Slideshow captions in Lightroom

Is there a way to add captions to images in LR other than the add caption in the slideshow module which adds a very blocky generic caption in quotes that is not usually as appealing as the image. It is on of the few drawbacks to the program I have found.

There are two ways:
1) If you have <Text Overlays> selected, directly click on the caption text so that the box is highlighted (you'll see the white end points for resizing). While the box is highlighted, in the Panel <Text Overlays> the the slider for <Opacity> and the selection triangles for <Font> and <Size> will be activated. Select a font that you like in a size that suits you. You also can change the color of the text overlay by clicking directly in the white rectangle besides the word <Text Overlay>.
2) You also can select different metadata - for instance title - by clicking on the letters <ABC> in the center, just below the image, then on the small double triangle, and selecting <Edit>. See screen shot:
This will bring up the Text Editor where you can select various metadata, or enter Custom text. You can change fonts, etc as described above.

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(3 days later: 55 people have looked at this discussion, but no one has responded. I'm still hoping I can delete the quotation marks around my slideshow captions. Any ideas out there somewhere?)

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(3 days later: 55 people have looked at this discussion, but no one has responded. I'm still hoping I can delete the quotation marks around my slideshow captions. Any ideas out there somewhere?)
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This implies either that the bug was real and the update fixed it (and that the people that tried to help didn't try to replicate the bug, but instead only offered canned advice) or the update inadvertently fixed my problem (maybe some kind of hidden permissions thing).
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Hi
You can try using Lightbox composition and then insert Tooltip in container area.
In tooltip settings, select stacked position and transition as vertical then it would be similar effect as you have mentioned. Arrange caption , navigation buttons in same area so that they should show up as inline.
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Hi... I searched for this problem but couldn't find a reference - appologies if I didn't quite use the right search terms and it's already been answered.
I am having problems with a basic slideshow widget - when viewed on a PC (iMac in this instance) the image captions, counter and navigation buttons do NOT have any visible borders (I haven't stroked or filled the container boxes, other than the nav buttons). However, view the same slideshow on an iPad, or iPhone and there appears to be boxes around the caption, counter and nav buttons. I would prefer there to be no visible box outlines.
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http://mikehiggs.co.uk/musesite/case-studies.html
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Message was edited by: MikeHiggs

Hi Mike
I tried to check the link in PC and phone both , i don't see boxes around the caption or counters.
Its the same view in desktop and phone.
Phone View :
Desktop view :
Can you please check with another phone device and if you still see the same effect , please upload few screenshots.
Thanks,
Sanjit

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