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  1. Captivate Classic User Guide
  2. Introduction to Captivate
    1. What's New in Adobe Captivate
    2. Adobe Captivate System Requirements
    3. Responsive Project Design with Adobe Captivate
  3. Captivate Classic Release Notes
    1.  Adobe Captivate Classic 11.8.3 Release Notes
    2. Adobe Captivate Classic 11.8.2 Release Notes
    3. Adobe Captivate 11.8.1 Release Notes
    4. Adobe Captivate 11.8 Release Notes
    5. What's New in Adobe Captivate (2019 release) Update 5
    6. What's New in Adobe Captivate (2019 release) Update 2
    7. Adobe Captivate Release Notes
  4. Create Projects
    1. Create different types of projects in Adobe Captivate
    2. Customize the size of an Adobe Captivate project
    3. Responsive Project Design with Adobe Captivate
    4. Create Virtual Reality (VR) projects
    5. Work with responsive text in Adobe Captivate
    6. Work with themes in Adobe Captivate
    7. How to apply view specific properties in responsive projects
    8. How to create backup files for Adobe Captivate projects
    9. Asset panel
    10. Create branching and forced navigation in Captivate
    11. Replace image on the stage
  5. Add and Manage Objects
    1. Work with multi-state objects in Adobe Captivate
    2. Object effects
    3. Insert web objects in Adobe Captivate projects
    4. Work with object styles in Adobe Captivate
    5. How to rotate objects in Adobe Captivate
    6. How to manage objects with the Main Options toolbar
    7. How to merge objects in a slide
    8. How to manage objects in the library
    9. How to group objects in Adobe Captivate
    10. Edit object information using the Advanced Interaction panel
    11. How to copy, paste, and duplicate objects in Adobe Captivate
    12. Control the visibility of objects
    13. How to change the display order of objects in Adobe Captivate
    14. Apply shadows to objects
    15. How to align objects in Adobe Captivate
    16. How to add reflection to objects in Adobe Captivate
    17. Import assets into a Captivate project
  6. Slides
    1. Add slides to an Adobe Captivate project
    2. Editing slides in an Adobe Captivate project
    3. Delete Adobe Captivate project slides
    4. Change slide order in Adobe Captivate
    5. Set slide properties in Adobe Captivate
    6. Add and convert slide notes to audio files with Adobe Captivate
    7. Set up knowledge check slides in Adobe Captivate
    8. How to add slide transitions in Adobe Captivate
    9. How to work with master slides in Adobe Captivate
    10. How to lock Adobe Captivate slides
    11. How to hide or exclude slides in an Adobe Captivate project
    12. How to group and ungroup slides in Adobe Captivate
  7. Timeline and grids
    1. Use rulers and guides
    2. Work with grids in Adobe Captivate
    3. Work with the timeline
    4. Shortcut keys in Adobe Captivate
    5. Working with the filmstrip
    6. How to customize the Adobe Captivate workspace
    7. How to use the Adobe Captivate Library
    8. How to use the Branching panel in Adobe Captivate
  8. Create Quizzes
    1. Insert question slides in Adobe Captivate projects
    2. Set quiz preferences for Adobe Captivate
    3. How to enable learners to submit all quiz responses simultaneously
    4. How to set up question slides with Adobe Captivate
    5. Using random question slides in Adobe Captivate
    6. How to allow users to return to quiz
    7. Import questions from CSV format files
    8. Import questions from GIFT format files
    9. How to insert pretests in Adobe Captivate
  9. Audio
    1. How to insert audio into an Adobe Captivate project
    2. How to preview audio in Adobe Captivate
    3. How to edit audio files with Adobe Captivate
    4. View audio details in Adobe Captivate
    5. Set audio recording preferences and recording audio
    6. How to export audio from Adobe Captivate
  10. Video
    1. Slide videos
    2. Work with event videos in Adobe Captivate
    3. Differences between events and synchronized videos in Adobe Captivate
  11. Interactive Objects
    1. Add interactive buttons to your Captivate projects
    2. Create click boxes in Adobe Captivate
    3. Add text entry boxes with Adobe Captivate
    4. How to add audio to boxes and buttons
    5. How to add JavaScript to boxes and buttons in Adobe Captivate
  12. Interactions
    1. Create drag-and-drop interactions in Adobe Captivate
    2. Use Adobe Captivate variables in widgets
    3. Set the properties of widgets with Adobe Captivate
    4. How to create static, interactive, and question widgets in Adobe Captivate
    5. How to add widgets to your Adobe Captivate project
  13. Non-interactive objects
    1. Create and edit smart shapes
    2. Edit and create text captions with Captivate
    3. How to use images and rollover images with Captivate
    4. How to customize smart shapes in Adobe Captivate
    5. How to create zoom areas in Adobe Captivate
    6. How to set audio for noninteractive objects
    7. How to create rollover slidelets in Adobe Captivate
    8. How to create rollover captions in Adobe Captivate
    9. Change mouse properties in Adobe Captivate
    10. Use highlight boxes in Captivate
    11. Work with swatches in Adobe Captivate
    12. Fix size and position of non-interactive objects
    13. Add animations to a Adobe Captivate project
  14. Advanced Editing and Project Reviews
    1. How to link Adobe Captivate projects
    2. Import, export, and delete content
    3. Skins
    4. Create accessible projects in Adobe Captivate
    5. Create a table of contents (TOC) with Adobe Captivate
    6. Resize Adobe Captivate projects
    7. Projects and project preferences
    8. How to preview projects in Adobe Captivate
  15. Variables and Advanced Actions
    1. Adobe Captivate variables
    2. How to create user-defined variables in Adobe Captivate
    3. Advanced actions in Adobe Captivate
    4. Shared actions in Adobe Captivate projects
    5. Edit or delete user-defined variables in Adobe Captivate
    6. How to assign advanced actions to an event
  16. Record Projects
    1. Create interactive videos
    2. Automatic and manual recording with Captivate
    3. Set recording preferences in Adobe Captivate
    4. Record video demonstrations with Adobe Captivate
    5. How to record software simulations in Adobe Captivate
    6. How to pause recording
  17. Publish Projects
    1. Preview and publish responsive projects
    2. Publish project to Adobe Captivate Prime
    3. Publish projects as HTML5 files with Adobe Captivate
    4. Publish projects as executable files
    5. Publish projects as MP4 files with Adobe Captivate
    6. Set publishing preferences in Adobe Captivate
    7. Using web fonts from Adobe Fonts in Adobe Captivate
    8. Report quiz results to an internal server
  18. Use Adobe Captivate with Other Applications
    1. Import and edit PowerPoint presentations in Captivate
    2. Upload an Adobe Captivate project to a Learning Management System
    3. Learn about the Common JavaScript interface for Adobe Captivate
    4. How to publish Captivate projects to Microsoft Word
    5. Using Adobe Connect with Captivate
    6. How to add Captivate projects to a RoboHelp online help system
    7. How to package multiple SCOs using the Adobe Multi-SCORM Packager
  19. Troubleshoot Adobe Captivate
    1. Resolve known issues and limitations in the latest versions of Adobe Captivate, Adobe FrameMaker, and Adobe RoboHelp.
    2. Early build for Captivate (2019 release) on macOS Big Sur (macOS 11)
    3. Hotfix for VR content not playing on devices
    4. Configure SSL for Live Preview on Devices
    5. Captivate (2019 release) activation issues on macOS Catalina
    6. Captivate responsive courses will not auto-play on browsers
    7. Issues with Asset panel in Adobe Captivate (2019 release)
    8. Error 103 while installing Adobe Captivate
    9. Issues when previewing a Captivate project

Asset Panel in Adobe Captivate Classic.

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Access the Assets panel

Conquer the challenges of getting started with eLearning, and of time constraint for creating good-looking eLearning courses. Create beautiful eLearning content in minutes with the all-new responsive Quick Start Projects, which contain a complete set of slides required for any eLearning course. From the Asset Panel, choose a Quick Start Project, to create a new eLearning project or add slides to your existing project. Use your storyboards created in Powerpoint or Word, to fill content in these slides. Easily add and edit text, characters, images, videos, to make your course engaging. Preview the mobile-ready content and publish it to be consumed across devices and browsers.

Launch Captivate Classic and, on the toolbar, click Assets. The Asset panel displays. The Panel consists of the following categories of assets:

  • Projects
  • Characters
  • Icons
  • 360 Assets
  • Images
  • Videos
  • Audio
  • Buttons
  • Themes

Access any category by clicking it on the left panel. You can also toggle between slides and templates and choose the type of asset that fits a type of course or industry segment. Through the refreshed User Interface, you can search and insert assets as quickly as possible.

Download the sample cptx project.

Insert a project

Creating Responsive Projects using Quick Start Projects

On the panel, choose any project and click Open as New Project. This inserts the selected project in your current project. You can also launch the selected project as a new project. 

To view a demo of the workflow, see Play demo.

Insert  a project

Select and insert multiple slides

Choose the toggle button Slides and select as many slides you need and insert them simultaneously in your project. Once you have all the slides, you can then insert the slides accordingly, and then modify them.

To view a demo of this workflow,  see Play demo.

Insert slides

Insert characters in your project

To insert a character or multiple characters in your project, click Characters in the left panel, and double-click on the collection. You see the following screen. Once you have chosen the character and the size, click Insert to load the character into your project.

To view a demo of this workflow, see Play demo.

Insert characters

Insert SVG icons in your project

Adding Icons

To insert SVG icons in your project, click Icons in the left-panel. Choose any SVG and insert the icon in your project. You can then use the SVG as a button and make it interactive.

To view a demo of this workflow, see Play demo.

Insert SVG

Insert 360 Assets for your Virtual Reality project

When you create a VR project and from the Asset panel, you want to insert a 360 image, only a few options in the left navigation pane get enabled, as shown below:

On a 360 slide, you can only insert assets of the types highlighted on the image above. The rest of the asset types are unsupported.

When you click 360 Assets in the left navigation pane, you get a panel that displays 360 backgrounds for your VR slides. Choose any slide and to insert the slide, click Insert.

To view a demo of this workflow, see Play demo.

Insert 360

Insert an image

From the left navigation panel, click Images. From the panel, choose any image and to insert the image, click Insert.

To view a demo of this workflow, see Play demo.

Insert image

Insert a video in your project

Videos increase learner engagement. In any eLearning project, videos provide a lot of information in a short amount of time. Videos simplify storytelling and makes immersion easier.

From the Asset panel, on the left navigation panel, click Video. From the list of videos that are available, click any video and insert the video into your slide.

To view a demo of this workflow, see Play demo.

Insert video

Insert audio in your project

Make your eLearning more personal by providing audio responses to interactions.

Use audio files for background audio or associating an audio to any event, for example, in quizzing or other interactive projects.

From the Asset panel, on the left navigation panel, click Audio. From the list of audio files that are available, click any audio file and insert the file into your slide.

To view a demo of this workflow, see Play demo.

Insert audio

Insert buttons in your project

From the left navigation panel, click Buttons. From the panel, choose any button and insert the button in your project.

You can then use the button for any interactive project.

To view a demo of this workflow, see Play demo.

Insert buttons

Insert a theme in your project

From the left navigation panel, click Themes. From the panel, choose any theme and then, Download or Apply the theme.

Insert themes
Insert themes

Download other assets

In addition to the assets that are already provided to you by default, you can download assets from Adobe eLearning Community Portal. To download the assets, perform the following steps:

  1. On the Asset panel, click the tab Discover.

    Discover tab
    Discover tab

  2. Browse the portal and download any project you like.

Offline mode

If your computer is not connected to the internet or if you lose an active connection while downloading as asset, after you reconnect to the internet, the download starts from the point at where it got suspended.

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