How to Close Caption Flash Files

Adobe Flash Professional includes a closed caption utility that allows you to embed captions in Flash videos. To use this utility, create an XML file in which you can specify the words to be displayed, how you want them formatted and the times they are to be displayed in the video. You can also embed a caption button in the file to allow anyone watching the video to turn captions on or off as needed.

Creating an XML Caption File


Launch a basic text editor such as Notepad, or a Web design program like Adobe Dreamweaver, to create an XML file. If you are not familiar with XML, Adobe provides examples on its support website.


Use “Style ID” attribute tags in the header to format the caption text. Formatting options using "Style ID" attributes include text alignment, text color, background color and font size. For example, the code for white, right-aligned text using a 20-point font on a transparent background looks like this: