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USING CAPTIVATE

Advanced Editing and Project Reviews

Last updated 9/28/2011

Set default project comments folder

You can set your preference for the Project Comments Folder in the Preferences dialog box. When you create new

projects, this location is used when you publish a project for review on an internal server.

1 Select Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Adobe Captivate > Preferences (Mac OS).

2 Select General Settings from the Global menu.

3 Specify a location for the project comments folder in the Comments At field.

Reviewing Adobe Captivate projects

Ensure that you complete the following procedures before you review a project using the CREV file:

• Install Adobe AIR on your computer. Adobe AIR can be downloaded for free from the Adobe website

http://get.adobe.com/air/.

• Install the Adobe Captivate Reviewer application on your computer. The installer is provided to you by the author

of the Adobe Captivate project. If you have Adobe Captivate installed on your computer, you can locate the

installer, AdobeCaptivateReviewer.air, at the location where you installed Adobe Captivate.

Install Adobe Captivate Reviewer

1 Double-click the AdobeCaptivateReviewer.air installer .

2 Click Install.

3 (Optional) Customize your installation preferences, and specify a location on your computer where to install the

Adobe Captivate Reviewer.

Open the CREV file using Adobe Captivate Reviewer

1 Download the CREV file onto your computer. Based on the review mode chosen by the author, the CREV file is

made available on the internal server or on Acrobat.com. Typically, in both these cases, you receive an automated

email indicating the availability of the file for review.

2 Do one of the following:

• Double-click the CREV file .

• Open Adobe Captivate Reviewer.

3 Based on how the CREV file is shared by the author, the following prompts appear:

• Adobe ID and password, if the CREV file is shared on Acrobat.com.

• User details, if the CREV file is shared on an internal server. Provide your name and email address. These details

are used in your comments and helps authors to associate your name with your comments.

4 Click Load Captivate Movie, and open the CREV file from your computer.

If the author has not specified a location for storing comments, a dialog box appears indicating that the comments