One of the more useful features of Captivate 2 has been the Library panel.
If you have been playing with the Library, you will have noticed by now that it offers you the ability to easily open images and sound files in your favorite editing application. This is a really cool feature. But it's just a bit lacking. What if you have more than a single image editor you like to use? You can seemingly only choose a single editor. Or can you? ;)
One of the really useful features Microsoft Windows provides, is the ability to create shortcuts inside folders that point to other folder locations and applications. You can use this to your definite advantage with Captivate and the library. Notice that when you first try this, the Edit item is disabled on the context menu and in the toolbar. So your only option is choosing Edit With... The default location that opens is C:\Program Files. So my favorite trick is to create Windows shortcuts to my favorite image editing applications in this folder. I personally bounce between good old Windows Paint, SnagIt and Fireworks. So I've created Windows shortcuts to each of these items. I labeled the shortcuts as follows:
- Paint
- SnagIt
- FireWorks
I labeled them this way so that they would naturally float to the top of the list when I view in Details mode. Next, copy the three shortcuts and visit each location where the applications are stored. Paste into each location. Then you will probably want to delete the shortcut that points to the application in the folder where you are. After all, it's redundant.
From now on you will be able to choose Edit With and easily pick and choose the desired application!
by Rick Stone
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