June 11, 2024
Captivate Classic – Preview from Here (HTML)
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June 11, 2024
Captivate Classic – Preview from Here (HTML)
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I have recently switched to Captivate Classic. However, in HTML, I cannot “Preview from Here” like in the ptevious versions of Captivate. Is there a way to start the HTML preview from a specific slide.

This feature is really needed, especally if you have a very long course.

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2024-06-12 12:39:55
2024-06-12 12:39:55

It means that you are on a version 11.8.2 or 11.8.3. And you are working on a non-responsive project. In that case you have really only one possibility to Preview: F11, which is Preview HTML in Browser. There is also Project, but it is exactly the same, can also be started with F11. The Play Slide is not at all a preview as you may be aware.

The team took out most of the SWF-related features in this release. In the versions you are referring too those preview methods were SWF-base in non-responsive projects, so they deleted them without replacing them by a HTML equivalent which exists for responsive projects. I understand that this can be very frustrating when working/testing long courses. Here are a couple of workarounds:

  • Make the TOC active in overlay and allow navigation by TOC. The full project will still need to be rendered at the start, but after that you can navigate quickly to any slide.
  • Hide slides you don’t want to view. That us only really possible for rather linear, simple projects.
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