Printing a certificate in Captivate CS5

Hello,
I am currently using Captivate CS5 and I want to have some sort of button/click box etc or even link which allows the student to print a certificate or have one emailed to them when they reach a certain section in my module. I also want this certificate to ideally have their name and date of completion present on too.
I can create a 'certificate-style' slide already which uses Text Entry boxes and variables but as I'm not brilliant with captivate yet and am still very new to widgets, I wanted to see what is the most basic/straightforward/least complex students could be sent/print out their certificates.
Any help would be very appreciated!

Hi Kayleigh
Hopefully Lilybiri won't mind my offering a reply here as I'm guessing she is tucked into bed for the evening. I believe she lives in Belgium and according to my clock it's midnight there.
To insert a widget, click Window > Widget and Captivate should list the widgets for you to choose.
You may find you need to also click the little Folder Icon and browse to the Gallery/Widgets folder in order to see the available widgets.
Click the image below for larger and clearer view.
Cheers... Rick
Helpful and Handy Links
Captivate Wish Form/Bug Reporting Form
Adobe Certified Captivate Training
SorcerStone Blog
Captivate eBooks

Similar Messages

Printing high quality certificates in captivate

Hello!
I am trying to print a certificate that I created in PhotoShop and inserted into CP7.
It looks amazing on screen, but prints out horribly. I have tried fooling around with different file types, jpg, gif, etc. And I tried increasing the DPI to 600, but nothing seems to be working.
Is there a way to print high quality, non-pixilated slides from Captivate? If not, does anyone have a work around for printing certificates that look nice?
I also wanted the user to simply click the print widget one time and have the document already formatted to landscape & the highest quality - but I'm stumped on if that can be done..and how to do that?
A similar post last month has someone else perplexed as well...
https://forums.adobe.com/message/6623007#6623007
Any advice is greatly appreciated!

Hello my Dear
ya: be4 imposing a booklet first export a Pd f(high quality) place it back in indesign if you are using indesign from Cs3 to 4 you can use the script to place it for you and then imposeor make inbooklet 2up
Step II printing i didnt talk about crop make cause in inbooklet or imposer whatever their added on automatically unless you uncheck it, Now the document you have is a custom size if you dont scale to fix cut marks will be out so scale to fit any size your printing in your print box go to advance there transparency flattener selet high quality print and get back to me
Thanx
Imran ma

Problem trying to export software simulation in captivate CS5

Hi I have a problem trying to export a Captivate cs5 software simulation to flash cs5 gives me this error
I used captivate4 and worked well, the cs5 captivate and Flash cs5 are from adobe e learnig 2 suit .... Its installed wrong? Or it is an error of mine? thanks

your print size in the OP is 1.5" tall as you said. that's very small. not sure if your limit was the 2400 ppi or the overall pixel size. the set up matters.
anyway. PSD is limited to a certain pixel size too. an image can only be so big then you have to use a different format. i don't know the cutoff point, that could be an issue too.
anyway, if are just trying to get it into photoshop, a simple copy and paste will work. setup your file size you need in photoshop, then copy and paste your layout from illustrator. no exporting necessary.

Print final (Certificate) slide in published .exe

Hi Captivate-Guru's,
I'm looking for a way to provide a print button on my final
slide. This slide contains a certificate (not a widget, just a .jpg
with a variable textfield for the student-name). The button has to
work in a published .exe of this project. I believe java-script
just doesn't cut it.. :(
Please advise how to accomplish this.
Thank you!

Hi, everyone out there. I know that printing a slide seems to be a huge problem for everyone. All I want to do is to allow my end user to print a certificate template that I imported as a powerpoint slide. I've built in the variables and it works fine.
The problem is printing easily without printing the printer icon or playback bar or buttons .... just the certificate landscape on 8 1/2 by 11 paper. I've tried the widgets that are loaded in Adobe Captivate 4. The print.swf file prints the icons. So does the Printslides.swf. I haven't been able to find any that do the trick.
I'm hoping someone reading this has been able to solve this. Anyone know a technique that actually works in Captivate 4?

Cannot Print Labels & Description in Photoshop CS5

It seems that trying to print a photo with Description and Labels being checked in the Output section will not happen.
Any thoughts on why this function will not work in my recent upgrade to CS5 (version 12.0 x64)?
Thanks

We are having the exact same problem. We have multiple printers and all of them are having issues when labels are turned on in the Photoshop CS5 12.0.2 print dialog box on Mac OS 10.6.5 machines. One of our printers gives a Postscript error "Offending Command: limitcheck: yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy" and stops the print. Another printer seems to ignore the Postscript error and print the image but with no labels. If we turn off the labels option, everything prints fine out of Photoshop CS5.
Interestingly, if in the Page Setup dialog box in the Print window of Photoshop CS5 I select to save as a PDF and open that PDF in Illustrator CS5, the labels shows up, but it doesn't seem to be text. It looks like an image.
Adobe Tech Support is being very unhelpful. After speaking to my 4th "Senior Level" tech they will not even test the problem on their end. Apparently no one at Adobe Tech Support has a Mac with Photoshop CS5 on it to try printing from.

Importing Captivate CS3 project into Captivate CS5.5

Our company has a number old projects that were created and saved in Adobe Captivate CS3. We need up update the material using Captivate CS5.5; however, they will not open in this version. We believe it may be due to older Flash files and the drop in support of AS2 files. We can open these projects in Captivate CS4, then CS5.5, but this is not a long term solution for us. Is there a converter or some other option available??? Thank you very much.

Apart from opening Captivate files with other Captivate versions has you have already done, there is no other solution for upgrading your projects.
Bite the bullet and do this immediately to get your projects into CPTX format files. Cp7 or later versions will not open .cp format files. Only CPTX. So since you appear to currently have Cp versions that will open your old Cp3 files, you are best advised to do this right away. Otherwise your next upgrade to Cp7 or Cp8 later this year could see you tossing all courses built in the older Cp format.

Captivate CS5 - Cannot get rid of transitions

Hi, I am using Captivate CS5 to create simple transitions for usage in Digital Signage. Even though I have selected under transitions - No Transition, the beggining and end of the movie still fades to white. Is there any way to completely get rid of these transitions?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Fernando

Hello,
Please open the Preferences (Edit menu or SHIFT-F8), in the Project portion, check Start and End. Probably the default options Fading in on first slide and Fading out on Last slide are activated.
Lilybiri

Obtaining a printed MCP certificate

I was in a friends office the other day and noticed that he had an actual MCP certificate on display. I became an MCP in 2011 but never received a printed MCP certificate. How can I get a printed MCP certificate?
I've tried to visit the MCP site but it only puts me into Microsoft Learning and there are not related options there. I've also visited the Certiport site but that only provides copies of each exam's certifications.

Several years ago, Microsoft mailed to you a printed certificate along with other goodies (such as a wallet card) when you got a new certification. But now they no longer send this welcome package. If you want a printed certificate, you need to either
download the PDF or XPS file and print it yourself, or pay to have it sent to you (If I recall correctly, it costs somewhere around $10). Both options can be accessed from the MCP portal (www.microsoft.com/mcp)
after you login with the liveId that is associated with your MCP.

Printing a PDF in Captivate (not a certificate)

I hope you all can help me. I'm working on a CBT in Captivate 4 for a brief tutorial. At the end of the course I need the employee you print out a PDF file that they sign and turn in to their manager. The employees taking this course are not computer savvy at all so I want the PDF to print automatically or at the very least automatically bring up the print dialogue box like it does if you use the certificate widget.
I've figured out how to add a button that opens the PDF file, but I couldn't figure out how to get it to go straight to print. The trick is that I'm only working in Captivate and don't have Flash. Is this possible?
Cheers,
Jay

JayDeeGee,
I almost repent having made it sound really simple. There are so many variables, such as how different browsers handle such events, client side security settings, javascript being disabled etc. It's a convoluted process and it's not guaranteed to work. I feel your pain but then again, If your audience cannot print a pdf file, maybe, they shouldn't ( I know I'm being acidic) . However, believing that good design should not stop at such hinderances, I can probably offer this: if you have Acrobat Standard (or Pro) you can provide simple instructions from within your pdf so that your learners can manage to print it.
Seth

Execute Javascript, window.print(), prints blank page in Captivate 7

Hello,
I'm fairly new to Captivate, and am no Javascript expert. I've been trying to figure out how to print the last slide in project, which has a custom certificate. I initially tried the print widget that comes with Captivate 7, but the scaling is off when printed. There are no options to change the scale of the printed slide on the widget properties, so that seemed to be a bust. I then tried to create a button to execute javascript when clicked. In the script window I put, window.print(); now this works to bring up the print box, but only prints a blank page. I'm not sure if it's something I'm doing wrong with javascript. I've been reading other forum posts, and this function seems to work for others using different versions of Captivate.
I know there is a cool print widget that someone has made, but I'd actually prefer to just do this with javascript. I haven't tried the buyable print widget yet, but I am trying not to use widgets so that the html can be scalable.
I'm publishing my projects and uploading them to GoogleDrive, where I then preview the html output.
I'd appreciate any help. Thanks!
Kailey

Wow, thank you for such a speedy response Rick. I've actually been using Firefox and Google Chrome, because IE isn't updated enough to work with Google Drive properly (and I don't want to go through the whole process to get privileges to update on work computer). But I did check this box in Firefox. Instead of printing the objects on my slide, it printed a big square light grey background. It's almost like the the browser can't see the project.
I would think this was a browser problem, but I had previously downloaded a trial of Articulate (trying to decide between the two), which has the same execute javascript function as Captivate. Putting in window.print();, publishing, and uploading to Google Drive, printed just fine. Not sure if something in the code in Captivate isn't coming through, but is in Articulate. I'm not versed in html or javascript enough to compare the two html files.
Back to the drawing board! Thanks for your help.
Kailey

Printing a slide in Captivate 6 HTML5 output via javascript

I have been googling for the past 3 work days trying to figure this out.
I had some limited success with printing a div via javascript and pointing it at the slide div (I know it happens to be Slide16952).
Which is fine, except it doesn't keep the CSS elements of the slide which is what makes it a pretty completion certificate. Print widgets won't work because I have to publish to HTML5 and not flash (no, no choice in this). I am struggling to get any javascript working.
I have this right now which I just picked up as a generic to try and get me going
function PrintElem(elem)
        Popup($('<div/>').append($(elem).clone()).html());
    function Popup(data)
        var mywindow;
        mywindow = window.open('', 'mydiv','height=1280,width=720,scrollbars=no','');
        mywindow.document.write('<html><head><title>my div</title>');
        mywindow.document.write('<style type="text/css" media="print,screen">.hideMe{display:none;}.NoPrintClass{display:none;}</style>');
        mywindow.document.write('</head><body>');
        mywindow.document.write('drop down selected value in parent: '+mywindow.opener.document.getElementById('testSelect').options[mywindow.opener.document. getElementById('testSelect').selectedIndex].text+'<br/>');
        mywindow.document.write('contentStarts<br/>');
        mywindow.document.write(' using jquery: '+data);
        mywindow.document.write(' using javascript: '+mywindow.opener.document.getElementById('mydiv').innerHTML);
        mywindow.document.write('<br/>contentEnds');
        mywindow.document.write('<br/>');
        mywindow.document.write('</body></html>');
        mywindow.document.focus();
        mywindow.document.close();
        mywindow.print();
        return true;
I then point my print button at PrintElem('Slide16952') via a javascript window.
obviously I haven't written this to fit my particular project yet, but the part I am having the most issue with is trying to get the captivate CSS stuff to come through. mydiv should = Slide16952 I think. The CSS form that captivate creates has several block visible elements, but I believe the one I am trying to make sure I get is .cp-shape in CPLibrary.css, but there could be others I want too and I am not sure which.
has anyone had any luck getting a single slide printed in HTML? window.print() only gets me like 95% of the slide and a loft of white space around it.

function printPartofPage() {
    var DocumentContainer = document.getElementById('Slide16952');
    var WindowObject = window.open('', 'PrintWindow', 'width=1280,height=720,top=50,left=50,toolbars=no,scrollbars=yes,status=no,resizable=no') ;
    WindowObject.document.writeln('<!DOCTYPE html>');
    WindowObject.document.writeln('<html><head><title></title>');
    WindowObject.document.writeln('<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="assets/css/CPLibrary.css">');
    WindowObject.document.writeln('</head><body>');
    WindowObject.document.writeln('<body style="background-image:url(dr/CertBorder.png);">');
    WindowObject.document.writeln('<h1 style="text-align:center; top: 30px;">Certificate of Completion</h1>');
    WindowObject.document.writeln(DocumentContainer.innerHTML);
    WindowObject.document.writeln('<img src="dr/17170_271_44.png" style="position:absolute; left: 896px; top: 464px; width: 294px; height: 73px;"></img>');
    WindowObjext.document.writeln('<p style="text-decoration:overline; position:absolute; left: 908px; top: 494px;">Authorized Signature</p>');
    WindowObject.document.writeln('</body></html>');
    WindowObject.document.close();
    WindowObject.focus();
    //WindowObject.print();
    //WindowObject.close();
latest code update. Almost everything is working now. I am going to get rid of the h1 line because I am going to redesign the certificate image and incorporate the Certificate of Completion part in the image file CertBorder. I may also do that for the image (which is a signature) and the <p></p> portion, so that I am pulling all of that into the image template and aligning it where it needs to be and just grabbing the image.
I have the WindowObject.print and .close commented out so I can get it all working. Once I know it works I will uncomment those for final testing.
This isn't a great solution, but it's the only one I can seem to make work at this point and it will be pretty transparent to the user once it's done. So far it doesn't set off the pop-up blocker for me, but I am doing this all locally on my hard drive so I suspect that may become an issue once published.
also, all credit where credit is due (here is where I got my baseline code ideas http://jsfiddle.net/Zmqzb/)

Problem in printing TDS certificate

Hi SAP Guru's
We are on SAP 4.6 C, By mistake we have entered the wrong challan number in "J1INBANK - Update Bank Challan Number" and to correct this one of user try to reverse the document by using the t-code "J1INREV - Reverse" but the period was closed so he has done the resetting instead of reversing the document number (Posting date was 04.12.2008)
After that we have updated the challan no directly in the table "J1iewtchln" and after that we are taking the print out by using the t-code "J1INCERT - Print" but that particular document was not reflecting in the certificate.
so we thought that this problem is due to resetting of document and found that same was reflecting in open items in FBL3N so we have done manual clearing by using t-code "F-03" but its still not reflecting neither in J1incert nor in J1inmis.
Kindly advise what we need to do the correction as period of 2008 are already closed and we cant open the same.
Regards
Ajay

hi
when you pass the manual entry posting date will be 31.03.2009 and period will be 13 because when we close the year still open 4 special period to post further entries.
Regards
Tanmoy

How to set up Print Specs and Profiles in CS5 Suite

I am no color management expert but I do want to get my printer to print the same colors as my monitor displays in PSD, AI and InD applications.
My Intel iMac and Cinema Display running OS10.5.8 are both color calibrated with Spyder 3 Elite to achieve correct color reproduction.
After days of searching and testing, this is my solution which I offer to help those new to CS5.
1. Start: PHOTOSHOP:
     Set colour settings (Edit>Color Settings) as follows:
          RGB - Adobe RGB 1998
          CMYK - US Web Coated (SWOP) v2 (This setting does not effect printer).
          Leave Grey and Spot as default 20%
     Color Management Policys:
          RGB, CMYK, Gray; all set to Preserve embedded Profiles
     Conversions Options:
          Engine - Adobe ACE
          Intent - Relative colourimetric ( my choice for AI artwork. Choose Perceptual for photos in PSD).
     Go to Save, give profile a name, and note the Conversion intent so you can create another profile for Perceptual and PSD.
     (I called mine Epson R2400 and noted the Relative Colorimetric intent).
     Finally, Go to Settings at the top of the Color Settings dialogue and select the color profile you have just named and saved. Click OK
2. Go to Bridge>Edit>Creative Suite Color Settings. Find your saved profile and select it and click Apply.
     Now AI and ID have the same colour preferences.
     Users without Bridge will have to set these items in Color Settings for each Adobe application.
3.   Photoshop>File>Print: Color Management
          Color Handling - Photoshop Manages Color
          Printer Profile - Choose the ICC Profile to suite your printer and paper stock. I used Epson canned ICC SPR2400 Premium Glossy with great results.
          Rendering Intent - Relative Colorimetric for artwork or Perceptual for photos.
4. At top of Print dialogue box, select Printer (Epson Stylus Photo 2400 in my case).
     Below, Click and open Print Settings;
     Layout - select Paper Size and number of pages (copies). Layout is one of several items in a drop down menu.
     Open the next drop down item, Color Matching. Check that he two options, Color Sync and Epson should be grayed out.
     Move to Print Settings.
          Media Type - depends on your paper. (mine is Photo Quality InkJet).
          Color - select Color or Black
          Color Settings - OFF, This turns off color management in Epson Driver leaving Photoshop in charge!
          Mode - I chose Advanced to get fine quality print. Automatic OK for general use.
      Click Save. Click Print and you should get a print matching your Monitor.
ILLUSTRATOR CS5
Bridge will ensure that Color Settings match Photoshop as 1. above. If you don’t have Bridge Go to Edit>Color Settings and specify the same as      Photoshop. Note Settings, at top of Color settings dialogue box requires the profile you created in Photoshop.
     Go to File >Print. There are 3 steps to check.
     In the window at left are headings General, Marks and Bleed, Output, Graphics, Color Management, Advanced and Summary.
     These are self explanatory. If you do not use Bridge, check Color Management as below:
1. Printer: your printer. Color Handling: Let Illustrator determine colors. Printer Profile: select your monitor RGB icc profile.
   Unlike Photoshop, do NOT use printer/paper ICC. Rendering intent: to suit your image.
2. Bottom left of Print dialogue box is Page Setup. Set your size etc.
3. Bottom Left is Printer. MOST IMPORTANT. Here are the similar setting options as PSD 4 above which require different handling.
     Select Layout, go down to Color Matching>select COLORSYNC not Epson. This ensures Apple ColorSync does color conversion.
     Profile - Automatic should appear with name of your preferred Printer/paper ICC below. ( be careful here as I have found AI sometimes finds the wrong      paper icc. Close Print and start again).
     Move down list to Print Settings - Basic:
          Page Set up - Standard; Media type - Your choice, (Photo Quality InkJet for me).
          Color - Color
          Color Settings OFF to ensure Epson printer driver does not try to manage color.
          Mode - Advanced if you want fine quality print. Automatic is OK for general use.
4. Click Print to close Printer dialogue box. Click Print to close the Print dialogue box and you should get a print to match your on screen image.
INDESIGN and General Comments.
Always select your Printer first as settings vary according to printer type.
InDesign Print set up is very similar to AI. Select Color Management at left and the Printer, Printer Profile and Rendering Intent require identical settings.
Go to bottom left, Page Setup. Specify Printer and paper size. Select Printer and the settings required are the same as AI.
If you switch between these apps there is considerable danger that the different Profile choices will trip you up. Photoshop color management requires the Printer/paper ICC, AI and InDesign require Monitor ICC. My primary error was to select my professionally scanned printer/paper ICC profile which resulted in weird colours on AI and ID. The clue that led me to choose my Monitor ICC profile instead was the ColorSync option in Color matching in AI. I hope you will find printing runs a lot smoother for you and I heartily invite better informed users than I, can add to, or qualify this post.
May the Force be with you!

Regarding print brightness at output. The Settings of monitor calibration determine white point and black point. At the time you run Spyder 3 or whatever your monitor calibrator is, the software sets a white point of your choosing. current iMacs are far too bright and prints resulting from unmodified Mac monitors will appear too dark because of the excessive screen brightness. My iMac at lowest reading is 139 candelas. To get prints which match the screen I specify 80 candelas. The Spyder software also reads ambient light in the room and makes a calculation which effects the white and black points registered for both viewing and printing. Since paper reflects a light level according to lighting conditions, we each view prints in different conditions according to illumination source. This effects also effects screen viewing so conditions determine what we see.
In simple terms, ambient light reading also modifies the software calculations for colour output. If it is too high, prints are pale, too low and prints are too dark. If the Monitor calibration has been done properly there should be no problem. The point here is to make certain your calibration process is accurate. Personally I have calibrated in a dark room at night-time and I have calibrated In a shaded room at midday. Hugely different conditions. Under both circumstances I have found the calibration has resulted in good prints. So I suspect it is user white point settings or calibration error which results in prints being too dark or too light. I understand the data used by the calibration software applies to the ambient light reading to the monitor for reading conditions and uses other color gamut data for the printing process. So printing error must surely originate with the user.
I welcome comment from more experienced people in this matter.
Cheers,

Can't assign PPD in Print dialog or preset (ID CS5, Mac OS X 10.6)

I've been having some trouble recently with ID CS5 resetting itself from time to time as if I'd trashed the Preferences: it loses all Recent files, presets, etc. Fortunately I'd exported presets from CS4 when I upgraded, but there are two problems with Print presets. (1) The order is scrambled when I load the exported file, and (2) it says something like "The PPD you want is unavailable. Use Generic PPD?" There are only two choices, Yes and Cancel, neither of which I really want. When I try to re-create a Print preset, or indeed when I try to start from scratch in the Print dialog, the PPD pop-up is greyed out for all of my printers; I can't select anything, and they're not already identified with the printers as they always used to be. The printers are nothing unusual: a Brother, an Epson, and a Hewlett-Packard, all with up-to-date drivers and PPDs in HD/Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources. I've tried copying the PPDs to Applications/Adobe Creative Suite CS5/Adobe InDesign CS5/Presets/PPDS (having created the last folder and used that capitalization, following advice in another thread), but with no result. Since the PPDs in the HD Library are .gz archives, I tried expanding them in the ID CS5 folder, but that hasn't helped either.
Any advice? I should emphasize that I am NOT trying to print to PostScript or PDF – I've followed those threads and get the message. I'm talking about PPDs for physical printers!
ID CS5 7.0.3, Mac OSX 10.6.5, Mac Pro 8-core 3GHz

Wow, thank you!!! I actually did search pretty thoroughly on the web as well as a moderate search these forums, but oddly enough, I somehow overlooked that thread. Funny, as it was only from several days ago.
My computer never had ADPDF9.PPD in the first place. Any clue why this is?
Many thanks,
T

Custom's certificate in Captivate with learner's name and date

Hi,
is it possible to create a learner’s course certificate for printing (PDF) without using a LMS? I thought of a javascript running at end of the course. At the beginning of the course the learner would have to be asked to enter his name and date.
Shall it be feasible to generate such a certificate in CP (without using a LMS)? May you help me to get it done?
I really appreciate your help.
Best regards
Philipp

This might get you started.
http://blogs.adobe.com/pdfdevjunkie/2009/12/populating_pdf_form_fields_fro.html
You would also need some JavaScript to write the query strings to the URL.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5999118/add-or-update-query-string-parameter

Printing a certificate in Captivate CS5

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for