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489Final Cut Pro User Guide
4. To translate the duplicate captions, double-click a caption (or select it and press
Control-Option-C), then type the translation in the caption editor.
5. Do any of the following:
• Navigate between captions: Click the arrows on either side of the caption editor (or
press Command-Right Arrow or Command-Left Arrow).
Note: When the caption editor is open, many single-key keyboard shortcuts (such
as J, K, L, I, O, and Space bar) are interpreted as text characters rather than as
shortcuts. To use these shortcuts in the caption editor, add the Control key. For
example, to play in reverse when the caption editor is open, press Control-J.
• Adjust a caption’s duration: Trim it by dragging its start point or end point. See
Arrange and trim caption clips in the timeline.
You can also use powerful trimming techniques with caption clips. See Cut clips in
two in Final Cut Pro and Extend or shorten clips in Final Cut Pro.
• Adjust a caption’s sync with the clip it’s connected to: Drag the caption left or right
in the timeline. (When you drag a caption clip, it overwrites adjacent captions.)
Convert captions to another format
In Final Cut Pro, you can convert captions from one caption standard to another—for
example, from CEA-608 to iTT.
There are two ways to convert captions to another format in Final Cut Pro. You can use
the Duplicate Captions to New Format command to create a duplicate set of captions in
any format you choose, while keeping a copy of the captions in the original format. In the
second method, you convert selected captions by assigning them to a new caption role in
the format you want.
WARNING: When you convert between formats, some text or formatting may be lost. For
this reason, the duplication method is recommended in most cases.