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Work with text in Adobe Captivate

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  1. Captivate User Guide
  2. Introduction to Captivate
    1. What's New in Adobe Captivate
    2. Adobe Captivate System Requirements
    3. Adobe Captivate Updates
      1. Adobe Captivate (12.3 update) release notes
      2. Adobe Captivate (12.2 update) release notes
      3. Adobe Captivate (12.1 update) release notes
    4. Download Adobe Captivate
    5. Frequently Asked Questions
  3. 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. Create a long scroll project
  4. Add text blocks
    1. Add text to a project
  5. Add media blocks
    1. Add images to a project
    2. Add videos to a project
    3. Add quotes
    4. Add SVGs to a project
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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. Import questions as CSV
  9. Add audio to a project
    1. Add audio
  10. 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
  11. Animations
    1. Add animations to a project
  12. Accessibility
    1. Make a project accessible
  13. Customize the timeline
    1. Timeline panel in Adobe Captivate
  14. Customize TOC and Playbar
    1. Table of Contents in Adobe Captivate
  15. Edit project properties
    1. Variables in Adobe Captivate
    2. Preferences
    3. Themes
  16. Preview a project
    1. Preview
  17. Share a project for review
    1. Share for review   
  18. Publish a project
    1. Publish
  19. Create a simulation project
    1. Simulation

Learn how to add text to your Adobe Captivate project.

The user interface of Adobe Captivate makes it simple to add and format text. You can add text, edit text, change fonts, and much more to provide you with even more control over text and paragraph layout.

Text content blocks

There are three types of content blocks available in Captivate:

  • Paragraph
  • Multi-column
  • List

On the left panel, select Add text blocks > <text content block>.

Add a text block
Add a text block

Add text

Select Add text blocks > Multi Column Content. This adds a text block containing two text columns on the slide. Each column contains a title and body.

You can also add other types of text blocks- Paragraph and List.

Change the properties of the text content block

  1. Select the content block on the slide.

    Select the text content block
    Select the text content block

  2. Make the text layout with two or three columns. Move the Number of columns slider to two or three.

  3. Select any design option.

  4. In the Components section, display or hide the following:

    • Title: Select to display or hide the title of the text.
    • Subtitle: Select to display or hide the subtitle of the text.
    • Body: Select to display or hide the body of the text.
    • Button: Select to display or hide the buttons below the text blocks.
    • Card: Select to display or hide the card around the text.
    Conponents of a text block
    Conponents of a text block

  5. If you've selected Card, you can change the card's properties, such as padding, background color, border, or shadow. For all, except, card, you can also change the alignment to left.

    Here's how a text content block looks when you add a card.

    card applied

Format text

  1. Select any text, for example, the title. The Property Panel shows all the properties that you can apply to the text.

    Format text and change its color, font, and much more.
    Text formatting options

  2. In the Appearance section, apply a preset. A preset is a preconfigured setting or template that allows you to apply a predefined set of styles or effects to achieve a specific result. Presets are commonly used in editing by providing ready-made options that can be easily applied to achieve desired outcomes.

    In the list of presets, select any preset. The preset you'll select gets applied to the selected text.

  3. Change the text font, size, and style. Adjust the spacing of a character in the text, paragraph, or line.

    Edit fonts and adjust spacing
    Edit fonts and adjust spacing

    Note:

    If you open any project on another machine that doesn't contain the font you had used, the font falls back to Arial (regular).

  4. Add color to the text. From the color picker, select any color. You can also add an outline to the text, add shadow, or apply highlights.

  5. Select the Bullets and numbering to add bullets if you want to add a list as text.

  6. If you want to insert a link to the text, then expand the section Link, and have a selected portion of text redirected to a web page or an email address.

    Select Open in new window to open the URL in a new browser window.

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