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Design Options in Adobe Captivate

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  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
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    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. 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
  9. 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
  10. Add text blocks
    1. Add text to a project
    2. Add Adobe fonts to a project
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. Add branding blocks
    1. Add a header to a project
    2. Add a footer to a project
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. Add audio to a project
    1. Add audio
    2. Add closed captions
  17. 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
  18. Animations
    1. Add animations to a project
  19. Accessibility
    1. Make a project accessible
  20. Customize the timeline
    1. Timeline panel in Adobe Captivate
  21. Customize TOC and Playbar
    1. Table of Contents in Adobe Captivate
  22. Edit project properties
    1. Variables in Adobe Captivate
    2. Preferences
    3. Project dimensions
    4. Themes
  23. Create a simulation project
    1. Simulation
  24. Preview a project
    1. Preview
  25. Share a project for review
    1. Share for review
    2. FAQs and Troubleshooting guide for sharing projects for review   
  26. 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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