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Entering captioning text from a script
The previous method of entering captions is fine for small projects that contain relatively few captions, but
what if you're working with a large project that requires many captions? No problem. You can easily create
captioning markers from a spreadsheet or other tab-delimited format.
1. Create a list of each caption you want to insert:
a. Create a four-column, tab-delimited spreadsheet.
b. In the first column, enter 00:00:00:00 as a placeholder. The actual time of each caption will
be determined later.
c. In the second column, enter TEXT to specify the command type.
d. In the third column, enter the text that you want to display as a caption.
Tips:
n If you have a script, you can copy the information from the script and paste it
into your spreadsheet. Each line should be pasted to its own cell.
n The Vegas Pro CD includes a template that you can use to create your captions.
The file, Vegas Captioning Shell.txt, is saved in the Sample Projects folder on
the CD. Open this file in a database program (you can also use a text editor)
and add your captions to the third column.
e. In the fourth column, enter a label to identify your captions. An entry such as Line 01 will
help you sort the captions in the Edit Details window.
2. Select the cells in your spreadsheet and copy them to the clipboard.
3. Switch to the Vegas Pro window and choose Edit Details from the View menu to display the Edit
Details window.
4. From the Show drop-down list, choose Commands.
5. Click the comment column heading to sort the captions in ascending order.
6. Right-click the box in the top-left corner of the Edit Details window and choose Paste from the
shortcut menu. The clipboard data is pasted starting at this row.
7. In the timeline, position the cursor where you want to start inserting captions.
8. Select a row in the Edit Details list to select the first caption you want to insert.
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