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Chapter 3 – Creating Presentations
RSS Feeds
1. Select a Ticker zone in your presentation.
2. Click the RSS tab and drag the New RSS Feed icon onto the playlist.
a. Select a Data Feed from the dropdown list.
b. Click OK.
If you need to define a new data feed, click the Add Data Feed button. To learn more about creating new data feeds, see
the Setting Presentation Properties section.
Note: You can include multiple Ticker zones in your presentations. To adjust the update frequency for RSS feeds, click
File > Presentation Properties. Under the Main tab, use the dropdown list beside RSS Update Frequency.
Media RSS (MRSS) Feeds
1. Click the Other tab below Media Library.
2. Drag the Media RSS Feed icon to the playlist area.
a. When prompted, enter the URL for the feed.
b. Click OK.
Note: BrightAuthor does not prevent you from inputting an RSS feed URL into an MRSS state (or vice versa);
however, the presentation will fail to display any content if it is published in this state.
Text Feeds
1. Create a .txt file (using Notepad or a similar program) that contains the text you wish to display.
a. Insert a line break between each text item in the .txt file.
b. Save the text file and place it in your Media Library folder.
2. Select a Ticker zone in your presentation.
a. Click the Text tab.
b. Drag the text file into the playlist.
3. Repeat this step to add additional text files.