What managers want?

Managers want to see the ability to manage the documentation project, starting from initiating the task and meeting the users’ need. It is appreciated, if a tech. writer can provide some value added services, like suggesting on the UI texts, workflow diagrams, visual aids, and features. Developers want to see that you're familiar and invested. They want to work with resourceful and proactive tech writers. Your specific questions will reflect how much you're actually working with the technology. Never the less some time follow ups are required to get confirmation of your queries and assumptions.

Captivate: control flash animation

When there is an audio flash file in your Captivate slide and the user click next, the sound of the animation might not stop and it keep playing in the background of the next slides. This issue does not happen when you preview the project, but for the published file. The problem can be solved as per the the following three cases:

Case 1: In Cp 5.5, under the AUDIO section of the button properties, click to select the Stop Slide Audio When Clicked check box. Note that this feature doesn’t work, if the sound is embedded in the FLA file.

Case 2: If sound is embedded within the FLA file and you can edit the flash file, bring the embedded sound at the top level in the timeline of the slide.

Case 3: If sound is embedded within the FLA file and you cannot edit the flash file, create an advance action. In the advanced action, you can define two actions: hide the flash and go to next slide. The hide action will stop the sound of the flash file.