Use the Captivate Classic Draft iPad app

You can quickly create your e-learning content on-the-go using the Captivate Classic Draft app for iPad. Prepare your draft content in collaboration with other content authors while you are away from your desktop/laptop by using Captivate Classic Draft.

Drag-and-drop Captivate Classic native objects, smart shapes, set the styles and reuse them in your desktop as Captivate Classic project. You can import the iPad app content into a desktop project and also export the project from iPad app. 

Create content

You can create different types of content - draw or add objects, add text, and embed media.

Draw objects

The Captivate Classic Draft app supports the following gestures to insert corresponding objects:

• Square - Draw square shape on the slide to get this object
• Triangle - Draw triangle shape on the slide to get this object
• Circle - Draw circle shape on the slide to get this object
• Line - Draw line shape on the slide to get this object
• Image - Draw x shape on the slide to get this object
• Video - Draw > shape on the slide to get this object 
• Text - Draw wave shape vertically on the slide to get this object
• Audio - Draw wave shape on the slide to get this object
• Web Object - Draw infinity shape on the slide to get this object

Simply draw a shape on the screen with your finger to get an object.

Add objects and embed media

You can edit the properties of your objects such as size and fill/stroke color using the options on the right-side.

You can also add audio, video, and web objects. For more information, see Work with multimedia.

Add and edit text

Press  on the left side menu of the screen. A text area appears on the slide. To start adding the content, double tap the text area.

To edit the text, long press on the text inside text area to open a bubble shaped magnifier. You can move your cursor around the large text content using it.

Change text properties - You can change the font type, size, and also apply text properties to the text area. From the right side menu on the screen, press  icon to change the font. You can also edit the text size and color using the size and color icons. 

A single tap on the object or text area pops up the text editing menu panel at the top:

Copy To generate a copy of the text area, tap . To paste it anywhere within the project, tap  from the toolbar on the left. 

Delete To delete the text area, tap . 

Edit To start editing the content, tap .

z-index If you have multiple overlapped objects/text areas, tap the z-index stack icons to bring up or send down the object/text area. The white layer on the stack icon represents your selected object/text area position. 

Hotspot If you want the user to tap the text to navigate to another slide, tap  and select the slide you want to navigate to. A hotspot is created for that text area.

Add multimedia

You can add multimedia objects such as images, audio, video, and web objects.

Add audio

You can record audio live in Adobe Captivate Classic Draft. 

Press  on the left of the screen. In the submenu pop-up window, press  . A recording button appears with a message to start recording audio. To start recording the audio, tap the red circle. Tap the red circle again to stop recording.

An audio icon at the upper right corner of the slide indicates that the audio is saved to the slide. When you stop the audio recording, you can opt to play audio, record again or delete the audio clip. Choose the appropriate option.

The audio files are auto saved into the slides. All the audio slides are represented with an audio icon at the upper right corner of the slide for identification.

At any point in time, you can access the audio clip by tapping the audio icon. You can then choose to play audio, record again, or delete the audio clip. 

Add video

You can record videos live in slides or add existing videos. Similarly, you can capture live pictures into the slide or import existing images to the slide. 

Press  on the left side menu of the screen. In the pop-up submenu, press  . A video placeholder area appears on the slide.

On the right-side of the screen, press  to record live videos. After recording the video, tap Use Video at the lower-right corner of the screen to include in the slide. To re-record the video, tap Retake at the lower-left corner of the screen. To cancel recording and go back to the slide, press Cancel.

To import existing videos into the slide, press  on the right side.

Add images

Press the multimedia icon on the left side menu of the screen. In the pop-up submenu, tap the image icon. An image placeholder area appears on the slide.

To take live pictures, press  on the right side of the screen.

Press   to import existing images into the slide.

Add web object

Press  on the left side menu of the screen. In the pop-up submenu  press . It creates a web object on the slide. To edit/add the url of your choice, double tap the url space.

More editing options are available for the inserted web object.

Copy To generate a copy of the web object, tap . To paste it anywhere within the project, tap  on the left side of the screen.

Delete To delete the web object, tap . 

Edit To change the URL, tap .

z-index If you have multiple overlapped objects/text areas, tap the z-index stack icons to bring up or send down the object/text area. The white layer on the stack icon represents your selected object/text area position. 

Hotspot If you want the user to tap the web object to navigate to another slide, tap  and select the slide you want to navigate to. A hotspot is created for that web object.

Add hotspots

You can branch or inter-link slides within the project by using hotspots.

Add slides to a project

You can add blank or question slides to your project.

Add a blank slide

To add a blank slide:

Add a question slide

To add a question slide:

Navigate across slides and projects

You can navigate through the project in the following ways:

• Swipe with two fingers right or left to navigate to previous or next slides.
• Double-tap anywhere on the screen and then tap on the next and previous icons that appear at the bottom of the screen.

To navigate to a specific slide, swipe   on the right of the screen to see all the slides in your project. Then tap on the slide you want to navigate to. 

To navigate across projects, tap the Home icon to get back to the home screen that lists all your projects. Then tap on the project you want to access.

Copy, move, and delete slides in a project

To view the filmstrip with all the slides of your project shown as thumbnails in it, press  and swipe to your left.

A long press on the slide on the filmstrip shows the Delete icon on the lower-right of the thumbnail. To delete the slide, press on the Delete icon.

To copy a slide, click .

You can also move the slides from one position to another at this state, by dragging and placing them at your desired location. 

View a project in Branching view

To view the branching for your slides, press  at the top of the screen.

As shown in the below image, the host and target slides links are shown with red dots on target thumbnail slides. 

Pinch and drag to zoom in and out, so you can see all the branches/links. 

To go to a particular slide, select and press any slide in this view. 

Undo/redo changes

To undo/redo any changes, press the Left Arrow at the top of the screen. To redo changes you made in the slide, press the Right Arrow. 

Preview a project

To preview the project, press the play icon at the top menu. While previewing the content in play mode:

• You can swipe the slide to left or right to move from one slide to another directly. 
• To pause the preview mode, press anywhere on the slide. 
• You can view green dots zooming in and out indicating the availability of hotspots on the slide. 
  

Export/import a project

You can import and export projects from and to the creative cloud.

Import project from Creative Cloud

Export project to Creative Cloud

Import Adobe Captivate Classic Draft project into Captivate Classic

You can import Adobe Captivate Classic Draft (*.cpdx) projects into your desktop Captivate Classic application to refine the project. First download the project from the creative cloud to your computer.

Click New Project > Project from Adobe Captivate Classic Draft and navigate to the folder with the *.cpdx project.

Alternatively, you can click From Adobe Captivate Classic Draft from the home screen as shown in the screenshot below.

From an expert: Working with Adobe Captivate Classic Draft