# Localizing captions

If you are localizing a movie that contains captions, you can export captions to make the process more efficient.

#### To localize captions:

1. Create the initial ("source language") version of the movie, including all necessary captions.

2. Open the completed movie.

3. From the File menu, select Import/Export > Export movie captions.

4. By default, the Word (DOC) file is saved to your My Documents\MyCaptivateProjects folder. Change the location if you want. Also, the Word file is named [ProjectName} Captions.doc. You can change the name of the file, if necessary, by clicking directly in the File name text box and entering a new name (retain the .doc file extension). Click Save.

5. The Word file is generated with the name you specified and saved to the location you selected. A dialog box appears, asking if you want to view the document. Click Yes to view the document in Word.

6. The Word document contains the slide ID, item ID, and text of each caption in the movie. Provide a copy of the Word document to the localizer/translator.

7. The localizer/translator should open the Word document and edit the caption text directly in the document, replacing the source language text with the new text.

8. While the localizer/translator is translating the text, make a copy of the original Captivate movie for the new language.

Note: When you create a copy of the original movie, be sure to keep the original captions (in the source language) in the new movie. The original captions act as placeholders and are overwritten when you import the new (localized) captions.

9. When the captions are localized, open the copy of the project you created in step 8.

10. From the File menu, select Import/Export > Import Movie Captions.

11. Navigate to the localized captions Word (DOC) file, select the file, and click Open.

12. The new, localized captions are imported into the movie and all formatting is retained. A dialog box appears showing a successful import message. Click OK.

13. Test the new captions by opening different slides in Edit view and reading the new caption text.