Is Aggregator Project available in Captivate 3?

If not, is there something similar?  And how do I find it...

Hi there
Yep, if you could use something like Aggregator you would still end up with a single humongous file as it packages many Captivate outputs into a single SWF.
Sounds like you just need to break the training into smaller segments.
Cheers... Rick
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