@bobelmore wrote:
"I would not have guessed this would be the reason, so thanks for the web site; it's a great help. I only wish Adobe were as committed to providing helpful information as are you.
AMEN!
It would not be possible for me to agree more heartily. Adobe is missing a huge audience of users by not accommodating beginners.
I know I seem like a ranter, as I speak of this often, but I really mean it. I'm usually quite normal in forums, and don't get all het up! It's just Adobe' lack of concern about beginners/newcomers makes no SENSE!
Adobe is missing out on a HUGE group of people who'd love to be able to learn this program tiny drops at a time, starting at the very basic things. 30 second videos would be ideal. Or even shorter! Things in progression, according to what a beginner needs to know. I'm an expert on this, because I teach the kids who fail to learn in school, and I plan it out in intricate detail. But once a lesson is done—I use it again and again. (Keynote.)
Adobe surely could do the same thing????
Adobe has put out some of the most embarrassing and truly out-of-touch help info on Captivate than I've ever seen online in 20 years.
One example read similar to this:
Do ____. Do _____. Then create a project as you always have.
Always have???? I'm freakin' new!
/rant
Sorry. This is the program I truly need, and it's just impossible to truly learn for an new user, without spending hundreds and thousands of dollars for lessons. I'm saving up right now for a lesson with a truly skilled teacher of Captivate.
But the problem is, that one hour after the lesson, and then viewing the video of it, I'll have an equal amount of further questions. Because Captivate is NOT easy if you've never been in the Adobe environment.
This could add up to tens of thousands of dollars, given the amount of stuff that I don't get.
Wouldn't Adobe profit more by hiring somebody to write and create tutorials for total newbies, who have no understanding at all of the how-to's? If I'd found that help a year ago, I wouldn't have dropped it for a year.
And now I'm back, but facing a similar situation. I can either spend tons of money for 1-on-1 training, but unfortunately I'm one of those few people who truly learn best by reading instructions, tiny point by point, and then ending up with what I need. THEN I can analyze what all happened. Live video is very hard for me to absorb or understand.
So I'll probably spend about $750 on private lessons. Then I'm fairly sure I'll have to drop it again.
I'd be willing to pay well for written instructions for tiny interactions that I'm trying to understand. Adobe could easily provide them! BUT...they don't. This is the first thing I've ever been unable to learn by reading Help. Go ADOBE! Your stuff is great, but your training stinks!
Sorry, kids! <---Loss of control!