How to Customize Closed Captions on Your Mac

by Ryan Smith Online Blogger

Are you getting bored of the old closed captions? Don’t worry; you can customize closed captions on your Mac by following the steps mentioned below. This procedure is the same as turning on the closed captions on your Smart TV.

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Steps to Customize the Preset Caption Style

• Press on the Apple menu option.

• You will find this option on the upper left-hand side of the display.

• Press on the System Preferences option.

• Press on the Accessibility option.

• Press on the Captions option.

• It is located in the menu list.

• You will find this on the left-hand side of the screen.

• You need to go down to the caption style options.

• Press on any caption style options mentioned below:

1. Classic

2. Large Text

3. Outline Text

4. Transparent Background

Steps for Creating Custom Captions

• Press on the Apple menu option.

• You will get this option on the upper left-hand side of the display.

• Press on the System Preferences option.

• Press on the Accessibility option.

• Press on the Captions option.

• It is given in the menu list located on the left-hand side of the screen.

• Go down to the + button

• It is given under the three style presets.

• Type the style name given near to the Style Name.

• Press on the dropdown menu.

• It is given near to the Background Color.

• Press on the background color option.

• Press on the pull-down menu.

• It is located near to the Background Opacity option.

• Press on the opacity option.

• Press on the pull-down menu.

• It is given near to the Text Color.

• Press on the text color option.

• Press on the pull-down menu.

• This menu is given near to the Text Size.

• Press on the text size.

• Press on the pull-down menu given near to the Font option.

• Press on the Font option.

• Press on the checkbox given near to every pull-down menu for permitting you to change the video setting.

• Press on the OK button.

Steps to Turn On Closed Captions and SDH by Default

• Press on the Apple menu option.

• It is located on the upper left-hand side of the display.

• Press on the System Preferences option.

• Press on the Accessibility option.

• Press on the Captions option.

• It is given in the menu list on the left-hand side of the screen.

• You need to go down to the checkbox.

• Press on the checkbox given near the Prefer closed captions and SDH option.

Ryan Smith is a self-professed security expert; he has been making the people aware of the security threats. His passion is to write about Cyber security, cryptography, malware, social engineering, internet and new media. He writes for Norton security products at norton.com/setup.