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  1. Captivate User Guide
  2. Get to know Captivate
    1. What's new in Adobe Captivate
    2. Adobe Captivate System Requirements
    3. Download Adobe Captivate
    4. Frequently Asked Questions
  3. Adobe Captivate releases
    1. Adobe Captivate 13
      1. Adobe Captivate (13.1) release notes
      2. Adobe Captivate (13.0) release notes
    2. Adobe Captivate 12
      1. Adobe Captivate 12 summary
      2. Adobe Captivate (12.6 update) release notes
      3. Adobe Captivate (12.5 update) release notes
      4. Adobe Captivate (12.4 update) release notes
      5. Adobe Captivate (12.3 update) release notes
      6. Adobe Captivate (12.2 update) release notes
      7. Adobe Captivate (12.1 update) release notes
  4. Project setup
    1. Slide navigator
    2. Project dimensions
    3. Set preferences
      1. General preferences
      2. Generative AI preferences
      3. Project preferences
      4. Quizzing preferences
    4. Themes
    5. Configure URL access for Adobe Captivate features
  5. Import from PowerPoint
    1. Import PowerPoint presentations into Captivate
    2. Select PowerPoint slides to import into Captivate
    3. Work with text on imported slides
    4. Work with shapes on imported slides
    5. Add media to imported slides
    6. Add interactions and animations to imported slides
  6. Import from Captivate Classic
    1. Import Captivate Classic projects into Adobe Captivate
    2. Import Captivate Classic simulation projects into Captivate
  7. Generative AI in Adobe Captivate
    1. Generative AI overview
    2. Generative AI FAQs
    3. Generative credits
    4. Generate text 
      1. Generate text overview
      2. Write effective prompts for text generation
      3. Generate text using quick prompts
      4. Generate text using custom prompts
      5. Provide feedback to improve text generation
    5. Generate images
      1. Generate image overview
      2. Generate images using prompts
      3. Choose image content type - Photo or Art
      4. Use reference images for Composition and Style
      5. Best practices for effective image generation
      6. Provide feedback to improve image generation
    6. Generate avatar
      1. Generate avatar overview
      2. Customize the avatar
      3. Create transcripts for avatar narration
      4. Generate avatar narration
      5. Provide feedback to improve avatar generation
    7. Generate transcripts
      1. Generate transcripts overview
      2. Generate transcripts for closed captions
      3. Best practices to use transcripts effectively
  8. Add and edit text
    1. Add text to a project
    2. Add Adobe fonts to a project
    3. Add quotes
    4. Author in right-to-left languages
  9. Add and edit images
    1. Add images to a project
    2. Edit the background image on a slide
    3. Add SVGs to a project
  10. Add and edit media
    1. Add videos to a project
    2. Add and edit audio
    3. Add audio for widget interactions
    4. Add closed captions
    5. Add web objects to a project
  11. 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
    6. Variables in Adobe Captivate
  12. 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
  13. Add 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. Add a slider
    11. Add a stack card
  14. Interactions and animations
    1. Add interactions to a project
    2. Create interactive video with overlay
    3. Create a slide-level interaction
    4. Create an object-level interaction
    5. Add animations to a project
    6. States in Adobe Captivate
  15. Enhance your e-learning project
    1. Add padding to content blocks and components
    2. Add a header to a project
    3. Add a footer to a project
    4. Create a long scroll project
    5. Add a conversation slide
    6. Add characters to your Adobe Captivate project
    7. Assets in Captivate
  16. Simulation projects
    1. Simulation overview and setup
    2. Demo mode
    3. Training mode
    4. Assessment mode
    5. Full-motion recording
  17. Timeline and TOC
    1. Timeline panel in Adobe Captivate
    2. Table of Contents in Adobe Captivate
    3. Lock and hide slides in Adobe Captivate
  18. Review and collaborate
    1. Share for review
    2. Create and manage reviews
    3. Add review comments and collaborate
    4. FAQs and Troubleshooting guide for sharing projects for review   
  19. Preview and publish
    1. Preview your project
    2. Publish your project
  20. Accessibility
    1. Create accessible eLearning content in Adobe Captivate
    2. Make a slide accessible
    3. Make slide objects accessible
    4. Make an interactive component accessible
    5. Make a widget accessible
    6. Make a quiz accessible
    7. TOC and Playbar accessibility
  21. 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
  22. Additional resources
    1. Top How-tos in Captivate
    2. Captivate Classic vs Adobe Captivate
    3. Upgrade older Captivate projects to the latest version
    4. Create and deploy Captivate packages in Admin Console

  Generative AI in Adobe Captivate

Speed up your eLearning content creation with generative AI in Captivate 13.1 to easily generate text, images, transcripts, and avatar narration.

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What's new in Adobe Captivate

Adobe Captivate 13.1 includes expanded authoring capabilities to help you create interactive eLearning content more efficiently. This also includes Captivate Classic project import (beta), new slider and stack card widgets for flexible content presentation, and enhanced support for right‑to‑left (RTL) authoring. Together, these updates streamline workflows and provide greater creative control as you design engaging learning experiences.

Import projects from Captivate Classic (beta)

Reuse existing Captivate Classic projects in Adobe Captivate by importing supported slides, content, and interactions for continued editing and enhancement.

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Import simulation projects from Captivate Classic (beta)

Import supported simulation slides and components from Captivate Classic into Adobe Captivate. Use Save for new Captivate to prepare simulations and retain key elements such as highlight boxes, click boxes, input fields, and recorded typing text.

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  • Slider widget: Present content sequentially using the slider widget to reveal text, images, or interactions in a controlled, step‑by‑step format for focused learning. Learn more.
  • Stack card widget: Organize related content into interactive cards that learners can navigate at their own pace, with flexible layout, appearance, and playback options. Learn more.

Additional enhancements

  • Create eLearning content for right‑to‑left languages such as Arabic and Hebrew, with bidirectional text support across components, quizzes, and buttons. Learn more.
  • Select PowerPoint slides to import into Adobe Captivate. Learn more.
  • Lock or hide slide objects or slides using the Timeline. Learn more.

Generate images

Create custom visuals from text prompts or slide content, with options for style, composition, and reference-based generation to maintain visual consistency.  

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Introduced in Adobe Captivate 13.0

Generate avatar

Produce AI-generated talking avatars with synchronized narration, customizable appearance, voice, and multilingual support for immersive learning experiences. 

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Introduced in Adobe Captivate 13.0

Generate text

Use AI to draft, rephrase, and optimize slide content tailored to your audience and learning objectives, with built-in prompts for tone, grammar, and structure. 

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Introduced in Adobe Captivate 13.0

Generate transcripts

Automatically generate natural-language transcripts from slide content for narration, closed captions, or summaries, with tone and audience customization. 

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Introduced in Adobe Captivate 13.0

Import projects from PowerPoint

Convert PowerPoint presentations into interactive eLearning modules with assessments, retaining text, media, animations, and accessibility. 

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Introduced in Adobe Captivate 13.0

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