Generate text using custom prompts

Learn how to create instructional content with Adobe Captivate's Generate text feature using custom prompts for targeted learning scenarios, different audiences, and specific training goals.

Use custom prompts to generate text

Adobe Captivate’s Generate text feature empowers authors to create instructional content from minimal input using generative AI. In addition to the seven built-in quick prompts, you can also create custom prompts.

Custom prompts are user-defined instructions you provide to the AI to guide how it generates or edits text. Instead of relying only on preset options, you can write a prompt tailored to your specific training goals, organizational standards, or learner profiles. This gives you more flexibility and precision in shaping the output. Refer to the article on the best practices for writing effective prompts for more details.

Custom prompts enable:

• Targeted content generation for unique learning scenarios.
• Control over tone, complexity, and structure to suit diverse audiences.
• Alignment with compliance, branding, and instructional design principles.

Examples of custom prompts

Custom prompts let you guide the AI to generate exactly the type of content you need, tailored to your training goals and learner profiles. These examples illustrate practical ways to apply custom prompts in Adobe Captivate, helping you:

• Generate content from an idea
• Generate questions based on selected text
• Change the context
• Translate text into other languages
• Summarize and recap key content

Generate content from an idea

Instead of starting with a blank slide, authors can enter a simple prompt and instantly generate clear, structured text. Traditionally, writing instructional text requires research, drafting, and editing before content is presentation-ready. With generative text, Captivate handles the first draft in seconds, giving you more time to focus on design, accuracy, and learner engagement.

These examples show how a simple prompt can instantly turn into structured, professional text. Instead of starting from scratch, you can generate a solid first draft in seconds, giving you more time to refine accuracy, design, and learner engagement.

Here are a few sample prompts you can try to quickly generate instructional text for different learning scenarios:

• “Introduce the concept of demand and supply for an economics crash course.”
• “Explain the importance of data labeling in AI training workflows.”
• “Describe the role of empathy in customer service interactions.”

Here is an example of creating the introductory content for a course on Negotiation skills using a simple prompt:

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Generate questions based on selected text

Use tailored prompts to generate questions directly from existing slide text. Create multiple-choice, true/false, or open-ended questions for assessments. 

Here are a few sample prompts you can try to quickly generate questions for knowldge check slides for different learning scenarios:

• “Create three multiple-choice questions based on the text.”
• “Generate a true/false question to test understanding of this concept.”
• “Write an open-ended question for learner reflection.”

Here’s an example of how a simple prompt can be used to generate multiple-choice questions from slide text in a Data Security course. This approach helps quickly create relevant questions that reinforce key concepts.

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Change the context

Training content often needs to be tailored for different roles, regions, or levels of expertise. Traditionally, this meant rewriting or restructuring the same material multiple times to suit diverse learner groups. With Generate text, you can instantly adapt the same piece of content for any audience, whether it’s simplifying for beginners, localizing for a region, or refining for advanced learners.

These examples illustrate how a single prompt can reshape content to match the learner’s needs without starting over:

• “Rewrite this slide for onboarding junior developers.”
• “Adapt this content for healthcare professionals in India.”

For example, consider creating a Cybersecurity training course. A complex technical definition can be simplified for non-technical staff or rephrased to suit an audience of IT specialists—just by entering the right prompt.

Here’s how you can try it yourself:

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Translate text into other languages

Creating multilingual training programs traditionally requires professional translation services, review cycles, and formatting adjustments. With Generative AI, you can translate slide text into different languages instantly, making it easier to deliver consistent learning experiences across regions without the overhead of manual translation.

These examples show how a simple prompt can quickly generate localized content for global learners:

• “Translate text into simplified Chinese.”
• “Convert this onboarding message into Hindi.”
• “Localize this content for Spanish-speaking learners.”

For instance, consider a course on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace. The entire course can be adapted for French-speaking learners with a single translation prompt, ensuring accessibility without creating a separate development workflow.

Here’s how you can try it yourself:

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Summarize and recap key content

Learners benefit from brief, focused takeaways at the end of a slide, module, or course. Traditionally, writing summaries required carefully condensing content, a time-consuming task. With Generate text, you can instantly create compact recaps that highlight key points in just a few words. These examples show how a simple prompt can turn detailed slide text into quick, digestible summaries for different contexts:

• “Summarize this text in one sentence.”
• “Summarize and create an overview for a social media post about this course.”
• “Create a recap of the text”

For instance, imagine you are developing a course on Healthcare, Nutrition, and Wellness. A lengthy explanation about dietary guidelines can be quickly transformed into a short, engaging post for social media, or a one-line recap for learners to review after completing the module, all with a single custom prompt.

Here’s how you can try it yourself:

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