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Editing Stories
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• The app automatically saves a modified story when you change your role from Launch pane.
• The app automatically saves a modified story when you sign out of the app.
Formatting a Script
When you write a story, text appears in the default text style. However, you can alter the look of
the text, such as changing the default font to bold. When formatting a story as a script for a news
broadcast, you often distinguish certain text by using various specialized styles of text, such as
instructions for presenters or closed captioning.
You use presenter instructions commonly as brief, special instructions to news presenters (also
known as news anchors). The text for presenter instructions appear red, in reverse video on the
teleprompter. This text does not affect how the system calculates the read time.
You use closed captioning commonly for sound-bite transcription. The text for closed captioning
appears green, and the system sends it to a closed caption encoder if your station uses such a
device to broadcast scripts for the hearing-impaired. Closed captioning text does not appear in
the teleprompter, nor does it affect how the system calculates the read time.
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The system sends the default text style to both the teleprompter and to any closed caption
encoder used at the station.
In the tablet app, the Edit toolbar provides buttons that let you modify the format of the text into
bold text, italicized text, and underlined text, and lets you format specialized for broadcast
scripts.
When selected, the fourth formatting button in the toolbar offers specialized format options. The
letter icons on the button change based on the selected format or to reflect the format of the text
at the current cursor location. Whenever you select a format, the buttons on the toolbar appear
orange.
To format text, select the appropriate text and do one of the following:
t To bold text, tap and hold. and then select the B button.
t To italicize test, tap and hold, and then select the I button.
t To underline text, tap and hold, and then select the U button.
t To mark text as a presenter instruction, tap and hold, and then select P for presenter.