By RJ Jacquez. Follow him on Twitter in English @rjacquez and in Spanish @rjacquezEspanol
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Here’s a weekly wrapup of what happened the week of 5/24/09:
News and Announcements:
Published recording: “How to Build Animations in Flash CS4 for Captivate 4 eLearning projects” Plz RT: http://bit.ly/gvnh53:19 PM May 28th from web
- Uploaded the Exercise files for ‘Building animations in Flash for Adobe Captivate 4′ for you to try it http://bit.ly/RLe2q2:07 PM May 29th from web
- [Adobe Captivate 4 News] Fix now available for Audio, USB microphone on Vista and more! Select Help > Updates to download.8:08 AM May 29th from web
- [Adobe News] Acrobat.com “Presentations” is now on Adobe Labs, http://bit.ly/b5HX7. Sign up now, it’s simply amazing!!11:31 PM May 26th from web
- New Post: ‘Video Tutorial on Building Animations in Flash CS4 for Adobe Captivate 4 #eLearning Projects’ -http://bit.ly/L32rE10:15 AM May 29th from web
- Adobe After Effects News! RT @jtranber: After Effects updated to 9.0.2. Details here: http://tr.im/mO3311:11 AM May 29th from web
- Consolidated and Published all Adobe Technical Communication Suite 2 tutorials on this page, http://bit.ly/JHCJj7:07 PM May 29th from web
Useful Resources:
- Adobe Kuler is also great for picking contrasting colors for Captivate projects. Just upload a background image, http://bit.ly/ZYpAG12:47 PM May 24th from web
- Great review of Adobe ConnectNow (free screen sharing service) by Productivity501, http://bit.ly/17PHNK. How are you using ConnectNow?11:40 AM May 24th from web
- Here’s an Adobe RoboHelp 8 review by @Blogcritics – http://bit.ly/IKDxu8:08 AM May 30th from web
- Just installed the RT feature, still unsure why this isn’t built-in! RT @mfubib: If you use Firefox + twitter.com: http://tr.im/mTt5about 23 hours ago from web
FAQs, Tips and Tricks:
- Captivate 4 movies have a Fast Forward btn for toggling between normal, 2X, 4X, ideal for viewing demos. http://twitpic.com/648t110:16 AM May 28th from web
- [Tip] To search someone’s Twitter Timeline use Google. Example, to search for “Adobe” in mine, type site:twitter.com/rjacquez Adobe12:11 PM May 24th from web
- [TweetDeck Tip] Just found the ‘autocomplete usernames’ option in Settings, great for #followfriday. http://twitpic.com/66rgi10:59 AM May 29th from web
- [Windows Tip] To copy/paste a file’s path, Shift + right-click file and select “Copy As Path” now paste anywhere3:39 PM May 29th from web
Compelling ReTweets (RTs):
- Please take advantage! RT @connectusers: Free Online Connect Pro Product Training for You and Your Users: http://bit.ly/1YGXZ12:55 PM May 26th from web
- RT @Stevehoward999: Adobe Captivate team at ASTD ICE, Washington DC, May 31-June 3: http://bit.ly/12Mn5z – meet the team…12:50 PM May 26th from web
- RT @macrofireball: Soundbooth’s volume correction is saving me hours of production time. Drag file to match to & click Match Volume.10:54 AM May 28th from web
- Excellent Tips! RT @tonykarrer: Great post discussing a challenge I have when speaking – umm – http://bit.ly/EkWFv9:15 AM May 29th from web
- @lancerobert Just tried it and you’re correct there’s a problem with Flash CS4 trial download. I will reach out to internal team now.11:27 AM May 29th from web in reply to lancerobert
- Thank You!! RT @pegmulligan: @rjacquez Thank you! Adobe is lucky to have you: Knowledgeable, approachable, and passionate about your apps.12:19 PM May 29th from web
Personal Observations:
- @hughes4x4 Regarding the line next to your images in FrameMaker 9, could you post a screenshot? Could also be a change bar, or press Ctrl+L9:06 AM May 28th from web in reply to hughes4x4
- What a difference a generation makes, I grew up on a farm, parents still have no telephone. My 2.5yo is navigating my Avatar on Second Life12:26 PM May 24th from web
- My First #FollowFriday @mfubib, @Stevehoward999, @pegmulligan, @macrofireball, @rjhoughton, @bschlenker, @scottabel, @arh, @esulliva10:47 AM May 29th from web
- Just watched a great and compelling tribute to Nick Madaras on ESPN, and will be sending my soccer ball next week, http://bit.ly/DEMvf 11:06 AM May 24th from web
- Still amazed at how many web presenters keep email/IM/Twitter apps running when presenting, not a pretty picture when these pop-up9:34 AM May 26th from web
- Thinking about how much more effective virtual presentations are vs. traveling. Virtual is also good for planet & the bottom line!10:39 AM May 27th from web
- Was just notified that my “Introducing Adobe eLearning Suite” video has been watched 10,000 times, made my morning! http://bit.ly/A5anl10:54 AM May 27th from web
- You know you are getting Old when you think that Music lyrics today aren’t what they used to be. I’m There
about 22 hours ago from web

New user of Captivate 4 – When I try to publish and send email of project, it generates this message: “Save the attachments to the same location and then open the file “Insurance industry2.htm” to view the project.” What does that mean?