Adobe Captivate 3 Question: Are FLVs the Only Video Format I Can Import?
I am new to Adobe Captivate. Am I correct in my assumption that Captivate does not produce FLVs or AVIs, and that to use video in a Captivate project I have to first convert all of my videos to Flash video (FLV)?
Answer:
Captivate does not create FLVs or AVIs. When you publish a Captivate project, one of the publish formats is SWF.
When importing animation into a Captivate project, you can import any of the following formats:
- AVI
- FLV
- FLA
- SWF
Adobe Captivate 3 and Word Templates Question: How Do I Customize the Publish Templates
I understand that Captivate allows me to publish my project into Microsoft Word. I need to edit the template codes so that I can customize the output. I'm finding this to be a bit of a challenge. Have you done any work in this area?
Answer:
I played with those templates some time ago and found them to be less than intuitive–something you have probably run into as well.
If anyone has managed to update those templates, please send me an email and let us all know your steps to success.
In the meantime, I would suggest a different path altogether. The issue you'll have with modifying those Word templates is that, in the end, you'd still have to format the training materials in MS Word… not something I'd look forward to doing. Adobe has designed FrameMaker and Captivate to work together. What I'm seeing today is more and more people creating the print materials in FrameMaker, importing the Captivate lessons into FrameMaker and then creating living PDFs from FrameMaker (very cool).
Have you investigated Adobe's TechCom suite? FrameMaker (part of the suite) is a wonderful authoring tool for printed materials and PDFs.
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