They let you use keyboard key combinations instead of a mouse or program menu. Preview the project in a web browser (SWF). Show/hide the SWF-Commenting pane. Insert an FLV file. Shortcut keys provide an easier and quicker way to navigate and use Adobe Captivate. The common shortcut keys are listed in the table. It’s amazing just how much time you can save when you know the shortcut keys to use when using Captivate. MORE

It works on all platforms and is probably the most popular free audio program around. To create a.pdf, just use the print command from the source program that the file was created in. Some say this email program from Mozilla is better than Outlook Express. This chat program gets rave reviews. CamStudio can record all the screen actions on your computer, as well as an audio narrative, and create AVI files which can converted to a streaming Flash (SWF) format. MORE

If there’s a beta program or new software application, I’m quick to sign up and play around with it. For rapid elearning converting to the SWF and FLV Flash formats are important and Format Factory supports this. I mainly use it to convert FLV to other media for easy editing since I can’t find an easy FLV editor. On a side note, if you are looking for an FLV editor, you might try the RichFLV editor. SWF Player. FLV Player. MORE

When you move over a video MP4 file onto your page, it converts to FLV video – but when you decide to publish and select video – you can output the entire project as a MP4. Unless you have used a product like Photoshop or other programs that have layers, etc. Publish – Publish as a Single SWF, Publish as a video, Publish as a video on a mobile device, One click share to Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, YouTube or Snap! MORE

Keeping Up” features : Add FLV video, branch using the player’s Next/Back buttons, hide slides in the navigation panel, disable navigation on individual slides, and customize/translate text labels. Have more than one swf per slide. The gap between the two programs is a little bit smaller today. About three months ago, Trivantis released Snap! by Lectora – a PowerPoint authoring tool à la Articulate. Today they announced their 1.1 update. MORE

Corporate training professionals, educators, instructional designers, and all types of business users with limited programming capabilities who want to create product demos, application simulations, soft skill and compliance training, and mobile learning. Adobe Captivate helps you create various types of eLearning and mobile learning content without programming. Adobe Value Incentive Plan is a flexible subscription licensing program that allows the purchase of volume license. MORE

Preview Flash content on your computer: SWF Player and FLV Player [ original post ]. AlacrityPC : shut down unnecessary services and programs before you run a resource intensive application like multimedia authoring applications. The other day this guy asked me how to develop color schemes for his rapid elearning courses. Like a lot of guys, he has some issues with color perception so he wanted an easy way to match colors. I have the same challenge. MORE