Thanks for confirming this. I just wanted to check whether my being unable to save the template was specific to my system/configuration/connectivity etc.
I, too, would rather jump in and get started on the prototype asap, than waste time on devising elaborate storyboards! The reason I landed here is that I am looking for a few tips on rapid prototyping.
I had useda word-based template once (not built by me, of course) where one could put the OST and graphics file IDs, select and populate different types of CYU screens, and finally hit a ‘publish’ button to quickly produce a module.
I wonder if I could build such a macro-enabled word doc template now. If you know any resource from where I could pick up a few tips, that would be helpful!

Thanks!

Somdotta

Not sure why you’re getting what you’re getting, but regardless, this template no longer seems to work in PPT 2007. I was originally told that it did, but I tried it and couldn’t get it to work. It was originally designed/built in PPT 2000 or 2003.

Personally, I don’t believe in traditional written ’storyboards’ – I think the best approach is to just get into Captivate, PPT, or whatever tool you’re using and do it. The faster you get a simple rough prototype done the better.

That said, it appears that this particular template/post is my most popular on this blog, so I do plan on writing up a new template that works with the latest version of Word. But I can’t say when I’ll get the time.
mark

I haven’t used Captivate much, but starting this week and for the next few months I’m going to be doing a lot using it. I haven’t tried the exporting to Flash since Captivate 1 – I remember back then I was shocked how bad it worked – I lost half the assets and, if I recall correctly, the audio. I was thinking about giving it a try with my latest project because file size is a huge concern but it sounds like it hasn’t improved much since Captivate 1!

The best tip I’ve seen and experienced is simply to, once all editing and everything is complete with the CP, is to open up another instance of Captivate and then just copy all of the slides from the one to a new, fresh, clean CP instance. Save and publish and usually the file size goes down, sometimes tremendously. Makes no sense, but it works.

mark

Have you had any further success reducing the Captivate 3 files? I’ve done a direct export to Flash but the screen backbrounds end up all over the place and in differennt resoullions/sizes. Upside is, it cuts the file size in half instantly.

Any ideas?

Cheers,

Dean