Export Subtitles > Standard Formats

Using this export you can create TXT, RTF, DOC, DOCX or XLS files with custom layout. The options available are separated into two different groups based on the selected format:

Plain Text and RTF/DOC/DOCX (without tables)

RTF/DOC/DOCX (with tables) and Microsoft Excel

Besides that, they all can use a number of parameters common to all of them with very few exceptions.

File header and file footer

File header and file footer will add details at the beginning and/or at the end of the file.

New lines can be inserted to better separate them from the actual subtitles. Any "free" text entered will be copied "as is" to the output while valid parameters will be replaced by their respective values. All valid for use in the header or footer are:

<first_in_cue>, <last_out_cue>	First subtitles' in-cue and last subtitles' out-cue. By default the timing is formatted as timecode: HH:MM:SS:FF. Other timing expressions are also supported.
<video_standard>	Exports the configured in Project Settings video format: PAL, NTSC, HD 1920x1080 and so on.
<frame_rate>	Project's frame rate as set in Project Settings/Type.
<tc_standard>	The timecode format used: 25fps, 30fps DROP_FRAME, 30fps NON_DROP, 24fps
<programme_start_tc>	Saves program start timecode from File/Details or chooses the closest hour, depending on first subtitle's in-cue, when the program's start TC isn't set.
<created_on>	The date and time when the file was exported.
<software_version>	String in the following format: "EZTitles 5.0.1 PRO".
<directory>	The destination folder the script is saved into.
<orig_title> <orig_episode> <orig_lang> <trans_title> <trans_episode> <trans_lang> <tape_id> <reel_code> <trans_name>	The corresponding attributes from File/Details... Those tags or parameters can also have special, conditional usage, depending on how they are used. For more details, please check the Parameters with special usage section below.

Subtitle section

Subtitle Header is the section that contains the subtitle's number, in-cue, out-cue and other similar attributes.

Any "free" text entered will be copied "as is" to the output while valid parameters will be replaced by their respective values. All valid for use in the header or footer are:

<in_cue>, <out_cue>	Subtitles' in- and out-cues. By default timing is formatted as timecode: HH:MM:SS:FF. Other timing expressions are also supported.
<dur>	Duration of the subtitle. The duration is formatted as SS:FF by default, but you can change it by specifying different timing expression.
<num>	Sequential number, starting from 1. Number of digits and width for the final number can be specified in the format: <num:number of digits:width>. The width parameter is meant to align the subtitle numbers visually by adding leading spaces before the actual subtitle number. For example, if we specify <num:4> the result will look like: “0024” but <num:4:6> will produce: “ 0024” with two spaces in front.
<sttl_num>	Subtitle number as it appears in EZTitles, including normal numbers "1", "2", "3" and indexes "1a", "2c", "3b" etc.
<chars_count>	Exports the total number of characters inserted in the subtitle to the output file. Punctuation, spaces and half-width symbols are accounted if the respective options are turned on from the Project Settings/Reading Speed menu.
<rs_chars>	The optimal number of characters calculated from the subtitle duration and the reading speed parameters.
<h_align>	Horizontal alignment - "left", "center" or "right" is indicated in the output file by detecting the alignment of the first non-empty row in every subtitle. That's particularly helpful when exporting plain text files. Horizontal alignment can be preserved when exporting RTF, DOC, DOCX or XLS files. Center-left aligned and not-aligned subtitles are always exported as left-aligned. You can override the default values by using parameters: <h_align L, C, R, CL, NA> Left alignment is exported as "L", center as "C", right as "R", center-left as "CL" and not-aligned as "NA". You can use any other values separated by ",".
<v_align>	Vertical alignment - "bottom", "middle" or "top" is indicated in the output file. You can override the default values by using parameters: <v_align B, M, T> Bottom alignment is exported as "B", middle (vertical center) as "M", and top as "T". You can use any other values separated by ",".
<comments>	The <comments> tag can be used in subtitle's header or footer section to export the comments. Please also mind that the comments tag has special, conditional use. For more details about this, please check the Parameters with special usage section below.
<bold>, </bold>	The <bold> tag can be used in the File Header, Subtitle Header, Row Delimiter, Subtitle Delimiter, Subtitle Footer and File Footer sections to increase the readability of the parameters written there. It's only necessary to use the closing tag </bold> when you need certain parameter to appear in bold. For example, the pattern below <bold><in_cue></bold><tab><out_cue> will make only the In-cues to be displayed in bold, leaving the Out-cues normal. Note: The <bold> tag will not affect text's presentation.
<italic>, </italic>	The <italic> tag can be used in the File Header, Subtitle Header, Row Delimiter, Subtitle Delimiter, Subtitle Footer and File Footer sections to increase the readability of the parameters written there. It's only necessary to use the closing tag </italic> when you need certain parameter to appear in italics. For example, the pattern below <italic><in_cue></italic><tab><out_cue> will make only the In-cues to be displayed in italics, leaving the Out-cues normal. Note: The <italics> tag will not affect text's presentation and shall not be mistaken with the Italic Start/End parameter.
<new_line>	New line: CR/LF
<tab>	Tab character is inserted.
<space>	Inserts "space" character.
<cr>	Cartridge return character (ASCII code 13) is inserted.
<lf>	Linefeed character (ASCII code 10) is inserted.

Italic markers are specified in Italic start and Italic stop fields. If only the start marker is present it is used to toggle italic on/off. If both markers are empty the italic text is exported as normal text.

Row delimiter is inserted between the rows of the subtitle. <new_line>, <tab>, <cr> and <lf> are replaced by CR/LF, tab, CR and LF characters.

There also could be any text which is copied exactly to the output. Thus enter “ | “ if you want to separate the lines by a vertical line, “<new_line>” for CR/LF, etc.

Footer: In some file formats it is required that the out-cue or some other information is placed after the subtitle text. Here you can specify the footer format and use the same formatting tags as in the Header.

Subtitles delimiter is inserted at the end of the subtitle. <new_line>, <tab>, <cr> and <lf> are replaced by CR/LF, tab, CR and LF characters.

Export raised lines: EZTitles will insert the appropriate number of empty rows at the end of the subtitle to keep it raised.

Timing Patterns

In-, out-cues and duration representation is customizable by using timecode format patterns.

Here are some examples: " hh:mm:ss:ff", "hh:mm:ss.ff", "hh:mm:ss.nn", "hh:mm:ss.nnn", "ms", "frames", etc., where:

hh - hours, mm - minutes, ss - seconds, ff - frames, nnn - miliseconds, nn - 10 miliseconds (1/100 seconds),
ms - the whole time is in miliseconds, frames - the whole time is in frames,
feet - used to specify 35mm feet/frames timecode. Must be followed by a separator ("+", "." ...) and frames. 1 feet = 16 frames.

Preview

Before continuing with the export you can preview the result by pressing the appropriate button.

Make the necessary changes if the output doesn't meet your requirements and when you are ready press OK.

With the settings in the screen shot at the beginning of this chapter, a file with the following format will be generated:

# This is the file header,
# The text placed before the subtitles

0001 : 00:02:43:02 00:02:45:06
Do you hear me, lad?

0002 : 00:02:49:04 00:02:51:10
Right on time!
What's up again ?

0003 : 00:02:51:12 00:02:54:05
The fuses blew off,
I can't finish cooking.

# This is the footer,
# The Text placed at the end of the file

When the custom layout is defined you can save it as a Template using the Save template button at the bottom of the window.

In addition if you have already used the Save template option, you can easily open a template using the Load template button.

Additional Formatting Parameters

You can use the <bold> and <italics> tags in the File Header, Subtitle Header, Row Delimiter, Subtitle Delimiter, Subtitle Footer and File Footer sections to increase the readability of the parameters written there. The effect of the two formatting parameters will reset for the last parameter in the section. Consider using the closing tags </bold> and </italics> only some of the parameters in the same section need to have their style changed. For example, if we have the following pattern in the Subtitle Header:

will make only the In-cues to be displayed in bold, leaving the Out-cues normal.

Note: The two formatting tags will not affect text's presentation.

Parameters with special use

As stated earlier some of the parameters have more specialized usage, those are: <orig_title>, <orig_episode>, <orig_lang>, <trans_title>, <trans_episode>, <trans_lang>, <tape_id>, <reel_code> and <comments>.

What is so special about them is the fact that they may also include a prefix- or -suffix part in their declarations. They are constructed as follows: <"prefix part" parameter "suffix part">. The prefix- or -suffix parts can include additional parameters like <new_line>, <tab>, <cr>, <lf> as well as regular text but at all times must be enclosed in double quotation.

So for example, if we have the following comment "John is 46 years old" attached to a subtitle and we want to distinguish it's a commentary more clearly in the output file, we can then set it up like this:

<"#Start of Comment#<new_line>" comments "<new_line>#End of Comment#">

this will render in the file as:

#Start of Comment#

John is 46 years old

#End of Comment#

The parameters or text set in the prefix- or -suffix parts will appear in the output file, only if the parameter they are attached will appear too. So, if we take the above example, #Start of Comment# and #End of Comment# text will appear only for the subtitles with comments attached to them.

Templates

When the custom layout is defined you can save it as a Template using the Save template button at the bottom of the menu.

In addition, if you have already used the Save template option, you can easily open a template using the Load template button.