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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
iNEWS Navigation Made Easy
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iNEWS Navigation Made Easy
The iNEWS system offers numerous ways to navigate through the system, view directories, open
queues, and display stories without scrolling through the entire database.
The various methods include the Directory panel and the Go To menu. The Urgent button on the
Main toolbar enables users to navigate to wires and view urgent stories or news flashes. Users
can also create their own customized toolbars to navigate to specified locations with a single
click of shortcut buttons. For more information, see
“Custom Toolbars” on page 50.
Using the Directory Panel
The Directory panel, which is part of the iNEWS workspace, has two tabs. The Directory tab
outlines the contents (or file structure) of your host system’s news database. If you are familiar
with Microsoft Windows, you will be familiar with the tree-like structure of the iNEWS
directory. The Projects tab displays projects and facets in a similar, expandable structure. For
more information on the Projects tab, see
“Overview of Projects and Facets” on page 110.
The Directory tab information in the Directory panel is grouped into local systems and
Communities, each with directories (or folders) and queues.
You can use your mouse or keyboard to easily navigate within the Directory panel. Here are
some common navigation keys:
Icon Description
Indicates a local iNEWS system or a remote system in a Community
on the local system. The green light on the server icon appears red if
the system is unavailable.
Indicates a directory or subordinate folders. Each directory can
contain subordinate folders and queues. An exclamation mark in a
blue square appears over the folder icon if the directory is indexed.
Indicates a queue. An exclamation mark in a blue square appears
over the queue icon if the queue is indexed.
Indicates a search queue.
Key Action
Home Moves the cursor to the top of the directory