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485Final Cut Pro User Guide
The inspector appears, showing caption text formatting controls for the SRT format.
3. If you selected a single caption and want to format just a portion of it, select the portion
of the caption text that you want to format in the Caption Text field.
4. To change caption text to the bold, italic, or underline style, click a Formatting button.
5. To change the color of caption text, click the Text Color color well to open the Colors
window, or click the down arrow to open a pop-up color palette.
See
Basic color controls in Final Cut Pro and Use the pop-up color palette in Final Cut Pro.
At the bottom of the Caption inspector, you can view information about the selected
caption or captions:
• Timing: Displays start and end times and duration if you selected a single caption.
• Validation: Displays an error message if the selection does not conform to the
specifications of the SRT caption format, or displays a green checkmark if no problems
are detected.
Save or apply the default style
1. Select one or more caption clips in the Final Cut Pro timeline.
2. To open the Caption inspector, do one of the following:
• Choose Window > Show in Workspace > Inspector (or press Command-4).
• Click the Inspector button on the right side of the toolbar.
3. In the Caption inspector, click the pop-up menu to the far right of the Display heading
and choose one of the following:
• Save Style as Default: Saves the current text style as the default setting.
• Apply Default Style: Applies the default text style to the selected captions.
• Reset Default Style: Resets the default text style to the original setting.