If you go to the "About Adobe Captivate" menu item, you will have a chance to see the names of the members of the Adobe Captivate product team. These are the men and women who work very hard on a daily basis to create the piece of software you are about to learn. Last October, I had a chance to meet some of them in Las Vegas during the Adobe Learning Summit. For the first time, I found out who the men and women behind Captivate were. I had a great time chatting and hanging around with them. In addition to being the greatest world-class professionals in their respective fields, they are a group of bright individuals with a great vision of what education should be. They have a real passion for the software product they build. I would like to dedicate this book to the entire Adobe Captivate product team in India. By giving us Captivate, you've made a tremendous contribution to education and changed the lives of thousands of people all around the world (including me).

I also want to thank the editorial team at Packt Publishing for helping me be an author for the fourth time. Special thanks to my long-time partner Harsha Bharwani (Harsha, this is the third book we've done together; can you imagine that?) and to Rohit Kumar Singh for the smooth ride all along this project.

Finally, I want to thank those who share my life on a daily basis. They have to cope with my very long working hours as I write these books. Their love and support played a prominent role in the making of this work. A special thanks to my sweet Céline for taking the most beautiful cover image in the world and for being part of my life for the past 6 years.

It is now time for you to jump headfirst into Mastering Adobe Captivate 8. I want to thank you for buying this book. I wish you a great reading experience and, above all, a lot of fun with Adobe Captivate.