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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. On the Timing group, set the Display For time to Rest of Project. Looking to learn Adobe Captivate training?

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DECEMBER 5, 2014

First, you need to capture the lesson's start time using this Advanced Action:   At the desired point in your project, capture the time and calculate the  timeElapsed.   Looking to learn Adobe Captivate?   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.). If you would like to see a demonstration of adding a Retake Quiz button to a project, check out the video I posted to the IconLogic YouTube channel. Looking for training on Adobe Captivate?

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DECEMBER 11, 2013

I'd also like to be able to use that same color in other Captivate projects. Keep in mind that Swatches are shared by all Captivate projects so you won't have to recreate the Swatch every time you create a new project. Looking for training on Adobe Captivate? To begin, I opened the Swatches panel (Window menu).

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NOVEMBER 20, 2014

by Willam Van Weelden      Last week, Kevin taught you how to  embed YouTube videos in your eLearning projects. This week I'm going to keep with the YouTube theme and show you how you can embed YouTube content into your RoboHelp project. Go to YouTube and locate the video you'd like to use.

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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. Looking for training on Adobe Captivate? by Kevin Siegel.

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APRIL 8, 2014

. With a few simple clicks, you can enable bookmarking within any Captivate project. Open or create a Captivate project and choose  Project > Table of Contents. You can test the bookmarking by publishing the project and then opening the HTML file with any web browser. The Skin Editor Window opens.). .

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MARCH 1, 2022

Templates save months of work: Rapid eLearning project managers use templates for eLearning project planning. Rapid eLearning development allocates human resources in ways that reduce the project’s duration and turnaround time. One of the hard parts of any project is producing the first draft. Resource allocation.

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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. The first step to creating custom Theme colors is to apply a Theme to a project.      Looking for instructor-led 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. Once the questions have been added to your project, the next step is to edit the questions and answers. Once the questions have been added to your project, the next step is to edit the questions and answers.

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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. Import GIFT format questions quickly and conveniently into Adobe Captivate projects to create assessment modules. so stay tuned.

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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. As I select the captions, I discover, much to my horror, that the developer who gave me the project did not use five different object styles to format the captions as I had assumed. by Kevin Siegel.

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MAY 22, 2013

Fortunately, RoboHelp has a review option that allows reviewers who don't own Adobe RoboHelp to review your RoboHelp content. The only thing reviewers need is a PDF of your RoboHelp content, Adobe Acrobat or the free Adobe Reader. Open or create a RoboHelp project. Select Enable commenting in Adobe Reader.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

In case you aren't familiar with it, a cached version of your project is created in the Cache folder every time you save your Captivate project. The cached projects can make the process of opening, saving and working on a project faster than what one experienced with older versions of Captivate.

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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? Export Project Preferences. Import Project Preferences.

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JUNE 6, 2013

A few weeks ago I wrote about Shared Reviews using Adobe RoboHelp. And with Adobe's Technical Communication Suite , you can use SharePoint to centrally store all reviews. Note : As the person starting the review, you will need Adobe Acrobat on your computer (Acrobat is part of the Technical Communication Suite).

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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 23, 2014

To solve this, RoboHelp projects must be added to Word's trusted locations. I'll show you how to both Enable Word Macros and add projects to the trusted locations. If RoboHelp still doesn't generate the printed documentation, you likely need to add your RoboHelp projects to Word's Trusted Locations. Start Word.

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JUNE 6, 2014

As a brief review, variables can contain information that occurs frequently in your project, such as a product name, company name, or copyright notice. Assume your company name now appears throughout your project and now you want to change it. Assume your company name now appears throughout your project and now you want to change it.

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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. For instance, the original project size is 1024x768.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2013

I was recently working on a new Captivate project and needed to grab several assets that had been used in an older project. I could have inserted each of the assets into the new project manually (I knew where the original assets were located on my server). The Library at the right is the empty Library in my new project.

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OCTOBER 16, 2013

As you create eLearning projects in Captivate, you can certainly add accessibility, but you cannot control how a screen reader interprets the accessible components you add to any one lesson. For that reason, it is best practice to test your projects with multiple screen readers and learn for yourself how each screen reader behaves.

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JULY 7, 2013

Open or create a RoboHelp project. Go to the Project Manager pod ( View > Pods > Project Manager ). Double-click the project's style sheet to open it for editing. Once you have set up the twisties, they will automatically be applied to all of your project drop-downs. For example: Setting up Twisties.

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MAY 29, 2013

For example, in the image below, the Play Lesson button has been set to Jump to slide 3 in the project. IconLogic offers multiple live, online Adobe Captivate 6 classes each month including  Introduction to Adobe Captivate and Advanced Adobe Captivate. Looking to learn Captivate quickly?

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JULY 12, 2013

I'm happy to report that my newest book, "Adobe Captivate 7: The Essentials"  is now available for purchase. "Adobe Captivate 7: The Essentials" is a self-paced training manual that teaches the core Adobe Captivate skills needed to create interactive eLearning and mLearning content.

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OCTOBER 22, 2013

All you need to do now is create a little Advanced Action named ShowEmailIcon that looks like this ( Project > Advanced Actions ): Lastly, invoke the ShowEmailIcon action on entry to the Quiz Results slide (or whatever slide you have chosen). After that, save this action and these widgets in a template and reuse them on future projects.

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JUNE 18, 2014

by Kevin Siegel      Last week I told you about the great enhancements you'll see in Adobe Captivate 8 when it comes to  image buttons. Sample Projects/Tutorials. From this position, you can create a new project, record a software simulation/demonstration, or access recent projects. Interested? 

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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. Choose  Project > Variables  and create a new variable. by Lori Smith.   Create User Variables. Do not fill in the default value. (I I named my variable  empty.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2014

by Kevin Siegel      Adobe Captivate likes to confirm your actions. I didn't think anything of it until a few days later when I realized a slide had been deleted from the project.   Looking for training on Adobe Captivate? Attempting to delete a slide object? Deleting audio? Confirm it. Confirm it. 

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JUNE 18, 2013

If you're using Adobe Captivate 7 for the Macintosh, it's possible you've been bitten by the spell-check bug. Captivate 7 crashes when you choose  Project > Check Spelling. I'm hoping that Adobe will release a patch sooner rather than later. Type /Library/Application Support/Adobe. Windows users.

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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. Upon previewing the project and pressing the [tab] key on my keyboard, the navigation worked as expected.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Say hello to the Partial Score feature available in Adobe Captivate 6 and 7.    In the two images below, I have inserted a Multiple Choice question into my project. Looking for training on Adobe Captivate? Need the training in-person? We  We can also bring the same great training onsite to your facility.

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AUGUST 2, 2013

With Adobe RoboHelp 10, you can use multiple styles for your drop-downs and thus use different Twisties for different drop-downs. Open a RoboHelp project. Go to the Project Manager pod ( View > Pods > Project Manager ). Go to the Project Manager pod ( View > Pods > Project Manager ).

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JULY 9, 2013

Very different systems are able to securely communicate by capturing and sharing this stream of activities using Tin Can's simple vocabulary." " If the Tin Can API is supported by your Learning Management System (LMS), you'll be happy to learn that it's also fully supported in Adobe Captivate 7.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Just as he was about to Publish his finished project, he was told to use a different PowerPoint presentation. In that case, all he would have had to do is  click the presentation's red "not in synch" icon on the library  and the new PowerPoint content would have come into the Captivate project.

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JULY 17, 2013

Try this experiment: Go to any slide in your project and create an anchor. Looking for training on Adobe Captivate? IconLogic offers multiple live, online Adobe Captivate classes each month including Introduction to Adobe Captivate and Advanced Adobe Captivate. Personally, I don't like the anchors.

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APRIL 9, 2013

Highlight Boxes added to a Captivate project provide an excellent way to direct a learner's attention to a specific area of a published eLearning lesson. If you have spent any time in Captivate, you have likely added at least one Highlight Box to a project. Adobe''s Technical Communication Suite Captivate eLearning mLearning'

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