Import TTML Captions with STAMP in PowerPoint 2016, 2013, and 2010 for Windows

It's so easy to create and insert captions using the Caption Editor within the STAMP add-in for PowerPoint. But if your captions are already available as TTML files, you can import those captions into PowerPoint even more easily.

Follow these steps to import captions contained inside TTML XML files within PowerPoint:

1. Before importing any captions, you need a slide that has a video clip inserted. Select the inserted video, and you'll activate the Video Tools tab of the Ribbon. Then click the Playback tab, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 1, below.
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   Figure 1: Select the Playback tab
2. Within the Captions group, click the bottom part of the Add Captions button to bring up the menu, as shown in Figure 2, below. Then choose the Caption From File option.
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   Figure 2: Click the Captions From File option

No Caption Options?

Don't see the Add Captions button? You need to install the free STAMP add-in for PowerPoint.
3. Doing so brings up the Open dialog box, as shown in Figure 3, below. Locate the folder where your TTML XML file is saved, select it, and click the Open button.
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   Figure 3: Open dialog box
4. This action will open the Load Captions dialog box, as shown in Figure 4, below. Click the OK button to import the captions.
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   Figure 4: Load Captions dialog box

Edit Captions

Choose the Edit Captions checkbox within the Load Captions dialog box if you want to edit the captions after they have been imported into your presentation. By selecting the Edit Captions checkbox, you'll get the Caption Editor window where you can edit the imported captions.
5. This imports the captions into PowerPoint for the selected movie clip, as shown in Figure 5, below.
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   Figure 5: Captions imported into PowerPoint
6. Play the slideshow to see all the captions playing.
7. Save your presentation.