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Show or hide closed captions in Final Cut Pro for Mac

You can use the Roles pane of the timeline index to show or hide closed captions in the viewer and the timeline, and to change the active language subrole (the language version that appears in the viewer).

You can use the Captions pane of the timeline index to view, navigate, and search closed captions in your project.

The Roles pane of the timeline index showing closed caption language subroles

Show or hide closed captions in the viewer

To open the Roles pane of the timeline index in Final Cut Pro, do one of the following:
- Click the Index button in the top-left corner of the timeline (or press Shift-Command-2), then click Roles at the top of the timeline index.
- Choose View > Timeline Index > Roles.
The Roles pane appears, with a list of closed caption roles at the top.
If you don’t see any closed caption roles, it means you haven’t yet added closed captions to your project. See Create closed captions.
To show closed captions in the viewer, select the Captions checkbox.
You can also click the View pop-up menu in the upper-right corner of the viewer and choose Show Captions from the Captions section.
The caption at the timeline playhead position in the active language subrole appears in the viewer, superimposed over the video image.
Note: Only one language subrole can be active at a time. See Change the active language. You can show or hide captions in the timeline independently of whether captions are shown in the viewer.

To stop displaying closed captions in the viewer, deselect the Captions checkbox.

Show or hide closed captions in the timeline

To open the Roles pane of the timeline index in Final Cut Pro, do one of the following:
- Click the Index button in the top-left corner of the timeline (or press Shift-Command-2), then click Roles at the top of the timeline index.
- Choose View > Timeline Index > Roles.
The Roles pane appears, with a list of closed caption roles at the top.
If you don’t see any closed caption roles, it means you haven’t yet added closed captions to your project. See Create closed captions.
Do one of the following:
- Show or hide all closed captions in the timeline: Click the Show Closed Captions button on the right side of the main Captions bar.
- Show or hide an individual language subrole in the timeline: Click the Show Closed Captions button to the right of the language subrole.
The corresponding closed captions appear in, or disappear from, the timeline.
Note: The active language subrole can be displayed in the viewer even if it’s hidden in the timeline. See Show or hide closed captions in the viewer.

Change the active language

You can change which closed caption language version is displayed in the viewer by changing the active language. Only one language version appears in the viewer at a time.

To open the Roles pane of the timeline index in Final Cut Pro, do one of the following:
- Click the Index button in the top-left corner of the timeline (or press Shift-Command-2), then click Roles at the top of the timeline index.
- Choose View > Timeline Index > Roles.
The Roles pane appears, with a list of closed caption roles at the top.
If you don’t see any closed caption roles, it means you haven’t yet added closed captions to your project. See Create closed captions.
Select the checkbox to the left of the closed caption language subrole that you want displayed in the viewer.
The closed captions appear in the viewer, and the corresponding closed caption clips are highlighted in the timeline.
Note: You can display the active language subrole in the viewer even if that subrole is hidden in the timeline. See Show or hide closed captions in the timeline.

View, navigate, and search closed captions

The Captions pane of the timeline index lists the closed captions in the active language subrole in chronological order. (To change the active language subrole, see Change the active language.)

Note: If you don’t see the Captions pane, it means you haven’t yet added closed captions to your project. See Create closed captions.

To open the Final Cut Pro timeline index, click Index in the top-left corner of the timeline (or press Shift-Command-2).
If the Captions pane isn’t already shown, click Captions to open it.
Do any of the following:
- Navigate the closed captions: Select a closed caption in the Captions pane to move the playhead to the beginning of that closed caption in the timeline.
- Show just the closed captions with errors: Click View Errors.
  This is helpful if you’re finalizing your closed captions and you want to focus on correcting the remaining errors. To view all the closed captions again, click View All.
  For more information about closed caption errors, see the Apple Support article Learn about Final Cut Pro caption validation.
- Search all closed captions in the active language subrole: Enter text in the search field.

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Show or hide closed captions in Final Cut Pro for Mac

Show or hide closed captions in the viewer

Show or hide closed captions in the timeline

Change the active language

View, navigate, and search closed captions