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Synchronizing a Rundown Queue During Broadcast
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Synchronizing a Rundown Queue During Broadcast
You can make changes to an on-air story in the rundown queue and synchronize the show timing
to take that change into account.
The Sync Timing command synchronizes the current story indicator with the current on-air story
while you are tracking the progress of a show. The Sync Timing command is only available when
the Show Timing command is active.
To synchronize a rundown queue with a broadcast:
1. Open the queue containing the story you want to make the current on-air story.
For more information, see
“Opening a Queue” on page 62.
2. Click a story to select it.
3. Select Tools > Sync Timing (or press the space bar).
The story becomes the current story, and the digital clocks in the show timing toolbar are
updated. The show timing continues from the new location.
Timing Story Text
There are three clocks for timing that appear at the bottom of the Story panel:
• TTC – Time to cursor
• BLK – Time of blocked (selected) text
• EST – Total estimated time of story
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These clocks may or may not appear, depending on certain assigned queue properties. Display of
the "Text Timing" clocks may be turned on or off on a per-queue basis by your system
administrator.
In the event that these clocks are not displayed, you can still time a block of text in a story by
using the following procedure:
To time a block of text in a story:
1. Highlight a block of text in a story by clicking on it and dragging your mouse pointer over
the selection.
2. Do one of the following:
t Select Story > Block Time (or press Shift+Ctrl+B).
t Right-click in the story view window, and select Block Time