Player Defaults

You can configure the following Player options that are in effect whenever you preview the Player modes from the Developer. This allows you to preview topics directly from the Developer in a Player environment that emulates what your users experience when they play your content from their Player environment. These options are also used as the defaults when you publish a Player package for the first time; however, you can also override these options from the Publishing Wizard.

Convert screenshots to 256 colors: By default, screenshots are converted to 256 colors. This option allows for screenshots in more than 256 colors. This is especially useful for the Player formats so that the screenshots in the simulated playback modes are clearer.
Create links for backward compatibility: You also can choose to create links for backward compatibility. This is an important option if you have created web pages or HTML links to content from a previous version that you have converted into the current version. If you choose this option during publishing, a folder structure is generated that will allow you to keep the existing links without needing to update them. After you publish, open the folder in which you published the content and rename the Linked_folders directory to match the name of the application folder from the previous version. For example, in a previous version, you published a Player package for the WordPad application. Within that Player package, there is a folder called WordPad, in which all the content is located. If you convert that title to the current version and republish it to a Player package using the backward compatibility option, you would rename the Linked_folders folder to WordPad. The pages within this folder will redirect your existing links appropriately into the new content structure.

Note: If you want to use this option, the module names in the content you publish MUST be unique, as the module name is used to determine the folder name.
Include HTML Web Site: You can choose to include the HTML Web Site format when you publish to the Player. The HTML format is contained in a folder called html within the PlayerPackage folder. If this folder is present, the HTML Web Site format will launch if a user has a browser that is not supported by the Browser.
Sound: By default (None), sound files are not included in any of the Player formats. To include sound with the Player, select the quality for sound playback; Low (5.5 kHz), Medium (11 kHz), or High (22 kHz). Medium produces sound files (.FLV) in the published output roughly double that of the Low setting. High produces published sound files (.FLV) roughly double that of the Medium setting.

Format for Print It! mode: If you enable Print It! mode for topics using the Play Modes property, you can use this option to determine which document style is included when you publish formats that support Print It! mode. Choose "none" if you do not want publish Print It! mode (even when topics are assigned this mode). By default, Job Aid and System Process are the only options for Print It! mode. However, other styles can appear as choices by copying the PrintItStyle setting XML from Style.xml file of the Job Aid or System Process document styles and pasting the XML into the document style that you want included in the Print It list.

Also, if you are using a custom category to store the styles, you must make sure you choose it in Publishing Preview on the Tools, Options dialog box. The style you choose here will be the default when you publish any format that supports Print It! mode. However, you can also change the document style options when you publish content.

With the Player output, you also have the following presentation options.

Option	Description
Marquee color	Set the color for the marquee (or highlight) that appears in See It!, Try It! and Do It! modes. The default marquee color is red.
Play audio	All available sound option (default) - Play any available sound files during playback. Keyboard and mouse clicks - Play only keyboard and mouse clicks during playback in See It! mode. These sounds are FLV files, delivered in the Audio folder of published content, that play automatically when keyboard and mouse clicks occur in See It! mode playback. No Sound - Disables sound during playback. Note: The user must have Flash 9.0 or greater installed to play sound in the Player.
Show introduction text	This option controls whether the Introduction frame appears when a topic is played in the Player. Select this option to show the Introduction frame as the first frame during playback and deselect it to suppress the frame.
Enable users to change their Player preferences	If you enable this option, the Player will include a Preferences link that enables any user to change the settings. If you disable this option, the Preferences link does not appear in the Player.
Enable skipping in Try It! mode	Select this option to enable the user to advance to the next step in Try It! mode by pressing Enter instead of performing the action in the bubble.
Enable Direct Do It!	When a user launches Player content in a context-sensitive manner from a target or web application and only one topic is returned, the topic is automatically launched in Do It! mode when this option is on. This option is off by default. Note that the topic must also be configured for Do It mode using the Play modes property. You can close Direct Do It and display the full TOC with the View Outline link on the Action menu.
Key combination for advancing in Do It! mode	Configure a key combination for advancing to the next step in Do It! mode, if you do not want to use the default combination
Default playback mode	This option controls the default mode launched when double clicking on a topic in the outline. The default is Try It! mode.