Welcome to the Adobe Captivate User Guide

  1. Captivate User Guide
  2. Introduction to Captivate
    1. What's New in Adobe Captivate
    2. Adobe Captivate System Requirements
    3. Adobe Captivate Updates
      1. Adobe Captivate (12.5 update) release notes
      2. Adobe Captivate (12.4 update) release notes
      3. Adobe Captivate (12.3 update) release notes
      4. Adobe Captivate (12.2 update) release notes
      5. Adobe Captivate (12.1 update) release notes
    4. Download Adobe Captivate
    5. Frequently Asked Questions
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. Add text blocks
    1. Add text to a project
    2. Add Adobe fonts to a project
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. Add branding blocks
    1. Add a header to a project
    2. Add a footer to a project
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. Add audio to a project
    1. Add audio
    2. Add closed captions
  12. 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
  13. Animations
    1. Add animations to a project
  14. Accessibility
    1. Make a project accessible
  15. Customize the timeline
    1. Timeline panel in Adobe Captivate
  16. Customize TOC and Playbar
    1. Table of Contents in Adobe Captivate
  17. Edit project properties
    1. Variables in Adobe Captivate
    2. Preferences
    3. Project dimensions
    4. Themes
  18. Create a simulation project
    1. Simulation
  19. Preview a project
    1. Preview
  20. Share a project for review
    1. Share for review
    2. FAQs and Troubleshooting guide for sharing projects for review   
  21. Publish a project
    1. Publish your project
  22. Upgrade projects in Adobe Captivate
    1. Upgrade projects to the latest version 

Read on to know what is the latest offering in Adobe Captivate. Start at the beginning, visit each section individually, or connect with the Community to work your way through a project.

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