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By RJ Jacquez. Follow him on Twitter in English @rjacquez and in Spanish @rjacquezEspanol, for real-time announcements, tips & tricks, how-to tutorials, Did You Know’s, best practices, Adobe-branded giveaways and more. |
This week I’m starting a new “featured tweet of the week” category, where I will highlight a very short list of tweets, which garnered the most attention for that week. For example, the link in this tweet was clicked over 600 times within minutes. To automatically ReTweet it from your Twitter account, click the RT icon below, which includes pre-populated data.
Featured Tweet of the Week (click
to Retweet)
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With 200 Million installations of Adobe AIR, I’m hoping more RoboHelp 8 users create AIR-based Help. Here’s a how-to: http://bit.ly/EvH1b
News, Announcements, Tutorials and Questions:
- [eSeminar] Will deliver eSeminar en Español on Adobe Captivate 4, July 9th, 9am PST for Latin America, http://bit.ly/C07gi7:51 AM Jun 22nd from TweetDeck
- [How-To Post] Embedding Adobe PDFs in Blogs via Acrobat.com: Sample and Captivate how-to: http://bit.ly/eBp8A10:05 AM Jun 27th from TweetDeck
- Posted a reply to “insufficient memory resources” error in Captivate on Connect Pro forum. In case you get same error, http://bit.ly/ZNmXNabout 21 hours ago from TweetDeck
- Everything you need to know about Adobe Learning Summit 2009, November 9th: http://bit.ly/FLmb42:59 PM Jun 25th from TweetDeck
- This is awesome: “The future of video is searchable” test it here, http://bit.ly/9qLTB9:30 AM Jun 26th from TweetDeck
- Absolutely the best DITA book for Authors and Managers. $9.95 for PDF Version, worth every penny! http://bit.ly/Zmw4h10:53 AM Jun 25th from TweetDeck
- Just curious, if you could add just ‘one’ Adobe app to the existing line-up in eLearning Suite, which one would it be and why?10:33 AM Jun 23rd from TweetDeck
- Same question for the Technical Communication Suite 2. If you could add one Adobe app, which one and why?10:34 AM Jun 23rd from TweetDeck
- Wow, great responses! Most picked Adobe Illustrator for Tech Comm. Catalyst, Fireworks, Audition and Flex for eLearning. Others?11:55 AM Jun 23rd from TweetDeck
- When demo’ing the Adobe Tech Comm Suite 2, by and large, the WOW factor is Importing PDF comments back into FrameMaker 911:48 AM Jun 24th from TweetDeck
- @pdelsignore Regarding Captivate on a Mac, we are working on it now, stay Tuned!2:52 PM Jun 25th from TweetDeck in reply to pdelsignore
Useful Resources and Reviews:
- Great advice! RT @joe_deegan: Great tips for avoiding the “click next” course http://tinyurl.com/lvjpnj Love @CatMoore design style10:28 AM Jun 24th from TweetDeck
- Great discussion Captivate LinkedIn group on “What’s a good screen resolution for E-Learning?” Great resource here, http://bit.ly/JyNSD12:03 PM Jun 24th from TweetDeck
- RT @esulliva: Serial numbers posted to Adobe Labs for extending your Flash Catalyst beta: http://bit.ly/T2xkH (have to login)9:01 AM Jun 25th from TweetDeck
- Great Review: “Adobe RoboHelp Server 8 – A giant step forward” http://bit.ly/m0h6f8:44 PM Jun 26th from TweetDeck
- RT @bcarticles: @blogcritics Software Review: Adobe eLearning Suite From Adobe Systems http://tinyurl.com/qmsjda10:08 PM Jun 26th from TweetDeck
FAQs, Tips and Tricks, Did You Know:
- [Adobe Captivate 4 Tip] Easiest way to add branding is via “Display for:” here’s a how-to demo, http://bit.ly/10poHp12:33 PM Jun 26th from TweetDeck
- When adding Captivate movies to your Blog, disable ”Auto Play” in Preferences. Here’s example, http://bit.ly/KxaGW10:42 AM Jun 20th from TweetDeck
- [Adobe Captivate Tip] Before deleting Slides “Hide” them first (Ctrl+Shift+H) in case you need them when you Preview Simulations16 minutes ago from TweetDeck
- [Adobe Captivate 4 Tip] Getting unexpected Quiz Results? press F9 for a complete view of Scorable Objects. Change as needed9:22 AM Jun 20th from TweetDeck
- Though the “Rescale Project” feature is better in Adobe Captivate 4, as best practice, plan ahead and avoid resizing altogether!10:15 AM Jun 23rd from TweetDeck
- [Tip] Two ways to make Interactive PDFs from FrameMaker 9: 1) Add 3D models; 2) Add how-to Captivate movies. End-users only need Reader 911:55 AM Jun 24th from TweetDeck
- [Did You Know?] Captivate 4 can now generate a single SWF file, making it easier to import How-Tos in FrameMaker 9 and RoboHelp 811:58 AM Jun 24th from TweetDeck
- .@andyjones1302 Edit “C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate 4\CaptureTextTemplates_English.rdl” in Notepad. Make sure you keep the %s8:32 AM Jun 25th from TweetDeck
- [Did You Know?] You can upload .zip w/.htm to Adobe Connect Pro. How I host my Getting Started pages, http://bit.ly/RLe2q12:41 PM Jun 25th from TweetDeck
- (cont’d) I use Dreamweaver to edit index.html page and all other assets. I then zip up entire folder and upload to Connect Pro as Content12:49 PM Jun 25th from TweetDeck
Compelling ReTweets (RTs) and @replies:
- RT @barbbinder: Has been a day of learning. Captivate/FrameMaker/RoboHelp integration: goes way beyond static print docs. Love FlashHelp.4:37 PM Jun 22nd from TweetDeck
- RT @scottabel: “Or, we could agree that MadCap has never let the truth get in the way of a good story.” -Author-it blog http://bit.ly/58RkS from TweetDeck
- @spotlearning Adding Premiere to Adobe eLearning Suite is something we hear quite a bit, so great suggestion, thank you!10:08 AM Jun 24th from TweetDeck in reply to spotlearning
- @stryker908 Yes. In fact, I recorded this how-to on building animations in Flash for use in Captivate, http://bit.ly/L32rE1:34 PM Jun 24th from TweetDeck in reply to stryker908
- RT @ellounge How NOT to Engage with Your ELearning Audience! | E-Learning Lounge http://cli.gs/7RS6R (via @tweetmeme)9:02 AM Jun 25th from web
- @aprilsheninger Sounds like “Automatic Panning” is currently set, to stop this, select “No Panning” from pulldown by clicking camera icon9:14 AM Jun 25th from TweetDeck in reply to aprilsheninger
- RT @sheepeeh: Would b spiffy if presenters demoing tools at #dh09 put together Captivate modules to give a taste even if tool isn’t live10:16 AM Jun 25th from TweetDeck
- @sidkataria I’ll be hosting a Captivate 4 for beginners session soon. Here are the ones I have today for eLearning, http://bit.ly/uoMX2:34 PM Jun 25th from TweetDeck in reply to sidkataria
- @spencerbean Yes. In Preferences (Start and End) disable “Auto Play” I do this on my blog, here’s an example: http://bit.ly/KxaGW1:51 PM Jun 26th from TweetDeck in reply to spencerbean
Personal Observations
- There’s an update to the Times Reader, AIR app, 2.051. Launch app and click update.8:54 AM Jun 23rd from TweetDeck
- @mashable What is the difference between adding a “mashable” column to TweetDeck and installing MashDeck? Are there other benefits?9:10 AM Jun 25th from TweetDeck
- Wondering if TweetDeck has considered monetizing on client by selling versions with Twitter username(s) column(s) built-in, a la MashDeck?1:34 PM Jun 25th from TweetDeck
- Would you pay for a custom #TweetDeck app that had a column with your Twitter username by default and logo branding? I would!1:42 PM Jun 25th from TweetDeck
