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USING ADOBE CAPTIVATE 5
Advanced Editing and Project Reviews
Last updated 4/22/2010
Reviewing Adobe Captivate projects
Ensure that you complete the following procedures before you review a project using the CREV file:
• Install Adobe AIR on your computer. Adobe AIR can be downloaded for free from the Adobe website
http://get.adobe.com/air/.
• Install the Adobe AIR application on your computer. The installer is provided to you by the author of the Adobe
Captivate project. If you have Adobe Captivate installed on your computer, you can locate the installer,
AdobeCaptivateReviewer.air, at the location where you installed Adobe Captivate.
Install the AIR application
1 Double-click the AdobeCaptivateReviewer.air installer .
2 Click Install.
3 (Optional) Customize your installation preferences, and specify a location on your computer where to install the
AIR application.
Open the CREV file using the AIR application
You can save the CREV file to your computer before opening it, or you can open it directly from the inbox.
1 Do one of the following:
• Double-click the CREV file .
• Open Adobe Captivate Reviewer.
2 In the Adobe Captivate Reviewer window, click Load Captivate Movie, and open the CREV file from your
computer.
If the author has not specified a location for storing comments, a dialog box appears asking you to specify a location
for the comments. Select a local folder to store your comments, and click OK. Your comments are stored in this
location as an XML file. After completing your review, e-mail the XML file to the author.
Add comments to the SWF file
1 Click Play . The seek slider starts moving through the movie.
2 Click Add Comment at the point where you want to add your comment.
3 Add your comment in the Add Comment window.
4 Click Add to add the comment. A marker, indicated by a white dot, is added at this location in the commenting bar.
Your comments are not published until you click Save in the main toolbar.
5 Click Play Movie to continue playing the movie.
6 Click Save Comments in the main toolbar to publish your comments.
Note: When reviewing AS2 movies, close any open dialog box in the Adobe Captivate Reviewer application before
interacting with interactive objects and hotspots in the movie.
Edit or delete comments in the SWF file
Comments added to the project are indicated as markers (white dots) at the specific location in the seek bar. To locate
the comment that you want to edit, move your pointer over the markers. The comment added at a location is displayed
when the pointer moves over it.
1 Click the marker on the seek bar whose comment you want to edit or delete. The comment is displayed in a pop-
up window.
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