The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JANUARY 7, 2014

by Kevin Siegel        The more I work with Captivate's Video Demo mode, the more I like it.   To record a video using Video Demo mode, select Video Demo from the Create New area of Captivate's Welcome Screen. Every video you see was created using Captivate's Video Demo feature.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JUNE 18, 2013

If you're using Adobe Captivate 7 for the Macintosh, it's possible you've been bitten by the spell-check bug. Captivate 7 crashes when you choose  Project > Check Spelling. I've learned that the crash does not occur if you have Captivate 6 installed on your Macintosh (or other CS6 application).

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eLearningMind

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In terms of its broader platform compatibility, while primarily designed for the Windows platform, Articulate 360 users can also run it on a Mac that supports an Intel processor with a Windows virtual machine. Adobe Captivate Adobe Captivate is filled with developer tools and templates to shorten the eLearning development cycle.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 9, 2011

When you record a Captivate demonstration or simulation, one of the coolest things that Captivate can do for you is automatically create the text captions. By default, Captivate does not add the end of sentence punctuation to the text captions. Exit Captivate.   Looking to learn Adobe Captivate 5?

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

I love keeping my Mac up-to-date, but I rarely install major software updates when they are first released. After several months, my Mac began pestering me to get the update. after upgrading my Mac, this is what I saw when choosing Apple > About This Mac. except Captivate 2019. Yeah, about that.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 5, 2013

by Kevin Siegel      You're recording a complex series of steps on the computer using Adobe Captivate. As If you check your email now, without stopping the Captivate recording process, the act of checking your email is going to be recorded by Captivate. Captivate will wait. No worries!

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MARCH 7, 2023

When I teach my Adobe Captivate beginner vILT classes , we cover application Preferences fairly early. If If you're on a Mac, choose Adobe Captivate > Preferences. Find the project cached folder (for example, C:Usersyour nameDocumentsAdobe Captivate Cached ProjectsCPDxxxxxdb ).

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JULY 9, 2013

Today's learners are consuming eLearning content using a vast array of devices (PCs, Macs, and mobile devices such as the iPad). " If the Tin Can API is supported by your Learning Management System (LMS), you'll be happy to learn that it's also fully supported in Adobe Captivate 7. by Kevin Siegel.

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CommLab India

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Today, I am sharing my views on the 3 widely used tools -Articulate Storyline, Adobe Captivate, and Lectora Inspire 16. Articulate Storyline 2, Adobe Captivate 9 and Lectora Inspire 16. Articulate Storyline and Adobe Captivate support Mac and Windows Operating systems where as Lectora supports Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8,and 10.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JULY 31, 2013

Using Captivate's Spell Check feature is as simple as choosing  Project > Check Spelling. It's a good bet that if you've spent any amount of time developing projects within Captivate, you've used the Check Spelling command at least once. Remove a Word from Captivate's Dictionary. by Kevin Siegel.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MAY 21, 2013

Have you ever visited the Preferences dialog box in Adobe Captivate (Windows users, Edit > Preferences ; Mac users,  Adobe Captivate > Preferences ), made several changes and later, maybe months later, needed those settings on another computer running Captivate? Looking to learn Captivate quickly?

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

APRIL 13, 2016

First, quit Captivate and then open your Mac's System Preferences ( Apple > System Preferences ).      Start Captivate and create a software simulation.   Looking to get a jump start on creating software simulations with Adobe Captivate?   Fortunately, both problems are easily fixed.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 5, 2014

by Kevin Siegel      From a new user perspective, one of the major complaints about Adobe Captivate has always been its cluttered user interface.   People using Captivate versions 5, 6, and 7 have the ability to undock most of Captivate's panels and move them around the screen. Users

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Adobe has just released a patch for Adobe Captivate 7. The patch supports both Mac OS 10.9 Color Swatches: You can now import swatches from Adobe Photoshop and Kuler, or create custom swatches, and apply them to Adobe Captivate objects with a single click. Adobe''s Technical Communication Suite Captivate'

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

by Kevin Siegel      Adobe Captivate likes to confirm your actions. Captivate will prompt you to confirm the action. Since I told Captivate not to bother me, Captivate hadn't. If only Captivate argued with me when I disabled that not-so-annoying confirmation message. Deleting audio?

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

APRIL 19, 2011

There was a typo flagged in that very same caption, which I naturally allowed Captivate to fix. If you resize a text caption or button in Adobe Captivate, and then edit the object's text at all, the object will do you a favor and resize.   Looking to learn Adobe Captivate 5? The caption resized. It's not a bug.

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Adobe Captivate

MAY 10, 2009

Captivate , Mac , Beta. Yes, that's right, the early builds of Captivate on Mac are ready and we would like some volunteers to test this out. please do mention your interest in the Mac version among other things. In the question 'why do you want to participate in the pre-release program?'-

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

I was recently working on a Captivate project that contained more than 70 text captions. Just prior to publishing the project, I ran Captivate's spell check utility by choosing Project > Check Spelling. Why oh why would Captivate tease me like that and have me staking a claim to the world's accuracy title?

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MAY 28, 2014

by Kevin Siegel      Adobe last week announced Adobe Captivate 8, a significant upgrade to one of the top eLearning development tools in the world. Over the past few years I've repeatedly heard a couple of complaints about Captivate. Another major complaint was Captivate's lack of support for mobile users.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

OCTOBER 25, 2011

So I'm working with a text caption in Adobe Captivate and the font size is 16 points. On the Mac, press [ F4 ] on your keyboard.) Of course, if you use any of the devices mentioned above to calculate a desired font Size, you'll still need to return to Captivate and type the new Size within Captivate. No worries.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JUNE 12, 2012

by Kevin Siegel    I received an email from a Captivate developer asking if it was possible to remove the white space that appears between the browser toolbars and SWF when a lesson is opened within a browser. Unfortunately, the solution isn't found within Captivate. If you're using a Mac, TextEdit will work nicely.)

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

MAY 2, 2011

by Kevin Siegel Back in March I wrote an article about editing Captivate's RDL files to control much of the text and punctuation that will appear in a project's text captions before  recording any of your lessons. That little trick will surely save any Captivate developer hours of work. Rock on Dave!

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Adobe Captivate

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

As we shared in late October, Adobe Captivate 7 is not yet compatible with the 10.9 Mavericks update to the Mac Operating System. We are actively testing an update for Captivate 7 that will fix compatibility issues with the new Mavericks Operating System. Rapid Authoring Rapid eLearning Adobe Captivate 6.1

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

AUGUST 27, 2014

by Kevin Siegel      If you have created a Captivate project and need to reuse a slide in another project, all you need to do is right-click the slide on the Filmstrip, choose the Copy menu item, switch to another (or new) Captivate project, and paste.   Looking for instructor-led training on Adobe Captivate?

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

I felt it important to rerun the original article now, updated a bit for Captivate 5.5. After starting Adobe Captivate 5 or 5.5, take a moment to display the Preferences (via the Edit menu if you are using a PC or the Adobe Captivate menu if you are on a Mac) and select the Global Category ( General Settings in Captivate 5.5).

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

JULY 2, 2014

by Kevin Siegel        Text Captions have been available in Adobe Captivate since before Captivate was Captivate (think RoboDemo). Many Captivate developers, tired of the limitations of standard Text Captions, have forsaken Text Captions altogether for Smart Shapes.

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mLearning Revolution

JANUARY 17, 2012

Desktop App Stores — Mac users have downloaded over 100 million apps from Apple’s Mac App Store and Microsoft recently showcased their upcoming Windows 8 Store, which will enable PC users to easily download, install and stay up-to-date with software. I have it and like it a lot. Suffice it to say, it is still not there.

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mLearning Revolution

JUNE 21, 2012

. In writing my honest assessment of Adobe Captivate 6 post I knew going in I was putting myself out there and would invariably take some heat for sharing what I really thought about the new release. Obviously the video focusing on web design, but as you watch it, think about using these same principals in Captivate for mLearning.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

  You're in the middle of recording a Captivate simulation.   If you proceed without stopping your Captivate recording, the process of checking your email is going to be recorded, which would make a mess of your recording. Captivate will wait. Looking to learn Adobe Captivate 5 ? by Kevin Siegel.

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Adobe Captivate

JUNE 9, 2019

The actual specifications for Adobe Captivate are relatively low. For Mac OS, you need a multicore Intel processor, Mac OS X v10.13.5 (or And while Adobe Captivate is the core application for me for eLearning development, eLearning designer, developers often have to wear many hats. The first decision was Mac or PC.

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Tony Karrer

AUGUST 28, 2007

This organization predominantly has Macs and would like to use something like Articulate or Captivate to: "convert our existing Powerpoint trainings, include quizes, track responding, track time spent enaged, insert Quicktime movies and deploy via the web."

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Making Change

MAY 11, 2009

If you’re new to the Mac, you’ll get iWork 09 by default, which contains the unfortunate Keynote 09. Some more complex alternatives could be Adobe Captivate for Mac, which is looking for beta testers , and Techsmith’s Camtasia Studio for Mac, which is scheduled to be released in mid-2009.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Since I use Articulate Storyline and Adobe Captivate for my eLearning development, publishing projects as HTML5 would have taken care of his requirement. Neither Captivate nor Storyline are available for mobile devices so creating software simulations directly on those devices wasn't an option. Pretty cool, eh?

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

APRIL 4, 2018

Both Jennie Ruby and I have been teaching Adobe Captivate onsite and online for years ( you can see our huge Captivate course lineup on the IconLogic website ). You're on a Mac and you're having trouble recording. During class, there are a few issues that routinely occur. Have any of these happened to you?

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

OCTOBER 18, 2017

One of Adobe Captivate's most often overlooked features is its ability to generate support documentation for your eLearning content.     After clicking the Publish button, assuming you have Microsoft Word on your computer (Mac or PC), all of the Filmstrip slides are included in a new Word document. .

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eLearning Brothers

AUGUST 10, 2017

It has been a few months since the release of Adobe Captivate 2017 and most people, by now, have had a chance to play with it and start looking at how the thousands of free assets provided by eLearning Brothers work with the new release – specifically Captivate Game Templates. Mac: CleanPreferencesMac. Open Captivate 2017.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

OCTOBER 3, 2017

I received an interesting distress email from a fellow eLearning developer about an issue that caused Adobe Captivate 2017 to crash frequently and otherwise behave erratically. You can also access the Preferences directly through Captivate by choosing Edit > Preferences (Windows); or Adobe Captivate > Preferences (Mac).

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