How to turn captions on in Windows Media Player

We recommend using the latest version of Windows Media Player which is version 10 for Windows XP users and version 9 for Windows 2000 and earlier users. You can tell what version you are using by selecting "Help" from the menu along the top of Windows Media Player and then selecting "About".

Windows Media Player 10

Step 1

Turn captions on by selecting "Play" from the menu along the top of Windows Media Player.
Select "Captions and Subtitles".
Select "On if Available".

Step 2

Turn captions on by selecting "Tools" from the menu along the top of Windows Media Player.
Select "Options".
Select the "Security" tab.
Check the box that says "Show local captions when present".
Click on the "OK" button.

You may need to close down Windows Media player and restart it for the changes to take effect.

If the menu is not visible along the top then right click on top of where is says, "Windows Media Player" on the upper left of the window. Then select "Play" from the drop down menu and follow the previous step.

Windows Media Player 9

Turn captions on by selecting "Play" from the menu along the top of Windows Media Player.
Select "Captions and Subtitles".
Select "English Captions".

Windows Media Player 8

Turn captions on by selecting "View" from the menu along the top of Windows Media Player.
Select "Now Playing Tools".
Make sure "Captions" is selected.

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