Adobe Captivate 4 Question: Does PowerPoint 2003 Linking Work?
I am working through your new "Adobe Captivate 4: Beyond the Essentials" book and I have a question: I own PowerPoint 2003. Your book states that only PowerPoint 2007 works if you want to create a link between the PowerPoint presentation and my Captivate project. Is that true? If so, I'm bummed given the fact that I cannot afford to upgrade to PowerPoint 2007 any time soon.
Answer:
You are correct. My book does, in fact, state that only PowerPoint 2007 works with the new link feature. However, I am happy to report that PowerPoint 2003 does work just fine. During the beta rounds of my advanced Captivate book, my beta testers who owned PowerPoint 2003 reported that it did not work (I own PowerPoint 2007 and wasn't able to test it myself). I recently ran an online Captivate class where half the students owned PowerPoint 2003. Each and every person who had 2003 created the link without a problem. I have posted this correction to my book on my site. You can review the PDF of this and a few other minor corrections made to the book here.
I am working through your new "Adobe Captivate 4: Beyond the Essentials" book and I have a question: I own PowerPoint 2003. Your book states that only PowerPoint 2007 works if you want to create a link between the PowerPoint presentation and my Captivate project. Is that true? If so, I'm bummed given the fact that I cannot afford to upgrade to PowerPoint 2007 any time soon.
Answer:
You are correct. My book does, in fact, state that only PowerPoint 2007 works with the new link feature. However, I am happy to report that PowerPoint 2003 does work just fine. During the beta rounds of my advanced Captivate book, my beta testers who owned PowerPoint 2003 reported that it did not work (I own PowerPoint 2007 and wasn't able to test it myself). I recently ran an online Captivate class where half the students owned PowerPoint 2003. Each and every person who had 2003 created the link without a problem. I have posted this correction to my book on my site. You can review the PDF of this and a few other minor corrections made to the book here.
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Adobe Captivate 3 Question: Why Isn't My Link Working?
I am using Captivate 3 and a click box that is supposed to launch a URL. When I preview the slide, the URL works fine. However, when I launch the movie in our LMS and click on the box it closes the module and reports my status as unsuccessful.
Any suggestions on what could be happening?.
Answer:
Set the URL to open in a new window. (You can control that just to the right of the URL field). That should take care of the problem.
Question Follow-up:
I wanted to say THANK YOU! The step we were missing was "opening in a new window." That worked perfectly!
I am using Captivate 3 and a click box that is supposed to launch a URL. When I preview the slide, the URL works fine. However, when I launch the movie in our LMS and click on the box it closes the module and reports my status as unsuccessful.
Any suggestions on what could be happening?.
Answer:
Set the URL to open in a new window. (You can control that just to the right of the URL field). That should take care of the problem.
Question Follow-up:
I wanted to say THANK YOU! The step we were missing was "opening in a new window." That worked perfectly!
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Adobe Captivate 3 Question: Should I Upgrade to Version 4?
I currently have Captivate 3, but have the opportunity to upgrade to version 4. My question is should I accept the upgrade. My project files were developed in version 1, and then some were updated using versions 2 and 3. I will be updating some of these files again soon. Would it be better to stay with v. 3. Does it even matter?
Answer:
Speaking only for myself, version 4 is a wonderful upgrade and well worth the upgrade price. Since version 3 and 4 can coexist on the same drive, why not download the trial version from Adobe's web site and try the new features out for yourself. I'm offering a Captivate upgrade class that touches on many of the new features if that helps.
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