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472Final Cut Pro User Guide
Show or hide captions in Final Cut Pro
You can use the Roles pane of the timeline index to show or hide captions in the viewer and
the timeline, and to change the active language subrole (the language version that appears
in the viewer).
You can use the Captions pane of the timeline index to view, navigate, and search captions
in your project.
Show or hide captions in the viewer
1. To open the Roles pane of the timeline index in Final Cut Pro, do one of the following:
• Click the Index button in the top-left corner of the timeline (or press Shift-
Command-2), then click Roles at the top of the timeline index.
• Choose View > Timeline Index > Roles.
The Roles pane appears, with a list of caption roles at the top.
If you don’t see any caption roles, it means you haven’t yet added captions to your
project. See
Create captions in Final Cut Pro.
2. To show captions in the viewer, select the Captions checkbox.
You can also click the View pop-up menu in the upper-right corner of the viewer and
choose Show Captions from the Captions section.
The caption at the timeline playhead position in the active language subrole appears in
the viewer, superimposed over the video image.
Note: Only one language subrole can be active at a time. See Change the active
language. You can show or hide captions in the timeline independently of whether
captions are shown in the viewer.