Bug in CP5 Object Style Manager?

Hi,
I created own styles using the Object Styles Manager and everything seems to be fine. However, when I create a new project the character size is always automatically changed to '22' although '14' was the predefined font size. This even happens if I create a project from a Project Template or a Master Slide.
The good news is that if I change the setting back to '14' before recording this size will be used for the recording. Nevertheless this is annoying because I want to provide to users a template they can use without any changes.
Best reagrds,
Alex

Hi,
For checking the preference file, you could rename the name of the folder with name "Captivate 5" at the following location:
C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\adobe\Captivate 5.
Also, if you could send me the CP4 .cp file which you are upgrading , it would be great.
Thanks,
Sikandar
Captivate Team

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We received our upgrade of Captivate 5 from Captivate 4. I noticed the Captivate 5 does not use design template as it is replaced with Object Style Manager. I have a question, how do I override objects styles preferences presented to us from a vendor with my department's standard design template? Also, we have two copies of licensed Captivate softwares installed (One in Austin, TX and one in Washington DC).
What I am asking is it possible to export a full Style Manager file from one location and share this file with other computer where 2nd copy is installed? I don't want to export INDIVIDUALLY as I am looking for a full, and complete export?
Secondly, when we receive a Captivate project from a vendor, they have their own object design preferences and we don't want to use their preferences if we present this simulation onto our Learning Content Management System (LCMS) as we want to override preset defaults with our standard design template, is it also possible?
I want to make sure that we exhaust all of our options before we downgrade to Captivate 4 from Captivate 5.
Thanks for taking your time reading this and assistance in advance!

As you've noted, Cp5 doesn't use Design Templates, and neither does it have anything exactly equivalent to CSS or style sheets that can be applied quickly and easily across multiple projects, as you can do with web pages.
You can export all styles from a current Captivate 5 project and import the entire style set into another Cp5 project. However, in current Cp5 functionality the imported styles do not overwrite existing styles that may have the same name, and this includes the default styles. What you end up with is a lot of additional styles that have the same name with a number appended to the end to differentiate them from existing styles. Do this once or twice and things can get very messy very quickly.
We've logged a request for Adobe to consider adding the ability for authors to choose whether or not to overwrite existing styles with identical names on import. Hopefully this will happen soon. For the present however, you need to work around the issue as best you can.
If your vendor sends you a project with an existing set of styles that are customised versions of the default styles, my suggestion is that you create your own style set with unique names (e.g. a two or three letter prefix to identify them in the Object Style Manager lists) and then import the entire set as a single file into your projects.
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This is happening as the Text caption, Rollover caption uses the same style as its default style. You can try creating a seperate style for the Rollover caption.
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Thanks for your responses :-)
I'm working on Windows 8.1... I think that I may have found the issue... I was saving the file in a project directory rather than the default My Captivate Projects folder...
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Hi There,
Have you checked Object Style Manager window in a new blank project in Captivate ?
If issue exists in a new blank project as well then please close Captivate first and then clean it preferences by going to :-
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In Cp4, it was possible to change the style of an object and then apply those changes throughout the entire project.
How is this accomplished in Cp5?
I have set up a default style for captions but it seems like I can only change the style of individual captions (one at a time) in the properties of each caption.
Is there a hidden "apply to all" feature in Cp5?
Thank you

Hello Lilybiri,
I really tried to follow your example but it simply did not work for me.
>Supposing I already have a lot of Text Captions and decide to change their style, which can include font,
>caption style, alignment, colors....
Yes.
>All Text Captions up to that moment did use the Default Caption Style as it was set in
>the Object Style Manager...
>If you want to change object styles for future projects you have to set them in the
>Object Style Manager without any project opened.
This is problem one. I have one standard caption style for all my courses. I have changed the default in the Object Style Manager with and without a project opened. The change simply doesn't stick! Additionally, I have exported a new style to a .cps.
Let me pick through your instructions:
1. First, I open a project.
2. I open the Object Style Manager and notice that the default caption style is back to the original Adobe default (Adobe blue).
3. I import my new caption style. The style is called NewTextCaptionStyle.
4. On the first slide, I select the first text caption (in Adobe Blue).
>I then change one Text Caption to the new style and a + sign appears next to the
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How do you come to that? The moment I go to the first slide and select the first text caption, it already shows: "+[Default Caption Style]" I have not changed the caption style yet. If I select my desired caption style (NewTextCaptionStyle) from the pull down menu, there is no "+" symbol. I cannot follow this step.
In an attempt to interpret your instructions, I went back to the Object Style Manager and changed the default caption style to what I need.
Okay, now the [Default Caption Style] is exactly what I require.
Back at the first slide, I select the first caption (which is still Adobe Blue). Now, I can follow your first step.
>There are 2 quick ways to proceed now:
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I will follow your first method.
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[svn:fx-trunk] 10050: Per-Module Style Management: Create a style manager for each application/module.

Revision: 10050
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2009-09-08 07:43:16 -0700 (Tue, 08 Sep 2009)
Log Message:
Per-Module Style Management: Create a style manager for each application/module.
The singleton StyleManager is still the only style manager that is currently used.
QE notes: None.
Doc notes: None.
Bugs:
Reviewer: Alex
Tests run: checkintests, Managers/StyleManager
Is noteworthy for integration: no
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    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/framework/src/mx/core/FlexModuleFactory.as
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