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Adobe Captivate 5.5: Lowering the Size of Published SWFs

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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. There are some things that you can do while working in Captivate that may lower the size of the published SWF.

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Adobe Captivate 9 Introduction Video Course Now Available on Adobe KnowHow

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this beginner course is for you. The lesson will include adding slides, applying themes, adding images and text, and adding interactive buttons. Learn to publish SWF, HTML5, or both. And you'll learn how control slide and object timing, and how to work with and edit object styles. and quickly.

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Adobe Captivate: When It Comes to Images, Choose Your Quality

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One thing you can do to lower the size of your published video is control the quality of your slides. You can apply the settings to individual slides, or for all of the project slides. Low (8 bit):  This option will publish your slides with the smallest possible size and should be the one you try first.

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Adobe Captivate: Using Aggregator

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In an ideal world, your Captivate projects would be kept to a respectable number of slides (fewer than approximately 100). I suggest creating lessons that a learner can finish within five minutes, which typically translates to around 80-100 interactive slides. Save and Publish the source and target cptx files as SWFs.

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Captivate Tips for Beginners Part III: Adding Text Animation

eLearning Brothers

This post is the last of a three part series, Captivate Tips for Beginners. swf or.gif). Okay, so after you have added your text to the slide click the “Effects” tab near your Timeline tab. Click on your new text within your slide. swf or.gif). In my slide I found an animated fireworks .gif

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Step-by-Step Guide for Creating Software Simulations Using Adobe Captivate

CommLab India

When you choose the ‘ Automatic Recording ’ option, Captivate captures screenshots automatically and presents them on different slides. This allows them to try the steps of the procedure shown in the simulation, and then moves to next slide. You can show some slides as a video in Demonstration mode.

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10 Widely Used Authoring Tools that Support HTML5 and Empower E-learning

CommLab India

swf) worked well on desktops and laptops and for many years, Flash ruled the e-learning world. You can import your PowerPoint slides into Captivate and retain animations without additional plug-ins while publishing them directly to HTML5 because of the HTML5 native support it offers. Flash files (.swf) Articulate Storyline.