Autocue WinCueLT User Manual
WinCue LT
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WinCue System Version- WinCue LT
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This user-guide was written and last updated by
About this guide
Helen Masson of Autocue Ltd.
7/31/01
QTV version:
6/25/2003
WinCue LT is an easy to use, fully featured, multi-lingual prompting application
utilizing unique software scroll technology. QTV's WinCue LT prompting software
is Windows 95, 98, 2000 and NT compatible and comes complete with a scroll
control hand set. The only other hardware requirement is a VGA to composite
video converter. WinCue LT uses custom routines to provide an extremely smooth
software scroll, with no external hardware required.
This guide has been produced to provide you with a comprehensive
understanding of WinCue LT, what it can do and how to do it.
Audience
This guide is for all users of WinCue LT. From WinCue LT novices to experts, this
guide should be useful to all, providing a quick reference for experts and step-bystep help for novices. The only pre-requisite to using this guide is that you should
be familiar with the Microsoft Windows environment.
Structure of the guide
Below you will find a general overview of what each chapter of this guide contains.
Use the overviews to quickly find out which chapter to read to find out about a
particular aspect of WinCue LT.
Chapter 1
WinCue LT Installation
Chapter 2
WinCue LT Configuration
Chapter 3
Getting Started
Chapter 4
The Script Editor
Chapter 5 This chapter explains everything you
This chapter explains what you need
before and how to install WinCue LT.
This chapter explains how to configure
Windows and WinCue LT for first time
usage.
This chapter explains how to get
started in WinCue LT.
This chapter explains everything you
need to know about the Script Editor.
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Working with Runorders
Chapter 6
Prompting Mode
Appendix A
Toolbar buttons and shortcuts
Appendix B
Scroll Controls
Appendix C
Technical Support
need to know about WinCue LT
Runorders
This chapter explains how to prompt a
Rundown or an individual script and
how to use the scroll controls for
WinCue LT
This appendix contains helpful
shortcuts to help you use WinCue LT
quickly and easily
This appendix contains additional
information on the WinCue LT scroll
controls
This appendix contains the contact
details of the Autocue Ltd Technical
Support department
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Contents
About this guide ......................................................................................... iii
Audience.................................................................................................... iii
Structure of the guide ................................................................................ iii
Contents v
WinCue LT Installation 1
1 WinCue LT Installation...................................................................2
WinCue LT Configuration 5
2 WinCue LT Configuration................................................................6
1.1 Hardware requirements....................................................................2
1.2 Pre-Installation.................................................................................. 2
1.3 Installation ........................................................................................2
1.4 Installing the Lexicon files ................................................................3
1.5 Un-Installing WinCue LT ..................................................................4
2.1 Configuring WinCue LT for Windows ............................................... 6
2.2 Running WinCue LT ......................................................................... 6
2.3 Starting WinCue LT for the first time ................................................ 7
2.4 Configuring the Scroll Control ..........................................................8
2.5 Configuring the Prompt Engine ...................................................... 10
2.6 Multilingual Support........................................................................11
2.6.1 Adding additional keyboards in Windows............................................. 12
2.7 Setting the Spell check Languages................................................13
2.8 Single Column Editor Preferences ................................................. 14
2.9 Startup Settings..............................................................................15
2.10 Single Column Defaults................................................................16
2.11 Filter Options ................................................................................ 17
2.11.1 Plain Text Files/ Plain Text Paste ...................................................... 18
2.11.2 Rich Text Files/Rich Text Paste ......................................................... 18
2.11.3 Rich Text Files Export........................................................................19
2.11.4 Microsoft Word Files ....................................................................... 19
Getting Started 20
3 Getting Started..............................................................................21
3.1 Creating a new Runorder ............................................................... 21
3.2 Adding Scripts to the Runorder ...................................................... 22
The Script Editor 24
4 The Script Editor ...........................................................................25
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4.1 Opening Scripts..............................................................................25
4.2 The Script Editor Header................................................................26
4.2.1 Change Layout..................................................................................... 26
4.3 Adding Text ....................................................................................27
4.4 Importing files ................................................................................. 27
4.5 Inserting Presenters .......................................................................28
4.6 Inserting Markers............................................................................ 30
4.7 Inserting Block Markers..................................................................31
4.8 Formatting Text ..............................................................................31
4.8.1 Formatting All Text...............................................................................32
4.8.2 Not Captioned ...................................................................................... 33
4.8.3 Not Prompted.......................................................................................34
4.9 Spell Checking................................................................................ 35
4.10 Saving Scripts............................................................................... 36
4.10 Printing Scripts .............................................................................36
4.11 Closing Scripts.............................................................................. 37
Working with Runorders 39
5 Working with Runorders................................................................40
5.1 WinCue LT Runorder .....................................................................40
5.2 Adding Break Scripts......................................................................41
5.3 Toggle Hold State........................................................................... 42
5.4 Deleting Items................................................................................. 43
5.5 Moving Items in the Runorder ........................................................ 44
5.6 Renumbering Items ........................................................................ 44
5.7 Importing Scripts............................................................................. 45
5.8 Exporting Scripts ............................................................................46
5.9 Saving Runorders to files ............................................................... 49
5.10 Copying prompt files to floppy disk............................................... 50
5.11 Printing Scripts .............................................................................50
5.12 Printing the Runorder ................................................................... 51
5.13 Opening a saved Runorder file..................................................... 52
5.14 Adding a Presenter to the Presenter table ................................... 53
5.15 Switching between the Script and the Runorder..........................55
Prompting Mode 57
6 Prompting Mode............................................................................58
6.1 To begin Prompting ........................................................................ 58
6.2 Scrolling the text.............................................................................59
6.2.1 Using the Two-button Serial Controller ................................................59
6.2.2 Using the Mouse .................................................................................. 59
6.2.3 Using the Keyboard ............................................................................. 59
6.3 Moving the Cue Marker .................................................................. 59
Additional Settings 61
Toolbar buttons and shortcuts 63
Appendix A- Toolbar buttons and shortcuts..............................................64
A1 General ...........................................................................................64
A2 Runorder ......................................................................................... 64
A3 Script Editor..................................................................................... 64
A4 Prompt Mode................................................................................... 66
Scroll Controls 67
Appendix B - Scroll Controls.....................................................................68
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B1 Keyboard Scroll............................................................................... 68
B1.1 Speed Control....................................................................................... 68
B1.2 Function Keys.......................................................................................68
B2 Mouse Scroll ...................................................................................69
B3 Two-button Serial Controller ........................................................... 69
B3.1 Stop Scrolling ....................................................................................... 69
B3.2 Button Actions ...................................................................................... 69
B4 Serial Multibutton, Hybrid Multibutton, Two-button IMT Controller . 70
B5 Scroll Control Wiring ...................................................................... 70
B5.1 9 way d Serial port connections............................................................70
B5.2 IMT Hand control .................................................................................. 70
WinCue LT Quick Start-Up Guide 71
Starting WinCue LT ..................................................................................72
WinCue LT Script Editor ...........................................................................72
WinCue LT Runorder................................................................................72
Prompting with WinCue LT .......................................................................73
Technical Support 74
Technical Support.....................................................................................75
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Chapter
1
WinCue LT Installation
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1 WinCue LT Installation
1.1 Hardware requirements
• WinCue LT runs on Windows 95, 98, 2000 and NT Workstation.
• The recommended minimum specification is a True Pentium 233MHz chip
with 64MB RAM; the more memory the machine has the better the scroll
output will be.
• A built-in video converter with dual-scanning video card is required in order for
the text to be prompted on screen and on the VGA output monitor.
• A Dongle and a Serial hand scroll control, both supplied by QTV, are
needed to run WinCue LT.
1.2 Pre-Installation
The optimum screen resolution for running WinCue LT is 800 x 600 dpi and 256
colors. If you do not use this screen resolution you may experience a jerky scroll
output. You must have the DONGLE plugged into the parallel port before you
start the installation.
1.3 Installation
The software is supplied on CD-ROM. To install WinCue LT use the following
steps:
What you do Comments/Prompts
1. Insert the CD-ROM into the
CD drive
2. Click Start and select Run
3. Type d:install.exe, click OK
and the install program will
begin
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4. An Install/Uninstall box will
appear click on the Install
WinCue LT button
5. A license agreement will
appear, read through it, click
in the checkbox to accept it
and click on Install
6. You will be notified when
Installation is complete
1.4 Installing the Lexicon files
By default the British and American language dictionaries are installed, if you
required other language dictionaries then you will have been provided with the
relevant files on the WinCue LT Installation CD-ROM in the \Lexicography
directory.
Copy all the files in this directory on the CD-ROM to the following directory on the
computer: C:\WinCue\Lexicography
If you require additional Language support please contact QTV, and we will send
you the relevant files. See Appendix C for QTV contact details.
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1.5 Un-Installing WinCue LT
To un-install WinCue LT use the following steps, also if you are upgrading
WinCue LT you will have to un-install your current version of WinCue LT before
upgrading.
What you do Comments/Prompts
1. Insert the CD-ROM into the
CD drive
2. Click Start and select Run
3. Type d:install.exe, click on OK
and the install program will
begin
4. An Install/Uninstall box will
appear click on the Un-Install
WinCue LT button and
WinCue LT
5. When the un-install is
complete an Uninstall
completed message will be
displayed
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Chapter
2
WinCue LT Configuration
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2 WinCue LT Configuration
2.1 Configuring WinCue LT for Windows
Once installed you need to configure WinCue LT for Windows.
What you do Comments/Prompts
1. Right click on the taskbar and
select Properties
2. Make sure Autohide is ticked
and make sure Always on Top
is not ticked
2.2 Running WinCue LT
What you do Comments/Prompts
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Click on Start, select Programs
and then select WinCue LT
Or
Simply double-click on the icon to start
WinCue LT
2.3 Starting WinCue LT for the first time
On startup the Script Editor will
automatically open, see section 2.7 to
change this setting, you can start typing
your Script straight away.
You can learn more about creating
stories in Chapter 4 The Script Editor.
If you now press the Tab key whilst in
the Script Editor a scroll control
calibration screen will appear. You must
run the calibration if you want to prompt
your text.
You can learn more about the Hardware
Setup in section 2.4
You can then press Escape to get to the
Runorder Window.
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WinCue LT will also make a default
Script item (Script1) in the Runorder
You can learn more about Runorders in
Chapter 5 Working with Runorders
2.4 Configuring the Scroll Control
Note: To find out more about
configuring each individual
scroll control go to Appendix B
There are 6 options for the type of scroll control you can use in WinCue; the ones
most relevant to WinCue LT are listed below:
• Keyboard
• Mouse
• Two-button Serial Controller
To configure WinCue LT so that it is able to use one of these scroll controls use
the following steps:
What you do Comments/Prompts
1. Click on the Tools menu and
select Options
2. A Systems Options dialog box
will appear, click on Scroll
Controls
3. An option to add Scroll
Controls will appear opposite
the System Options menu,
click on the Add button
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4. A New Device dialog box will
appear for you to specify what
kind of Scroll Control you want
to add. In the Name: box enter
what you want to call the
Scroll Control, in the Type box
click on the arrow and select
the type of Scroll Control you
want to add from the scroll
box, click OK
5. A Configure controller dialog
box will then appear with
options for setting the Scroll
Control, use the arrow buttons
to choose the settings for the
Scroll Control, click OK
6. The Scroll Control will then
appear in the Configured
controllers box and you will be
able to use the Scroll Control
in WinCue LT
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2.5 Configuring the Prompt Engine
You can configure the position, width and height of the cue marker.
What you do Comments/Prompts
1. Click on the Tools menu and
select Options
2. Click on the Prompt Engine
option and select Settings
From the settings displayed,
select the required position and
specify the number of pixels you
want the cue marker to be offset
from the top of the screen and its
width and height.
Click OK when you are happy with
the settings.
3. Calibrations
This is where the performance of
your scroll control is set. The first
2 tabs refer to your scroll control
mode. The 3rd tab is for the
optional foot control.
You should not have to modify
these settings.
4. The Calibrations tab contains
the information about your
screen resolution.
If you have any problems with
your prompted text you can
remove this file, then when you go
into prompt mode WinCue LT will
perform a recalibration.
Note we recommend a resolution
of 640x480 256 colors.
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2.6 Multilingual Support
This menu is used to setup alternative languages, fonts and keyboard layouts to
English
Note: WinCue LT is not supplied with any fonts, the fonts that it uses are the ones
installed with Windows or other third party software.
1. Click on the Tools menu and
select Options
2. Click on the Multilingual
Support option and the
settings for this option will
appear opposite.
3. Click on the font button to see
the list of installed fonts and
choose an appropriate font for
the language.
If you want to use WinCue LT in
Arabic, Hebrew, etc you will have
to click on the Enable Bidirectionality box to change the
text justification.
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4. Click on the Keyboards tab to
change the keyboard layout
used by WinCue LT.
The list of keyboards that you can
see are all of the internal layouts
that are supported by WinCue LT
If you want to use a keyboard
layout that is not listed in WinCue
LT then you will have to install it
from your Microsoft Windows CD
(see section 2.6.1).
2.6.1 Adding additional keyboards in Windows
Make sure you have your Windows CD ready before you begin to add an
additional keyboard layout.
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1. In Windows, click on the Start
button, then select Settings
and then Control Panel.
2. From the Control Panel
choose Keyboard and a
Keyboard properties box will
appear.
3. Depending on which operating
system you are using click on:
NT4 – Input Locales
WIN95/98 – Language
Then click on Add and select the
additional languages that you
want to install.
4. You will need your Windows
CD to complete this task.
2.7 Setting the Spell check Languages
To set the spell check to your language use the following steps:
What you do Comments/Prompts
1. Click on the Tools menu,
select Options and a System
Options dialog box
2. Click on Lexicography
Settings, this will open the
Default Languages dialog
box. Choose, from the spell
check languages displayed,
the languages you installed
the Lexicon files for (see
section 1.4 for information on
installing Lexicon files). Click
OK to save the changes
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If you require additional language support please contact QTV and we will send
you the files direct. See Appendix C for QTV contact details.
3. Click on the User Autocorrect
Dictionary Tab.
If you want to replace a particular
word with another one then you
can add your new words here.
When you click on Spell Check in
the Editor your replacement word
will be one of the options.
4. Click on the User Dictionary
Tab.
Here you can add more words to
the User Dictionary. Any words
you add here will appear in the
Spell Checker.
2.8 Single Column Editor Preferences
It is also possible to configure the options for the Script Editor.
What you do Comments/Prompts
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1. Click on Tools and then select
Options
2. A System Option box will
appear, click on Single
Column Editor Prefs and the
configurable options for the
Script Editor will appear.
a. Typing Deletes Selection
If this is ticked – Any text that you have selected will be deleted when you
start typing.
b. Typing in View Mode
If this is ticked – WinCue LT will prompt you to save any changes you have
made before you can move onto the next story.
c. Cursor Up/Down
If this is ticked – WinCue LT will allow you to move onto the next item in the
Runorder by pressing the Up/Down Arrow Keys.
2.9 Startup Settings
When you first open WinCue LT you will see the Script Editor and the Running
order will be hidden behind it. To change the settings for what is shown on Startup
use the following steps:
What you do Comments/Prompts
1. Click on the Tools menu,
select Options and a System
Options dialog box will appear
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2. Click on the Startup options
and the options for Startup will
appear
3. Choose the options you want
from the Automatic on startup
box and then click on their tick
boxes, click OK to save the
changes
a. Open New Runorder – This option will create a blank Runorder each
time you start-up WinCue LT
b. Create Script – This will create a new script in the new Runorder. You
can also specify how many scripts that are created when WinCue LT
starts up. Note: This option is only available if the Open New Runorder
has been selected.
c. Open First Script for Editing – The first Script in the Runorder will be
opened automatically ready for you to type in your text. Note: This
option is only available if the Create Script option has been selected.
d. WinCue Documents Path – This is where all the WinCue files (*.wsr) will
be saved. You may specify a different location if you wish.
e. Fixed Print Font Scale Factor – This sets the size of your printed
Scripts.
2.10 Single Column Defaults
This menu is used to set the Font type used in your scripts, the set-up for your
prompt out-put Banners and to set-up and configure Presenter settings.
What you do Comments/Prompts
1. Click on the Tools menu,
select Options and a System
Options dialog box will
appear.
2. Double-click on File Based
Queues and select Single
Column Defaults.
3. An option allowing you to set
the font type and size used by
default for all your typed
scripts.
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4. If you click on the Banner tab
at the top of the dialog box the
available options will change
and you will be able to
customize the prompt banner.
Padding – Increasing this value
will make your banner wider.
Trailing Gap – Increasing this
value will put a larger gap
between the banner and the first
line text.
Fields to Display – Changes the
order of the Item Title and the Item
Number.
See section …. For information on
the Presenter Table and Presenter
tabs.
2.11 Filter Options
Later on in this manual you will find out how to import Microsoft Word files and
other text files into WinCue LT, this section ,however, will explain to you how to
configure the settings used when importing files.
What you do Comments/Prompts
1. Click on the Tools menu,
select Options and a System
Options dialog box will
appear.
2. Double-click on File Options
and a list of file types will
appear beneath it.
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2.11.1 Plain Text Files/ Plain Text Paste
These two options both have the following settings available.
• Translate Carriage Returns to Spaces: If this setting is selected carriage
returns will be converted into spaces. Without this setting being selected
WinCue will convert the single returns into double returns, so it’s a good idea
to select this setting.
• Combine Multiple Spaces into Singles: If this setting is selected large
spaces within the imported text will be reduced to a single space.
• Strip leading Spaces from Lines: If this setting is selected spaces at the
start of lines will be removed.
• Dot Space Converts to Carriage Return: If this setting is selected then
any spaces after a dot will be converted into a new line.
• Convert String to Marker: By entering a word or character in the box below
this setting, any occurrences of this word or character within the imported
text will be converted into a Marker (see section 4.6 for further information
on Markers)
• Automatically use these settings: If this setting is selected then whenever
you import one of these file types it will use the settings that have been
selected without giving you the opportunity to change them.
2.11.2 Rich Text Files/Rich Text Paste
These two options both have the following settings available.
• Translate Carriage Returns to Spaces: Same as section 2.11.1
• Combine Multiple Spaces into Singles: Same as section 2.11.1
• Strip leading Spaces from Lines: Same as section 2.11.1
• Dot Space Converts to Carriage Return: Same as section 2.11.1
• Use Imported Fonts: If this setting is selected then when importing an Rich
Text File then WinCue LT the text will use the font from the Rich Text file
rather than WinCue LT’s default font.
• Convert String to Marker: Same as section 2.11.1
• Automatically use these settings: Same as section 2.11.1
• Select Default Font: This setting is used when you import a file that
contains fonts that are not available on your computer. By selecting a font
from the list and clicking on the tick box, WinCue LT will automatically
replace the non-valid font with the one you selected.
• Import Overrides: This setting allows you to override your computers
character set and locale.
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