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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 (13.0) 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. Work with text on imported slides
    3. Work with shapes on imported slides
    4. Add media to imported slides
    5. Add interactions and animations to imported slides
  6. 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
  7. Add and edit text
    1. Add text to a project
    2. Add Adobe fonts to a project
    3. Add quotes
  8. Add and edit images
    1. Add images to a project
    2. Edit the background image on a slide
    3. Add SVGs to a project
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. Simulation projects
    1. Simulation overview and setup
    2. Demo mode
    3. Training mode
    4. Assessment mode
    5. Full-motion recording
  16. Timeline and TOC
    1. Timeline panel in Adobe Captivate
    2. Table of Contents in Adobe Captivate
  17. 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   
  18. Preview and publish
    1. Preview your project
    2. Publish your project
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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

Overview

Adobe Captivate requires internet access to specific URLs for certain features to function correctly. If your network has restrictions, you may need to adjust your settings to allow access. This is especially important for cloud-based services, such as AI-powered text-to-speech and project sharing for review and collaboration.

To use these features, your IT or security team must add the following URLs to the allowed list.

Tip
Use the latest version of Adobe Captivate.

List of URLs

To avoid disruptions, ensure your firewall or proxy settings permit access to the URLs listed below.

To use AI-generated voices for text-to-speech (TTS) in Adobe Captivate, ensure that the following endpoints are accessible:

  • Feature Activation & Voice Listing -  https://cpassets.adobe.com
  • Text-to-Speech Processing - https://api.elevenlabs.io

Learn more on how to generate text-to-speech using AI voices.

Find additional information and FAQs related to sharing a project for review in Adobe Captivate.

To ensure full functionality, especially for features like project sharing and review, it's important to allow access to the following additional URLs:

  • comments.adobe.io
  • cc-collab.adobe.io
  • cc-api-storage.adobe.io
  • captivate.adobe.com
  • ccassetreview.adobe.io
  • invitations.adobe.io

To ensure Adobe Captivate's asset-related features function properly, your IT or security team should allow access to the following URLs:

  • ims-na1.adobelogin.com:443
  • adobe.com:443
  • typekit.net:443
  • adobedtm.com:443
  • cloudflare.com:443
  • community-portal-prod-appdata.s3.amazonaws.com:443
  • demandbase.com:443
  • demdex.net:443
  • tt.omtrdc.net:443
  • adobeid-na1.services.adobe.com:443
  • *.amazonaws.com
  • *.adobe.com
  • *.brightcove.com
  • *.amazon.com
  • *.adobedtm.com
  • *.typekit.net
  • *.demdex.net
  • *.brightcove.net
  • *.zencdn.net
  • *.cloudflare.com
  • nr-data.net
  • *.akamaihd.net

Allowing these URLs will enable access to Adobe Captivate's asset-related features, including Adobe Stock and eLearning Brothers assets.

Additionally, ensure that the following domains are accessible:

  • *.adobe.com
  • *.adobe.io
  • *.adobecc.com
  • *.adobecces.com
  • *.adobeccstatic.com
  • *.adobedtm.com
  • *.adobeexchange.com
  • *.adobegenuine.com
  • *.adobegov.com
  • *.adobe-identity.com
  • *.adobejanus.com
  • *.adobelogin.com
  • *.adobeoobe.com
  • *.adobeprojectm.com
  • *.adobesc.com
  • *.adobe-services.com
  • *.adobess.com
  • *.adobesunbreak.com
  • *.adobetag.com
  • *.behance.net
  • *.ftcdn.net
  • *.typekit.com
  • *.typekit.net
  • slp-statics.astockcdn.net
  • *.arkoselabs.com
Note

Region-dependent:The user's request will be fulfilled using the closest available service instances, tailored to their geographical location, whether in Japan, the US East Coast, Europe, or elsewhere.

  • platform-cs-jpn3.adobe.io
  • ims-na1.adobelogin.com
  • federatedid-na1.services.adobe.com
  • adobeid-na1.services.adobe.com

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