I got a chance to take a look at a new Captivate eBook the other day, "GooberGuides - Captivate Tips & Tricks," and I really wish I'd had this months ago. Captivate Tips and Tricks is a compendium of all the time-saving answers the other books never tell you. For example the tip on how to use wildcard text in text entry boxes would have been well worth the modest price of the ebook when I ran into that problem on a recent project.
The chapter on preventing project corruption is brief but extremely useful. If you've worked with Captivate for a while, you've probably corrupted a project. The tips in this chapter should be on the opening splash screen when you first launch Captivate.
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Posted by ellen at July 25, 2008 04:56 PM
Included in the ebook are many annotated screenshots and Captivate movies showing the step by step procedures to follow. The author also provides links to relevant external resources.
There is plenty here for the more advanced user as well as beginners. Here are some of my other favorite tips from the Guide:
- "Slice and dice full motion clips"
- "Dealing with sensitive or confidential information"
- "Create a demo of using Captivate to record"
- "Use multiple levels of feedback"
- "Use a zoom area to move an image"
- "Dealing with Flash security"
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