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APRIL 23, 2014

However, in my experience developing eLearning, I put the attention span of an adult learner at  15-20 seconds per slide or scene. If the slide/scene plays any longer, your learner will begin to fog out. Your student will have enough time to understand and absorb the content before moving on to the next slide. Interested? 

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AUGUST 27, 2014

by Kevin Siegel      If you have created a Captivate project and need to reuse a slide in another project, all you need to do is right-click the slide on the Filmstrip, choose the Copy menu item, switch to another (or new) Captivate project, and paste.

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MAY 8, 2013

Last week I wrote about Captivate's Main Master Slide and Content Master Slides. I demonstrated how adding an object to a Main Master Slide instantly adds that object to all of the Content Master Slides and the Filmstrip slides. In fact, electing to hide objects on the Main Master Slide is very easy.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2014

by Kevin Siegel      I received an interesting email from a fellow Captivate developer who was in a bit of a pickle. The developer had imported a 60-slide PowerPoint presentation into Captivate and then added audio to each of the Filmstrip slides. Next, delete all of the imported PowerPoint slides.

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JUNE 26, 2013

Thanks to a really slick interaction found in the new Adobe Captivate 7, you can allow learners to add notes throughout an eLearning lesson. To add learner notes, open or create a project in Adobe Captivate 7. Select the first slide and choose Insert > Interactions. Looking to learn Adobe Captivate training?

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JULY 23, 2014

    The final step (besides publishing) is to create an Advanced Action (via  Project > Advanced Action ) and attach it to a Filmstrip slide.         Note:  The CpInfoGeoLocation variable ships with Adobe Captivate 8. Looking for instructor-led training on Adobe Captivate?

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NOVEMBER 26, 2013

Adobe recently announced a patch for Adobe Captivate 7. For instance, the ability to lock slide objects has been around for years. All you needed to do was select a slide object and, on the Timeline, click the white dot in the lock column. In the image below, I've added a Text Caption to a slide.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

If you have recorded a software demonstration using Adobe Captivate, you have likely run across the issue of the dreaded "jittery mouse." " Here's the scenario: you are working on a project with several slides. On slide 5 , the mouse is moving from point A to point B. What's a developer to do?

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FEBRUARY 12, 2014

by Kevin Siegel      Adobe Captivate likes to confirm your actions. Attempting to delete a slide object? Captivate will prompt you to confirm the action. In the image below, I'm attempting to delete an unwanted slide from my Filmstrip. The slide was good and gone. Deleting audio?

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

The boss doesn't care if the learner spends the time watching the individual slides that make up the lesson, only that learners are given a fair opportunity to pass the quiz. While the scenario above sounds complicated to implement within Captivate, there is an action built within the Pretest that will get you started.

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MARCH 25, 2014

During my beginner Adobe Captivate class , I am often asked if it's possible to ensure that learners do not leave a Text Entry Box (TEB) blank. Create a Text Caption on your slide that tells the user they need to fill in the data. If the UserData is not empty, Go to Next Slide. by Lori Smith. Interested? 

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JULY 2, 2013

A client wanted an image to appear on most of the Filmstrip slides, but not all. Controlling the appearance of slide objects can be set in multiple ways. You can use Master Slides or Object Timing (you can set the Display time for an object to Rest of the Project ). Using the Filmstrip, select a slide.

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DECEMBER 11, 2013

Over the past few weeks, I've written about the enhancements you'll find in the recently-released service patch for Captivate 7 (an enhanced lock feature and a new Star Smart Shape ). In the image below, I've added a logo onto a Captivate slide. I can now use the swatch and apply the color to any slide object.

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OCTOBER 1, 2013

During my advanced Adobe Captivate class , I stress the value in doing things faster and more efficiently within Captivate. In the image below, there are several text captions positioned on a slide. Select a slide caption that contains the formatting you would like to use project-wide. by Kevin Siegel.

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AUGUST 13, 2013

When it comes to positioning items on a slide, you can always visit the Transform group on the Properties panel and control such object attributes as the location of a slide object, its size, and rotation. If you select Show Grid , little dots will appear on every slide. Looking for training on Adobe Captivate?

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JULY 25, 2013

When it comes to adding question slides to a Captivate project, you can always visit the Quiz menu and choose Question Slide. If you need to add a large number of question slides to a project, creating the quiz is going to take a significant amount of time. Looking for training on Adobe Captivate?

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DECEMBER 5, 2014

If you have certain elements or slides in your project that you want to behave differently depending upon the learner's device, you can use this variable in a conditional Advanced Action to create the desired behavior.   Looking to learn Adobe Captivate? We offer several  Captivate classes.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

(This will add a Quiz Results slide to the project, which is where the Retake Quiz button will appear once enabled.). The Quiz Results slide will now include a Retake Quiz button. The Quiz Results slide will now include a Retake Quiz button. You can size and position the button anywhere on the slide just like any other button.

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OCTOBER 21, 2014

by Anita Horsley      When working in Adobe Captivate, it's possible that you will need to use colors that match your corporate brand. In that event, you'll be happy to learn that Captivate 8 allows you to easily create custom Theme colors.

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JANUARY 10, 2013

Say hello to the Partial Score feature in Adobe Captivate 6.  Then, on the slide, I selected two of the answers as correct answers. In the question slide that I used for this example, the question was worth 10 points. Looking to learn Captivate quickly? I teach two live, online Captivate 6 classes. 

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JULY 17, 2013

The red arrows indicate that the Timeline object is anchored to the end of the slide's play time. In the image below, all three of the Timeline objects are anchored to the END of the slide. The word END indicates the moment in time when all of the action on the slide has concluded. What's a Captivate developer to do?

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

Selecting the Enable Accessibility option ( Edit > Preferences > Publishing ) makes certain elements in Adobe Captivate projects accessible or open to accessibility technology. The following Adobe Captivate elements are accessible when Enable Accessibility is selected: Project name (derived from Project Properties).

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OCTOBER 22, 2013

Once the quiz is completed by the learner and they click the  Continue button on the Quiz Results slide, their email client will open just as it did in earlier versions of Captivate. If the Quiz Results slide is not used, the email client will open after submission of the last answer. Fill in the options for the widget.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2020

If you have content in Microsoft PowerPoint and need to use it for eLearning, you'll be happy to know that the top eLearning tools (Adobe Captivate, Articulate Storyline, and TechSmith Camtasia) allow you to import PowerPoint content and then output HTML5 or videos.     Looking for iSpring Suite training?

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AUGUST 24, 2010

  If you're using Adobe Captivate 5 there's a handy dandy SlideNumbering widget that lets you put the slide count on any/all of your project slides using the format you like (e.g. slide x of y, this is page x, etc). What's that you say, you're still using Adobe Captivate 4?

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JUNE 3, 2013

How long was it between Adobe Captivate 5 and 6? Adobe has promised a more aggressive upgrade cycle for its programs that will make even the recent upgrade cycles look almost snail-like. Case in point: version 7 of the Captivate software was released today. Track all conversations using the Learning Analytics dashboard.

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JUNE 19, 2013

With the recent introduction of Adobe Captivate 7, you can now control the order of screen objects that come into focus when the learner presses the [tab] key, and when the text on those objects is read aloud by a screen reader. To begin, add objects to a slide. First, I made sure that none of the slide objects were selected.

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APRIL 9, 2013

After the Highlight Box appears on the slide, you can drag it to a desired location and resize it appropriately. You would then use the Timeline to control when the Highlight Box appears on the slide. As the middle of the highlighted area gets darker, the rest of the slide remains unchanged. Looking to learn Captivate quickly?

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FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Take a look at the Insert menu in Adobe Captivate 5 and you'll see two similar commands: New Slide and Blank Slide. In fact, it will likely appear that New Slide and Blank Slide both result in a new, blank slide.   Looking to learn Adobe Captivate 5?   Not so fast.

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APRIL 8, 2014

By enabling Self-Paced Learning, you have basically activated Captivate's bookmarking feature. Move through a few slides in the lesson and then close the browser window.   We offer live, online training on Adobe Captivate, Articulate Storyline, Adobe Presenter, and TechSmith Camtasia Studio.We Interested? 

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MAY 21, 2013

Have you ever visited the Preferences dialog box in Adobe Captivate (Windows users, Edit > Preferences ; Mac users,  Adobe Captivate > Preferences ), made several changes and later, maybe months later, needed those settings on another computer running Captivate? Looking to learn Captivate quickly?

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FEBRUARY 21, 2014

This week I hosted Adobe Captivate Developer Anita Horsley in an eSeminar and was thrilled to learn a cool new tip. You are building your latest learning module in Adobe Captivate. Community Documentation eLearning Suite eLearning this week Extending Captivate How do I. Permit me to set the stage.

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APRIL 24, 2013

Among other things, notice the buttons that appear on the player, color of the Playbar and the Playbar's position on the slide. This is where you can select such options as hiding the Playbar in a Quiz, the Playbar's slide position and the buttons that will display on the Playbar (Closed Captioning, Mute, etc).

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MAY 17, 2011

One of the best new features in Adobe Captivate 5 is Master Slides. I  I originally covered master slides back in June of 2010. However, there is one pesky feature of Master Slides that I didn't cover back then. One of the slides that was expected to use the new Master Slide is shown below.

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

If you've used TEB's over the years, you know that they've changed very little even as Captivate has evolved and grown in both features and power. If you're a long-time TEB fan like me, you'll be delighted to see that with Captivate 7, TEB's have finally been improved a bit.

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JUNE 26, 2012

by Kevin Siegel    If you've spent time working with the Microsoft Office Suite, you  can appreciate how Microsoft provides free images that can be added to a slide with just a few clicks of the mouse. What kind of assets have historically been included with Captivate?

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JUNE 10, 2014

by Kevin Siegel      Over the past few weeks I've been writing about the hot new features you'll find in Adobe Captivate 8 such as the  new, easier to use, interface  and  responsive projects. 6, or 7 to Captivate 8.   First, choose  Edit > Object Style Manager.

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