Problems importing AVI files

Can someone give me some pointers on tricks/tips importing
AVI files? I imported a file that was 9 Meg, which resulted in a
published captivate project of 34 Meg.

MikeCrockerMike said - quote:
quote:
I am a bit dissappointed with the captivate folks that they did
not chime in with this solution in the beginning.
Mike, regards the lack of "chiming in" you mentioned,
unless you are talking about conversations you had privately with
Adobe Tech Support (see link at the bottom of every page), I think
you misunderstand the concept and use of these forums.
There are
no "captivate folks" reading your posts in these forums!
All of us here are regular old users, just like you.
As a matter of fact, actual Adobe employees seldom read the
posts to this bulletin board for the simple reason that is it a
peer-to-peer support group ... and if you are disappointed in "us",
I don't know what to say, since "we" are unpaid volunteers who do
our best to provide free help, and being human, sometimes fail
regardless of our best efforts.
I am glad you found a solution that works for you. This
option wasn't mentioned earlier (by me) because it will only work
for those who can afford the purchase of - and the time spent on
the learning curve for - Flash 8.
For those who are already Flash owners, there was no point in
mentioning it because for them, it would be stating the
obvious.
Have a nice day.
.

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