Opening Captivate 2 Project in Version 3...Error

I apologize if this issue has already been raised; however,
I'm getting an
error when opening a CP2 file in CP3. This was originally a
version 1
project, which was opened in version two for some minor
changes. I need to
make two minor tweaks and can't. The file size is
approximately 9 MB.
Allows me to overwrite or save as a different file name. I
have tried both.
A message appears: "Exception Occored" followed by "Adobe
Captivate could
not open "filename.cp" because it is either not a supported
file type or
because the file has been damaged..."
I can open the file in version 2 without difficulty. I want
to use version 3
because I heard that the final .swf file will be smaller
(also, I don't want
to continue using 2 for some projects and 3 for others).
Any clue as to what is going on and how I can get the file
into version 3?
Thanks!

Thanks! This worked for me. Another question...the size of
the cp file is
500KB larger, but the compiled version is slightly smaller.
It looks as
though some of the images in the library were duplicated to
be used for
different backgrounds. Has anyone tried inserting the
original background
and deleting the duplicate? Has it caused problems?
Thanks!
"CatBandit" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi Brian,
> I think what might be happening is that Captivate 3 is
still reading your
> file
> as a version 1 project. And while CP3 can open CP
projects, I'm not so
> sure it
> will accept the jump from two versions earlier. Just a
thought.
>
> But that doesn't solve your problem, so if I am right
about the above and
> there is a chance I am not), the trick is to make
Captivate 3 "think" that
> it's
> a version 2 file, and see if that helps. Since you still
have version 2,
> that
> trick might be possible (no promises).
>
> 1) Try opening a new project (blank) of the same size in
Captivate 3.
> 2) Then open the target project in Captivate 2.
> 3) With both open, just cut-and-paste the slides from
ver2 to ver3.
>
> I'm thinking it should work for two reasons. First,
there are no objects
> in
> Captivate 2 that are not supported in Captivate 3
(except Question slides
> are
> treated differently and if you have them, you may be
sunk).
>
> Second, if you just cut-and-paste, Windows clipboard
doesn't know or care
> which product, much less which version. All it sees is
"objects", and it
> should copy the slide and all contents without problem,
so long as all
> objects
> are "accepted" by the receiving application (Captivate
version 3).
>
> Hope this makes sense, and works for you. There are
reasons why you may
> not
> be able to use this (system resources if the file is too
large, for
> instance,
> as well as the issue just covered above). But if it
works, it might save
> you
> having multiple product versions cluttering up your hard
drive.
>
> Best of luck, and keep in touch with an update on your
results if you
> would.
> Thanks!
> .
>

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