Using Adobe Captivate 5.0 - Training mode is not creating the Text Captions for Text Entry Boxes, even though selected in the Training/Recording settings. Creates Text Entry box, but no Text Caption. Really want this to work when recording SAP simulations, but doesn't even seem to work when recording internet browser or MS Oulook either. Any ideas? Thanks.
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Whether captions are created or not depends on whether Captivate understands what you are clicking on. For example, if you try to record using Notepad to save a file, do you see captions then? If not, then perhaps Captivate needs some tweaking. But if so, it likely means Captivate simply isn't understanding what you are clicking on.
Fortunately you are able to manually add captions afterward.
Cheers... Rick 
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Hello again
Try closing Captivate and clobbering the settings folder.
To clobber the settings folder, open Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer but the file system browser). Navigate to the user folder. That will likely be in the users folder on Windows 7 or the Documents and Settings folder in XP. You should find an Adobe folder and an Adobe Captivate 5 folder inside that. On my own PC the path looks like this:
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Adobe\Captivate 5
Just rename the whole folder and restart Captivate. (Renaming will make Captivate believe you deleted it. But if things go wrong, you can rename it back to be back in business)
Cheers... Rick
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Hi all
I'm confused here. Initially I thought what was wanted was the standard "Demonstration" text captions. Is that not the case? I see in other posts that what is wanted is a "standard text caption". What exactly is meant by that? The only feedback captions for a Text Entry Box are a Hint, Failure and Success. That's it. Anything else must be manually added.
Cheers... Rick
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Hello again
Perhaps it will help if I simply describe how Captivate usually works. There are several ways to record. There is "Full Motion" (FMR) where everything is recorded just like a movie. Not the best way of working bit is possible. In FMR no captions or anything of the sort is added during the recording process, but you may add them later if you like.
Then there is the "slide by slide" capture mode. Each click of the mouse generally results in a screen capture. But this mode of capturing has four variations.
* Demonstration
* Training Simulation
* Assessment Simulation
* Custom
Demonstration mode provides text captions for activity. Click this or that. Also, highlight boxes are added along with tracking mouse movement.
Both of the simulation modes will ignore text captions, mouse tracking and highlight boxes. Instead, these modes simply add Click Boxes and Text Entry Boxes to allow "simulation" or interacting with the Captivate. These objects offer "Feedback" captions to indicate Correct or Incorrect actions.
From what you have described, you want to enable "Custom" recording mode where you choose the mix of elements you get.
However, NONE of these modes will analyze what is happening and describe it to the user. Instead, they may or may not recognize what you are clicking on in order to create captions. You might see funky names like "Click the TechnicalNameForControl" control.
Does this help any?
Cheers... Rick
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Hi Sam
Happy to help. Yeah, Captivate is a whole different animal! 
Cheers... Rick
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