Is my Captivate 3 SWF file 508 compliant?

On the publish screen I did check the 508 box when I
published the file but what does that really mean?
I didn't add and text to the "slide accessibility text"
section on the slides so if I understand it right if they use a
reading program of some sort it will read the text on the
powerpoint slide I imported but my audio obviously won't be read
unless I convert my audio into text and then paste it into each
slide?
My slides have a "next" button that doesn't appear until my
audio has finished.
This is a new area to me and am under the gun to answer the
question. I would appreciate any help.

Hi Ed
What that option does is to enable communication between the
.SWF Captivate produces and a Screen Reading application that
visually impaired users may use. What is fed to the Screen Reading
software is what you enter into that Slide Accessibility Text area.
If you already have audio narration, I think it's a toss up
as to the value the screen readers will offer.
Cheers... Rick

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Are Adobe Captivate swf files not compatible with IE8 or IE9 when inserted into RoboHelp projects?

Hi,
I've published Adobe Captivate swf files and then inserted them into my RoboHelp project. I then synced my RoboHelp project with our website and the videos within online help are not functioning in IE8 or IE9. They are only working in IE11.
Thanks,
Jaimie

Hi there
When a SWF plays in IE, it uses the Flash Player ActiveX control. I'm not 100% sure that different versions of IE would share the install. So if you have one version of IE on your machine, perhaps it either doesn't even have the control added in or it's the wrong version.
One thing I would check in the browsers where the content seems to be missing is to right-click the blank area and see if you coax a Flash pop similar to below:
Then note the version number.
You may find that all that you (or others) need to do is ensure you have at least a specific version of the player/add-in installed.
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Connect Sync not working with Captivate SWF files

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I'm creating material for presentations and discussion in Captivate 8 and using Connect 9.3.
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Any ideas on how to get the sync feature working?
PS: I'm using Captivate to create the slides and publish to SWF in order to preserve the fonts for the brand. Uploading Powerpoint changes the fonts to system defaults (looks very bad) and PDF, provides a clunky or abrupt slide transitions (using captivate fade transitions). Would prefer a better solution to maintain fonts and transitions though.
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Lines over images and around text in Captivate SWF file

My project works & views fine in captivate and when published, it views fine on my mac - through flash player and browsers. But when I send a swf file to the client to view they see odd lines above and below images.
But they dont see the lines when they view the htm file within a browser - then it views fine.
The lines only appear when there's text over an image.
Screen shots attached.
My captivate project was created by importing a Powerpoint document, with images and text on each slide.
I've changed the optimisation / slide quality through prefrences and on each slide to the highest quality.
I've also un-selected the advanced slide compression.
Is there another thing I can try to iron out these lines?
Some of the images within Powerpoint are stretched, would this cause the lines?
Is it a flash player issue?
Or a zooming issue?
Any help is much appreciated!

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I am a new user & just finding my way
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How do you send Captivate projects to clients for review / approval before you supply them with the whole project zipped file?
So far I've been sending them the swf file to check. And have had troubles with them viewing the lines over images and around text. Even though I cant see the lines.
I need the client to see what I'm seeing - a project without any lines.

HREF to open Captivate swf file with Flash Player

Hello all,
I am new to the Captivate world as well as the new window
options within html code.
Currently I am using Captivate to re-create and update a
DemoShield CBT and woudl like to call the .swf file the same way
the DemoShiled file is called within the HTML. The DemoSheild file
is called using a javascript function within a href tag.
Is it possible to do the same with Captivate files? Create a
link that will open a new browser window with the .swf being played
by flash player? (similar to simply double clicking the file within
the folder).

> I am new to the Captivate world as well as the new
window options within
> html
> code.
>
> Currently I am using Captivate to re-create and update a
DemoShield CBT
> and
> woudl like to call the .swf file the same way the
DemoShiled file is
> called
> within the HTML. The DemoSheild file is called using a
javascript
> function
> within a href tag.
>
> Is it possible to do the same with Captivate files?
Create a link that
> will
> open a new browser window with the .swf being played by
flash player?
> (similar
> to simply double clicking the file within the folder).
>
You should be able to use very similar code - buy instead of
pointing to the
swf directly, it's likely you need to point, instead, to the
html file that
is usually published with the swf.
Without seeing the exact code you are talking about with
DemoShield, I'm
reluctant to offer you any alternative. Simply put, a
standard link pointing
to the correct html file should work. You can get clever and
use JavaScript
if you have specific needs, but the standard HTML link should
be fine for
your needs.
Oh - maybe you should look at Captivate's Manu builder, as
perhaps this will
offer what you are looking for.
Steve
Adobe Community Expert: eLearning, Mobile and Devices
European eLearning Summit - EeLS
Adobe-sponsored eLearning conference.
http://www.elearningsummit.eu

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:spry="http://ns.adobe.com/spry">
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Message was edited by: drodax

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How do I get a Captivate SWF file converted for MAC products?

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I really need my program to work on MACs, and my SWF runs perfectly.

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1) Are you trying to publish an HTML5 compatible course, which users can view on their iPad using the Safari browser?
or
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Captivate 2 + Accessibility + 508

Good day all,
I have a question about something in Captivate 2 (was also a
feature in Captivate 1). If you go to the slide properties screen,
there is a button that you can select Accessibility. Once you click
on this, you have the option to insert the text from the slide. It
says at the top that this can be used for users with disabilities
and need the use of a screen reader. My question is, once you've
inserted the text, and check the 508 compliant box on publish, what
exactly has become 508 compliant?
If I try to use a screen reader like Jaws while the
simulation is playing, the screen reader doesn't read the slides.
Should it? I'm a bit confused on how Captivate is exactly 508
compliant!

Hi smejus57
Here is some information I captured at one point in time. It
was put forth by a former Macromedia employee by the name of Dave
Mozealous.
Captivate was only tested with JAWS version 6.1 or later and
Window Eyes 5.0. So make sure the customer is using JAWS 6.1 or
later or Window Eyes 5.0.
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Start JAWS
Open the .htm file
Press Ctrl (shut up jaws)
Press Ctrl+Home (top of page)
Press Arrow down once, listen, then Arrow down again. When on
button, press Enter.
After each slide loads, Press Ctrl+Home before reading.
*NOTE: Make sure you are using the ENTER button to continue,
or whatever key is assigned to the button. Using the Mouse button
makes JAWS incorrectly interpret the accessibility text.
Hopefully this was useful... Rick

Loading Captivate 3 files into Flash CS3

I've experienced and read about making sure that streaming
SWF you wish to unload in AS3 need to be stopped, otherwise the
audio that you may have playing in the continues to play even
though the SWF is no longer disaplyed. I even succussfully do this
with a file that has audio streaming on the main timeline. However,
I am working with some some SWF files created with Captivate 3
(exporting to flash version 9), and I cannot detemine how to stop
the audio from playing.
The audio in question is what Captivate adds - the mouse
clicks and keyboard clicks - to captures I create in a browser, or
any other application. You can suppress these, but I'd rather
figure out this dilemma than go to that side of things.
I'm assuming that the sound effects in the Captivate SWF file
are no on the main timeline, and so I cannot control the playback
of the timeline. Perhaps the sounds are not timeline oriented, but
instead are sound ojects, I don't know. If that were the case, I
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Hi learning_still and welcome to our community
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paste. That would save some time.
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With seamlesstabbing unchecked, how to leave the capitvate swf file?

Hi,
I have a captivate project which is in a popup window and with a link after the captivate swf file.
I have the seamlesstabbing unchecked so user may tab through and focus in the swf.
And I want at the last slide, user can leave the captivate swf, and advance tab to the link.
I have tried Exit but this will close the popup window. I also tried javascrip... captivate.blur() which not worked too.
Does anyone know how?
Thanks,
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I have the seamlesstabbing unchecked so user may tab through and focus in the swf.
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I have tried Exit but this will close the popup window. I also tried javascrip... captivate.blur() which not worked too.
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Thanks,
Misachang

Why do scaled and masked captivate swfs respond to clicks outside the mask? Can it be stopped?

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A click outside the masked Captivate still triggers a click as far as Captivate is concerned, and it throws up a “that’s incorrect” message. Specifically, it only happens when you click in a spot that has masked Captivate “behind” it. In other words, if there would be Captivate there if the mask was turned off, Captivate will respond even when the mask is turned on.
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on mousemove {
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I am using Captivate 5.0 v 5.0.2.630 . I have checked for the latest patches and updates and my software is up to date including the patch that was supposed to correct the problem I am having.
I have a SCORM-compliant course and the SWF file hangs at the loading screen. This usually only happens after the user has launched and exited the course without completing it. But is has happened once with an initial launch of the course. The problem seems to be more prevalent if the user’s browser is Mozilla but it has also happened in IE
The LMS I am using supports both AICC and SCORM compliant content.
I have also changed the scorm_support.js file from var g_nAPI = 0 to var g_nAPI = 1 which was suggested in a March 21 blog post.
Any suggestions would be very gratefully appreciated.

I am having a similar issue. I took the update earlier this week and it seemed to be working until a user fails the quiz and exits the course. When they return to the course it sticks on the grey loading screen - infinitely.
Any suggestions would be most helpful!
We are using IE7
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Geo LMS

So Wat to do? Is there any way to get out as a single swf file from captivate.

Dear friends,
I am beginner in Adobe Captivate. We have a E-learning
project. We are using Dockers as our LMS. Previously we were using
Flash for all. Now we are trying Captivate for better and faster
results. I have few swf files and i inserted al files in Captivate
and i published. So instead of getting single output, am getting
all the swfs, skin swf and html file. Html file is accessing all
swfs and works. But it is not working in Dockers. Single swf will
only work in Dockers. So Wat to do? Is there any way to get out as
a single swf file from captivate. please Help mee.
Thanks
Flashlover

If 'Dockers' cannot handle a .zip file as the content and
instead
requires a single, uncompressed content file, then it is not
SCORM-compliant. The SCORM specification requires the LMS to
handle a
'pif' file (most common is .zip) which contains the lesson
and the
required manifest file. If Dockers doesn't support that then
you can't
do SCORM-compliant content.
Erik
loverflash wrote:
> Dear friends,
>
> We are using
> Dockers as our LMS.
> So instead of getting single output, am
> getting all the swfs, skin swf and html file. Html file
is accessing all swfs
> and works. But it is not working in Dockers. Single swf
will only work in
> Dockers.
>
> Thanks
> Flashlover
>
Erik Lord
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Can Captivate 7's playback controls control Flash swf files?

Hi folks,
I have created a swf file using Adobe Flash and I have imported it as an animation slide in Captivate 7. I have turned on the playback controls to just have the play button and the progress bar. When I export the presentation, the playback controls do not work. The scrubber moves as the presentation is playing, but I can't pause the presentation. When I stop the scrubber or even move it left or right, it does not affect the presentation and it just keeps playing. Am I doing something wrong? I don't want to have to create a custom nav bar in Flash as it would just be easier to use Captivate's playback bar.

I don't think it can be expained quickly as it can be very complicated. But...
Select New Project/Widget in Flash and choose static widget. You need to be very adept in AS3 to actually get them to work.

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