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Re: Alternative tool for creating & maintaining PowerPoint training decks?
Subject:Re: Alternative tool for creating & maintaining PowerPoint training decks? From:Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 24 Feb 2015 11:44:41 -0800
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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>> Subject: Re: Alternative tool for creating & maintaining PowerPoint training
>> decks?
>>
>> What output format do people use for training materials in Captivate?
>>
>> 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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