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I just wondered why you didn't download the latest version (2017)?

As for learning Captivate, maybe also have a look at my blog post describing the major stumbling blocks for newbies:

Challenges for Starters - Captivate blog

That article is based on my experiences as moderator on the Jive forums, trainer, consultant and user of Captivate since version 1 (was stil Macromedia).

Hi Ashhley,

Captivate is a wonderful tool for creating eLearning content and we encourage all new users to download the tool and take it for a spin. At a very high level, you can use Captivate for the following:

• Creating projects in Captivate – Learn how to create a responsive and non-responsive project.
• Creating recording and software simulations – Learn how to record a video demo and product simulation for training.
• Overview of objects in Captivate – Learn what an interactive or a non-interactive object is.
• Creating quizzes and assessments – Create quizzes and evaluate your learners’ knowledge.
• Previewing and publishing your project – Publish your project across devices, form factors, and formats.

For more information, please read the blog, https://elearning.adobe.com/2017/06/i-am-a-newbie-in-adobe-captivate-are-there-any-resources-to-get-me-started.

If you need further information, feel free to contact me, saghosh@adobe.com

Thanks,

Saurav

Hi there

What are your plans for Captivate? For example, how are you planning on your end users accessing what you create using Captivate?

If you aren't quite sure yet or perhaps you just plan on copying Captivate output to a web server of some sort, you might find Adobe RoboHelp to be an interesting tool to add to the mix. RoboHelp would offer the ability to seamlessly connect to those Captivate outputs, organize them into a nice Table of Contents and make them easy to find using the Indexing features RoboHelp offers.

Basically the workflow would involve creating the assorted Captivate outputs. Using RoboHelp to pull them in and organize them. Then possibly using Adobe RoboHelp to publish the complete file set to a web server where your end users could easily access them.

Cheers... Rick

I do use Photoshop to create/edit bitmap assets, Illustrator to create SVG's, Audition to record and edit Audio clips, sometimes Photoshop to edit a short video (or Premiere Pro). Typekit is only available with CP2017 (why did you download an older version?). Phonegap can be used from within Captivate. Animate CC is great to create HTML5 (and SWF) animations (OAM).