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May 7, 2025

Adobe Captivate Classic: Add AI Audio (Text-to-Speech) to a Shape

Adding audio to a Captivate Classic slide is easy: choose "Audio, Record to" or "Import to." Adding text-to-speech to a slide object is a bit more complicated.

Choose Audio > Speech Management.
Click the plus sign to create a note area.
Type a script.
Pick your voiceover "talent."
Click Generate Audio and then click Close. (This will add the audio to the slide, which you will delete during that last step below.)
On the slide, select a shape.
On the Library, drag the new audio onto the shape.
Choose Audio > Speech Management and remove the audio from the slide background.

Here's a video that will walk you through the process.

Looking for help with Adobe Captivate or Adobe Captivate Classic? I've got you covered with live training, recorded training, and one-on-one or group mentoring. https://www.iconlogic.com/instructor-led-training/software-title/captivate.html

April 18, 2024

Adobe Captivate 12.3: Share for Review

The Share for Review feature is one of the more compelling enhancements in the recently released 12.3 update for Captivate 12. Project stakeholders can now add slide-by-slide comments to your slides in one central location. Reviewers do not need to own Captivate or know how to use it. The review interface is clean and very intuitive.

To begin, ensure you're using the 12.3 build. You can get the free update by choosing Help > Check for Updates.

Create or open a project, and then click the Share for review icon at the lower right of the Captivate window.

You can accept or customize the default Title in the Share For Review screen. For instance, you might want to add a date or version number to the title. Otherwise, click the Create review button.

The project is published to a secure Adobe server.

From the Access type drop-down menu, you can choose between making your review Public (anyone with the link can access the review project) or Private (only people you invite can see the review project).

Invite people to the review by clicking Invite people and adding email addresses as appropriate.

Here is a sample email that your reviewers will receive once you click the Invite to view button:

Reviewers click the Open Review button and are taken to the project review screen. As mentioned, reviewers do not need Captivate or any special software to participate in the review process.

Once the review window is open, team members can add comments slide-by-slide.

What I like about the review feature is that people can add comments for each preview mode. In the image above, I added a comment in the Desktop view. I switched to tablet mode in the image below and added a comment.

As issues are resolved in Captivate, the developer clicks the Update review button, and the updated project is uploaded to the server. You do not need to create a new review; just let reviewers know an update is available.

Are you looking for Adobe Captivate mentoring or Adobe Captivate training? We offer one-on-one sessions, a step-by-step workbook, and private classes. And we love a classic. If you're still using Adobe Captivate Classic, we offer training and support on that version as well. Email me directly for more information.

October 26, 2023

Integrate Adobe Captivate eLearning Output with Adobe RoboHelp Projects

Integrating interactive eLearning with your use assistance or help documentation is super easy if you use the Adobe Technical Communication Suite.

Check out this full training session that I taught for Adobe at DitaWorld: https://youtu.be/FdM148qDjTQ?si=-5Dq7o-QYAh_tzi6

You'll learn to use Adobe Captivate Classic (Captivate 2019) to create an interactive software simulation and publish the lesson as HTML5. Then, you will learn how to incorporate the training into an Adobe RoboHelp project.

August 24, 2023

Adobe Captivate Classic: Using the CSV Questions Creation Macro

Adding quiz questions to an Adobe Captivate Classic project is easy. Go to the Quiz menu and choose Question Slide. Select your question type, number of questions, and click OK.

Like I said, it's easy.

Oh, wait. Now, you need to add the content to the quiz question and set the point value… and the feedback for right and wrong answers. If there are more than a few quiz questions, that will take time.

Pssst… come closer. I've got a secret for you. You can import the quiz questions… you know, get a subject matter expert to write up the content and you just import the quiz question.

What's that you say? You knew about CSV importing because you attended IconLogic's vILT Captivate classes. Okay, okay, sorry.

But… pssst… come closer, and I'll give you another secret. This one is epic. There' a CSV Questions Creation wizard that will make it so easy to create the quiz data that you're SME will truly thank you.

First, find the CSV Questions Creation Macro. Note that the file is typically located wherever you've installed Captivate Classic on your computer, then in Gallery > Quiz > CSVQuestionsCreationMacro.xlsm.

Open CSVQuestionsCreationMacro.xlsm with Microsoft Excel.

Select the CSVInputForm tab.

Select the question type from the drop-down menu and fill out the stem and the answer as appropriate.

Type an asterisk (*) in front of the correct answer.

Click the Add Question button to add the question to the Question CSV Sheet.

Back on the CSVInputForm tab, click the Clear Form button, and add more and more questions as appropriate. When done, click the Export to CSV button on the CSVInputForm tab. Then click the Export to CSV button.

Back in Captivate Classic, choose Quiz > Import CSV Format File and open the CSV you just created.

And… and… BAM! The quiz question appears, like magic, in your Captivate project.

Not convinced that this process is the bomb.com? Check out my video that shows the CSV creation process in action.