User`s guide

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The above choices will result in:
1. Each row of text will contain only one
2. As many words as possible are placed into each caption cell, until the number of
characters in the words reaches a
line.
maximum of 29
3. The only exception to the above occurs at the end of a sentence. The first word of a new
sentence will always become the first word of a caption. The reason for this is that
captions typically correspond to naturally occurring pauses in speech. At the end of a
sentence, there is always a pause.
. Once that limit is reached, the next
word becomes the first word of the following caption.
In the example that follows, the second caption consists of only one word, “SCREEN.” The
reason of course is that it is the last word of the first sentence.
Up to this point text has been imported into the MacCaption, and we have a text file
automatically broken up into individual captions.
The Import Option choices will format the text as follows.
Row
Captions
1
I'M AT THE LEFT OF THE
2
SCREEN.
3
SO CAPTIONS OF WHAT I SAY
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APPEAR AT THE LEFT OF THE
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SCREEN, TOO.
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NOW I'M AT THE RIGHT OF THE
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SCREEN, SO MY CAPTIONS
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APPEAR AT THE RIGHT.
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NOW I AM GOING OFF-SCREEN.
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TO INDICATE THAT I'M
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OFF-SCREEN, WHATEVER I SAY
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IS ITALICIZED.
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NOW MY NAME APPEARS AT THE
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BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, WE
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PUT CAPTIONS OF WHAT I SAY
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AT THE TOP, SO THAT MY NAME
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IS NOT COVERED BY CAPTIONS.
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UP UNTIL NOW, WE HAVE BEEN
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USING POP-ON CAPTIONS.
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WHEN A NEW CAPTION POPS ON,
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THE OLD CAPTION DISAPPEARS.
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THIS IS A PAINT-ON CAPTION.
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ONE CAPTION BLOCK IS
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PAINTED ON THE SCREEN, FROM
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LEFT TO RIGHT, ONE
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CHARACTER AT A TIME.
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NOW THE ROLL-UP MODE.
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THIS MODE IS NORMALLY USED
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FOR TV NEWS PROGRAMS.
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CAPTION LINES ROLL UP FROM
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THE SCREEN BOTTOM ONE LINE
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AT A TIME.
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Captions can appear in