System information
Item Description
Comment Type closed caption control commands here.
Commands must conform to standard caption markup, and
command strings are case and space sensitive. For more information
about captioning markup, please see "Captioning markup and
examples" in this help topic.
You can use your keyboard to create standard text and
punctuation. To insert special characters and punctuation, use
the Character Map (Start > All Programs > Accessories >
System Tools > Character Map)
For minor edits, you can ignore the markup and edit the displayed
text. If you change the length of the text, be aware of the following:
{R14In00Wh} means Row 14, Indent 00, White text.
Row (two digits) ranges from 01 to 15.
Indent (two digits) ranges from 00 to 28 but only in multiples of 4.
{TabOff1} means Tab offset 1. Possible values (one digit) are 1, 2, or
3.
For each row, indent (In) plus tab offset (TabOff) plus the
number of content characters cannot exceed 32.
Position Type the time you want the command to occur in your project.
Captioning markup reference and examples
Pop-On Caption
A pop-on caption is displayed on the screen as a single element and is cleared or replaced with a new
caption. Pop-on captions are most often used for prerecorded captioning.
{RCL}{ENM}{R14In00Wh}{TabOff1}First Row{R15In00Wh}{TabOff1}Second Row{EDM}{EOC}
If you type captioning text in the Comment box of the Command Properties dialog and do not
specify captioning markup, a pop-on caption is created. You can use [BR] to indicate a line break.
Please note that each row is limited to 32 characters.
Roll-Up Caption
A roll-up caption scrolls onto and off the screen two or three lines at a time and is most often used for live
captioning.
{RU2}{CR}{R15In00Wh}{TabOff1}First Row
—or—
{RU3}{CR}{R14In00Wh}{TabOff1}First Row{R15In00Wh}{TabOff1}Second Row
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