Operation Manual

Camtasia Studio Version 8 Help

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Manually Add Captions

With the manual captioning process you type captions directly into the text boxes. Captions created this way

are added at the point of the playhead.

Add a New Caption in Any Location

1. Click the Captions tab. The Captions task page appears.

2. Position the playhead where the caption will be added. .

3. Click Add caption media.

A new caption text box appears.

4. Type text into the text box. The caption appears on the timeline and on the canvas as you type.

A caption turns red to identify that it exceeds the limit of three lines per caption.

5. Click the new caption on the timeline to select it. Click Play in the Preview Window to see if the new

caption is synced to the audio. If necessary, drag the caption ends on the timeline to sync the caption

with the audio.

6. Repeat steps 2 -5 for all remaining captions.