Add Captions Manually

With manual captioning, you type each caption into the text box and set caption points to determine where the caption should begin and end.

You may need to replay the clips on the Timeline repeatedly to hear the audio and simultaneously enter text into the text box.

You can add a new caption point from the Timeline by pressing <A>. The caption hotkey does not work when in the Open Captions pane.

 

1.	In the Task List, select Captions.

2.	The Open Captions pane appears. Position the playhead on the Timeline to where you want to begin captioning.

3.	Click Add . A caption point appears in the pane next to the text box.

4.	Enter text into the text box. The caption appears in the Preview Window as you type.

Captions beyond three lines changes to red. The red text indicates where a new caption point should begin. To include the red text, insert the text cursor before the first red word and click Add.

5.	Click the Play button in the Preview Window. When you reach a point in the audio playback when you want to insert a new caption point, click the Pause button.

6.	Insert the text cursor at the end of the text box.

7.	Click Add.

8.	A new caption point appears. Enter the text to appear in the caption.

9.	Repeat for all captioning.

10.	Click Finished.

Captions display in the video until you enter a new caption. Insert a blank caption to not display any captioning for a portion of the video.

Continue with Caption Display Options.