Macromedia Captivate - 9.0.1 User Manual
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Contents
Chapter 1: What’s new
What's New in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Using the Captivate Draft iPad app . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Capture content from iOS devices (Captivate for MAC feature) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Working with multi-state objects in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Review and collaboration in Adobe Captivate Draft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Publish project to Adobe Captivate Prime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
What's New in Adobe Captivate 8.0.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
What's New in Adobe Captivate 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
What’s new in Cp 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
What's new in Adobe Captivate 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Chapter 2: Workspace
Using rulers and guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Working with grids in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Adobe Captivate workspace panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
How to undo and redo actions in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Working with the timeline in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Shortcut keys in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Working with the filmstrip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Disable confirmation messages in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
How to customize the Adobe Captivate workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
How to use the Adobe Captivate library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
How to use the Branching panel in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
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Chapter 3: Creating Projects
Responsive Project Design with Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Working with responsive text in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Working with themes in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Create different types of projects in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
How to apply view specific properties in responsive projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
How to create backup files for Adobe Captivate projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Customize the size of an Adobe Captivate project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Chapter 4: Slides
Set up knowledge check slides in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Add and convert slide notes to audio files with Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Tips for creating introductory slides in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Setting slide properties in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
How to add slide transitions in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
How to work with master slides in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
How to lock Adobe Captivate slides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
How to hide or exclude slides in an Adobe Captivate project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
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How to group and ungroup slides in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Editing slides in an Adobe Captivate project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Delete Adobe Captivate project slides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Change slide order in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Adding slides to an Adobe Captivate project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Chapter 5: Recording Projects
Automatic and manual recording with Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Set recording preferences in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Record video demonstrations with Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
How to record software simulations in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
How to pause recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Chapter 6: Adding and Managing Objects
Object effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Inserting web objects in Adobe Captivate projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Working with object styles in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
How to rotate objects in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Resize and reposition objects by pixel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
How to manage objects with the Main Options toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
How to merge objects in a slide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
How to manage objects in the library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
How to group objects in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Edit object information using the Advanced Interaction panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
How to copy, paste, and duplicate objects in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Controlling the visibility of objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
How to change the display order of objects in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Apply shadows to objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
How to align objects in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
How to add reflection to objects in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
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Chapter 7: Noninteractive Objects and Media
How to use images and rollover images with Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
How to customize smart shapes in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Edit and create text captions with Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Creating and editing smart shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
How to create zoom areas in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
How to set audio for noninteractive objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
How to create rollover slidelets in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
How to create rollover captions in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Changing mouse properties in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Working with mathematical equations in Adobe Captivate 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Use highlight boxes in Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Working with swatches in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Fix size and position of non-interactive objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Adding animations to an Adobe Captivate project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
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Chapter 8: Interactive Objects
Using Adobe Captivate 8's new learning interactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Add text entry boxes with Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
How to use interactive objects for project navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Creating click boxes in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Add interactive buttons to your Captivate projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
How to add audio to boxes and buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
How to add JavaScript to boxes and buttons in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Chapter 9: Audio
View audio details in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Working with system audio in Adobe Captivate 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Setting audio recording preferences and recording audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
How to preview audio in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
How to insert audio into an Adobe Captivate project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
How to export audio from Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
How to edit audio files with Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Chapter 10: Video
Multi-slide synchronized video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Working with event videos in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Differences between events and synchronized videos in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
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Chapter 11: Widgets
Creating learning interactions in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
How to create and preview learning interactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Create drag-and-drop interactions in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
How to use the Twitter widget in Adobe Captivate projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
How to configure widgets and interactions in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Example XML code in Adobe Captivate widgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Using Adobe Captivate variables in widgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Using ActionScript 3.0 in widgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
How to use the different types of widgets in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Functions in question widgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Set the properties of widgets with Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
New widget APIs in Adobe Captivate 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Using the Learner Notes interaction widget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
How to create WDGT files for SWF and HTML5 outputs in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Defining visibility mode for widgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
How to create static, interactive, and question widgets in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
How to add widgets to your Adobe Captivate project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Accessing Adobe Captivate movie properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Chapter 12: Variables and Advanced Actions
Shared actions in Adobe Captivate projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Tutorial on using scripts in Adobe Captivate projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Edit or delete user-defined variables in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
How to create user-defined variables in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
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How to assign advanced actions to an event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Advanced actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Chapter 13: Creating a Quiz
Import questions from GIFT format files (Cp 7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
How to enable learners to submit all quiz responses simultaneously . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
How to set up question slides with Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Using random question slides in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Setting quiz preferences for Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Insert question slides in Adobe Captivate projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
How to insert pretests in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
How to allow users to return to quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Chapter 14: Advanced Editing and Project Reviews
How to review Adobe Captivate projects using the AIR Review application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Skins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Creating accessible projects in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Create a table of contents (TOC) with Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Check spelling and perform find and replace operations in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Re-sizing Adobe Captivate projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Projects and project preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
How to preview projects in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
How to create localized Adobe Captivate projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
How to link Adobe Captivate projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Import, export, and delete content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
How to combine multiple SWF files with aggregator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
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Preview and publish responsive projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Publish projects as HTML5 files with Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Publish projects as executable files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Publish projects as MP4 files with Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Set publishing preferences in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Report quiz results to Acrobat.com or internal server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
Publish projects as SWF files with Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
How to upload and share files on Acrobat.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Change the default location of published files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Chapter 16: Using Adobe Captivate with Other Applications
Uploading an Adobe Captivate project to a Learning Management System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
Learn about the Common JavaScript interface for Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Support for Adobe Captivate App Packager discontinued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Using Captivate with Animate CC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
How to publish Captivate projects to Microsoft Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
Using Adobe Connect with Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
How to add Captivate projects to a RoboHelp online help system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Import and edit PowerPoint presentations in Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
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How to package multiple SCOs using the Adobe Multi-SCORM Packager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
Using Adobe Bridge with Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
Chapter 17: Troubleshooting
Reducing time taken to preview an Adobe Captivate project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
How to improve the file size of Adobe Captivate output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
How to uninstall Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
About the CLIP audio file in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Troubleshooting Flash video file-related errors in Adobe Captivate output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
How to fix issues where text does not display in browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Working with the Skin Editor in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
Security warning with Flash Player 9 or later . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
Recording Applications on Mac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
How to prevent learners from jumping to the result slide during quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
JavaScript does not appear when previewing Adobe Captivate output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456
How to correct colors in Adobe Captivate slides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456
How to avoid choppy full motion recording in Adobe Captivate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456
Tips to capture screens while recording a web application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457
How to record applications having elevated permissions in Windows Vista or Windows 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457
How to fix application distortion issues while recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457
Synchronize animation timing with the Adobe Captivate timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
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Chapter 1: What’s new
What's New in Adobe Captivate
Adobe Captivate reimagines the way interactive eLearning is created for a multi-device world. Rapidly author a wide
range of interactive and responsive HTML5-based eLearning content without programming.
Read on for a quick introduction to the new features and enhancements introduced in Adobe Captivate 9.0.2, 9.0.1, and
9 r
eleases.
What's new and changed in Adobe Captivate 9.0.2
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Import assets
Import assets and e -learning templates from Adobe Stock and eLearning Brothers and customize your e-learning
projects.
To import assets from Adobe Stock,
• Click Assets in the main toolbar and click Get Adobe Stock Assets.
To import assets from eLearning Brothers portal,
• Click Assets in the main toolbar and click Get Free eLearning Assets.
For more information, see Importing assets into a Captivate project .
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Community portal
Join conversations about creating and managing e-learning projects with Adobe Captivate.
To access the community portal,
• Click Community in the main toolbar.
For more information, see Using the Community Portal .
Performance enhancements in this release
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Captivate 9.0.2 comes with several runtime performance enhancements. Some of them are:
• Multi-state objects now load faster.
• Images in a project load faster as there are fewer http calls to the images.
• Changes in timer logic to prevent heavy load on CPU and battery.
What's new and changed in Adobe Captivate 9.0.1
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Rulers and guides
Enhanced rulers and guides are added to improve your design experience.
For more information, see:
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• How to align objects in Adobe Captivate
Enhancements to the multi-state object feature
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Multiple enhancements are added to the multi-state feature that was introduced in Adobe Captivate 9.
With Adobe Captivate 9.0.1, you can now:
• Relatively position object states automatically when you move an object on the slide.
• Retain state on slide revisit
In addition, there are some bugs fixed related to undo and redo operations while working with object states.
For more information on these enhancements, see Working with multi-state objects in Adobe Captivate.
Device capture enhancements
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A number of enhancements are added to this device capture feature (applicable for Mac OS only):
• Enhancements to the gesture palette
• The depiction of gestures on the timeline is changed to show them as gestures instead of smart shapes (which was
the case in Adobe Captivate 9)
• Added a timer while recording to indicate the duration of the recording time
• Added an alarm that will sound if you change the recording orientation
• The device audio now plays through the Mac while recording thereby improving the recording audio
For more information, see Capture content from iOS devices (Captivate for MAC feature).Capture content from iOS
devices (Captivate for MAC feature)
Captivate Draft app enhancements
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For easier usability, the gesture mode has been discontinued and its main feature - the ability to "draw" shapes on screen
is merged into the edit mode.
The copy and paste feature is also enhanced allowing you to copy and paste objects from one slide to another within a
projec
t.
Another navigation method is added - the two-finger swipe.
For more information, see Using the Captivate Draft iPad app.Using the Captivate Draft iPad app
Platform support
Apart from supporting all the operating systems supported by Captivate 9, Captivate 9.0.1 also offers Mac 10.11.3
support.
For more information, see System Requirements .
What's new and changed in Adobe Captivate 9
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Captivate Draft app for iPad
Enhanced effects
Capture content from iOS devices
Preview project in LMS
Multi-state objects
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Additional breakpoints and UI enhancements for responsive projects
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Create knowledge check slides
Publish to Adobe Captivate Prime
Other features
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Captivate Draft app for iPad
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Use the Captivate Draft app for iPad to quickly create content on the go. Create storyboards whenever inspiration
strikes you, and then export it to the Cloud, to work on it later. You can also send your draft projects to reviewers and
collaborators.
For more information, see Using the Captivate Draft iPad appand Review and collaboration in Adobe Captivate Draft
Capture content from iOS devices
You can now connect your iOS device to your computer, and capture actions on the device.
For more information, see Capture content from iOS devices (Captivate for MAC feature)
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Multi-state objects
Objects can now have multiple states. This feature gives you the freedom to manipulate object behavior and appearance
quickly and easily directly from the Property Inspector.
For more information, see Working with multi-state objects in Adobe Captivate.
Enhanced effects
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The effects panel UI has been revamped for a better user-friendly experience.
New effects have been added. Also motion path effects are now available for responsive projects also.
For more information, see Object effects .
Preview project in LMS
Preview your project in an LMS and verify it is structurally accurate before actual publishing.
For more information, see Preview LMS.
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Work in Captivate with svg graphics
Import and edit your svg graphics within Captivate.
For more information, see Working with SVG images.
Additional breakpoints and UI enhancements for responsive projects
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Additional breakpoints are introduced to help you refine your project further. In addition, several UI enhancements
have been included.
For more information, see Responsive Project Design with Adobe Captivate.
Create knowledge check slides
You can create knowledge check slides to enforce learning activity for learners.
For more information, see Set up knowledge check slides in Adobe Captivate.
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What’s new
Publish to Adobe Captivate Prime
Adobe Captivate Prime is a new learning management system that you can use to distribute your e-learning content
over the internet to learners.
You can now publish your Captivate projects to Captivate Prime.
For more information, see Publish project to Adobe Captivate Prime
Other features
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Emulate geolocation
You can test any geolocation functionality you have set up when you preview your project in the browser.
For more information, see Emulate geolocation while testing your project.
Introduction of delays in advanced actions
In previous versions of Captivate, a given set of actions in an advanced action gets exe cuted a ll at the same time and not
sequentially. This issue is now addressed by the Delay action.
Syntax:
Delay wait_time seconds
wait_time is the amount of time required before executing the next action.
wait_time can also be parameterized in shared action.
Usage example:
DelayNextActionsBy 2 seconds
Show smartshape1
DelayNextActionsBy 2 seconds
Hide smartshape1
In runtime, show action gets executed at 2 seconds and hide action gets executed at 4 seconds.
Sample workflows:
• Used to execute a set of actions after 'X' seconds the movie has started playing.
• Combined with jump to slide actions.
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• Used to show/hide objects after playing an effect, audio, and so on.
• Combined with change state of action to show objects at desired time interval
Note:Delay does not interfere in movie state (pause or continue).
Exclusive e-learning assets
Click Assets on the toolbar to access more than 30,000 assets available to you free with Adobe Captivate 9.
Using the Captivate Draft iPad app
You can quickly create your e-learning content on-the-go using the Captivate 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
Draft.
Drag-and-drop Captivate native objects, smart shapes, set the styles and reuse them in your desktop as Captivate
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roject. You can import the iPad app content into a desktop project and also export the project from iPad app.
Create a project
1 Launch the Captivate Draft app on your iPad.
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2 Click the tile named Create New Project as shown here.
3 Start creating your project in the blank slide.
Your project gets autosaved once you move away from the app. View your saved project in the landing page of your
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dobe Captivate Draft app.
Create content
You can create different types of content - draw or add objects, add text, and embed media.
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Draw objects
The Captivate 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.
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Click on the upper right of the screen to access the Help that sh
on your slide.
ows how you can use gestures to quickly draw objects
Add objects and embed media
Press on the left of the screen. A pop-up menu with shapes appears. To insert corresponding shape objects on the
slide, press each of these icons.
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You can edit the properties of your objects such as size and fill/stroke color using the options on the right-side.
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You can also add audio, video, and web objects. For more information, see Add 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
and color icons.
A single tap on the object or text area pops up the text editing menu panel at the top:
icon to change the font. You can also edit the text size and color using the size
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 .
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Edit To start editing the content, tap .
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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.
f you have multiple overlapped objects/text areas, tap the z-index stack icons to bring up or send down the
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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 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
re
cording.
An audio icon at the upper right corner of the slide indicates that the audio is saved to the slide. When you stop the
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udio 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
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rner 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
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gain, 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.
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On the right-side of the screen, press to record live videos. After recording the video, tap Use Video at the lowerright corner of the screen to include in the slide. To re-record the video, tap Retake at the lower-left corner of the screen.
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o 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.
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More editing options are available for the inserted web object.
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o generate a copy of the web object, tap . To paste it anywhere within the project, tap on the left side of
the screen.
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object/text area. The white layer on the stack icon represents your selected object/text area position
o delete the web object, tap .
o change the URL, tap .
f you have multiple overlapped objects/text areas, tap the z-index stack icons to bring up or send down the
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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.
1 Tap the hotspot icon, then tap on the screen where you want to create a hotspot.
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A square hotspot appears on the screen.
2 Press and drag the corners of the hotspot to increase or decrease the size of it. Change the positions by pressing the
hotspot and moving it.
3 To delete a hotspot, click the X icon on the upper left corner of the hotspot.
4 To link the slides, press the hotspot, all the slides in the project appear on the screen.
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5 Press the slide you want the hotspot to link to.
A link icon appears on the linked slide.
n any slide, you can use a maximum of four hotspots to link other slides.
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Add slides to a project
You can add blank or question slides to your project.
Add a blank slide
To add a blank slide:
1 Ta p on the right side of the screen.
2 Start creating your content in the slide.
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our slide is autosaved.
3 To include more slides to your project, repeat the above steps.
Add a question slide
To ad d a q u est i on s l id e :
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1 Slide your finger across on the right of the screen, and click Add Question Slide in the pane that opens.
A pane offering four question slide options opens up allowing you to create True/False, Multiple Choice, Matching,
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nd Sequence type of questions.
2 Select one of the options and edit it according to your requirements.
Tr ue /F al s e - D
Multiple Choice D
Double tap the text area, named 'Type the answer here' to add the answer text of your choice.
ouble tap the text area, named 'Type the question here' to add the question text of your choice.
ouble tap the text area, named 'Type the question here' to add the question text of your choice.
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Matching Double tap 'Insert column 1 text here' text area and 'Insert Answer' text area to add your choice of text. A
minimum of two answers are required for this slide, two answers are shown by default.
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Sequence Do
slide, two sequence items are shown by default.
3 To add more answer choices to the question in multiple choice, matching and sequence question slides, press on
the left side of the screen. On the right, you can see '#Answers' icon with the current number of available answers
eing highlighted in circle. Press the icon, a side level scrolling menu appears. You can scroll up or down to add the
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number of answers. A minimum of two answers are shown by default.
4 To edit the fonts of the quiz questions and answers, single press on the text area to select it. Options to modify the
text, size, and color appear on the right-side of the screen.
uble tap 'Type the sequence item' to add text. A minimum of two sequence items are required for this
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
th
e 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,
ss on the Delete icon.
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To copy a slide, click .
You can also move the slides from one position to another at this
location.
state, by dragging and placing them at your desired
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View a project in Branching view
To view the branching for your slides, press at the top of the screen.
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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.
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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
1 In the welcome screen/landing page of the Draft app, tap the down-arrow icon at the upper right corner of the
screen.
2 If you are connected to the Internet, you are prompted to log in with your Adobe credentials.
3 After signing in, you can import the project from the creative cloud.
Export project to Creative Cloud
1 In the home screen of the Captivate Draft app, a long press on your project thumbnail loads a menu at the top of the
screen.
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2 To upload the project to Creative Cloud, tap .
3 If you are connected to the Internet, you are prompted to log in with your Adobe credentials.
4 After signing in, you can export the project to the creative cloud.
Import Adobe Captivate Draft project into Captivate
You can import Adobe Captivate Draft (*.cpdx) projects into your desktop Captivate application to refine the project.
First download the project from the creative cloud to your computer.
Click New Project > Project from Adobe Captivate Draft and navigate to the folder with the *.cpdx project.
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Alternatively, you can click From Adobe Captivate Draft from the home screen as shown in the screenshot below.
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Send project for review
To share the project with other resources for review and collaboration, tap . For more information on t his workflow,
see Review and collaboration in Adobe Captivate Draft .
Capture content from iOS devices (Captivate for MAC feature)
Using the Device Capture feature, you can record video demos (*.cpvc projects) of content and apps that are on your
iOS device. Just plug in the device, and start recording all the actions that you perform on the device.
Note: This feature supports only those iOS devices that are connected to the Mac with a lightning connecter (that is IOS
devices with IOS 8 and above and with MAC OSX version 10 and above).
Before recording
Decide on the orientation of the device before you start recording. You cannot change device orientation while
recording as the resolution changes abruptly and Captivate stops the recording.
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Connect the device
Use the lightning device connector to connect your iOS device to the Mac.
Record new video demonstrations of your device
1 Click File > Record a new > Device Demo. A screen appears on the monitor displaying the connected device. If there
is more than one connected device, select the required device from the drop-down list on the left of the Device
Audio button.
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If the device is not connected properly, Captivate issues a warning beep and displays the following error message:
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