After creating and editing an Adobe Captivate project, you can publish the project for review on an internal server using the File > Send for Shared Review workflow. The project is published as a CREV file, a custom SWF file that is used for review. Reviewers can review the CREV file by opening it in Adobe Captivate Reviewer, an AIR application. The installer for the application, AdobeCaptivateReviewer.air, is present in the location where you installed Adobe Captivate. You can also […]
Notes: Resizing a project cannot be “undone” with a toolbar button or key combination such as Control+Z. Resizing a project numerous times can result in quality deterioration. As far as possible, try to resize a project only once. Before you start, resize buttons. Resizing a project does not resize the buttons automatically. 1.In an open project, select Modify > Rescale Project. 2.Select your preferred size options, and click Finish. For more information on resizing your project, and for help with […]
An Adobe Captivate project file can become corrupted for any number of reasons. To prevent your project from getting corrupted, make sure you don’t do any of the following: Edit a project on a network drive or network location. Close Adobe Captivate improperly. Use an older version of Adobe Captivate Copy and paste objects/slides in an older version of Adobe Captivate. Use Adobe Captivate on a system that does not meet or exceed system requirements.
If your project has become corrupted and doesn’t open, then it most likely is not recoverable. But, you can try to recover the project using either of the following steps: Open the project in the latest version of Adobe Captivate. Open the backup file of the project. By default, the name of the backup file is the same as your project suffixed with .bak extension and is saved in the same location as the project. Note: The […]
1.Select Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Adobe Captivate > Preferences (Mac OS). 2.In the Preferences dialog box, select General Settings from the Global menu. 3.Select Generate Project Backup. Refer the following for more information: http://blogs.adobe.com/captivate/2010/09/recovering-the-project.html https://helpx.adobe.com/captivate/kb/opening-corrupted-captivate-project.htm
Select Window > Workspace > Manage Workspace. To rename a workspace, select the workspace and click Rename. To delete a workspace, select the workspace and click Delete.
Before you enable a custom workspace, enable Custom Workspace and restart Captivate. You can create a custom workspace by rearranging and resizing document windows and panels. You can save the customized workspaces and switch between them. Some things you can do: Rearrange document windows Move, dock, and undock panels Add and remove panels from docks Resize panels Collapse and expand panel icons After you make your customizations, you can save your workspace by clicking Window > Workspace > New Workspace. […]
Recently, PhoneGap updated the Cordova plugin that was not supported in the publish mechanism of Publish for Devices (app) of Captivate. As a result, you will see the following error message about unsupported Cordova plugin. Error: plugin unsupported: org.apache.cordova.device @ 0.2.8 To fix this issue, perform the following steps: Take a back-up of the phonegapConfig.xml in the location C:\Program Files\AdobeAdobe Captivate 9 x64\Templates\Publish. Download the phonegapConfig.xml from this location. Replace the old file with the downloaded file in C:\Program Files\AdobeAdobe Captivate 9 x64\Templates\Publish. Publish the […]
You can choose the Preset Theme Colors or customize Theme Colors to make your own color schemes. From the Toolbar, click Themes > Theme Colors Choose any one of the Preset Theme Colors from Select Theme Color drop-down and click Customize. Choose the component for which you want to change the colors. Change the colors of each component of slide such as Title, Skin, Sub Title, Slide BG. Pick the color with the help of Shades, or Swatches, Color Picker, […]
Mouse over the shape, you can see its dimensions on the bottom left corner. To edit its dimensions, go to the Options tab in the Property Inspector. You can see the X and Y coordinates and the height and width in pixels. Edit the values to change the size and position of the object.
