How to preview projects in Adobe Captivate

Last updated on Sep 11, 2023

Captivate User Guide
Introduction to Captivate
1. What's New in Adobe Captivate
2. Adobe Captivate System Requirements
3. Adobe Captivate Updates
4. Download Adobe Captivate
5. Frequently Asked Questions
Add a slide
1. Slide navigator in Adobe Captivate
2. Add a conversation slide
3. Add characters to your Adobe Captivate project
4. Edit the background image on a slide
5. Add padding to content blocks and components
6. Create a long scroll project
Design options in Adobe Captivate
1. What are design options?
2. Parts of a design option
3. Create custom design options
4. Modify a custom design option
5. Export a custom design option
6. Import a custom design option
Add text blocks
1. Add text to a project
2. Add Adobe fonts to a project
Add media blocks
1. Add images to a project
2. Add videos to a project
3. Add quotes
4. Add SVGs to a project
5. Add web objects to a project
Interactive components
1. Add a button
2. Add an input field
3. Add a radio button group
4. Add a dropdown
5. Add a checkbox
Add branding blocks
1. Add a header to a project
2. Add a footer to a project
Widgets
1. Add a Card
2. Add Tabs
3. Add a Certificate
4. Add a Carousel
5. Add a Hotspot
6. Add Drag-and-Drop
7. Add a Timeline
8. Add Click to Reveal
9. Add an Accordion
Create quizzes
1. Add a Multiple-choice question
2. Add a True or false question
3. Add a Match the column question
4. Add a Short answer question
5. Add a Sequence question
6. Add question pools and random question slides
7. Import questions as CSV
Add audio to a project
1. Add audio
2. Add closed captions
Interactions
1. Add interactions to a project
2. Create interactive video with overlay
3. Create a slide-level interaction
4. Create an object-level interaction
Animations
1. Add animations to a project
Accessibility
1. Make a project accessible
Customize the timeline
1. Timeline panel in Adobe Captivate
Customize TOC and Playbar
1. Table of Contents in Adobe Captivate
Edit project properties
1. Variables in Adobe Captivate
2. Preferences
3. Project dimensions
4. Themes
Create a simulation project
1. Simulation
Preview a project
1. Preview
Share a project for review
1. Share for review
2. FAQs and Troubleshooting guide for sharing projects for review
Publish a project
1. Publish your project
Upgrade projects in Adobe Captivate
1. Upgrade projects to the latest version

Learn how to preview a project in Adobe Captivate.

Preview a project

Previewing a project helps you see how the content will appear to a learner. This way, you can be sure of the final output before you publish it.

Open the Adobe Captivate project you want to preview.
Select Preview. Alternatively, select File > Preview in the main toolbar.

The project preview opens in your default browser.

In the browser, you can preview the project in any of the device form factors:

Fullscreen
Desktop
Tablet
Mobile

Generate device previews

Generate a QR code and preview the project using a QR scanner app on your device.

Select the ellipsis icon next to Preview, and select Generate Device Preview.
Scan the QR code using your mobile device's QR code scanning app.

To check the preview, ensure you're on the same network as the device.

See device preview
If someone wants to view the output, you can share this URL. They must be in the same network. In the Device Preview pop-up, select the copy icon and copy the preview URL. Paste the URL in the browser and view the preview of the project.
Scan the QR code using your mobile device's QR code scanning app.

To check the preview, ensure you're on the same network as the device.
In cases where you've updated your project, select Update on the Device Preview screen and refresh the course on the device.

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