Time Closed Captioning

Hi CIndy - 

Here's the method that I use:

https://community.articulate.com/discussions/articulate-storyline/storyline-example-generating-closed-captions

This employs a single object (it can be on the master slide in a layer or on the slide itself) that contains a variable reference like %captions%. Controlling the visibility of a single object is easier than trying to work control of several (or hundreds).

Then I use objects with a single trigger to stagger in the caption change. 

Change variable captions to "my new caption text" when timeline of object C1 starts.

Copy and paste these objects, add a bit of text to overwrite the caption text in the editor, align them to sync with your audio, and you've got a decoupling of your caption visual from the caption logic. Lots more freedom in formatting, location, and visibility control.

The Notes panel is also handy for setting up your captions. If you tear off the notes panel--after adding in your transcript for the slide--and narrow up the width to 32 characters or so (3 to 7 seconds of caption audio) you get a nice way to copy line by line into your trigger objects.

Hi, Cindy -- Looks like Steve is assisting you here! Please feel free to let us know if you still need additional assistance or if you are all set. :)