Captivate Question: Is My Patch Bad?
Help! I updated my copy of Captivate not too long ago and now my software is acting strange. Every time I make a formatting change to a text caption (I make it bold for instance) and click OK, then open another text caption, all of the text is bold. Is anyone else seeing this? Is there a problem with the patch?
Answer: This is indeed a documented problem with the Captivate 3 patch–I’ve experienced the exact same thing. Happily, Adobe is right on top of things and has released a patch for the patch. All you need to do is start Captivate and choose Help > Update to get the new patch.
Captivate Question: Is it true that Captivate version 4 is Available Now?
I attended a trade show recently and was very excited to learn that Adobe has released Captivate 4. Is that true??? I can’t seem to find it anywhere.
Answer:
Whoa!!!! I’m not sure where you heard that Captivate 4 is available now, but that’s not correct. The most recent available version of the software is version 3. Of course, that’s not to say that Adobe isn’t hard at work on a new version. And before you ask, sorry, but there isn’t an ETA for the release of version 4.
RoboHelp Question: Where Can I Find More Skins?
I just love the skins in RoboHelp 7. Do you know where I can find more?
Answer:
Yes, you can download skins from Adobe’s RoboHelp Skin Exchange. Click here to view the available skins.
Captivate Question: Should “Record Narrations” Be Selected When I Record?
If you want to record your narration later, but need to create your project in the meantime, do you check the Record Narrations box initially or not? We are having another person within the company record the narration at a later date.
Answer:
You would leave that option turned off. Later, during post-production, you can insert audio on the slide or attach audio to any slide object (see my article above).