Adobe Captivate 4 Question: How Do I Get Past Audio Recording Errors on Vista 64?
I'm having problems recording audio with Captivate 4 on my Vista 64-bit laptop. After pressing record, I get a message that the audio wasn't recorded. Any ideas?
Answer
There is a post about resolving audio issues with Captivate 4 on the Captivate forums. The developers experiencing the problems are typically Vista users running 64-bit systems.
Try these steps to hopefully resolve the issue:
- Close Captivate
- Run a command prompt (cmd) in Admin mode (If you're using Windows Vista, click Start, type cmd and press [enter].)
- Go to the directory where Captivate 4 is installed
- Run regsvr32 NSAudio.dll
You should get a message 'registration of dll successful.'
- Start Captivate 4 again and test the audio.
You can read the entire post here.
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Adobe Captivate Question: Got Any Housecleaning Advice?
Here is a a 'housekeeping' question–what folder structure should I setup for Captivate projects? I get confused about where to store animation files, widgets etc. Especially at publishing time.
Answer
Great question, and one that is frequently overlooked. I've managed dozens of huge eLearning initiatives over the years where Captivate was the development tool of choice. For each of those projects, I was careful to create one main project folder for each customer. Within that folder I always created a "publish" folder where I had my developers publish all versions of the output (SWF, EXEs and eLearning zips). In addition, I created a backup folder for the Captivate projects (I think it's critical to create updated versions of each project using simple naming conventions such as projectName_v1.cp, projectName_v2.cp, etc.). Last, but not least, backup everything to multiple servers (drives). The last thing you need is your drive going down and destroying your projects.
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Adobe Captivate 4 Question: Can I Open 4 with 3?
I just installed my version of Captivate 4. I plan to keep version 3 at least for the short term. Before I get going full force, do you know if I can answer Captivate 4 projects back in version 3?
Answer:
No. While you can upgrade your projects from version 3 to version 4, there is no going back. If you plan on running both versions 3 and 4 on your system, I suggest you rename the projects as you are upgrading them into version 4. That way you'll still have a version 3 project you can open in the older version of the software.
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Adobe Captivate Question: Can I Control Caption Counts in a Print Document?
My first Captivate project was a big success, which is very gratifying. But now our customer would like a paper copy of the project. I've reviewed the print publishing options and tried them. But the problem I'm having is getting a 'page' with each individual caption before it is overlayed and no longer readable. Is there a way to do this within Captivate? If I'd known a paper doc was going to be requested I would have positioned my captions differently.
Answer:
Sorry, no. That's one main reason that our eLearning style guide limits the number of items allowed per slide to one caption and one interactive object (such as a button, click box or text entry box).
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Hi
I have a 64 bit / vista running Captivate 4. The software has worked flawlessly… right up to when I go to publish the file as either .exe or AVI. With publishing in .EXE the file ends with a CP and with the AVI there is an error message that there is insufficient memory to publish and to play with the external resources… or something to that effect. I have 8 gigs so memory is not an issue. Regardless, I am pretty frustrated by the process and have not received any tech support to resolve this issue. My email is doc.amss@gmail.com If you have any experience with this issue, please let me know how to resolve it. I have developed a headache from hitting my head against the wall.
Thanks
Stephen Shaw
Hi
I have a 64 bit / vista running Captivate 4. The software has worked flawlessly… right up to when I go to publish the file as either .exe or AVI. With publishing in .EXE the file ends with a CP and with the AVI there is an error message that there is insufficient memory to publish and to play with the external resources… or something to that effect. I have 8 gigs so memory is not an issue. Regardless, I am pretty frustrated by the process and have not received any tech support to resolve this issue. My email is doc.amss@gmail.com If you have any experience with this issue, please let me know how to resolve it. I have developed a headache from hitting my head against the wall.
Thanks
Stephen Shaw
Hi
I have a 64 bit / vista running Captivate 4. The software has worked flawlessly… right up to when I go to publish the file as either .exe or AVI. With publishing in .EXE the file ends with a CP and with the AVI there is an error message that there is insufficient memory to publish and to play with the external resources… or something to that effect. I have 8 gigs so memory is not an issue. Regardless, I am pretty frustrated by the process and have not received any tech support to resolve this issue. My email is doc.amss@gmail.com If you have any experience with this issue, please let me know how to resolve it. I have developed a headache from hitting my head against the wall.
Thanks
Stephen Shaw