Show captions on photos in shared albums
I have added captions to the photos in a fairly large album, thinking that when I shared it with others they would see them. But the only way that they can see them is by opening the information pane on each photo.
Captions are a vital part of sharing photos. They should be visible:
1) In the slide show
2) On each full screen photo, with an option to turn them off
3) On the thumbnail screen, perhaps as tool tips

Wanted to provide an update: there are no specifics we can share about this request, but I will share with our team who is thinking through the next set of photo investments so this can influence their planning process. Thank you.
42 comments
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Anonymous commented
Why can't the captions show after all of this time?
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Anonymous commented
I have hours of work adding captions to 1900 ancestry photos in a huge album, thinking that when I copied them on flash drives to give to family members they would see the important data in the caption.
So disappointing after all my work . None of my data copied. It should be available for copy to share in different venues other than cloud.
Why have captions that will not copy with the photo?
Captions are a vital part of sharing photos.
They should be included in the copy option.
1) In the slide show
2) On each full screen photo,
3) On the thumbnail screen, perhaps as tool tips -
Johan Allard commented
After more then 2 years: what is the status?
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Helen Scott commented
I agree - not being able to use captions sensibly is driving me nuts
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Anonymous commented
About time you did something more than thinking about it. A bit pointlees having an app that does not show the captions when logging in via browser presents the data without a problem.
Time to extract the digit folks -
Al commented
Maybe OneDrive should make a deal with Coppernine Photo, I found to be my product of choice. Challenge is I have to host it some place.
Sample link: http://c2w-creations.com/cpg/ -
Anonymous commented
I can't get the Add a caption to a photo to work in OneDrive. I click on it and nothing happens. Does anyone else have this problem? If I start typing after clicking, it does nothing, or opens the share menu.
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Anonymous commented
Please think faster, and do so in general. Context is what gives everything in the universe meaning, and context is accomplished with consonants and vowels. Sort of what makes us human, regardless of how clever we are.
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Anonymous commented
I am so disappointed with the "thinking about it" response. What is the point of putting the captions if viewers cannot see them? They were always part of the slide shows before everything was revamped (NOT "improved") on Shutterfly.
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Noreen commented
I have added textbox captions to hundreds of photos for slideshow presentations of our beautiful Gold Coast Regional Botanic Gardens. These captions are not visible on the screen though which is absolutely diabolical..
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Anonymous commented
Dont think!!
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Anonymous commented
I agree with you entirely. What is the point of sharing if the captions are not displayed on the photo itself.
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Anonymous commented
Same issue here. I just created an album with 70 pictures with captions to document a process. Low and behold, the people I sent it to can't see my captions! What a waste!
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Anonymous commented
Would like to be able to show captions to my daughter so she can help me edit. Can't plan a book without getting the info correct.
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Christy K commented
Can we have an update on your thinking? I also am deciding where to store and share my 1000s of photos. Was totally leaning toward OneDrive but not without captions. I have captioned all photos on my PC in Picasa. The captions are not available, even with selecting "File Info", on the Windows PC file viewer, the OneDrive web, or OneDrive on my phone. Please give me some encouragement.
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Mark commented
Seems the other comments already sum up the frustration of adding comments and captions and not having them be visible. Why have online and shared albums and then keep everything private and singular? Very odd strategy in a world dominated by social sharing!
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Linda Ryder commented
They used to have this feature. I cannot believe all my carefully added captions do not show in slideshow. This is insane. Do people just want to see my pix without knowing what is happening. EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED. EXTREMELY. What a horrible change. HORRIBLE
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Anonymous commented
Douglas Pearce, how much longer will you think about it? That sucks, just blabla, no action. Nice work, keep on truckin'