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Design Options in Adobe Captivate

  1. Captivate User Guide
  2. What's New in Adobe Captivate
  3. Adobe Captivate System Requirements
  4. Download Adobe Captivate
  5. Frequently Asked Questions
  6. Adobe Captivate Updates
    1. Adobe Captivate (12.6 update) release notes
    2. Adobe Captivate (12.5 update) release notes
    3. Adobe Captivate (12.4 update) release notes
    4. Adobe Captivate (12.3 update) release notes
    5. Adobe Captivate (12.2 update) release notes
    6. Adobe Captivate (12.1 update) release notes
  7. Configure URL access for Adobe Captivate features
  8. Create and deploy Captivate packages in Admin Console
  9. Add a slide
    1. Slide navigator in Adobe Captivate
    2. Add a conversation slide
    3. Add characters to your Adobe Captivate project
    4. Edit the background image on a slide
    5. Add padding to content blocks and components
    6. Create a long scroll project
  10. 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
  11. Add text blocks
    1. Add text to a project
    2. Add Adobe fonts to a project
  12. Add media blocks
    1. Add images to a project
    2. Add videos to a project
    3. Add quotes
    4. Add SVGs to a project
    5. Add web objects to a project
  13. 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
  14. Add branding blocks
    1. Add a header to a project
    2. Add a footer to a project
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. Add audio to a project
    1. Add audio
    2. Add closed captions
  18. Interactions
    1. Add interactions to a project
    2. Create interactive video with overlay
    3. Create a slide-level interaction
    4. Create an object-level interaction
  19. Animations
    1. Add animations to a project
  20. Accessibility
    1. Make a project accessible
  21. Customize the timeline
    1. Timeline panel in Adobe Captivate
  22. Customize TOC and Playbar
    1. Table of Contents in Adobe Captivate
  23. Edit project properties
    1. Variables in Adobe Captivate
    2. Preferences
    3. Project dimensions
    4. Themes
  24. Create a simulation project
    1. Simulation
  25. Preview a project
    1. Preview
  26. Share a project for review
    1. Share for review
    2. FAQs and Troubleshooting guide for sharing projects for review   
  27. Publish a project
    1. Publish your project

Adobe Captivate includes visually pleasing design options that give your eLearning courses an attractive and professional appearance.

The all-new Adobe Captivate comes pre-loaded with elegant design options that can enhance the visual appeal of your course. The wide array of design options helps you develop aesthetically pleasing courses that capture your learners' attention, and create a positive impression, increasing their engagement and motivation to participate in the learning experience.

A design option combines styling and layouts that you can apply to your slide. You can also create your own custom design options and share them among your colleagues. 

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Get started with design options

To get started, insert any slide, and then use the design options for any layout or content block.

  1. Add a slide in a project.

  2. Add a content block, for example, an Image Grid. To add an Image Grid content block, on the right panel, click Add media block > Image Grid.

  3. Add images in the content block.

  4. Select the content block, and in the Visual Properties panel, launch the Design Options section.

  5. Select any design option. Based on your selection, the layout and styling of the content block changes. You can even customize a design option. The design options in Adobe Captivate contribute to a better user experience by organizing content in a clear, intuitive, and visually appealing manner.

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