Closed-captioning is only available for Office 2016 Click-to-Run installations MSI-based installations don't have closed-captioning features. In Office 2016, the availability of the closed-captioning feature depends on the way Office was installed. To search online for available tools and detailed instructions, type 'create vtt file' in your search engine.įor instructions on showing captions when watching a video in these versions of PowerPoint, see Turn on closed captions or subtitles. You can create a closed caption file on your own or use a caption-creation tool. The closed captions are stored in a text-based file with a.
The video player in the following versions of PowerPoint can show those captions when you play the video: Beginning with version 2016, PowerPoint has a new, simpler format for caption files, called WebVTT.
