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Exporting ASCII Text Files
In addition to importing ASCII text files in different formats, you can also export them.
MacCaption has a number of different options available for exporting text files. Simply go to
File>>Export>>Plain Text File and choose how you want the text file formatted.
• Include Caption Type Information will insert lines like *POPON to indicate what type of
captions the following lines are formatted in.
• Include Sequence Number will insert lines like ** Caption Number 1
• Include Words Per Minute will insert lines like ** 450 WPM
• Include Starting Time will insert lines like *T 00:00:09:25
• Include Ending Time will insert lines like *E 00:00:01:24
• Put Text on one line take each caption and put all the text on one line, regardless of how
it is formatted in MacCaption. The option to Put Time Information on Text Line will
insert Start and End Timecode before the text of each caption. It will look like this:
00:00:00:00 00:00:05:01 Caption Text
You may also choose whether you want a space, tab, or \ character to separate fields with
the Field Separator Character option.
• Insert Blank Line between each caption simply spaces your caption lines out by inserting
blank lines between them
• Remove Text Style information will remove style information from the text
• Remove Text Color information will remove the color information
• Include CCaption file header at the start of file will insert **CCaption at the top of the
text file
• Encode Text as Unicode (UTF-16) will export it as a UTF-16 format file, this is what you
will need to export for foreign languages
• Encode output file in RTF format simply exports the file in .rtf format
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Include Caption Type Information
o Include Sequence Number
o Include Words Per Minute
o Include Starting Time
o Include Ending Time
o Put Text on one line
o Put Sequence Number on Text Line
o Put Time information on Text Line
Field separator character: tab
• Insert Blank Line between each caption
• Remove Text Style information
• Remove Text Color information
• Include CCaption file header at start of file
• Encode Text as Unicode (UTF-16)
• Encode output file in RTF format