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JUNE 5, 2014

by Kevin Siegel      Creating eLearning for mobile devices was high on the wish list a few years ago when Adobe asked users for the top features they'd like to see added to Adobe Captivate. It wasn't long before Adobe responded by adding HTML5 as a publishing option.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

APRIL 6, 2018

I’ve been teaching and developing projects in Adobe Captivate for years. Just when I think I know everything about Captivate, a seemingly teeny, tiny option gets added by the Adobe engineers and I end up looking silly.  The problem is that the project will continue playing after the action occurs (after the shape appears).

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

APRIL 6, 2018

I’ve been teaching and developing projects in Adobe Captivate for years. Just when I think I know everything about Captivate, a seemingly teeny, tiny option gets added by the Adobe engineers and I end up looking silly.  The problem is that the project will continue playing after the action occurs (after the shape appears).

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Hurix Digital

APRIL 19, 2024

In this blog, you will explore the factors why Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) is the preferred CMS choice for several business owners around the globe. With over 87% of Fortune 100 companies utilizing Adobe Experience Cloud solutions such as AEM, the industry’s widespread adoption and trust in Adobe’s solutions becomes evident.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

by Lori Smith    Adobe Captivate has provided System Variables for years. In fact, there are more than 70 Captivate System Variables in Captivate version 8. Unfortunately, many developers don't use System Variables because they either don't know about them or don't know how to use them.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MAY 14, 2013

For instance, I use Adobe Captivate to create most of my eLearning content, and Adobe RoboHelp to create my Help Systems. It wasn't all that long ago that eLearning content and Help Systems served different roles and different audiences. Open or create a topic and choose  Import > Adobe Captivate Demo.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

APRIL 6, 2018

I’ve been teaching and developing projects in Adobe Captivate for years. Just when I think I know everything about Captivate, a seemingly teeny, tiny option gets added by the Adobe engineers and I end up looking silly.  The problem is that the project will continue playing after the action occurs (after the shape appears).

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

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. System Audio Recording and Editing Record your system's audio along with your audio narration.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MAY 22, 2013

When creating content within my Help System, I often put my content through a review process. 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.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

OCTOBER 18, 2017

One of Adobe Captivate's most often overlooked features is its ability to generate support documentation for your eLearning content. You can control which Captivate project assets appear in the Word document by selecting or deselecting items from among the check boxes at the right of the dialog box (Caption text, Slide Notes, etc.).

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Hurix Digital

JANUARY 29, 2024

It is where Adobe InCopy emerges as a pivotal solution, enabling you to effortlessly link and manage numerous documents while harnessing the power of cloud-based services. With Adobe InCopy, the collaborative process extends beyond geographical boundaries. Table of Contents: What is Adobe InCopy Workflow? Let’s dive in!

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 14, 2017

During our  live, online beginner Adobe Captivate class, you learn about previewing your project pretty quickly. You will find the following menu items in the Preview drop-down menu of a standard project: Play Slide, Project, Next 5 slides, In Browser, HTML5 in Browser, Preview in SCORM Cloud, and In Adobe Edge Inspect.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

APRIL 8, 2014

If you've uploaded your eLearning lesson into a Learning Management System, bookmarking is enabled by default in every lesson that you publish.   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.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 20, 2014

We are proud to announce that our newest book, "Adobe Captivate 8: Beyond The Essentials" is now shipping. Adobe Captivate e-learning eLearning mLearning TechComm Technical Communications Technical Writing Technology UA User Assistance User Experience UX' More information.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

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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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

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. In most cases, RoboHelp will create a Word document out of your Help System. Add RoboHelp Projects to Trusted Locations. Enabling Word Macros.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

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). This week, HTML5.

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eLearningMind

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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Folio3

MARCH 9, 2023

Friendly user interface Capacity for collaboration Premade templates Multi-device Different Types Here are different solutions of eLearning authoring tools to choose the form which may fit best to your existing systems. H5P A rich and interactive multimedia creation system for e-learning, H5P is open-source and community-driven.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JANUARY 22, 2014

  Adobe released Adobe RoboHelp 11 last week.     One of my team members (Biff Bifferson), who is located in another state, was working on a RoboHelp project and needed to use some of my content.     Like magic, my content was now being used in two projects in two different locations.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MAY 22, 2012

by Kevin Siegel    By this point I've created hundreds upon hundreds of eLearning projects using Captivate. In all that time, Captivate has remained very stable for me (very few crashes and zero corrupt projects). Editing over a network drive:  Captivate projects simply cannot be edited over a network drive.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

OCTOBER 18, 2017

One of Adobe Captivate's most often overlooked features is its ability to generate support documentation for your eLearning content. You can control which Captivate project assets appear in the Word document by selecting or deselecting items from among the check boxes at the right of the dialog box (Caption text, Slide Notes, etc.).

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eLearning Brothers

AUGUST 10, 2017

It has been a few months since the release of Adobe Captivate 2017 and most people, by now, have had a chance to play with it and start looking at how the thousands of free assets provided by eLearning Brothers work with the new release – specifically Captivate Game Templates. Mac: /Macintosh HD/Applications/Adobe Captivate 2017/utils.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

APRIL 13, 2016

First, quit Captivate and then open your Mac's System Preferences ( Apple > System Preferences ).      Select the  Privacy  category and, from the  Allow the apps below to control your computer area , select Adobe Captivate.app.   Fortunately, both problems are easily fixed. .

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

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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Adobe Captivate

MARCH 14, 2018

Did you know that you can record onscreen activity using Adobe Captivate? Adobe Captivate has three main ways of creating system training, utilising the on-screen recording feature. In this webinar, we explore these methods, giving you the skills to create software training in Adobe Captivate 2017.

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Appsembler

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Learning management systems (LMS) are platforms used by organizations of all backgrounds and sizes to prepare employees for the work they’re doing today and the work they may be promoted to tomorrow. Cost Learning management systems and employee training courses come at a variety of price points. Appsembler Rating: 4.9/5

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

As a review, variables are placeholders for text that you need to use throughout a RoboHelp project (e.g.: Should you need to change the name of the product, you would have to go through the entire project and manually change the product name, one-by-one (or use RoboHelp's Find/Change feature). a product name).

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Adobe Captivate

MARCH 10, 2018

There have been some questions in the comments of my videos that suggest that some people may not understand Typekit fonts in Adobe Captivate. There are three different types of fonts on a Windows or Mac computer running Adobe Captivate 2017. These are system fonts, web-safe fonts, and potentially Typekit fonts.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 30, 2015

by Kevin Siegel      Last week Adobe announced a major update to Adobe Captivate: Adobe Captivate 9. While similar in appearance to Adobe Captivate 8, version 9 offers several enhancements that I'll cover over the next few weeks.   Looking for training or help with Adobe Captivate?

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Adobe Captivate

MARCH 1, 2018

Welcome to the next instalment of our Adobe Captivate Webinar Series. Following on from our Adobe Captivate for Beginners webinar, we will now look at creating software simulations, training demonstrations and video demonstrations in an Adobe Captivate project. All of this is possible in Adobe Captivate.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

by Kevin Siegel    If you have a need to include PDFs in your Help system, you have a few options. You can create a link to the PDF (which will open the PDF once the user clicks the link) or you can import the PDF into the project (which will create a topic out of the PDF). Looking to learn Adobe RoboHelp?

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JULY 28, 2015

by Jennie Ruby    Adobe Presenter and Adobe Captivate have some overlapping functions. Both can create eLearning lessons that can be uploaded to and report results to a learning management system (LMS). Or, if I already have both, which to use for any given project? In Adobe Presenter, this is a good thing.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JANUARY 31, 2013

You will be working with the system variable  cpCmdMute. Here is what Adobe says about using cpCmdMute:    According to the Description shown in the image above, you set the variable to  1  if you want to mute the audio,  0  if you don't. Remember, you need to fill in the ELSE section. 

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 21, 2018

  You'd like your Adobe Captivate eLearning module to greet the learners with “Hello! Believe it or not, Captivate already knows how to get the information: via a System Variable called cpInfoCurrentDay.    The reason for the confusion can be found in Captivate’s Variables dialog box (via the Project menu).

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 21, 2018

  You'd like your Adobe Captivate eLearning module to greet the learners with “Hello! Believe it or not, Captivate already knows how to get the information: via a System Variable called cpInfoCurrentDay.    The reason for the confusion can be found in Captivate’s Variables dialog box (via the Project menu).

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JULY 13, 2010

.   After starting Adobe Captivate 5, take a moment to display the Preferences (via the Edit menu if you are using a PC or the Adobe Captivate menu if you are on a Mac) and select the Global Category. You will see two options in the Default Locations area: Publish at and Project Cache.

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