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# Show one word at a time in captions

> Display each subtitle word on its own instead of showing captions in multi-word lines.

Single-word captions show only the word being spoken. Use them when you want fast, social-style captions instead of multi-word subtitle lines.

## Turn on single-word captions

1. Open your video in the Tella editor.
2. Click **Subs** in the toolbar.
3. Open the **Style** tab.
4. Click the settings icon on your selected subtitle style.
5. Turn on **Single-word captions**.

Your editor preview updates immediately. The setting also applies when someone watches the shared video and when you export the video with burned-in subtitles.

To return to multi-word subtitle lines, turn **Single-word captions** off.

<Note>
  **Single-word captions** and **Word-by-word highlighting** are different. Single-word captions show one word at a time. Word-by-word highlighting keeps a full subtitle line visible and emphasizes the current word, and is available for the Backdrop style.
</Note>


## Related topics

- [Style subtitles](/docs/help/editing/style-subtitles.md)
- [Correct transcript words](/docs/api-reference/clips/correct-transcript-words.md)
- [Model Context Protocol (MCP)](/docs/mcp-server.md)
- [Edit with the transcript](/docs/help/editing/edit-the-transcript-of-a-tella-video.md)
- [Get a video's timeline](/docs/api-reference/videos/get-a-videos-timeline.md)