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From: Technovators on 14 Nov 2007 14:10
For those persons who have created various applications using Authorware, is
there any way to convert existing files to let's say Director or Captivate
files without having to do over all of that work? Is Adobe looking at creating
any conversion paths to its other products?

From: Mike Baker **Adobe Community Expert** on 14 Nov 2007 14:36
So far I haven't found any ways to convert all your content to any of the
other tools. The content is, in many cases, incompatible. Most people I know
are now investigating what tools will be capable of doing what they used to
do in Authorware and then working on strategies for re-building the content
into those other tools. First define what you do and see if you want to
change anything. Then find the tool or combination of tools that will get
the job done. Then figure out what will work best for you in migrating.

HTH,
Mike
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Mike Baker
Adobe Community Expert
mike-baker(a)cox.net



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> For those persons who have created various applications using Authorware,
is
> there any way to convert existing files to let's say Director or Captivate
> files without having to do over all of that work? Is Adobe looking at
creating
> any conversion paths to its other products?
>


From: Steve Howard on 14 Nov 2007 15:30
> For those persons who have created various applications using Authorware,
> is
> there any way to convert existing files to let's say Director or Captivate
> files without having to do over all of that work?

No.

> Is Adobe looking at creating
> any conversion paths to its other products?


Adobe are looking at things. If you speak to them directly they will point
you in the direction of several private companies who might be able to help
you strategize a conversion. To there best of my knowledge there is no
full-fidelity conversion possible at this stage. The best you can hope for
is something like 70-80%, but if you don't have a large library of courses
the effort of perfecting a conversion process would probably outweigh any
time savings against rebuilding from scratch.

Of course that depends upon just how simple or complex your Authorware code
is. Data-driven stuff is going to be harder to convert that icon-dragger
code.

Steve


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Adobe Community Expert: Authorware, Flash Mobile and Devices
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