Autocue WinCue Pro News User Manual

WinCue Pro News

Version 1.3

User Guide

 Autocue Ltd 2002 – All Rights Reserved

About this guide

The WinCue Pro News prompting solution has been designed for general production

and prompting; its features include Runorder management, simultaneous prompt

and edit, and script timings calculation. WinCue can also be used to connect to

networked newsroom systems, by doing this WinCue is able to open scripts from the

newsroom system and then prompt them. This user guide has been produced to

explain to you how to set-up and use WinCue Pro News, you should also have

received a user guide explaining how to connect WinCue Pro News with your

newsroom system.

Audience

This guide is for all users of the WinCue Pro News prompting software. From complete

WinCue Pro News novices to experts, this guide should be useful to all, providing a

quick reference for experts and step-by-step help for novices. The only pre-requisite

to using this guide is that you should be familiar with the Microsoft Windows

environment, in particular that of Microsoft Word.

Contents

About this guide....................................................................................................3

Audience ...............................................................................................................3

1 WinCue Pro News Installation 9

1.1 Hardware Requirements........................................................................10

1.1.1 Before Installing your chosen Operating System.........................11

1.1.2 WinCue Pro News Installation Help ............................................... 11

1.2 The WinCue Pro News Package ........................................................... 11

1.3 IMT Scroll Card ........................................................................................ 12

1.4 Installing the Hardware - Desktop PCs................................................. 12

1.4.1 Installing the I.M.T. Card Inside a PC............................................. 12

1.4.2 Connecting a Scroll Control .......................................................... 12

1.4.3 Connecting a Composite Video Feed......................................... 13

1.4.4 Connecting a Genlock Feed ........................................................ 13

1.5 Installing the Hardware - Laptops.........................................................13

1.5.1 Connecting the I.M.T. Box to a Laptop ........................................ 13

1.5.2 Connecting a Scroll Control .......................................................... 14

1.5.3 Connecting a Composite Video Feed......................................... 14

1.5.4 Connecting a Genlock Feed ........................................................ 14

1.5.5 Connecting a Power Supply..........................................................14

1.6 Restarting Your PC..................................................................................14

1.7 Installing the Software............................................................................ 15

1.8 Starting WinCue Pro News for the First Time ........................................ 16

2 Getting Started with WinCue Pro News 18

2.1 WinCue Pro News Basics........................................................................19

2.1.1 Prompters .........................................................................................19

2.1.2 Script Editor ...................................................................................... 19

2.1.3 The Scroll Controller.........................................................................19

2.2 Starting WinCue Pro News .....................................................................19

2.3 Creating a new Script ............................................................................20

2.3.1 Using toolbars for command shortcuts.........................................22

2.3.2 Adding Markers to a Script ............................................................ 22

2.4 Saving Your Work....................................................................................23

2.4.1 Saving a Script for the First Time .................................................... 23

2.4.2 Saving Changes to the Script ........................................................ 24

2.5 Prompting a Script .................................................................................. 24

2.5.1 Beginning a Prompting Session...................................................... 24

2.5.2 Ending the Prompt Session ............................................................. 25

3 Script Files 26

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3.1 Script Files ................................................................................................ 27

3.1.1 The Script Editor Window ................................................................ 27

3.1.2 The Script Window........................................................................... 27

3.1.3 The Word Count Boxes ................................................................... 28

3.1.4 The Script Duration Boxes ............................................................... 28

3.1.5 Importing Scripts .............................................................................. 28

3.1.6 IMT Scroll Control ............................................................................. 29

4 Rundown Files 30

4.1 WinCue Rundown Window ................................................................... 31

4.1.1 WinCue Rundown Information Window ....................................... 31

4.1.2 The Script Editor Window ................................................................ 32

4.1.3 Creating a New Story .....................................................................33

4.1.4 Saving Scripts and Rundowns ........................................................34

4.1.5 Moving Stories Within the Running Order ..................................... 35

4.1.6 Renumbering Stories in the Rundown........................................... 35

4.2 Editing Within the Rundown ..................................................................35

4.2.1 New story.......................................................................................... 36

4.2.2 Edit Story ...........................................................................................36

4.2.3 View Story.........................................................................................36

4.2.4 Delete Story...................................................................................... 37

4.2.5 Deleting Multiple Stories ................................................................. 37

4.2.6 Edit Field ...........................................................................................37

4.2.7 Toggle Hold State............................................................................ 38

4.2.8 Prompt From Here ........................................................................... 38

4.3 Working with Multiple Rundowns .......................................................... 38

4.3.1 Tiling windows ..................................................................................38

4.3.2 Cascading Windows.......................................................................39

4.3.3 Arranging Icons ...............................................................................39

4.3.4 Moving Stories Between Rundowns ..............................................39

4.4 Prompting Mode .................................................................................... 39

4.4.1 Entering Prompt Mode ...................................................................40

4.4.2 Controlling Prompted Text .............................................................40

4.4.3 Quitting Prompt Mode.................................................................... 41

5 Printing 42

5.1 Is your Printer setup?...............................................................................43

5.1.1 Network ............................................................................................43

5.2 Print Menu................................................................................................ 44

6 WinCue Pro News Menus 47

6.1 File Menu .................................................................................................48

6.2 Edit............................................................................................................49

6.3 Rundown ................................................................................................. 52

6.4 Format......................................................................................................52

6.5 Insert ......................................................................................................... 54

6.6 Prompt ..................................................................................................... 55

6.7 Automation ............................................................................................. 57

6.8 Master/Slave ........................................................................................... 57

6.9 Tools.......................................................................................................... 57

6.10 Windows .................................................................................................. 59

6.11 Help ..........................................................................................................59

7 WinCue Pro News Configuration 61

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7.1 Options .................................................................................................... 62

7.2 Access control ........................................................................................ 62

7.3 Data Converters .....................................................................................63

7.3.1 Options For Microsoft Word Files ................................................. 64

7.3.2 Options For RTF Files.........................................................................64

7.3.3 Options For Text Files .......................................................................66

7.4 File Based Queues .................................................................................. 67

7.4.1 Types .................................................................................................67

7.4.2 Presenter Options ............................................................................ 67

7.4.3 Presenters ......................................................................................... 68

7.4.4 Presenter Settings ............................................................................68

7.4.5 Simple Script File Defaults ............................................................... 71

7.5 Master/Slave Interface ..........................................................................71

7.6 Multilingual Support................................................................................ 71

7.7 Prompt Engine ........................................................................................ 74

7.7.1 Auto Captioning.............................................................................. 74

7.7.2 Hardware Settings ........................................................................... 74

7.7.3 Scroll Controls .................................................................................. 79

7.8 User Preferences ..................................................................................... 79

8 Scroll Controls 83

8.1 Scroll Control Types ................................................................................ 84

8.2 Selecting a Scroll Control ...................................................................... 84

8.3 Hybrid Serial/IMT Multibutton ................................................................85

8.4 Connecting a Foot Control ...................................................................89

8.5 I.M.T Card Scroll Port ..............................................................................90

8.6 On-screen Scroll Control........................................................................ 92

8.7 Scroll From Master Machine ..................................................................93

8.8 Serial Multibutton Controller ..................................................................93

8.9 Two Button Serial Controller................................................................... 93

9 Layout Editor 94

9.1 WinCue Pro News Layouts..................................................................... 95

9.1.1 Warning ............................................................................................ 95

9.2 Running the WinCue Pro News Layout Editor .....................................95

9.2.1 Layout Types ....................................................................................96

9.2.2 Display Layout .................................................................................97

9.2.3 Copying a Layout ...........................................................................97

9.2.4 Creating a new Layout .................................................................. 98

9.2.5 Clone Form.......................................................................................99

9.2.6 Editing a Form ................................................................................ 100

9.2.6.1 Adding a Field ......................................................................... 102

9.2.7 Editing Fields................................................................................... 104

9.2.8 Aligning fields and copying their properties ..............................105

9.3 Changing the Layout........................................................................... 107

9.4 Creating a print layout ........................................................................ 107

9.5 Quick Print Layout.................................................................................109

10 PC90 Stands 113

10.1 Using PC90 Stands ................................................................................ 114

10.2 Configuring WinCue............................................................................. 114

10.3 Controlling the stand from WinCue ................................................... 114

10.4 Formatting the scripts for use .............................................................. 115

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11 PowerPoint Automation 117

11.1 PowerPoint Automation.......................................................................118

11.1.1 Licensing....................................................................................... 118

11.1.2 What you need ........................................................................... 118

11.1.3 What is PowerPoint Agent?........................................................ 119

11.1.4 Installing PowerPoint Agent ....................................................... 119

11.2 Configuring WinCue Pro News............................................................ 120

11.3 Inserting PowerPoint Controls..............................................................124

11.4 WinCue to PowerPoint connection.................................................... 126

11.4.1 Configuring PowerPoint Agent.................................................. 126

11.4.2 Connecting PowerPoint Agent ................................................. 127

11.4.3 Connecting WinCue to the PowerPoint Agent....................... 128

11.5 Triggering PowerPoint Slides ................................................................ 128

12 Master/Slave 130

12.1 The Concept ......................................................................................... 131

12.2 Before you start..................................................................................... 131

12.3 Configuring WinCue for Master/Slave ............................................... 131

12.3.1 Serial Port Connection................................................................ 133

12.3.2 Modem Connection................................................................... 133

12.3.3 Other Master/Slave Configuration Options ............................. 134

12.4 To set-up Master/Slave ........................................................................ 134

12.5 Using Master/Slave ...............................................................................135

13 IMT and SCSI cards 137

13.1 Problem Solving ....................................................................................138

13.1.1 Laptop systems (Slim SCSI 1460a).............................................. 138

13.1.2 Laptop systems (USB Devices) ................................................... 138

13.1.3 Desktop systems (2940xx) ........................................................... 139

13.1.4 Desktop systems (2906)............................................................... 139

13.1.5 WinCue Pro News I/O Error......................................................... 139

13.1.6 Windows 2000 .............................................................................. 140

13.1.7 Other SCSI Conditions.................................................................141

13.1.7.1 SCSI Cards for Desktop PCs .................................................... 142

13.1.7.2 SCSI Cards for Laptops ........................................................... 142

13.1.7.3 USB SCSI Adaptors ................................................................ 142

14 IMT Card Information 144

14.1 Card Layout ..........................................................................................145

14.1.1 Termination - J6............................................................................ 148

14.1.2 Power to Bus for SCSI Termination - J6 ...................................... 148

14.1.3 SCSI ID - SW2 ................................................................................ 148

14.1.4 SCSI/Parallel Select - SW2........................................................... 149

14.1.5 Video (PAL or NTSC) - J11........................................................... 150

14.1.5.1 SECAM ................................................................................. 150

14.1.6 Internal and External Power Supply - J12 .................................150

14.1.7 Composite Video Features Connector - J10 ........................... 151

14.1.8 Other Jumpers ............................................................................. 151

15 Wiring Diagrams 152

15.1 Standalone Prompter Wiring Diagram............................................... 153

15.2 Laptop and I.M.T. Box Wiring Diagram (UK) ...................................... 154

15.3 Laptop and I.M.T. Box Wiring Diagram (US) ......................................155

15.4 Edit Station Wiring ................................................................................. 156

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15.5 Standalone Edit Station Wiring............................................................157

16 Hand Control Pin outs 158

16.1 WinCue Pro News Multibutton Hand Control....................................159

16.1.1 WinCue Pro News IMT card 9 way d connections .................. 159

16.1.2 9 way d Serial port connections................................................ 159

16.1.3 P4 Multibutton Remote Connector 15 Pin D Male .................. 160

16.2 2 button IMT Hand Control .................................................................. 160

16.2.1 IMT Hand control ......................................................................... 160

17 Shortcuts 162

17.1 Deleting and Copying ......................................................................... 163

17.2 Prompting Shortcuts ............................................................................. 163

17.3 Text Formatting .....................................................................................164

17.4 Menu Commands ................................................................................165

17.5 Function Key Commands ....................................................................165

18 Technical Support 167

18.1 Technical Support ................................................................................ 168

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1 WinCue Pro News

Installation

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1.1 Hardware Requirements

WinCue Pro News will run on the Windows 95, 98, Windows NT4 and Windows 2000

operating systems; the minimum hardware requirements and recommended

specifications are as follows:

Windows 95/98

• 133MHz Pentium processor (200MHz Pentium or better is recommended)

• 16MB RAM (32MB RAM is recommended)

• 50MB free disk space

• Adaptec SCSI card 2906 for desktop, Adaptec 1460 SlimSCSI PCMCIA

card for laptop

• PCI or AGP graphics card (AGP preferred)

• 1024x768 16 bit High Colour is recommended

Windows NT 4.0

• 166MHz Pentium processor (200MHz Pentium or better is recommended)

• 32MB RAM (128MB RAM is recommended)

• 50MB free disk space

• Adaptec SCSI card 2906 for desktop, Adaptec 1460 Slim SCSI PCMCIA

card for laptop

• PCI or AGP graphics card (AGP preferred)

• 1024x768 16 bit High Colour is recommended

Windows 2000

• 166MHz Pentium processor (200MHz Pentium or better is recommended)

• 64MB RAM (128MB RAM is recommended)

• 50MB free disk space

• Adaptec SCSI card 2906 for desktop, Adaptec 1460 Slim SCSI PCMCIA

card for laptop

• PCI or AGP graphics card (AGP preferred)

• 1024x768 16 bit High Colour is recommended

Note: IMT Card must have Version 2 ROMs fitted and must use builds 589 or above.

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1.1.1 Before Installing your chosen Operating System

Before you install your chosen operating system you should configure your SCSI card

in accordance with the documentation supplied with it. Do NOT at this stage install

any hardware supplied with WinCue Pro News.

1.1.2 WinCue Pro News Installation Help

There are issues to look out for when installing WinCue Pro News:

WinCue Pro News works on Window's 95, 98, Window's NT 4.0, Window's 2000 and

Window's XP. Windows ME is NOT supported. It is not recommended to have a SCSI

hard disk or any other SCSI device on the same SCSI bus as the IMT Card.

If you have this setup then see the SCSI documentation below.

We recommend using an Adaptec 29xx SCSI adapter in a desktop PC. If you are

using another Adaptec card e.g. 2906xxx Ensure that the SCSI cards ROM BIOS is not

Version 1.3x, if so apply downgrade, which can be obtained from Autocue.

Note: Not all Adaptec SCSI cards can be downgraded.

Use an Adaptec 1460 Slim SCSI adapter in a laptop PC.

For both desktops and laptops do not use a motherboard that uses an Intel TX

chipset. Only use genuine Intel processors. We recommend you don’t use an Intel

Celeron processor.

Ensure that the installed SCSI drivers match those in the following SCSI

documentation.

1.2 The WinCue Pro News Package

The WinCue Pro News package consists of:

• Software (1 CD plus 1 License diskette)

• I.M.T. Scroll Card

• Scroll Control

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• Manuals (WinCue Pro News User Guide and a guide to connecting

WinCue to your Newsroom system)

• Laptop users will receive an I.M.T. box, not the I.M.T. scroll card.

1.3 IMT Scroll Card

The I.M.T. scroll card allows WinCue Pro News to prompt text in any language. Data

from the scroll card is sent to the prompter screen via the on-board composite video

channel. The I.M.T. card also features an on-board genlock port. In addition, an I.M.T.

scroll control can be attached to the I.M.T. card leaving all the ports on your PC free

for other peripherals.

1.4 Installing the Hardware - Desktop PCs

Before installing the WinCue Pro News software you have to install the IMT scroll card.

Your PC must be turned off before the I.M.T. scroll card can be installed.

The I.M.T. card will have been configured prior to despatch for the settings required

in your country. Therefore changes to jumpers or dipswitch settings should not be

necessary.

1.4.1 Installing the I.M.T. Card Inside a PC

Remove the cover from the PC’s case.

1. The I.M.T. card should be connected to the end of the SCSI cable.

2. Find a free PCI slot inside the PC.

3. Remove the appropriate blanking plate.

4. Carefully insert the I.M.T. card.

5. Connect the SCSI cable to the I.M.T. card.

6. Replace the PC’s cover.

1.4.2 Connecting a Scroll Control

The standard scroll control used with WinCue Pro News is the I.M.T. scroll control. The

I.M.T. scroll control port is the 9 pin analogue port on the back of the I.M.T. card.

WinCue Pro News expects the scroll control to be connected to this port.

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See Chapter 7 to learn more about the different scroll controls supported by WinCue

Pro News.

1.4.3 Connecting a Composite Video Feed

This port supplies the composite video feed to the prompter screen(s). The I.M.T card

comes in 3 versions:

Issue 1 card; the composite video output port is the BNC port closest to the
scroll control port on the I.M.T card.
Issue 2 card, the composite video output port is the BNC port furthest the
scroll control port on the I.M.T card.
Issue 3 PCI card, the composite video output port is the BNC port closest to
the scroll control port on the I.M.T card.

1.4.4 Connecting a Genlock Feed

This port accepts a genlock input feed.

Issue 1 card the genlock port is the BNC port furthest from the scroll control
port on the I.M.T card.
Issue 2 cards the genlock port is the BNC port closest to the scroll control port
on the I.M.T card.
Issue 3 PCI card the genlock port is the BNC port furthest from the scroll
control port on the I.M.T card.

1.5 Installing the Hardware - Laptops

The I.M.T. Scroll box must be attached to your Laptop externally, before you connect

it to your laptop make sure your laptop is turned off. The I.M.T. scroll card inside the

I.M.T. box has been configured prior to dispatch for the settings required in your

country. Therefore it should not be necessary to open the I.M.T. box or change

jumpers or dipswitch settings.

See section 11.2 for further information about setting up the WinCue Pro News

hardware on a Laptop.

1.5.1 Connecting the I.M.T. Box to a Laptop

1. Insert the PCMCIA SCSI card into your laptop

2. Connect one end of the SCSI cable supplied with the SCSI card to the

PCMCIA card and the other to the SCSI port on the I.M.T. box

3. Connect a power cord to the appropriate input of the I.M.T. box (you
have a choice of IEC mains or 12V DC)

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1.5.2 Connecting a Scroll Control

Laptops normally use the I.M.T. scroll control. The I.M.T. scroll control port is the 9 pin

analogue port on top of the I.M.T. box. WinCue Pro News expects a scroll control to

be connected to this port.

The I.M.T. scroll control will not work if it is attached to any other port on your PC.

1.5.3 Connecting a Composite Video Feed

There are 2 versions of the I.M.T. box, one has four BNC composite outputs and the

other has one. These ports supply the composite video feed to the prompter

screen(s). You can connect your video cable to the BNC output.

See section 10.1 for further information about the IMT card layout.

1.5.4 Connecting a Genlock Feed

The genlock port is the BNC port next to the I.M.T. scroll control port on the I.M.T. box.

This port accepts a genlock feed.

1.5.5 Connecting a Power Supply

The I.M.T. box can be powered from one of three different sources; the mains power

supply, 12V DC and an optional PAG battery (UK version only).

A reset button is provided on the I.M.T. box to reset the I.M.T. scroll card.

1.6 Restarting Your PC

Once all the WinCue Pro News hardware has been installed restart your PC.

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Laptop users must switch on the I.M.T. box before switching on the laptop. This is to

ensure the PCMCIA SCSI card successfully detects the I.M.T. scroll card.

1.7 Installing the Software

It is assumed you have already successfully installed your chosen operating system

on a PC and this meets the minimum hardware requirements.

If WinCue Pro News is being installed on Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 you will

need to be logged in as Administrator.

The software is supplied on CD with a license diskette.

To begin installing WinCue Pro News:

Close all programs running on your computer

Insert the License Disk in the floppy drive of your computer

Insert the CD into your CD drive of your computer (Note: The CD will not auto run)

Choose R

un… from the Start menu

The Run dialog box appears. Type in the drive letter of your CD drive followed by the

setup command. E.g. D:\setup in the Open: text box then click on OK.

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The installation program will load. Follow the on screen instructions carefully.

Once all the software has been copied onto your PC you will need to shut it down

and switch it off to install the I.M.T. scroll card.

The licence included with each copy of WinCue Pro News is designed to work with

the supplied I.M.T. scroll card. It will not work with any other I.M.T. card.

1.8 Starting WinCue for the First Time

When WinCue Pro News starts for the first time the following message appears, “Your

scroll control configuration is not set. WinCue Pro News will now allow you to select

which scroll control your have installed”. Click OK and the Configure Scroll Controls

dialog box appears:

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Select the appropriate scroll control from the list of Available Control T

OK.

See Chapter 7 for more information on the different scroll controls.

If the following error message appears:

Make sure that you have your hand control connected to the correct COM port, this

is set in the “Configure Hybrid Serial / IMT Multibutton Controller” set-up menu. If this

has been set correctly then re-select the COM port that you are using. The WinCue

Pro News installation is now complete and

you are ready to begin working with

ypes and click

WinCue Pro News.

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2 Getting Started with WinCue

Pro News

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2.1 WinCue Pro News Basics

This section aims to provide those who are unfamiliar with prompting systems with the

basic terms involved.

2.1.1 Prompters

The prompter is normally mounted on the front of the camera and displays the

scrolling text created by the script editor for the presenter to read. The text from the

monitor is reflected onto a special sheet of glass enabling the presenter to see and

read the text.

2.1.2 Script Editor

The script editor is used to write and modify the stories the presenter is going to read.

Each story is represented as a one-line entry in the rundown.

2.1.3 The Scroll Controller

The scroll controller is used to control the prompted text. The prompter operator

controls the speed and direction the text scrolls to suit the presenter.

2.2 Starting WinCue Pro News

Normally, you start WinCue Pro News from within Windows by double clicking on the

WinCue Pro News icon on your desktop:

OR

Click on the Windows Start button, then click on Programs and then select WinCue

Pro News

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The WinCue Pro News main window will then open.

2.3 Creating a new Script

To create a new script, open the File menu and select New…

OR click the New File button on the Toolbar:

A window called Untitled Simple Script File will appear inside the WinCue Pro News

Client window:

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Menu Bar – Shows all the menus that are available in the current editor window.

Toolbar Buttons – This shows the most used buttons. This toolbar can be configured if

you require.

Word Count – These boxes will turn yellow when prompt is enabled.

Total Words - As you type the script into WinCue Pro News, the total words box will

track the number of words that are in the script. The current word count is constantly

updated and displayed.

Words to End – This box will track the number of words remaining in the script, from a

specific point within the script.

Script Duration - These boxes will turn yellow when prompt is enabled.

Total Time – This shows the total length of the script.

Time to End – This displays the time to the end of the script from wherever the cursor is

positioned.

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Script Editor – This is where you enter your text.

Status Bar – Displays the script file name, printing information and the current

language that you are using.

You can now begin typing your script. When the text reaches the right hand margin,

WinCue Pro News automatically “wraps” the following text to the next line, as in

standard word processors. You can move the cursor to any position in the script and

start typing from there. To start a new line press Return.

2.3.1 Using toolbars for command shortcuts

Using the mouse to click buttons on the toolbars provides quick access to commonly

used commands and tools.

Formatting toolbar

Standard toolbar

To display or hide a toolbar, open the Tools menu and select Toolbars. From the sub-

menu select the toolbar/s you want to display or hide. The selected toolbars will have

a check mark (9) displayed next to them.

2.3.2 Adding Markers to a Script

When prompting, it is sometimes useful to be able to jump to specific parts of a script

without having to scroll to that point. Markers are placed at points where the

operator may need to jump too.

To insert a marker, move the cursor to the required position in the text, open the Insert

menu and select Marker, or you can use the shortcut keys CTRL + M.

A marker flag is then displayed in the text:

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2.4 Saving Your Work

It is good practice to save your work regularly, whilst writing your script, just in case

there is a problem with the PC.

2.4.1 Saving a Script for the First Time

To save a script for the first time choose File then Save As from the menu:

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OR click the Save button on the toolbar:

The Save As dialog box will then appear, select the directory where you would like to

save your scripts in, then enter a File name and click Save.

2.4.2 Saving Changes to the Script

To save further changes to the script open the File menu and select Save… The

changes will be saved to the existing Simple Script File. If you want to save the script

as a new Simple Script File follow the procedure for saving a script for the first time as

above.

2.5 Prompting a Script

Once you have finished typing your script, now its time to prompt it.

2.5.1 Beginning a Prompting Session

When you are ready to prompt your script choose Prompt then Begin Prompting from

the menu

OR click the Begin Prompting button on the toolbar:

The first few lines of your script will appear on the prompter’s screen. Use the Scroll

control attached to your computer to prompt the text. When prompting the Word

Count box and Time box will turn yellow:

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2.5.2 Ending the Prompt Session

When you have finished prompting your script choose prompt then Stop Prompting

from the menu.

OR click the Stop Prompting button on the toolbar:

This will clear the prompter’s screen.

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3 Script Files

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3.1 Script Files

In this Chapter you will learn more about how the simple file script editor works. The

Script Editor is used to create the prompting text and is similar to many Windows

based editors.

3.1.1 The Script Editor Window

The Script Editor is used to create the scripts; the basic functions of the Script Editor

were described in the previous chapter, this chapter explains how to use the Script

Editor in more detail.

3.1.2 The Script Window

The script is created in this window and this represents what will be seen when

WinCue Pro News is in the prompt mode.

WinCue Pro News supports both mouse and keyboard controls. A summary of the

shortcut keyboard controls is shown below. These keystrokes will help you to move

around the editor quickly.

Key To move

HOME To the beginning of a line

END To the end of a line

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Page Up Up one screen

Page down Down one screen

Ctrl + HOME To the beginning of the script

Ctrl + END To the end of the script

3.1.3 The Word Count Boxes

As you type a script WinCue Pro News will keep track of the number of words in the

script. The current word count appears in the Total Words box and is constantly

updated.

WinCue Pro News also displays the number of words to the end of the script from the

position of the cursor within the script. The number of words to the end of the script is

displayed in the Words To End box.

3.1.4 The Script Duration Boxes

The time taken for a person to read a script from the prompter screen will depend on

the number of words in the script and how fast that person reads. WinCue Pro News

uses the current word count and the presenters read rate to calculate the duration

of the script. The script duration, in seconds, is displayed in the Total Time box and this

is also constantly updated.

The default read rate of 180 words per minute is used if the read rate is unknown. The

default read rate can be changed for each presenter. These settings will be covered

later on in this handbook

WinCue Pro News also displays the time to the end of the script from the position of

the cursor within the script. This is calculated in the same way as the Total Time. The

time to the end of the script is displayed in the Time To End box.

3.1.5 Importing Scripts

As well as typing in scripts you can import files into WinCue Pro News. Place the cursor

where you want the imported text to be placed in the script then click on import,

which is located in the file menu. If you prefer to keep you imported scripts

separately you can have as many WinCue Pro News *.wss files open as you require.

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Note: Remember you can also drag and drop files into the script window.

WinCue Pro News File Types – *.WSS – WinCue Pro News Simple Script File

3.1.6 IMT Scroll Control

The two button I.M.T control allows you to scroll the text up and down the screen and

jump between markers.

To scroll your text, turn the knob at the end clockwise to speed up and anti-clockwise

to slow down.

To change the direction of the prompted text, press the BLACK BUTTON.

To jump to the next marker press the RED BUTTON.

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4 Rundown Files

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4.1 WinCue Rundown Window

A WinCue Rundown basically a collection of simple script files. Using a rundown is a

better way to look after multiple scripts. By the end of this chapter you will be able to

prompt using multiple rundowns. Editing scripts is done in just the same way as in the

simple script files editor.

This chapter assumes that you have the basic knowledge the script editor.

The WinCue Pro News Rundown window consists of two parts, the WinCue Rundown

and the Script Editor. The rundown displays a list of the stories, which will be displayed

for the presenter. The stories are then prompted in the order they appear in the

rundown list. The Script editor is used to create the text attached to each of the

stories.

When a new runorder is first opened this is what you will see:

4.1.1 WinCue Rundown Information Window

ID - This provides a unique number for all stories in the rundown and is not connected

with the running order.

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Story Title - Simply a title to identify the individual stories.

Words - Provide a word count of the number of words in the script displayed in the

Script Editor.

Link - This is the time for this script based on the set read rate. (Default read rate 180

words per minute).

Modified - This is used in the WinCue Pro News system and it indicates the time when

the story was last changed.

Status - This is used in the WinCue Pro News system and it indicates weather a story is

missing or when a story has received a story updated over a network.

4.1.2 The Script Editor Window

The script is created in this window and this represents what will be seen when

WinCue is in the prompt mode. The text by default is white on a black background:

The Script editor is used to create the scripts. The basic functions of the Script Editor

were described previously.

The Script Editor window displays the Story title at the top and below three text boxes.

Firstly the ID number of the story is displayed in the first box labelled ID. Secondly the

word count box which displays the number of words in the script, labelled Words.

Finally the duration of the script based on the number of words and the set read rate

is displayed in the box labelled Time.

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The size of the Script Editor window can be adjusted. As you move the pointer onto

the left hand side of the frame the pointer changes shape. When the pointer

changes shape click the mouse button and drag to the desired width.

4.1.3 Creating a New Story

The first step in creating a new rundown is creating a new story. To create a new

stories select Story, then New from the menu or press the insert key. A sub menu

appears and from this you can select Single-column Script or Single-column Break.

Choose Single-column Script and the New Item Title dialog box appears. Enter the

story name in the text box and click OK. The story name should be one or two word

description of the story.

A Single-column Break can be used to split the rundown into sections. The total times

for each section can be displayed in the running order by the break item.

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The title of the story will appear in WinCue Pro News Rundown window under the

Story Title heading.

A black bar on the rundown order indicates the story you have selected.

To attach text to the story using the Script Editor, double click on the line of the story

in the WinCue Pro News Rundown window. A black bar on the rundown order

indicates the story you are currently prompting. The Story Title will be shown at the

top of the Script Editor box. The cursor is automatically placed in the Script Editor

window and you can type in the accompanying script to the story. The text written in

the Script Editor will appear on the prompter’s output.

To quit the Script Editor press the Esc (Escape) key on the keyboard.

Creating a new story adds a line to the rundown. The text for this item can be

attached to this story using the script editor Choose Story, then New from the menu.

A sub menu appears and from this you can select Single-column Script or Single-

column Break. Choose Single-column Script and the New Item Title dialog box

appears. Enter the story name in the text box and click OK.

4.1.4 Saving Scripts and Rundowns

It is good practice to save the rundown and scripts regularly to ensure no information

is lost accidentally. To save rundown and accompanying scripts, choose File, Save As

from the menu. A Save As dialog box will be displayed. Enter the name of the

Rundown in File name text box and click on Save.

Use the Save button on the toolbar to save your work:

To save changes made to a script choose File Save from the menu. The script

changes will be added to the existing file.

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4.1.5 Moving Stories Within the Running Order

The stories within a rundown can be reordered very easily using the drag and drop

facility in WinCue Pro News. Drag-and–drop is the easiest way to move a story within

a Rundown. Select the story you want to move by pointing to it and hold down the

left-hand mouse button. When the drag and drop pointer appears, drag the dotted

insertion point to the new location. Release the mouse button to drop the story in its

new place in the runorder.

4.1.6 Renumbering Stories in the Rundown

The stories within a rundown can be renumbered at any stage when lines are added

or deleted. Choose Rundown, then Renumber from the menu.

4.2 Editing Within the Rundown

It is possible to edit the rundown and the attached stories in the rundown window.

This will be quicker and often more convenient than the pull down menus. To do this

click once with the right mouse button on the story you wish to edit. A menu appears

next to the cursor. This section describes the commands available from this menu.

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4.2.1 New story

To add a new story to the rundown, click once with the right mouse button on the

position in the rundown where you want it to appear. A sub menu appears next to

the cursor. Select New from this menu, you can then select Single-column Script or

Single-column Break. Choose Single-column Script and the New Item Title dialog box

appears. Enter the story name in the text box and click OK.

4.2.2 Edit Story

To do this click once with the right mouse button on the line you to view. A menu

appears next to the cursor. Select Edit Story from this menu. The item can then be

edited.

The item can also be edited by selecting it from the rundown list and then using the

menu commands. Choose Story, then Edit from the menu.

Finally, you can edit the attached script by double left clicking on the story and the

Script Editor window appears.

4.2.3 View Story

To do this click once with the right mouse button on the line you to view. A menu

appears next to the cursor. Select View Story from this menu. Viewing the text allows

you to read the text attached to a story but does not allow you to make changes to

it.

The item can also be viewed by selecting it from the rundown list and using the menu

commands. Choose Story, and then View from the menu.

Finally, you can view the attached script by double left clicking on the story and the

Script Editor window appears.

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4.2.4 Delete Story

It may be necessary to delete stories from the rundown. To do this click once with the

right mouse button on the line you wish to delete. A menu appears next to the cursor.

Select Delete from this menu. A dialog box will appear Sure you want to delete this

item? Click Yes to delete. The item will be deleted from the rundown and the text

from the Script Editor.

The item can also be deleted by selecting it from the rundown list and using the

menu commands. Choose Story, then Delete from the menu. A Dialog box Sure you

want to delete this item? will appear. Click on Yes to delete.

4.2.5 Deleting Multiple Stories

It may be necessary to delete multiple stories from the rundown. This removes the

highlighted lines and the attached text contained in the Script Editor.

Hold the Ctrl key on the keyboard and click once on each of the stories you wish to

delete from the Rundown. Choose Story, then Delete from the menu. A Dialog box

Sure you want to delete this item? will appear. Click on Yes to delete.

Alternatively, hold the Ctrl key on the keyboard and click once on each of the stories

you wish to delete from the Rundown. Click once on the right mouse button on any

highlighted story. A menu appears next to the pointer. Choose Delete from the

menu. A Dialog box Sure you want to delete this item? will appear. Click on Yes to

delete.

4.2.6 Edit Field

The unique title field in the rundown simply identifies each individual story. The title

field should contain a one or two word description of the story. To do this click once

with the right mouse button on the story you wish to edit. Choose Edit Field from the

menu. The title field will now appear white indicating you can now edit. Make your

changes and when you are happy click on the left-hand mouse button or press

enter.

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If you have a three-button mouse it’s even simpler. Just click on the story you wish to

edit with the middle mouse button.

To edit the field directly with a two button mouse press Ctrl and press the right hand

button on the mouse to edit the field directly.

4.2.7 Toggle Hold State

Toggle Hold State allows you place an item in the rundown, which will not be

prompted and will not be included in any timing calculations. This allows stories to be

on standby. To do this click once with the right mouse button on the line you wish to

hold. A menu appears next to the cursor. Select Toggle Hold State from this menu.

The item selected turns blue.

4.2.8 Prompt From Here

The Prompt From Here command allows you to begin prompting from anywhere

within the rundown. To do this click once with the right mouse button on the line you

wish to begin prompting at. A menu appears next to the cursor and select Prompt

From Here. The rundown then goes into prompting mode and the item selected, as

the first turns yellow.

4.3 Working with Multiple Rundowns

WinCue Pro News will allow the user to have a large number of rundowns and Script

Editor windows open at the same time. However, to limit the confusion it is best to

have only one open at a time.

WinCue Pro News provides a number of standard tools to help organise multiple

rundown windows. The rundown windows currently opened are displayed on the

window bar.

4.3.1 Tiling windows

The windows can be tiled this enables the operator to see part of all the rundowns on

one screen. The way in which the windows are tiled depends on how many are

open.

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If you wish to see only the Rundown windows, then close all the Script Editors

windows. Choose Window, then Tile Horizontally or Tile Vertically from the menu. The

tilling can be horizontal or vertical depending on what you prefer. To make a window

active choose the corresponding Rundown name from the window and click on it.

4.3.2 Cascading Windows

Cascading windows arranges all the open windows one behind each other with their

titles visible. The top window is the only one that can be seen complete.

Once again if only the Rundowns are to be cascaded, close all the script editors.

Choose Window, and then Cascade from the menu. All the open windows are

stacked so their titles are visible.

To bring a chosen rundown to the front, choose click on the rundown name in the

stack or click on title on the status bar.

4.3.3 Arranging Icons

All the open windows can be minimised to icons. These icons can become

disorganised; Arrange places them in an orderly fashion.

Choose Window, then Arrange from the menu. All the icons will be arranged in an

orderly fashion at the bottom of the WinCue Pro News window in the Status bar.

4.3.4 Moving Stories Between Rundowns

Stories can be moved between Rundowns very easily using the drag and drop

facility in WinCue Pro News Drag-and–drop is the easiest way to move a story

between Rundowns. Select the story you want to move by pointing to it and hold

down the left-hand mouse button. When the drag and drop pointer appears, drag

the dotted insertion point to the new location. Release the mouse button to drop the

story in its new place in the Rundown.

4.4 Prompting Mode

When WinCue Pro News enters the prompting mode the stories in the chosen

rundown can be scrolled. The prompter operator controls the speed at which the

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text is scrolled to suit the presenters read rate. The stories within a rundown can be

skipped or returned as necessary.

4.4.1 Entering Prompt Mode

To start the prompter choose Prompt, then Begin Prompting from the menu. The first

item on the rundown list appears yellow indicating that this is the current item

prompting. The prompter operator can now control the text on the prompter using

the scroll controller.

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4.4.2 Controlling Prompted Text

The prompter operator uses the scroll controller to vary the text scroll speed, the

direction, to skip backwards and forwards between stories in the rundown. There are

a number of other options available, within the Prompt menu, when prompting.

Choose Prompt, then any of the following from the menu:

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dit at Prompt Position Allows editing at current position

Script Lock Mode Stops prompting and set prompter at

the beginning of current item

Jump prompt to editor Skips to start of current item and

continues prompting

Refresh Prompt Output Skips back a couple of lines and

continues prompting

A check mark (9) indicates the command is on.

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4.4.3 Quitting Prompt Mode

To quit the prompter, choose Prompt, then Stop Prompting from the menu.

Or click on the stop-prompting icon on the menu bar:

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5 Printing

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5.1 Is your Printer setup?

Firstly make sure that you have a printer installed on your system, if not you will see

this warning message if you try to access the printer setup menu:

Once your printer is installed correctly you can then setup your printer.

The printer setup menu is there to inform you of your printer’s configuration, the

options in there are all self-explanatory.

5.1.1 Network

If your prompter PC has a network connection then you can also print a script over

your network.

Note: If you're not sure about setting up a network printer consult your network

administrator.

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5.2 Print Menu

There are 3 ways to print from within WinCue Pro News.

You can click on the print icon on the task bar:

You can go to the file menu and select print or with the view on the runorder window

you can select Runorder Print Scripts.

Whatever method you choose you will be presented with this Print window:

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Printer – This shows you the printer(s) that are installed on your system. The properties

tab will allow you to change the settings for your printer.

Print Range – This will allow you to specify which pages of a script to print.

Copies – This sets how many copies are printed.

Print Layout – The print layout specifies how your scripts will be printed.

There are three Print Layout options that you can choose from:

Simple Script File Layout will print out you script in draft mode e.g.

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And all of the formatting information will be lost.

The print size has been scaled to be 1/3 the original font size that you are using in the

editor. This means that the size of the text in the editor is directly related to the size of

the font in your printouts

The Scaling size and the formatting for your printouts can be changed,

See Chapter 8 Layout Editor for more information about customising WinCue Pro

News.

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6 WinCue Pro News Menus

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6.1 File Menu

New – This opens the new file dialogue box.

Open File – This opens the open file dialogue box, if you click on a non-WinCue Pro

News file such as a word or text file then WinCue Pro News will import the selected

file. You may open more than one file at any time and just switch between them by

minimizing the file that you don’t want, but only one file can be active “being

prompted” at any time. All WinCue Pro News files will have one of the following file

extensions, *.wss or *.wsr. These files cannot be imported into one another.

Save – Click on this to save your work.

Save As – If you want to re-name your file or save the file in a different location.

Close – Close the currently open script file window. Remember you can have more

that one file open at any time.

Properties – This is used to change how the currently opened file is displayed, and to

add presenters.

Import – If you are importing a non-WinCue Pro News file this option will open a file

import dialogue box. If you click on the down arrow on the file type window you will

see a list of supported files.

Export – If you want to open the WinCue Pro News script using Microsoft word then

you will have to export your file using this function. This is a list of formats that WinCue

Pro News will convert its file to.

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Print Setup – This will open the printer setup screen.

Print – this opens the print options box

6.2 Edit

Cut – This becomes active when you highlight a section of text, you can then remove

the selected text by selecting Cut from the menu or by using the keyboard shortcut

Shift+Del or by clicking on the cut icon.

Copy – This becomes active when you highlight a section of text, this is useful when

you want to copy large portions of text within your story.

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Paste – This becomes active after you have cut a section of text from your script, you

can then paste it else where in the story.

Paste Special – When this is selected you will this menu.

If you need to paste a section of text in within your current script in a different format

then you can use one of the available formats to do this. Depending on which

format you select you will be presented with a Paste Settings window – see 6.3 Data

Converters for more information.

Select All – This will select all the text in your current script.

Find – Use this to find words within the script.

Type in the word that you want to search for then click Ok to begin the search. This

will then find the first instance of the specified word in the script.

By clicking on the Special Characters tab you can search for these additional

characters.

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Find Next - If you want to continue searching for a word you can use this function.

Each time the word that you have specified is found it will be highlighted.

Replace – Use this to automatically search and replace words within the script.

Spell Check – Once spell checking is selected you will see this window.

Note: Spell checking will start from wherever the cursor is in the script.

Ignore – Will ignore the current word in the “consider changing” box.

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Ignore All – will ignore all instances of the same word within the current script.

Change – Will change the current “consider word” to one that is in the dictionary.

Change All – Will change every instance of the current word to the one that has

been suggested.

Add To Dictionary – Use this to add more words into the WinCue Pro News Dictionary.

Add To Auto-correct – If you want to automatically change particular words click on

this to add them to the Auto-correct dictionary.

Suggest More – Click on this to see if there are more suggestions for a particular word.

6.3 Rundown

To see this menu the Runorder list has to be the active window.

Renumber – Select this option to number the scripts in your Rundown sequentially.

Trashcan - This function is not available in WinCue Pro News.

Print Scripts – Use this option to print the scripts in your Rundown.

Renumber Shots – This function is not available in WinCue Pro News.

6.4 Format

To see this menu the WinCue Pro News Editor has to be the active window.

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The first section shows standard word processing formatting functions; these options

are also on the toolbar.

Not Captioned – When this is selected any text that you don’t want to go to the

Caption Generator is highlighted as shown.

Not Prompted – For text that you don’t want to be prompted you can use the Not

Prompted option. The text will then be highlighted as shown in the editor but will not

appear on the prompter screen.

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All Text

Use this option to format all the text with a script

Leave – This will leave the text as it is.

On – This will turn on the formatting function that you have selected and format the

script.

Off – This will remove the formatting from the script.

6.5 Insert

Presenter - This will insert presenters into the script. As standard there is only the

Default presenter available

See 6.42 Setting up presenters.

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When you select your presenter and click ok you will see the presenter icon in the

script.

Marker – Click on this to add story markers.

When prompting, it is sometimes useful to be able to jump to specific parts of a Script

without having to scroll to that point. This problem is overcome by adding Markers;

these are placed at points where the operator may need to jump to.

Place the cursor where you want the marker to be inserted, click on the Insert menu

and select Marker or press <CTRL + M>.

6.6 Prompt

Begin Prompting – Click on this to enable the prompt output.

Stop Prompting – This will deactivate the prompt output.

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Tracking - When this is ticked the text in the editor will follow the prompt output.

Edit At Prompt Position – This is useful when tracking has been disabled. When it is

selected the editor screen will jump to wherever the cursor is on the prompt output.

Script Lock Mode – When this is selected the prompt output is locked to the editor

position.

Note: that this will disable the scroll control.

Jump Prompt To Editor – This will force the prompt output to go to the same position in

the script as the editor.

Refresh Prompt Output – This will refresh the prompt output screen.

Genlock – This is used to lock the video output signal to an external synchronisation

signal.

Invert Colours – This will invert the colours of the prompt output screen.

Note: This is not the same as Inverse on the menu bar.

Activate AutoCaption – Only used if you have captioning enabled in your license.

Deactivate Autocaption – Switches off the above.

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6.7 Automation

These functions are only available if you have purchased an Automation Controller,

or.

See the PC90 Stand and PowerPoint sections for more information about setting up

these functions.

6.8 Master/Slave

These functions are only available if you have purchased the master/slave system.

See the Master/Slave section for more information about setting up this function.

6.9 Tools

Toolbar – If you want to remove any of the toolbars from the WinCue Pro News

desktop you can do this from here

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Standard Toolbar

Formatting Toolbar

Status Bar

Window Bar – Shows which files are loaded in WinCue Pro News

Log Output – Displays information about the WinCue Pro News system.

Customise - This feature is not available in this version of the WinCue Pro News

software.

Server Administrator – This feature is not available in this version of WinCue Pro News

software.

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Server Monitor – This feature is not available in this version of WinCue Pro News

software.

Layout Editor – See Chapter 8 The Layout Editor.

Options – See Chapter 6 for configuration information.

6.10 Windows

Cascade – This re-sizes the windows so that they overlap one another.

Tile Horizontally – If you have more than one runorder open you can have both

displayed horizontally at the same time.

Tile Vertically – If you have more than one runorder open you can have both

displayed vertically at the same time.

Close – This will close the current WinCue Pro News file.

Next Item – This will move down an item in the runorder.

Previous Item – This will move you up an item in the runorder.

Untitled Simple Script File – This shows the file that is currently active. If there are two

or more files loaded the active file will have a tick by its name.

6.11 Help

Index – Opens the WinCue Pro News Help file.

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Help – Opens the WinCue Pro News Help file.

Tip Of The Day – There are no tips available for WinCue Pro News.

About – This will give you information about the WinCue Pro News system that you

have purchased.

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7 WinCue Pro News

Configuration

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7.1 Options

The Tools Options Menu is used to configure how your WinCue Pro News prompter will

work.

Click on the Tools on the tool bar then select Options from the pull down menu.

7.2 Access control

If you do not want other users to be able to change the WinCue Pro News set-up

then you can give each user, specific user rights.

Security – This is where you add specific user names to the WinCue Pro News system.

These names must match the Windows log on names.

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This is the list of privileges that a user can set:

7.3 Data Converters

This section explains the settings that can be used to handle the conversion of non-

WinCue Pro News files that are imported into WinCue Pro News.

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7.3.1 Options For Microsoft Word Files

Common - If you do not want to see the import dialogue box then tick this setting.

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 Pro News will automatically replace the non-valid font with the

one you selected.

Import Overrides – If you have to change the character set or locales that are used

when importing word files then you can change this here.

Code Page – used to change the default code page for imported files.

7.3.2 Options For RTF Files

Translate Carriage Returns to Spaces - If this setting is selected carriage returns will be

converted into spaces. Without this setting being selected WinCue Pro News 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.

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Check For Special Character - E.g. /M =Marker When this option is ticked when any

occurrences of this character is detected within the imported text file a marker will

be placed in the script.

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.

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 Pro News will automatically replace the non-valid font with the

one you selected.

Import Overrides – If you have to change the character set or locales that are used

when importing word files then you can change this here.

Code Page – used to change the default code page for imported files.

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7.3.3 Options For Text Files

Translate Carriage Returns to Spaces – If this setting is selected carriage returns will be

converted into spaces. Without this setting being selected WinCue Pro News 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.

Automatically use these settings - Click the A

checkbox if you want to prevent this dialog box appearing again.

utomatically use these settings

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7.4 File Based Queues

In this section you can configure the appearance for all WinCue Pro News script files.

7.4.1 Types

Simple Script File Defaults - This is used to set up the appearance of your WinCue Pro

News script files.

7.4.2 Presenter Options

There are 2 ways of adding presenters to a script.

1 - On opening a script file you can add presenters by selecting Properties from the

file menu. Any presenters created or settings changed using this method are only

available to that specific script file.

2 – By adding Presenters using the Tools /Options /File Based Queues method any

presenters or settings changed here will apply to all WinCue Pro News files.

Although there are different ways to add presenters to a script the setup for this is the

same.

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7.4.3 Presenters

Presenter’s settings allow you to customise settings for individual presenters. The font,

colour, style and read rate can be allocated for individual presenters. These settings

will be automatically applied to the script when the presenter is selected.

There is always a DEFAULT presenter in WinCue Pro News this is used to set the default

script file settings.

7.4.4 Presenter Settings

Open the File menu and select Properties….

OR

Click on the Tools /Options menu and select the File Based Queues tab. Then select

Simple Rundown File Defaults

This dialog box will be displayed:

General Tab

If you find that your script font is to small then you can set the default font type here

The Font style and Size that you set here will be used as the default for all of your

scripts.

Presenter Settings Tab

These are the different options that you can change or fix for your presenters.

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Presenters Tab

To add a new presenter, click A

dd. The Presenter Properties dialog box opens. Enter

the presenter’s name in the Presenter Name text box and click OK. The new

presenter will then be shown in the list of Currently Defined Presenters.

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Note: All of the available options are greyed out. This is because no options had

been ticked in the Presenter Settings window. Only after an option has been selected

will it be available in the Attributes window.

Once you have assigned the Presenters attributes and clicked OK, the new Presenter

will appear in your list of Presenters and will be available for use in your scripts.

Note: Remember presenters that have been created using the File Properties method

will not appear under the Tools /Options /File Based Queues menu.

Modify – Used if you need to change your settings.

Delete – Will remove a presenter that is no longer required.

Set Default – The default presenter will be highlighted in bold and will be used for all

scripts.

Banners

This menu is used if you want to change the colour or font style used for the prompter

banner.

Padding – Increasing this value will make your Banner Thicker.

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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.

7.4.5 Simple Script File Defaults

For simple script file defaults there are no banner settings but all of the other menus

work in the same way as above.

7.5 Master/Slave Interface

This interface is covered in the Master/Slave section of this guide.

7.6 Multilingual Support

WinCue Pro News can be used in many different languages but you must install the

correct language fonts for the language that you would like to use. This is setup from

within Windows.

Windows 95/98/NT4

Open the Windows Control Panel and select keyboard:

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This will then open the keyboard properties box.

In Windows NT4 you click on the Input Locals tab:

In Windows 95/95 you click on the Languages tab:

Click on Add to install additional keyboard layouts, this will open a pull down list off

supported languages. Select the ones that you want to install then click on apply;

you will need your Windows CD to complete the process.

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Another option is to use a third party multilingual pack such as Global Writer 98; once

this has been installed you will then be able to use the fonts in from this package from

within WinCue Pro News.

Windows 2000

Follow the installation instruction as above but if you still cannot see the language

that you want open the Windows Control Panel and select Regional Options.

This window will know open up:

You can now select more countries from this menu. After you have selected the ones

that you need click on apply, you will need the Windows 2000 CD to complete this

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process. Now when you go back to the Input Locals tab you will notice that there are

a few more languages that can be selected.

7.7 Prompt Engine

From here you are able to configure the settings for when using WinCue Pro News LT

to prompt.

7.7.1 Auto Captioning

This is used if you are sending the text from WinCue Pro News to a captioning

machine.

Those of you running WinCue Pro News with a caption generator may want to select

particular parts of the script that won’t be sent to the caption generator. Select the

text by highlighting, and then choose Format, then Not Captioned from the menu.

The marked text will not be sent to the caption generator.

7.7.2 Hardware Settings

This is where you setup how your WinCue Pro News prompter card works:

Layout

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Left Margin Width – Sets the size of the left margin. If you find that you cannot see the

cursor you can increase this value to reduce the scanning range.

Left Margin Width - Sets the size of the right margin.

No Cue Marker – This will remove the cursor from the prompt output display.

On Left – This will display the cursor on the left side of the prompt output display.

On Right - This will display the cursor on the right side of the prompt output display.

Offset from screen top – Increase this value to move the cursor position further up the

screen.

Width – Increase this value to make the cursor larger.

Display STOPPED Status – If this is enabled when the stop button on the Multibutton

hand control is pressed a “STOPPED” logo will appear on the prompt output monitor.

Display BLANK Status - If this is enabled when the blank screen button on the

Multibutton hand control is pressed a “BLANKED” logo will appear on the prompt

output monitor.

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Hardware

Generate Colour Burst – The colour burst signal is part of the overall video output

signal, one of its functions is to control the colour of the output signal. DO NOT TURN

THIS OFF.

Genlock Port Enabled – Genlock is used to lock the WinCue Pro News signal to an

external sync signal, this is mostly used in newsroom set-ups.

Brightness – This control will adjust the overall level of the video output signal,

therefore it can be used to set the overall brightness of the prompt monitors that are

connected to the I.M.T card. The range is set from the values that have been set

under Colour Temperature Metrics.

You may need an Oscilloscope to set the following levels.

Minimum Colour Value – This sets the video signal range, by default the video signal

sits slightly below the sync level, if this causes a problem with your monitors then

increase this value (16 set the video level to the video standard).

Maximum Colour Value – This sets the maximum output video level.

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Text Format

Extra Line Spacing – This will increase the spacing between each line of text on the

prompt output; the spacing in the editor will not be changed.

End Of Story Gap – This increases the gap at the end of each story.

Font Scale Factor – By increasing this value you can change the overall size of the

text on the screen, the default size is always 7.

Prompt Output Colours

This screen sets the main colour of the output by double clicking on a colour you can

adjusts its properties. Cue markers are not displayed on the output so changing the

values will have no effect.

Background - sets the colour of the prompt output.

Black - sets the colour of the text.

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Prompt Overlay Colours

Draw fixed Leading And Trailing Edges On Glyphs - A glyph is a presentable form of

one or more characters or a part of a character in some cases. By enabling this you

can make the prompted text look smoother.

Demo options

Loop Forever – When the end of the script is reached the prompt will start over again.

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7.7.3 Scroll Controls

See Chapter 7 Scroll Controls

7.8 User Preferences

User Interface

Leave The Screen Empty – WinCue Pro News will start-up without opening a file.

Create A New File – This option is not available.

Invert Prompt Colours – On start-up the prompt output colours will be inverse e.g.

black characters on a white background.

Windows

Restore Main Window Position – If the main window has been resized then WinCue

Pro News will remember its settings.

Maximize View Window – This will force the queue file to fit the main WinCue Pro

News window.

MDI Frame Window – This function is only available with Runorders, it will remove the

preview window and only display the runorder. If you double click on an item in the

runorder then the editor screen will open.

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Splitter View - This will split the screen so that the runorder is on the left 70% of the

screen and the editor in on the remaining 30% of the screen. The view area for this

can be resized.

On Screen Trashcan – This is only available if you are using a news interface. This will

show all deleted stories form the runorder.

Preview Next Prompt Item – When this is enabled the editor window will be resized

and another window will appear below it, this will display the next item in the

rundown.

Rundown ID – This sets how items are listed in the rundown.

Require Conformation For Single / Multi Story Delete – You will have to confirm that

you wish to delete an item.

Select Twice Field Editing –This will allow you to edit an item name by double clicking

on the item title.

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Prompt Tracking

Auto Follow On Prompt Item – This will force the editor to follow each item in the

runorder

Auto Jump To Editor On Speed Zero – When the scroll control has been moved to the

stop position the editor will jump to wherever the prompt is.

Keep On Prompt Item Visible In List – The item that is being prompted is always

highlighted yellow in the runorder

Auto Follow Prompt Line By Line – The editor will automatically follow the prompted

text a line at a time.

Editor

Prevent Replacement Of Selections When Entering Characters – This will prevent you

from accidentally deleting a section of highlighted text

Enable Delete Mode Ctrl-D – This is used to quickly enable or disable the WinCue Pro

News editor.

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Spell Check Settings

This is the currently supported list of languages that WinCue Pro News can perform a

spell check on. If you require any of these languages they can be purchased from

Autocue Ltd.

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8 Scroll Controls

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8.1 Scroll Control Types

WinCue Pro News is supplied with an I.M.T. scroll control as standard, which plugs into

the I.M.T. card.

These are the scroll controls supported by WinCue Pro News:

• Hybrid Serial IMT Multi-button Controller IMT Scroll Control

• On-screen Scroll Control

• Scroll Information from Master Machine

• Serial Multi-button Controller

• Two-button Serial Controller

• Foot Control – Not listed in the menu

8.2 Selecting a Scroll Control

Choose Tools then Options… from the menu. Double click on Prompt Engine, and

then click on Scroll Controls.

The Configure Scroll Controls dialog box appears:

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Select the type of control you wish to use and click OK.

8.3 Hybrid Serial/IMT Multibutton

This controller has two 9 way D connections, one is connected into the I.M.T port and

the other is connected to a free COM port. The 15 way D connector on the back of

the Multibutton controller is for a remote foot control unit.

If you need to change any settings for the selected hand control click on the setup

button

General tab Settings

Serial Port – This is the port that your Multibutton hand control is connected to.

Centre Stop Mode – This is set if you require your scroll control to change the

direction off the prompted text as well as controlling the speed of the text.

Stop Point – If you have centre stop mode enabled then this setting will increase the

dead zone.

Stop Zone – The Stop Z

text does not scroll. If the S

rates between 55 and 65 will mean the prompted text is not scrolled.

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one is a range between 0 and 40 over which the prompted

top Point is set to 60 and the Stop Zone is set to 5, scroll

In this menu you can configure the function for the 12 buttons on the hand control.

Remember all, except the fwd/rev button functions, are controlled by WinCue via

your COM port, the fwd/rev function and the scroll control is directly connected to

the I.M.T card.

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If you click on any of these buttons you will see this menu:

You can then choose a function from the list. Once a button function has been set

that function is no longer available in the menu.

Note: You cannot re-program the function for the FWD/REV button as this directly

connects to the I.M.T card.

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End Stop Scroll Table – This table is used to configure the scroll performance.

Centre Stop Scroll Table – This table is used to configure the scroll performance in

centre stop mode.

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8.4 Connecting a Foot Control

At the rear of the multi-button scroll control is a 15 pin D connector for attaching a

foot scroll control and a button to select between foot and hand control operation.

When this button is pressed in the foot scroll control can be used to prompt the text.

Otherwise the multi-button scroll control can be used.

The foot control can also be connected direct to the IMT 9 pin connector for stand-

alone use.

The foot scroll control is used for controlling the speed and direction of the prompted

text only. All other functions such as next marker and reset rundown are available by

using the buttons of the multi-button scroll controller.

The red button is used for changing the direction of the prompted text. The foot

pedal controls the speed.

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8.5 I.M.T Card Scroll Port

The I.M.T. 2-button scroll controller is supplied with WinCue Pro News and is

connected to the I.M.T. card. This scroll controller does not require any kind of

configuration apart from having to select it.

Click on I.M.T. Card Scroll Port and click OK.

To scroll the text, turn the knob at the end of the scroll control clockwise to speed up

and anti clockwise to slow down.

To change the direction of the prompted text press the black button.

To jump to the next marker press the red button.

Centre Stop Mode – This is set if you require your scroll control to change the direction

off the prompted text as well as controlling the speed of the text.

How it works:

The IMT Scroll Control can be set up for Centre Stop mode. In the Configure Scroll

Controls dialog box, click on IMT Card Scroll Port.

To enable C

(9).

Next the stop point and stop zone should be set.

The I.M.T scroll control sends data in the range 0 to 120 to tell WinCue Pro News how

fast to prompt the text; 0 is stop and 120 is the fastest scroll rate. This scroll rate is

determined by the position of the scroll control knob. If the Stop Point is set to 60,

entre Stop Mode, the Centre Stop Mode check box should be checked

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scroll rates of less than 60 will prompt the text backwards, scroll rates greater that

over 60 will prompt the text forward, and a scroll rate of exactly 60 will stop the text

from scrolling.

The Stop Z

scroll. If the S

and 65 will mean the prompted text is not scrolled.

Configuring the Red and Black Buttons

Action For Red Button - This allows you to change the function for the Red button; if

you click on the down arrow you will see some additional functions.

Action For Black Button - This allows you to change the function for the Black button;

if you click on the down arrow you will see some additional functions; but you can

only set this when you are in centre stop mode it cannot be configured in standard

mode.

The End Stop and Centre Stop tables are used to set the scroll performance. These

settings should not be adjusted.

one is a range between 0 and 40 over which the prompted text does not

top Point is set to 60 and the Stop Zone is set to 5, scroll rates between 55

Each of the two buttons can be configured, if necessary to perform different

functions from standard. Click on the arrow next to the text box next to Action for r

button. A sub menu will be displayed containing all the different options for this

button. The table explains what each function option does. Click on option required

then on OK to set these options.

ed

Function Description

Caption On/Off

Clear Caption Decoder Clear the caption output

Cue Story Moves prompter back to the last lines of the previous story

Marker In Current Direction Moves the prompter to the next marker in the direction in which

Next Marker Moves the prompter to the next marker in the story

Next Story

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Switches caption data sent by WinCue Pro News on and off

which means that the correct next item is prompted even if the

running order is changed

the text is being prompted

Moves the prompter to the next story in the rundown

Previous Marker

Previous Story

Request Control

Reset Rundown

Reset Story

Story In Current Direction

Moves the prompter to the previous marker in the story

Moves the prompter to the previous story in the rundown

Makes multi-button hand control active when more that one

hand control is in use

Resets the prompter the top of the rundown

Moves the prompter to the beginning of the story currently

being prompted

Moves the prompter to the next story in the direction in which

the text is being prompted

8.6 On-screen Scroll Control

If required the On-Screen Scroll Panel enables you to prompt the text using the

mouse. In the unlikely event of your normal scroll control failing this is also a

convenient backup.

The Scroll Control Panel features a speed control slide bar, which is used for varying

the speed of the prompted text. Click on the left-hand button of the mouse and slide

to operate. The slide bar has a centre stop position. When it is above the centre

position text will be scrolled up the screen. When it is below the centre position the

text scrolls down the screen.

The Top of Queue button on the screen Scroll Control Panel changes the current

prompt position to be the start of the script or rundown.

The Top of S

position to the start of the current script being prompted.

The H

tory button on the screen Scroll Control Panel changes the prompt

alt button on the screen Scroll Control Panel stops the prompted text:

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8.7 Scroll From Master Machine

This setting is used when you are using the Master Slave system.

See the Master/Slave section.

8.8 Serial Multibutton Controller

This hand control should not be used with WinCue Pro News.

8.9 Two Button Serial Controller

This hand control should not be used with WinCue Pro News.

The simple serial scroll control is connected to a free serial communication port. In

Standard Configuration the simple serial scroll control allows you to scroll the

prompted text up and down the screen and jump between markers.

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9 Layout Editor

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9.1 WinCue Pro News Layouts

In this chapter we learn how to use the Layout Editor to create and customise Display

and Print Layouts to suit your needs. As part of the WinCue Pro News installation there

are some default layouts installed which are suitable for the basic requirements but

which can be modified or added to. By the end of this Chapter you will be able to

create and edit layouts using WinCue Pro News.

9.1.1 Warning

The WinCue Pro News layout is used to create and customise layouts for displaying

information on the screen and layouts for printing to suit your needs, therefore if they

are corrupted or deleted you will not be able to create new or access your scripts. If

this happens then you will see this error message when you try to open a file.

Before you attempt to edit your layouts it would be a good idea to backup your

layout files.

To do this go into the WinCue Pro News folder e.g. C:\WinCue Pro News\ and make

a backup of the Configuration folder. The actual layout files are stored in a sub

directory within this one, the “O” folder contains the display layout information and

the “1” folder contains the print layout information.

9.2 Running the WinCue Pro News Layout
Editor

To access the Layout Editor open the Tools menu and select Layout Editor.

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The Layout Editor window will then open and the installed layouts will be displayed:

9.2.1 Layout Types

There are two basic layouts in WinCue Pro News:

Display Layouts – This is used to configure how the WinCue Pro News script files will

appear on your VGA monitor screen.

Print Layouts – This will configure your script printout.

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9.2.2 Display Layout

There are 3 types of display layouts and when this tab is expanded you will see them:

As you can see there is a layouts for each script type. Each layout type is created in

the same way with only slight differences between them therefore, for a better

understanding on how they work; the next section will show you how to create a new

layout.

9.2.3 Copying a Layout

To make a copy of an existing layout select the one that you want to copy by right

clicking on the form and select Clone.

Then give the layout a new name and then select OK.

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Your new layout will then appear in the Display Layouts list.

9.2.4 Creating a new Layout

To create a new layout right-click on the type of layout (Display or Print) you wish to

create and select New Layout.

Enter the name of the new layout and click OK:

When you add a new layout the required categories are added: Display List Items

and Editor Headers. You then need to add a form to the category by right clicking

on the category and selecting Add New Form.

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Select each item in turn from the list of available form types for this category and

click OK making sure that you add all of these items. Note: the available form types

depends on what category it is. This list is for the “Display List” Items category.

For the Editor Headers category you will get a different list:

As Multiple column Scripts are not supported in 1.30 you must select the Single

Column Scripts item.

You can now edit each form to suit your needs.

9.2.5 Clone Form

If you are going to edit an existing form we recommend that you clone the form

before making changes to it so that you have a backup of it. To do this Right-click on

the form and select Clone Form:

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9.2.6 Editing a Form

To edit a forms just double click on the one that you want to edit. A newly created

form will appear empty:

An existing form will appear like this:

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