Closed captions with Captivate 5

Although, I went through the help part and some of the earlier discussion it didnt solve my problem. I would simply like to include sub-titles (close-captions) on my slide. these are the instructions I followed:
Select the check boxes in the closed captions column and corresponds to the notes you want to convert to closed captions.
Click Closed Captioning.
In the Closed Captioning of the Slide Audio dialog box, adjust the start time and end time for the caption.
Click the + icon to add additional closed captions. Click the ‘-’ icon to remove closed captions.
Click CC Project Settings to change the font, size, color, background, and the number of lines in which the captions must be displayed.
the thing is: although when I click on 'Captions & Slide Notes...' under 'Slide Audio' , the text seems to be included only under the Slide Notes and not under the Captions. And it does not allow me to copy/paste the text under the Captions tab. When I try checking the preview, the sub-titles are not visible.
I know I am working in the right area but just need a hint so I can finally have the closed captions. Screen shots would really help too:)
Thanks.
Shivam

Lilybiri-
Thank you for your helpful Adobe Captivate postings... Your material is better than Adobe's online help because you use visual screen shots and videos. Also you explain how to find comands in the Captivate menu.
Adobe should hire you!
Thanks,
-Dave Ellert, PE
Instructor in Engineering
University of Southern Indiana

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Welcome to our community, prabuu77
Closed Captioning is not available in Captivate until you add
a sound file. The thought is that you add a sound file containing
audio narration. Then you may add Closed Captioning.
Once you add a sound file to a slide (tap the F6 key and you
may add a sound file) you should see a Speaker icon on the slide in
the Film Strip. Click the Speaker icon and the menu that appears
should list Closed Captioning.
Cheers... Rick

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I hope there are no red-heads or step children in the forum audience, or you might just have made yourself unpopular.
Hair coloring and family circumstances aside, Captivate's default behaviour for caption text is much the same as that for most other Flash-based authoring applications. For example, try adding a scrolling text caption to PowerPoint, or any of the Rapid Authoring tools based on that platform that produce SWF output.
It's very easy to bag an app just because it may not have A particular feature you want, and in the same breath ignore the fact that it also happens to have such a commanding position in the market because it actually does far more than other apps overall.
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http://www.dorna.nl/?p=574
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I also agree with your suggestions but posting them here on this forum is of very little use.
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Though for En CS5, this is the start:
Closed captions basics
About closed captions
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Tried searching the forums for an answer, but search appears to be broken...
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Hi there
If you seriously want to voice your displeasure to Adobe, please consider sending them a message using the channel they are tuned into. That channel is the Wish Form and is also the same page used to collect Bug Reports. Link to the form is in my sig.
Cheers... Rick
Helpful and Handy Links
Captivate Wish Form/Bug Reporting Form
Adobe Certified Captivate Training
SorcerStone Blog
Captivate eBooks

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Hi Waga Fox 5,
waga fox 5 wrote:
Is there somewhere that we can request this as a feature? We have not upgrade to 2014.1 yet, but it looks like that is still not a feature as you mentioned.
Yes, here you go: http://www.adobe.com/go/wish
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Kevin

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Afternoon Adobe Community,
I want to pose a question to all you experts out there on an easy way to display text from the slide notes as a form of closed captioning for my Voice Overs... I am aware that with video it has the functionality to add closed captioning but was hoping for a viable option to do this for pre-recorded audio that I have the transcript in the slide notes.
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