Exporting to Flash Question.

My client created individual Captivate demos. I would like to
import them into flash and place them on a custom background with
logo as well as build a flash menu to jump from Captivate section
to section.
I'm wondering if when exporting a file to flash then opening
up in the Flash environment how will Flash build/ display the
content on the timeline, how much can I edit it and will it publish
out of Flash and display fine? Is there anything from Captivate
that will get lost in this process such as audio or playback
quality, etc.... I would try this myself but I'm on a Mac, our PC
has the Captivate demo with no flash (I believe you need both
programs in order to have the export option available) and I don't
want to purchase flash for this computer if it won't do what I need
it to.
Hope someone can help,
Thanks,
Jason

Hello Jason,
Please find below the current Captivate 2 Export limitations:
508 compliance: At this time none of
the 508 compliance extensions export to Flash. If this is a
critical aspect of your project, you may want to consider other
options to address all of your accessibility requirements in Adobe
Captivate.
Interface skin: Skins are not
exported through the Flash export function. This means that if your
project uses the new Adobe Captivate 2 menu feature of skins, you
must manually recreate that functionality in the Flash
environment.
Navigation bar: Adobe Captivate
currently does not export the navigation bar used in the interface
skin. If you use this asset in your project, you must manually
create or add it to your Flash project.
Advanced compression: Advanced
compression occurs specifically as part of the Adobe Captivate
publish process.
Slide transitions: Transitions added
to slides are not exported to the Flash environment. If you prefer
to use transitions, you must rebuild the slide-level transitions in
the Flash development environment.
Real-time synchronization: Adobe
Captivate does not export items recorded using the "real-time"
option to the Flash environment. Although the objects exist, the
export process does not retain the timings.
You can learn more about exporting to Flash by reading the
excellent article by Scott Young -
Exporting
your Captivate project to Flash
Regards,
Mark

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