Storyline 3 updates
Storyline 3 currently receives only core security updates and technical support. All new product innovations will be available exclusively on Articulate 360.
Storyline 3
Create interactive courses for any device
Create interactive courses with Storyline 3
Articulate Storyline 3 is simple enough for beginners, yet powerful enough for experts. And it lets you create virtually any interaction you can imagine, in minutes. With Storyline 3, you’ll be able to deliver secure mobile and accessible courses with enhanced interactivity.

Deliver a responsive multi-device experience
Simply create your course in Storyline 3 and click publish. The responsive player dynamically adapts to tablet and smartphone screens, providing an optimal view of your course on every device—without you tweaking a thing. It supports touchscreen gestures, hides sidebar menus, eliminates browser chrome, and delivers mobile-friendly playback controls.


Add closed captioning
Make your courses more accessible for all of your learners by adding closed captions. Easily create and edit closed captions with the built-in editor or simply import caption files. Style captions using any font you want. You can even use triggers to toggle captions on and off when you've disabled player chrome.
Structure text with tables
An important accessibility feature, tables communicate to screen readers how text is organized and provide context for learners. Table cells adjust to fit your text, and you can split and merge cells for even more control. Format tables with ready-made styles or customize them with fills and outlines.


Dial up the interactivity
Let learners manipulate data and slide content with dial interactions. Customize prebuilt dials or create your own from any object, graphic, or image. Use dials to simulate real-world objects and tasks or let learners explore cause-and-effect relationships.
Get your game on
Create game-like interactions easily with new triggers and motion path features. You can trigger events when objects intersect, stop intersecting, enter the slide, or leave the slide. And take motion path animations to a whole new level by orienting moving objects to the paths they're traveling.


Publish high-performance HTML5 courses
HTML5 output looks better, runs faster, and supports more features than ever before. All accessibility features, including closed captions and custom tab order, are supported in HTML5 output.
Work more efficiently
Let Storyline do more of the work for you. With productivity features, Storyline 3 finds and replaces fonts in seconds, automatically scales and crops images to fit any placeholder shape, and maintains triggers when you swap out placeholder images. You can also name your motion paths, duplicate and set properties for multiple slide layers at once, and publish a single slide or scene.

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It has everything you need for every aspect of course development
Instead of buying a perpetual Storyline 3 license, check out Articulate 360. You'll get Storyline 360—the latest version of Storyline with continuously updated new features—plus everything else you need to complete your e-learning projects.
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Award‑Winning Creator Tools
12+ Million Stock Assets & Course Templates


Project Review App
Live and On-Demand
Online Training

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Access 12+ million photos, characters, and more with Content Library 360 |
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Simplify project reviews and collaboration with Review 360 |
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Build inherently responsive courses with Rise 360 |
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Build PowerPoint-based courses with Studio 360 |
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Record quick screencasts on a Mac or PC with Peek 360 |
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Create screencasts that include webcam with Replay 360 |
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Easy Authoring
Intuitive User Interface
Slide Templates
Characters
Modern Text Rendering
Text Styles
Hyperlink States
Custom Text Styles
Text Editing
Replace Fonts
Dockable Panels
Timeline
Story View
Slide View Toggle
Slide Masters
Picture Placeholders
Design Themes
Color Themes
Format Painter
Zoom
Content Importing
Localized Interface
AutoRecovery
Animations
Motion Paths
Orient Objects to Motion Paths
Entrance and Exit Animations
Animation Painter
Transitions
Interactions
Slide Layers
States
Triggers
Trigger Action When Objects Intersect
Trigger Action When Object Intersection Ends
Trigger Action When Object Enters Slide
Trigger Action When Object Leaves Slide
Variables
Dial Interactions
Slider Interactions
Buttons
Markers
Hotspots
Lightboxes
Data-Entry Fields
Mouse Objects
Scrolling Panels
Media & Simulations
Screen Recording
Software Simulations
Action Fine Tuning
Multimedia Support
Video
Web Objects
Screenshot Tool
Assessments
Form-Based Questions
Freeform Questions
Negative Scoring
Question Import
Question Banks
Result Slides
Multiple Quizzes
Player
Responsive Player
Responsive Preview
Responsive Playback Restrictions
HTML5 Gestures
Customizable Player Settings
Publishing
HTML5 Output
Tracking and Reporting
Publish Scenes or Slides
Language Support
Translation Support
Publish to Microsoft Word
Accessibility
WCAG 2.0 Support
Section 508 Support
Accessible Text
Accessible Semantic Formatting
Accessible Text Styles
Accessible Player
Accessible Player Controls
Adjustable Accessibility Settings
Structure Text with Tables
Import Closed Captions
Custom Fonts for Closed Captions
Toggle Closed Captions On/Off with Triggers
Custom Focus Order
Player Font Size
Skip Player Navigation
Language ID for Screen Readers
See what you're missing
Compare features across versions, or see all Storyline 3 features.
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12+ Million Content Library 360 Photos, Illustrations, Icons, and Videos
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Integration with Review 360 for Stakeholder Reviews
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Team Slides for Articulate 360 Teams
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Media Library
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Uncompressed Audio
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SVG Support
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Text-to-Speech Closed Captions
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Slide Numbers
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One-Click Slide Insert
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Default Slide Size
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Dialog Layers
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Feedback Master Defaults
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Enhanced Color Selector
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Object Editing Enhancements
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Enhanced Timeline Management
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Timeline Scrubbing
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Timeline Animation Editing
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Paste Special
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Focus Order Multi-Select
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Renumber Scenes
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Reorder and Rename States
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Insert Pictures as States
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Fine-Tune Motion Paths
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Elapsed Time Variables
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Random Number Variable
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New Triggers Panel and Workflow
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Conditional Trigger Enhancements
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360° Images
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Jump-to-Time Trigger
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Course Completion Trigger
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Toggle Hidden or Disabled State Trigger
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Print Slide Trigger
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Question Result Variable
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Preview Selected Scenes & Slides
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LRS Support
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Custom xAPI Statements
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xAPI Debug Tool
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Publish to cmi5
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Publish to Video
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Modern Player
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Modern Player Custom Color
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Modern Player Course Cover Photo
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Modern Player Accessible Contrast
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Modern Player Two-Color Focus Indicator
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Modern Player Captions Font Size
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Modern Player Logo Alt Text
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Modern Player Zoom
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Course Playback Speed Control
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Full-Screen Toggle
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Conditional Seekbar
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Glossary Import and Export
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Review and Retry Only Incorrect Questions
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Score Only Viewed Questions
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Expanded Quiz Tracking
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Track Multiple Completion Criteria
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Enhanced Word Translation
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Text Autofit
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Text Styles
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Hyperlink States
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More Custom Text Styles
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Accessible Text
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Accessible Semantic Formatting
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Accessible Text Styles
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Accessible Player Controls
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Adjustable Accessibility Settings
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Accessible Player
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Modern Text Rendering
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HTML5-Only CD Courses
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Enhanced Restricted/Locked Navigation
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Responsive Player for Tablets and Smartphones
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Responsive Preview Toolbar
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Responsive Playback Restrictions
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HTML5 Gesture Support
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Superior HTML5 Output
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Publish to HTML5 First/Only
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Closed Captions Editor
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Import Closed Captions
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Custom Fonts for Closed Captions
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Toggle Captions On/Off with Triggers
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Dial Interactions
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Orient Objects to Motion Paths
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Rename Motion Paths
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Trigger Action When Objects Intersect
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Trigger Action When Object Intersection Ends
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Trigger Action When Object Enters Slide
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Trigger Action When Object Leaves Slide
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Edit Properties for Multiple Layers Simultaneously
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Duplicate Multiple Layers Simultaneously
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Square-CornerButton Styles
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Broadcast-Level Audio Optimization
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Picture Placeholders Can Be Any Shape
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Images Scale and Crop to Fill Picture Placeholders
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Triggers Remain When Swapping Out Placeholder Images
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New Design Elements for Result Slides
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Publish Scenes or Slides
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Best Right-to-Left Language Support
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Section 508 Accessibility Support in HTML5 Output
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Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Support in HTML5 Output
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Structure Text with Tables
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Define Custom Tab Order in HTML5 Output
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Adjustable Player Font Size in HTML5 Output
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Skip Player Navigation with Screen Readers in HTML5 Output
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Language ID for Screen Readers in HTML5 Output
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Find and Replace Fonts
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Detect Missing Fonts
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Streamlined Interface with Form/Slide View Toggle
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WYSIWYG Text Editor
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Custom Character, Line, and Paragraph Spacing
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Custom Bullets
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Support for Special Font Characters
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Typographic Ligatures
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Dockable Panels
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Localized Interface
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AutoRecovery
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Enhanced Eyedropper Tool
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Motion Path Animations
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Relative Start Points for Motion Paths
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More Entrance and Exit Animations
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Animation Painter
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More Slide Transitions
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Trigger Action When Timeline Reaches Specific Time or Cue Point
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Trigger Action When Animation Completes
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Trigger Hidden and Disabled States for Player Buttons
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Slider Interactions
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Copy Layers from One Slide to Another
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Support for Uncompressed Videos
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Import Questions from Excel Spreadsheets and Text Files
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Negative Scoring
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Optional Read-Only Seekbar
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HTML5 Output for Android OS
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Articulate Mobile Player Output for Android OS
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Superior Section 508 Accessibility Support in Flash Output
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Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Support in Flash Output
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Define Custom Tab Order in Flash Output
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Adjustable Player Font Size in Flash Output
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Skip Player Navigation with Screen Readers in Flash Output
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Language ID for Screen Readers in Flash Output
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Intuitive Interface for Easy Authoring
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Custom Slide Sizes
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Import Scenes and Slides from other Storyline Projects
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Import Slides from Your Template Library
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Import Slides from PowerPoint
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Import Quizmaker Quizzes
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Import Engage Interactions
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Illustrated and Photographic Characters
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Story View
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Timeline
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Design Themes
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Color Themes
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Font Themes
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Slide Masters
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Feedback Masters
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Storyline Templates
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Format Painter
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Define Default Object Styles and Formatting
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Zooming and Panning
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Slide Layers
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Built-In Object States
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Custom Object States
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Character Expression States
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Drag-and-Drop States
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Triggers
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Right-Click Triggers
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Variables
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Lightboxes
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Buttons
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Button Sets
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Hotspots
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Data-Entry Fields
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Interactive Markers
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Mouse Cursors
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Hyperlinks
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Scrolling Panels
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Reusable Screen Recordings
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Software Simulations with Auto-Generated Captions and Hotspots
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Action Fine Tuning for Software Simulations
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Import, Record, and Edit Videos
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Import, Record, and Edit Audio
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Import and Edit Images
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Capture Screenshots
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Add Shapes and Captions
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Import Flash Movies
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Embed Web Objects
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Entrance and Exit Animations
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Slide Transitions
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20 Form-Based Question Types
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Convert Slide to Freeform Interaction
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Drag-and-Drop< Freeform Interactions
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Pick-One Freeform Interactions
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Pick-Many Freeform Interactions
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Text-Entry Freeform Interactions
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Hotspot Freeform Interactions
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Shortcut-Key Freeform Interactions
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Add Multiple Quizzes to the Same Course
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Question Banks
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Randomize Questions
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Slide View
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Form View
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Customizable Passing Score
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Time Limit
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Optional Answer Shuffling
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Customizable Feedback
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Branching
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Customizable Result Slide
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Quiz Review and Remediation
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Set the Number of Quiz Attempts
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Print Quiz Results
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Customizable Player
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Multi-Level Course Menu
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Display Slide Notes or Transcript
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Attach Resources
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Glossary
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Custom Player Tabs
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Resume Playback
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Preview Slides, Scenes, and Entire Courses
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HTML5 Output for Windows, Mac, and Apple iOS
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Flash Output for Flash-Enabled Browsers
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Articulate Mobile Player Output for Apple iOS
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Publish for Web
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Publish for xAPI (Tin Can API)
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Publish for SCORM 2004
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Publish for SCORM 1.2
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Publish for AICC
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Publish for CD and Other Local Destinations
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Publish for Microsoft Word
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Right-to-Left Language Support
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Double-Byte Character Support
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Translation Features
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Section 508 Accessibility Support
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