The lock slide/object feature is slow to respond if using more than a few objects (20 or more) on a slide.ġ7. The global setting feature is great, unless you apply it.ġ6. Users must wait for captivate generated html pages (final output) to fully load before clicking any object of the page will stall and must be reloaded.ġ5. Not as straight-forward as advertised.ġ4. Captured procedures require a great deal of editing and timing adjustment to be useful mid-stream in a presentation. The default TOC feature is clumsy unless you anchor it to a specific position.ġ3. Additional audio must be created, removed, and reattached to other objects on the page if the audio is to be associated to an object event and not to timeline position.ġ2. Presentation Slide audio only appears on one time line. Object orientation is limited to upright - no rotating of objects within the development environment.ġ1. The audio editing capabilities of Captivate are too rudimentary for audio editing.ġ0. "Text to Speech" feature is to robotic sounding for final audio production.ĩ. The only method I have been able to count on consistently is to designate that the file be opened in a new browser.Ĩ. The current program just stalls and no action takes place. Sometimes designators to another file/url that are supposed to open in the current window fail. Open File or URL feature - This feature does not work as advertised. Sometimes hyperlinks revert to default file locations.ħ. Sometime hyperlinks to external files from within an. Auto-align does not necessarily fix it.ĥ. Button object alignment using the text button feature appears normal in the development file but "may" be disjointed in the published version. After custom alignment has been performed objects may move without prompt. Over all object positioning and alignment in the development window is tedious. No Adobe documentation on file naming exists within the product manual or help files.ģ. Sometimes Captivate will not publish html/swf files with file names (title) exceeding more than a few characters - behavior is inconsistent. Captivate is operationally difficult to use.Ģ. However, the usefulness of these formats is condition specific.Consġ. The ability to export the output in several output formats is a plus. Without an animation tool for creating/editing animations this feature is somewhat useful but limited in its applicability.ħ. The animation option is useful with the standard animations available, but they are limited and rather generic looking. 800*600 to 1024*768 is very successful without distorting or compensating aspect ratio for the objects contained within.Ħ. Rescaling of a project from one dimension to another, i.e. See items 7 and 19 in the cons section.ĥ. However, it must be edited and its final form before importing it to captivate. Setting up conditionals in the program for data-gathering and program manipulation is easy (provided you know what variables you would like to use and have a clear understanding of if.then statements).Ĥ. The on-board quiz/test generator is very easy to use and links to an LMS if one is setup to accept the data.ģ. If your presentation has a certain look and feel that you would like to match the raw capture is going to require editing - a lot of editing.Ģ. However, the output leaves a lot to be desired. Capturing a procedure is done fairly well. I foresee using this program for several more months before the product cycle ends.ġ. ( More customer reviews)I have been using this program full time since Aug 2009 developing thousands of slides, on numerous topics.
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