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Grouping Stories
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Grouping Stories
You can group stories within a queue for the purposes of linking them together. For instance, in a
rundown, a producer may want to link the presenter’s intro and tag before and after a reporter’s
package together as a story group. When stories in a queue can be grouped, a Story Group
column will appear as the second column in the Queue panel located next to first column of
selector buttons.
The following partial image of a rundown shows three story groups: the first with three stories
about Education, the second with three stories about a gun ban, and the third with only two
stories about an earthquake in Chile.
After a group is created, the group may be moved together within a queue or dragged and
dropped from one queue to another. Stories may also be created within an existing group or
removed from a story group.
To create a group from existing stories:
1. In the Queue panel, highlight two or more consecutive stories by doing one of the following:
t Click on the selector buttons next to the stories you want to group together.
t Press Shift+Space to select a row and then press the Up or Down Arrow buttons to
complete your selection of stories.
2. Do one of the following:
t Right-click and select Create Story Group.
t Select Tools > Create Story Group.
To add a story or stories to an existing group:
t Position your cursor within the group and create a new story. Creating a new story between
rows of a group will add the new story to that group.
t Drag and drop a story or selection of stories in between rows of a group.