Making subtitles in FCE4, titles suddenly need to be rendered

If anyone out there can explain this it would be great.
I am using FCE4, making subtitles using Text / Outline Text in the pulldown menu of the viewer window. I create my text and then pull it down using the wireframe so it sits i the lower third and then dragging the title video onto the sequence. For some reason, about halfway through my project, all of the titles I drag down are unrendered, whereas before they didn't need to be rendered when I brought them down into the sequence? Any ideas? This is making things very slow.
One other question: is there any way to make the text outlined using Text / Lower 3rd, to save the trouble of using the keyframe? I wasn't able to se any option for outlined text.
Thanks.

There are a great many factors that determine whether something needs to be rendered for playback. There isn't enough information here to tell. It can also be caused by an accumulation of media that needs rendering for output. Switch to unlimited RT.
Do not use image+wireframe to align titles. Use the origin or center button in text controls. Lower thirds cannot be repositioned.
Do you mean you want to save a reusable template? You can do that once the title has been made properly. Drag it into the browser. Every time you need a title drag it from the browser to the timeline, open it into the viewer, and change the text.

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