# Spaces in Caption of Images

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/spaces-in-caption-of-images/50801>\
**Category:** Elements\
**Created:** [September 5, 2025, 7:58am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/spaces-in-caption-of-images/50801 "2025-09-05T07:58:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![RussOggi255](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@RussOggi255](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/RussOggi255)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 7:58am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/spaces-in-caption-of-images/50801/1 "2025-09-05T07:58:14Z")

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Not a big deal but when I select an image from a resource folder and go to enter a caption the caption field is already filled with spaces. Without noticing it my caption ended up as  
" The Caption" rather than “The Caption”  
 ![Screenshot 2025-09-05 at 08.57.45](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/6/8/6849c658e13509680fbcca43853b69103b683f72.png)

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/spaces-in-caption-of-images/50801/2 "2025-09-05T15:02:25Z")

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I can’t reproduce that issue here, I’m wondering if Elements is getting that from the file metadata.

Can you share a project with a couple of these sample images in that display the issue?

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**Author:** ![RussOggi255](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@RussOggi255](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/RussOggi255)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/spaces-in-caption-of-images/50801/3 "2025-09-05T16:39:39Z")

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Demo project at;

elementsapp://downloadDocument/8pEvSrTn5gGP

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/spaces-in-caption-of-images/50801/4 "2025-09-05T17:51:14Z")

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As suspected, those spaces are in your original file (i.e. this is not an Elements bug):

You’ll need to remove them in whatever photo app they are stored in/exported from.

Hope that helps!

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**Author:** ![RussOggi255](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@RussOggi255](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/RussOggi255)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/spaces-in-caption-of-images/50801/5 "2025-09-05T20:08:44Z")

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Argh. My photo program (On1 Max) added the spaces. Thanks, I should have checked that first. I didn’t realise Elements took the metadata

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2025, 8:19pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/spaces-in-caption-of-images/50801/6 "2025-09-05T20:19:34Z")

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No drama, glad we worked it out 🙂