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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

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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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 16, 2011

A seasoned Captivate developer contacted me with a small dilemma. It seems that he was new to Captivate 5.5 (but but had been using Captivate for nearly 4 years). He needed to change the appearance of his mouse pointer throughout the project. In Captivate 5 and 5.5, Looking to learn Adobe Captivate 5 or 5.5?

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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.  While there is no setting in Captivate to ensure that a TEB isn't left blank, using a little variable and some advanced action magic can make it happen.  Interested? 

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

by Kevin Siegel      During every  Captivate beginner class , time is spent on the second day teaching everyone how to use Captivate's Text-to-Speech feature to convert slide notes into speech. Here's how: First, go through your project and convert the slide notes to speech. Interested? 

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Adding audio to your Captivate project is one of the best ways to increase the effectiveness of the lesson. For instance, if you want to add audio to the project slide, you would choose Audio > Import to > Slide.     Browse to the folder containing the audio clips you intend to use in the Captivate project.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JULY 12, 2011

If you'd like to repeat an object over a majority of your slides, one of the easiest ways to proceed is to select the object and, on the Properties panel, Timing group, select Display for rest of project. The rest of project option is compelling because it's so simple. Using the Timing group, select Display for rest of project.

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JULY 29, 2018

My first Captivate Project! I don’t feel I have a lot to contribute – most of the blogs featured here are written by eLearning professionals or Adobe Evangelists whereas I am a total beginner. The following is my first experience using Captivate:-. Project type. Adding a videos to my project.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JANUARY 12, 2011

Prior to publishing a Captivate project, you should spend a few minutes filling in fields you will find in the Project Information window (via File > Project Info ).   Among other things, you'll find the Project Name and Description fields. by Kevin Siegel. Why bother filling out these fields?

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Appsembler

AUGUST 13, 2023

Welcome to “Learner Experience Platforms: A Beginners Guide.” While an LMS is akin to a library, an LXP is more like an interactive learning ecosystem designed to captivate, engage, and empower learners. The post Learner Experience Platforms: A Beginners Guide appeared first on Appsembler.

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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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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JUNE 13, 2017

During the first day of my Adobe Captivate Beginner class , attendees learn how to import and work with both images and videos. Even if you managed to find a video, it's unlikely that it matches the other images you've already used in your project. Best of all, the assets are free if you’ve got Adobe Captivate 9 or 2017.

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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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eLearning Brothers

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Even though Captivate 2017 has been around for over a year now, there are still many people who are just now discovering it. Last week I held a webinar in which I introduced new users to Captivate 2017 and some of the basic features they could expect to see. You can only do it in a non-responsive project. Captivate Blogs.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Branch Aware is new in Captivate 6. For example, consider that a project contains a quiz that branches into two modules that in turn contain a quiz. If this option is not enabled, the scores are calculated on the total number of questions in the project and not the module that users actually viewed." " Huh?

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JULY 31, 2011

I received an interesting email last week from a Captivate developer asking where imported audio was physically stored on the computer. She had edited much of the audio from within Captivate and needed to share some of the edited clips with team members in her office. Looking to learn Adobe Captivate 5 or 5.5?

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

In an ideal world, your Captivate projects would be kept to a respectable number of slides (fewer than approximately 100). Larger projects will take longer to produce, longer to publish, longer for learners to download and, most importantly, longer to complete. Choose File > New Project > Aggregator Project.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

DECEMBER 13, 2011

by Kevin Siegel    I received an SOS from a fellow Captivate developer who was having a hate-hate relationship with the mouse click sounds he was hearing in his Adobe Captivate demonstration. He told me he had spent over an hour trying to figure out how to disable the mouse-click sound, project-wide. Project-wide?

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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

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Last week I showed you how to remove the TOC from an Aggregated Captivate course. If you've never used Captivate's Overlay feature, check out the TOC overlay article I wrote earlier this year. Publish all of the Captivate lessons as SWFs. Add the published modules (SWFs) to the Aggregator project. by Kevin Siegel.

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JUNE 28, 2011

by Kevin Siegel You've always been able to create quizzes with Captivate. However, if you've spent any time with the quiz feature in Captivate 5, you are probably a bit disappointed with how bad some of the text formatting features are. You'll be happy to hear that all is well in the new Adobe Captivate 5.5.

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Kitaboo

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

When it comes to creating compelling eBooks, it’s important to ensure that your content not only informs but also captivates your audience. On this note, KITABOO , a leading digital publishing platform, helps you sharpen your eBook creation capabilities and create captivating digital content using thoughtful design.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 21, 2011

by Kevin Siegel It's relatively simple to import a PowerPoint presentation into a Captivate project. You can import a presentation into a new project, or add PowerPoint slides to an existing project. The decision to select Maintain aspect ratio depends largely on the size of your other Captivate projects.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

DECEMBER 7, 2011

by Kevin Siegel    You can import or record audio to just about anything in Adobe Captivate. Ever wondered how you can get the edited audio clip out of your project so it can be used in other applications that accept audio?   Looking for a more direct method of exporting project audio?

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

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. If externalizing your project files is a requirement in your organization, here is how you do it.

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JUNE 4, 2018

There is only so much space on a Captivate slide and eventually you’re going to encounter a passage that won’t fit on a slide. In Adobe Captivate, a scroll box is easy to implement and I show you how to implement them in a non-responsive project or a responsive project with breakpoints.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2018

Most of you would be well versed with the things I am going to discuss, with respect to the correct settings, in getting your Captivate content to play just right for the Google Daydream VR headset. The post Beginners’ guide to setting up Google Daydream for your Captivate VR content appeared first on eLearning.

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Hurix Digital

MARCH 19, 2024

Enter the realm of typesetting—an amalgamation of art and science dedicated to arranging and presenting text in a visually captivating and easily readable manner. For those seeking further insights into typesetting or requiring assistance with ongoing projects, Hurix Digital can help.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

APRIL 19, 2011

At some point I used the spell check feature ( Project > Check Spelling ). There was a typo flagged in that very same caption, which I naturally allowed Captivate to fix. If you resize a text caption or button in Adobe Captivate, and then edit the object's text at all, the object will do you a favor and resize.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 10, 2011

When you add a Table of Contents to a Captivate project ( Project > Table of Contents > Show TOC ), the default settings include Show Duration. Choose Project > Table of Contents. Click the OK button and then preview the project. Looking to learn Adobe Captivate 5 or 5.5? by Kevin Siegel.

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MAY 15, 2012

by Kevin Siegel    During every  Captivate beginner class , time is spent on the second day teaching everyone how to use Captivate's Text-to-Speech feature to convert slide notes into speech. Here's how: First, go through your project and convert the slide notes to speech.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

You've produced your Captivate project in record time. The only thing left to do is Publish the project. Anyone who has published a Captivate project knows it is a simple process of choosing File > Publish and setting the appropriate options. It takes time for Captivate project to publish.

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JUNE 7, 2010

by Kevin Siegel Ever needed to display an object across several or all of your Captivate project slides? One way to show an object (such as your logo) across multiple slides is to use Captivate's Show for rest of project command via the Options tab of several objects. Looking to learn Captivate?

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MARCH 9, 2011

When you record a Captivate demonstration or simulation, one of the coolest things that Captivate can do for you is automatically create the text captions. By default, Captivate does not add the end of sentence punctuation to the text captions. Exit Captivate.   Looking to learn Adobe Captivate 5?

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JUNE 15, 2010

by Kevin Siegel How many times have you had to update the appearance of objects in Captivate and the pesky Apply to All feature simply didn't work? If you've tried to updated Captivate's text captions across an entire project, then you know how truly hit or miss the process can be. Looking to learn Captivate?

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JULY 27, 2010

  Beginning with Adobe Captivate 4, and continuing in Captivate 5, you can create a link to a PowerPoint presentation during the import process by simply selecting the Link option on the Convert PowerPoint Presentations dialog box. Captivate 5 has added a nifty improvement to this workflow. Looking to learn Captivate?

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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. What's that you say, you're still using Adobe Captivate 4? For Captivate 5 developers, the process is simple.

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