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I use PowerPoint with Captivate, Articulate Presenter, Engage, Quizmaker, Storyline 2, and Replay. I like the Articulate Suite because it gives me a lot of flexibility on how to present the information I want to get across.
Margaret Caruso
NEER Information Management
Sr. Technical Writer/Trainer
Prior planning prevents poor performance.
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Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 11:21 PM
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Subject: RE: Alternative tool for creating & maintaining PowerPoint training decks?
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Captivate can output a PDF file that can still look like PowerPoint if you want it to. It can also include Flash and good navigation options. Of course you can do a lot of fancy stuff with PowerPoint now, but Captivate makes creation of video easy. It is a good medium for eLearning.
cheers
Kath Bowman
Technical Writer
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Sent: Wednesday, 25 February 2015 6:15 AM
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Subject: Re: Alternative tool for creating & maintaining PowerPoint training decks?
I thought maybe there was some PowerPoint-ish slide show option.
On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 11:03 AM, Sweet, Gregory (HEALTH) <gregory -dot- sweet -at- health -dot- ny -dot- gov> wrote:
> Captivate output is typically Flash, but the latest versions are offering HTML5.
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>> On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 1:59 PM
>> To: TECHWR-L
>> Subject: Re: Alternative tool for creating & maintaining PowerPoint
>> training decks?
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>> What output format do people use for training materials in Captivate?
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>> Having the output in PowerPoint is probably a requirement. That's the
>> basic problem here: PowerPoint is the lowest common denominator, and
>> it's really, really low.
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