Wishlist for Captivate 4

Question

I'm starting this thread so we can gather all the thing we
want in Captivate 4 !
- speling check for closed captions : you can spell check
your notes but not the closed captions!
- CCs independant of sound : CCs are embedded in the audio
file. If it sounds logic, for some usage it's a real pain : if you
rework your sound, you lose
the CCs (i.e. I had a bad voice over, i've written the CCs,
then I received the new voice over and when I replaced the sounds,
I had to rewrite
everything). Or for not-straight use of CCs, it would be
great that CCs are related to the slide, not the sound. Ability to
have CCs without sound as
well (for my not-common usages :) )
- animated text - typing : i'd like it to be displayed like
the zoom, with the 2 phases : the first phase when it's typing, the
second when the text
stays still
- same idea for fade in/out on objects : like zoom : ability
to see the fade in/out time and adjust it directly on the time
line.
- "apply only changed properties" for a text captions doesn't
really work well : it modifies the text as well (obvious if you
have different fonts and/or
colors and/or underline, bold, etc.)
- "display for rest of project" : ability to choose the
Z-axis of the object; i.e. the place on the stack : on top or
bottom.
- and possibility to say "display until slide xx"
- sound management : I import my voices as mp3. during the
importation they are converted to wav, and the publishing reconvert
them to mp3. Don't we
waste energy here ?
- background images : why use bitmap ?? it justs make the .cp
file bigger. We can work in png or jpg! I've got a project with 152
slides, it's 124 MB !
- Import project window : display slide number as well.
suggestion : display slide like the "storyboard" view and enable to
select many slides with shift
/ control an then choose the options.
That's your turn now!
(i'll do my best to make the captivate team come here)

Answer 1

I'm the only Captivate user in my office, so I'm always
starved for these kinds of discussions!
A few items on my wish list, in no particular order:
1. Text button choices - so you could choose a blank image
button, and put your own text on it. (I would also appreciate a
left justify. It's kind of embarassing having to fake it with space
space space space.)
2. Drag and drop.
3. Custom text captions from within Captivate. (Doesn't have
to be really fancy- I'll bring in my own rectangle, like any other
graphic. Just let me type on it!)
4. Changeable button/caption sets. (I am very, very sorry for
the lousy custom buttons I made last year. I promise I will never
make such ugly buttons again. Now can I please get them off the
menu?!)
5. Legitimate
styles to replace the kind of flaky "apply to all".
6. Grouping.
7. RdcmndJumpToSlide. (Right now, imported Flash components
can navigate to the next slide or the previous slide, but you can't
choose a specific slide. It severely limits branching!)
8. Locking/hiding changes. I'd love to be able to select a
locked item so I can copy it or look at its options. (I usually
only lock an object so I can select it without moving it. Call me a
slow learner. ) Also, it's been months and I still accidentally
delete slides while trying to delete hidden objects.
OK, I'm happy now.
Artie