Do It! – Manual Advance Mode
When a topic is played in Do It! – Manual Advance mode, the Do It! window opens on top of the target application. The top section of the window includes step-by-step instructions for completing the task. When you complete a step, you click the Next Step button to display instructions for the next step or to skip a step. The Previous Step button appears after you perform the first step in the topic, allowing you to move back to a previous step. If a key combination was set in the Preferences window, you can use that combination to advance to the next step in Do It! – Manual Advance mode. A key combination is not available to navigate back to the previous step, however.
The bottom section of the Do It! window displays a graphic that illustrates how the screen should appear in the live application for the step. On the graphic, a marquee surrounds the area in which you should perform the action in the live application. You can drag the graphic to reposition it within the Do It! window, if necessary. You can also drag the lower right corner of the Do It! window to resize it and display more of the graphic. You can use the Show/Hide Graphic button to toggle the display of the graphic in the Do It! window, if desired. You can also move the Do It! window to another area of the screen by dragging the title bar to the desired location on the screen.
You can control the playback in Do It! mode using the Actions link that appears in the Do It! window. The links found in the Actions window are described below:
Link |
Description |
Show next Alternative action |
Display other ways to perform the current step. This link only appears when other ways to perform the current step are defined in the authoring process. |
Next Step |
Advance to the next step. |
Previous Step |
Return to the previous step. |
Restart Playback |
Return to the first step in the topic and restarts the task. |
Display Concept |
Display individual links that launch the conceptual information for the task. This link will only appear if conceptual task information exists. |
Infoblocks |
Display individual links that launch additional information related to the current screen. This link only appears if additional information exists for the current screen. |
Play |
Display links to launch the topic in See It! or Try It! mode. After viewing the step in See It! or Try It! mode, you can continue in that mode or press ESC to return to Do It! mode. |
Preferences |
Open the Preferences window in which you can set options for the Player. If this link does not appear, your administrator has preset all of the preferences and has prevented them from being changed. |
Help |
Displays the Player Help window. |
Tutorial |
Open the Do It! tutorial dialog box, which you can use to view or print the tutorial. This link does not appear if tutorials have been disabled by your administrator. |
Close Topic |
Exit Do It! mode. |
1. Start the target application.
2. Start the Player.
3. Expand the outline items as necessary to display topics.
4. Click a topic.
5.
Click Do It! .
6. Click Next Step to start the task, if necessary.
7. Perform the currently displayed step as indicated in the Do It! window.
8. Click Next Step after completing the step.
9. Repeat steps 7 and 8 to complete all steps for the task.
10. Click Close to complete the task.