Opening Captivate 3 file

Greetings everyone:
I'm a new Captivate user (elearning developer) and I'm having
a problem with others (my boss) being able to open my Captivate
projects that I send to them for review. I've tried publishing as
flash and standalone, and it seems Windows will not allow the file
to be opened. Can anyone help a newbie with this simple snag?
Thanks, Ron

Hi Ron and welcome to our community
Here's a question to ponder. Once you have the files reviewed
and ready for others to view, how exactly are you planning to make
them available? My own guess here is that you will place them on
some sort of a server location, then provide a link to the user
that opens the file. Am I right?
Assuming I'm right, why not do the same thing for your boss?
Place the files on a server, then E-Mail your boss a link that
opens the Captivate output file. Keep in mind that you don't have
to actually post to a web server. You can also get by with placing
on a simple network drive. Then simply E-Mail your boss a link to
the .HTM file on the server.
Hopefully this helps... Rick

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