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How do I adjust what captions look like on videos?

How do I adjust what captions look like on videos? - Facebook Tutorial

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How do I adjust what captions look like on videos?

- Once you've added captions to a file, it is possible to modify them. Facebook offers some additional controls on how the captions appear to the end user. However, many end users can also override these to make the captions more readable to them. If you want to modify captions, click Edit by to Captions Display. Then, click next to each of these options. You can adjust the background color, which is the color behind the text, the opacity of that bar, the color of the text, as well as the size of the text. Then, check the preview to see how it will look. Once a video's been published, the end user can change how the captions display. This is a personal choice, because depending upon their visual impairment, they may want to adjust this. If viewing on really tiny screens, they might adjust the size larger, or perhaps higher contrast. It's really going to depend upon the individual user's needs, and these settings can be tweaked by each individual user. They'll find this under Settings…

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