Rescuing a corrupt Captivate File

If you do any work with Adobe Captivate, you probably have experience with Captivate’s tendency to corrupt files. The last Captivate project I worked on gave me a chance to get reaquainted with this feature, so I am posting the solution which saved my work:

First, you must know the exact size of the old project. If you are using an odd size, be sure to note it down. Create a new, blank project at that size. Select “File>Import Slides/Objects” and import all the slides and their objects from the corrupted project. If you don’t see any slides to import, you are probably out of luck.

The knowledgebase article on adobe.com does not seem to be available anymore, but the cached version is still available on Google:

Google cache of the article

In case it vanishes from the cache, I’ve copied the text below: