Adobe Communication Suite Program: Is There a Mac Version?
We are a small organization hoping to utilize many of the features (eLearning & conferencing) in Adobe Connect Pro. After having been Windows-based for more than 15 years, we are waking up to the fact that user-by-user we have morphed into a Mac-based organization.
The Adobe Creative Suites have been our primary software so naturally we would go Adobe if it were available. Is there a program as robust as Adobe Captivate and the Communications Suite available for Adobe-spoiled Mac users? Or is there something coming soon? Assuming there is not, what would you use in the interim?
Answer
Adobe has promised a Macintosh version of Captivate after the upcoming release of Captivate 4. Sorry to say, I cannot guarantee that that is still the plan, or if there is a timetable. My personal feeling is that Adobe will, at some point, create a Communications Suite for the Macintosh (the suite includes Acrobat, FrameMaker, Captivate and RoboHelp). When I predicted that very thing at last year's Writer's UA Conference (schedule for Seattle in 2009), my predication was met with much skepticism. Acrobat is already available for the Macintosh; FrameMaker used to be available for the Macintosh, and Captivate for the Mac is coming (maybe). That would leave just Robohelp as the missing component. Since RoboHelp has never existed for the Macintosh, that would appear to be the biggest hurdle to a TechCom Suite for the Mac.
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Adobe Captivate 3 Question: Can You Help With An Error Message?
I'm using Adobe Captivate and keep getting an error message(as follows):
What is happening? Also, when I publish the course, it comes up blank.
Answer
I've never gotten this alert. It might be helpful to learn more about when it appears for you. Specifically, what are you doing that forces the message to appear?
If you are seeing the message when accessing a published project via a standard Web server (not an LMS), I'm guessing that you have enabled eLearning and the browser isn't liking that too much. In Captivate, choose Quiz > Quiz Preferences. Ensure eLearning is disabled, republish, repost and retest.
If anyone has seen this message, please let me know.
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