Product Description

An introduction to the authoring tool, Authorware, used to create highly interactive training and educational applications for delivery across the Web, LANS, and on CD-ROM. The book begins by acquainting readers with the Authorware interface, icon palette, and flow line to build simple presentation structures. From this foundation, readers are provided with opportunities to build a variety of interactive structures to control.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #882111 in Books
• Published on: 2000-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 1000 pages

Customer Reviews

Get ready to have fun with this one!
Where to start? - In essence, beginner-intermediate Authorware users will find some very useful insights into common functions and variables here which can be implemented as a great source for reference, however.......

When I opened this book I browsed the section of most interest to me - the ODBC and Database integration sections. On initial inspection I was very impressed. As a non-programming user of Authorware it seemed I had found just what I was looking for, however after I sat down and started to go through chapters 18 & 19 it wasn't too long before I was left scratching my head! There seems to be, in places steps missing, the book almost seems to switch between a novice guide to an advanced level then back again, it soon became very, very frustrating having to re-trace which sections I needed to delete before starting over! - On occasions I gave up and just had to copy the source files that accompany the book, which is all well and good but surely not the point of the exercises.

In conclusion, putting aside the sometimes poor construction of the user guides, the information is there to be seen, there is no question that the authors of the book really know how to use Authorware but from a teaching source point of view beginners - get ready for some late nights trying to make sense of certain sections, intermediate/advanced user - potential reference guide and nothing more! - Sorry :-)