Adding text to a movie in QuickTime Player

The instructions for adding a text are:
In QuickTime Player, choose File > Open File and then select the text file.
Click Options, select the Keyed Text checkbox, and copy the track.
I cannot see "Options" anywhere! Where is it?

David Fielker wrote:
.. In QuickTime Player, .. I cannot see "Options" anywhere! Where is it?
your question probably fits better into the
*Quicktime for Mac*
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=932
section of this board ..
but to answer:
that 'option' is only avail in the pro version of QT ..

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