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February 12, 2026
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Captivate 12: Recorded slides appear larger than the actual window being captured

  • February 12, 2026
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I’m looking to record a software simulation in Captivate 12, and have found that everything appears larger in the project than the actual screen.  I size the application so it fits within my browser - below the address bar, away from the browser scroll bar.  So everything fits within the window and there should be no need for scroll bars in the project output.  But the recorded slides in the project do have scroll bars, and it looks like the font and other elements in the application are larger than they were when I recorded them.  I’m not changing my resolution after recording, and my applications are at 100%, so I’m not sure what is causing this.  

 

Does anyone know how to avoid it?

 

Here’s a simple example - if I wanted to record a google search. Below is what it looks like on my PC and the recording window is the browser; everything is visible.

 

 

This is what the recorded slide looks like in the preview:

 

The bottom and the right side are cut off and you would need to scroll to see them.  The elements on the screen (About, Store, Google Search) all are just a bit larger in the previous.

 

How do I avoid this?

 

Thanks!

    1 reply

    ShreyaGupta
    Participating Frequently
    February 17, 2026

    Hello,

    Consider trying out following.

    Click on Project Properties (right hand side - bottom toolbar).

    Observe Content Display, try selecting proportional.

    and Preview your Project.

    Does it solve your scroll bar issue ?

    Please let us know.

     

    Known Participant
    February 17, 2026

    Hello!  Unfortunately not.  Regardless of what percentage I use for the proportional option, the scroll bars are still in the same place that they are for the fixed option.  And what I’m recording just looks bigger in the preview (or published version, which I tried just in case it looked different) than the actual screen being recorded.

     

    thanks!

    ShreyaGupta
    Participating Frequently
    February 19, 2026

    Sorry for the inconvenience Christine.

    We are checking this problem on our end.

    Thanks for reporting this issue.

     

    Thanks & regards

    Shreya Gupta

    Adobe Captivate Engineering