NEW Multiscreen responsive eLearning authoring
Author as you always have—content will rearrange itself for the new tablet and mobile views based on the selected theme. Tweak content for a specific device by moving, resizing and editing objects. Maintain content and layout integrity across devices by positioning objects relative to screen borders or other objects. Use the in-product preview to see how your project appears on various screens.
Publish as a single project and automatically deliver the most appropriate experience for your learner’s device. Harness the power of mobile devices by enabling gesture support and location aware features.

Responsive design and HTML5 publishing
NEW Responsive themes
Choose from a selection of out-of-the-box responsive themes to render differentiated content for multiple devices. Customize themes to meet your requirements, or create your own. Save themes for reuse across projects.
NEW Smart positioning of objects
Easily define the relative position of objects with respect to screen borders or other objects, maintaining content and layout integrity across devices.
NEW Multi-device previews
View exactly how your content will look on desktops, tablets and mobile phones. Preview your project on stage or browser, or use the free Adobe Edge Inspect* app to see how it will look on a physical mobile device.
NEW Device-aware eLearning delivery
Publish your responsive project to leading LMSs as a single project. The project will automatically detect your learner’s device and deliver the most appropriate experience for it.
NEW Gesture-enabled mobile learning
Use the multitouch technology embedded in modern user interfaces to allow learners to tap, scroll, pinch, and swipe their way through courses. Leverage gesture support to enable more instinctive interaction between the learner and the content.
NEW Responsive Screen Capture
Create a single screen capture project that works across devices. Adobe Captivate detects screen activity in the recording window and automatically pans to those areas to create screen capture output for the tablet and mobile views as well.
NEW Geo-location support
Utilize the GPS capabilities of mobile devices to deliver timely, location-aware content to learners. Create assessments that require learners to be at a particular geolocation.
NEW MinMax object sizing
Fix the minimum and maximum size of objects so that they do not rescale across device views. This is especially useful for images such as logos, which need to look consistent and be legible at all times.
NEW Native support for HTML5 objects
Now import HTML5 animations into your Adobe Captivate project without requiring any plug-ins. Place animations exactly where you need them, resize if required, and publish effortlessly in the HTML5 format.
NEW Scroll for tablets and mobiles
Easily enable scrolling of content on tablets and mobiles to accomodate content that spills over a single screen.
ENHANCED Best-in-class HTML5 publishing
Deliver eLearning on the go with full support for scalable HTML5 and new mobile themes and play bar. Deliver courses optimized for mobile devices by publishing eLearning content as HTML5.

Rapid eLearning content development
Easily transform presentations into interactive eLearning content with Adobe Captivate 8 software using a roundtrip PowerPoint workflow. Choose from attractive, professionally designed themes, and apply them across projects to maintain a consistent look and feel.
NEW All-new, simplified user interface
Now call on the power-packed functionalities of Adobe Captivate 8 from within a redesigned UI that makes authoring simple and efficient. Enjoy authoring with an interface that is simple enough for subject matter experts and powerful enough for experienced users.
NEW Retina display support
Use Adobe Captivate 8 at a resolution that matches your Mac. Enjoy a superior authoring experience thanks to high-resolution icons and UI assets that make your program elements look crisp.
NEW Popup Blocker
Now get rid of annoying notifications that pop up in the middle of your screen capture. Automatically remove the unwanted popup by just selecting it. Alternatively easily replace the unwanted segment with a desirable one, using just a few clicks.
ENHANCED Themes
Spend less time and effort to liven up your courses. Choose from attractive themes that blend backgrounds, styles, fonts, and layouts. Apply them across projects to maintain a consistent look and feel. Change the look of your content in a jiffy by choosing from palettes of professionally chosen theme colors. You can also customize themes and theme colors to suit your requirements.

Easy creation of interactive eLearning experiences
Easily create show-me product demos in HD, interactive let-me-try application simulations, and test-me assessments. Add aesthetically designed interactive elements to eLearning content with just a few clicks.
ENHANCED Interactions library
Select from a wide range of stunning out-of-the-box interactions, like Millionaire, Hangman, Jigsaw, Process Cycle, Glossary, Accordion, Pyramid, Animated Rollover, and Accelerometer-based interactions, customize the content and appearance, and you’re done. Now interactions are available in all supported languages.
ENHANCED Shared Advanced Actions
Use Advanced Actions to enable conditional or multiple actions in an interaction or across projects. Create Shared Action templates to use across modules and projects. Drag and drop shared actions from an external library to your current project to reuse them. Now enhance shared actions with variable parameterization.
ENHANCED Learning notes
Enable learners to add and edit notes as they take their course. Notes can now be saved as a PDF file and printed for easy reference.

Rich multimedia to attract learners
Import video in popular formats (AVI, MOV, FLV, MPEG), and synchronize video with selected slides. Add smart shapes, audio, and animations to eLearning projects.
NEW eLearning made colourful
Soft pastels or vivid brights. Bring your favorite colors from Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Kuler, add them to the swatches, and use them in your Adobe Captivate projects.
ENHANCED Smart Shapes
Add a wide range of shapes, including circles, rectangles, triangles, callouts, arrows, lines, banners, and flowchart symbols, to your eLearning content. Customize them and convert them into buttons. Choose different styles to indicate the up, hover, and down states.