WinCue Pro News Version 1.
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.
Contents About this guide....................................................................................................3 Audience ...............................................................................................................3 1 WinCue Pro News Installation 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 2 Hardware Requirements........................................................................10 1.1.1 Before Installing your chosen Operating System.........................11 1.1.
3.1 4 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 ...............................................................
7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 8 Scroll Controls 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.9 9 Options ....................................................................................................62 Access control ........................................................................................62 Data Converters .....................................................................................63 7.3.1 Options For Microsoft Word Files.................................................64 7.3.
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 ............................................
15.5 16 Standalone Edit Station Wiring............................................................157 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 .......................
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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.
• Manuals (WinCue Pro News User Guide and a guide to connecting WinCue to your Newsroom system) • 1.3 Laptop users will receive an I.M.T. box, not the I.M.T. scroll card. 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Select the appropriate scroll control from the list of Available Control Types and click 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.
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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.
The WinCue Pro News main window will then open. 2.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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3.1 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.
3.1.3 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 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.
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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4.1 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. A yyye w e w bar on the rundown indicates the story you have selected.
4.4.3 Quitting Prompt Mode To quit the prompter, choose Prompt, then Stop Prompting from the menu.
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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.
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.
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.
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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6.1 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 . 6.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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7.1 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.
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 nonWinCue Pro News files that are imported into WinCue Pro News.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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….
Presenters Tab To add a new presenter, click Add. 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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8.1 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: 8.2 • 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 Selecting a Scroll Control Choose Tools then Options… from the menu.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 standalone use.
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.
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 Zone is a range between 0 and 40 over which the prompted text does not scroll. If the Stop Point is set to 60 and the Stop Zone is set to 5, scroll rates between 55 and 65 will mean the prompted text is not scrolled.
Previous Marker Moves the prompter to the previous marker in the story Previous Story Moves the prompter to the previous story in the rundown Request Control Makes multi-button hand control active when more that one hand control is in use Reset Rundown Resets the prompter the top of the rundown Reset Story Moves the prompter to the beginning of the story currently being prompted Story In Current Direction Moves the prompter to the next story in the direction in which the text is being prompted 8
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
9.2.6 Editing a Form To edit a forms just double click on the one that you want to edit.
Notice that the form is split into 5 sections, to change the size of the form area displayed on the screen drag the border to the required size. Right click on the required form section and select Form Properties from the pop-up menu This will open the Form Properties window: Placing a tick (9) in the Fixed Background box allows you to click on the Modify Fixed Background button.
You can now adjust any of the three RGB slide bars settings to set the required colour, which is shown, in the sample window. Click OK to set the colour. To change the font click on the Modify Font button. Select the required font and size and click OK. 9.2.6.1 Adding a Field To add a field to a form right click in the relevant section of the form and select Add Field from the pop-up menu.
Select from the list of available fields and click OK. Now select a field item to add. Literal String: Add this field if you want to add a heading title for another field. Queue Title: This field will provide a box that will display the name of the current queue that you are working on.
The field can then be customized for size, colour, style, and font. Once added to the form the field can then be dragged and dropped to the required location and resized by dragging the borders with the mouse. Note: Remember that there are 5 sections to a form and each section has different field options that can be added.
Here you can set the Border Style as Recessed, Proud, Thin or no border at all, align the text in the field left, right or centre. Set Field As Urgent When Zero Or No Data signals as it says and the field is shown as set by the Field State for Urgent. By clicking the Override States checkbox you can modify the Field state for the background and foreground colours and the text in the field to be Bold or Italic. 9.2.
To align or copy across forms select the fields you want to align or copy by holding the Control key and clicking on the fields so that they have a dashed box round them. Then right-click on the field you to want to align to or copy properties from and select required option. To save changes to a form open the Layout menu and select Save OR close the form by clicking on the close button at the top right of the window and open the Layout menu and select Save All.
You will be prompted to save changes when you exit the Layout Editor in any case. Once changes have been saved you will see them immediately you exit the Layout Editor. 9.3 Changing the Layout To change the layout displayed on the screen right-click on the header of the rundown and select Change layout: Select the required layout from the list and click OK: 9.
Then give the new layout a name and press ok, the new layout will then be added to the list. As with the display layout you will also have to add the appropriate Elements and Forms.
And add – Break Script, Normal Page Header, Script, Show End items: The print list item will then have to be configured to look like this: This is setup in the same way as for the display layouts. 9.5 Quick Print Layout The best and quickest way to make a print layout in to copy a display layout You can do this by right clicking on the display layout and selecting Create Print Layout using List Forms.
Enter a name for the print layout and click OK. This will add the Print Layout and associated categories. You can set properties for the print layout by right-clicking on the layout and selecting Properties. Paper Margins will allow you to adjust the margins for your printouts by default this is 0 so that the scripts fill as much of the page as possible.
Single Column Script / Single Column Break Script The settings and windows are identical for both options. As Editor – Prints out the script as it appears in the editor window. Draft – Prints out your script across the page without any formatting. As Editor, Right Side Print – Prints out the script as it appears in the editor screen but down the right side of the page. Single Line Spacing – Puts a single blank lines in between each line of printed text.
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10.1 Using PC90 Stands This function is only available in systems where the PC90 Stand option has been enabled in the license and where Autocue PC90 stands are available. PC90 Motorised Control Stands are used to display text to the speaker during speeches, this section will explain how to configure and use these stands for WinCue Pro News System. Firstly, connect the stand to a serial port on the back of the computer that will be running WinCue using the lead provided.
A control panel can be brought up to control the stand at any time by selecting Control Panels from the Automation menu. The previously configured device will appear on a sub-menu. Click on this and a panel like the one below will appear. Click on Activate to start controlling the stand. Use the height slider bar to control the height of the PC90 stand. This is a useful way to confirm that the connection between the computer and the stand is working.
The device name can be set to the previously configured device or, if there is only one stand, it can be left as (Any device). Specify which stand will be controlled in a multiple stand setup (this can be left as Stand 1 in a single stand setup). Choose the new height for the stand and any comment that should appear next to this control in the script. Click on OK and the control will appear in the script where the cursor was. This control can be double-clicked on to change the settings entered above.
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11.1 PowerPoint Automation WinCue has the ability to trigger Microsoft PowerPoint slides whilst prompting a script; this particular feature has proved extremely useful in delivering presentations and conferences. This document will explain how to set-up and use this feature. It is assumed that a WinCue Pro News prompter machine, with scroll control, is already set-up and that you are familiar with the WinCue Pro News program. 11.1.
11.1.3 What is PowerPoint Agent? PowerPoint Agent is the program that connects WinCue to Microsoft PowerPoint, allowing it to control the triggering of PowerPoint slides. WinCue cannot connect directly to Microsoft PowerPoint, the PowerPoint Agent connects to both WinCue and then to Microsoft PowerPoint, so it uses the PowerPoint Agent as a gobetween. 11.1.4 Installing PowerPoint Agent To install the PowerPoint Agent, you will need your WinCue Software Installation CD and your WinCue License disk.
Once the set-up has completed, you will be able to find the program by clicking on the Windows Start button, then selecting Programs and then selecting PowerPoint Agent. Go to Connecting WinCue to the PowerPoint Agent to find out more about how to configure the PowerPoint Agent. 11.2 Configuring WinCue Pro News Before configuring WinCue to use PowerPoint automation the Automation menu will not have any automation devices available for use.
Click on the Tools menu and select Options, this will open a WinCue Configuration window with a list of options to choose from.
Enter a Device name (e.g. Power point) and select the PowerPoint Agent device from the pull down menu, then click OK when finished. Now select the COM port that you have attached the Serial cable to on your WinCue Pro News prompter machine, then select the Baud rate and then click OK. You will now have an Automation Device in the Automation Devices list. You can change the devices settings at any time by selecting it and clicking then clicking on modify.
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Select the device name that you created in the Master Device List option and then click OK to add this to your Local Device List. Then click on OK to close the WinCue Configuration window. Now when you click on the Automation menu and select Devices you will see a PowerPoint device has been added ready for connection. 11.
A PowerPoint Event dialog box will appear for the PowerPoint Control, it is from here that you configure WinCue to look for a specific slide to trigger.
Continue to add PowerPoint controls until you have referenced WinCue to all the PowerPoint slides you want triggered. 11.4 11.4.1 WinCue to PowerPoint connection Configuring PowerPoint Agent Now that you have configured WinCue to trigger PowerPoint slides, it is time to configure the PowerPoint Agent so that WinCue is able to connect to it and to then control PowerPoint On your PowerPoint machine click on the Start button, then click on Programs, and then select PowerPoint Agent.
11.4.2 Connecting PowerPoint Agent Once you have configured the Serial Port settings for the PowerPoint machine, click on the Connect button, to connect to the WinCue on the WinCue Pro News prompter machine. Once a connection has been established the Current Status of the Serial Port will change from Closed to Open. To connect the PowerPoint Agent to Microsoft PowerPoint click on the PowerPoint link, a PPT Agent dialog box will appear confirming that a connection has been established.
11.4.3 Connecting WinCue to the PowerPoint Agent After you have established a connection from the PowerPoint Agent and WinCue, you will have to connect WinCue to the PowerPoint Agent. On the WinCue Pro News prompter machine, in WinCue, click on the Automation menu and select Activate All, this will connect WinCue to the PowerPoint Agent. Note: It is important that WinCue connects to the PowerPoint Agent after the PowerPoint Agent has connected to WinCue, otherwise you will get this error message. 11.
prompting your script as you would normally, when the prompt reaches a PowerPoint Control in the script, its corresponding slide will be triggered to display.
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12.1 The Concept The concept of remote prompting is to have one prompt operator controlling a second prompt output over a remote modem link or by direct serial connection. The Workstations at both ends need to have the same version of WinCue 1.3 and an IMT card installed. These Workstations can each function as standalone prompters if required.
Select the Master/Slave Interface option The Master/Slave Interface settings will appear opposite the Options list; by default Master/Slave will be configured to use a Serial Port connection, however it may need further port configuration or you may wish to connect via modem.
12.3.1 Serial Port Connection Configuring the Serial Port is very simple, just ensure that the Using Modem Connection option is not selected and the click on the Serial Port tab and choose the COM port that you will be using to connect to the other machine. The other settings available for configuring the Serial Port connection are set to the optimum performance by default, so there is no need to change them. 12.3.
12.3.3 Other Master/Slave Configuration Options The other configuration options available in Master/Slave concern how the text is organised and displayed on both the Master and Slave machine, it is important that these settings are the same on both machines. 12.
12.5 Using Master/Slave To use Master/Slave simply start scrolling from the Master machine and the Slave machine will copy its actions. To stop the Master/Slave option, click on the Master/Slave menu and select Deactivate.
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13 WinCue Pro News User Guide IMT and SCSI cards IMT and SCSI cards • 137
13.1 Problem Solving If you are having difficulties starting WinCue Pro News or have any other problems it is often a good idea to check your WinCue Pro News IMT card and your SCSI card to ensure that they are set-up correctly. The following sections will talk you through possible IMT and SCSI problems and how to fix them. 13.1.1 Laptop systems (Slim SCSI 1460a) If, when starting WinCue Pro News, the initialisation stops at 42% the problem is caused by the version of the Windows SCSI driver (sparrow.
13.1.3 Desktop systems (2940xx) If the SCSI card is slow to initialise, for example, during boot up’s it waits at “Adaptec aha-2940 scsi bios vX.XX.X”, or if you get the message “device connected but not ready”, then you must down grade the SCSI card bios. If the message “Fatal: WinCue Pro News could not find your hardware” appears, then you have not installed the SCSI card or it’s drivers or you have not plugged in your SCSI cable. 13.1.
If this has started you will have to disable it by clicking on start up and selecting disable. You will then have to restart Windows for these settings to take effect. 13.1.6 Windows 2000 To use WinCue Pro News with Windows 2000 you must have the new version 2.00 ROMs installed on your I.M.T card and a windows 2000 compatible version of WinCue Pro News must be installed on your machine, for example, WinCue Pro News build 589 or above.
If you try to run a non-Windows 2000 compatible version of WinCue Pro News with an IMT card that has the new version 2.00 ROMs installed on it you will get a SCSI error when you try to run the WinCue Pro News software. If Windows continues to find multiple IMT cards or if the IMT card is shown as an unknown device use the following instructions. On the WinCue Pro News CD there should be a file called imtcard2.inf.
It is also important that only one device on the SCSI bus is terminated, the device located at the end of the cable must be the only one terminated. The IMT card is terminated by default and is expected to be connected to the end of the SCSI cable. SCSI termination is set using jumpers or switches on the SCSI devices; consult their relevant manuals for further details. The following tables detail hardware devices recommended for use with WinCue Pro News.
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14.1 Card Layout The following page shows the layout of Issue 1 of the I.M.T. card. You may have been supplied with a newer version of the card – Issue 2 or above. Together, the diagrams will help you locate all the connectors and jumpers on the board that you have been supplied with. The diagram below shows the redesigned end panel. IMT Card – Issue 2.
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14.1.1 Termination - J6 By Default the I.M.T. card is terminated and expects to be connected to the end of the SCSI cable. Termination can be enabled/disabled by changing a jumper setting on J6. 14.1.2 Power to Bus for SCSI Termination - J6 J6 is used to determine whether the I.M.T. card is terminated and to determine the source of termination power. If you have enabled termination on the SCSI card you will need to set the source of termination power.
When a dipswitch is in the top position it is on and when it is in the bottom position it is off. The dipswitch positions for each SCSI ID is shown in the table below: 14.1.4 SCSI/Parallel Select - SW2 The I.M.T. card can prompt using data sent through either the SCSI port or parallel port of your PC. By Default it is set up to use SCSI. Dip switches 4 on SW2 controls whether the SCSI or parallel port is used. When a dipswitch is in the top position it is on. When it is in the bottom position it is off.
14.1.5 Video (PAL or NTSC) - J11 The I.M.T. card can produce either a PAL or NTSC composite video signal. The signal available from the composite video port will have been set at the factory prior to dispatch. The signal type can be changed by setting a jumper on J11 (Card Issue 1) or with switch 3 (Card Issue 2). Issue 1 Issue 2 14.1.5.1 SECAM To configure the I.M.T. card for SECAM composite video output use the same jumper setting as PAL on J11.
In systems where the I.M.T. card is not fitted inside the PC, it is powered by an external power supply. This power supply is connected to J12. This appears as an 8-pin connector on Issue 1 cards, and a 3-pin connector on Issue 2 cards. 14.1.7 Composite Video Features Connector - J10 The Composite Video Features connector allows additional 4 composite video ports to be added to your PC. To find out more about this product contact your supplier. Do not attach anything to any of the pins on J10. 14.1.
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WINCUE PRO NEWS USER GUIDE 16.1 WinCue Pro News Multibutton Hand Control 16.1.1 WinCue Pro News IMT card 9 way d connections 1 0v 2 0v 3 GND 4 +5 5 +5 6 POT 7 N/C 8 MARKER 9 FWD/REV POT = 10k 16.1.
WINCUE PRO NEWS USER GUIDE DTR and RTS are used to generate the supply voltage 16.1.3 P4 Multibutton Remote Connector 15 Pin D Male 9 +5V RED 10 0V Black 11 POT GREEN 12 FWD/REV BLUE 500k POT FOR THE FOOT CONTROL 16.2 2 button IMT Hand Control 16.2.
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WINCUE PRO NEWS USER GUIDE 17.1 Deleting and Copying Function Keys Cut and Copy and Paste and Search/Replace and 17.
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WINCUE PRO NEWS USER GUIDE Justify text right Just text left and and and and and and Format all text Select all text and 17.4 Menu Commands Function Keys Save File and 17.
WINCUE PRO NEWS USER GUIDE Find Next Next Open Next Item and Open Previous Item Commit edits and Prompter Refresh Edit at Prompter Prompt to Editor and Prompt scroll lock and WinCue Pro News User Guide Shortcuts • 166
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