Adobe Captivate 5.5: Change the Background, Keep the Objects
by Kevin Siegel 
A fellow Captivate developer sent me an email asking for advice. It seemed that he had just completed a slick eLearning lesson in Captivate. But as soon as he published the lesson, an email arrived from his application developer informing him that the application had just been updated. There were "minor" changes to the interface that needed to be included in the eLearning lesson.
I was asked if there was anything that the developer could do to show those "minor" updates short of re-recording and re-producing the lesson. (He had spent 40 hours producing the lesson and didn't have another 40 hours to spare.)
I asked him if the interface changes were, in fact, minor.
"Yes."
I asked him if he had included a significant number of buttons, text captions and other objects in the original project.
"Yes."
"Yes."
and "Oh yes!"
One final question from me: Was it possible to record the new lesson using the same width and height of the original?
"Yes."
After his final yes, I had a "yes" of my own. If you ever find yourself in a similar situation, you will love the instructions you find at this link:
I was asked if there was anything that the developer could do to show those "minor" updates short of re-recording and re-producing the lesson. (He had spent 40 hours producing the lesson and didn't have another 40 hours to spare.)
I asked him if the interface changes were, in fact, minor.
"Yes."
I asked him if he had included a significant number of buttons, text captions and other objects in the original project.
"Yes."
"Yes."
and "Oh yes!"
One final question from me: Was it possible to record the new lesson using the same width and height of the original?
"Yes."
After his final yes, I had a "yes" of my own. If you ever find yourself in a similar situation, you will love the instructions you find at this link:
http://iconlogic.blogs.com/weblog/2011/07/adobe-captivate-55-change-the-background-keep-the-objects.html
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