Captivate Slides

I hope someone can help me. For whatever reason, whenever I
record let's say a document like MS WORD (or anything for that
matter) in which I'm recording how to input data, when recording is
completed, Captivate only shows a white slide. Nothing and I mean
nothing else is there. Now here's where things get interesting. I
go to my temp files and lo and behold, there are the temp flash
files and when I click on them I see the actual recording. I also
have an older version of Captivate called Macromedia Captivate on
the same system. I don't hink this would cause this.
Anyway, this baffles me and I am quite frustrated. What is
wrong? I have no idea. I have moved the Adobe Captivate program to
my external hard drive thinking that that would help but nothing. I
moved the temp files to the external hard drive and still nothing.
I'm using Windows XP Pro with SP2 installed.
Can anyone offer any suggestions on this as I have
major projects for clients looming and this is not going to
work.

Hi smejus57
There is no inherent capability for this built into Captivate
of either version. One possible workaround would be to use
something like TechSmith's SnagIt to capture each Captivate slide
while you are playing the movie. Then import each of the screen
captures into PowerPoint. But that's only if you desire to create
individual slides in PowerPoint that are based on the slides
produced in Captivate. Another option would be to insert the
Captivate movie itself on a single PowerPoint slide and have it
play right there. For information on how to accomplish this,
click here and follow
what is described in the Technical Note. Although it generically
refers to "Flash" content, think "Captivate movie" where you see
mentions of Flash.
Cheers... Rick

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Hi,
How to embed a pdf into a captivate slide (for LMS publication)?
WebObject doesn't work...
Thanks

I accomplished this by publishing my PDF to a directory I called "PDFWebObjectEmbedFiles" on my webserver outside of where my published project lives.
For example...the PDF to embed lived at:
http://mydomain.com/PDFWebObjectEmbedFiles/file_name_of_PDF_to_embed.pdf
Then I went inside of Captivate and inserted the Web Object widget. I put the URL to my PDF inside the widget. Then it loads perfectly with no problem.
Hope this helps.

Changing text in a Captivate slide?

I thought I saw a demonstration in the past that
showed to the text within a Captivate slide could be modified. The
slide were imported from PowerPoint originally. Would I have to
delete the slide and recreate another one in PowerPoint and import
it? I hope there is an alternative to that. Anyone have any
suggestions?
Thanks, as always!
Dean

Salim --
While you didn't really address me with your query, I can
comment on a relevant workflow.
In very large project teams, the individuals doing the
software screen captures are not necessarily the Instructional
Designers. I often come across situations where the Instructional
Designer has created the basic content for a lesson using
PowerPoint (because that's the tool of their choice) -- but that
content needs to be blended with Captivate content.
If it were possible to bring in the text from a PowerPoint
project, then I'd no longer have to retype many slides of text --
and in the process, risk introducing typographical errors.
Those kinds of options remove workflow constraints that
frustrate customers. Some don't want to be forced to use a screen
recording tool to organize their material -- and the Captivate
users don't want to rebuild supporting content that someone
upstream already put together.

Swf on captivate slide too big

I created a flash animation that looks like movie credits --
text which scrolls from bottom to top. The flash animation is 590 x
150. The published swf file looks fine. But when I put it on a
Captivate slide (with Insert>Animation) where the Captivate
project is 630 x 425 , the animation object ignores its 590x150
size and plays full screen, moving over the top of other elements
on the slide. I've checked the animation properties--the size of
the object is set to 590 x 150.
How can I make it play at the size I intended?

Did you create the SWF in Flash and then embed it in
Captivate? If so, did you publish the Flash SWF for the same Flash
Player version as your Captivate movie. For example, if you are
publishing your Captivate movie for FP7, did you also publish your
Flash SWF for FP7 (or earlier)?
If your Flash SWF is for v8, and your Captivate movie is for
v7, then that MIGHT be the problem.

Link to RH topics from embedded Captivate slide?

RH10, WebHelp, Captivate 6
Hi,
I've been using RH for years, but I'm new at Captivate.
I want to have a rollover effect in a WebHelp topic, whereby the user can hover the mouse pointer over a graphic and a window will pop up. Inside the pop-up window will be hyperlinks to topics within the same WebHelp project.
My understanding so far is that I can insert a Captivate slide in WebHelp topic to achieve this. The Captivate slide would contain the background graphic, and a "rollover slidelet".
My question is, at what point do I create the hyperlinks to WebHelp topics in the slidelet? Must I do this in Captivate, and if so how do I specify the target path of the link?
Or can I do this linking after I embed the Captivate slide and slidelet into the WebHelp project?

Hmmm, for some reason I keep forgetting they added that capability to Captivate 6.
Okay then, what you have to do is consider where the Captivate movie will be (as in what folder) at the time it is presented within the WebHelp. So if you are linking to topic XXX.htm and inside RoboHelp, that topic is inside a folder named FolderOne, it's going to depend on the folder the Captivate movie is in. Often, they are inserted at the project root. So if this turns out to be the case, you would insert the following into the field:
FolderOne/XXX.htm
I'll give my theory a try and see if it works for me.
Keep in mind that the links will likely fail when you test locally unless you add the project location to the list of trusted locations for the Flash Player.
Cheers... Rick

Importing other Captivate Slides

When I import other captivate slides or objects into my
current project, if I try to save after that point, my system
becomes unstable and Captivate comes up "Not Responding" and will
not close by any means other than a system restart.
Anyone else have this problem?
Solutions??

I am having the same problem. When I import a slide, any
slide, and try to save the project with the imported slide, the
application goes, really, really, slow. My computer has 1GB of Ram.
When Windows XP is finished loading, I still have 500MB of RAM for
applications. I also checked to make sure this incident was not
isolated on my computer. So I installed Captivate 2 on another
computer with 1GB of RAM and it still had the same problem I
described above. The funny thing is, if I leave my computer on
overnight, the import finally works. But that is absurd, Captivate
2 users can't wait more than 5 min for a slide to import. Somebody
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RTMP video repeating (playing twice) while Captivate Slide paused. Anyone else seen this ?

I have a project that is published as SCORM 1.2 with a bunch of RTMP videos served from CloudFront. I tend to set the Slide duration to 5 secs and the Buffer value to 3Secs and choose Auto-Play, Auto-Rewind Display for Rest of Slde, and select "Pause slide till end of video". These settings typically have worked fine but recently some of the videos are repeating (playing twice) while Captivate Slide paused. I've tried all sorts of combinations but it seems intermittent. I thought of not pausing the Slide and setting the slide duration to the video duration plus a little extra but am a little worried that if there is buffering that the Captivate presentation will go ahead before the video finishes. Could anyone shed any light ?
Fergal

yes, they are SWF 8 files, and i see them separately after i
publish from captivate...is there a way to force them to embed (if
thats better)? it seems like it kind of randomly decides which it
wants to do.
also, i do have the source files and i'll try that blank
frame and let you know if that fixes anything. thanks!

Controling Captivate Slide elements from flash widget

I am creating a widget in Flash and I am able to control the captivate movie by widget. But I do not know how to control the elements (clickbox, highlightbox or images) appearing on slide.
Is it possible to show/hide and image appearing in captivate slide from flash widget.

I have the same issue.
I have a button "Button_1" that I am trying to turn invisible, and have tried:
var myRoot:MovieClip = MovieClip(root);
var mainmov:MovieClip = MovieClip(myRoot.parent.root);
mainmov.slide0__color_mc.Button_1.visible = false;
Also tried:
mainmov.Button_1.visible = false;
Neither works.

Adding captivate "slides" to presenter

I have a presentation created in captivate. I would like to add each of the slides from captivate to a corresponding slide in PowerPoint and publish. I want to do this because I like the sidebar and other features that presenter offers.
I first publish my captivate file, then I go into PowerPoint and use the swf insert function. I only see one file, with the first "slide". how do I get a file that would correspond to each of the captivate slides?
the other way to do this if there was a way to have the same side bar features in captivate as their is with presenter, but I don't think there is.
Captivate V 5
Presenter V 7.
windows 7
PowerPoint 2007
thanks

sbalk,
A Captivate project, by default, creates a consolidated SWF file; so taking your question a bit further, in order to have separate SWFs on the same number of slides in Presenter, you'd have to have the same number of independant SWF files from Captivate to begin with.
However, there's actually a much bigger challenge here, and that has to do with the integration of Captivate 5 files w/ Presenter. Without getting technical here, the bottom line is that inserting Cp5 files into the current version of Adobe Presenter will not work or operate properly. This has to do with a "programming mismatch" between the two software applications.
My best recommendation is to link out to your Captivate content from a slide in PowerPoint. Paresh at Adobe put together a brief tutorial on this: https://admin.adobe.acrobat.com/_a295153/presenterhyperlinks/
So in order to have separate Captivate SWFs across a number of slides in Presenter, you're probably looking at splitting up your Captivate project into a number of smaller "units" and then linking to each unit from a slide in PowerPoint. Not ideal, I know, but until Presenter undergoes a revision/release/upgrade, there's not much better news here.
Rob

Can you manually advance a Captivate slide presentation with a remote control and a projector.

I have published a large volument of PowerPoint presentations with Captivate 5.0 and intend to distribute the presentations to live instructors as a means to control content delivered live by instructors to the students. The files are aggregrated into groups of lessons and published to PDF with a Table of Contents.
We need to avoid manually advancing the show from the laptop.
Having difficulty determining how to use remote control via laptop and projector to advance the next slide or presentation. Can't get it to work. Was able to do so previously with PowerPoint slides converted to PDF shows. Remotes/Laser pointers worked fine. But now that I have processed the shows through Captivate 5.0 can seem to find a remote that will work with the new PDF or SWF with our systems.
We use a laptop and projection system, so need to be able to advance the show to the next "slide" manually and are trying to figure out how to do it with a remote control.
Has anyone else experienced this challenge and did you find a solution?.

Hi Carey,
if you can apply the letter "A" for "next" to your remote control?
Then you could add a shortcut to your buttons in the captivate file.
In deapth:
Go to a PPT importet slide (using the "click mouse" option to continue".
Click somewhere in the screen (clickbox_xx will be selected).
Properties - Action - Shortcut. Click it and press "A".
Click somewhere on the stage.
Now when you press your next button on the remote, Captivate will receive an "A" and continue to the next slide.
Hope this helps
Best
TD

Game created in Flash(SWF) how do you determine the end on one Captivate slide so you can proceed?

I know this discussion title is long, but here's the background...
We've created a game in Flash which created a SWF file and imported that SWF file into Captivate 5.5 as an animation.
Because it's a game, it can take someone 1 minute or 10 minutes to complete it.
I would like the slide to end when the individual playing the game ends (the SWF animation) and then move onto the next slide.
I've tried several different settings but nothing works.
Please advise.
Thank you,
Dave

I am no expert, and there may be better soltuions but as I see it there are two options:
1. Easy solution - Add a button in captivate to allow the user to manually navigate to the next slide (the button can be present the whole time allowing the user to nominate when they want to proceed)
2. More difficult solution: Turn the flash file into a widget. At the end of the game get the widget to set the variable rdcmndResume to 1
More information on creating widgets (and a framework for creating widgets more easily): http://www.infosemantics.com.au/widgetking/blog-2/

Text Missing from SWF in Captivate Slide

I inserted an SWF on my first slide in my
presentation. When I press F3, it works great. When I press F4 to
preview the project, the file plays but the text that is within
this file, is not visible. I have changed backgrounds and
transparencies, and I still have no text. This text is animated and
I don't know if this is part of the problem.

Did you create the SWF in Flash and then embed it in
Captivate? If so, did you publish the Flash SWF for the same Flash
Player version as your Captivate movie. For example, if you are
publishing your Captivate movie for FP7, did you also publish your
Flash SWF for FP7 (or earlier)?
If your Flash SWF is for v8, and your Captivate movie is for
v7, then that MIGHT be the problem.

Problem adding Video to Captivate Slide

Hi,
I'm having a problem adding an FLV video file to Captivate. Basically, after I've published to a SWF file, the video doesn't appear on the slide at all. It's just blank.
After researching a bit, I found that the FLV file MUST include *metadata*.
However, I added medatada with VLC Media Player, and it still shows the same behavior. Must it include a certain *amount* of metadata? Is there a *type* of metadata without which the video will not show?
Adobe's Help thread talks about something called the "Flash Video Kit" - is that a stand alone product or an extension of another product? Is it free? Are there any other free alternatives?
I'm just very confused.
Thank you!

I ended up answering my own question. But just in case this helps anyone else, I'm going to post my solution.
Essentially, I just re-created the video in MP4 format. Then I used MetaZ (for Mac) to write Meta Data to the video. Lastly, I imported the video as an object and when I published the video, Captivate transmuted it to the necessary FLV format.
Now the video displays properly.

508 Compliance issue: Subtitling Captivate Slides, esp for Breeze

My organization is designing a software demonstration for the
Department of Labor, so our work must be 508 compliant. I think I
can make our simulation work with screen readers, but I must also
include subtitles for the audio instructions in order to make it
fully 508 compliant. Is it possible to include a separate notes
pane when publishing from Captivate to Breeze?
In the past, when we've published our PowerPoint
presentations to Breeze, the end user is able to determine whether
or not to display the notes for the audio, and when they do, a
separate pane opens underneath the presentation. I can't seem to
duplicate this feature in Captivate. The software we're explaining
takes up a great deal of the screen real estate-- placing text
boxes over the simulation would not work. Any ideas or suggestions?
Thanks!

Hello again Scott
Here's the deal.
1. The workaround I'm about to present was not developed by
me. It was developed by my friend and colleague John Daigle. I just
don't want to take credit that isn't due.
2. This workaround hasn't seemed to work for some folks. Why
isn't clear yet.
So here goes.
Publish your output to a temporary folder. When you publish,
make sure that you have selected Flash Player 7 where you see Flash
Player Version. It is normally the default, so unless you
specifically changed it, you shouldn't need to change it. But it's
critical that this version appear here. Otherwise, the process is
moot.
After you publish, back in the Captivate project, wherever
you have a full motion clip, insert a blank slide immediately
preceding the full motion clip. Configure the Slide timing to match
the full motion clip. Note the name of the full motion clip.
On the new Blank slide, click Insert > Animation... and
browse to that temporary folder you created earlier when you
published. Insert the corresponding full motion clip you should
find there.
Delete the slide with the original full motion clip.
Rinse and repeat until all slides with full motion clips have
been eradicated and you have new slides consisting of the "other"
full motion clips you published.
Now publish again. Again, be sure you choose Flash Player 7.
Assuming this works for you, you should end up with a single
.SWF that is the sum of all the former .SWF files. The only real
exception to this is if you used some of the supplied Flash
Animation. A few of those here and there will still result in
additional .SWF files.
Give that a go and let us know how you fare. As I said
earlier, others have tried this and it failed for them. Which
puzzled me, because it works for John and myself.
Cheers... Rick

Is there an Adobe Captivate Slider Bar Widget?

Hi all,
I am wanting to add a slider bar (with associated variable) to my Captivate 8 project.
Does such a thing exist? I've had a good look online, and have also checked out all of the available widgets that come with Captivate.
I should mention, that I want to use the slider for adjusting a variable on the screen, rather than a volume control or similar in the player skin.
I've found that there is a third party slider from Infosemantics, though looking at their site, although this widget is compatible with Captivate 8 it doesn't work with the HTML5 output. I want my content to as Flash/HTML5 compatible so this unfortunately won't work for me.
It seems such an obvious thing to have included with Captivate so I'm surprised I can't find it.
Any help much appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Simon

Thanks Lilybiri.
I took a look at that, though ideally was after something that did both SWF and HTML5.
I'm surprised that Adobe haven't bundled one in as I'd imagine quite a few people would want to add a slider to their projects.
Thanks again,
Simon

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