screen Recorder' Dialog Box opens and a white box appears on the screen.

    • Click and drag the box to resize it and position it over the area you want to record, then click Launch Recorder.

  1. Click Menu  if you want to choose the type of Video Compression and Audio Format. Available options depend on your computer and its devices and supporting software.

  1. When you are ready to begin, click Record . The 'Save a Recorder File' Dialog Box opens.

  2. Browse to the location where you want to save the file, enter a filename, then click Save. The recording begins. While recording is in progress, the button flashes alternately red and blue.

 

You can click the following buttons at any time:

 Cancel the recording.

 Pause the recording, click again to resume.

 Stop the recording.

 

To play a recent recording, click . The media player installed on your computer opens and plays the file.

 

For details of application settings for the Screen Recorder, see Reference > Settings > Recordings.

For details of how to access settings, see Choosing application settings.