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Table Of Contents
- Avid iNEWS User's Guide
- Contents
- Using This Guide
- iNEWS System
- Getting Started
- The iNEWS Workspace
- Toolbars
- Working with Queues
- Changing Forms for Viewing Queues
- Changing the Width of a Queue Form Field
- Easy Locking a Queue
- Key Locking a Queue
- Moving a Queue
- Opening a Queue
- Refreshing a Queue
- Searching for Text in a Queue
- Specifying a Destination Queue
- Unlocking a Queue
- Using Abstract Display in Queue
- Using Currency Total
- Viewing Queue Properties
- Working with Wires
- Stories - Creation and Modification
- Moving Stories
- Stories - Protection
- iNEWS Projects
- Scripted Stories
- Displaying a Production Cue
- Enabling Autoscript
- Adding a Production Cue to a Story
- Adding a CG Production Cue
- Adding a Video Production Cue
- Adding a Still Store Production Cue
- Moving a Production Cue
- Deleting a Production Cue
- Using Script Templates
- Using CG Title Entry
- Primary Machine Control Event Placeholder
- Using MOS Placeholders
- Unscripting a Story
- Production Tasks
- Producer Basics
- Endorsing a Story
- Inserting a Break Line
- Ordering a Queue
- Calculating Backtime from Out Time
- Displaying the Show Timing Clocks
- Establishing Broadcast Control in a Queue
- Loading a Rundown Queue into Broadcast Control
- Placing a Rundown Queue in Show Timing Mode
- Production Locking a Queue
- Setting Clock for Show Timing
- Setting Story Start Times in a Rundown Queue
- Synchronizing a Story
- Synchronizing the First Story
- Synchronizing a Rundown Queue During Broadcast
- Timing Story Text
- Timing a Show
- Floating a Story
- Tracking a Show
- Printing
- Messages and Mail
- Sessions and Preferences
- Macros
- Searching in iNEWS
- Local Databases
- Connecting to a Remote Service
- System Shortcuts
- Icons
- Glossary
- Index
Glossary
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story text
sub-panel
One of three sub-panels of the Story panel, which contains text of the story read on-air
by the presenter.
superuser A user account that is given access to restricted functions in iNEWS. Superuser status
can be assigned by a system administrator or another superuser.
syntax Syntax is the systematic way in which linguistic elements are put together to form
search phrases or clauses.
system
administra-
tor
An individual who is responsible for maintaining iNEWS and keeping all functions
operating properly.
user An individual with a valid user account in iNEWS.
user ID A special alphanumeric code that identifies a user account in iNEWS. A user ID can
be up to 20 characters long.
user
manager
A user ID given the authority to add, modify, delete, and search for information about
user accounts. User manager status can be assigned by a system administrator only.
wire
bulletin
See bulletin.
word
delimiter
When words are separated by white space and/or special characters, the amount of
white space, whether tabs or spaces, is equivalent to a single separator and is called a
word delimiter.
workspace The area within the main window consisting of the Directory panel, Queue panel, and
Story panel. This area is where users can view, add, edit, and delete information.
write
access
Authority given to users that allows them to add or delete stories, queues, or
directories or to edit existing stories in a particular queue.