How to create static, interactive, and question widgets in Adobe Captivate

Create static widgets

  1. In Adobe Captivate, select File > New > Widget in Flash.

  2. In the Create New Widget dialog box, select Static in the Widget menu and then click OK.

  3. In Flash, select Window > Actions.

  4. The Actions panel appears with the template code for the static widget. Customize this code to create your widget.

Create interactive widgets

  1. In an open project, select File > New > Widget In Flash.

  2. In the Create New Widget dialog box, do the following:

    1. In the Widget menu, select Interactive.

    2. In the ActionScript Version menu, select the ActionScript version that you plan to use when writing the widget code in Flash.

    3. Click OK.

  3. In Flash, select Window > Actions.

  4. The Actions panel appears with the template code for the interactive widget. Customize this code to create your widget.

Create question widgets

  1. Select File > New > Widget In Flash.

  2. In the Create New Widget dialog box, select Question and then click OK.

  3. In Flash, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the Actions layer in the Timeline, and select Actions.

  4. The Actions panel appears with the template code for the question widget. Customize this code to create your widget.

    Note:

    You can add question widgets to question pools. They are treated as any other question slide.

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