Migrating from Adobe Presenter to Captivate

I've been working with Adobe Presenter a lot lately and it functions well enough to convert PowerPoint content. When adding interactivity though, it leaves some things to be desired. I created an interactive slide in a presentation with clickable actions for the user. Little did I know that presenter doesn't convert actions...great :(. So I'm starting to look at Captivate to solve some issues. I watched an archive about migrating from Presenter to Captivate and found it helpful. It states the situations in which you'd want to use one over the other. The presenter also spent some time discussing compliance training and behavioral change which is where we may be more involved in the near future.
I think I'm going to try taking the leap but I know I'll spend a lot of time learning about this new tool...here's to expanding my repertoire.

On demand presentation: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/event/index.cfm?event=set_registered&id=1771673&loc=en_us (login with your Adobe ID)

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Dorothy said…

Best wishes! I've only heard good things about Captivate, especially through Tom Kulhmann's numerous blogs. I'd be interested in learning more about Captivate too once I find some time to explore. :)

May 10, 2011 at 9:30 PM

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