Vero,
For Avid it should be easy to convert your Word doc to an Avid compatible text format.
It's format looks like below:
TC In space char TC Out return char Subtitle double-return.
01:00:00:00 01:00:03:12
Just some made up subtitle text 01
01:00:04:08 01:00:09:16
Just some made up subtitle text 02
01:00:10:13 01:00:15:21
Just some made up subtitle text 03
Once you have done that you need to add a header at the start:
@ Header
<font> Arial Unicode MS
<font size> 48
<kerning> 1
<leading> 8
<alignment> center
<use face> on
<face color> 92 92 92
<face opacity> 100
<face softness> 0
<use edge> off
<use shadow> on
<shadow color> 6 6 6
<shadow opacity> 100
<shadow softness> 20
<shadow offset> 3
<shadow angle> 45
<begin subtitles>
You may experiment with the numbers.
You also need to add a "closing" tag at the end of the document:
<end subtitles>
So finally your Word document will look somehow like below:
@ Header
<font> Arial Unicode MS
<font size> 48
<kerning> 1
<leading> 8
<alignment> center
<use face> on
<face color> 92 92 92
<face opacity> 100
<face softness> 0
<use edge> off
<use shadow> on
<shadow color> 6 6 6
<shadow opacity> 100
<shadow softness> 20
<shadow offset> 3
<shadow angle> 45
<begin subtitles>
01:00:00:00 01:00:03:12
Just some made up subtitle text 01
01:00:04:08 01:00:09:16
Just some made up subtitle text 02
01:00:10:13 01:00:15:21
Just some made up subtitle text 03
<end subtitles>
In Word now save as plain text and import into Avid.
-Andreas
Spherico
http://www.spherico.com/filmtools
