Adobe Captivate 13.1 release notes

What's new and changed in this release

Release date: 15 April 2026

Adobe Captivate 13.1 enhances content creation and reuse with expanded import capabilities, new interactive widgets, and improved localization support. This release helps authors transition existing projects, design engaging layouts, and create multilingual learning experiences more efficiently.

Explore all new features and enhancements on the What's new in Adobe Captivate page or visit the Captivate downloads page and try out the latest release.

Import projects from Captivate Classic (beta)

Reuse existing Captivate Classic projects by importing supported slides, content, and interactions into Adobe Captivate for continued editing.

View Import projects from Captivate Classic (beta) for more information.

Import simulation projects from Captivate Classic (beta)

Bring supported simulation slides and components into Adobe Captivate, retaining key interactive elements created during the original recording.

View Import simulation projects from Captivate Classic (beta) for more information.

Slider widget

Reveal content progressively using a slider to present text, images, or interactions in a controlled, step‑by‑step flow.

View the Slider widget for more information.

Stack card widget

Organize related content into interactive cards that learners can explore at their own pace with flexible layout and playback options.

View the Stack card widget for more information.

Select PowerPoint slides to import into Adobe Captivate

Select specific slides from a PowerPoint presentation when importing into Adobe Captivate. Selected slides are converted into a non‑responsive Captivate project.

View Select PowerPoint slides to import into Adobe Captivate for more information.

Right‑to‑left (RTL) authoring

Create localized courses using right‑to‑left languages with bidirectional text support across components, widgets, and quizzes.

View Right‑to‑left (RTL) authoring for more information.

Bug fixes in this update

Adobe Captivate 13.1 fixed the following bugs:

• When publishing Captivate 13 projects to Adobe Learning Manager (ALM), learner progress was not reported correctly. The progress xAPI statement was sent with an empty object (e.g., {"result":{}}) instead of including a progress value (e.g., {"result":{"progress":66}}). This caused ALM to fail to track course progress for Captivate 13 content, while Captivate 2019 content behaved correctly.
• When creating a hyperlink inside a text box and then immediately previewing (without clicking outside the text box), the hyperlink did not appear at runtime. 
• In some projects with audio or video on slides, playback was cut short by about one second at the end of the slide in preview and published output.
• In some cases, previewing a project can mark it as modified even if you haven’t made any visible changes. This happens because Captivate updates certain project metadata in the background (for example, font or TOC information) during preview.
• When you use the Slider widget without including it in the quiz, its feedback caption behaves differently from when it is part of the quiz. You may not see the same confirmation feedback on submit that you see for quiz‑included sliders.

Known issue in this update

• When importing PowerPoint presentations and using selective slide import, the slide thumbnails shown in the import dialog and/or in the project may differ from the actual slides. You may notice:
  • Some shapes do not appear in the thumbnail preview.
  • Table fill or border colors in thumbnails do not match the original PowerPoint slide.
  • Text in thumbnails can look blurry or lower quality than expected, making it harder to read.
• On iOS devices, the play button overlay on slide videos that include a web video may intermittently fail to start web video playback when Narrator is enabled.

Known issues for Captivate Classic project import

• You can currently import Classic projects created in versions earlier than 11.8.3, but these older files are not officially supported. In some cases, they may import with limited functionality instead of showing a clear “unsupported version” message.
• In projects imported from Captivate Classic, increment/decrement actions on variables can cause the runtime to display NaN (Not a Number) on slides instead of the expected numeric value. This occurred particularly with invalid actions (for example, increment/decrement applied to string‑type variables) that Classic itself did not handle consistently.
• When importing a Captivate Classic project that contained Likert question slides, the Classic Import workflow failed, blocking migration of any projects that included these question types.
• Pre-test question slides from Captivate Classic were being imported into the new Captivate as blank or invalid question slides, leading to a sub-optimal experience for authors.

System requirements

Check the System Requirements for Adobe Captivate 13.1.

Update to the latest version

After clicking Help > Check for Updates, the error message, Error 184, may display.

Follow the steps below to resolve the issue:

1. In any version of Captivate 12 or Captivate 13, select Help > Check for Updates.
2. Once the update is visible, close the Adobe Captivate app.
3. Select Update now.