Subtitle timecode offset

I have been given a DVD SP project with a subtitle text file. The editor has now changed the footage to make it shorter so the subtitles are obviously out of time. Is there a command which will take into account this difference or do I have to go through and change the timecodes manually. Is there a way to import the subtitles as a group and then move all of them simultaneously into a new position on the track?
Thanks
Dan

Dan Creed wrote:
Is there a command which will take into account this difference or do I have to go through and change the timecodes manually. Is there a way to import the subtitles as a group and then move all of them simultaneously into a new position on the track?
There's no function or command (or utility) native to Final Cut Studio to solve your issue. And I phrase it like that because there might be some kind of third-party application that could speed the process but nothing that I'm familiar with. (Hopefully others will chime in.)

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