Simply open a document and, if you've got Adobe Acrobat on your computer, choose Adobe PDF when you print. You can see there's nothing particularly special about the text (beyond the promise of an Adobe Captivate simulation). MORE
Adobe Captivate 6 introduced HTML5 output, allowing eLearning content to be interactive on mobile devices such as the iPhone and iPad. Choose Insert > Adobe Captivate Demo. In the Multimedia Name field, open the swf you published from Captivate. by Willam Van Weelden. MORE
In Adobe Captivate 5.5, Adobe® Captivate 5.5 : PPTX -> PPT -> SWF Adobe® Captivate 6 supports direct conversion from PPTX to SWF without converting PPTX to PPT. PPTX files were converted to PPT files during import and therefore some features of the PPTX files were not imported into Captivate projects. Therefore, PPTX features can [.]. Whats new MORE
If you're looking to learn Adobe Captivate. Learn to publish SWF, HTML5, or both. Adobe Captivate e-learning eLearningGet a Jump-Start On Mastering This Awesome eLearning Development Tool! and quickly. this beginner course is for you. During the 6 chapters that make up this course you'll learn how to create a soft-skills lesson from scratch. The lesson will include adding slides, applying themes, adding images and text, and adding interactive buttons. MORE
Adobe Captivate is the solution for this. Here are the steps to create software simulations with Adobe Captivate. Install the latest version of Adobe Captivate in your system and open it (the current version is Adobe Captivate 9). Learning Technology Adobe Captivate MORE
According to Adobe statistics, Flash Player version 10 and below is in use in 99.2% Learners attempting to open a SWF published to a more recent version of the Player than what is installed on their computer will be unable to view the lesson. Looking to learn Adobe Captivate 5 or 5.5? MORE
Today I’m happy to report that our much anticipated update of Adobe Presenter with full support for ActionScript 3.0 (AS3) AS3) is here, and this is a free update to anyone who owns Adobe Presenter 7, or any version of our Adobe eLearning Suite. MORE
For instance, I use Adobe Captivate to create most of my eLearning content, and Adobe RoboHelp to create my Help Systems. When creating content within Adobe Captivate, avoid using Captivate features that are not supported by mobile devices (such as Flash animations or rollovers). MORE
by Kevin Siegel You've probably heard by now that Adobe released Adobe Captivate 6 late last week. Your learners will not need Captivate installed on their computer to use a SWF, but they will need a modern web browser and the free Adobe Flash Player (www.adobe.com). MORE
by Kevin Siegel If you attend our Adobe Captivate Beginner class , you will learn how to publish projects as SWF (for desktop users) and HTML5 (for mobile users). While HTML5 may one day completely replace SWF, today is not that day. MORE
During a standard PowerPoint import process, PowerPoint pptx presentations are first converted to the ppt format, and then converted to SWF. In Captivate 6, if you select the new High Fidelity option, the import process will take native pptx files directly to Captivate SWF (the ppt conversion is skipped). Adobe Captivate Essentials and Adobe Captivate Beyond the Essentials (Advanced). MORE
by Jennie Ruby When you publish an Adobe Presenter presentation, a small Adobe logo appears at the beginning of the playbar. You can replace the Adobe logo with your own by doing a little bit of setup work. Looking for training on Adobe Presenter? MORE
by Kevin Siegel I received an email from a Captivate developer asking if it was possible to remove the white space that appears between the browser toolbars and SWF when a lesson is opened within a browser. In the image below, notice that there is white space above the SWF (just below the browser's menu bar). Admittedly the space that appears above a SWF isn't huge and it's not something that I had spent time thinking about. MORE
Adobe Presenter 9 allows you to transform your existing PowerPoint deck into eLearning complete with voiceover recordings, interactive objects, screen characters and videos. During this full-day, online instructor-led class, you will learn how to create an eLearning lesson from scratch using both Microsoft PowerPoint and Adobe Presenter. Finally, you will also learn how to publish the finished eLearning content as both SWF and PDF. MORE
First, with a project open, display Captivate's Preferences ( Edit > Preferences for Windows users; Adobe Captivate > Preferences for Macintosh users). You can use any of the following formats as a Preloader: jpeg, gif, bmp, wmf, or swf. We offer live, online training on Adobe Captivate, Articulate Storyline, Adobe Presenter, and TechSmith Camtasia Studio.We MORE
Then, you can develop software simulations that engage your learners with Adobe Captivate easily. This blog is a step-by-step guide for developing software simulations using Adobe Captivate. Source: Adobe help manual). You can publish your software simulation to a swf. MORE
Most of us, sometime or the other, have had a need to manipulate the HTML page that contains the Captivate SWF file. The requirement may have been to display a custom message or change an image in the HTML page on click of a button inside the SWF. Training and Tutorials Whats new "Elearning authoring tools" Adobe Captivate Adobe eLearning Suite 2.5 MORE
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? MORE
The common way to publish a completed Captivate eLearning video is as a SWF (small web file). But it is possible to publish your Captivate video so that the Skin, Widgets, FMR's and Animations are split apart from the SWF. Publish the lesson as a SWF. MORE
Selecting the Enable Accessibility option ( Edit > Preferences > Publishing ) makes certain elements in Adobe Captivate projects accessible or open to accessibility technology. For example, if you select the Enable Accessibility option and you have filled in the project name and project description text boxes in Project preferences, a screen reader will read the name and description when the Adobe Captivate SWF file is played. Looking for training on Adobe Captivate? MORE
Selecting the 508 Compliance option makes certain elements in Adobe Captivate projects accessible or open to accessibility technology. For example, if you select the 508 Compliance and you have filled in the project name and project description text boxes in Project preferences, a screen reader will read the name and description when the Adobe Captivate SWF file is played. Tips for Creating 508-compliant Adobe Captivate SWF Files. MORE
This has come just in time for mLearning implementers; there is a new tool out in Google Labs called Swiffy that let’s one convert flash animation (swf files) to a device independent HTML5. This also helps us poor elearning developers circumvent the continuous war between Adobe and Apple over flash technology, and allow delivery across devices/platforms. Incidentally, Adobe had worked on just such a tool called Wallaby. MORE
Here's what the standard Publish dialog box looks like: When publishing a cptx project, you can elect to publish as SWF, HTML, PDF, or all of the above. However, the Publish dialog box that appears couldn't be more spartan: SWF? MORE
Various other authoring tools provide this facility to record simulations, but Adobe Captivate 9 is the most easy-to-use tool to create software simulations. It’s a fairly simple process to record a software simulation in Adobe Captivate. Learning Technology Adobe Captivate MORE
Fortunately, adding interactivity to a lesson does not negatively impact the size of the published SWF. Rather, imported assets such as audio, video and images are the main culprits behind SWF bloat. However, nothing will bloat a published SWF quite like audio. by Kevin Siegel. MORE
by Kevin Siegel I wrote about the HTML5 output option available in Adobe Captivate 6 a few months ago. I pointed out that HTML5 is an alternative publishing format to a SWF. Adobe's Technical Communication Suite Captivate eLearning HTML5 MORE
A recent LinkedIn post asked eLearning developers: which tool is best: Adobe Captivate or Articulate Storyline? As Given that Adobe upgrades Captivate approximately once each year, and you get the upgrades for free as part of your subscription, subscribing is a pretty good deal. When it comes to output, both Captivate and Storyline can publish SWF and HTML5 content. MORE
While your published SWF will be smaller when compared to using the other modes listed here, this setting will lower the quality of the published images so much, you may not like it. This option will result in the hightest quality images, but the largest published SWF. MORE
Adobe Captivate has been a top choice for creating dynamic and engaging e-learning for quite some time now. With every version, Adobe makes improvements and also has some neat additions to the tool which make it easier to develop e-learning courseware. MORE
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. Adobe''s Technical Communication Suite Captivate eLearning Kindle mLearning Mobi Technical Communications Technology training MORE
by Kevin Siegel I've published a ton of eLearning lesson using Adobe Captivate, and I have seen the Publish dialog box more times than I can count. I was curious what the option would do, so I enabled it and published a SWF. However, with Scalable HTML content enabled in my test project, the published SWF always resized to fit my browser window (proportionally), no matter how big or small I made my browser window. MORE
Earlier this year I wrote an article teaching you how to take PowerPoint content and create eLearning using either TechSmith Camtasia Studio or Adobe Presenter. Over the next two weeks, I'm going to show you how to use your PowerPoint content in Adobe Captivate and Articulate Storyline. Adobe Captivate and PowerPoint. During a standard import process, PowerPoint pptx presentations are first converted to the ppt format and then converted to SWF. MORE
I’m really excited to share with you that we have HTML5 Converter for Adobe Captivate 5.5 out on Adobe Labs. With the HTML5 Converter, you can easily convert Adobe Captivate generated SWF to HTML5 format and repurpose your countless hours of interactive trainings for your mobile devices that do not support Flash content. Rapid Authoring Training and Tutorials Whats new Adobe Captivate 5.5 Adobe eLearning Suite 2.5 MORE
The client informed the developer that he could not open the email attachment since he didn't own Adobe Captivate. If the learner is going to access the lesson over the internet (either from a web server or an LMS), publishing SWF and/or HTML5 is the way to go. MORE
Selecting the 508 Compliance option makes certain elements in Adobe Captivate projects accessible or open to accessibility technology. For example, if you select the 508 Compliance and you have filled in the project name and project description text boxes in Project preferences, a screen reader will read the name and description when the Adobe Captivate SWF file is played. Tips for Creating 508-compliant Adobe Captivate SWF Files. MORE
Since I use Articulate Storyline and Adobe Captivate for my eLearning development, publishing projects as HTML5 would have taken care of his requirement. I started Adobe Captivate and recorded a Software Simulation. and then publish as SWF, HTML5, or both. Adobe Captivate MORE
by Kevin Siegel If you have already created a presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint, it's very easy to re-purpose the presentation as eLearning content using either TechSmith Camtasia Studio or Adobe Presenter. Adobe Presenter 9 and PowerPoint. When working with Adobe Presenter and PowerPoint, there really isn't anything to migrate. Below are the individual tool groups you'll find on the Adobe Presenter tab. MORE
I Came, I Saw, I Learned
APRIL 12, 2011
The common way to publish a completed Captivate eLearning video is as a SWF (small web file). But it is possible to publish your Captivate video so that the Skin, Widgets, FMR's and Animations are split apart from the SWF. Publish the lesson as a SWF.
I Came, I Saw, I Learned
NOVEMBER 1, 2011
Fortunately, adding interactivity to a lesson does not negatively impact the size of the published SWF. Rather, imported assets such as audio, video and images are the main culprits behind SWF bloat. However, nothing will bloat a published SWF quite like audio. by Kevin Siegel.
I Came, I Saw, I Learned
JUNE 20, 2012
by Kevin Siegel You've probably heard by now that Adobe released Adobe Captivate 6 late last week. Your learners will not need Captivate installed on their computer to use a SWF, but they will need a modern web browser and the free Adobe Flash Player (www.adobe.com).
I Came, I Saw, I Learned
DECEMBER 18, 2012
The client informed the developer that he could not open the email attachment since he didn't own Adobe Captivate. If the learner is going to access the lesson over the internet (either from a web server or an LMS), publishing SWF and/or HTML5 is the way to go.
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I Came, I Saw, I Learned
OCTOBER 10, 2013
Selecting the Enable Accessibility option ( Edit > Preferences > Publishing ) makes certain elements in Adobe Captivate projects accessible or open to accessibility technology. For example, if you select the Enable Accessibility option and you have filled in the project name and project description text boxes in Project preferences, a screen reader will read the name and description when the Adobe Captivate SWF file is played. Looking for training on Adobe Captivate?
I Came, I Saw, I Learned
MARCH 4, 2014
Simply open a document and, if you've got Adobe Acrobat on your computer, choose Adobe PDF when you print. You can see there's nothing particularly special about the text (beyond the promise of an Adobe Captivate simulation).
I Came, I Saw, I Learned
DECEMBER 1, 2012
Selecting the 508 Compliance option makes certain elements in Adobe Captivate projects accessible or open to accessibility technology. For example, if you select the 508 Compliance and you have filled in the project name and project description text boxes in Project preferences, a screen reader will read the name and description when the Adobe Captivate SWF file is played. Tips for Creating 508-compliant Adobe Captivate SWF Files.
I Came, I Saw, I Learned
OCTOBER 8, 2015
by Kevin Siegel If you attend our Adobe Captivate Beginner class , you will learn how to publish projects as SWF (for desktop users) and HTML5 (for mobile users). While HTML5 may one day completely replace SWF, today is not that day.
I Came, I Saw, I Learned
JUNE 12, 2012
by Kevin Siegel I received an email from a Captivate developer asking if it was possible to remove the white space that appears between the browser toolbars and SWF when a lesson is opened within a browser. In the image below, notice that there is white space above the SWF (just below the browser's menu bar). Admittedly the space that appears above a SWF isn't huge and it's not something that I had spent time thinking about.
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I Came, I Saw, I Learned
MARCH 15, 2011
While your published SWF will be smaller when compared to using the other modes listed here, this setting will lower the quality of the published images so much, you may not like it. This option will result in the hightest quality images, but the largest published SWF.
I Came, I Saw, I Learned
AUGUST 26, 2013
Adobe Captivate 6 introduced HTML5 output, allowing eLearning content to be interactive on mobile devices such as the iPhone and iPad. Choose Insert > Adobe Captivate Demo. In the Multimedia Name field, open the swf you published from Captivate. by Willam Van Weelden.
CommLab India
OCTOBER 27, 2016
Adobe Captivate has been a top choice for creating dynamic and engaging e-learning for quite some time now. With every version, Adobe makes improvements and also has some neat additions to the tool which make it easier to develop e-learning courseware.
I Came, I Saw, I Learned
OCTOBER 4, 2011
According to Adobe statistics, Flash Player version 10 and below is in use in 99.2% Learners attempting to open a SWF published to a more recent version of the Player than what is installed on their computer will be unable to view the lesson. Looking to learn Adobe Captivate 5 or 5.5?
I Came, I Saw, I Learned
OCTOBER 15, 2013
Adobe Presenter 9 allows you to transform your existing PowerPoint deck into eLearning complete with voiceover recordings, interactive objects, screen characters and videos. During this full-day, online instructor-led class, you will learn how to create an eLearning lesson from scratch using both Microsoft PowerPoint and Adobe Presenter. Finally, you will also learn how to publish the finished eLearning content as both SWF and PDF.
I Came, I Saw, I Learned
NOVEMBER 27, 2012
Selecting the 508 Compliance option makes certain elements in Adobe Captivate projects accessible or open to accessibility technology. For example, if you select the 508 Compliance and you have filled in the project name and project description text boxes in Project preferences, a screen reader will read the name and description when the Adobe Captivate SWF file is played. Tips for Creating 508-compliant Adobe Captivate SWF Files.
Adobe Captivate
DECEMBER 18, 2011
Most of us, sometime or the other, have had a need to manipulate the HTML page that contains the Captivate SWF file. The requirement may have been to display a custom message or change an image in the HTML page on click of a button inside the SWF. Training and Tutorials Whats new "Elearning authoring tools" Adobe Captivate Adobe eLearning Suite 2.5
CommLab India
NOVEMBER 22, 2016
Various other authoring tools provide this facility to record simulations, but Adobe Captivate 9 is the most easy-to-use tool to create software simulations. It’s a fairly simple process to record a software simulation in Adobe Captivate. Learning Technology Adobe Captivate
I Came, I Saw, I Learned
MAY 14, 2013
For instance, I use Adobe Captivate to create most of my eLearning content, and Adobe RoboHelp to create my Help Systems. When creating content within Adobe Captivate, avoid using Captivate features that are not supported by mobile devices (such as Flash animations or rollovers).
I Came, I Saw, I Learned
OCTOBER 2, 2012
by Kevin Siegel I've published a ton of eLearning lesson using Adobe Captivate, and I have seen the Publish dialog box more times than I can count. I was curious what the option would do, so I enabled it and published a SWF. However, with Scalable HTML content enabled in my test project, the published SWF always resized to fit my browser window (proportionally), no matter how big or small I made my browser window.
I Came, I Saw, I Learned
JANUARY 29, 2014
by Kevin Siegel If you have already created a presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint, it's very easy to re-purpose the presentation as eLearning content using either TechSmith Camtasia Studio or Adobe Presenter. Adobe Presenter 9 and PowerPoint. When working with Adobe Presenter and PowerPoint, there really isn't anything to migrate. Below are the individual tool groups you'll find on the Adobe Presenter tab.
I Came, I Saw, I Learned
SEPTEMBER 12, 2012
by Kevin Siegel I wrote about the HTML5 output option available in Adobe Captivate 6 a few months ago. I pointed out that HTML5 is an alternative publishing format to a SWF. Adobe's Technical Communication Suite Captivate eLearning HTML5
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Then, you can develop software simulations that engage your learners with Adobe Captivate easily. This blog is a step-by-step guide for developing software simulations using Adobe Captivate. Source: Adobe help manual). You can publish your software simulation to a swf.
Upside Learning
JUNE 29, 2011
This has come just in time for mLearning implementers; there is a new tool out in Google Labs called Swiffy that let’s one convert flash animation (swf files) to a device independent HTML5. This also helps us poor elearning developers circumvent the continuous war between Adobe and Apple over flash technology, and allow delivery across devices/platforms. Incidentally, Adobe had worked on just such a tool called Wallaby.
I Came, I Saw, I Learned
AUGUST 22, 2012
During a standard PowerPoint import process, PowerPoint pptx presentations are first converted to the ppt format, and then converted to SWF. In Captivate 6, if you select the new High Fidelity option, the import process will take native pptx files directly to Captivate SWF (the ppt conversion is skipped). Adobe Captivate Essentials and Adobe Captivate Beyond the Essentials (Advanced).
I Came, I Saw, I Learned
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. Adobe''s Technical Communication Suite Captivate eLearning Kindle mLearning Mobi Technical Communications Technology training
I Came, I Saw, I Learned
DECEMBER 10, 2014
Since I use Articulate Storyline and Adobe Captivate for my eLearning development, publishing projects as HTML5 would have taken care of his requirement. I started Adobe Captivate and recorded a Software Simulation. and then publish as SWF, HTML5, or both. Adobe Captivate
I Came, I Saw, I Learned
JANUARY 21, 2014
Here's what the standard Publish dialog box looks like: When publishing a cptx project, you can elect to publish as SWF, HTML, PDF, or all of the above. However, the Publish dialog box that appears couldn't be more spartan: SWF?
Adobe Captivate
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I’m really excited to share with you that we have HTML5 Converter for Adobe Captivate 5.5 out on Adobe Labs. With the HTML5 Converter, you can easily convert Adobe Captivate generated SWF to HTML5 format and repurpose your countless hours of interactive trainings for your mobile devices that do not support Flash content. Rapid Authoring Training and Tutorials Whats new Adobe Captivate 5.5 Adobe eLearning Suite 2.5
I Came, I Saw, I Learned
FEBRUARY 7, 2014
by Jennie Ruby When you publish an Adobe Presenter presentation, a small Adobe logo appears at the beginning of the playbar. You can replace the Adobe logo with your own by doing a little bit of setup work. Looking for training on Adobe Presenter?
CommLab India
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Adobe Captivate is the solution for this. Here are the steps to create software simulations with Adobe Captivate. Install the latest version of Adobe Captivate in your system and open it (the current version is Adobe Captivate 9). Learning Technology Adobe Captivate
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AUGUST 12, 2011
Today I’m happy to report that our much anticipated update of Adobe Presenter with full support for ActionScript 3.0 (AS3) AS3) is here, and this is a free update to anyone who owns Adobe Presenter 7, or any version of our Adobe eLearning Suite.
I Came, I Saw, I Learned
SEPTEMBER 3, 2014
Earlier this year I wrote an article teaching you how to take PowerPoint content and create eLearning using either TechSmith Camtasia Studio or Adobe Presenter. Over the next two weeks, I'm going to show you how to use your PowerPoint content in Adobe Captivate and Articulate Storyline. Adobe Captivate and PowerPoint. During a standard import process, PowerPoint pptx presentations are first converted to the ppt format and then converted to SWF.
I Came, I Saw, I Learned
NOVEMBER 14, 2015
A recent LinkedIn post asked eLearning developers: which tool is best: Adobe Captivate or Articulate Storyline? As Given that Adobe upgrades Captivate approximately once each year, and you get the upgrades for free as part of your subscription, subscribing is a pretty good deal. When it comes to output, both Captivate and Storyline can publish SWF and HTML5 content.
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In Adobe Captivate 5.5, Adobe® Captivate 5.5 : PPTX -> PPT -> SWF Adobe® Captivate 6 supports direct conversion from PPTX to SWF without converting PPTX to PPT. PPTX files were converted to PPT files during import and therefore some features of the PPTX files were not imported into Captivate projects. Therefore, PPTX features can [.]. Whats new
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