So the future of captivate is in the...

so if this is the case, could one surmise that the next
version of FLASH will have perhaps some captivate-based add-ins? it
seems odd they'd ditch the vehicle entirely, though its limitations
are indeed severe and in dire need of enhancement. perhaps shoving
everybody towards learning flash is the answer?

Hi Fabio
I see you have already corrected what you first wrote, so I
won't complain about that.
However, I totally disagree with the statement that "Flare is
the evolution of RoboHelp". Flare resembles RoboHelp about as much
as a Ferrari Testarossa resembles a military Hum Vee. Yes both can
get you there, but one does it with style and grace and really
quickly, while the other is rather utilitarian and constructed for
a different mindset and purpose (at least at this point). Yes,
Flare is created by former RoboHelp developers.
However, since Adobe has entered the playing field, they seem
to see value in developing RoboHelp further. So RoboHelp is
defininitely NOT dead. So Flare is now simply a competitor to
RoboHelp and not the "evolution" of RoboHelp.
Cheers... Rick

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    mickeyangelo.

    Rick's and Rossco's suggestions are great. Also, yesterday
    there were new FAQs posted on the links below that address the
    future of Captivate and how it relates to other Adobe products now
    that the post-Macromedia acquisition landscape is finally taking
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    eLearning Solutions:
    http://www.adobe.com/resources/elearning/products/special/crossproduct/faq.html
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    http://www.adobe.com/products/special/crossproduct/tech_communication/faq.html
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    john

  • Backward compatibility with Captivate 7.0

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    The only one that can answer that question is yourself ;o)
    I wrote my comments and suggestions with red text here. My company uses Captivate to develop courses and so far we have been very happy with Captivate. Earlier we used Flash to develop courses, but the development time was very long so Captivate has allowed us to speed up the development process with 2-300%. We still use Flash quite a lot to build interactions etc. and import these into Captivate to add extra features.
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    Agree - this is rather annoying.
    -    Buttons! Multiple buttons/text captions on a slide.
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    -    Cannot find a way to edit the default look (object positioning/object sizes) of a quiz. The only attribute that seems changeable is the font size.
    This is a major handicap in Captivate and one of the reasons why we don't use Captivate quizzes in our courses. We build all our course in Captivate (and add Flash and other interactions) but we always use a Flash Quiz. The Captivate quiz is simply too ugly and unstable. We deploy courses to 35.000 people worldwide so stability is our number one priority and sadly Captivate quizzes don't offer that at this point.
    Lock ups and crashes
    -    Double clicking on a .cp file will often result in Captivate freezing at the start up screen.
    I never had that problem. I use Win XP, Vista 64-bit and Win7 64-bit.
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    /Michael
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  • Captivate 7 - The Exit Bug and a Solution

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  • When will Adobe Captivate 7 be available as part of the Creative Cloud?

    Will this product be added to the CC in the future? And if so does any one know when?
    Thanks!

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    Many users often suggest that their favourite Adobe app should be included in the Cloud.
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    forums.adobe.com/ideas/2422

  • Why Captivate dont let you type decimals as apart of the reporting points?

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    Hi all
    Apologies if this has already been pointed out, but I don't think it has.
    Things such as this that are viewed as shortcomings really need to be brought to Adobe's attention. After all, they are always working on the next version or the next patch. And if nobody says anything they may well believe that there simply isn't an issue to be addressed.
    If you would like to see this changed at some future point, please submit a Wish Form/Bug Report (same form is used for both and the link to the form is in my sig)
    Cheers... Rick
    Helpful and Handy Links
    Captivate Wish Form/Bug Reporting Form
    Adobe Certified Captivate Training
    SorcerStone Blog
    Captivate eBooks

  • Adobe Captivate 6.0.1 published file is not containing images from the PPTX.

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    Hi Vish - I did not create the powerpoint or the image. I am not sure what image type it was but I recreated the white background as a PNG and it seems to have worked. I will forward my white background along to the creator for future projects. Thanks. It was definitely a problem with the image they put into the PPTX file.

  • Love Captivate...Dislike the Flash

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    I have the full version of both Captivate 3 and Fl 9.0 on my
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  • Captivate on the iPad

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    Hi there
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    So I'm genuinely curious here. What type of applications would you foresee that would translate so well to a format such as iPhone? For the sake of argument, lets rule out that iPad is even a remote possiblity. Or even if it were, lets say that HTML 5 is suddenly the norm. How does the fact one can play a movie without Flash enter into the mix? How does one answer questions or interact in a simulation in any way? To my knowledge it simply provides an easy mechanism to present video. I've heard nothing about the interactivity that is also a constituent part of Flash related technology.
    So do your best to try and sell me on the idea that tiny devices such as cellular telephones are the way to fly with eLearning.
    Anxiously awaiting any replies... Rick
    Helpful and Handy Links
    Captivate Wish Form/Bug Reporting Form
    Adobe Certified Captivate Training
    SorcerStone Blog
    Captivate eBooks

  • I am an educator does the creative cloud include presenter and captivate?

    I am an educator does the creative cloud include access presenter and captivate?  Currently have licences for CS4, e-learning suite and Lightroom 5.  Becoming a deal breaker as department wants me to move to Storyline.

    when virtually everything else is.
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