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  • Hidden shortcuts of Captivate 5
    Keyboard shortcuts are a great way to boost productivity. While most of the keyboard shortcuts are listed besides the menu items in Cp5, there are few which are hidden underneath. Here is a list of some of those shortcuts Editing shortcuts Shortcut key Action Ctrl + I (Win), Command + I (Mac) Left indent selected [...]

  • New utility for deleting Adobe Captivate project cache folders
    Project cache in Adobe Captivate 5 helps you save and open projects faster. When you create a project in Adobe Captivate 5, a corresponding project cache folder is automatically created. This folder is saved in the project cache root folder specified in the project Preferences. For more information on project cache in Adobe Captivate 5, [...]

  • Video Delivery Types in Captivate
    Captivate supports the following types of Video Delivery : Progressive download, RTMP Streaming, Flash Video Streaming Service (FVSS)

  • Adobe Captivate 5 Tutorials – Missing files
    Issue: One of the tutorial file is missing from the Tutorials List which are accessed from the Adobe Captivate 5 welcome screen. To Fix the issue, please go through the following Kowledgebase Article. http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/857/cpsid_85772.html

  • Flash Export in Captivate 5
    Export to Flash is an old feature modeled in a new way. In previous versions of Captivate, for this feature to work, Flash needs to be installed on the same machine from where you want to export. But, taking the advantage of the XML-based FLA file format introduced in Flash CS5, we have removed the [...]

  • master slides and changing requirements in a eLearning project
    The requirements of eLearning projects are always changing. Consider this - You have a captivate project of say 100 slides and suddenly hears from your client that their background color needs to be changed, few slides should have a company logo.  You could have changed project background color and added the logo on first slide and [...]

  • Patch for Adobe Captivate 5 to resolve Upgrade related issues
    Install this patch to fix the issues that occur while upgrading earlier versions of Adobe Captivate projects to Adobe Captivate 5. Installation Steps: Windows: Take a backup of the file VeelaUpgrader.dll. Download the Zip File. Unzip the contents, rename AdobePatchInstaller.abc to AdobePatchInstaller.exe Double click set-up file. The patch gets installed, replacing the old VeelaUpgrader.dll file [...]

  • Unable to open EXE files published from Adobe Captivate 5
    Issue: EXE files published from Adobe Captivate 5 do not open on machines that do not have Adobe Captivate 5 installed on them. The following error message is displayed: “This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect.  Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.” Solution: Download and install the latest patch [...]

  • Captivate 5 for University Educators
    .dink { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; } .dink { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; } .dinkHead { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; } .dinkLink { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; } This week’s eSeminar was chock full of solutions as we discussed ‘how to’ start developing [...]

  • Adobe Captivate Quiz Result Analyzer
    My last post mentioned the way to set up an owned server, for getting the Captivate quiz results. This blog highlights the new Results analysis tool, which can be used to view the results stored on your servers. Adobe Captivate Quiz Results Analyzer is a results analyzer tool which comes with Adobe Captivate 5. This [...]

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