5.4

Using Script Templates
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Avid iNEWS supports creating story links. When focus is on a story, the context menu and the
story menu have available the Copy story link to clipboard option. When this option is selected,
it creates a story link on the user’s clipboard. This link can be pasted into another story and will
appear as:
inews://<server>/<path>/<story> . Clicking the link will create a new
workspace displaying the linked story.
Using Script Templates
Script templates are templates created by an administrator for users to quickly insert predefined
text into stories. The database structure for script templates is the same as the structure used for
forms and lists:
SYSTEM.SCRIPT-TEMPLATES.<first letter>.<name>
For example, if a standard weather story has a set of production cues and presenter text that are
always the same, you can create a story that will be a script template in
SYSTEM.SCRIPT-TEMPLATES.W.WEATHER. In this story, place the standard text, presenter
text, and production cues found in standard weather stories. After the template story is saved, the
template is available to users via the Story menu or through an option in the Story Text
sub-panel’s context menu.
To use a script template:
1. Right-click in the Story Text sub-panel.
2. Select Insert Script Template. The Template dialog box appears with a list of all available
templates.
3. Enter the name or select the template from the list.
4. Click OK.
After the template is chosen, the template is inserted in the story’s body at the cursor
position.