Adding text to a video

I have been looking and looking to find an explanation of how to add text to a video - and to decide form when and till when the text shall be shown.
Does such an explanation really not exist?

Text is added via a Title. There are several ways to invoke that function. Once can to to the Toolbar and choose Title>New Title, or from the Title "showcase," can choose to use, and modify a Title Template.
To have a Title, with Text, or even Images and Clip Art, above (superimposing) a Video Clip, just create/modify the Title, and place it above the desired Video Clip.
As PrE assumes that one wishes to create and place a Title, at the location of the CTI (Current Time Indicator/Playhead), I like to move the CTI to the end of the Timeline, create, and then modify the Title, and click+drag it to the desired location.
The modification of Title Templates, or the creation of a Title from scratch, is done in the Titler, a sub-application invoked from within PrE.
Good luck,
Hunt

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I gave in and tried it with all the desciptors, they do give a lot more control.
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{QTtext}{font:Geneva}{plain}{size:20}{textColor: 65535, 65535, 65535}{backColor: 0, 0, 0}{justify:center}{timeScale:30}{textBox:200, 200, 40, 300}{width:700}{height:130}{timeStamps:absolute}{language:0}{textEncoding:0}
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[00:06:15.00]
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I imported a video (progressive) and would like some text to
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rodnyc29 wrote:
> Thanks for the reply, but how do I find the length of
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