Indesign Live Captions issue

[lucille28572272agab]

Hi, 

I'm trying to create a live caption, but when it appears all of the text lands on top of itself.  see below..  how can I ensure the caption is evenly spaced?  My static caption works fine, just the live version does this.

[Laubender]

Hi @lucille28572272agab ,

you cannot avoid that with live captions. The text contens of the used text variable is too long to fit in one line of text.

Note, that the contents of text variables cannot break for e.g. hyphenation or running on to a second line.

To avoid that you could use static captions.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Expert )

[Rishabh_Tiwari · Accepted solution]

Hi @lucille28572272agab ,

Sorry to hear about the trouble. Please try the suggestions shared in this similar discussion and let us know if you need further assistance.

Thanks

Rishabh

[FRIdNGE]

Hmm!…

The right question seems to me: "Why use a live caption?"

If the op's answer is: "… Just because …!"

My own answer will surely be: "OK!".

I mean: Use a live caption that allows a break line!

I will come back later.

(^/)  The Jedi

[Barb Binder]

Hi @lucille28572272agab:

It drives me nuts that live captions (and variables) still can't break across lines. Please vote for the feature request here:

https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601021-adobe-indesign-feature-requests/suggestions/31023790-ma...

~Barb

[James Gifford—NitroPress]

It drives me nuts that ID has, probably, the worst and least useful captions feature of any page program I've ever used. Finding out that it's subject to the "no wrap variable" bug is just a moldy cherry on top. 😛

[Dale29264047hk6a]

Hello,

I am in the same boat and have been trying to get it to work for quite a while, off and on.

At least I know that it's not me. Still sucks though.

Great idea, poorly executed.

Cheers

[Rishabh_Tiwari]

Hi @Dale29264047hk6a ,

Thank you for reaching out. Let me assure you that I'll share your feedback with the team, and you can do that too by voting for the feature request shared by Barb above.

Thanks

Rishabh