Adobe Captivate 5.5 over 6

I really need to have Captivate 5.5. I have looked for a trial version to download. I found the trial on Adobe but when I click to download the trial, it makes me download v.6. I already have 6 and it doesn't work for us. I need 5.5. Any ideas?

Hi quejota,
Please follow the steps below carefully to download Captivate 5.5
1. Navigate to Captivate 6 downloads page : https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?loc=en_us&product=captivate
2. Sign in with your Adobe ID
3. Copy and paste the following links on the address bar one at a time and hit enter :
Adobe Captivate 5.5 English Mac
http://trials2.adobe.com/AdobeProducts/CPTV/5_5/osx10/Captivate_5_5_WWEFDJ.dmg
Adobe Captivate 5.5 English Windows
http://trials.adobe.com/AdobeProducts/CPTV/5_5/win32/Captivate_5_5_WWEFDJ.7z
http://trials.adobe.com/AdobeProducts/CPTV/5_5/win32/Captivate_5_5_WWEFDJ.exe
4. Save the files depending on the OS you are using.
5. Run the .exe if on Windows or the .dmg if on MAC.

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I am shunned because I am a woman and no one helps me with anything because I am supposed by a tacit rule to be with women ALL THE TIME and I am failing in what I am supposed to do. I have no means of using my brain or actively pursuing science and technology, and others in it will not speak to me because of my defiance of that rule. I hope some MAN who doesn't mind will volunteer answers and I promise not to bother you again. I won't speak to you again, I wont come ont his site again, I have women's numbers.I wil be very grateful if you help me
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All I can say is... wow! I'm not sure where you live, but it sounds sort of "stuck in time" if you are really made to feel like an outcast just because your body has different parts.
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I was able to record video correctly, using the "Full Motion" mode. But when I use the other 2 available modes: I.e,Automatic, and Manual, I am not able to record. What happens it, I merely get a still picture upon playback, that runs as a video for 3 seconds. It turns out somewhere in "settings" there is a default which says slide length =3sec. It looks like what I am getting recorded is a single slide, containing the very 1st scene. What have I done wrong?
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What I need to record are slides, some of which contain video and speech, some containing video but no speech,some are stills. In the Full Motion Mode The video is being recorded split into many bits, and these bits (slides) are unequal in length, the first slide being of longest duration, the last slide is of shortest duration. Should they not equal in length? Also how to convert into "normal" formats like AVI? What kind of media player would play these presentations/slide shows when each slide is a short video? Further I do not hear any audio.
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Namasté... Rick
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