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Adobe Presenter Changelog

What's new in Adobe Presenter 11.1.0 Build 189

Oct 1, 2017
  • New features:
  • Presenter 11.1 includes Presenter Video Express 2017 software.
  • presenter 11.1 release supports PowerPoint 2016 (Office 2016).
  • Enhancements:
  • User experience enhanced after security improvements in Flash Player 23 and upward releases.
  • Resolved issue where some of the users were unable to play Presenter output from the desktop.
  • Resolved issue where Presenter's Flash preview was not working as expected.
  • Resolved issue where some of the videos used in Presenter were not not working due to improper conversion using Adobe Media Encoder (AME).
  • Resolved issue where the cursor used to remain as arrow even after mouse pointer is moved over a button.
  • Resolved issue where Presenter add-in used to disappear sometimes in PowerPoint.

New in Adobe Presenter 11.0.0 Build 133.2 (Sep 16, 2015)

  • Content authoring in PowerPoint:
  • Quickly create presentations in PowerPoint—no special training or technical expertise required. An intuitive interface guides nontechnical users and subject matter experts through the process of creating and publishing compelling presentations.
  • HTML5 support for Microsoft PowerPoint:
  • Publish eLearning modules created with PowerPoint directly to HTML5, keeping text, shapes, audio, and animations intact.
  • Attractive quizzing out of the box:
  • Create eye-catching quizzes using professionally designed quiz templates and an attractive set of components. Easily add quiz questions to presentations to test understanding and retention.
  • Quizzing with HTML5:
  • Leverage HTML5 support to deliver eye-catching quizzes on tablets. Choose from a wide range of question types, such as matching, short answer, and fill-in-the-blank. Export scoring data to leading SCORM-, AICC-, and Tincan-compliant LMSs.
  • Smart Learning interactions:
  • Insert aesthetically designed interactive elements to your content with just one click. Select from a wide range of stunning interactions, like Hangman, Jigsaw, Process Cycle, Glossary, Accordion, Pyramid, and Animated Rollover, to customize the content and appearance.
  • Actors:
  • Tell your story more effectively using human characters. Select from a wide range of actors making various gestures to give your content a more personal touch. Set actors against relevant backgrounds to make your scenarios look more realistic.
  • In-course web browsing [New]:
  • Enable more effective learning by embedding a browser interface within your courses. Allow your learners to access additional web-based reference material that complements course content.
  • See how it works ›
  • In-course YouTube videos [New]:
  • Stream YouTube videos within your courses for greater impact and retention. Specify which section of the video you want the learner to view to make it contextually relevant.
  • See how it works ›
  • Drag-and-drop elements:
  • Make your presentations interactive with drag-and-drop games, quizzes, and learning modules. Provide users audio feedback for their responses.
  • User-friendly installer:
  • Get going quickly with a new, super-smooth installation workflow. Adobe Presenter identifies the PowerPoint version on your computer and installs the appropriate Presenter version. Default to the Adobe Presenter tab in PowerPoint when you launch the software.
  • Microsoft Office 2013 support:
  • Convert PowerPoint 2013 slides, including objects, animations, and multimedia, into rich, interactive video presentations using an improved conversion library.
  • Scenario templates:
  • Create scenario-based training with easily customizable templates. Predefine outcomes and where learners can be directed based on their inputs.
  • Importing questions from existing quizzes:
  • Leverage existing content and save time on new quiz creation by importing questions from other Adobe Presenter quizzes or quizzes created using Articulate.
  • Slide branching:
  • Control slide navigation and titles, and create complex slide branching to guide users through the content of your presentation.
  • Integration with Adobe Captivate:
  • Generate robust software simulations within PowerPoint with Adobe Captivate. Create multiple learning modes in a single recording session, including procedure demos, simulations for practicing steps, and assessments.
  • Creating question pools:
  • Organize questions into groups and make them available as question pools. Specify the quantity of questions you want to include to have Adobe Presenter select questions randomly at output.
  • Multilingual support:
  • Get full support for converting presentations authored in multiple languages. The presentation viewer detects the language of the viewer’s operating system to display localized strings.
  • Synchronized multimedia:
  • Link movies to viewer controls so that when the viewer pauses a presentation, all embedded animations and videos are paused, and resume when presentation playback continues.
  • Pause-and-resume support:
  • Make your content more mobile with the ability to pause on one device and resume anywhere, anytime on a tablet using a web browser.
  • eLearning templates:
  • Spend less time and effort to liven up your training content. Choose from attractive, professionally designed themes that blend backgrounds, styles, fonts, and layouts. Apply them across projects to maintain a consistent look and feel. Customize templates to suit your requirements.
  • Importing and editing video:
  • Import video from virtually any format or directly capture it from a webcam and embed it either as content or a talking-head video on a slide. Edit video using simple mark-in and mark-out tools, and add effects such as fade in and fade out.
  • Enforced navigation:
  • Apply navigation restrictions to help ensure that individual slides are displayed for a specific duration in your presentation.
  • Audio workflow:
  • Record and sync audio with slides using the intuitive audio interface.
  • Rich animations using Adobe ActionScript 3
  • Rapidly build rich interactive content with ActionScript, and enhance the performance of Adobe Flash Player compatible content.
  • Windows 8 compatibility:
  • Leverage the power of Adobe Presenter 10 and all its features when using Windows 8.
  • Survey authoring:
  • Add survey questions to presentations to gather feedback on eLearning content or valuable customer data. Based on survey answers, tailor questions to match relevance and interest.
  • Gesture support on tablets:
  • Use the multitouch technology embedded in the tablet UI 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.
  • Direct access to Adobe resources:
  • Reach out to Adobe support, access social media forums, and receive timely updates from the Adobe Presenter product team—all from within Adobe Presenter 10.
  • Presentation viewer customization:
  • Tailor the presentation viewer on a per presentation basis. Choose what is included in the viewer and the text displayed to audiences. Include speaker information, such as a photo, biography, and contact information.
  • Presentation viewer templates:
  • Use out-of-the-box presentation viewer templates for added ease. Save custom presentation templates for future use to maintain consistency.
  • Presentation attachments:
  • Add context to your presentation content by adding attachments of any file type or web link to external sites.
  • Search pane:
  • Automatically generate a Search tab to provide direct navigation to relevant slides based on keyword searches.
  • Quiz pane:
  • Provide easy navigation for quizzes and surveys through a quiz pane in the published output.
  • Integrated slide notes:
  • Import, edit, and export slide notes as a script. While recording, your notes are readily available. Optionally publish the notes in the generated presentation.
  • Shuffling question order in quizzes:
  • Make sure each student has a unique quiz by changing the order in which each question and possible answer appear.
  • File size control:
  • Select image- and audio-quality settings to balance conversion fidelity with a great viewing experience.
  • Universal standards support:
  • Publish Adobe Presenter content once and then use it across multiple systems. Create a single package, managed on Adobe Connect Server, that supports SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004, AICC, and Adobe Connect Training.
  • Create video tutorials in three easy steps:
  • Hardware-independent HD video creation
  • Sway audiences with HD videos, regardless of the AV capabilities of your computer and without having to invest in studio equipment. Simultaneously capture your screen and webcam content with just a few clicks. Balance colors, remove noise, and enhance the overall video quality using just Adobe Presenter.
  • Smart video production:
  • Let Adobe audio and video filters automatically enhance color, lighting, and audio elements to improve the production quality of your videos.
  • Video add-ons:
  • Jazz up your video by selecting a theme from a wide range of introductory and concluding clips. Focus viewer attention by zooming in on specific content. Easily describe your videos with titles, introduce yourself using the Lower Thirds option, and add custom videos and logos to meet branding requirements.
  • Personalize your background [New]:
  • Be a video star without leaving your workplace by customizing the background with just a few clicks, without the need for a green-screen. Easily simulate any location, and transform your videos into high-quality learning experiences. Record videos against any clutter-free, solid-color background, which you can then replace with your desktop screen or an image or video of choice including assets shipped with Adobe Presenter Video Express. Move, position and scale the foreground against the customized background to produce “as good as being there” scenarios.
  • See how it works ›
  • Multiple video support [New]:
  • Draw on the vast universe of existing videos to add more heft to your content, by importing external videos at selected points in your timeline. Use the audio stream or replace it with your own video or audio narration. The inserted videos become part of your project and can be edited with the three-button interface. Based on the video playback length, the timeline is automatically extended.
  • See how it works ›
  • In-video questions [New]:
  • Make your videos interactive by inserting questions at various points on the video timeline. Ensure learners have understood a concept before they move onto the next. Track results on your SCORM-compliant LMS and identify portions of your courses that may require more work.
  • See how it works ›
  • Support for Arabic [New]:
  • Enjoy native support for Arabic to work more intuitively. Boost productivity even as you enjoy a superior authoring experience, thanks to the no-compromises Adobe Presenter Video Express interface, where elements appear consistently, where you would expect them to.
  • Annotations [New]:
  • Explain concepts better with the use of relevant and helpful annotations. Highlight, comment, draw, circle or underline to emphasize specific areas in your video and aid understanding. Edit properties of your annotations, such as color, font, and duration.
  • Intuitive UI:
  • Edit your videos right within the project timeline. Dynamically mix screen content and webcam video. Easily trim your clips or pan and zoom, without any additional training. Automatically adjust the brightness and sharpness. Enhance audio quality by reducing background noise.
  • Effects [New]:
  • Turn boring video backgrounds into show-stoppers. Choose from a wide range of stunning built-in filters to give your videos a never-before degree of cool. Apply effects to the foreground, background or both.
  • Visual representation of mouse events [New]:
  • Create visually rich interactive videos by adding special effects to mouse interactions, such as click, double-click, drag, and rollover, that have been captured when you recorded your video.
  • SRT file creation
  • Generate an SRT file from your Adobe Presenter closed captions. Edit the SRT file and import it back into the project. Use the SRT file to offer subtitles in video-based courses published to third-party video websites and players. Localize the SRT file to deliver course subtitles in regional languages.
  • Native resolution screen capture:
  • Capture your screen at its full resolution without distortion or changes to onscreen elements, taking the guesswork out of authoring. Leverage enhanced pan-and-zoom scaling to edit videos more easily. Publish to 1280x720 or 1280x800 resolution.
  • Audio filters:
  • Improve the quality of your audio with built-in filters that provide ambient noise suppression and audio track amplification.
  • Automatic closed captioning:
  • Automatically generate closed captions for your audio track with the speech-to-text conversion feature.
  • Customized user navigation interface
  • Compel your learners to view selected parts of your course by disabling the play bar for those sections. Ensure that your learners get a better understanding of the subject by preventing them to skip important portions of the course.
  • Branding:
  • Add corporate logos and color schemes to presentation viewer layouts, and save the settings as a theme for future use.
  • Streaming audio and video
  • Take advantage of adaptive video and audio streaming for presentations hosted on Adobe Connect Server to promote a great presentation viewing experience.
  • Use analytics for actionable insights
  • Publish to Adobe Captivate Prime and other LMSs [New]:
  • Get your training content out to your learners with a single click, thanks to the new self-service LMS, Adobe Captivate Prime. The tight integration of Adobe Captivate and Adobe Captivate Prime ensures a superior learning experience for users, while keeping you in control of your learning environment. Optionally, publish your courses effortlessly to other leading LMSs.
  • xAPI, SCORM, and AICC support:
  • Publish your content to LMSs that are xAPI–, SCORM-, and AICC-compliant and track your content.
  • HTML5 support for tracking and reporting:
  • Track individual learner progress without investing in an LMS, using the Learner Analytics dashboard. Use information about basic evaluation criteria, such as videos viewed, average score, and pass or fail, to identify learners who need course correction and direct them to relevant modules.
  • Publishing to video platforms:
  • Reach a wider audience by publishing video-based content created with Adobe Presenter to YouTube and other video sharing sites.
  • HTML5 publishing support:
  • Leverage the power of HTML5 to free your courses—and your students—from the confines of the classroom. Give your learners full access to your courses, even on their tablets. Deliver eLearning on the go with full support for scalable HTML5. Send scoring data to leading LMSs and track learner progress.
  • Publishing to tablets:
  • Let your learners access your courses on their tablets. Quickly create interactive eLearning content using the iPad and iPhone presets. Publish content as HTML5 for easy access with a mobile web browser.
  • Accessibility support:
  • Achieve Section 508–standard compliance and expand your outreach with accessibility support. Easily create courses that meet accessibility norms for defense, government, and educational organizations.
  • Publishing to Adobe Connect:
  • Integrate with Adobe Connect software to deploy, manage, deliver, and track courses and content. Analyze slide-level and question-level feedback, generate meaningful training reports, and enable learners to track their own progress. Get detailed information on viewing behavior, including which slides were viewed and in what order, to identify presentation sections that are not as effective.
  • Adobe PDF file publication:
  • Publish your Adobe Presenter presentation as an Adobe PDF file for distribution.
  • Presentation reports
  • Get detailed reports on who has viewed on-demand presentations published to Adobe Connect Server on a prospect-by-prospect and slide-by-slide basis.

New in Adobe Presenter 10.0.0 Build 196 (Aug 11, 2015)

  • HTML5 publishing support:
  • Now let your learners have full access to your courses, even on tablets. Deliver eLearning on the go with full support for scalable HTML5. Send scoring data to leading LMSs and track learner progress.
  • HTML5 support for Microsoft Powerpoint:
  • Convert Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 slides, including objects, animations, and multimedia, into rich, interactive video presentations using an improved conversion library.
  • Publishing to tablets:
  • Let your learners access your courses on their tablets. Quickly create interactive eLearning content using the iPad and iPhone presets. Publish content as HTML5 for easy access with a mobile web browser.
  • Gesture support on tablets:
  • Use the multi-touch technology embedded in the tablet UI to allow learners to tap, scroll, and swipe their way through courses. Leverage gesture support to enable more instinctive interaction between the learner and the content.
  • HTML5 support for tracking and reporting:
  • Track individual learner progress without investing in an LMS, using the Learner Analytics dashboard. Use information about basic evaluation criteria, such as videos viewed, average score, and pass or fail, to identify learners who need course correction and direct them to relevant modules.
  • Quizzing with HTML 5:
  • Leverage HTML5 support to deliver eye-catching quizzes on tablets. Choose from a wide range of question types, such as matching, short answer, and fill-in-the-blank. Export scoring data to leading SCORM-, AICC-, and Tincan-compliant LMSs.
  • Pause-and-resume support:
  • Make your content more mobile with the ability to pause on one device and resume anywhere, anytime on a tablet using a web browser.
  • User-friendly installer:
  • Get going quickly with a new, super-smooth installation workflow. Adobe Presenter identifies the Microsoft PowerPoint version on your computer and installs the appropriate Presenter version. It will also add a shortcut to the Windows Start menu, and default to the Adobe Presenter tab in PowerPoint when you launch the software.
  • Hardware independant HD video creation:
  • Sway audiences with HD videos, regardless of the AV capabilities of your computer and without having to invest in studio equipment. Simultaneously capture your screen and webcam content with just a few clicks. Balance colors, remove noise, and enhance the overall video quality using just Adobe Presenter.
  • New intuitive UI:
  • Edit your videos right within the project timeline. Dynamically mix screen content and webcam video. Easily trim your clips or pan and zoom, without any additional training. Automatically adjust the brightness and sharpness. Enhance audio quality by reducing background noise.
  • Native resolution screen capture:
  • Capture your screen at its full resolution without distortion or changes to onscreen elements, taking the guesswork out of authoring. Leverage enhanced pan-and-zoom scaling to edit videos more easily.
  • Video analytics:
  • Enable analytics in your videos and quizzes and get detailed reports on learner behavior. Track learner performance in the Learner dashboard by viewing metrics such as time spent on a section, modules taken, and successful completion. Gauge the effectiveness of your videos and identify common drop-out points.
  • SRT file creation:
  • Generate an SRT file from your Adobe Presenter closed captions. Use the SRT file to offer subtitles in video-based courses published to third-party video websites and players. Localize the SRT file to deliver course subtitles in regional languages.
  • Video add-ons:
  • Jazz up your video by selecting a theme from a wide range of introductory and concluding clips. Focus viewer attention by zooming in on specific content. Easily describe your videos with titles, introduce yourself using the Lower Thirds option, and add custom videos and logos to meet branding requirements.
  • More smart learning interactions:
  • Insert aesthetically designed interactive elements to your content with just one click. Select from a wide range of stunning interactions, like Hangman, Jigsaw, Process Cycle, Glossary, Accordion, Pyramid, and Animated Rollover, to customize the content and appearance.
  • eLearning templates:
  • Spend less time and effort to liven up your training content. Choose from attractive, professionally designed themes that blend backgrounds, styles, fonts, and layouts. Apply them across projects to maintain a consistent look and feel. Customize templates to suit your requirements.
  • Incourse collaboration:
  • Receive feedback from learners by allowing them to comment on specific content within a course or ask questions for more clarity. Reply to users directly or allow other learners to do so. Rate comments, moderate the discussion, track participation, and reward active learners.

New in Adobe Presenter 9.0.0 Build 130 (Aug 16, 2013)

  • Microsoft Office 2013 support:
  • Convert Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 slides, including objects, animations, and multimedia into interactive video presentations using an improved conversion library.
  • Windows 8 compatibility:
  • Enhanced version compatibility. Supports Microsoft Office 2013, 32 bit.
  • Enhanced course audio output:
  • Enhance the audio output with built-in filters for ambient noise suppression and audio track amplification. Record and sync audio files with the PowerPoint slides using the new intuitive audio interface.
  • Drag and Drop Question:
  • Improved interactive presentations: Use the drag-and-drop games, quizzes, and learning modules for enhanced interactivity.
  • Set various relationships based on which the drop target accepts, rejects, or replaces the drag item and add audio feedback for every attempt.
  • Customizable scenario-based template:
  • Create scenario-based training with customizable scenario template. Predefine outcomes, where learners can be directed, based on their inputs. See Inserting scenario interactions for more information.
  • Annotate course content:
  • Make your course more effective by annotating important areas within your course, thereby drawing attention to specific areas within the course. See Record video presentations for more information.
  • Collaborative learning experience:
  • Allow learners to collaborate with the authors by allowing them to comment or question on specific content within a course. Questions can be replied to by the course creator or other learners, allowing to track participation and reward active learners.
  • Publishing to tablets:
  • Deliver your courses, including multiple quiz formats, on Android devices along with iPad* device using the Adobe Presenter mobile app. You can also export the scoring data from the app to AICC-compliant LMSs and Adobe Connect. See Publishing and viewing presentations for more information.
  • Learner tracking and reporting:
  • You can track individual learner progress within a course using the integrated Learner Analytics report. Enables you to identify learners in need of course correction and direct them to respective modules. Satisfy basic evaluation needs at no extra cost by tracking and reporting key performance metrics, like average score and pass or fail, without investing in an Learning Management System (LMS).
  • Accessibility support:
  • Achieve Section 508-standard compliance and expand your outreach with enhanced accessibility support. Create courseware that meets the accessibility norms of defense, government, and educational organizations. See Accesability and 508-compliance for more information.
  • Automatic closed captioning:
  • Presenter 9 incorporates a new speech-to-text conversion feature to helps you to automatically generate closed captioning of your audio track quickly. See Closed captions for more information.
  • Customizable user navigation interface:
  • Use this feature to disable playbar display to ensure that your learners view critical sections of your course. See Editing Adobe Presenter presentations for more information.
  • Direct access to Adobe notifications:
  • Reach out to Adobe support, access social media forums, and receive timely updates from the Adobe Presenter product team—all from within Adobe Presenter 9.