Using Captivate to create iOS like emulators

In some of the emulators I use at work, I would like to be able to use a gesture to emulate the "slide" feature in iOS 7.
For Example, if you have an iPhone that is locked, the first thing it asks you is to "slide" the screen to the right and then enter your code (if enabled).
I currently have a button that requires a mouse click but would much rather have it where you can hold the mouse down and drag the screen to the right to emulate that effect.
Is this an option and if so, what do I need to do? I'm using Captivate 8.
Thanks

Everything with Captivate is prerecorded, so you can't do a
"live" webinar.
However, as long as you're willing to do the production work
to make it look and work professionally, you could certainly come
up with a rather convincing canned presentation.

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We have been research "single-source authoring" solutions, such as Datango, uPerform, STT Trainer, UPK, etc. They promote the ability to capture screenshots and generate Job Aids, Videos, Sims, and EPSS resources with a single click.
My Q - Has anyone used Captivate to create handouts / job aids? I played around with a few of the Print publishing outputs, and I don't think we can use them.
If you have used it, it would be very helpful to see an example of a job aid that you created.
Until I find a way to do it, I'm taking one of the print publish outputs and significantly modifying them to look like our current quick reference guides.
Thanks!
Micky

Hi Micky
mickyfokken wrote:
...I hope my days of manually pasting screenshots into word documents are over.
I'm not sure they are.
Captivate allows you to record what is happening. For example, perhaps you are describing how to open Windows Character Map. You Start Captivate, define your recording area and set about opeingin Windows Character Map. Then you stop recording. Captivate will have captured the screens that were involved. You would see a screen of the desktop with the mouse moving to the Start button. Another screen where the Start button is clicked. Another screen where the mouse moves to the Run command and clicks. Another screen where you see charmap being typed into the field and Enter is pressed to launch the application. That would be the Captivate project. You would thien tell Captivate you wanted to create a SWF of that.
With RoboHelp, you create HTML pages which are known as Topics. And you might also describe the same process of opening Character Map in one or more topics. Much like Word, you would type information in and capture screen shots. (Possibly using RoboScreen Capture if you like). But each screen capture would need to still be inserted into the topic(s). No way around that, I'm afraid.
I'm unfamiliar with how Frame works. To me it's bewildering. So I'd have to leave it to others to describe that to you. But I do believe it works in a similar manner to RoboHelp, in that you type your information into it. Frame simply handles very large documents more easily. It also stores and arranges the content differently.
Hopefully I've helped more than hindered here... Rick
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I am using Captivate 7, I would like to add an SWF file (generated in Captivate) into a Microsoft Word Doc 2010. Is this possible? How do you do it?

SWF file would have playable Flash animation

Hi there
Perhaps the link below will help?
How to embed SWF file, Flash Photo Gallery,animation movie in Word
Cheers... Rick

Captivate to create web site?

I'm considering using Captivate to create a web site. Has
anyone done this with success? If so, I'd love to hear about any
learnings or caveats you may have.
Thanks.

Hi stinkynelson
I'm sure you
could use Captivate to create a web site, my question is
why would you want to? I'm not claiming it's not up to the
task. I'm sure if that's your goal, you may certainly do that. But
from a personal standpoint, I'd never create any web site based
totally off a Flash output. I suppose one caveat would be that you
are locking yourself into a situation where a user absolutely has
to have a browser equipped with ability to play Flash content in
order to see your site. Yeah, most are already that way, but
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Remediate to content slide; return to question; then continue on - using Captivate 8

Using Captivate 8, I’m trying to remediate from a Knowledge Check question slide back to a content slide, then back to the KC question to try again, and then continue on from there. On my first instance, this works fine. However, the problems began on the second instance and continue on each instance thereafter. The settings on the KC question slides are all the same with the exception of which slide each jumps to for remediation. I don't understand why it works the first time, but doesn’t work after that. On the second instance the question jumps back to the content slide, but then skips any subsequent slides.   Anyone had a similar experience? Know of a workaround or what I might be doing wrong?
FYI, I'm using he E-Learning Uncovered Adobe Captivate 8 book by Elkins, Pinder, and Slade as a reference, and it clearly describes how to do this on page 183, "Remediation back to Content Slides - If students get a question wrong, you can branch back to one or several slides where the content was taught and then return them back to the quiz to retry the question. To add remediation branching: 1) in the last attempt field on the question, set a Jump to Slide action to the first slide with the content. 2) On the last slide with the content, add a return to Quiz action on the slide's next button. On the content slide, the Next button with the Return to Quiz action executes a Continue action under normal circumstances, but returns students to the quiz if that's where they came from."
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Content
Mapping:
Slide 1 – Content
Slide 2 – Content
Slide 3 – Content
Slide 4 – Content
Slide 5 – Content
Slide 6 – Content
Slide 7 – Content
Slide 8 – Content
Slide 9 – Knowledge Check Question -Remediates back to slide 5 if user misses two attempts to answer; slide 5 returns user to Slide 9 for one last try at question, then advances to Slide 10 (works perfectly)
Slide 11 – Content (here’s the first problem; on click, slide 11 jumps to the Knowledge Check Question on Slide 13, skipping slide 12)
Slide 12 – Content
Slide 13 – Knowledge Check Question that remediates back to slide 11 if user misses on 2 attempts to answer; slide 11 should return user here for one last try at question, then advance to Slide 14
Slide14 – Content
Slide 15 – Content (here’s the second problem; on click, slide 15 jumps to the Knowledge Check Question on Slide 19, skipping slides 16, 17, and 18)
Slide 16 – Content
Slide 17 – Content
Slide 18 – Content

I've tried contacting Adobe, too, but with no clear resolution yet.  One suggestion they gave me was to put the slide you are remediating back to right before the question slide. However, if you can only remediate back to the slide immediately before the question slide, that limits this functionality severely. My solution has been to remediate to a duplicate, but separate content slide using buttons rather than quiz logic. Cumbersome, but it works.
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Remediate to content slide; return to question; then continue on - using Captivate 8
created by camelothome in Quizzing/LMS - View the full discussionI have the same problem with my project. If the player detects that a quiz has begun, it sees it as in quiz scope. Thus, when it encounters the next slide after the quiz slides that has "Return to Quiz" as the Exit Action, it instead goes to the next set of quiz questions and skips a bunch of content slides. I don't know where I read it, but I thought that if the slide was being visited for the first time, and did not come from a quiz, the "Return to Quiz" would have no effect and it would continue to the next content slide. Perhaps I am wrong, but I thought that was the correct behavior. I've attempted to get help from Adobe, but the operator was not very helpful. He wanted me to upload my file using wetransfer.com but gave me an invalid e-mail address. Since that was the second attempt to get help, I gave up on Adobe Support. Although I get the suggest above, it's a pain, especially since I don't have buttons on the content slides. I have the player just playing with the playbar available for pauses. So, now I have to create some sort of workaround using variables, but I don't think this is how it's supposed to work. In fact, I'm not sure what I did yesterday that caused it to work correctly for a while, but I'm pretty sure I didn't change anything related to this. Of course, then it stopped working. I find Adobe Captivate to be pretty buggy and it's put me way behind in delivering a product to my client. I'm very frustrated. If the reply above answers your question, please take a moment to mark this answer as correct by visiting: https://forums.adobe.com/message/7548938#7548938 and clicking ‘Correct’ below the answer Replies to this message go to everyone subscribed to this thread, not directly to the person who posted the message. To post a reply, either reply to this email or visit the message page: Please note that the Adobe Forums do not accept email attachments. If you want to embed an image in your message please visit the thread in the forum and click the camera icon: https://forums.adobe.com/message/7548938#7548938 To unsubscribe from this thread, please visit the message page at , click "Following" at the top right, & "Stop Following" Start a new discussion in Quizzing/LMS by email or at Adobe Community For more information about maintaining your forum email notifications please go to https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1516624.

Create amagazine-like document

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Can I use Acrobat to create magazine-like documents with a similar look and feel, something user can flip through as in books or magazines?
CHeers,

1. No, it doesn't do flipping effects (and nor does Adobe Reader, so no software can make PDFs that do this in Adobe Reader)
2. You do NOT make magazines in Acrobat, just in case you thought you did. It isn't a replacement for Word or InDesign. (Magazines wouldn't be made in Word, except rather dull newsletter things).

Does Adobe Reader for iOS have the ability to open inbedded links to additional PDF docs? If not, then what would be the best way to use these already created PDF's?

Does Adobe Reader for iOS have the ability to open inbedded links created with Acrobat Standard to additional PDF docs? If not, then what would be the best way to use these already created PDF's on an I Pad?

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In addition, the Reader mobile products do not open multiple windows/documents simultaneously, which would make the navigation between PDF documents nearly impossible. (Once a hyperlink takes you to a different PDF document, you have no way to go back to the original PDF document.)
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Because you are in search of a less expensive device for your department, you could get a Windows tablet instead of a Windows desktop/laptop computer. Microsoft Surface Pro (that you've mentioned in your previous reply) is just one example. You can also find other less expensive Windows tablets.
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Creating Exam using Captivate 4

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I'm Creating an exam using Captivate 4, this exam will be a practical exam in Wrod something like ICDL exams which needs steps to complete the question.
What i did is that i made a project for each question but now i need to collect all the questions in one exam, which will includes Skip and Quit buttons.
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Second is it allowed to make the Skip and quit buttons at each question??

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How do you create a save as default folder for MP3 files used Captivate text to audio voices files?

How do you create a save as default folder for MP3 files used Captivate text to audio voices files?

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I assume you are launching your program from C drive. Are any
components of Captivate stored on the remote drive? (I am thing
your user profile, are you the only person who accesses Captivate
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Does this happen all the time?
What I have noticed in my own network is that there are
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