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# Captions

An in-depth guide on how to use **Captions** tab:
![Captions tab](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/8b5ec43d2a95a000/image_242xg4.png)

After clicking on **Captions** tab you will see a few things on the left side:

![Captions](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/8b5ec43d2a95a000/image_mxgpjt.png)

1. By clicking on the text you are able to modify it (add/change/remove) manually.
2. After clicking on the text you will also see a new window appear in which you can do the following:

![Modify text](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/8b5ec43d2a95a000/image_1303i4u.png)

* **Move** (the UP and DOWN arrows) lets you move text from one segment to another, just like in the **Footages** tab.
* **Trash icon** lets you quickly completely remove the selected word.
* **Downwards arrow icon** (break line) lets you modify the text so its displayed in a line and not one below the other.
* **Brush icon** lets you edit the highlight colour of the text. After clicking the brush you might encounter a few obstacles:
* **Add** (the LEFT and RIGHT arrows) lets you add text to the left or right side of the selected text.

![Add text buttons](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/8b5ec43d2a95a000/image_1ui8fue.png)

3. The **clock and eye icons**

![Clock & Eye icons](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/8b5ec43d2a95a000/image_qp0d5a.png)

* After clicking the **Clock icon** a new window will open up that looks like this:

![Clock icon window](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/8b5ec43d2a95a000/image_17hoe16.png)

* Clicking the eye icon will hide the captions in that segment of the footage. CTRL + Click on the eye icon will hide **ALL** the captions.

![Hidden captions](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/8b5ec43d2a95a000/image_bcdf5z.png)

4. Clicking the **+ icon** adds a new caption segment to your footage.

![+ icon](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/8b5ec43d2a95a000/image_4csq9z.png)

* After adding a new caption segment you can modify it as mentioned above.

5. **Additional settings** (3 dots - click to toggle):

![Additional settings menu](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/8b5ec43d2a95a000/image_gqp79g.png)

* Clicking this button opens up a menu of some **additional settings** where you can adjust/select: Emoji animation, emoji position and text animation.

**!NOTE** - You are able to modify **Captions** with **Timeline** as well - check [TIMELINE](https://help.smartshort.co/en/article/timeline-bsrupp/) article.

For further configuration please check out the **STYLES** [article](https://help.smartshort.co/en/article/styles-v3lb55/).



This concludes the features in the **CAPTIONS** tab for other features make sure to check other articles!