If
you've created eLearning lessons in Adobe Captivate and then tried to
import the lessons into a RoboHelp project, you've probably already
seen that it's a fairly straight-forward process:
you've created eLearning lessons in Adobe Captivate and then tried to
import the lessons into a RoboHelp project, you've probably already
seen that it's a fairly straight-forward process:
- Open a RoboHelp topic
- Choose Insert > Adobe Captivate Demo
- Find and open the SWF you published using Captivate
If
you've followed this process in the past, you have probably run into a
problem: if your Captivate lesson contains a skin and was published as
HTML, there are more required files needed to be imported besides the
SWF. If you don't import the skin SWF and supporting JavaScript file,
your lesson won't play properly in RoboHelp.
you've followed this process in the past, you have probably run into a
problem: if your Captivate lesson contains a skin and was published as
HTML, there are more required files needed to be imported besides the
SWF. If you don't import the skin SWF and supporting JavaScript file,
your lesson won't play properly in RoboHelp.
So
how do you import the Captivate lesson and its published assets? Think
Baggage… import the Captivate lesson files into the Baggage Files
folder, and then link from the RoboHelp topic to the assets in the
Baggage Files folder. Here's how…
how do you import the Captivate lesson and its published assets? Think
Baggage… import the Captivate lesson files into the Baggage Files
folder, and then link from the RoboHelp topic to the assets in the
Baggage Files folder. Here's how…
- On the Project Manager pod, right-click the Baggage Files folder and choose New > Baggage File
- Navigate to the folder containing the published Captivate assets
- Select and then open all of the assets
The imported assets will appear in the Baggage Files folder
- Open a RoboHelp topic and create a link from the HTML file in the Baggage Files folder to target text in the RoboHelp topic
- Finally, generate and test the link
Click here if you would like to see a demonstration of this process.
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are hard at work on our "Essentials of Adobe RoboHelp 8" book and will
soon begin offering virtual training classes on RoboHelp 8. Stay tuned
to this newsletter for announcements.
are hard at work on our "Essentials of Adobe RoboHelp 8" book and will
soon begin offering virtual training classes on RoboHelp 8. Stay tuned
to this newsletter for announcements.
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