Editing Slide Length
Hi All,
I am currently using Captivate 3 and have recorded a demonstration. I am
looking to edit one of the recorded slides, specifically, wanting to cut out
the first and last 2 | | 3 | 104 | 3/28/2008 9:06:31 PM |
is it possible to trim a full motion recording?
Hi everyone,
Is it possible te trim a full motion recording? I have made a few 'movies' of
me playing shockwave games, but i need to shorten them a bit on the end and the
beginning | | 3 | 118 | 3/28/2008 2:28:00 PM |
How to Group Elements on Slide
I cannot figure out how to select and group several elements on a slide in Captivate 3. I would swear that I could do this in Captive 2!! Anyone know?
Thanks,
Pat
| | 1 | 110 | 3/27/2008 5:02:19 PM |
get the audio level more or less equall
Is it possible to have captivate go trough all the audio files with the sheets
and get the audio level more or less the same for all slides?
(i know you can do it slide by slide manual, | | 0 | 75 | 3/27/2008 1:24:07 PM |
Muting Typing Sound Effects
Hi all,
quick question here, thanks for any feedback.
I have a previously recorded screen capture that has an input box where a user
types in some information. I like the look of | | 2 | 96 | 3/26/2008 7:31:52 PM |
Change Bullets
Is there any way to change the bullets styles in Captivate captions? I would like to use something else besides the circle.
Thanks,
KLW
| | 0 | 104 | 3/26/2008 1:49:17 PM |
Timeline marker moves in jumps rather than smoothly
I have Captivate 3 and am encountering a weird issue in Edit mode where for
some slides the timeline marker does not scrub smoothly left to right but moves
in jumps of almost two seconds. It | | 1 | 85 | 3/26/2008 12:32:44 PM |
Copying a slide to the clipboard?
I want to copy a Captivate slide to the clipboard so I can edit it in a
graphics program. The documentation first says:
Adobe Captivate provides an easy way to copy a slide to the clipboard. | | 7 | 91 | 3/25/2008 8:03:05 PM |
Captivate records everything out synch, cannot delete
Okay. First of all, why does Captivate record all the slides out of synch? For
example, the mouse will click, but instead of going to the next slide it just
stays there. Then the mouse moves | | 3 | 124 | 3/25/2008 3:38:45 PM |
problem correcting .ppt slide
I have an imported slide set and need to update one of the slides in captivate.
When I open the .ppt file I get the window where it is supposed to preview the
slides. After the empty slide | | 6 | 86 | 3/25/2008 3:32:25 PM |
Printing the timeline
Hi All:
Just getting to know Captivate 3. As part of learning how to do things, I'd
like to print a slide's timeline so I can re-use the techniques in other
slides. Apart from a clumsy | | 1 | 100 | 3/25/2008 7:20:42 AM |
Text and Captions
When previewing text within a Caption in Captivate 3, the text looks different
and a bit distorted. It sometimes adds random spaces between lines and font
does not look the same. Has anyone | | 5 | 90 | 3/23/2008 5:46:57 PM |
Fuzzy text
Is the clarity or sharpness of text on the slide directly related to screen
size? My screen size is at the default of 640x480. Is there a difference
between screen size and text resolution | | 1 | 132 | 3/22/2008 3:46:16 PM |
Font colour for custom caption
I have created a custom caption but I can't change the default font colour.
The .bmp and .FCM files are called [b]MP LightBlue1[/b], [b]MP
LightBlue2[/b]... and the colour I would like to us | | 4 | 111 | 3/22/2008 8:53:21 AM |
Close project
We are working on a project and are relatively new to Captivate. The last slide is set "Fade last slide" and "close project". It doesn't close it. What do we do?
Mary
| | 0 | 101 | 3/21/2008 12:17:05 AM |
"Animation" Rest of Project Problem CP3
:confused;
I've an animation in flash, to use it like Background for my presentation.
(it's SWF explicty). I've added it the Animation and I've put it in Last Layer,
when I put the anim | | 1 | 78 | 3/21/2008 12:14:29 AM |
"Animation" Rest of Project Problem CP3
:confused;
I've an animation in flash, to use it like Background for my presentation.
(it's SWF explicty). I've added it the Animation and I've put it in Last Layer,
when I put the anim | | 0 | 80 | 3/20/2008 11:50:49 PM |
take the quiz again
How do I go back and clear responses from a 4 question quiz with infinite
attempts and no failures, to allow the user to go back and take the quiz
again, other than shutting it down and rel | | 0 | 98 | 3/20/2008 9:52:21 PM |
Typing tap audio.
Captivate v2.0
I'm duplicating slides that include a typing object and I'm using these slides
as still (static) screen shots. I've reduced the slide timing to the minimum
but a single t | | 1 | 96 | 3/19/2008 10:01:50 PM |
Caption Sizes
I've been trying to shrink the caption size on some of my captions, but it just
won't go any smaller. I have shrunk the font size of the text, moved the
caption around on the slide, and cha | | 1 | 89 | 3/19/2008 9:59:21 PM |
Slidelet in Captivate 3
Good morning and happy Friday!
I recently upgraded to Captivate 3 and am curious about the use of the
Slidelet. During a practice, I added a slidelet with an image, but I'm
confus | | 2 | 119 | 3/19/2008 2:37:51 PM |
Background editing
Hi there, I am trying to edit a background image in Captivate 3 but I don't
have PS on my Windows machine. I am copying the background to the clipboard and
pasting in MS Paint. Then I need t | | 2 | 92 | 3/19/2008 2:23:05 AM |
trouble with reappearing sections of images
I am making demonstration videos, I am blurring out text that is sensitive
information by editing the background in photoshop. Everything works fine until
certain parts where the mouse click | | 2 | 84 | 3/18/2008 9:45:41 PM |
When I resize project, it becomes blurry
How do I keep my project from becoming all blurry when I make it smaller? I am
recording at 1152 X 864, but want to display my recording in a smaller area,
800 X 600. When I resize it in ca | | 1 | 110 | 3/18/2008 1:56:24 PM |
Buttons don't open new window. Buttons go dead
I'm having trouble getting buttons to work at the end of my presentation. My
last slide contains 3 buttons that I want the user to click on as a "next step."
But, my buttons | | 1 | 103 | 3/15/2008 3:32:47 AM |
Memory spiking in Captivate 3 when opening property
I have run into a very disturbing problem with Captivate 3. I try to open the
properties dialog of one of the objects and the memory usage (as seen through
windows Task manager - using xp) | | 4 | 100 | 3/14/2008 9:10:38 PM |
Buttons quit working
I'm adding buttons (that open other Captivate tutorials) to the end of my
tutorials. If the user doesn't click the buttons pretty quickly they quit
working. They highlight and look like th | | 6 | 104 | 3/12/2008 10:52:40 PM |
Arrows Won't Display
I am having trouble with arrows not showing in my preview and published
versions on Captivate 3. This appears to happen to arrows (objects) that fade
in or out. However, if I slide the timin | | 5 | 95 | 3/12/2008 1:31:14 AM |
Blinking Buttons
I've copied in some buttons across 80 slides. As the presentation plays back,
the buttons blink once between slides. The buttons are in the exact same place.
Is there a way around this? I re | | 4 | 101 | 3/11/2008 8:28:52 PM |
advance after reviewing a quiz
I created a one hotspot question quiz with review option,
Once I go into review quiz and look at the last question I can not advance to
the rest of the slides it stays on the last reviewed q | | 3 | 83 | 3/11/2008 8:05:30 PM |
print screen
Hi,
First, many thanks to everyone who takes the time to answer questions here -
it is very helpful!
I am trying to include an option for using to print the screen they are | | 0 | 101 | 3/11/2008 7:58:55 PM |
CTRL and Click
I am looking for some help!!! I am trying to get the user to CTRL and click on
a click box, but I cannot get it to work. When it records the training, it
allows the user to click on it witho | | 1 | 81 | 3/11/2008 5:38:29 PM |
a button that leads to another movie
hello everyone.
How do I create a button that leads to another movie, to a specific slide?
Thanks for your help.
(The movies are limited in their weight, so I split them, | | 1 | 97 | 3/11/2008 5:32:04 PM |
change caption type
I'm a captivate-user-in-training.
My settings created text captions, hint (rollover) captions, and failure
captions when I recorded my training video, which was ok. I was instructed to
| | 2 | 82 | 3/10/2008 2:47:55 PM |
Editing Audio! Seriously losing patience :)
Hi there,
I was after any advice or input anyone could give me regarding audio editing.
I have tried to do this in two ways, both times, similar problems seem to
occur. I've tried | | 14 | 81 | 3/9/2008 8:28:34 PM |
video podcast?
Hello - How can I turn my demo/simulation into a video podcast? or ... is only an audio podcast available? Thanks.
| | 1 | 92 | 3/6/2008 10:17:35 PM |
problem with slidelet
I am trying to have a button that appears on each slide, that always opens a
"window" of some kind to display a list of links. A rollover slidelet would be
great, except that you c | | 2 | 105 | 3/5/2008 5:00:48 PM |
Unable to use edited background image
I am using Captivate 3 on Windows XP Pro. After I edit a background image in an
external image editor, the image is saved in a temporary folder, and I can't
work out how to incorporate it ba | | 4 | 100 | 3/4/2008 6:58:19 PM |
How to set closed captioning to turn 'on' as default
Does anyone know how to set the closed captioning so that this feature is
turned "on" as the default when people view the finished product? As it stands
right now, users must selec | | 5 | 80 | 3/3/2008 11:28:31 PM |
Problem with layering of highlight boxes
I have been adding some highlight boxes using the "Fill outer area" option, so
that a large area is "greyed out" and a small area is clear. Sometimes the
large outer &quo | | 3 | 93 | 3/2/2008 11:23:35 PM |
Starting other projects in the same widow
I have several projects that have had to remain separate due to their size but I need to be able to go to these different projects remaining in the same window, if possible. Any suggestions?
| | 1 | 90 | 2/29/2008 7:16:09 PM |
buttons display for rest of project?
Is it possible to get buttons to display for "rest of project"?
| | 2 | 82 | 2/29/2008 3:15:42 AM |
Record Audio with SWF video preview...blank
I have a slide with multiple Flash Videos. I am trying to record audio to that
slide. When I go to do so, and tell Cap3 to "generate preview" of the slide so
that I can comment o | | 2 | 96 | 2/29/2008 12:59:48 AM |
Timing demo
We are currently working on a demo in Captivate. We are searching for the right
timing of the different boxes, captions, ... when the demo is playing. Does
anyone have experience with this t | | 1 | 92 | 2/28/2008 1:27:13 PM |
clickbox with strg key an dmouse click
I want to create a clik box that reacts is he ctrl key is pressed and teh mouse
klciks on the click area. But the presentation always reacts on both, I can't
force the combination of the two | | 3 | 95 | 2/26/2008 10:32:56 PM |
Slicing and Editing Slides
Hi,
I've imported screen captures with audio to slides from a video playing on my
computer, and now I want to edit the slides that Captivate has created. How
can I do this?
| | 13 | 84 | 2/26/2008 4:49:53 PM |
Unable to Edit Text Captions
Suddenly, I am unable to edit the captions recording during a demonstration
recording. I have several modules that I am working with and it's the same
problem in all of them. I've reinstal | | 8 | 85 | 2/22/2008 9:08:15 PM |
Simulation Background Sizing in Captivate 2
I'm taking a software simulation at a size of 1000X662--as this is the best
size for our systems in the company. What I'd like to do is have the screen
captures at a somewhat smaller size s | | 4 | 88 | 2/22/2008 7:01:28 PM |
Questions - Review Answers
When you click review your answers at the end of a quiz you can view the answer you gave and the correct answer, how do you change the length of the fields which show these answers?
| | 3 | 93 | 2/21/2008 3:36:44 PM |
Review area for Sequence quiz
I am having trouble with the sequence quiz review box. I have 8 questions to be
put in correct order - if the questions are answered incorrectly, there is
insufficient space in the review bo | | 3 | 144 | 2/20/2008 7:24:45 PM |