North Texas Captivate User Group

That was fast!

Here is a link to the press release.

Is everyone upgrading to CP3 or are you completely satisfied with the current release?

More to come…

Walt

When my Captivate 2 files are launched from the LMS/CMS, they are presented with minimal browser chrome - no browser toolbars, no buttons, no address bar, etc. However, when you preview in Captivate, it presents with full browser chrome. I have been searching for a way to preview my projects directly from Captivate so that they appear the same way our CMS presents, with minimal browser chrome, and finally came up with a solution, using a little bit of embedded JavaScript in a special slide at the beginning of my project.  Solution and explanation below the fold…

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Topic: Bryan Peters and Walt Stewart will cover techniques for optimizing published file sizes.  File size optimization is a challenge facing most Captivate developers, regardless of skill level.  Please come to learn and share. 

NEW LOCATION THIS MONTH!

Where:  15770 Dallas Parkway, Suite 800   –   This is the Beal Bank Building.  It is a tan building with an orange roof.  There are two that look alike. 

Parking:  There is a parking garage in the back.   Please park on the top (visitor) level (it’s not a far walk at all) and come in the back glass doors. 

PLEASE do not park in the spaces in front of the bank.

Call Dawn at 214-725-9952 if you have a hard time finding our location. You can also call Walt Stewart at 469-628-5145.

Copying and pasting clipart from Powerpoint into Captivate is a quick and easy way to add images to your project. However, there are two things you need to remember:

1. Open the copied image in Captivate and change the transparency layer from black to white. The WMF image copies with a white background but the images transparency property is black. The image background is transparent in the development mode but not when you publish it.
2. The WMF format is not editable in Captivate. If you want an editable image, use Snagit or some other screen capture utility to grab the image before importing it into Captivate.