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rafaelm28
rafaelm28
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September 10, 2018
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Importing PowerPoint Templates and saving as Master Slides in Captivate 2019

  • September 10, 2018
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Hi! I'm very new to Captivate and would like to know if I can import my pptx template into Captivate 2019 as Master Slides and then save for future projects?

Raf

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    Correct answer Lilybiri

    Welcome to the Captivate world, Raf.

    I'll try to explain why the answer is negative and offer you a link to a blog post as well. Templates in PPT (which is a presentation, not an eLearning tool) have a lot less functionality than the THEMES in Captivate. Master slides in Captivate are indeed included in a theme, but that is only one component. Master slides in Captivate can contain interactive objects with attached actions. Some master slides are needed in any Captivate theme: that is the case for the Blank master slide (which is used for software simulations and PPT import - a workflow you better never use), and 5 master slides with InBuilt functionality for the quizzes. Look at the Blank theme (if you are on CP2017 or earlier) which has only that set of master slides.

    Moreover if you ever want to create a responsive project in Captivate you need a responsive theme. PPT is NOT responsive at alll.

    Create your themes from scratch in Captivate, at least you'll have a lot more functionality. Have a look at this blog post:

    What's in a Theme - a Template? - Captivate blog

    Challenges for Starters - Captivate blog

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    Lilybiri
    LilybiriCorrect answer
    Legend
    September 10, 2018

    Welcome to the Captivate world, Raf.

    I'll try to explain why the answer is negative and offer you a link to a blog post as well. Templates in PPT (which is a presentation, not an eLearning tool) have a lot less functionality than the THEMES in Captivate. Master slides in Captivate are indeed included in a theme, but that is only one component. Master slides in Captivate can contain interactive objects with attached actions. Some master slides are needed in any Captivate theme: that is the case for the Blank master slide (which is used for software simulations and PPT import - a workflow you better never use), and 5 master slides with InBuilt functionality for the quizzes. Look at the Blank theme (if you are on CP2017 or earlier) which has only that set of master slides.

    Moreover if you ever want to create a responsive project in Captivate you need a responsive theme. PPT is NOT responsive at alll.

    Create your themes from scratch in Captivate, at least you'll have a lot more functionality. Have a look at this blog post:

    What's in a Theme - a Template? - Captivate blog

    Challenges for Starters - Captivate blog

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    nielsv28596894
    Participant
    August 2, 2019

    Just testing Captivate as an alternative to Storyline. The lack of ppt support is disappointing. In Storyline I can import a ppt file and will get editable text boxes and shapes. I can then even save these as a template that gives me the option to chose from the ppt slides as possible layouts for a new slide. As far as I can see, if I want to use a ppt layout I got from another source, the only option is for me to manually recreate it in Captivate.

    I couldn't see any options for importing InDesign files either.

    This would mean a massive extra amount of work when creating courses. So far, not impressed I have to say...

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    August 2, 2019

    If it is a priority to have good PPT import to create eLearning xourses, please stay with StoryLine.  It also happens that people buy a car because they like the color, but do not look at the other features.

    If you need fully responsive project, VR projects, interactive video, reusability with internal and external Libraries, advanced/shared actions, powerful themes, roundtripping with Photoshop, Audition, Illustrator, the possibility to create aaps with Phonegap you may have a look at the other features of Captivate. Just a personal opinion, have explored and compared Lectora, SL and CP, and never regretted the choice for Captivate. But priorities are prioirites, yours may be totally different.

    I don't understand what you mean by importing ID files? Do you mean Id files with their limited interactivity, or files meant for print? I know ID quite well, am an ACP.

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