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rosm2004
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July 25, 2013
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What happens to the closed captions when you delete a video or audio from a slide? (Captivate 7)

  • July 25, 2013
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This might be a silly question but ...

I have a presentation with audio voiceover on every slide and videos on some. I have entered closed captioning for all of them. This is a pretty time consuming job.

What happens if I run into a problem with a video or audio clip and need to replace it? If I delete that audio or video from the slide, what happens to all the closed captioning that you added to it? I'm assuming it's deleted when you delete it from the slide.

If I export the captions before deleting the audio/video file, can I then reimport them when I replace the audio/video file with a fixed version?

Thanks for any clarification.

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    Varun Kalra
    Varun Kalra
    Participating Frequently
    July 25, 2013

    Hi there,

    You can have CC with Slide audio and Multi Slide video in Captivate.

    If you will delete the slide audio or Multi slide Video, then CC will get disabled on that slide, but same CC text will retain there as Slide notes.

    Now, once you will re insert the audio or multi slide video you can mark that slide notes as CC again, or can have new CC.

    So, even after deleting the audio and multi slide video, CC will not be deleted.

    check following section in Captivate:

    Thanks.

    R
    rosm2004Author
    Known Participant
    July 25, 2013

    Thank you for your response, Varun. But won't all the time markers get deleted if the captions are only retained as slide notes?

    RodWard
    Community Expert
    RodWardCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 26, 2013

    Yes they will.  The time markers are associated with the audio clip.  Remove the clip and you lose your markers.

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