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eLearning: Adobe Captivate and Microsoft PowerPoint

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If you're using a legacy version of Captivate (even version 4 and 5), the steps below will work for you just fine.   During a standard import process, PowerPoint pptx presentations are first converted to the ppt format and then converted to SWF. Also, the ability to import PowerPoint presentations isn't new.

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The Open Screen Project – Will It Succeed?

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The most important one is Adobe removing restrictions on SWF and FLV/F4V specifications. So one can now develop software that can actually “play” SWF content. Opera has released a HTML 5 version (Opera mobile) for Windows Mobile. What’s Adobe’s contribution? How’s it going?

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eLearning Development: 4 Tech Considerations When Using Videos

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This table shows compatible publish and playback versions for these codecs. The embedded videos are played back from within SWF, so you can create your own components to control the video playback. Before using videos in your Flash project, you would need to encode them in a format compatible with Adobe Flash (FLV or MPEG-4).

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eLearning Development: What’s new in Flash CS4?

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If you have been bugged by previous Flash versions not allowing you to publish for latest Flash Player there is some relief here. Flash CS4 allows us to finally publish SWF files for Flash Player 10 - the latest version of Flash Player. The new Adobe CS4 suite has some new exciting and time-saving features in all its products.

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Adobe Captivate 5.5: Flash Player Version Aversion

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

One of the big decisions you will need to make during the Publish process ( File > Publish ) is which Flash Player to choose from the Flash Player Version drop-down menu. sports three versions of the Flash Player: 9, 10 and 10.2. According to Adobe statistics, Flash Player version 10 and below is in use in 99.2% Captivate 5.5

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Adobe Captivate 2019: New Update Removes Flash Output

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

While the world awaits the all-new Captivate to be released (the new version, currently called Project Charm, is in beta), Adobe continues to support version 2019. Beyond some tweaks to the overall look and feel of the interface, this update finally removes references to SWF output in the Publish dialog box ( File > Publish ).

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Publishing Adobe Captivate Projects: SWF, HTML5, or Both?

The Logical Blog by IconLogic

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).  In addition, SWFs can be used by the vast majority of the world's desktop computers, laptops, and browsers. SWF and HTML5 versions.

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