If you're diving into the world of TikTok and feeling overwhelmed by its rich toolkit, fear not. One way to enhance your videos is by adding text. Check out the guide below for quick tips!

1. Adding Text to Your TikTok Video
Step 1: On the main TikTok interface, tap the Plus icon to start a new video. After recording, press the Checkmark to go to the editing screen.
Step 2: Choose the Add Text tool from the menu at the bottom of the screen.

Step 3: Input the text you want to add to your video. Here, you can customize the text with various options.
- Add a background to the text by tapping the A icon on the left side of the screen.
- Change text color using the horizontal color bar.
- Switch fonts with styles like classic, typewriter, handwriting....
- Align text left, right, or center with the 4-horizontal-line icon.

Step 4: Tap Done in the top right corner when satisfied with the text style. Then, move or resize the text to your desired position.

Step 5: Wrap up your editing process by pressing Next >> enter video descriptions, hashtags... Also, set privacy permissions like Allow comments, Allow Duet...
When you're ready, hit Post.

➱ To set the time for text display on the video, continue following the next part of the article.
2. Edit and Set Display Time for TikTok Text
If you have multiple texts on your video and want to edit them alternately or set their appearance time, follow these steps:
Step 1: Hold onto the text section you want to edit. When options appear, you can choose Edit or Set Duration.

Step 2: If you choose Edit, you can modify the text and settings like changing color, alignment, background, font selection.

If you choose Set Duration, you can customize the time the text appears and disappears on the video by adjusting the horizontal slider. Condense this slider to match the desired display time.
You can press the Play Button (1) to preview how the text is displayed on the video. When done, click the Checkmark (2).

Here's a simple guide on how to add text to videos on TikTok. Wishing you joyful experiences with TikTok!
