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# Add Static Text Overlays

> Add static text overlays to your videos in Captions. Reposition, resize, rotate, adjust duration on the timeline, and edit spelling, font, and color.

# Add Static Text Overlays to Your Videos

## How It Works

### Add Text

<Frame>
  <img height="200" src="https://mintcdn.com/captions/ygkgcorr60-_3vsw/help/src/img/custom-text.jpg?fit=max&auto=format&n=ygkgcorr60-_3vsw&q=85&s=4e28d1bb9ad113936829190c9ba3508c" alt="Captions app text overlay editor for adding custom static text to a video" data-path="help/src/img/custom-text.jpg" />
</Frame>

To add text:

1. Select **Text**.
2. Select **Add**
3. Type your text
4. Select **Apply**

### Edit Text

To edit text, choose from the following options:

* **Reposition:** Click or use one finger to move to a new location
* **Resize**: Click on the outer edge or use two fingers to pinch smaller or larger
* **Rotate**: Click on the outer edge or use two fingers to rotate clockwise or counter-clockwise
* **Move on the timeline:** Click and drag or use one finger to move earlier or later on the timeline
* **Adjust duration:** Click or drag either end of the text bar to make it smaller or larger
* **Edit spelling, font, or color:** Select **Edit**
* **Delete:** Select **Delete** or **Delete All**