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ActivePresenter Changelog

What's new in ActivePresenter 9.1.4

Mar 22, 2024
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • The program becomes unresponsive when rendering the tab orders of objects on macOS.
  • Cannot detect the webcam on some Mac computers.
  • Cannot add object state conditions to actions in feedback slides.
  • [Import PowerPoint]: Various bugs fixed.
  • [HTML5]: Navigating between slides with many audio and video objects causes the Firefox browser to become unresponsive.
  • [Export Video]: The output file path is reset to the default path if the file extension is invalid.

New in ActivePresenter 9.1.3 (Oct 31, 2023)

  • Enhancements:
  • macOS 14 is officially supported.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Gradient fill causes the progam to crash on macOS 14.
  • Cannot export to MP4 HEVC video on some Mac computers.
  • Magenta color (#FF00FF) makes the program window transparent.

New in ActivePresenter 9.1.2 (Sep 29, 2023)

  • Fill in Blanks, Fill in Text Entries, and Select in Dropdowns questions may show incorrect feedback checkmarks in some cases.
  • Backward slide is not working.
  • ApTakenSlides variable becomes incorrect when showing some feedback slides.
  • YouTube video doesn't play smoothly when resuming from a paused state.
  • Incorrect default settings cause a large output file size.

New in ActivePresenter 9.1.1 (Jul 19, 2023)

  • Enhancements:
  • [Import PowerPoint]: Add an option to choose whether to import animations to the main timeline or the click sequence timeline.
  • [HTML5]: Reverse the slide transition direction automatically when moving backward.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Slide duration cannot be reduced in some cases.
  • Closed captions are lost when opening projects created in version 7.
  • [Recording]: Occasionally, the resource files are copied rather than moved to the project folder after recording.
  • [HTML5]: Drag-n-Drop questions may show incorrect feedback checkmarks if a drag source is allowed to drop correctly into more than one drop target.
  • [HTML5]: Cannot run advanced actions using JavaScript.
  • [HTML5]: The warning about the presentation being paused at the last slide is sometimes incorrect.
  • [xAPI]: Cannot export to xAPI on some Mac computers.
  • [User Manual]: Some misspellings in the JavaScript APIs section.

New in ActivePresenter 9.1.0 (Jun 2, 2023)

  • New Features:
  • Cropping images and videos to shapes.
  • Enhancements:
  • [HTML5]: Improve Show Feedbacks action.
  • [Import PowerPoint]: Support triggered animations.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • [Recording]: Auto Full Motion Recording does not stop after pressing Alt+Tab.
  • The editor and video output do not preserve the transparency of GIF images.
  • Timing of cursor paths does not follow the object settings in some cases.
  • Some UI text strings are not translated correctly in certain languages.

New in ActivePresenter 9.0.7 (Mar 15, 2023)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Can not copy Play Audio action across project.
  • The start time of pasted group is not at the position of Playhead.
  • Some characters are not displayed correctly in the PDF output.
  • Zooming timeline by clicking Zoom tools doesn't keep the current Playhead postion.
  • [HTML5]: Browser is less responsive when displaying certain complex projects.
  • [HTML5]: Some text is not localized.
  • [HTML5]: Support opening Web Objects in the full screen mode.
  • [macOS]: The program responses slowly when editing Object States.

New in ActivePresenter 9.0.6 (Jan 18, 2023)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • The program crashes when closing some specific projects.
  • The program crashes when importing some specific subtitle files.
  • Changing audio playback speed works incorrectly with values in range [101%-110%].
  • Hidden objects in PowerPoint presentations are imported.
  • Improve Traditional Chinese localization.
  • [HTML5]: Improve rollover & rollout events for group objects.

New in ActivePresenter 9.0.5 (Dec 15, 2022)

  • Audio playback is scratchy on some specific computers.
  • The program crashes when updating variable in some specific cases.
  • [Recording]: The program crashes when unlocking the screen.
  • [HTML5]: The program crashes when exporting if the Include WebM & Ogg option is selected.
  • [HTML5]: Scrollbars work incorrectly in some cases.

New in ActivePresenter 9.0.4 (Nov 25, 2022)

  • Enhancements:
  • [HTML5]: Send score and progress to LMS as soon as the interaction is done.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • The program crashes when working with the Opacity effect on Windows 8.
  • Blur is not shown at the end of video.
  • [HTML5]: Incorrect hyperlink format in the output.
  • [HTML5]: Freeze issue when closing page in KnowBe4 LMS.
  • [HTML5]: Slide scrollbars are shown incorrectly in some cases.
  • [HTML5]: Audio quality setting works incorrectly.
  • [Recording]: Recorded video is black when recording on some specific machines which have multiple monitors.
  • [Recording]: Recording is stopped when switching display mode.
  • [Recording]: Webcam video is not recorded while hiding recording toolbar on macOS.

New in ActivePresenter 9.0.3 (Oct 28, 2022)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • UI freezing or flickering on some specific machines.
  • The program crashes when closing project if the Properties pane is floating.
  • [HTML5]: Incorrect responsive layout is selected when viewing in the browser Device Mode.

New in ActivePresenter 9.0.2 (Oct 26, 2022)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • [HTML5]: The play/pause button of video is skipped when pressing tab in the first iteration.
  • [HTML5]: Can not export videos which have odd dimensions.
  • [Recording]: The audio/video quality value is not saved after adjusting.
  • Frames with blur effect are incorrect in some cases.

New in ActivePresenter 9.0.1 (Oct 26, 2022)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • The program crashes when it starts recording if there is no write permission to the project location.
  • Tags of TTS texts are lost after generating audio.
  • Two entrance effects are added when inserting audio objects.
  • Drawing a square/circle by pressing Shift while dragging mouse doesn't work in some cases.

New in ActivePresenter 9.0.0 (Oct 26, 2022)

  • New Features:
  • New Transitions (20 new transitions).
  • New Animations (40 new animations).
  • New Interaction types: Slider, Dropdown.
  • Dropdown question types.
  • Click Sequence Timeline.
  • Tables.
  • Charts (25 types).
  • 3D Models.
  • Format Painter.
  • Grid & Guides.
  • Object Opacity effect.
  • Cropping images & videos.
  • Flipping objects.
  • Exporting selected slides as video.
  • Displaying video frames on Timeline.
  • Accurate video frames snapping.
  • Support editing events & actions of project.
  • Support toggle object visibility action.
  • Support attaching closed captions to video objects.
  • Support splitting audio and video tracks.
  • Support H.265 and VP9 video codecs (with appropriate hardware).
  • Support selecting hardware device for encoding H.264 and H.265 on Windows.
  • Support 100% device height option in responsive projects.
  • Enhancements:
  • [HTML5]: Allow viewer to select Continue/Restart when opening the content again on LMS.
  • [HTML5]: Improve video player accessibility.
  • [HTML5]: Use AAC instead of MP3.
  • [HTML5]: Support compressing output as a zip.
  • [HTML5]: New index page design.
  • [HTML5]: Support previewing current slide.
  • [HTML5]: Set an image as a cursor for the object.
  • Support more question types in importing CSV files.
  • Support changing shapes of Radio Button and Check Box.
  • Support adding actions for objects which are shown over multiple slides.
  • Support Drag Out event.
  • Support Slide Pool color.
  • Improve PowerPoint importing.
  • Improve support for 4K resolution videos (with appropriate graphics cards).
  • Change audio speed without changing pitch.
  • Render animated GIFs in video output.
  • A lot of other improvements.

New in ActivePresenter 8.5.8 (Jul 28, 2022)

  • Audio quality is low when selecting some Text To Speech cloud voices.
  • [HTML5]: Keyboard cannot focus to content in the main page in some cases if the output is embedded in an iframe.
  • [HTML5]: The program freezes when exporting some specific projects.
  • [HTML5]: apScoreSubstract variable works incorrectly.

New in ActivePresenter 8.5.7 (May 16, 2022)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • [HTML5]:
  • Browser freezes when exiting course on KnowBe4 LMS.
  • Can not press F5 to submit value in Text Entry.
  • The program freezes when exporting some specific videos.
  • Attempt condition doesn't work correctly when the max attempt is infinite.
  • Actions of related interactions are not generated correctly when inserting multiple feedback messages.

New in ActivePresenter 8.5.6 (Apr 12, 2022)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Cannot stop preview in some cases.
  • [Recording]: Cannot record with some cameras.
  • [macOS]: Fade Out doesn't run when previewing if the object has a Motion Path or Emphasis effect.

New in ActivePresenter 8.5.4 (Nov 18, 2021)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • [HTML5]: Radio Button and Check Box with no fill color display incorrectly.
  • Timing of imported closed caption is incorrect.
  • Some minor UI issues.

New in ActivePresenter 8.5.3 (Oct 8, 2021)

  • Enhancements:
  • Windows 11 is officially supported.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Azure SSML doesn't work in some cases.
  • The progress gets stuck when exporting video in some cases.
  • The program crashes when running with the 16-bit display setting.

New in ActivePresenter 8.5.2 (Sep 10, 2021)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Flickering when rendering Bounce effects.
  • The progress gets stuck when exporting video in some cases.
  • Incorrect cursor position in responsive projects.
  • Activation problem with some network configurations.
  • Some SVG rendering bugs.

New in ActivePresenter 8.5.0 (Aug 10, 2021)

  • Enhancements:
  • Improve text editing and rendering.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • [HTML5]: Video in the first slide starts again when clicking.
  • [HTML5]: Spotlight shows incorrectly on Chromium-based browsers.
  • Some minor issues when importing PowerPoint files.
  • Current language of Closed Caption is not shown in the language list.

New in ActivePresenter 8.4.0 (Apr 29, 2021)

  • Enhancements:
  • Support inserting YouTube with short links.
  • H.264 codec is used for recording video by default.
  • Improve German translation.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Inconsistent frames displayed on Canvas when moving playhead backward/forward in Timeline in some cases.
  • Windows Azure text to speech doesn't work in some specified cases.
  • Can not select system variables in actions.
  • [macOS]: Canvas zoom function works incorrectly.
  • [Recording]: Can not stop audio recording on some specific machines.
  • [Recording]: Timing of recorded cursor paths are not correct.
  • [HTML5]: Prefix spaces are not accepted in Table of Contents.
  • [HTML5]: The program crashes when exporting some specific projects.
  • [Export PowerPoint]: Line shapes are not exported correctly.

New in ActivePresenter 8.3.2 (Jan 26, 2021)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Click sound effect doesn't work.
  • The program crashes when recording system audio in some cases.
  • The program is less responsive when editing long videos with many edited points.

New in ActivePresenter 8.3.1 (Jan 8, 2021)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • [HTML5]: Line breaks are different between the editor and the output.
  • [HTML5]: One or two seconds of play audio action is cut off in Google Chrome.
  • [HTML5]: Audio and video don't play on Apple Safari 14 in some cases.
  • [HTML5]: Play audio action makes the presentation unresponsive on Apple Safari.
  • [HTML5]: Loading slides which contain audio or video is slow on Apple Safari.
  • Show in mode property of child object is not correct in some specific cases when opening version 7 projects.

New in ActivePresenter 8.3.0 (Dec 4, 2020)

  • Enhancements:
  • [HTML5]: Support On Ended event for media objects.
  • [HTML5]: Expose media player JavaScript functions.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • [HTML5]: Presentation time is incorrect when switching between tabs in recent versions of Webkit-based browsers.
  • Active Window is not saved.

New in ActivePresenter 8.2.3 (Nov 25, 2020)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Cannot change audio volume when selecting range in the looped segment.
  • [Import PowerPoint]: Changing start time of child objects works incorrectly.
  • [Import PowerPoint]: The program crashes when importing some specific PowerPoint files.
  • [Import GIFT]: Report IDs and names of radio buttons are duplicated.
  • [HTML5]: Score percentage is not reported correctly if the project contains slides which are imported from PowerPoint files.
  • [HTML5]: Audio quality issue in edited videos when exporting to HTML5.

New in ActivePresenter 8.2.2 (Oct 20, 2020)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • [HTML5]: Audio/video plays without sound with recent versions of Chromium-based browsers in some cases.

New in ActivePresenter 8.2.1 (Oct 8, 2020)

  • Preview is freezed when project contains motion path in some specific cases.
  • Preview is not smooth when project contains large blur area.
  • Spell checker doesn't work correctly in some cases.
  • Some text line breaks are changed when opening saved projects.
  • [macOS]: The program crashes when previewing or exporting video in some cases.
  • [HTML5]: Audio doesn't play with recent updates of Apple Safari.

New in ActivePresenter 8.2.0 (Sep 14, 2020)

  • Enhancements:
  • Support for multiple monitors which have different scale settings.
  • Separate HTML5, SCORM, and Experience API exports.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • [HTML5]: Answers of questions are shown in slide thumbnails.
  • Amazon Polly Text To Speech doesn't work with some UI languages.
  • Webcam recording crashes randomly on Windows 7.
  • Exported XLIFF files are not read properly in some translation tools.
  • Some minor UI issues.

New in ActivePresenter 8.1.1 (Jul 24, 2020)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • [HTML5]: Default output location is incorrect.

New in ActivePresenter 8.1.0 (Jul 16, 2020)

  • New Features:
  • Publish to Moodle LMS.
  • Text to Speech: Intergrate Amazon Polly, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure cloud voices.
  • Hotspot: Added the option to limit the number of touches and support other event types.
  • Support Italian for user interface.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • The Accept List of Drag-n-Drop question is not correct when copying.
  • Events from theme are not reused when creating project.
  • Scrollbar in Timeline works incorrectly in large zoom scale.
  • Can not import some SVG files after switching UI to some languages.
  • Video blur effect is not accurate in small time scale.
  • [Import PPT]: Placeholder positions are not correct when changing theme.
  • [Export Video]: Format is changed if entering file name without extension.
  • [Recording]: Direct3D recording option doesn't work with AMD graphics cards.
  • [Recording]: Some webcam issues.
  • Deprecated Features:
  • Publish to YouTube.

New in ActivePresenter 8.0.7 (May 29, 2020)

  • [HTML5]: Drag and drop works incorrectly on iOS when browser zoomed and scrolled.
  • [HTML5]: Can not select text on slides that have transitions.
  • [HTML5]: Program crashes when exporting some projects.
  • Recorded camera frame rate is low on some computers.
  • Spell checker doesn't work correctly in some cases.
  • Can not export recorded audio to MP3 in some cases.
  • Audio wave colors in the Dark theme are not appropriated.
  • Hotspot objects lack some event types.
  • Can not import some PowerPoint files

New in ActivePresenter 8.0.6 (Apr 28, 2020)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix an issue when capturing key strokes with modifier keys.
  • Exporting video doesn't finish in some cases.
  • Can not select SRT and CSV files in when UI Language is not English.
  • YouTube autoplay option doesn't work in HTML5.

New in ActivePresenter 8.0.5 (Apr 10, 2020)

  • Exporting video doesn't finish in some cases.
  • TOC entries are exported to XLIFF incorrectly.
  • Video recorded from webcam is flipped horizontally.
  • Korean text in equation doesn't display correctly.
  • Cropped and flipped images in PowerPoint are imported incorrectly.
  • Background music in template is not imported when creating project.

New in ActivePresenter 8.0.4 (Mar 25, 2020)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Program crashes when opening some corrupted projects.
  • Webcam preview is flipped horizontally.
  • TTS text displays in formatted form.
  • Program crashes when stopping the recording session in some cases.
  • Can not import some PowerPoint files.
  • Image pasted from clipboard decreases quality.
  • [Video]: Frames are repeated when rendering video objects.
  • [Video]: Some variables don't update their values in the output.
  • [HTML5]: Audio is not unmuted when clicking in some cases.

New in ActivePresenter 8.0.3 (Mar 16, 2020)

  • Stability improvements.

New in ActivePresenter 8.0.2 (Mar 2, 2020)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Crashing issue when previewing on some specific hardwares.
  • Audio icon appears in exported video in some cases.
  • Some minor Import From PowerPoint issues.
  • HTML5 Table of Contents is not saved.

New in ActivePresenter 8.0.1 (Feb 18, 2020)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • The program crashes when inserting questions in some cases.
  • The program crashes when importing some PowerPoint files.
  • The error message appears when saving project in some cases.
  • Scrolling is not smooth in the editor.
  • Can not apply cursor effects for all videos.
  • Auto-generated slide names are not correct.

New in ActivePresenter 8.0.0 (Feb 18, 2020)

  • New Features:
  • User Interface: Extensive enhancements
  • User Interface: Support Dark mode
  • Flexbox: A feature set allows managing layout and spacing consistently and efficiently, especially in responsive projects
  • New Fill-in-blanks question type
  • New Hotspot question type
  • Text animation
  • New bullet and numbering styles
  • Import questions from GIFT and CSV files
  • Import PowerPoint slides directly without Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Support multiple languages for Closed Caption
  • Support embedding HTML packages
  • Add Show-in-Modes property for slide
  • Add Lock Size and Position options for objects
  • Add Object Settings view
  • Enhancements:
  • Improve video exporting speed (up to 40%)
  • Improve preview performance for 4K resolutions
  • [Recording]: Improve simulation recording
  • [Recording]: Detect device changes automatically
  • [HTML5]: Add option to hide player bars automatically on mobile devices
  • [HTML5]: Improve the display of Sidebar on mobile devices
  • Allow adding Animations for child objects
  • Allow grouping Audio, Video, Questions
  • Add Text Scale option for Closed Captions
  • Merge Export To HTML SlideShow into Export To Images
  • Move cursor graphics and sound effects from Cursor to Cursor Path
  • Move "Use Direct3D for recording screen" option to Recording Settings dialog
  • Cursor effects now are now off by default
  • A lot of other usability & stability improvements

New in ActivePresenter 7.5.12 (Feb 5, 2020)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Max point of partial score question is incorrect in Report Slide.
  • Presentation is paused incorrectly if selecting "Pause to wait for user input" for button in Slide Master.
  • The program crashes when editing action.
  • The program crashes when recording webcam on some specific computers.
  • Can not publish to YouTube in some cases.
  • Can not set hotkey for the Delete Multiple Objects function.

New in ActivePresenter 7.5.11 (Dec 23, 2019)

  • [HTML5]: Max point of partial score question is incorrect in Report Slide.
  • [HTML5]: Presentation is paused incorrectly if selecting "Pause to wait for user input" for button in Slide Master.
  • The program crashes when editing action.
  • The program crashes when recording webcam on some specific computers.
  • Can not publish to YouTube in some cases.
  • Can not set hotkey for the Delete Multiple Objects function.

New in ActivePresenter 7.5.10 (Nov 8, 2019)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • [HTML5]: Can not click Web Object on Android devices.
  • [HTML5]: Transform of video is reset when advancing to the next slide.
  • [HTML5]: Sidebar expand button is hidden on mobile devices if Topbar is hidden.
  • [HTML5]: Can not enter full screen mode for video on iPhone.
  • [HTML5]: Player Setting is not preservered when creating a project from a theme.
  • [HTML5]: Custom Player Setting preset is not selected.
  • The language menu is not displayed correctly.
  • Import/Export XLIFF for Text To Speech audio.

New in ActivePresenter 7.5.9 (Aug 23, 2019)

  • Enhancements:
  • [HTML5]: Improve lesson resuming when integrating with LMS.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Duration of Text To Speech audio is not set correctly.

New in ActivePresenter 7.5.8 (Jun 27, 2019)

  • [HTML5]: List is not displayed correctly.

New in ActivePresenter 7.5.7 (Jun 24, 2019)

  • Text is not converted correctly when opening some version 6 - projects.
  • Bullet styling works incorrectly in some cases.
  • The program crashes when editing shapes in some cases.
  • Video saving issue when copying to slide pools.
  • Can not reset to default slide name by typing an empty value.
  • [Recording]: Empty slide created when dragging mouse.
  • [HTML5]: Some specific keys on Finnish keyboard don't work on Firefox.
  • [HTML5]: Question randomization is not even.
  • [HTML5]: The program crashes when exporting some projects.

New in ActivePresenter 7.5.5 (Feb 21, 2019)

  • [Windows]:
  • The program hangs up in some cases.
  • [Recording]:
  • Audio is not synced with recorded content when recording simulation in some cases.
  • [HTML5]:
  • Partial score works incorrectly in some questions.

New in ActivePresenter 7.5.4 (Jan 24, 2019)

  • Audio playback issue on some specific computers.
  • Text typing operation is not recorded correctly in some cases.
  • [macOS]: The program crashes when editing slide name.

New in ActivePresenter 7.5.3 (Jan 15, 2019)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • [HTML5]: Interaction auto focus doesn't work if slide has background image.
  • [HTML5]: Media player toolbar is under video on Google Chrome in some special cases.
  • [HTML5]: Multiple blanks in review mode works incorrectly.
  • [HTML5]: jQuery in JavaScript doesn't work.
  • [HTML5]: CSS warning in Firefox.
  • [macOS]: USB Headset input device is not detected.
  • [macOS]: The program crashes when editing slide name.
  • [macOS]: Player skin editor doesn't work correctly when project name has space characters.
  • The program becomes less responsive when editing short looped audio.
  • Timeline playhead is too difficult to manipulate in high DPI screen.

New in ActivePresenter 7.5.2 (Dec 14, 2018)

  • Program crashes after previewing in some cases.
  • [HTML5]: Audio and animation are out of sync in some cases.
  • [macOS]: Some icons show incorrectly in dark theme mode.

New in ActivePresenter 7.5.1 (Dec 10, 2018)

  • Enhancements:
  • [macOS]: Support macOS 10.14 and its dark theme mode.
  • [macOS]: Support exporting to PDF.
  • [macOS]: Better Retina display support.
  • [macOS]: Record System Audio with Background Music.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • [Recording]: Text in target application is capitalized incorrectly.
  • [Recording]: The Recording Toolbar is reset after selecting Re-capture.
  • [HTML5]: Some player skins show incorrectly in old versions of Safari.
  • [HTML5]: Browser hangs up in some cases when using Drag-n-Drop with the Shuffle Answer option.
  • Default project size is saved when selecting Cancel in the Preferences dialog.
  • Event Editor is less responsive when project has many slides.
  • Can not select font name for shape which has no text.
  • Elements of formula are clipped in some cases.
  • Some other bugs fixed.

New in ActivePresenter 7.5.0 (Nov 28, 2018)

  • New Features:
  • Feedback Master: Easy to design, manage question feedbacks.
  • Advanced Action: Define and reuse a bunch of actions without hassle.
  • Equation: Insert math or any science equation into shape or question. Support pasting equation from Microsoft Office.
  • Audio Normalization.
  • Publish To YouTube.
  • Animated Timer.
  • Icon library: There are dozens of new prebuilt icons to choose from.
  • Add more themes and sound effects.
  • [HTML5]: New player designs, more decent skins and presets.
  • [HTML5]: Show author video and information in output.
  • [HTML5]: Add Text Scale option for responsive project.
  • [HTML5]: Customizable Pre-loader.
  • [HTML5]: Attach resources to project.
  • [HTML5]: Support Course Review.
  • [macOS]: Support exporting to PDF.
  • Enhancements:
  • Support editing points for preset shapes.
  • Improve performance.
  • Drag Source now supports Drop Accept and Drop Reject states.
  • [HTML5]: Variable values are retained after resuming course.
  • [HTML5]: Allow selecting fonts for embedding.
  • [HTML5]: Add option to retain object state when going back to a slide.
  • [HTML5]: Subtract score when learner performs wrong actions.
  • [HTML5]: Improve loading time.

New in ActivePresenter 7.3.3 (Sep 6, 2018)

  • [HTML5]: Interaction is not automatically focused if Tab Order is set.
  • [HTML5]: Player tools disappear in Google Chrome at some zoom levels.
  • [HTML5]: Video initially shows as blank in Internet Explorer when the network connection is slow.
  • [macOS]: Program crashes when re-capturing.
  • Program becomes less responsive if video/audio object has too many edited parts.
  • Possible crashes in some specific cases.

New in ActivePresenter 7.3.2 (Aug 3, 2018)

  • Radial gradient is reversed when opening version-6 projects.
  • Program crashes when running on computers which have specific graphics cards.
  • Default shape of spotlight is rectangle (should be oval).
  • [Windows]: Program crashes when importing some specific PowerPoint presentations.
  • [HTML5]: NaN error shows up when running content which has no graded interaction in some LMSes.

New in ActivePresenter 7.3.1 (Jul 11, 2018)

  • Blur area becomes transparent in some cases.
  • Improve error handling when activating or updating.
  • [Windows]: Program crashes when exporting MP4 on some specific computers.
  • [Windows]: Program crashes when recording in some rare cases.
  • [Windows]: Program crashes when importing some specific PowerPoint presentations.

New in ActivePresenter 7.3.0 (Jul 2, 2018)

  • Enhancements:
  • Add Auto Advance option for slide.
  • [Windows]: Built-in crash reporting tool.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • [macOS]: Text looks smaller than its font size.
  • [HTML5]: apQuizPassed and apQuizPassedBool variables are not updated when advancing slide.
  • [HTML5]: apQuizPassed and apQuizPassedBool variables are not updated when advancing slide.
  • [HTML5]: Issue when displaying cursor paths which have None-click sound.
  • [HTML5]: Issue when dragging player progress bar.
  • Line in PowerPoint presentation is imported incorrectly in some cases.
  • Space issue when typing East Asian languages.
  • Timeline is scrolled to playhead position when pausing preview.

New in ActivePresenter 7.2.5 (Jun 15, 2018)

  • Enhancements:
  • [HTML5]: Add 'Disable [Click or Tap to Unmute] Notification' option.
  • [HTML5]: Show slide name when hovering over player's progress bar.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • [HTML5]: Infinitive loading when viewing content on Apple Safari browser in some cases.

New in ActivePresenter 7.2.4 (Jun 8, 2018)

  • Enhancements:
  • [HTML5]: Viewer may need to click to unmute sound of autoplay videos depending on web browsers' autoplay policy.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • [HTML5]: Changing playback speed doesn't work on IE in some cases.
  • [HTML5]: Seeking doesn't work correctly if the Slide Markers option is not selected.
  • [HTML5]: Play audio action doesn't work on Chrome if it is executed multiple times
  • [HTML5]: SCORM 1.2 doesn't reset state in the next attempt.
  • Program become less responsive when hovering over a long JavaScript action.
  • Program crashes when importing XLIFF file if project is converted from version 6.
  • Can not adjust slide duration if open a video file to edit.
  • Line-breaks are ignored in document outputs.
  • Audio decreases quality if it is too loud.
  • Video frame is incorrect when working with some files.
  • Update pt-br translation.

New in ActivePresenter 7.2.3 (Apr 20, 2018)

  • [Video]: Program crashes when exporting projects which have cursor paths.
  • [HTML5]: Send mail action doesn't work.
  • [HTML5]: 'None' cursor still shows borders in Webkit-based browsers.

New in ActivePresenter 7.2.2 (Apr 13, 2018)

  • [HTML5]: Some keys don't work in Firefox.
  • [Video]: Project audio is not smooth when transitioning between slides.
  • Slide pools are not loaded properly when opening projects saved with version 6.x.

New in ActivePresenter 7.2.1 (Apr 4, 2018)

  • [HTML5]: Performance issue for projects which have lots of slides and more than one theme.
  • [Recording]: Recording with the Direct3D option doesn't work properly with multiple displays.
  • [Recording]: Recording boundary shows incorrectly with some display scales when recording full screen.
  • [Recording]: Program crashes when recording Webcam on some specific machines (especially Surface Pro).

New in ActivePresenter 7.2.0 (Mar 20, 2018)

  • Enhancements:
  • [HTML5]: Improve preview speed.
  • [HTML5]: Improve TOC numbering.
  • [HTML5]: Add some player skin presets.
  • [HTML5]: Allow associating number variable to Tet Bo.
  • [HTML5]: Enable passed/failed status and detail report for interactions in the Tutorial mode.
  • Bugs Fied:
  • [HTML5]: Error when eporting to location containing Unicode characters.
  • [HTML5]: Tet format doesn't show properly when selecting the Embed Web Fonts option in some cases.
  • [HTML5]: Default floating value of number variable is truncated to integer.
  • [Windows]: Free-forms are eported incorrectly in Microsoft Office outputs.
  • [Recording]: Object settings don't work when recording additional slides.
  • Program crashes when editing projects which have lot of events and actions.
  • Media doesn't play automatically after converting version 6 or older projects.
  • White turns to light grey in eported video.
  • Correct some typos in the UI.

New in ActivePresenter 7.1.0 (Feb 12, 2018)

  • Enhancements:
  • [Windows]: High FPS screen recording on capable hardware (up to 60 fps when encoding with H.264 video codec).
  • [Recording]: More options for recording cursor path.
  • [Recording]: Add "Restore Defaults" button for resetting recording settings.
  • [Interactivity]: Add "On Click", "Drag Start" and "Drag End" events for Drag Source.
  • [Interactivity]: Add "Drag Enter" and "Drag Leave" events for Drop Target.
  • Improve button styles.
  • [TOC]: Turn off slide group when recording Software Simulation by default.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • [Timeline]: Slide duration cannot be shortened.
  • [Closed Caption]: Show Format tab when selecting closed caption.
  • [HTML5]: Exception when playing too many multimedia files.
  • [Text Editor]: Issue when typing Korean.
  • Project file is only updated when closing project in some cases.
  • Add solid fill with zero opacity when converting interactions which have no fill and line in old-version projects.
  • Program crashes when using Drag-n-Drop in some rare cases.

New in ActivePresenter 6.1.4 (Nov 25, 2017)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • [HTML5]: Video is scaled incorrectly in some cases.
  • [HTML5]: Attached audio plays incorrectly when seeking and resuming.
  • [Windows]: File error when working with projects which have many edited segments.
  • [macOS]: Program doesn’t run on macOS 10.10.

New in ActivePresenter 6.1.3 (Aug 19, 2017)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • [HTML5]: Text in question is cut off in some cases.
  • Can not export with some versions of Microsoft Word 2016.
  • macOS: Program crashes when clicking scroll button of toolbar.

New in ActivePresenter 6.1.2 (Jul 19, 2017)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Can't preview YouTube video when inserting YouTube object.
  • Show in Mode option of cursor path in recorded project is incorrect.

New in ActivePresenter 6.1.1 (Jul 4, 2017)

  • Enhancements:
  • ActivePresenter for Mac is now officially out of beta. The free beta license terms are not applicable anymore. Users who have licenses can now activate.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Error message shown incorrectly when editing slide background.
  • Drag & Drop issues with recent versions of Android Chrome.
  • [HTML5]: Can't enter characters which require key combinations into a text box.
  • [macOS]: Fade in effect doesn't work when previewing and exporting to video.

New in ActivePresenter 6.1.0 (Apr 13, 2017)

  • Enhancements:
  • ActivePresenter for Mac is now officially out of beta The free beta license terms are not applicable anymore Users who have licenses can now activate
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Error message shown incorrectly when editing slide background
  • Drag & Drop issues with recent versions of Android Chrome
  • [HTML5]: Can't enter characters which require key combinations into a text box
  • [macOS]: Fade in effect doesn't work when previewing and exporting to video

New in ActivePresenter 6.0.5 (Jan 9, 2017)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Error message shows up when clicking Record audio button in Properties pane.

New in ActivePresenter 6.0.4 (Jan 5, 2017)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Memory issue when recording video (macOS 10.12).
  • Can not maximize/restore program window (macOS).
  • SCORM 1.2 package (HTML5) doesn't change to finish state when exiting activity (lesson).
  • Preferences and Project Settings dialogs don't show properly.
  • Temporary file creation issue when working on some computers.
  • Deprecated Features:
  • License activation via email.

New in ActivePresenter 6.0.3 (Oct 20, 2016)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Slight cracking noises when recording audio from Microphone on some specific computers.

New in ActivePresenter 6.0.2 (Aug 18, 2016)

  • Enhancements:
  • Improve video exporting speed (20-25% faster).
  • Improve question layout functionality.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Crashes when connecting drag source and drop target.
  • Memory issue when editing slide that has too many videos.
  • YouTube and Web Object options appear when setting options for other objects in Preferences dialog.
  • Drag-n-Drop works incorrectly with some Snap Behavior options in HTML5 output.
  • Failed to initialize multimedia library on some machines.
  • Replace function doesn't work in some cases.
  • Show/Hide, Lock/Unlock functions don't work when editing slide in pool.
  • Add/Remove video blur keyframe function doesn't work when editing slide in pool.
  • Objects which shown over multiple slides appear when editing slide in pool.
  • Color options of Closed Caption are disabled.
  • Can not manipulate objects which shown over multiple slides by using the left section of Timeline.
  • Cropping Zoom-n-Pane works incorrectly.
  • Some minor user interface issues.

New in ActivePresenter 6.0.1 (May 31, 2016)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • [HTML5/Drag-n-Drop]: Drag and Drop functionality doesn't work when the 'Allow Select Text' option is enabled.
  • [HTML5/SCORM]: Output with option 'export each operation mode to a separated package' doesn't work in LMS if there's only one mode selected.

New in ActivePresenter 6.0.0 (May 31, 2016)

  • New Features & Enhancements:
  • xAPI (formerly Tin Can API) support for HTML5 output.
  • Slide pools and slide randomization (question pool and question randomization).
  • Blur effect for video (for hiding sensitive information).
  • Survey interactions (no correct/incorrect evaluation).
  • Likert (Rating scale) quiz type.
  • New type of interaction: Button.
  • HTML iframe and YouTube annotations.
  • Auto layout mode for questions.
  • Add Re-capture button in discard capture confirmation dialog.
  • Add function to hide recording area (green rectangle) while recording.
  • Support navigating in Selection pane with Up/Down Arrow keys.
  • Changing orders of objects in Selection pane by mouse dragging.
  • Support generating slide name from the text of the first shape in slide.
  • Option for placing objects shown over multiple slides in the top layer.
  • Edit text in shape by double-clicking if shape has no text.
  • Overflowed text is visible in editor and outputs (except Microsoft Word).
  • Retain text formatting in Slide Name, Slide Description, and Group Title when exporting to Microsoft Word.
  • Add function to reset UI layout.
  • Program is more responsive when backing up large projects.
  • HTML5 Output Enhancements:
  • New template, Modern, with customizable buttons/colors.
  • Support for changing playback speed when viewing.
  • Options for showing/hiding player buttons.
  • Allow excluding WebM and OGG when export.
  • Improve quality and performance by utilizing CSS3 transform.
  • Improve quality, size, and loading time by using SVG.
  • Player tools/buttons are larger on mobile devices.
  • Large Resume button at the center when pausing in demo mode.
  • Option to allow selecting text in shapes.
  • New 'Pass Condition' - Number of visited slides.
  • Option for exporting each operation mode to a separated SCORM package.
  • Display viewer's responses and correct responses in report table.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Backup doesn't work when editing a new project.
  • The video won't play if the system's speaker is disabled.
  • The program is unresponsive when inserting a new cursor.
  • State (enabled/disabled) of Accept List button isn't set correctly for Drop Area object.
  • Width/Height properties in Properties pane are not updated in some scenarios.
  • Floating Text Format Toolbar is shown at incorrect position in some scenarios.
  • TTS function in the right-click menu is inconsistent between Canvas and Timeline.
  • Deprecated Features:
  • HTML5: No more support for Internet Explorer 7 and 8.
  • Export To Flash Simulation is deprecated.
  • Video preview section in Properties pane is removed.
  • SCORM: No more support for non-interactive outputs.
  • HTML5: Option for restarting in Demo and Tutorial modes is removed.

New in ActivePresenter 5.5.5 (Feb 23, 2016)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • White color turns to light grey in video output
  • Exported PDF files cannot be saved as with Acrobat Reader
  • Sometimes, cursors disappear in recorded video after splitting
  • Captured characters don't respect the Caps Lock key state
  • Anchor of capture area is shown when resuming capture after pausing for a short time

New in ActivePresenter 5.5.4 (Feb 8, 2016)

  • Enhancements:
  • Support JPEG image format in Flash Simulation
  • Improve Merge Slide function
  • Add the Stop button in the TTS section of Closed Caption node
  • Default TTS settings for Closed Caption
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • HTML5: Text in questions are partially cut off when viewing content in Chrome, IE or with Autofit option enabled
  • HTML5: SCORM 1.2 output reports score incorrectly if user enters non-ASCII characters
  • Can not export projects contain shapes with shadow effect to Word in Compatibility mode
  • Microsoft Edge doesn't display HTML Slideshow correctly
  • Shape and Text Caption are not inserted at the position of Playhead in some cases
  • Export to Word with template layout doesnt't work correctly if the template contains more than 10 place holders

New in ActivePresenter 5.5.3 (Feb 8, 2016)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Incorrect layout in the Find/Replace dialog
  • Video and mouse cursor are out of sync if the cursor is outside recording area at the start of recording
  • Some recorded cursors have black background
  • HTML5: Video doesn't play when restarting on Firefox 41.0.1
  • Some texts weren't localized (HTML5 template settings)
  • Properties pane displays incorrectly on Windows XP
  • Deprecated Features:
  • "Show UAC elevating message on start-up" option on the Prefrences dialog is removed
  • "Email Reporting" report method is removed

New in ActivePresenter 5.5.2 (Feb 8, 2016)

  • Enhancements:
  • Improve frame rate (FPS) when recording with Flash Screen Video codec
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • The post installation page is still opened when /VERYSILENT parameter is specified on the setup command-line
  • Can not export to PowerPoint if project contains attached audio

New in ActivePresenter 5.5.1 (Sep 11, 2015)

  • New Features & Enhancements:
  • [HTML5 & Flash]: Play the background music (the audio object with Ignore Pausing option selected) while buffering
  • Add the command line option for selecting UI language when starts, for example: ActivePresenter.exe /lang fr
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Some (rotated) images in the PowerPoint Presentation are not imported correctly
  • The audio wave of imported video doesn't display in Timeline
  • Quality problem (gibbering sections) when export to MP4 video format
  • Sometimes, Firefox displays "outdated Flash plugin" message while running HTML5 output
  • HTML5 output doesn't run if the slide/object text contain the line/paragraph separator character (U+2028, U+2029)
  • Volume slider displays the audio signal but the recorded audio is silent
  • Spelling error in Shrink Project dialog
  • Default language doesn't follow the language of the operating system if that language is supported
  • Freeze frames in video don't work in the recent versions of Flash Player
  • The program is less responsive when editing a long recorded video

New in ActivePresenter 5.5.0 (Aug 10, 2015)

  • New Features & Enhancements:
  • Allow changing playback speed of audio/video
  • Allow editing the cursor hilight, click sounds, and click effects of recorded video
  • Support H.264 in MP4 and FLV video format using Cisco OpenH264
  • Improve video exporting speed (20-30% faster)
  • Support for LINES in Timeline, one line can contains multiple objects which are not overlapped in time
  • It is possible to rotate an object now, object rotation is not supported in IE 7&8
  • Allow navigating through objects in a slide using Tab key
  • Insert Freeze Frame/Silence is superseded by Insert Time (Insert Freeze for slide)
  • Countdown timer with Stop hotkey hint before start recording
  • Add the Selection pane, the Timeline pane now only display top level objects which are not show by events
  • Add more bitrates for Video Export.
  • Simplify the Cursor tab in the Capture Profile Editor dialog
  • Allow customization of the Tabbed Toolbar
  • Move FLV Export into Video Export, exporting to FLV Video is now included in Free edition
  • Add a button to restore default capture profiles
  • Update names and descriptions of capture profiles
  • Basic API for scripting in the HTML5 output, add presentation and slide load events
  • New program icon and welcome screen
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • 1px colored lines turns to black in lossy video outputs
  • Can not adjust the volume of USB Microphone in some cases
  • Size of title object in PowerPoint is not processed correctly while importing
  • Submit action is not shown in the action list
  • Merging slides which don't have background
  • Support media formats which have multiple frames per packet
  • Audio/video are not synchronized when previewing in some cases
  • Some cursor images have black pixels
  • Text in multi-line textboxes in the Properties pane is not updated when changing selection
  • Incorrect mouse click position and auto-panning when working with muti-monitors
  • Timeline and Canvas display incorrectly if the primary dispaly has lower resolution than the secondary display
  • Fix crashed error when exporting PDF on some specific computers
  • Mouse doesn't work correctly when working with some GTK+ based applications (GIMP, Inkscape)

New in ActivePresenter 5.0.0 (Jan 8, 2015)

  • New Features & Enhancements:
  • The user interface is completely revamped.
  • Edit Closed Caption track directly from Timeline.
  • More powerful Properties pane.
  • Allow changing the Style of multiple selected objects at once.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix HTML5 audio loading issue in Firefox.

New in ActivePresenter 4.0.3 (Nov 27, 2014)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Default UI language incorrectly set to Vietnamese.

New in ActivePresenter 4.0.2 (Oct 17, 2014)

  • Audio loading issue in HTML5 simulation with Firefox 31 or newer.
  • Incomplete message attached to Text Box is not shown if the submit key is pressed twice.
  • Sequence Question doesn’t work properly in Google Chrome.

New in ActivePresenter 4.0.1 (Aug 5, 2014)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Save project bug when editing videos in a certain scenario

New in ActivePresenter 4.0.0 (Jun 27, 2014)

  • New Features & Enhancements:
  • Export To HTML5 Simulation.
  • Support Drag-n-Drop
  • Add Drop Area interaction.
  • Add Drag-n-Drop question.
  • Add lines, arrows, and various shape types.
  • Preview multiple slides on Slide Canvas.
  • Improve the capture frame rate (FPS) in full motion recording (about 25% faster).
  • Add an option to show an object or play an audio/video without blocking subsequent actions.
  • Find and replace text in slides objects.
  • Add MKV container format (uses Flash Screen video codec, 16-bit PCM audio codec) when exporting to video.
  • Add 16-bit PCM audio codec when capturing for highest audio quality.
  • Add three levels to set the height of the audio waveform bar in Timeline.
  • Allow setting Project Language.
  • Support Right-To-Left languages
  • Support editing RTL languages in editor.
  • Support RTL languages when exporting to Images, Videos and HTML5 Simulations.
  • This feature also works when exporting to MS Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) but not officially supported yet.
  • Enhance Quiz/Question editing functionalities
  • Add quick tools on the right side of selected question for quick editing.
  • Change the way to interact with sub-objects in a question.
  • Add an option to allow displaying sub-objects and objects started by event in Timeline.
  • Allow exporting/importing the library and configurations of ActivePresenter to/from an external file.
  • Allow capturing/editing/exporting the Active Window area.
  • Replace the slide backgrounds by capturing or using slide backgrounds from another project.
  • Allow editing output texts (name of tools in toolbar, messages) in HTML5/Flash Simulation so author can create the content for any languages even they are not officially included.
  • The Slide Titles window displays slide names which use HTML tags in formatted text.
  • Start editing annotation text by clicking the text area instead of double-clicking.
  • Resources in the Image/Media library can be shown either in list or thumbnail view.
  • Support recording audio from Speakers (System Audio) in the Audio page of the Properties dialog.
  • Option to allow pasting HTML copied from other applications as plain text or HTML format.
  • Add 14 common gesture effects.
  • Option to generate the index page when exporting To HTML5/Flash Simulation or not.
  • SCORM 2004 raw score is stored as percentage value if Pass Condition is in percentage. Otherwise, it is stored as an absolute value.
  • The quality range of audio/video is changed to [1...100]. Either quality or bit rate option is available depends on selected codec.
  • Use JSON format for storing the configurations.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Text in shape is not saved when the editor lost the focus.
  • When pasting an interaction from other slides, the shape in current slide may be disappeared because it is added to the actions list of interaction.
  • SCORM 1.2 raw score is not scaled in range [1...100].
  • Incorrect default file name and location in the Save As dialog.
  • Deprecated Features:
  • AJAX Simulation is now superseded by the all new HTML5 Simulation and so got removed.
  • Drop support for Microsoft Office 2000.

New in ActivePresenter 3.9.5 (Jun 5, 2014)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Audio and video are not synched properly if the audio sample rate in settings is not the same as sample rate of input device.
  • Noise in recorded audio if the computer is overloaded while recording.
  • Record System Audio checkbox is not enabled with some settings in Speaker in Windows Vista or later.

New in ActivePresenter 3.9.4 (Mar 4, 2014)

  • New Features & Enhancements:
  • Support recording system sound and microphone simultaneously (Windows XP is not supported).
  • Redesign the New Capture Project dialog.
  • Add Russian translation
  • Update French translation.
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Crash error when editing or exporting if the project contains a video with many edited points
  • Incorrect text format bug in importing XLIFF if XLIFF file contains some empty elements.
  • Blank video object in slide when double-click the project file to open.
  • Classic style file dialog when opening a project.
  • Export to Flash Simulation doesn't use localized string in PO file.

New in ActivePresenter 3.9.1 (Jul 9, 2013)

  • Recorded video stopped at 2 GB boundary.
  • OGG audio not seakable in low bitrates.

New in ActivePresenter 3.9.0 (Jun 21, 2013)

  • New Features & Enhancements:
  • Accessibility support in Ajax simulation
  • Slides and slide objects support accessibility text that can be read aloud by screen readers when they appear
  • Support keyboard shortcuts and navigation
  • Visual focus indicator
  • XLIFF Export/Import:
  • Export texts to XLIFF 1.2 format for easy translation
  • Import back translated texts in XLIFF format
  • Visual click effect for cursor path
  • Fade in, fade out effect for spotlight
  • Better synchronization when editing audio/video
  • French and Taiwanese are now supported
  • Ajax Simulation:
  • New templates: Black and Silver
  • New Slide List design
  • More options in Template Parameters dialog: show/hide slide group title, navigation in Practice mode…
  • Option to use Silverlight for audio/video playback
  • AutoFit browser window
  • Flash Simulation:
  • New templates: Black and Silver
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Licensing issue that does not recognize activation when running with normal privilege on some computers
  • Various minor bugs fixed

New in ActivePresenter 3.7.0 (Dec 18, 2012)

  • New Features & Enhancements:
  • Support Windows 8
  • Support capturing Command Line Interface (CLI) Applications
  • Lots of improvements for screenshot functionality:
  • Capture full screen, application, region, windows (including child windows, menus), and accessible objects
  • Additional processing when capturing top level window (application window or dialog)
  • Capture shadow (Windows Vista or later)
  • Process rounded corners
  • Translucent/Opaque window
  • Convenient window/object finder for selecting child window/object to capture
  • Remove “Insert Screenshot” item from Slide menu
  • Add new “Insert Screenshot” submenu to Annotation menu
  • Change Screnshot tool in Insert toolbar: click dropdown button to select different capture type or change options, click tool icon to do the last capture
  • Simplify and improve audio recording
  • Allow exporting Image, Audio & Video objects to external files
  • Resources panel:
  • Allow exporting resource items (both physical & logical resources) to external files
  • Change tab name: Image -> Images, Style -> Styles
  • Toggle button to show/hide deprecated images in the Images tab
  • Holding Alt while dragging Shape’s boundary will preserve its anchor position
  • Rename “Project Information” menu item and dialog title to “Project Properties” (in Project menu)
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Fix occasional issue with input devices/input sources when recording audio on some computers
  • Occasional error when recording very long session video (>2GB video file size)
  • ActivePresenter becomes less responsive when splitting videos to more than 10 parts
  • Reddish color issue on some videos when exporting to Ajax, Flash and Powerpoint
  • Double-click interactions aren’t properly recognized and processed in Ajax simulation
  • Shape’s anchor is changed when choosing “AutoFit Text” command on context menu
  • Other minor bugs fixed

New in ActivePresenter 3.6.0 (Oct 18, 2012)

  • Capture:
  • Support MPEG-1 & MPEG-2, the video lossy codecs for recording the long session and movie/streaming video
  • Easily format and styling auto-generated annotation text using HTML tags
  • Timeline:
  • Copy, Cut, Delete, Split, Join audio/video and other objects directly on Timeline
  • Instant editing without quality loss with logical media segmentation technique
  • Dynamic narrating/dubbing while previewing for easy syncing between audio and other contents
  • Render actual audio wave for easier and more accurate manipulation of audio
  • Easily adjust volume for a certain range of audio/video
  • More convenient editing with many new hotkeys and object timing display
  • Support editing operations: Cut/Copy/Delete selected range, Crop to selected range, Split/Join audio/video objects, Split slide
  • Canvas & Timeline Snapping

New in ActivePresenter 3.5.0 (Jun 8, 2012)

  • New features & Enhancements:
  • Capture:
  • Onscreen feedback/status: elapsed time, frames per second, input audio signal meter, quick buttons…
  • Support capturing with keyboards which use dead keys for entering diacritics like German, French, Spanish, Latvian…
  • Obfuscation/Blur tool in Image Editor: easily erase sensitive information in captured images
  • Transition Effects for Objects: Entry-Exit transitions: Fade, Fly, Peek, Wipe
  • Slide Transition Effects: Fade, Fly, Wipe
  • Shadow Effect: allow objects to have 3D shadow effect
  • Video Freeze-Frame: Allow user to temporarily pause a video for a specified duration so additional explanations/annotations can be added to explain the video in more details
  • Spell Checker: check spelling while editing shapes and closed captions: Support multiple languages: English (US), English (UK), English (Australia), German, Spanish, Czech, Polish and Vietnamese
  • Text To Speech: Convert text to speech using Microsoft SAPI, user can use any SAPI TTS engine installed on their computer to convert text to speech easily
  • Action Feedback Control: displays detail information about action being performed (clicking, typing)
  • Audio calibration before recording
  • Editor:
  • Save slide as image at current timestamp
  • Re-arrange the menu system for quick and easy access
  • Save panel position customization across all projects
  • Change “Library” panel to “Resources” panel; Change the term “Template” to “Library”
  • Improve Video/FlashVideo Export:
  • Generate separate subtitle file (using SubRip SRT format: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SubRip) for both Video and FlashVideo export
  • Improve Player for Ajax & Flash:
  • Customizable player skin
  • Make language selection when exporting Ajax like when exporting Flash
  • Various audio/video quality improvements
  • New Language: Polish
  • Bugs fixed:
  • Password field not working when export to Video/FlashVideo
  • Various bugs fixed

New in ActivePresenter 3.2.0 (Mar 1, 2012)

  • New features & Enhancements:
  • New Zoom-n-Pan mechanism which supports multiple Zoom-n-Pans in one slide
  • Insert object at specified timestamp
  • Click Sound for cursor path and interaction objects
  • Allow slide objects to have attached audio
  • Enable dragging from Library to Canvas to create slide object:
  • Dragging image, audio, video
  • Dragging style to create shape
  • Enable dragging image, audio, video files from computer to canvas
  • Preview a range in Timeline: User can select a range in Timeline to preview in a loop
  • Add “Zoom all” button to Timeline which will automatically adjust zoom factor to fit the longest bar in the available width
  • Add edit Gradient button to Properties panel for easy editing the gradient stops
  • Show object preview when selecting Show/Hide Object in Event Editor
  • Display slide name in “Go To Slide” dialog
  • Small icons below the slide thumbnails to allow user to know at a glance which types of objects (audio, video, cursor and question) are there in the slide
  • Improve cursor path editing with curve or straight cursor path
  • Change slide by clicking in timeline (when showing all slides)
  • Balloon” object is now named “Shape”
  • Display number of slides and total duration in project properties dialog
  • Bugs fixed:
  • Sequence question in Ajax: can not drag & drop answers on IE 9
  • No toolbars displayed when creating new blank project
  • Open projects from older versions: text of shapes are overflowed
  • Some other minor bugs

New in ActivePresenter 3.1.0 (Jan 14, 2012)

  • New features & Enhancements:
  • Add context toolbars for faster and easier editing
  • Add ‘preserve aspect ratio’ option for image and video
  • Add ‘play when waiting for user input’ and ‘loop’ option for audio and video
  • Show more details when hovering mouse over objects in editor
  • Object Style:
  • Style Preview when editing
  • Clone style from existing one
  • Create new style from selected object
  • Update object to style
  • Text Editing:
  • New hotkeys: increase/decrease font size
  • Auto Fit to Text: Auto expand/reduce object size once editing completes to fit to new text
  • Incremental search for font name in font selection box
  • Quiz:
  • Make editing easier (add/edit answer, button, message…) using context toolbar
  • Object Event:
  • Enable showing image by event
  • Add ‘End Presentation’ action
  • Add new action after, not previous selected action
  • Timeline:
  • Preserve focused point (keep current view) when zooming
  • Ruler scale is now multiple of 10
  • Audio Editor:
  • Preserve focused point (keep current view) when zooming
  • Ruler scale is now multiple of 10
  • Allow to seek when playing/pausing
  • Properties Grid:
  • Auto save property value when user clicks outside properties panel
  • Ajax, Flash Simulation:
  • Better synchronization among cursor path, audio, video, zoomed and normal objects
  • Flash Simulation: Add slide list window
  • Capture/Record:
  • Auto pan is now off by default
  • Allow to add hint messages when recording
  • Allow to select captured application when inserting new slide by capture
  • Lower default video frame rate for FMR in Smart Capture to 15 fps -> Smaller video size, don’t need smooth transition
  • Image Editor:
  • Allow to copy and paste image as image object into slide
  • Allow to select rectangle using mouse dragging from bottom to top
  • Bugs fixed:
  • HTML editing issue: crash error when editing balloon’s text on systems with RoboForm installed
  • Crash error when saving capture profile on systems with no audio input device

New in ActivePresenter 3.0.0 (Oct 21, 2011)

  • Capture:
  • Full motion recording with crystal clear video quality.
  • Record audio narration while recording.
  • Record and highlight mouse cursor.
  • Automatic panning recording area, record multiple monitors.
  • Easily editable Zoom-n-Pan.
  • Support Windows XP, Vista and 7 - x64 now.
  • Editor:
  • Instant slide preview.
  • Can insert (one or several) video into slide now. This will make your demonstration becomes more attractive.
  • Support many types of annotation shape with flexible hotspot, Zoom-n-Pan, Closed Caption.
  • Customizable mouse cursor path.
  • Support object styling (fill, line, text). You can easily create more beautiful presentation with our predefined styles or your own styles. Just imagine and realize it with ActivePrensenter.
  • Support more event and action types allow creating a unique tutorial that never seen before.
  • Create interactive simulation and training materials with 7 types of questions: True/False, Multiple Choice, Multiple (scoring is also available).
  • Clear and easy to use user interface.
  • Export:
  • Export to WebM format, which is comparable to H.264 and supported by Youtube.
  • High quality and editable output document (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).
  • High quality AJAX and Flash output

New in ActivePresenter 2.2 (May 26, 2010)

  • Built-in image editor with many useful features
  • Built-in HTML rendering engine and editor for rendering and editing balloon's content
  • Support user defined template when generating MS Word documents
  • Converting program's annotations to native auto-shape objects when generating Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint. Now you can edit the content of annotations after generating document
  • Lots of improvements for AJAX and Flash simulation
  • Allow choosing color resolution and quality when creating outputs.
  • You can reduce the output size of AJAX or Flash simulations remarkably while keeping acceptable quality
  • There are also unspecified bug fixes and lots of minor improvements

New in ActivePresenter 2.1 (Dec 14, 2009)

  • Fully localized for Spanish
  • Background preloading technique for AJAX player: resources will be preloaded simultaneously in the background
  • Lots of improvements for AJAX and Flash simulation.
  • Customizable visibility of balloon object. The balloon object can now be set to display on every simulation modes or only visible for specified modes.
  • Expand the resource template with new shapes for balloons and hints.
  • There are also unspecified bug fixes and lots of minor improvements.

New in ActivePresenter 2.0 (Oct 19, 2009)

  • Timeline panel for managing objects&apos - timeline visually
  • Insert multiple objects at once easily
  • Enhance user interface for productivity
  • Export: optimize output size with PNG image optimization
  • Enhance video export: reduce generation speed and vastly improve the output quality.
  • Flash Simulation: an easy online distribution and access format, based on industry leading Adobe Flash platform.
  • SCORM Support: Export to SCORM compliant package. Supports both
  • SCORM 1.2 and SCORM 2004.

New in ActivePresenter 1.1.25 (Jul 7, 2009)

  • Export slides to image series
  • Import from MS Powerpoint slides
  • Export to MS Powerpoint presentations (requires Microsoft
  • Powerpoint 2000 or later)
  • Ability to automatically insert or delete multiple annotation
  • objects
  • There are also bug fixes and lots of minor improvements