Can I upgrade to Captivate 5.5 from 4.0 and will 5.5 reading my projects from 4?

[Bert_Berg]

Can I upgrade to Captivate 5.5 from 4.0 and will 5.5 reading my projects from 4?

[Varun Kalra]

Hi there,

Captivate 4 was based on Action Script 2 and Captivate 5 onwards versions are Action Script 3 based, it is always recommened to open a project in the next higher version, if you are upgrading your project.

However, there is an option in Captivate 5.5 to open .cp files, when we click on File > Open.

You can make a back up of your Original Captivate 4 project and then Launch Captivate 5.5 and click on file> open > borwse that project and then open it.

P.S.: Please make a back up of your original Captivate 4 project and then open another copy in Captivate 5.5, as a project once opened in Captivate 5.5 and saved, cannot be opened in Captivate 4 again.

Thanks.

[Lilybiri]

Varun, in CP4 one had the choice between AS2 and AS3, it was not only AS3.

[Bert_Berg]

Thank you very much for your response. I was unable to purchase an upgrade

to 5.5 and settled for a 4 upgrade to 6 which is currently on order. Do you

know whether the same option to read my 4 projects in 6 will also apply,

and are there any other issues related to the migration of my projects,

particularly those bearing on AS2 vs AS3?

Thanks again,

Bert

[Varun Kalra]

Hi Bert,

Yes, If you have Captivate 6, then it can also open .cp files created in Captivate 4, the procedure is same.

Earlier versions use RTF to render text while Adobe Captivate 5 or Later use ATE , each of which has a different scaling for font sizes. Therefore, the font sizes may vary when projects are upgraded to Adobe Captivate 5 or later.

Thanks.