How to NOT publish text captions

Hello,
I wonder if there is the possibility to publish a Captivate movie without text captions? I can publish a movie without mouse and without audio, but I would also like to publish it without any text captions while still keeping the captions in the original Captivate document.
I use Captivate 4.
Thanks in advance.

Hi there
I hope you consider submitting a wish form to advise Adobe that this is a desired workflow. It does sound intriguing. To advise Adobe, you submit a Wish Form. The link to that is in my sig line.
Cheers... Rick
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