Generating a demo or tutorial is easy and straightforward. The steps in the following example show you how to create your demo or tutorial (for this example we will use a screenshot size of 450 x 500 pixels):

1. Start TurboDemo and click on "File | New Project" from the toolbar
2. Specify a screenshot size of 450 (width) x 500 (height) pixels. TurboDemo will draw a red rectangle of 450 x 500 pixels on your screen
3. Open your application in the red frame. Fit your application into this red rectangle using the hot-keys CTRL+SHIFT+P or CTRL+SHIFT+R
4. With every click of your mouse in the red rectangle area TurboDemo will capture the process. Capturing can also be done by pressing the "Pause" key on your keyboard
5. After repeating step 4, you can end capturing by clicking on the TurboDemo icon in the System Tray. When this icon is hidden from view, then press the "Print" key on your keyboard
6. Edit your project, here you can add balloons, animated objects, etc
7. Click "File | Generate Demo / Publish Demo" from the toolbar and select the format of your demos and tutorials: Flash, Java/HTML, EXE or AVI uncompressed

Please follow these steps to generate or publish your demo or tutorial:

1. Start TurboDemo and click on "File | Open Project" from the toolbar
2. Select "File | Generate Demo / Publish Demo" from the toolbar and then choose the format of your demos and tutorials you wish to generate: Flash, Java/HTML, EXE, ASF, etc

If you wish to put your demo on your homepage or perhaps another website, then you will have to upload the demo files to a web server.

The display time of a slide is calculated using the parameters set in the menu "Project | Options". By adjusting the "Minimum Reading Time", "Mouse Cursor Speed", etc. you can alter the display time of a slide and the demo.

If your "Screenshot Wizard" does not appear anymore, it has been disabled at some stage by someone. You can reactivate this option by clicking the menu "View | Show Screenshot Wizard".

You can create these by using the draw objects of TurboDemo. For every drawn object you can easily assign an action (e.g. jump, open url, etc.).

1. Add your desired area by using the "Draw Objects" (such as freehand shape, rectangle or ellipse)
2. Double click your defined object to assign it to the URL
3. In the field "URL" you can insert an internet address, an e-mail address or any hyperlink you wish

If the user clicks on the defined area, the URL will be opened. As examples you can open external web pages from a demo or even start another demo.

After you have completed your project you are then able to alter the resolution size if required. You can shrink your project resolution size or enlarge it. This feature is accessible from the menu "File | Resize Project".

We recommend that any resizing of projects is completed before you add any objects (e.g. notes, balloons, etc.) as the object positioning can be effected afterwards.

Sound can be added different ways:

• When you are in the thumbnail overview, you can click on the speaker symbol of the specific slide
• In the single slide mode, you will find a speaker icon in the toolbar

Using either of these icons you will be prompted with the "Audio Wizard" which allows you to record or import a sound. The "Advanced Mode" of the wizard allows you to access the "Audio Editor" which has additional functions such as copy, cut, normalize and much more.

You can hide the mouse cursor using this icon which is situated in the toolbar or in the menu "Slide | Hide Mouse Pointer". Changing the appearance of the mouse cursor is available by double clicking the cursor icon in the slide or in the menu "Slide | Choose a Mouse Pointer".

To explain this, we need to explain how TurboDemo works:

• The "blue circle" is the mouse cursor's start point and the "red circle" is the mouse cursor's end point
• The path between these points is automatically calculated by TurboDemo
• When you create a screenshot with TurboDemo, the software looks at the current mouse cursor position (the start point)
• On shooting the next screenshot TurboDemo looks again as to where the mouse cursor is located and takes the new coordinates (the end point)
• The mouse cursor's end point on a slide is always the start point of the next slide. So as an example, if you moved the start point (blue circle) on a slide then you will see that in the previous slide the end point (red circle) position has also changed.

A "Rollover" is an object that shows you a balloon or image if you move your mouse over a specific spot on the demonstration. This is normally used if you want to explain different parts on the screen without polluting it with notes and balloons that always remain on the slide.

This happens usually if the demo is created in full screen. The problem is that the navigation bar is attached at the bottom or at the right side of the demonstration, therefore the navigation is just out of sight. As a workaround you could use either the resize option (menu "File | Resize Project"), which will reduce the project size for you so that you can see the navigation bar or alternatively you can select a hidden control panel when exporting your project.

Screenshots can be added to an existing project using the menu "Project | Add Screenshots". These new screenshots will be added directly to the end of your current project. If you wish to insert new screenshots at an exact point within your project, select the slide you want the new screenshot(s) to go before and then select "Project | Insert Screenshots". There are also other options to add/insert images or blank slides.

Demos can be linked together by using the URL function found in the menu "Slide | Insert Slide Action". Just type in the location as a relative path (/demo/demoname.swf) and the demo will be opened directly after the specific slide. If the demo is in the same folder, just type the file name.

Yes, it is possible. To do so requires each PowerPoint slide to be exported as a bitmap and then imported into your TurboDemo project. Alternatively you can run your PowerPoint presentation and capture each slide as it appears.

Unfortunately text animations within your presentation are not able to be captured. For this functionality and for a quick "single click" capture we recommend you use our ALLCapture product.

This functionality is available in all versions of TurboDemo but the instructions can differ.

In version 7.0 or later, the creation of a transparent pause button is made very simple. Insert a pause button onto your slide, right mouse click on it and select "Make Invisible". To make it visible again, right mouse click and unselect "Make Invisible".

Please view our detailed information section for instructions for version 6.5 or earlier by clicking on the "i" button below.

If you wish to upgrade to the latest version of TurboDemo please click here.

TurboDemo Standard provides less interactivity as the Professional version and your projects can only be exported as SWF and animated GIF formats. TurboDemo Professional provides all the features found in our trial version but without limitation.

To see a more detailed comparison of these and our other TurboDemo versions click here.

TurboDemo requires:

• Microsoft Windows 95 or later
• at least 50 MB of free hard disk space
• 128 MB RAM or more (more memory will improve the performance)
• SVGA graphic card or better

YouTube accepts a wide range of video file formats such as .WMV, .AVI, .MOV and .MPG transferred from most digital cameras, camcorders and mobile phones.

At first sight, TurboDemo does not support these formats, however YouTube seamlessly accepts our ASF format.

We've found that files converted from .wmv to one of the other formats our webpage accepts generally have a lower playback quality than other file formats. If you have your source video in a format other than a .wmv file, you may want to encode directly to MPEG4 (DivX, Xvid, SVQ3) at 640x480 resolution, with 64k Mono MP3 Audio. If you have a source .wmv in high bitrate and larger resolution you may want to convert to MPEG4 at full resolution and then resizing to 320x240 using a high quality resizing algorithm - this can help reduce the number of artifacts you end up with.