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473Final Cut Pro User Guide
To stop displaying captions in the viewer, deselect the Captions checkbox.
Show or hide captions in the timeline
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. Do one of the following:
• Show or hide all captions in the timeline: Click the Show Captions button on the
right side of the main Captions bar.
• Show or hide an individual language subrole in the timeline: Click the Show Captions
button to the right of the language subrole.
The corresponding captions appear in, or disappear from, the timeline.
Note: The active language subrole can be displayed in the viewer even if it’s hidden in
the timeline. See Show or hide captions in the viewer.