Publisher File Question

Why does a mail-merge in MS Publisher split into multiple files when printed as a pdf file?

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An error occurred while publishing file "/Web/Sites/iWeb/Jim and Steph's Si

I'm guessing this is a common message most see when they try to publish their website. Reason I say this, is it is the only message I have recieved in the last week when trying to use this faulty software.
Here it is again if you missed it:
An error occurred while publishing file “/Web/Sites/iWeb/Jim and Steph's Site/Jim's Blog”.
I got this MacBook week ago yesterday. Totally excited to share pictures and blog information. Spent 99 dollars or close to it for a mac account to simply share this information on the web. The first four pages (all pictures), I published worked well. Then I updated to iWeb 1.1.1 and tried to publish with blogs and more pictures and it won't work. Now all that I published before does not even come up. I emailed support here on mac.com and got the generic reply that I have already read on this forum. I tired as many fixes as I could to no avail. Two questions:
1. Any ideas to fix this problem?
2. Can you get your money back?
Sorry this was so long.
Thanks everyone,
Jim B

Jim...
Try doing a "Publish All to .Mac" if nothing else works for you. And if I could make a recommendation, it probably wouldn't be a bad thing to simplify your site name (Jim and Steph's Site) and eliminate the apostrophes (also in Jim's Blog). A longer site URL with complexities such as punctuation and spaces and even capitalization can potentially wreak havoc on your site navigation and function. Simplifying your site and page names will at the very least lead to shorter and more recognizable URLs...and when you start to add more pages it will also make the navigation menu at the top of your pages look "cleaner". Think simple names, like "oursite" and "HeSays" or "SheSays"
Just a suggestion.

CP5 Trail Version: Published files not playing

HI
I have been evaluating CP5 and published a file to show to my collegues.
Placing the published HTM and SWF file on a network drive or as an email attachment to share with the others and they don't work.
They work for me if the files are on my pc but don't if I try to access them from a network drive.
So the question is, is the trail version crippled so that the published files can only be played on the PC that they were published on? Or have I done something wrong in the publishing process?
I can't seem to find any reference to the files being crippled.
Cheers
Craig

Hi Craig,
When you publish to SWF, Captivate outputs 3 files 1 htm file, 1 SWF file and 1 js file. On your desktop if you open the HTM file the content will open as it can see the SWF and JS files in the same folder.
If you are sending it as an email then zip the content and in the destination machine unzip and launch the HTM. This should play the content.
If you are trying to access the files from a network location make sure all the 3 files are in the same folder and you have read permissions to the folder
-Ashwin Bharghav B

I have captivate 6, I´m using Quizers part and I need to publish file .app in .ipa, what do I have

I have captivate 6, I´m using Quizers part and I need to publish file .app in .ipa(ipad), what do I have to do to make it run in native way, that is without internet conection?

Hi!
That's an interesting question you have raised.
I would recommend you to create your Captivate Project, Publish it to HTML5 output and Zip the Output Package,
Use the PhoneGap to package it for iOS devices and produce .IPA file for the same .
You can create an account here -- https://build.phonegap.com/
I haven't tested it yet, but, I'll do it today.
Let me know if this works out.
Thanks,
Anjaneai

Captivate 4 - Issue viewing exported PDF in published file on LMS

I'm working in Captivate 4 and have included a link to a PDF document on a particular screen. It works beautifully when I view the published file until I move the files into the LMS - at that point, the PDF won't launch.
Here's what I've done and hopefully someone can tell me what I need to do differently?? I created a click box on a screen and have set the On Success field to "Open URL or file". I browsed to find the location of my PDF and clicked the drop down arrow to select "New" and "Continue playing project" (so the learner can return to the original course when they're done reading the PDF). When I publish the file to Flash, I select the "Export PDF" option and it does it's magic. When I preview the published version, everything works beautifully, the course runs, the PDF launches and life is good. Then, I set up the course on our LMS and copy over the published files (including the source PDF). The course plays as expected until the learner clicks to view the PDF - at that point, nothing happens. What am I doing wrong? Does this have anything to do with Adobe Reader 9 (which many of our learners wouldn't have on their desktops)? Do I need to convert my PDF to HTM? Help... please!

Hello,
If I do understand your question all right (sorry, am not a native English speaker), I do believe you are mixing up two things. If you want indeed to publish to PDF (and not to SWF or EXE), you'll get a multimedia PDF (in which a SWF can play) but in that case the user really do need the Adobe Reader 9, previous versions do not support multimedia PDF.
What seems a bit contradictory is that you start with mentioning an issue with a PDF that should be called from a CP-slide. The problem there could be that you were linking to an absolute path on your PC when browsing, can you check that? If you introduce simply the name of the PDF and you make sure that the PDF and the CP-published files (normally HTML, JS and SWF) are uploaded in the same folder, the CP will find the PDF. I think you now have a 'broken link' because of an absolute path reference for the PDF.
Lilybiri

Flash will not publish + FLV question

Hello,
I am currently building a game in Flash CS4, but am stuck due to a Flash problem. I have searched the forums for a sollution, but have yet to find one.
The Problem:
Adobe Flash will not export, or publish my .FLA file, nor will it create a .SWF at the chosen destination under the publish settings. Whenever I try to export/publish my .FLA, the export/publish pop-up window opens, and the progress bar runs all the way through. Once that is done, the window which normally appears immediately afterwards, in order to test the flash, does not appear.
Furthermore, Flash seems to have deleted the .SWF, and any other files I wish to publish the moment the publish/export process is completed.
The strange thing about this problem is that I may be lucky and have Flash actually export and publish correctly on its first go. However, when I try again, it won’t publish/export until I restart flash.
This problem happened on three separate windows machines (Vista and 7) under both Flash CS4 and CS5.
Note:
I have discovered that this problem may be related to the many embedded FLV video clips I have created for the game’s character animations (6+ characters with 30 very short animations each).
These animations were rendered in a 3D CG software, which were then edited in Adobe After Effects, and exported as .FLVs for use in Flash.
Oddly enough, once I’ve deleted all the embedded FLV clips from the library, Flash will once again publish and export. This is not an acceptable solution to my problem, however. I already searched for any corrupted FLV files, but could not find any.
My questions are:
1. What can I do to make Flash publish/export once again, while having my embedded .FLV clips within the library? Is there something I am over-looking, or any settings I must change in Flash?
2. Which settings (in Adobe After Effects) are best to export .FLVs for use in flash?
3. If I cannot use FLVs, what other options do I have, in order to use my CG animations in Flash? I tried PNG sequences, but Flash complains about low memory, and crashes (FLVs were working great up until now).
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

I've also experienced problems with the Publish process dropping out and failing to complete - no error messages in the Output pane or Compiler errors, just a total hang of the Publish status bar (and no published files...).
I can't say I've pinpointed the exact cause of this, but it may be related to having all objects on the Stage locked (possibly when they are not placed in the main canvas area).
Adding a new layer and creating a new object seems to help. If the publish process (including TestScene) has stalled, restart Flash and reload the movie...
Hope that helps! It's kinda scary watching that Publish bar disappear into nothingness when you've got literally hours/minutes/seconds left to get the thing built and running :-)

Help - weird graphic "flash" in published file

I have several published Captivate files I have
imported into a Lectora file delivered via our LMS. When entering a
page that contains a movie, I'm seeing this weird green graphic for
a split second, then the movie begins to play. The graphic looks
like a grid of navigation buttons - next, back, refresh, mute, etc.
It's only happening on pages that contain a Captivate movie.
Nowhere in my Captivate files or my Lectora file do I have a
graphic that looks like this.
Any ideas as to what's happening and how I can get rid of it?
Thanks in advance for any help!
Rachel

Hello,
If I do understand your question all right (sorry, am not a native English speaker), I do believe you are mixing up two things. If you want indeed to publish to PDF (and not to SWF or EXE), you'll get a multimedia PDF (in which a SWF can play) but in that case the user really do need the Adobe Reader 9, previous versions do not support multimedia PDF.
What seems a bit contradictory is that you start with mentioning an issue with a PDF that should be called from a CP-slide. The problem there could be that you were linking to an absolute path on your PC when browsing, can you check that? If you introduce simply the name of the PDF and you make sure that the PDF and the CP-published files (normally HTML, JS and SWF) are uploaded in the same folder, the CP will find the PDF. I think you now have a 'broken link' because of an absolute path reference for the PDF.
Lilybiri

Adobe Captiavte 5.5 Published files getting Blurr :(

Hi All,
I have gone through almost every post related to this topic but unfortunately was not satisfied . I also know that I may have not understood the method /steps correctly, to improve the published files quality.
Now coming back to the question, my problem is that whenever I design any project in captivate 5.5 (liscence version) and try to view the published the file through the HTML page; my captivate file looks blur (refer attachment 1.jpg), BUT if I launch the published .swf file it looks crystal clear. (refer attachment 2.jpg).
This makes me upset, coz I have done all the recommended settings (as per read in the adobe forum) in my captivate source (.ctpx) file. Below is
the setting which m using before publishing the file:-
1. I have kept the swf size and quality as High (Preferences > Projects > Swf Size and Quality > High) also the checkbox is kept unchecked for compress full motion recording SWF file option.
2. I have kept the slide quality as High in Properties tab. ( Properties > General > Quality > High(24-bit)).
3. I have not used any borders in the project (Windows > Skin Editor > Borders), and also the checkbox is kept unchecked for Show Borders.
Secondly, I have also observed that if I use TOC than my project looks clear when I view the project via the HTML file and if I do not use TOC the file gets blur when I view it in HTML file. (refer attachment 3.jpg).
Please let me know where I am going wrong while publishing the captivate project.
Awaiting for the reply as earliest as possible,
Thank You in advance, for your inputs on this topic '

Hello RodWard,
Thank You for your update. I cross checked the project on other browser like Firefox and it is looking very clear in Firefox. So now we can confidently say it's a browser issue. But unfortunately, we (my company) are bound to use IE as our browser (due to company policy).
Can’t we do some settings in order to get this resolved in IE? Do you have any idea how can we overcome this issue in IE?
Regards,
Deepak Pardeshi

Open Another Project - how do I set up the published files?

I created a Menu project that launches (via buttons) two other projects. Each of these other projects has a button to return to the Menu. I copied the published set of files to each of the Callees folders. So, Menu\Callees has Run 1 and Run 2 folders (all the published files) Run 1 and Run 2\Callees each have Menu folder with all the published files. Menu launches Run 1 and Run 2 fine but the Menu button on Run 1 and 2 works once, then I get this:
No webpage was found for the web address:file:///C:/Users/Jeff/Documents/My%20Adobe%20Captivate%20Projects/menu%20test/Menu/callees /Run_1/callees/Menu/callees/Run_1/callees/Menu/index.html
Anyone have a simple explanation for how I should be setting up the published files?
Thanks so much,
Jeff

Thanks Rob,
Would running these from a web server resolve the file location problem I asked about? I tested the SWF version on my HD and got a similar error message (this time looking in the root directory, not the callees folder.) Can you point me to a reference re: how to set up files when running another project?
Thanks,
Jeff

Captivate 5.5 published files are not visible in Fire Fox or open in new window.

When I publish and post Captivate 5.5, the HTML or the swf files do not display in Fire Fox (latest version) without forcing the file to open in a new window (if it displays at all). If it does work, the Flash security blocks the swf on an ugly view until the user clicks.
I thought it was because I have to assign a direct URL to each component, but all of the other Captivate sites I have reviewed have the same issue when viewing in Fire Fox.
IE will display after the active x is authorized (I can live with that).
You Tube and other Flash display properly in Fire Fox, just not Captivate products.
I have disabled off all plugins, modified the protected settings, and everything I could find listed in the Fire Fox help. I have installed a previous version of Flash and Shockwave Player. Short of reinstalling windows, it is not working and that will not help because the published content is not visible on any other machine in the office or at home.
The files are in a Portal, so I cannot share them unless you are in the DoD and have an AKO or DKO account.
However, here is another example of the Captivate not working.
https://clc.dau.mil/games (this displays on some computers, but not all)
http://www.hartisd.net/pages/uploaded_files/Assignment_Search.mht (After allowing the mht, this displays in IE)
I am not sure if it has something to do with the other 2 published xml files that are not directly referenced in the html, but I just need either the swf or html to display in the iframe without forcing another window to display and without a lot of dependecy issues with other add-ons in Fire Fox.
- Thanks!

Any of the DAU games, if they display. It is a government site, so they have the standard gov garbage (stuff not working like certificates), but nothing is harmful nor can they do anything to track other than the current session.
It is kind of weird how the content is displayed... It is not an intranet, it goes to a limited access portal. When I store content, it uses an absolute path instead of relative path. Very aggrevating when using many of the tools for non-programmers (like me), and probably more aggrevating for programmers.
Whether I point directly to the .swf or to the generated HTML, the content displays in IE, but not in FF.
It may be a combination of FF and Captivate. FF seems rather flaky in dealing with swf files. There is the consideration for add-ons, but I tried on a newly imaged computer and it still was not working. Even after going through all of the FF steps to get it to work.
Basically we had to create a new HTML file to display the content because the Captivate published files don't work. However, the new HTML does not reference the XML files.
When I publish, I get 5 different files, .swf, .htm, .js, and 2 .xml. When I dig through the code (once again, not a programmer, soo I may be missing something), even round tripping to Flash, I do not see how the .xml files are referenced at all.
These may be different topics, not sure, it came up because I am trying to get a simple solution from the product that can be easily transferred to our production servers and available for Solders to access.
- Thanks
Michael

Unable to print a publisher file from an RDP

Hello,
I get the following error when trying to print a publisher file when on an RDP. It will not print to the XPS either. I have tried administrator mode and this doesn't work and also tried restarting the RDP. This is affecting two users who have full access
to this document.
"The file %s cannot be opened. Access privileges have not been given."

Hi,
Do you have any Security software add-ins installed in Publisher? Disable them to try again.
Please also disable the anti-virus program and firewall to verify if they are related.
Thanks,
Melon Chen
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I used to use the free version of Adobe Reader to convert my publisher files to pdf files. When I was making a booklet for our hockey team, it said I had to buy it. Now I bought it and it won't convert the files. I am ready to throw this computer out the

I used to use the free version of Adobe Reader to convert my publisher files to pdf files. When I was making a booklet for our hockey team, it said I had to buy it. Now I bought it and it won't convert the files. I am ready to throw this computer out the window!! Can you tell me what is the problem? No it does not exceed 100 M. either.

Adobe Reader never converted Publisher files to PDF, for free, never. I suspect you use to have the (paid for) Adobe Acrobat. Sometimes people have Acrobat (more than $300 worth) and install Adobe Reader over the top, losing that valuable software.
That said, if you subscribed to PDF Pack it should do this conversion. What exactly happens now.

Opening .a7r (published file) in authorware as a.7p

I want to change some features of an .a7r published file. How
can i open it in authorware so i can alter the authorware file just
like an .a7p file?

>I want to change some features of an .a7r published file.
How can i open it
>in authorware so i can csee the flowdiagrams and to
further additions, just
>like in any .a7p files???
You can't.
You have to edit the a7p, then republish.
Steve
Adobe Community Expert: Authorware, Flash Mobile and Devices
http://www.magnoliamultimedia.com

MS publisher 2010 to PDF using Adobe Acrobat X Pro produces outlines on some of my images that are not there on the publisher file!

I am helping a client publish a book through Createspace. We are both using Windows 8 OS. She created her document in MS Publisher 2010. I made the necessary edits to her book, (111 pages) and saved it as a pdf for commercial printing. The resulting pdf puts lines on some of the images. (All the images are jpg format, but it only happens to some.) I have tried creating the pdf in several different ways including print to PDF, Save as PDF, and Save and Send Wizard for commercial printing. I have also tried deleting and reinserting the images. I don't know what else to try. Does anyone have any ideas.
The image below shows what I mean. On the left is the Publisher File, on the right is the PDF.

I agree with your statement; even for a particular document, if I choose to "Print on both sides" and then print again immediately after, "Print on both sides" will be deselected.
However, I'm not sure what you're implying by you're statement. I'm asking precisely why this setting isn't sticky. Acrobat uses a non-standard printer dialog; in the usual dialog I can easily set a defualt duplex setting. I almost always want to print duplex. Why can't I do this by default in Acrobat?

How can I open a microsoft publisher file on my ipad

I have a bunch of publisher files I need to port over and can't find a program to open them with. I have tried keynote, pages, documents to go and quickoffice. Please tell me there is something out there instead of having to redo them all.

Sorry, Publisher uses a proprietary format that only Publisher itself could open. I'm not aware of any application for an iPad that can open those files. There are some third-party services that purport to be able to convert Publisher files to .doc, but I don't know if those services work well. Otherwise you'll have to copy out the objects and text in the Publisher file and paste them into a Word document which you could then open on the iPad in Pages, Documents To Go, or another app that can edit Word documents.
There are also products and services that say they can convert Publisher files to PDF, if you just need to be able to view them on the iPad.
Regards.

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