Adobe Captivate User Reviews

• 5.0 stars

  "Great teaching tool if you devote time to learn it."

  May 18, 2012  |   By Zaqueo

  Version: Adobe Captivate 5.5

  Pros

  Simple and direct in creating Quizzes and lessons
  Great user's support.
  Has numerous advance(script and variables)capabilities
  Multi-platform delivery (windows, mac)
  If using it commercially, then the price is right
  No problem with WIN 7-64
  Almost limitless as a teaching tool

  Cons

  Limitation on Quiz slides unless you use the advance interaction.

  Summary

  I've been using Captivate since CP4, CP5.5 is an incredible step up in ease of use, performance and advance functions. I did not use CP4 commercially because of numerous limitations, but CP5 offers so much that I started migrating most of my publications to SWF and FLV for the Windows and Mac platforms. Great work Adobe

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• 1.0 stars

  "Very disappointed, poor performance, limited capability"

  December 13, 2011  |   By yipiyayo

  Version: Adobe Captivate 5.5

  Pros

  Able to convert commonly used PowerPoint presentation into static image and include the questions created by build-in quiz function
  Able to create video tutorials for software.

  Cons

  Poor performance
  Timeline hide/show and lock always behave incorrectly
  No zoom to display canvas
  Cannot lock objects
  Cannot group objects
  Align tools don't behave accordingly at times
  Rollover for image is different from buttons
  No drawing tools, to create even a simple rectangle.(Basic shapes)
  Cannot have interactive object in master slide

  Summary

  Basically its exactly the same as a PowerPoint, just with added video export and quizzes.
  Its a program meant for dummy who can't use more powerful application for better interactivity.
  If its just for simple animation, video tutorial or presentation with add-on quiz capability, use it.
  Otherwise there's plenty better other tools out there.
  The money is just not worth when you can make do with simple PowerPoint presentation.

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• 4.0 stars

  "Adobe didn't disappoint me"

  September 4, 2011  |   By davewheldrake

  Version: Adobe Captivate 5.5

  Pros

  - Very unique product
  - Easy to use
  - Big improvement

  Cons

  - Crashes frequently on Windows 7 64bit

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