User Manual

Working with the Script Window
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5. Change the name of the script bin by clicking the title in the Bins list in the Project window,
and typing a new name.
To select text encoding:
t Select Script > Text Encoding, and then select one of the following:
To open, close, or save the Script window:
t To open a new script (.txt) file and add it to the Bins list in the Project window, select File >
New Script.
Option Description
None Your Avid editing application uses your system’s default encoding.
Select this option when the text was created on a system with the same
system character set you are currently using. Use this option for
non-Latin-based encoding where UTF-8 was not used.
Mac
(MacRoman)
Select this option when the script was created on a Macintosh system
using the MacRoman character set. This is the default encoding on
Macintosh systems for plain text using the Latin character set.
PC (Latin-1) Select this option when the script was created on a Windows-based
system using the Latin-1 character set. This is the default encoding on
Windows-based systems for plain text using the Latin character set.
UTF-8 Select this option when the script was created using the Unicode
UTF-8 character set.
n
Non-native characters might not display correctly even if they
are encoded in UTF-8. The ability to display non-native
characters is limited at this time.