Import animation from Flash...

Is there a way to export an animation out of Flash and into Captivate? What I'm talking about isn't the animation itself I guess, but the motion and effects of an animation to be used in the Effects palette of Captivate under Add Effects>Browse. I know the accepted format is XML, so I guess that is what it would need to be. To hopefully better explain, lets say I create an effect in Flash for text that I really like, is it then possible to make that animation available in Captivate to apply to text in a slide? I'm guessing not, but figured I would ask. TIA!

Yes, as long as you are talking about a Classic tween, you can export it as a XML in Flash and use that as a custom effect in Captivate.

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