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Contents

Using This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

If You Need Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

How to Order Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Avid Training Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Chapter 1 iNEWS System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Newsroom System Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

The iNEWS Workstation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

The iNEWS Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

The iNEWS Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Terms and Concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Chapter 2 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Logging In to iNEWS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

The iNEWS Workstation’s Main Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Status Bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Displaying or Hiding the Status bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

iNEWS Navigation Made Easy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Using the Directory Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Opening a Directory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Closing a Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Using the Go To Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Using the Destination Command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Changing Your Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Logging Out of iNEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Chapter 3 The iNEWS Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Overview of an iNEWS Workspace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Opening an iNEWS Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Changing Workspace Color Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Working with Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Changing the Layout of Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Resizing a Panel in the Workspace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Zooming in on a Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Moving From Panel to Panel in Zoom Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Zooming out of a Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Displaying a Context Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Arranging Multiple Workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Switching Between Workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Closing a Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Working with Multiple Monitors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Chapter 4 Toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Standard Toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Displaying or Hiding a Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Moving a Toolbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Custom Toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Creating a Custom Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Modifying a Custom Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Creating a Shortcut Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Shortcut Button Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Chapter 5 Working with Queues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Changing Forms for Viewing Queues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Changing the Width of a Queue Form Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Easy Locking a Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Key Locking a Queue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Moving a Queue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Opening a Queue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Refreshing a Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Searching for Text in a Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Specifying a Destination Queue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Unlocking a Queue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Using Abstract Display in Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Using Currency Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Viewing Queue Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Chapter 6 Working with Wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Viewing Priority Wire Stories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Viewing the Ten Most Recent Priority Wires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Chapter 7 Stories - Creation and Modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Understanding the Story Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Displaying Story Form Sub-Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Displaying Instruction Sub-Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Navigating the Story Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Changing Tab Settings for Story Text Sub-panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Creating a New Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Creating Story Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Opening a Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Changing Case of Text in Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Formatting Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Searching for Text in a Story. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Replacing Text in a Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Using iNEWS Scratchpad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Pasting Text from the iNEWS Scratchpad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Erasing the iNEWS Scratchpad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Inserting a Time Stamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Adding Page Breaks to a Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Spell-Checking a Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Creating a Custom Dictionary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Saving a Story. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Saving a Message as a Story. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Chapter 8 Moving Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Selecting a Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Selecting Several Stories in a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Selecting Several Stories out of Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Copying a Story. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Copying Several Stories in a Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Copying Several Stories out of Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Moving a Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Moving Several Stories in a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Moving Several Stories out of Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Grouping Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Importing a Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Exporting a Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Exporting Multiple Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Mailing a Copy of a Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Chapter 9 Stories - Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Easy Locking a Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Edit Locking a Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Key Locking a Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Removing an Edit lock from a Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Unlocking a Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Protecting a Story from Being Deleted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Backing up a Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Recovering a Backed-Up Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Killing a Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Retrieving a Killed Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Versions of Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Chapter 10 iNEWS Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Overview of Projects and Facets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Creating Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Date Variables for Searching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Creating Facets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Creating a New Story inside a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Associating Stories with Projects or Facets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Creating a Navigation Shortcut Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Chapter 11 Scripted Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Displaying a Production Cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Enabling Autoscript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Adding a Production Cue to a Story. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Adding a CG Production Cue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Adding a Video Production Cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Adding a Still Store Production Cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Moving a Production Cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Deleting a Production Cue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Using Script Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Using CG Title Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Primary Machine Control Event Placeholder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Using MOS Placeholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Unscripting a Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Chapter 12 Production Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Producer Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Endorsing a Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Inserting a Break Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Ordering a Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Calculating Backtime from Out Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Displaying the Show Timing Clocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Establishing Broadcast Control in a Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Loading a Rundown Queue into Broadcast Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Placing a Rundown Queue in Show Timing Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Production Locking a Queue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Setting Clock for Show Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Setting Story Start Times in a Rundown Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Synchronizing a Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Synchronizing the First Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Synchronizing a Rundown Queue During Broadcast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Timing Story Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Timing a Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Floating a Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Tracking a Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Chapter 13 Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Local Printing Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Local Printing a Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Local Printing a Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Chapter 14 Messages and Mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Checking User Names for Validity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Sending a Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Message Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Replying to a Message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Recalling a Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Saving a Message as a Story. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Sending an Intersystem Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Sending Mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Reading Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Replying to Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Forwarding Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Deleting Mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Setting Mail Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Chapter 15 Sessions and Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Working with Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Customizing User Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Setting Session Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Setting Confirmation Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Setting Backup Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Setting Refresh Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Setting Layout Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Setting Search Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Chapter 16 Macros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Types of Macros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Creating a Macro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Using the State Keys in Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Chapter 17 Searching in iNEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Types of Searches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Basic Word Searches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Seek Queries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Indexed Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Pattern Matching Searches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Phrase Searches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

The Find/Find Next Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Find/Find Next Search String . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Using Find/Find Next in the Story Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Using Find/Find Next in the Queue Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Using the Find All Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Find All Search String. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Find All Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Managing Your Favorite Searches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Date Variables for Searching. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Using the Find Global Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Search Results Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Search Queues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Word Delimiters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Basic Proximity Searches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Field Searches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Searching Older Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Chapter 18 Local Databases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Local Database Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Forms and Print Styles for Local Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Local Database Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Creating a Local Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Logging into a Local Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Creating a Folder in Your Local Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Creating a Queue in Your Local Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Deleting a Folder or Queue from a Local Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Chapter 19 Connecting to a Remote Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Disconnecting from a Remote Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Appendix A System Shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Directory Panel Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Message and Mail Shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Queue Panel Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Story Panel Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Project Shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Workspace Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Search Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Appendix B Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Directory Panel Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Messaging and Mail Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Queue Panel Icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

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Using This Guide

Congratulations on your purchase of your Avid iNEWS newsroom computer system.

Avid iNEWS newsroom computer system offers a considerable amount of functionality for the

state-of-the-art newsroom, including newsroom system integration with playout control

software, and mobile or web-based applications. With Avid iNEWS, newsroom personnel can

easily create and manage rundowns for news broadcasts, create and edit stories, monitor wires,

and so forth.

This publication provides information on how to use the Avid iNEWS system.

nThe documentation describes the standard features of a basic system configuration. Therefore,

your system might contain certain features and hardware that are not covered in the

documentation.

Symbols and Conventions

Avid documentation uses the following symbols and conventions:

Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action

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recommendations, and strong suggestions.

cA caution means that a specific action you take could cause harm to

your computer or cause you to lose data.

wA warning describes an action that could cause you physical harm.

Follow the guidelines in this document or on the unit itself when

handling electrical equipment.

> This symbol indicates menu commands (and subcommands) in the

order you select them. For example, File > Import means to open the

File menu and then select the Import command.

This symbol indicates a single-step procedure. Multiple arrows in a list

indicate that you perform one of the actions listed.

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If you are having trouble using your Avid product:

1. Retry the action, carefully following the instructions given for that task in this guide. It is

especially important to check each step of your workflow.

2. Check the latest information that might have become available after the documentation was

published. You should always check online for the most up-to-date release notes or ReadMe

because the online version is updated whenever new information becomes available. To view

these online versions, select ReadMe from the Help menu, or visit the Knowledge Base at

www.avid.com/support.

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maintenance or hardware-related issues.

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hours per day, 7 days per week. Search this online Knowledge Base to find answers, to view

error messages, to access troubleshooting tips, to download updates, and to read or join

online message-board discussions.

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operating system, either Windows or Macintosh OS X.

Bold font Bold font is primarily used in task instructions to identify user interface

items and keyboard sequences.

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Courier Bold font

Courier Bold font identifies text that you type.

Ctrl+key or mouse action Press and hold the first key while you press the last key or perform the

mouse action. For example, Command+Option+C or Ctrl+drag.

| (pipe character) The pipe character is used in some Avid product names, such as

Interplay | Production. In this document, the pipe is used in product

names when they are in headings or at their first use in text.

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1iNEWS System

The iNEWS system is a modular newsroom computer system that is a powerful tool for

aggregating research material, creating rundowns, and editing stories. When combined with

other Avid systems, such as iNEWS | Command or MediaCentral | UX, it provides journalists,

producers, directors, and various technical personnel in the newsroom an array of high quality

tools to make their jobs easier.

While daily work is done at an iNEWS Workstation, it is still useful for you to have an

understanding of the larger architecture, which makes up the system.

The following topics provide more information on the iNEWS system:

•Newsroom System Overview

•Terms and Concepts

Newsroom System Overview

Before discussing basic procedures and operations of iNEWS, it is important to describe the

components that make up the system and to review common terms and concepts specific to

iNEWS.

The iNEWS Workstation

The iNEWS newsroom computer system primarily consists of iNEWS Workstations, which

connect to iNEWS Servers. Journalists working at iNEWS Workstations can simultaneously

monitor news wires, work on stories, search archives, and access an array of online information

sources.

From individual workstations, producers and news directors can plan and monitor the progress of

shows by viewing their rundowns. Color highlights on the workstation screen show critical status

information, making it easy to see the current state of the show and production devices.

The iNEWS system enables users to collaborate on all aspects of the show production process.

Mail and messaging capabilities make group communication fast and efficient. And with the

iNEWS Community feature, personnel in various newsrooms can communicate and share data

across multiple iNEWS systems.

Access to the iNEWS database is not limited to workstations in the newsroom because iNEWS

seamlessly integrates with another Avid product; MediaCentral | UX is a cloud-based, web

front-end that lets you connect from a desktop computer, laptop, or mobile device for real-time

access to production assets, metadata, and iNEWS stories.

The iNEWS Server

The iNEWS Server manages all of the day-to-day activities of the newsroom. System

administrators can create forms-based displays and customize rundowns specific to their

newsrooms.

The data you and others in your newsroom create—stories, scripts, news rundowns, etc.—are

saved in a database (file system) on the iNEWS Server. When the iNEWS Server receives new

information, such as additions or changes to stories, that information is immediately available to

all newsroom personnel.

nAlthough iNEWS Server is referred to as a singular unit, an iNEWS system typically consists of

two or more computers called servers—all of which run the iNEWS Server software. Each

computer acts as a backup for the other to protect the overall stability of the system as a whole.

Terms and Concepts

The iNEWS system protects your information by mirroring the database across all of the servers

within the system. The mirroring process provides redundancy, ensuring that any information

you add to your stories or rundowns is actually stored in multiple locations. Should anything

happen to one of the servers, the other servers can maintain services and ensure the integrity of

the database.

The iNEWS Community

The fast-paced nature of the news business requires the ability to turn content around quickly and

efficiently. Broadcasters must be able to gather news from a vast range of resources and engage

in collaborative efforts with others located in remote newsrooms.

The iNEWS Community feature eliminates communication barriers by allowing news teams to

drag and drop stories directly between systems, easily access and duplicate stories from other

iNEWS systems, and build shortcuts to remote locations. Journalists and producers at station

groups and large broadcast sites can access, view, edit, monitor and search for content across

various locations in a seamless fashion, thus enabling them to identify breaking news more

quickly, reducing the time and costs associated with getting stories to air. Users logged in to

systems within the same community can also communicate via the messaging feature of iNEWS.

Terms and Concepts

The following iNEWS terms and concepts are used throughout iNEWS documentation and are

provided here as a convenience.

Term Description

Directory Panel The Directory panel is one of the three primary panels that make up the

iNEWS workspace. It has two tabs: the Directory tab, which is your guide to

the iNEWS database, organized in a tree-style structure and consisting of

directories, sub-directories, and queues; and the Projects tab, which displays

projects and facets in a similar tree-style structure.

Directories Like a file drawer in a file cabinet, a directory is a storage space. Directories

can contain several levels of subdirectories and one or more queues.

Queues Like a folder in a file drawer, queues are the lowest level in a file structure and

contain one or more stories. A queue is an area of the database that contains

related stories, such as wire stories, search queries, or a show rundown of

scripts. The name assigned to a queue should identify its contents. Whatever a

queue’s contents, the detailed information of each story is visible only in the

Story panel. Use the Queue panel to manage stories in a queue, such as the

order, and so forth.

Terms and Concepts

Queue Panel The Queue panel is one of the three primary panels that make up the iNEWS

workspace. The Queue panel displays a list of the stories in a queue. Stories

are added, deleted, moved, and ordered through this panel.

Stories A story is a document listed in a queue in the database. It might contain any

type of information from scripts with production cues to contact names and

addresses. A story may be displayed in its entirety in the Story panel of the

iNEWS workspace.

Story Panel The Story panel displays a story’s form, text, and any other pertitent

information, such as production cues. Of the three main panels that make up

the iNEWS workspace, the Story panel is unique because it may be divided

into three sub-panels, the Story Form panel, Instruction panel, and Story Text

panel.

Story Form

Sub-Panel

The Story Form sub-panel contains metadata fields for describing the story,

such as a script’s page number, slug or title, format, Video ID, and so forth.

The data also appears in tabular form in the Queue panel.

Instruction

Sub-Panel

The Instruction sub-panel contains production cues or machine control

instructions for production devices, such as character generators.

Story Text

Sub-Panel

The Story Text sub-panel contains the text or script of a news story that is sent

to closed captioning and to the teleprompter to be read on-air. It is the only part

of the Story panel that is always displayed—unlike the Story Form and

Instruction panels, both of which can be hidden based on the nature of the

story or the user’s preferences.

Rundown The Rundown (also known as Running Order or Lineup) is a queue with

specific form fields and characteristics, which allow an ordered list of scripted

stories to be organized as a timed show. The timed-out list of scripts indicate

the order in which they will run during a news program. The rundown is

viewed in the Queue panel of the iNEWS workspace.

Monitor Server The monitor server is a utility program, running on the iNEWS Server. When

turned on, it checks its assigned rundown for machine control events, reports

any errors, and creates a playlist. When “loaded”, the monitor server sends its

playlist to a specified device automation system, such as iNEWS | Command

or ControlAir.

Project Projects are a way of categorizing stories by topic so that news teams working

on a particular topic can find everything related to it in a single place, without

moving or copying the original source information from its current location in

the database. Projects and facets are displayed on the Projects tab in the

Directory panel.

Facet Facets are sub-topics, providing additional granularity to projects.

Term Description

2Getting Started

The following topics provide more information on using the iNEWS system:

•Logging In to iNEWS

•The iNEWS Workstation’s Main Window

-Status Bar

•iNEWS Navigation Made Easy

-Using the Directory Panel

-Using the Go To Menu

•Changing Your Password

•Logging Out of iNEWS

Logging In to iNEWS

When you are ready to begin your iNEWS session by logging in, first start the application.

To start the application:

tDo one of the following:

- Double-click the iNEWS Workstation icon, usually located somewhere on the desktop.

- Select Start > Programs > Avid > iNEWS.

nIf the icon is not on the desktop or iNEWS is not located in the Start menu, check with your

system administrator to determine if the program is installed on the computer.

The iNEWS Server Connection dialog box appears.

You must then log in.

To log in to iNEWS:

1. From the iNEWS Server Connection dialog box, enter your user name in the User text box.

nIn most cases, the next two steps can be skipped. Typically, you will not have to choose a server

or local database. If you need to do so, and do not know the name of the server or local

database, contact your system administrator.

2. If necessary, choose a server to connect your workstation to the shared iNEWS Server

database.

3. If necessary, choose a local database to connect to a database stored on your workstation.

For more information about local databases, see “Local Databases” on page 202.

4. Enter your password in the Password text box. As you type in the password, symbols display

on screen in place of what you type to ensure confidentiality.

The iNEWS Workstation’s Main Window

5. Click the Login button. One of the following will occur:

- A dialog box might prompt you to change your password. If this happens, follow the

procedure found in “Changing Your Password” on page 32.

- The Message of the Day might appear, which displays information such as: daily staff

notes, updates, and so forth. It can contain one or several messages, as determined by

your system administrator. If multiple messages exist, Previous and Next buttons are

provided so you can scroll through them. Otherwise, once you’ve read the messages,

click the Close button to continue on to the iNEWS Workstation’s main window.

- The iNEWS Workstation’s main window appears, containing the iNEWS Workspace.

This will happen automatically if there is no Message of the Day.

The iNEWS Workstation’s Main Window

Becoming familiar with the layout of the iNEWS Workstation and its main window will help you

navigate through the program more effectively. All of the work you do at an iNEWS Workstation

is performed in the application’s main window. From this window you can navigate through your

system—or another iNEWS system in your community—open queues and stories, edit and print

scripts, prepare broadcasts, send and receive messages or email, and search the database.

The iNEWS Workstation’s Main Window

The main window is made up of five components, including toolbars and workspaces.

Component Description

Title bar A title bar appears at the top of every open workspace and window—including the

main window, which shows the name of the application.

Menu bar The menus appear at the top of the main window, directly under the window’s title

bar. Each menu has a list of commands to choose from. You can initiate commands

from the menu bar with the mouse or the keyboard. An arrow to the right of a menu

command indicates that another menu, called a submenu, appears when you choose

that command.

The iNEWS Workstation’s Main Window

Status Bar

The iNEWS status bar is your key to vital information in an instant. It displays up-to-date

information related to urgent wires coming into the priority queue, monitor status for machine

control integration, and other important system messages as they happen. What appears will vary

depending on where you are working within the iNEWS application.

The status bar is divided into three areas where information can appear: the left end, the center,

and the right end.

The following table explains the types of data provided in the sections on the right end of the

status bar.

Toolbar(s) The toolbar area is located directly under the menu bar. Toolbars have buttons that

display icons representing the tasks they perform. Toolbar buttons offer a fast way

to perform common tasks. When certains tasks are unavailable, the buttons

representing those tasks appear gray. The iNEWS system provides several standard

toolbars, but you can create custom toolbars as well. You can also customize

whether toolbars are displayed. For more information, see “Toolbars” on page 45.

Workspace(s) The workspace is the area of the main window in which you perform all of your

work, from editing and creating stories to reading wires or searching the database.

For more information, see “The iNEWS Workspace” on page 34.

Status bar The status bar is an at-a-glance indicator, which appears at the bottom of the main

window. When urgent stories come in over the news wires, for instance, notices

appear in the status bar. For producers, the status bar displays important show

timing information and monitor status related to machine control integration.

Component Description

Area Description

Left end Displays Ready or a show’s timing information.

Center Displays a notice if the user receives new mail.

Right end Segmented in eleven sections, with each designed to display certain types of status

notifications.

The iNEWS Workstation’s Main Window

Status Description

Monitor Displays the monitor server’s status:

• MON=ON (as shown in previous graphic), which means the monitor server

has been turned on for the current rundown queue.

• MON=LOAD (as shown at left), which means a rundown’s playlist has been

successfully loaded to all designated production devices, and the monitor

server is monitoring the situation. This section of the status bar appears green

when this status is displayed.

• MON=ERROR, which means an error has occurred and a problem exists

between iNEWS and the production device(s) for the current rundown queue.

This section of the status bar appears red when this status is displayed.

• MON=PARTIAL, which means a rundown’s playlist has been partially loaded

or loaded to only some of the designated production devices. This section of

the status bar appears yellow when this status is displayed.

Production Lock Displays PRD when the production lock is set for the opened queue. When not

locked this field appears blank.

Queue Info. Displays a numerical value representing the number of non-floated stories in a

rundown queue. (The monitor server does not load production cue data in floated

stories.)

nThe letters WAT appears in this section of the status bar when the user

opens a queue with the Watch Appends attribute, such as the WIRES.ALL

queue.

Sort/Order Displays the queue status:

• SRT, which means the queue the user has navigated to is sorted.

• ORD is displayed if the queue is manually ordered.

• If neither, then this field appears blank.

The iNEWS Workstation’s Main Window

Displaying or Hiding the Status bar

While the iNEWS system provides the status bar to display vital, instant information, you can

decide whether to display or hide the status bar at any workstation.

To display or hide the status bar:

tSelect View > Status bar.

The status bar, when unchecked, will not be displayed as part of the main window.

Priority Queue Displays various information related to urgent wire stories coming in to the

priority queue.

• When an urgent wire story arrives, the title of the story—often truncated—is

shown and the section appears in different colors, such as yellow or orange.

• When multiple urgent, unread wire stories are in the priority queue, a lightning

bolt icon appears along with the number of unread stories available (as shown

in previous graphic).

Double-clicking on this section will open the priority queue in a new workspace.

Right-clicking on this section will open the last 10 urgent stories in Alerts History

dialog box.

Also displays broadcast messages and technical warnings when received from

system administrators or the system itself.

Body Lock Appears empty unless the user has locked the body of the story, which is being

edited. When locked, the user’s ID appears next to the Body Lock icon.

Form Lock Appears empty unless the user has locked the story form. When locked, the user’s

ID appears (as shown at left).

Caps Lock Displays CAP when Caps Lock is activated on the keyboard. When not activated

this field appears blank.

Number Lock Displays NUM when the Number Lock is activated on the numerical keypad.

When not activated this field appears blank.

Overwrite Displays OVR when the word processing status is set to overwrite text as a user

types. When set to insert, this field on the status bar appears blank.

Mail/Message Displays an open envelope icon when the user receives new mail. If a new instant

message is received, then the section on the status bar displays an icon that looks

like a white sheet of paper. Both icons blink if the mail or messages are unread.

Status Description

iNEWS Navigation Made Easy

The iNEWS system offers numerous ways to navigate through the system, view directories, open

queues, and display stories without scrolling through the entire database.

The various methods include the Directory panel and the Go To menu. The Urgent button on the

Main toolbar enables users to navigate to wires and view urgent stories or news flashes. Users

can also create their own customized toolbars to navigate to specified locations with a single

click of shortcut buttons. For more information, see “Custom Toolbars” on page 50.

Using the Directory Panel

The Directory panel, which is part of the iNEWS workspace, has two tabs. The Directory tab

outlines the contents (or file structure) of your host system’s news database. If you are familiar

with Microsoft Windows, you will be familiar with the tree-like structure of the iNEWS

directory. The Projects tab displays projects and facets in a similar, expandable structure. For

more information on the Projects tab, see “Overview of Projects and Facets” on page 110.

The Directory tab information in the Directory panel is grouped into local systems and

Communities, each with directories (or folders) and queues.

You can use your mouse or keyboard to easily navigate within the Directory panel. Here are

some common navigation keys:

Icon Description

Indicates a local iNEWS system or a remote system in a Community

on the local system. The green light on the server icon appears red if

the system is unavailable.

Indicates a directory or subordinate folders. Each directory can

contain subordinate folders and queues. An exclamation mark in a

blue square appears over the folder icon if the directory is indexed.

Indicates a queue. An exclamation mark in a blue square appears

over the queue icon if the queue is indexed.

Indicates a search queue.

Key Action

Home Moves the cursor to the top of the directory

iNEWS Navigation Made Easy

Opening a Directory

Open a directory when you want to work with the queues and stories it contains.

To open a directory:

1. Select the directory you want to open.

2. Do one of the following:

tDouble-click the directory.

tClick the plus (+) sign to the left of the directory you want to open.

tPress the right arrow key.

The directory expands to show you all of the subfolders and queues in it.

nPressing the right arrow key on the keyboard when a queue is selected in the Directory panel will

open the queue. When you open a queue from the Directory panel, the contents of the queue

automatically open in the Queue panel, and the first story in that queue appears in the Story

panel.

Closing a Directory

Close a directory when you are finished working in it or if you want to view other information in

the Directory panel.

To close a directory:

tClick the minus sign (-) to the left of the directory you want to close.

tPress the left arrow key.

The directory collapses and hides all of the subdirectories and queues in it.

Up arrow Moves the cursor up one item in the directory

End Moves the cursor to the bottom of the directory

Down arrow Moves the cursor down one item in the directory

Page Up Scrolls up one screen

Left arrow Closes an expanded directory

Page Down Scrolls down one screen

Right arrow Opens the selected directory or queue

Key Action

iNEWS Navigation Made Easy

Using the Go To Menu

The Go To menu allows you to quickly move through the system and access any user-specified

queue via the Destination command. It also provides quick access to the priority queue, which is

where the urgent news wires are located; by using this menu, you can either open the priority

queue to view all urgent wires or view a truncated list (last 10 urgent wire stories) in the Alerts

History dialog box.

nWhen in the Queue panel, you can use the Go To > Time command to navigate to the next story

in the queue based on how old the story is.

To access the priority queue:

tSelect Go To > Priority Queue.

nThe priority queue of urgent wire stories is also available via the Urgent button on the Main

toolbar.

To open the Alerts History dialog box:

tSelect Go To > Alerts History.

Using the Destination Command

The Destination command takes you directly to a specified queue or folder.

To use the Destination command:

1. Select Go To > Destination.

The Go to Queue or Folder dialog box opens.

2. Specify the pathname of the queue or folder you want to open in the Destination text box.

You may not have to type the entire pathname; as you type, the iNEWS system’s

auto-complete feature will check the database and fill in the field as soon as a match is

found.

3. Click OK.

The dialog box will close and the specified queue or directory will open.

Changing Your Password

nIf the destination you specify is located in a locked queue, you must enter the correct password to

open the queue.

Changing Your Password

You can change your password at any time. Your password should be alphanumeric and can

contain punctuation marks—such as a period, hyphen, asterisk, question mark, and so forth—but

it cannot contain any spaces. Any attempt to include a space is rejected with a warning that

appears in a dialog box, as shown:

By default, your password must be at least five characters and no more than 12

characters—unless your system administrator specifies other requirements.

To change your password:

1. Select Tools > Options > Change Password.

The Change Password dialog box opens.

2. In the Old Password field, type your current password.

3. In the New password field, type your new password.

4. In the Confirm new field, type your new password again.

5. Click OK.

The next time you log in to iNEWS you will be required to enter your new password.

Logging Out of iNEWS

When you finish working with iNEWS, end your session by logging out.

To log out of iNEWS:

1. Do one of the following:

tSelect File > Exit.

tClick the X button in the upper right corner of the main window.

tPress Alt+F4.

nIt is possible for the system administrator to reconfigure the function of Alt+F4 to do something

else other than close the program. By default, this keystroke combination will close the program.

The system automatically saves your work.

A message box might open, telling you that your session will end.

nUsers can modify their preferences to turn off this message box so that it doesn’t appear, in which

case step 2 would no longer be necessary.

2. Click Yes to end the session and exit the iNEWS newsroom computer system.

3The iNEWS Workspace

The iNEWS software is a Windows-based application, which means it uses windows, menus,

and toolbars to manipulate and display information. All iNEWS windows contain several

components, which include: toolbars, the menu and status bars, and workspaces.

The following topics provide more information on the iNEWS workspace:

•Overview of an iNEWS Workspace

•Opening an iNEWS Workspace

-Changing Workspace Color Settings

•Working with Panels

-Changing the Layout of Panels

-Resizing a Panel in the Workspace

-Zooming in on a Panel

-Moving From Panel to Panel in Zoom Mode

-Zooming out of a Panel

-Displaying a Context Menu

•Arranging Multiple Workspaces

-Switching Between Workspaces

•Closing a Workspace

Overview of an iNEWS Workspace

The primary workspace is known as the iNEWS workspace, but workspaces for other plug-ins,

such as Avid Deko Select, may also be viewed in the iNEWS window. Users may also have

multiple iNEWS workspaces open simultaneously within the window.

The following image shows a typical iNEWS workspace with its three primary panels identified.

The iNEWS workspace’s panels display various information stored in the iNEWS database. The

three primary panels available in a workspace are:

Panels Description

Directory Displays the directory or file structure of the iNEWS newsroom computer

system on the Directory tab. Use it to navigate through the iNEWS database.

Projects are also displayed in this panel on the Projects tab. By default this panel

appears on the left side of the iNEWS workspace.

Queue Displays a list of the stories in a queue in a spreadsheet format. Stories are

added, deleted, moved, and ordered through this panel. By default this panel

appears on the top right side of the iNEWS workspace.

Opening an iNEWS Workspace

A user can choose to view only one primary panel at a time or arrange the panels in one of four

different layouts. The layout options are defined in more detail in “Changing the Layout of

Panels” on page 39.

Opening an iNEWS Workspace

Open a workspace when you want to view an area of the iNEWS database in a specific layout.

Users can open multiple workspaces within a single session of iNEWS.

To open a new workspace, using the default layout:

tDo one of the following:

- Click the New Workspace button on the Main toolbar to open a new workspace without

specifying a queue.

- Press Shift+Ctrl+N.

The workspace will open in the default layout without displaying a specific queue in the

Queue panel or any story in the Story panel. The iNEWS directory will appear in the

Directory panel so the user can then navigate to any folder and queue in the database.

To open a workspace to a specific queue:

1. Do one of the following:

tClick the Open Workspace button on the Main toolbar.

tSelect Window > Open Workspace.

Story Displays the story’s text and any other pertinent information, such as production

cues. By default this panel appears on the bottom right side of the iNEWS

workspace. Of the three main panels that make up the iNEWS workspace, the

Story panel is unique because it may be divided into three sub-panels, which are

called: Story Form, Instruction, and Story Text. Of the three sub-panels, only the

Story Text sub-panel remains visible within the Story panel all of the time. A

user may hide the other two.

If a story is associated with a project or facet, the Story panel becomes tabulated

with two tabs: Story and Project, both of which are displayed side-by-side in this

panel when a user opens the story. The Story tab appears on top by default and

displays the body of the story as usual, including production cues and machine

instructions, if any. Users can click a story’s Project tab to view the projects and

facets with which that story is associated, along with related stories, if any. For

more information, see “Associating Stories with Projects or Facets” on

page 117.

Panels Description

Opening an iNEWS Workspace

tPress Shift+Ctrl+O.

The Open Workspace dialog box opens.

2. Enter the directory path of the queue you want to open.

3. Click a layout to open the workspace with that layout.

Changing Workspace Color Settings

You can change the color of the text and highlighting as it is displayed in iNEWS. Any changes

you make affect only your user account and will follow your login.

To change workspace color settings:

1. Select Tools > Options > Colors.

The Color Rules dialog box opens.

Opening an iNEWS Workspace

2. Select a color rule from the Rule list.

The Test(s) and Affects fields change with your selection, and a sample of the rule you

selected appears in the Sample field.

3. Click Text Color to change the text color, or click Back Color to change the highlight color.

The Color dialog box opens.

4. Select a color and click OK.

Working with Panels

The Sample field in the Color Rules dialog box displays the color you selected.

5. Click Bold, Italic, or Underline if you want to apply that attribute to the text.

6. Do one of the following:

tClick Apply to make this change and continue making color changes.

tClick OK to make this change and close the dialog box.

Working with Panels

The workspace provides iNEWS users the chance to arrange its panels in a variety of ways to

best suit the needs of the user. Panel sizes can be modified, the layout altered, or users can zoom

in on a single panel.

Changing the Layout of Panels

The iNEWS system gives you several ways to view your workspace layout. You can change the

layout at any time. The layout you choose remains until you log out of the system.

There are four possible layout options:

Option Icon Description

#1 The default layout provides the Directory panel on the left, the Queue panel

on the top right, and the Story panel on the bottom right side of the iNEWS

workspace.

#2 The second option positions the panels in a 3-wide, vertical split with the

Directory panel on the left, the Queue panel in the middle, and the Story

panel on the right.

#3 The third option provides a two-panel simultaneous view, with a vertical

split. In this layout, the Story panel remains on screen on the right side of

the workspace. The user can toggle between viewing the other two panels

(Directory and Queue panels) on the left side of the workspace by selecting

that side and pressing Alt+Right or Left arrow.

#4 The fourth option provides a two-panel simultaneous view with a

horizontal split. In this layout, the Story panel remains on screen at the

bottom of the workspace. The user can toggle between viewing the other

two panels (Directory and Queue panels) on the top half of the workspace

by selecting that side and pressing Alt+Right or Left arrow.

Working with Panels

To change the layout of panels in an open workspace:

1. Select View > Layout or press Shift-Ctrl+L.

The Select Workspace Layout dialog box opens.

2. Click the workspace layout you want. The workspace is changed to the layout you selected.

nThe first four buttons on the left of the Layout toolbar (shown below) can also be used to change

the layout of panels within the workspace.

The other three buttons pertain to arranging multiple workspaces. See “Arranging Multiple

Workspaces” on page 42 for more information.

Resizing a Panel in the Workspace

Resize a workspace panel when you need to view more of one panel and less of another.

To resize a workspace panel:

1. Place your cursor along border of the panel you want to resize.

As you move your cursor over the border, the cursor changes from a pointer to a splitter bar.

2. When the splitter bar is active, click the border and move it to resize the panels.

3. Release the button at the new position.

The workspace panel is resized until the next time you resize the panels.

Zooming in on a Panel

You might want to zoom in on a panel when you want to concentrate on information in a

particular panel. When you zoom in on a panel, it occupies the entire workspace and hides the

other panels.

Working with Panels

To zoom in on a panel:

1. Click on the panel you want to zoom in on.

2. Do one of the following:

tSelect View > Zoom.

tPress Alt+Z.

The panel you chose now occupies the workspace.

nYou can press Alt+Z again to toggle back to the original multi-panel view.

Moving From Panel to Panel in Zoom Mode

You can move from one panel to another in zoom mode. This is helpful if you want to view

detailed information for each panel.

To move from panel to panel in zoom mode:

1. Zoom in on a panel.

2. Do one of the following:

tTo move left, press Alt+Left arrow.

tTo move right, press Alt+Right arrow.

tTo move from the story body to the story form, press Alt+Up arrow.

The pattern for navigating while in zoom mode is:

nNavigation between the three main panels while in zoom mode does not loop. In other words,

pressing Alt+Right arrow while zoomed in to the Story panel will not move to the Directory

panel. If you are zoomed in to the Story panel and want to view the Directory panel, press the

Alt+Left arrow keystroke combination twice.

Zooming out of a Panel

When you want to return to a normal two- or three-panel view of the workspace, you can zoom

out of a panel.

To zoom out of a panel:

tSelect View > Zoom.

tPress Alt+Z.

Arranging Multiple Workspaces

nYou can press Alt+Z again to toggle back to the single-panel view.

Displaying a Context Menu

A context menu contains frequently used commands, making those commands readily accessible

in the panel in which you work. The command options available will vary depending on what

panel the mouse pointer is in when you right click.

To display a context menu:

tRight-click on the panel in which you want to work, and then select a command from the

context menu.

n In the Directory panel, when you display the context menu, the options will reflect the location

of your cursor. For example, when you select a queue icon, the Properties menu option will apply

to that queue. If a folder icon is selected, the Properties menu option will apply to the directory

and its contents.

Arranging Multiple Workspaces

In iNEWS, you can arrange many workspaces in the main window. This allows you to work on

several stories at once with the workspace layout you like best.

To arrange multiple workspaces:

tDo one of the following:

- Select Window > Auto Arrange > option (either Off, Horizontally, or Vertically).

- Select one of the three arrangement buttons on the right of the Layout toolbar, shown

below:

The open workspaces are arranged according to the arrangement choice you made.

Switching Between Workspaces

While the iNEWS Workstation allows you to open up several workspaces at once, to work in a

particular workspace, that workspace must be active. A workspace is active when its title bar is a

different color from the other workspaces.

To switch between workspaces:

tClick on any part of the workspace.

Closing a Workspace

tPress Ctrl+Tab.

Closing a Workspace

You can close any workspace in the main window without exiting iNEWS.

To close a workspace:

1. In the main window, click the workspace you want to close. Ensure that its title bar is

highlighted. Usually, it will appear blue when active.

2. Do one of the following:

tClick the X button in the upper right corner of the workspace you want to close.

tSelect Window > Close.

The workspace closes, with any changes saved automatically. Any other open workspaces

will remain open in the main window.

nBy default, pressing Ctrl+F4 will close the active workspace, unless the system administrator

has reconfigured the Ctrl+F4 keystroke combination to do something else.

To close all workspaces simultaneously:

1. Do one of the following:

tSelect Window > Close All.

tPress Alt+W, then type L.

Working with Multiple Monitors

Users, such as news producers, might want to run iNEWS at workstations with multiple

monitors. Avid iNEWS does support this option; however, there are some things one must keep

in mind if running iNEWS client software on a dual monitor workstation.

• If the application is maximized at close, it will be maximized on the primary monitor when it

is reopened, regardless of which monitor it was on when closed.

• Moving a user from a dual monitor workstation to a single monitor computer, such as an

undocked laptop, could result in the application opening to a screen that no longer exists.

To move iNEWS to single available screen:

1. Right click on iNEWS in the Windows taskbar.

2. Select Move.

Working with Multiple Monitors

3. Press on of the Arrow keys on the keyboard; this will lock the application’s window to the

mouse pointer.

4. Use mouse to position mouse pointer onto the screen and the iNEWS main window will

move with it.

4Toolbars

In iNEWS, the standard toolbars allow you to easily access many of the same options you’ll find

in the menu. You can also create your own custom toolbars and shortcut buttons, utilizing

macros, to help speed up your productivity.

The following topics provide more information on toolbars:

•Standard Toolbars

-Displaying or Hiding a Toolbar

-Moving a Toolbar

•Custom Toolbars

-Creating a Custom Toolbar

-Modifying a Custom Toolbar

•Shortcut Button Images

-Creating a Shortcut Button

Standard Toolbars

The iNEWS system provides ten standard toolbars with which you can access many of the same

options you’ll find in the menus; however, some buttons on toolbars are distinct from menu

commands.

Toolbars make it easy for you to quickly perform a function. By dragging and dropping a toolbar,

you can place it anywhere in the workspace to suit your needs. You can also choose to remove

toolbars that you don’t need to conserve screen space. By positioning the mouse pointer over any

button on a toolbar, you can view a tooltip that briefly describes the function of each button.

The standard toolbars cannot be altered, but they can be hidden or moved within the iNEWS

Workspace. Each standard toolbar is described in the following table:

Toolbar Description

Browse Lets you move easily among stories. Options include: First, Previous, Next, and Last.

Clock Displays the workstation clock time.

Edit Gives you quick access to editing tasks, such as: Cut, Copy, and Paste.

Find Searches queues and story panels for text you specify.

Format Lets you add styles and colors to text. Options include: Font, Bold, Italic, Underline,

Normal, Presenter Instruction, Closed Caption, and Machine Control Instructions.

Standard Toolbars

Displaying or Hiding a Toolbar

You can display or hide any toolbar to help manage your work.

To display a toolbar:

1. Select View > Toolbars.

The Toolbars dialog box opens.

Layout Lets you change the workspace layout and the arrangement of the window.

Main Lets you perform standard iNEWS tasks. Options include: Create a new workspace,

Open an existing workspace, Create a new story, Edit lock/unlock, Check spelling, Save

a story, and Print to a local printer. Additionally, the Main toolbar provides buttons for

viewing priority wires stories, such as bulletins, accessing your mail and messages, and

opening a Web browser within iNEWS. Icons on some buttons will blink when new,

unread data is received, such as urgent wires, mail, or messages.

Messages Lets you view and send instant messages between you and other iNEWS users.

Navigation Lets you navigate around the workspace. The Up and Down Arrow buttons move you

through the panels of the workspace and back again. The Right and Left Arrow buttons

may be used to navigate back and forth between previously viewed queues within the

current session.

Timing Lets you view—from left to right—the item countdown, segment countdown, and

over/under times in a rundown. The show timing clocks are blank (as shown) when

show timing is off.

Toolbar Description

Standard Toolbars

The toolbars that are already displayed have a checked box next to the toolbar name.

nSearch Results, although listed in the Toolbars dialog box, is not a toolbar. It is a special pane

that, like toolbars, can be displayed or hidden within the iNEWS window. For more information,

see “Search Results Pane” on page 191.

2. Click a toolbar check box to display that toolbar.

3. Click Close.

The toolbar you selected appears in the toolbar area of the main window.

To hide a toolbar:

1. Select View > Toolbars.

The Toolbars dialog box opens.

Standard Toolbars

The toolbars that are already displayed have a checked box next to the toolbar name.

2. Click the box next to the toolbar you want to hide.

When the box is blank, that toolbar will not be displayed.

3. Click Close.

The toolbar you deselected no longer appears in the toolbar area.

nYou can right-click anywhere in the toolbar area at the top of the main window to access a

context menu with a list of toolbars and a customize option. Selecting the customize option will

open the Toolbars dialog box, allowing you to customize the display of toolbars or create new

custom ones.

Moving a Toolbar

You can arrange the toolbar section of iNEWS to meet your needs. In addition to displaying and

hiding toolbars, you can also rearrange the order of the toolbars to appear in any order at the top

or on the side of the workspace. You can only move toolbars when they are displayed in the

workspace.

To move a toolbar:

1. Click anywhere just outside of the buttons in the toolbar you want to move.

2. Drag the toolbar and drop it in its new location.

Your new toolbar arrangement will be displayed until the next time you rearrange the

toolbars.

Custom Toolbars

A custom toolbar helps you work more effectively. The buttons you create will take you to

specific places in the database. Instead of navigating through the directory panel, you can go to a

queue with a single click of a button.

When adding or modifying a shortcut button on a custom toolbar, you will define the:

• Button name

• Queue directory path

• Tooltip description for the button

• Button image

You can also delete a shortcut button when it is no longer useful.

Creating a Custom Toolbar

Create a custom toolbar for those tasks that you need to perform or destinations you need to

access often in iNEWS.

To create a custom toolbar:

1. SelectView > Toolbars.

The Toolbars dialog box opens, showing standard system toolbars. Any custom toolbars you

create will appear at the end of the list.

2. Click New to add a custom toolbar name to the list.

Custom Toolbars

The New Toolbar dialog box opens.

3. Type the name you want to assign to the toolbar you are creating.

4. Click OK.

The Customize Toolbar dialog box opens.

5. You can now create shortcut buttons for your toolbar.

For more information, see “Creating a Shortcut Button” on page 54.

6. Click OK to return to the Toolbars dialog box.

7. If it is not already checked, click the check box to the left of the toolbar you just created.

8. Click Close to close the Toolbars dialog box and return to the main window.

The toolbar you created appears at the top of the Directory panel. The following image is an

example of a custom toolbar displayed horizontally. Custom toolbars can be positioned

within the workspace vertically too.

Custom Toolbars

9. Click the title bar of the new toolbar and drag it to the toolbar area of the iNEWS

Workspace.

Modifying a Custom Toolbar

If you have the proper security access, you can make modifications to a custom toolbar to fit

your needs. For instance, you can change the order in which the buttons appear in a custom

toolbar, or you can delete a button that you never use. See your system administrator to find out

if you are able to modify custom toolbars.

To modify a custom toolbar:

1. Select View > Toolbars.

The Toolbars dialog box opens.

2. Click the check box to the left of the customized toolbar you want to modify.

You cannot modify standard system toolbars; therefore, the Customize and Delete buttons

are only enabled when you select a customizable toolbar.

3. Click Customize.

The Customize Toolbar dialog box opens.

Custom Toolbars

4. In the Customize Toolbar dialog box, you can move, modify, add, or delete buttons from the

toolbar, and specify where to show text labels for toolbar buttons. Select the option you want

to perform.

5. If you modify or add a button, complete the Custom Toolbar Button dialog box and click OK

twice to return to the Toolbars dialog box.

If you selected any other option, click OK to return to the Toolbars dialog box.

6. If it is not already selected, click the toolbar you just modified to have it appear in the main

window.

7. Click Close.

The toolbar appears with the modifications you made to it. The following image is an

example of a custom toolbar displayed horizontally. Custom toolbars can be positioned

within the workspace vertically too.

nIt is strongly recommended that you log out after making any toolbar modifications so the

changes to custom toolbars during the current session are permanently saved into the system.

Should the workstation become disconnected without you properly logging off, those alterations

would be lost, forcing you to have to repeat the modifications.

Custom Toolbars

Creating a Shortcut Button

Shortcut buttons can be created on any custom toolbar in iNEWS. Customization is not

permitted on the standard toolbars.

These buttons can be used to shorten tasks, such as initiate macros, opening sessions, or

navigating to specific locations in the database. The procedure in this section covers the button

creation for all possible options. For information on an alternative procedure for creating a

“navigation shortcut button”, see “Creating a Navigation Shortcut Button” on page 119.

nIf you just created the toolbar, and the Toolbars dialog box is already open, you can skip steps 1

and 2, and begin with step 3.

To create a shortcut button:

1. Select View > Toolbars, or right-click on any customizable iNEWS toolbar.

The Toolbars dialog box opens.

2. Click the check box next to the customizable toolbar you want to work with.

3. Click Customize.

The Customize Toolbar opens.

Custom Toolbars

4. Select Text Labels if you want your customized shortcut buttons to have text titles.

nAfter selecting the Text Labels check box, you can modify the width of the shortcut buttons, such

as changing the size of the default width of 16 pixels to a larger size of 43 pixels.

5. Click Add.

The Customize Toolbar Button dialog box opens.

Custom Toolbars

6. In the Name field, enter a button name.

nThe name you type here will appear on the button if you select the Text Labels check box in the

Customize Toolbar dialog box.

7. In the Tooltip Text field, enter a description for the button.

This description appears on-screen when the mouse pointer rests on the button.

8. In the Action section, click one of the following radio buttons to select it:

Button Action

Navigate to: Enter the directory path of the queue you want the button to open. You can

also click the queue in the Directory panel and drag it into this field.

For more information on creating this button for navigation to projects or

facets, see “Creating a Navigation Shortcut Button” on page 119.

Custom Toolbars

nThe information in Options is dependent on data supplied in the Command Line. For instance,

you cannot type notepad.exe, which is the Notepad program, in the Command Line and then type

the name of a DOC file, such as script.doc, in Options because Notepad cannot open Word DOC

files. (Notepad can be used to open TXT files and view the source of HTML files.)

9. In the Image field, click one of the following radio buttons to select it:

10. Click OK.

The new button appears in the Current Buttons list of the Configure Shortcut Bar dialog box.

11. Click OK again.

The Toolbars dialog box opens.

12. Click the check box next to the new toolbar.

The new toolbar opens in the main window.

13. Click Close to return to the main window.

Shortcut Button Images

Custom toolbars have shortcut buttons that, like standard toolbar buttons, require some type of

image or icon used to represent the button’s purpose. When creating a shortcut button, you can

select an image that will appear on the button from the standard iNEWS list, or you can import

an image. The same image can be used on several buttons.

Session: Select the session you want the button to open.

Command Line: Type the keyboard shortcut or name for the command or program you want

the button to open. For instance:

iexplore.exe

Options: Type an additional Web address or filename to open, such as

www.avid.com

Macro: Type the macro commands you want the button to perform. For more

information on writing macros, see “Creating a Macro” on page 172.

Button Action

Predefined List: Select an image from the list provided in the Customize Toolbar Button

dialog box.

User defined: Browse through directories to find a bitmap image of your own. See

“Shortcut Button Images” on page 57 for more information about these

images.

Custom Toolbars

If you choose to import your own image, the image must meet the following requirements:

• File format is Device Independent Bitmap (DIB)

• Bitmap is 16 pixels wide by 15 pixels high

• No more than 8 bits per pixel, uncompressed

• Background pixels must have the RGB value of (192, 176, 192)

nThe bitmap images will not be visible to multiple users at multiple workstations unless the

bitmaps are loaded in the same place on every workstation or in a shared network directory.

5Working with Queues

A queue is an area of the database that contains related stories, such as wire stories or a show

rundown of scripts. The name assigned to a queue should identify its contents. Whatever a

queue’s contents, the detailed information of each story is visible only in the Story panel. Use the

Queue panel to manage stories in a queue, such as the order, and so forth.

nA special type of queue known as search queues can be created to store pre-defined queries of

indexed queues. For information on this type of queue, see “Search Queues” on page 193.

The following topics provide more information about queues:

•Changing Forms for Viewing Queues

•Changing the Width of a Queue Form Field

•Easy Locking a Queue

•Key Locking a Queue

•Moving a Queue

•Opening a Queue

•Refreshing a Queue

•Searching for Text in a Queue

•Specifying a Destination Queue

•Unlocking a Queue

•Using Abstract Display in Queue

•Using Currency Total

•Viewing Queue Properties

Changing Forms for Viewing Queues

Anytime a user opens a queue, it is displayed using its default queue form. The system

administrator sets up the default. A user can choose to display a queue’s contents in the Queue

panel using a different form.

When a user has changed forms for a queue, they can return to the default form by exiting the

queue and reopening it.

nYou can only change forms for a queue when your cursor is in the Queue panel.

To change the form you use to view a queue’s contents:

1. Select View > Use Forms > Forms.

2. Select the form you want to use.

3. Click OK.

To return to the default form:

tSelect View > Use Forms > Normal.

Changing the Width of a Queue Form Field

Occasionally, you might need to change the width of a form field in the Queue panel to view all

the information in a column. This change will last only as long as you are in the queue, and

cannot be saved or viewed by other users. Only your system administrator can make permanent

changes to forms.

To change the width of a queue form field:

1. Open the queue you want to change.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. In the Queue panel, locate the field you want to widen or narrow and click it.

3. Move the cursor to the edge of the form field. When the cursor changes to a cross, click and

drag the column until it is as wide or narrow as you want it.

Easy Locking a Queue

Easy lock a queue when you want to limit other people’s access to a queue while you are

working in it. Easy lock limits access to your user name. This means that only someone signed

on with your user ID can open the queue after it has been easy locked. Remember, though, that

your system administrator can access your locked queue.

Key Locking a Queue

To easy lock a queue:

1. Open the queue you want to lock.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. Select Tools > Lock Queue.

The User Lock Queue dialog box opens.

3. Click the Easy Lock check box.

4. Click Lock.

The queue you selected is now locked, and only you can open it.

Key Locking a Queue

Key lock a queue when you want to limit other people’s access to a queue while you are working

in it. Unlike easy locking a queue, however, anyone who knows the "key" can open the queue

you key locked.

nYour system administrator can access any key-locked queue at any time.

To key lock a queue:

1. Open the queue you want to lock.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. Select Tools > Lock Queue.

The User Lock Queue dialog box opens.

Moving a Queue

3. Create a "key" by entering a password between 1 and 12 characters.

The key can contain numbers, letters, and some punctuation marks. As you enter the key,

asterisks replace the text you are typing. This is to secure your key from others.

4. Click Lock.

The Confirm Key dialog opens.

5. Re-enter your key to confirm the code.

The queue you selected is now locked, and can only be opened by individuals who know the

key.

Moving a Queue

When you move a queue, you remove its contents, such as stories, from their original directory

and add them to the destination directory. The queue itself is not moved. Any queue that is

locked or requires write-permission will be copied rather than moved.

To move a queue:

1. Click the queue you want to move.

2. Press and hold the Shift key, and drag the queue to the destination directory.

The queue’s contents are moved to the destination directory.

Opening a Queue

Queues are located within directories in the Directory panel. Open a queue when you want to

work with the stories in it.

Refreshing a Queue

In iNEWS, you can open a queue in two ways:

• When you open a queue from the Directory panel, you must first open directories and

subdirectories where the queue resides.

• When you open a queue using the Go To menu, you type the path to the queue you want to

open rather than clicking in the Directory panel until you locate the queue.

To open a queue from the Directory panel:

1. In the Directory panel, double-click the directory containing the queue you want to open, or

click the plus (+) sign next to the directory to expand it.

A list of queues, and possibly subdirectories, appears.

2. Do one of the following:

tIf the queue resides in a subdirectory, first double-click the subdirectory to expand it and

then double-click the queue to open it.

tIf the queue resides in the directory you just opened, double-click the queue to open it.

To open a queue using the Go To menu:

1. Select Go To > Destination.

The Goto Queue or Folder dialog box opens.

2. In the Destination drop-down list, click the queue you want to open.

3. Click OK.

The queue and all the stories within it appear.

Refreshing a Queue

While you are working in a queue, other users may also be adding, deleting, renaming or

rearranging stories within the same queue. To see any changes that have been made to a queue by

others, you will need to refresh the queue periodically to update the information in it.

To refresh a queue:

tChoose Refresh from the View menu (or press F5).

Searching for Text in a Queue

nPressing the up arrow key when the cursor is at the top of a non-refresh queue will refresh the

queue.

The queue is updated and displays any changes that have been made since you opened the

queue.

Searching for Text in a Queue

To search for text in a queue:

1. Open the queue you want to work with.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. Select Edit > Find (or press Ctrl+F).

The Find dialog box opens.

3. In the Next Story Containing the Text field, enter the text you want to search for.

4. In the Search only in section, click a radio button to limit the parameters of your search.

5. Click Find.

The selection box moves to the first occurrence of the search text and highlights the text.

Specifying a Destination Queue

You can quickly move between queues by using the Go To option.

Unlocking a Queue

To specify a destination queue:

1. Select Go To > Destination.

The Go To Queue or Folder dialog box opens.

2. Select a path from the Destination list, or type the path of the queue you want to open.

Use periods to separate the directory names (for example: "show.6p.rundown"). If typing the

name, the system will automatically complete the directory or queue name as soon as it

detects a match. These destinations will be held in memory during the current session and

can be selected again by clicking the drop-down arrow. The destinations are cleared from

memory when the user logs out.

3. Click OK.

Unlocking a Queue

Unlock a queue when you no longer want to prevent another user from accessing the queue.

To unlock a queue:

1. Open the directory containing the queue you want to unlock.

2. In the Directory panel, click the locked queue.

3. Select Tools > Unlock Queue.

The User Unlock Queue dialog box opens.

4. Do one of the following:

tIf you key locked the queue, enter the key in the Key field.

Using Abstract Display in Queue

tIf you easy locked the queue, click the Easy Lock box.

5. Click Unlock.

Using Abstract Display in Queue

The Abstract Display in Queue feature gives you the ability to display a selected number of lines

of story body for each story in the queue view.

To enable abstract display in queue:

1. Select Tools > Options > Preferences.

2. Click on the Layout tab.

3. Click in the Preview Lines - Use Default check box.

4. Click OK.

5. To check the number of preview lines defined, right-click in the queue and select Queue

Properties to bring up the Queue Properties dialog and click on the User Interface tab.

Preview Lines shows the number of lines defined.

6. Select View > Story Preview to temporarily change the number of preview lines.

If you leave the queue you are on and return to it, the preview lines setting returns to the

default.

The Story Preview dialog opens.

7. Click in the Lines to preview text box and type a new number.

8. Click OK to register your change.

If you click on the Default button the queue’s Property default will be selected.

Using Currency Total

Currency total allows you to click on individual cells or full columns in the Queue panel and

total these items.

Viewing Queue Properties

To use currency total:

1. Click on the cells you want to total in the Queue panel (use the Ctrl key to select several

rows or columns simultaneously).

2. Right-click in the Queue panel, and select Total to Clipboard.

The total= appears in a tooltip with the sum of the values in the selected cells or columns.

The total of the cells or columns selected is copied to the clipboard.

nCells can contain currency or decimal numbers but should not be used with date or time values.

Viewing Queue Properties

You can view queue properties that are both administrator-controlled—such as sort

characteristics and printing capabilities—and user-controlled, such as production lock.

nYou do not need to open a queue to view its properties. Right-click on any queue in the Directory

panel and select Properties from the pop-up menu. The Queue Properties dialog box appears.

For information on altering queue properties, see the iNEWS Newsroom Computer System

Operations Manual.

To view queue properties from the Queue panel:

1. Open the queue whose properties you want to view.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

Viewing Queue Properties

2. Do one of the following:

tRight-click in the Queue panel and select Properties.

tSelect Edit > Properties (or press Alt+Enter).

The Queue Properties dialog box opens.

You can view information about queue forms, locks, sorting, and other properties associated

with the queue. These properties are described in more detail in the Avid iNEWS Setup and

Configuration Guide.

nIf viewing properties for search queues, only two tabs appear: Forms and Groups. The others do

not apply to search queues.

3. Click Close when you are finished viewing the queue properties.

6Working with Wires

The iNEWS system lets journalists monitor news wires from workstations and easily transition

that information into stories for broadcast.

The following topics provide more information on wires in the iNEWS system:

•Viewing Priority Wire Stories

•Viewing the Ten Most Recent Priority Wires

Viewing Priority Wire Stories

Priority wire stories include bulletins, urgents, and flashes. They are incoming wire stories coded

as high priority by a wire service and placed in the priority queue. Each alert is color-coded

depending on whether it is a bulletin, urgent, or flash. The color is determined by your system

administrator.

When priority wire stories arrive, you are notified by an audio signal—usually a beep—and a

flashing Urgent icon. This icon looks like a yellow lightning bolt with an arrow tip. You can see

this icon in two locations of the user interface: on the Bulletin button in the Main toolbar or on

the status bar at bottom right of the iNEWS window. In the status bar, the number of priority wire

stories are also provided next to the Urgent icon.

For more information about what appears on the status bar, see “Status Bar” on page 26.

You can open the priority queue to view the stories at any time.

To open a priority wire story:

1. Do one of the following:

tClick the Bulletin button in the Main toolbar.

tClick the Urgent icon in the status bar.

tSelect Go To > Priority Queue, or press F7.

A new workspace containing the priority queue opens, displaying a list of wire stories.

2. Double-click which wire story you want to view.

Viewing the Ten Most Recent Priority Wires

Use Alert History when you want to know immediately what the ten most recent priority wire

stories are.

To view the ten most recent priority wires:

1. Select Go To > Alerts History, or press Shift+F7.

The Alerts History dialog box opens with a list of the ten most recent priority wires.

Viewing the Ten Most Recent Priority Wires

2. Do one of the following:

tSelect a wire story and click Open.

tDouble-click a wire story to display it in your workspace.

7Stories - Creation and Modification

You can create and edit stories from within a queue. When you create new stories, you can save

them to the iNEWS Server for future review by you or others. The basics of editing stories

includes: creating a story, opening existing stories, navigating through stories, and editing text in

stories. In iNEWS, stories are created and edited in the Story panel and its three sub-panels.

The following topics provide more information about the creation and modification of stories:

•Understanding the Story Panel

-Displaying Story Form Sub-Panel

-Displaying Instruction Sub-Panel

-Navigating the Story Panel

-Changing Tab Settings for Story Text Sub-panel

•Creating a New Story

•Opening a Story

•Changing Case of Text in Stories

•Formatting Text

•Searching for Text in a Story

•Replacing Text in a Story

•Using iNEWS Scratchpad

-Pasting Text from the iNEWS Scratchpad

-Erasing the iNEWS Scratchpad

•Inserting a Time Stamp

•Adding Page Breaks to a Story

•Spell-Checking a Story

•Saving a Story

Understanding the Story Panel

The Story panel is the area of the workspace where you write and edit stories. Stories are either

scripted or unscripted. Unscripted stories do not contain production cues or machine control

instructions. A scripted story is a production version of the story that contains instructions for

broadcasting.

The Story panel can be divided into as many as three sub-panels, which display the various

information that is found within scripted and unscripted stories:

• Story Form - located across the top of the Story panel

• Story Text - located on the bottom (right side) of the Story panel.

• Instruction - located on the bottom (left side) of the Story panel.

The Story Text sub-panel is the only one that is always visible. Displaying either of the other two

is optional.

Sub-panel Description

Story Form The Story Form sub-panel contains fields for data that can also

appear in the rundown’s Queue panel, such as a script’s slug or story

title, Video ID, status, etc.

The system manager defines the content and layout of the form

fields, which can be text fields or drop-down lists of predefined

options. Some fields may also be read only. Although you can

change the appearance of some fields during a session, you cannot

save these changes.

Understanding the Story Panel

Displaying Story Form Sub-Panel

The Story Form sub-panel is typically visible for both scripted and unscripted stories; however,

you can hide it to conserve space.

To hide the Story Form sub-panel:

tSelect Story > Hide Form Area.

tRight click in the Story Form sub-panel and select Hide Form Area.

To show a hidden Story Form sub-panel:

tSelect Story > Show Form Area.

Displaying Instruction Sub-Panel

The Instruction sub-panel, which appears to the left of the Story Text sub-panel when displayed,

is typically hidden for unscripted stories and is only pertinent when writing or editing scripts that

contain production cues and machine control instructions. You can display it at any time,

regardless of whether the story contains such instructions, or hide it to conserve space.

To hide the Instruction sub-panel:

tRight click in the Instruction or Story Text sub-panels and select Hide Production Cues.

To show a hidden Instruction sub-panel:

tRight click in the Story Text sub-panel and select Show Production Cues.

nThe Instruction sub-panel will automatically appear whenever you add a production cue marker

to a story.

Navigating the Story Panel

Various keystroke combinations are available for navigating within the Story panel.

Story Text The Story Text sub-panel contains the text or script of the story and is

the only part that is always displayed as part of the Story panel. This

area is blank when you create a new story. As you type, the text

automatically wraps to the next line and scrolls down to keep the

current line visible on the screen.

Instruction The Instruction sub-panel contains production cues or machine

control data for still store, video, and character generator devices.

These instructions appear for scripted stories only.

Sub-panel Description

Understanding the Story Panel

To scroll through a story’s text:

tPress Ctrl+Up Arrow

tPress Ctrl+Down Arrow

nIf your computer’s mouse has a scroll wheel, you can roll the wheel towards you to scroll down

and away from you to scroll up. If you want the cursor to move, use the Up and Down Arrow keys

To navigate to the first or last production cue, ensure the cursor is in the Instruction

sub-panel, then:

tPress Ctrl+Page Up to go to the first production cue in a script.

tPress Ctrl+Page Down to go to the last production cue in a script.

To navigate through the production cues, ensure the cursor is positioned within a

production cue, then:

tPress Tab to go to the next production cue.

tPress Shift+Tab to go to the previous production cue.

Changing Tab Settings for Story Text Sub-panel

Tab stops are the measurement by which the cursor will indent on a line when the user presses

the Tab key. Indentation settings determine left and right margins for text in the Story Text

sub-panel, as well as any indentation for first line of paragraphs.

The Tabs option allows a user to change tab stop and indentation settings for their Story Text

sub-panel. After these are set, they are part of that user’s preferences.

To change settings for tab stops:

1. Select Format > Tabs.

The Tabs and Indentation dialog box opens.

Creating a New Story

nThe Tabs option will only appear enabled in the Format menu when there is a story open in the

Story panel and your cursor is located in the Story Text sub-panel.

2. In the Tab stops section, type the length that a tab should indent, such as

0.5”

3. Click Set.

4. Click OK.

To change settings for indentations:

1. Select Format > Tabs.

The Tabs and Indentation dialog box opens.

2. In the Indentation section, type the length you want for margins or indentation in the

appropriate field, such as

0.5”

for the first line of each paragraph.

3. Click OK.

Creating a New Story

In addition to opening existing stories, you can create new stories in a queue.

To create a story:

1. Open the queue in which you want to create a story.

2. Position your cursor in the queue below where you want the new story created.

3. Do one of the following:

tSelect File > New Story.

tPress Ctrl+N.

tPress the Insert key.

A new queue entry appears in the Queue panel as a blank row, and a blank story appears in

the Story panel.

4. In the Slug column of the Queue panel, enter the new story’s title.

5. Enter any other important information in the remaining columns for the new story.

6. In the Story panel, enter the story’s text.

nAvid iNEWS supports the use of hyperlinks in the story body. Links can be in the form of http://

or www. E-mail addresses are also recognized. A user preference is available, defining whether

clicked links will open into an Internet Explorer workspace within the iNEWS application or into

the user‘s default browser outside of the iNEWS application.

Opening a Story

Creating Story Links

When the cursor is on a line in the Queue panel or in the Story Text sub-panel, the “Copy story

link to clipboard” option is available in both the context menu and Story menu. When this option

is selected, it creates a story link on the user’s clipboard, which can be pasted into another story.

You may also press Shift+Ctrl+K to create a link.

Story links appear as:

inews://<server>/<path>/<story>

. Clicking the link will create a

new workspace displaying the linked story.

Opening a Story

In iNEWS, you can open any unlocked stories in a queue. Open a story when you want to view,

edit, or delete information in the story.

To open a story:

1. Open the queue containing the story you want to open.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

A list of stories appears in the Queue panel.

2. Click a story to open it in the Story panel.

nIf your have zoomed in to the Queue panel, you can open a story by double-clicking on the

selector button to left of the story you want to open.

Changing Case of Text in Stories

There are four case formats for text within a story:

Format Description

Upper case Changes case so all letters are capitalized.

Lower case Changes case so all letters are lower case.

Title case Changes case so the first letter of each word is capitalized. This can be useful for

character generator (CG) data, since many stations type their CGs in title-case

format.

Sentence case Changes case so the first letter of the first word at the beginning of each sentence

is capitalized.

Formatting Text

To capitalize all letters of a selected portion of text, do the following:

1. Highlight the text you want to change.

2. Do one of the following:

tSelect Format > Case > UPPER CASE.

tPress Alt+O, then S, then U.

To lower case all letters of a selected portion of text, do the following:

1. Highlight the text you want to change.

2. Do one of the following:

tSelect Format > Case > lower case.

tPress Alt+O, then S, then L.

To title case all letters of a selected portion of text, do the following:

1. Highlight the text you want to change.

2. Do one of the following:

tSelect Format > Case > Title Case.

tPress Alt+O, then S, then T.

To sentence case all letters of a selected portion of text, do the following:

1. Highlight the text you want to change.

2. Do one of the following:

tSelect Format > Case > Sentence Case.

tPress Alt+O, then S, then S.

Formatting Text

You can format text in a story when you want to give it characteristics different from the rest of

the text. For instance, use different formats to indicate script directions, instructions for the crew,

or information for news presenters.

You format options are described in the following table:

Format Keystroke Description

Select Typeface Selecting a different typeface is a user customization that only

applies to your workstation. Selecting a different typeface has no

effect on printing.

Searching for Text in a Story

To format text:

1. Open the queue that contains the story you want to work with.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. Click a story to select it.

3. In the Story panel, highlight the text you want to format.

4. Do one of the following:

tClick on the appropriate formatting button located in the Format toolbar, if displayed.

tSelect Format, and then select the format you want to apply to the text.

nIf you find that text placed in tables runs together and doesn’t display properly, select a

non-proportional typeface, such as Courier or Arial Monospaced, for viewing the story.

Searching for Text in a Story

Use the Find command to find individual occurrences of text within a story (for example, to find

all occurrences of the misspelled word seperate and change them to separate).

To search for text in a story:

1. Open the queue containing the story you want to work with.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. Click a story to select it and then click in the Story panel.

3. Select Edit > Find (or press Ctrl+F).

The text Find dialog box opens.

Boldface Ctrl+B Displays and prints bold text.

Italic Ctrl+I Displays and prints italic text.

Underline Ctrl+U Displays and prints underlined text.

Normal Ctrl+Alt+N Displays and prints normal text.

Presenter Ctrl+Alt+P Identifies instructions for the news presenters. Presenter text can

appear on the teleprompter, but it does not get timed or go to

closed captioning.

Closed

Captioning

Ctrl+Alt+C Identifies text that can be used for closed captioning.

Format Keystroke Description

Replacing Text in a Story

4. In the Find what field, enter the text you want to search for.

5. If you want the search to find text that exactly matches the word(s) you entered, click the

Match whole word only check box.

6. If you want the search to find only words that match the case you designated, click the

Match case check box.

7. Click Find Next.

The first occurrence of the search text is highlighted. If the search is unsuccessful, the

message "Finished Searching the story" appears.

nYou can press the Esc key to cancel a Find command search process within a few seconds.

Replacing Text in a Story

You can search for text in a story and replace it with alternative text that you specify. For

example if you write a story containing the word "Nelson" and you discover that the correct

spelling of the name is "Neilson," you can use the Replace command to make the correction.

To replace text in a story:

1. Open the queue containing story with which you want to work.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. Click a story to select it.

3. Click anywhere in the Story panel.

4. Select Edit > Replace.

The Replace dialog box opens.

Using iNEWS Scratchpad

5. In the Find what field, enter the text you are searching for.

6. In the Replace with field, type the replacement text exactly as you want it to appear.

7. To ignore occurrences of the text inside a longer word ("honey," and not "Mahoney," for

example), click the Match whole word only check box.

8. To ignore occurrences of text with a different case ("US" and not "us," for example), click

the Match case check box.

9. Click Find Next to go to the story’s first occurrence of the text you specified.

10. Do one of the following:

tClick Replace to change the highlighted text and search for the next occurrence.

tClick Find Next to skip to the next occurrence without changing the highlighted text.

tClick Replace All to replace all occurrences of the specified text with the new text.

Using iNEWS Scratchpad

The iNEWS Scratchpad feature lets you copy multiple items, store them, and then paste them

into a story. Copy text to it when you want to gather information to insert into a story.

To copy text to the iNEWS Scratchpad:

1. Open the queue that contains the story you want to work with.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. Click a story to select it.

3. In the story panel, select the text to be copied.

4. Select Edit > Scratchpad > Copy to Scratchpad (or press Shift+Ctrl+C).

The text is copied. Continue selecting and copying text until all the text you want to copy has

been placed on the scratch pad.

Inserting a Time Stamp

Pasting Text from the iNEWS Scratchpad

When you have copied text to the iNEWS Scratchpad, you can retrieve that text from it and place

the text into a story.

To paste text from the iNEWS Scratchpad:

1. Open the queue that contains the story with which you want to work.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. Click a story to select it.

3. In the Story panel, click in the story where you want to paste the text.

4. Select Edit > Scratchpad > Paste from Scratchpad (or press Shift+Ctrl+V).

The text is pasted into the text area you selected.

Erasing the iNEWS Scratchpad

You can erase the iNEWS Scratchpad after you have pasted text from it into another story.

To clear the iNEWS Scratchpad:

tSelect Edit > Scratchpad > Erase Scratchpad (or press Shift+Ctrl+Delete).

All of the text is deleted from it.

Inserting a Time Stamp

A user can insert the current time, based on their workstation clock, into a story using the Time

Stamp function.

nThe time stamp will be inserted at the current cursor location.

To insert a time stamp, do one of the following:

tPress Ctrl+T

tSelect Edit > Time Stamp.

Adding Page Breaks to a Story

You can manually force page breaks into a story where you want them to appear. Usually, you

add page breaks when you are preparing to print the story.

Spell-Checking a Story

To add a page break when printing to a local printer:

1. Open the queue containing the story you want to work with.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. Select a story, and open it into the Story panel.

3. Do one of the following:

tPress Ctrl+Alt+B.

tSelect Story > Page Break.

A visible page break for local printing is added.

Spell-Checking a Story

The iNEWS system allows you to check the spelling in a story to ensure that it has no spelling

errors.

To spell-check a story:

1. Open the queue containing the story with which you want to work.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. Click a story to select it and then click at the beginning of the story in the Story panel.

nSpell check begins at wherever the cursor is. To check the spelling in production cues, you have

to click at the beginning of the first production cue in the story.

3. Select Tools > Spelling.

The Spelling dialog opens, with the first unrecognized word highlighted.

4. Use the spelling tool to check all words in the story.

tIf a word is correct in the story but not recognized by the spelling tool, click Ignore, or

Ignore All to ignore all occurrences of the word in the story.

Spell-Checking a Story

tIf a word is incorrectly spelled in the story, enter the correct spelling of the word in the

Change To field or click a suggested word. Then click Change, or Change All to make a

global replacement of the word in the story.

tIf a word is correct in the story, is unrecognizable by the spelling tool, but is used often

in many stories (your last name, for example), click Add to add it to your custom

dictionary.

When you have checked the entire story, a message box opens.

5. Click OK.

Creating a Custom Dictionary

Each user has a custom dictionary, which can be used to store words. These words are considered

additional listings to the standard dictionary installed with the software, and are used by the

system's spell checker. Each custom dictionary is associated with a specific user, and is applied

only when that user is logged on.

To create a custom dictionary, or add words to a custom dictionary:

1. Click the Tools menu.

2. Select Custom Dictionary. The Custom Dictionary dialog box will appear.

3. Type in your list of words, pressing Enter between each one.

4. Click OK.

Saving a Story

To delete a word from your custom dictionary:

1. Click the Tools menu.

2. Select Custom Dictionary. The Custom Dictionary dialog box will appear.

3. Select a word in the listing, and delete it.

4. Click OK.

Saving a Story

Whenever you create or modify a story, you should save your changes frequently.

To save a story:

tDo one of the following:

- Select File > Save Story.

- Press Ctrl+S.

- Click the Save Story button on the Main toolbar.

nThe system is designed to automatically save your changes when you navigate out of a story.

Saving a Message as a Story

You can save a message or messages from the Message History dialog box as a story in the

iNEWS system. For more information on how to do this, see “Saving a Message as a Story” on

page 158.

8Moving Stories

When working in iNEWS, you will find it is often necessary to move or duplicate text, entire

stories, and entire queues from one location to another.

The following topics provide more information about the moving of stories or queues within the

iNEWS database:

•Selecting a Story

-Selecting Several Stories in a Sequence

-Selecting Several Stories out of Sequence

•Copying a Story

-Copying Several Stories in a Sequence

-Copying Several Stories out of Sequence

•Mailing a Copy of a Story

•Moving a Story

-Moving Several Stories in a Sequence

-Moving Several Stories out of Sequence

•Grouping Stories

•Importing a Story

•Exporting a Story

-Exporting Multiple Stories

•Mailing a Copy of a Story

Selecting a Story

Select a story any time you want to open, move, copy, mail, float, or delete the story.

To select a story:

1. Open the queue containing the story you want to select.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. In the Queue panel, locate the story you want to select and click the selector button to the left

of the story.

nWhile in the Queue panel, holding the Shift key down and pressing the Space bar can also be

used to select a story.

The text of the highlighted story appears in the Story panel.

Selecting Several Stories in a Sequence

At times, you might want to select many stories grouped together in a Queue panel. You might,

for instance, want to move or copy them simultaneously rather than selecting each one manually.

To select several stories in a sequence:

1. Open the queue containing the stories you want to select.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. In the Queue panel, locate the first story in the sequence of stories you want to select and

click the selector button to the left of that story.

3. Move to the last story in the sequence of stories and, while pressing the Shift key, click the

selector button to the left of that story.

All the stories between those you selected manually are also selected. Now you can move,

copy, or otherwise work with those selected stories.

Selecting Several Stories out of Sequence

At times, you might want to select many stories within a queue that are located within in a Queue

panel but are not grouped together. You may, for instance, want to move or copy them

simultaneously rather than selecting each one manually.

To select several stories out of sequence:

1. Open the queue containing the stories you want to select.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

Copying a Story

2. In the Queue panel, locate the first story you want to select and click the selector button to

the left of that story.

3. While pressing the Ctrl key, click the selector button to the left each story you want to

highlight.

All the stories you selected manually are highlighted. Now you can move, copy, or otherwise

work with those selected stories.

Copying a Story

You can copy a story from one queue to another within a workspace or across multiple

workspaces. When you copy a story, you duplicate the story from the source queue and add it to

the destination queue. The source queue remains unchanged in the database.

To copy a story:

1. Open the queue containing the story you want to copy.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. In the Queue panel, highlight the story by doing one of the following:

tClick on the selector button next to the story you want to copy.

tPress Shift+Space.

3. Click again and, holding the selector button, drag the story to the destination queue.

The story is copied to the destination queue.

nYou can also copy a story by selecting Edit > Copy To, or by pressing Ctrl+D after selecting the

story to copy from one queue to another destination.

Copying Several Stories in a Sequence

At times, you might want to copy multiple stories grouped together in a Queue panel. You might,

for instance, want to copy them all together rather than copying each one manually.

To copy several stories in a sequence:

1. Open the queue containing the stories you want to copy.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. In the Queue panel, locate the first story in the sequence of stories you want to copy and

click the selector button to the left of that story.

3. Move to the last story in the sequence of stories and, while pressing the Shift key, click the

selector button to the left of that story.

Copying a Story

All the stories between those you selected manually are also selected.

4. Do one of the following:

tSelect Edit > Copy To.

tPress Ctrl+D.

The Copy Stories To Queue dialog box opens.

5. In the Destination Queue field, select a queue from the menu or enter the destination queue’s

directory path, such as:

ARCHIVE.2014.JUN

6. In the Distribution Code field, select a code from the menu or enter the code you want to

assign to the story.

7. Click OK.

The stories are copied to the destination queue.

Copying Several Stories out of Sequence

At times, you may want to select multiple stories within a queue that are located within in a

Queue panel but are not grouped together. You may, for instance, want to copy them all together

rather than copying each one manually.

Copying a Story

To copy several stories out of sequence:

1. Open the queue containing the stories you want to copy.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. In the Queue panel, locate the first story you want to copy and click the selector button to the

left of that story.

3. While pressing the Ctrl key, click the selector button to the left each story you want to

highlight

All the stories you selected manually are highlighted.

4. Do one of the following:

tSelect Edit > Copy To.

tPress Ctrl+D.

The Copy Stories To Queue dialog box opens.

5. In the Destination Queue field, select a queue from the menu or enter the destination queue’s

directory path, such as:

ARCHIVE.2014.JUN

Moving a Story

6. In the Distribution Code field, select a code from the menu or enter the code you want to

assign to the story.

7. Click OK.

The stories are copied to the destination queue.

Moving a Story

When you move a story, you remove it from its original location and place it in its new location.

Stories can be moved within a single queue or between queues.

For instance, as stories in a rundown queue develop, the order they will be presented in a

newscast can change. Authorized individuals (usually production staff) can rearrange the order

of stories in a queue by moving them around in the Queue panel until the order works for that

newscast. Another possibility is when a story, written for one show, will actually be used in

another show, in which case a user could move the story from the original rundown queue to the

other.

You must have write permission to both the source and destination locations to move a story or

stories. Any stories that are locked or require write-permission will be copied rather than moved.

To move a story:

1. Open the queue containing the story you want to move.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. In the Queue panel, click the selector button to the left of the story you want to move.

nIf your cursor is on a row, you can select entire row by pressing Shift+Spacebar. If the row is

within a story group, holding the Shift down and pressing Spacebar twice will select all stories

(rows) in the story group.

3. Do one of the following:

tDrag the story to the new location within the queue.

tPress and hold the Shift key, then drag the story to another destination queue in the

Directory panel.

tIf you have a second workspace open, you can drag the story from its original queue to a

destination queue opened in the other workspace.

nIf stories are dragged to a queue in a position within a story group, the stories will be added to

that story group. For more information on story grouping, see “Grouping Stories” on page 95.

Moving a Story

The story is moved to its new location. The backtime of each story in a Queue panel is

automatically adjusted to reflect any changes made when the order of stories is changed.

nAnother method of moving stories in a queue is to cut and paste them from the Queue panel,

using the editing buttons on the toolbar or Ctrl+X to cut and Ctrl+V to paste.

You can also use Ctrl+M and type the pathname of the destination queue to move a story

between queues. See “Moving Several Stories in a Sequence” on page 92 and “Moving Several

Stories out of Sequence” on page 93 for more information.

Moving Several Stories in a Sequence

At times, you might want to move many stories grouped together in a Queue panel. You can

move a group of stories easily in iNEWS. Any stories that are locked or require write-permission

will be copied rather than moved.

To move several stories in a sequence:

1. Open the queue containing the stories you want to move.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. In the Queue panel, locate the first story in the sequence of stories you want to move and

click the selector button to the left of that story.

3. Move to the last story in the sequence of stories and, while pressing the Shift key, click the

selector button to the left of that story.

All the stories between those you selected manually are also selected.

4. Do one of the following:

tSelect Edit > Move To.

tPress Ctrl+M.

The Move Stories To Queue dialog box opens.

Moving a Story

nDrag and drop is another alternative that may be used to move stories. See “Moving a Story” on

page 91 for more information.

5. In the Destination Queue field, select a queue name from the menu or enter a queue name,

such as:

ARCHIVE.2008.JUN

6. In the Distribution Code field, select a story from the menu or enter the code you want to

assign to the story.

7. Click OK.

The stories are moved to the destination queue.

Moving Several Stories out of Sequence

At times, you might want to move many stories within a queue that are located within in a Queue

panel but are not grouped together. You can move a group of stories easily in iNEWS. Any

stories that are locked or require write-permission will be copied rather than moved.

To move several stories out of sequence:

1. Open the queue containing the stories you want to move.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. In the Queue panel, locate the first story you want to move and click the selector button to

the left of that story.

3. While pressing the Ctrl key, click the selector button to the left each story you want to

highlight.

All the stories you selected manually are highlighted.

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4. Do one of the following:

tSelect Edit > Move To.

tPress Ctrl+M.

The Move Stories To Queue dialog box opens.

nDrag and drop is another alternative that may be used to move stories. See “Moving a Story” on

page 91 for more information.

5. In the Destination Queue field, select a queue name from the menu or enter a queue name,

such as:

ARCHIVE.2008.JUN

6. In the Distribution Code field, select a story from the menu or enter the code you want to

assign to the story.

7. Click OK.

The stories are moved to the destination queue.

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:

tClick on the selector buttons next to the stories you want to group together.

tPress 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:

tRight-click and select Create Story Group.

tSelect Tools > Create Story Group.

To add a story or stories to an existing group:

tPosition 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.

tDrag and drop a story or selection of stories in between rows of a group.

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tIf the story you want to add is located in the row directly above or below the group to which

you want to add it, use the selector buttons to select it along with the story group, then do

one of the following:

- Select Tools > Create Story Group.

- Right-click and select Create Story Group.

To dissolve a group of stories:

tIn the Queue panel, position your cursor on a story within the group and select Tools >

Dissolve Story Group.

tRight-click on any story within the group and select Dissolve Story Group.

To move a story group:

1. In the Queue panel, click on any square within the Story Group column (2nd column) to

select the group.

2. Drag and drop the group into its new location.

You can drag and drop a story group anywhere within a single queue or from one queue to

another in a different workspace and group associations are retained.

nUsing the selector buttons (1st column) to move a block of stories containing two or more stories

in a group will retain the story group association. If using the selector buttons to select a block of

stories in which only one is in a group, moving the block will dissolve any story group

association for that story.

To remove a story from a group:

tClick the story’s selector button, then drag it out of the group and to a new location in the

queue.

Importing a Story

You can import files from your PC to the iNEWS newsroom computer system. After the files are

imported, they appear as stories in the active queue.

To import a story:

1. Open the queue into which you want to import a story.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. In the Queue panel, click where you want to insert the imported story.

It will be inserted above the selected story.

3. Select File > Import Story.

Exporting a Story

The Import Story dialog box opens.

4. Select a location from the Look in list.

5. Select the "Rich Text” or “Text only” (RTF or TXT) file to import.

6. Click Open.

The imported story is inserted and its contents appear in the Story panel.

Exporting a Story

You can export a story or stories from the iNEWS database to your local hard drive. When the

story has been exported as a file to your local hard drive, you can open it in other applications.

To export a story:

1. Open the queue from which you want to export a story.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. Click the story you want to export.

3. Do one of the following:

Exporting a Story

tSelect File > Export Story if you want to export just the information from the Story Text

panel (right-hand side of the Story panel).

tSelect File > Export Story Extended if you want to export the production cues in the

Instruction sub-panel (left-hand side of the Story panel) as well as the information from

the Story Text panel.

The Export Story dialog box opens.

4. Select a destination from the Save in list.

5. In the File Name field, enter the name under which you want to save the exported file.

6. Select either "Rich Text” or “Text only” (RTF or TXT) from the Save as type list.

7. Click Save (or press Ctrl+S).

The story is converted to the file type you selected and is exported to the destination you

specified.

Exporting Multiple Stories

The steps are the same as exporting a single story, except that you select multiple stories in the

queue, using the selection buttons in the Queue panel. This feature allows you to select and

export all stories in a queue or selected segments. When exporting multiple stories, you will not

Mailing a Copy of a Story

be prompted to save each story; rather, the system will save all stories automatically using their

titles from iNEWS. If you specify a different filename in the Export Story dialog box, the system

will use that name and append numbers, such as -1, -2, or -3, to distinguish between each

subsequent story.

Mailing a Copy of a Story

You may want to pass along a story to another user of the system. Use the Mail option to copy a

story to another user.

To mail a copy of a story:

1. 1.Open the queue containing the story you want to mail.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. In the Queue panel, click the story you want to mail.

3. Select Story > Mail.

A mail workspace opens with the story’s contents in the text area of a new mail message.

You might have to close a workspace or rearrange the mail workspace to see the entire mail

window.

4. In the To field, enter the name of the user to whom you want to send the story.

5. In the Subject field, enter a subject.

6. In the CC field, enter a user name if you want to send the copy to another user.

7. Click Send to send a copy of the story to the user.

nYou can also mail a story including the story’s form content and production cues by selecting

Mail Extended from the Story menu. When this is done, the form content and production cue

instructions are sent as text with the story content. For instance, the example below shows story

form content at the beginning, followed by the story text and production cues, which appear in

triple angle brackets.

Page: B18

Shot: B2/C1

Tal: D/M

Slug: LUNG-TREATMENT

Format: VO

Video ID: LUNG-TM

Vid Stat:

Status: READY

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Audio: 0:42

Backtime: 17:35:23

Date: 10/4/14 14:41:46

Mod by: dm58

WR: dm58

App.: dm58

Cumetime: 0:04:07

_______________________________________________________________

<<< ON CAM >>>

((ON CAM))

PROMISING RESEARCH RESULTS INDICATE A NEW PILL CALLED "TRACLEER" COULD

TRANSFORM THE TREATMENT OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION, A RELATIVELY RARE BUT

POTENTIALLY FATAL LUNG DISORDER.

<<< TAKE VO >>>

((TAKE VO))

<<< *CG 2LINE

PULMONARY HYPERTENSION

NEW TREATMENT >>>

THE ONLY TREATMENT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE HAS TO BE CONSTANTLY INFUSED INTO

THE BLOOD VIA A PERMANENT TUBE IN A VEIN IN THE NECK OR CHEST THAT IS

ATTACHED TO A PUMP STRAPPED TO THE BODY.

IN THIS WEEK’S ISSUE OF THE LANCET MEDICAL JOURNAL, SCIENTISTS DESCRIBE

HOW PATIENTS WHO TOOK "TRACLEER" HAD DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENTS IN THEIR

BLOOD TESTS, THEIR EXERCISE CAPACITY AND THEIR ABILITY TO DO EVERYDAY

TASKS WITHOUT SHORTNESS OF BREATH.

"TRACLEER" IS IN THE FINAL STAGES OF APPROVAL BY THE FOOD AND DRUG

ADMINISTRATION AND SHOULD BE AVAILABLE IN THE UNITED STATES IN A FEW

MONTHS. EUROPEAN APPROVAL IS EXPECTED NEXT YEAR.

9Stories - Protection

In iNEWS, stories that contain sensitive or restricted information can be locked. The system also

provides ways for users to protect vital stories from deletion or methods for retrieving deleted

stories.

The following topics provide more information about securing vital stories:

•Easy Locking a Story

•Edit Locking a Story

•Key Locking a Story

•Removing an Edit lock from a Story

•Unlocking a Story

•Protecting a Story from Being Deleted

•Backing up a Story

•Recovering a Backed-Up Story

•Killing a Story

•Retrieving a Killed Story

•Versions of Stories

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Easy Locking a Story

Easy lock a story when you want to limit other people’s access to that story while you are

working in it or reading it. Easy lock limits access to your user name. This means that only

someone signed on with your user ID can open the story after it has been easy locked.

Remember, though, that your system administrator can access your locked story.

To easy lock a story:

1. Open the queue containing story with which you want to work.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. Open story, placing focus inside the story.

3. Select Tools > Lock Story.

The User Lock Story dialog box opens.

4. Click Easy Lock to restrict access to your user name.

5. Click Lock.

Edit Locking a Story

When you make changes to a story, it is automatically placed in edit lock mode. However, you

can also edit lock a story while reading it so that no one else can make changes to the story. For

example, if a producer is reading a story and does not want the writer to make any changes while

the review is in progress, the producer can edit lock the story during the review and unlock it

when the review is complete.

Segment edit lock (SEL) is an extension of story edit lock. You can now lock the story body and

production cues independently from the story form. The lock for the story body and production

cues is called the "body lock," and the edit lock for the form is called the "form lock." These

locks are applied automatically when a user begins editing the story in these sections.

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One user can acquire the body lock and edit the story body while another user with the form lock

can edit the story’s form data. When one of these locks is applied, the person’s user name

appears at the bottom right corner of the workspace in the Status bar. Pressing the Edit Lock

button manually locks both form and story sections.

To edit lock a story:

1. Open the queue containing story with which you want to work.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. Click a story to select it.

3. Select Story > Edit Lock (or press Ctrl+E).

The story is edit locked.

To unlock a story that has been manually edit locked, do one of the following:

tPress Ctrl+E.

tNavigate to another story.

tClick on the Unlock button in the toolbar.

Key Locking a Story

When you create a story that you want to prevent from being accessed by another individual, you

can key lock the story so that unauthorized individuals cannot open, edit, move, duplicate, print,

or delete it. Only those users who know the "key" can unlock a key-locked story.

nYour system administrator can access any story, including a locked story, at any time.

To key lock a story:

1. Open the queue containing story with which you want to work.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. Open the story and click on it so your cursor appears in the Story panel.

nIf you select the story in the Queue panel only, the following option in step 3 will not appear in

the Tools menu.

3. Select Tools > Lock Story.

The User Lock Story dialog box opens.

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4. Create a "key" by entering a password between 1 and 12 characters.

The key can contain numbers, letters, and some punctuation marks. As you enter the key,

you will notice that asterisks replace the text you are typing to secure your confidentiality

from possible onlookers.

5. Click Lock.

The Confirm Key dialog box opens.

6. Type the key again in the Confirm Key dialog box.

7. Click OK.

Removing an Edit lock from a Story

There are a few ways to remove an edit lock when you are finished reviewing a story.

To remove the edit lock from a story, do one of the following:

tNavigate to another story in the queue and open it.

Any changes made to the edit locked story will automatically be saved first.

tSelect Story > Edit Unlock.

tType Ctrl+E.

Any of these options will release the edit lock from the story.

nOnly the user who edit locked a story can remove the edit lock from a workstation; otherwise, a

system administrator can "unbusy" the story by removing the edit lock from the iNEWS console.

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Unlocking a Story

To unlock a story:

1. Open the queue containing the locked story with which you want to work.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. Click a story to select it.

3. Select Tools >Unlock Story.

The Unlock Story dialog box opens.

4. If you key locked the story, type the key in the Enter Key field.

5. Click Unlock.

Protecting a Story from Being Deleted

Stories are periodically deleted or purged from the database. Your system administrator

determines the interval between purges. To prevent a story from being purged, you can place it

on hold. You can also remove its hold status when the story is no longer needed so the story will

be purged.

To protect a story from being deleted:

1. Open the queue containing the story with which you want to work.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. Click a story to select it.

3. Select Story > Hold. This places a check mark by the Hold option in the menu.

Now the story cannot be purged by the system.

To remove the "hold" on a story:

1. Open the queue containing the story with which you want to work.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

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2. Click a story to select it.

3. Select Story > Hold again. This removes the check mark by the Hold option in the menu.

Backing up a Story

Back up a story when you want to save a copy of the story to your workstation’s hard drive. Back

up stories frequently to ensure that a recent copy of the story is available if your network

connection to the iNEWS Server is lost.

You can back up only those stories for which you have write permission.

To back up a story:

1. Open the queue containing story you want to work with.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. Click a story to select it.

3. Click anywhere in the Story panel.

4. Select File > Backup Story.

A copy of the story is saved on your local drive.

Recovering a Backed-Up Story

If your workstation loses its network connection to the server or if your news story is corrupted

due to an unexpected system problem, use the Recover Story option to recover the most recently

backed-up story.

To recover a story:

1. Open the queue containing the story with which you are working.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. Select File > Recover Story.

The iNEWS system inserts the recovered file into the story body.

Killing a Story

Killing (or deleting) a story removes it from a queue and places it in the Dead queue. You can

delete a story only if you have write access to the queue and the story.

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To delete a story:

1. Open the queue containing story with which you want to work.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. Click the selection button in first column to the left of a story to choose it for deletion.

To delete multiple stories, press and hold the Ctrl key as you select the stories.

3. Select Edit > Kill (or press Ctrl+K).

4. (Optional) If you have previously set your confirmation options to display a confirmation

prompt when you delete a story, a confirmation message appears. Click OK to delete the

selected stories.

Retrieving a Killed Story

If you delete a story by mistake, you may be able to retrieve it from the Dead queue if you act

quickly. The Dead queue is purged periodically, when the system requires more space. The

sooner you act, the more likely it is you will be able to retrieve your story.

Your system administrator controls whether or not you have access to the Dead queue.

Versions of Stories

Certain queues are configured to keep previous versions of each story. These queues may be set

to hold all previous versions, only the most recent version, or only the first version of each story.

To open a workspace containing all of the previous versions of a selected story, do one of

the following:

tSelect Story > Show Versions.

tPress Alt+S, then V.

To get an old version—swap the current version of a selected story with the most recent

version—do one of the following:

tSelect Story > Get Old Version.

tPress Alt+S, then G.

To get all versions — append all the previous versions of a selected story in the Story

panel:

tSelect Story > Get All Versions.

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To reuse legacy story data, copy the data from the old version into a new or existing story

by doing the following:

1. Select legacy data you want to copy from the old version.

2. Copy the data by doing one of the following:

tSelect Edit > Scratchpad > Copy to Scratchpad.

tPress Shift+Ctrl+C.

3. Open an existing story or create a new story in which you want to paste the legacy data.

4. Paste the data into the new or existing story by doing one of the following:

tSelect Edit > Scratchpad > Paste from Scratchpad.

tPress Shift+Ctrl+V.

5. Save the story.

10 iNEWS Projects

The iNEWS Project feature is a way of categorizing stories by topic so that news teams working

on a particular topic can find everything related to it in a single place, without moving or copying

the original source information from its current location in the database. Facets are sub-topics,

providing additional granularity to projects.

Before users can benefit from the Projects feature, the iNEWS database must be set up to

properly handle projects and their facets. For information on how to set up the database, see the

“Projects” chapter in the Avid iNEWS Setup and Configuration Guide. This chapter covers the

use of projects and facets within an iNEWS system.

This chapter contains the following main sections:

•Overview of Projects and Facets

•Creating Projects

•Creating Facets

•Associating Stories with Projects or Facets

•Creating a Navigation Shortcut Button

Overview of Projects and Facets

At an iNEWS Workstation, projects appear in a tree-style structure in the Directory panel via

the Project tab. Like directories, projects are expandable, which lets users view each

project’s ALL queue, QUERY queue, BUCKET, and sub-topics, known as facets. The

following graphic shows a variety of sample projects and facets.

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For instance, the Financial project has facets for topics like Consumer Tips, Recalls, Stock

Market, and Taxes.

Every project has an ALL queue that displays in the Queue panel all stories associated with the

project and its facets. Any indexed story can be associated with a project or facet. Stories

associated with a project retain their original source queue location in the database; they do not

actually reside in the ALL queue. Stories associated with a project also retain their original

source permissions; therefore, a user without read access to a story’s source queue will not be

able to see that story in a project to which its associated even if the user has read access to the

project.

Every project has a QUERY queue—identified by the magnifying glass icon—which is the

search queue that runs the project’s query.

Every project has a BUCKET queue, which is an indexed queue that acts as the repository for

stories that do not exist anywhere else in the database. A user can copy, create, and delete stories

in the BUCKET queue. All stories in the BUCKET will show up in the ALL queue.

nThe BUCKET queue was first introduced in version 4.0 of iNEWS. When an iNEWS database is

upgraded to v4.0 from an earlier version, current projects get BUCKET queues; however, these

queues are not yet indexed, which is required for all stories associated with projects and/or

facets. After the database restore (

dbrestore

), the system administrator must run the command

dblines c:

to index the new BUCKET queues. After that an iNEWS user will be able to go to

the BUCKET queues and select their preferred index base.

Creating Projects

Before you can create projects, you must be logged in to an iNEWS Workstation as a user with

proper permission (user trait) to manage projects.

To create a project:

1. Select the Project tab.

2. Select Project > New Project from the menu bar.

The Create New Project/Facet dialog box appears.

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3. Type the name of the project. Project names can be up to 40 characters in length and can

contain spaces, hyphens (-), or ampersands (&), but they cannot contain periods.

nYou cannot create a facet for the project until after the project itself is created. Therefore, the

Facet and Facet Form fields will appear disabled when creating a project.

4. (Optional) Enter a description of the project.

5. Click Modify to create a query for the project.

The Set Query String dialog box appears in which you can select the indexed queue or

queues you want to query and the search criteria you want to use.

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For instance, if you are creating a project for your planned news coverage of upcoming

elections, you can create a query to search through political wires for various candidates.

To select multiple queues, hold the Control key down and click two or more indexed queues

you want to query.

You can use the Search For area of the Search Criteria tab to define the query, or write it out

using the Raw Query Editor.

The Date Search area lets you define a time frame for the query; you can search by the date

a story aired or was created, or by last date a story was modified.

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For more information about the options for date variables, see “Date Variables for

Searching” on page 114.

Maximum hits can also be set in the Set Query String dialog box.

6. Click OK. Your search criteria is saved and the Set Query String dialog box closes.

7. In the Create New Project/Facet dialog box, continue the configuration by setting a read

group, if any. The default is ! <none>. If set to ! <none>, no read group is defined; therefore,

no restriction is applied to the project, so all users will be able to see the project and its

facets.

8. Set the start and end date, if necessary. These dates define the date range in which the project

appears in iNEWS Workstations. Projects will no longer appear after midnight (00:00) on

the morning of the end date. Projects cannot have an end date prior to the start date.

nUsers can view expired projects and facets by right-clicking on one and selecting Show Expired

Projects.

9. Define which forms should be used for the ALL, BUCKET, and QUERY queues.

10. The Notify Users box defines who receives notifications when project stories are added or

modified. These notifications appear in the status bar of iNEWS Workstations. As the

project administrator creating the project, you can select individual users or groups of users

to add to the Notify Users list, but after the project is created, users with read access to the

project can subscribe to receive notifications by right-clicking on the project in the Directory

panel.

11. After you’ve completed setting up your project, click OK to save it. The project will appear

on the Project tab in the Directory panel.

Date Variables for Searching

The options for searching by date are documented in more detail in the following table:

Option Description

Today Range = 00:00:00 through 23:59:59 of present day

Tomorrow Range = 00:00:00 through 23:59:59 of tomorrow

Yesterday Range = 00:00:00 through 23:59:59 of yesterday

Next Week Range = 00:00:00 of next Sunday through 23:59:59 of next Saturday

This Week Range = 00:00:00 of this Sunday through 23:59:59 of this Saturday

Last Week Range = 00:00:00 of prior Sunday through 23:59:59 of prior Saturday

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nThese variables apply to Date Search options in both the Search Queue Setup and the Find All

dialog boxes accessible via an iNEWS Workstation.

Creating Facets

Facets are sub-topics within a project that enable additional granularity in organization. You can

create a facet after the parent project to which that facet will belong is created.

To create a facet:

1. Select the Project tab.

2. Right-click on the parent project.

3. Select New Facet.

Next Month Range = 00:00:00 of the first day of next month through 23:59:59 of the last day of

next month

This Month Range = 00:00:00 of the first day of this month through 23:59:59 of the last day of

this month

Last Month Range = 00:00:00 of the first day of prior month through 23:59:59 of the last day of

prior month

Next Quarter Range = 00:00:00 of the first day of first month of next quarter through 23:59:59 of

the last day of last month of next quarter

This Quarter Range = 00:00:00 of the first day of first month of this quarter through 23:59:59 of

the last day of last month of this quarter

Last Quarter Range = 00:00:00 of the first day of first month of prior quarter through 23:59:59

of the last day of last month of prior quarter

nNote: Quarters are defined as:

1st quarter = January 1st through March 31st

2nd quarter = April 1st through June 30th

3rd quarter = July 1st through September 30th

4th quarter = October 1st through December 31st

Next Year Range = 00:00:00 January 1st through 23:59:59 December 31st of next year

This Year Range = 00:00:00 January 1st through 23:59:59 December 31st of this year

Last Year Range = 00:00:00 January 1st through 23:59:59 December 31st of prior year

Option Description

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The Create New Project/Facet dialog box appears with some information already filled in

and displayed as read only.

For instance, the following example shows the dialog box as it would appear when creating a

new facet for a project called Elections.

4. Type the name of the facet in the Facet field. Facet names can be up to 40 characters in

length and can contain spaces, hyphens (-), or ampersands (&), but they cannot contain

periods.

5. Set the start and end date, if necessary. These dates define the date range in which the facet

appears in iNEWS Workstations. Facets will no longer appear after midnight (00:00) on the

morning of the end date. Facets cannot have an end date prior to the start date. Facets also

cannot have start or end dates beyond those defined by their parent projects.

nUsers can view expired projects and facets by right-clicking on one and selecting Show Expired

Projects.

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6. Define which queue form should be used for facets.

7. The Notify Users box defines who receives notifications when facet stories are added or

modified. These notifications appear in the status bar of iNEWS Workstations. As the

project administrator creating the facet, you can select individual users or groups of users to

add to the Notify Users list, but after the facet is created, users with read access to the project

can subscribe to receive notifications by right-clicking on the facet in the Directory panel.

8. After you have completed setting up your facet, click OK to save it. The facet will appear on

the Project tab in the Directory panel.

Creating a New Story inside a Project

Avid iNEWS lets users create new stories inside of projects in either the ALL or FACET queues,

as well as in the queue that exists in all projects.

To create a new story inside of a project:

1. In the Directory panel, select the Project tab and navigate to the project’s queue—such as

BUCKET, ALL, or FACET—in which you want to add the story.

2. Create a new story. The procedure for this is the same as creating a story in any queue of

iNEWS.

- New stories created in either the BUCKET or ALL queues are automatically associated

to the project and cannot be de-associated from it, although they can be associated to

any other project or facet as well.

- New stories created in the FACET queue are associated to the facet by default and

displayed inside of it. De-association of a story created in the FACET queue does not

delete the story from the project’s BUCKET queue.

Associating Stories with Projects or Facets

Any indexed story can be associated with a project or facet.

To associate an indexed story to a project or facet:

1. From an iNEWS Workstation, navigate to an indexed queue in the Directory panel, and open

it.

2. In the Queue panel, right-click on the story and select Associate Project/Facet.

3. When iNEWS requests confirmation that you want to edit the story, click Yes.

The Associate Projects to Current Story dialog box appears.

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4. Select the project(s) or facet(s) to which you want to associate the story.

5. Click Save.

If a story is associated with a project or facet, a Project tab is displayed in the Story panel next to

the Story tab when a user opens that story. The Story tab appears on top by default and displays

the body of the story as usual, including production cues and machine instructions, if any. Users

can click a story’s Project tab to view the projects and facets with which that story is associated,

along with related stories, if any.

nUsers can also use the Shift+ALT+Left or Right Arrow keystroke combinations to navigate

between the Story and Project tabs.

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Creating a Navigation Shortcut Button

Shortcut buttons can be created on any custom toolbar in iNEWS and used to navigate to a

directory, queue, project or facet in the iNEWS database. Customization is not permitted on the

standard toolbars. For more information on creating shortcut buttons, see “Creating a Shortcut

Button” on page 54.

To add a shortcut button:

1. At an iNEWS Workstation, in the Directory panel, right-click on the project, facet, or queue.

2. Select Create Toolbar button.

The Customize Toolbars dialog box opens.

3. Select your custom toolbar and click OK.

nIf the custom toolbar you want is not shown, you can create it by clicking the New button.

The Customize Toolbar Button dialog box opens with the navigation path already filled in

for you. This path could appear as a sting of alphanumeric characters.

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4. In the Name field, enter a name for the button.

nThe Tooltip Text is filled in automatically based on the project, facet, or queue on which you

right-clicked. In the sample image, that was the Bucket queue in a project called Sports.

5. (Optional) Select an image for the button from the Predefined List.

6. Click OK.

The button will appear automatically in the custom toolbar. If the toolbar is not displayed,

such as would be the case if you created a new custom toolbar, a dialog will appear asking

whether you want to display it now. Click OK to do so.

11 Scripted Stories

You can create and edit stories from within a queue. A scripted story is a production version of a

story. It contains broadcast instructions, called production cues. When you edit a scripted story,

the iNEWS system displays the production instructions.

The following topics provide more information about queues:

•Displaying a Production Cue

•Enabling Autoscript

•Adding a Production Cue to a Story

•Adding a CG Production Cue

•Adding a Video Production Cue

•Adding a Still Store Production Cue

•Moving a Production Cue

•Deleting a Production Cue

•Using Script Templates

•Using CG Title Entry

•Primary Machine Control Event Placeholder

•Using MOS Placeholders

•Unscripting a Story

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Displaying a Production Cue

The iNEWS system provides a scripting function that places a production cue area to the left of

the story text. When you add production instructions to a script, the production cue area, known

as the Instruction sub-panel, must be open in your workspace.

To display a production cue:

1. Open the queue containing story you want to work with.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. Click a story to select it.

3. Click anywhere in the Story panel.

4. Select Story > Show Production Cues.

The production cue area appears in the Story panel. If any cues have been placed in the story,

they are displayed in the window.

Enabling Autoscript

The iNEWS system has an autoscript function that will automatically display the production

cues area of the Story panel. When autoscript is enabled, the production cues area appears

whenever you open a story containing production instructions. You can deselect Autoscript on

the Story menu to hide production cues.

To enable autoscript:

1. Open the queue containing the story you want to work with.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. Click a story to select it and then click anywhere in the Story panel.

3. Select Story > Autoscript.

Adding a Production Cue to a Story

Production cues are playback instructions for devices such as video servers, still stores, and

character generators. When you insert production cues, they appear in the area to the left of the

text in the Story panel. In addition, a production cue marker appears in the story text to indicate

where each production cue belongs in the story.

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To add a production cue:

1. Open the queue containing the story you want to work with.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. Click a story to select it.

3. In the Story panel, position the cursor in the story text where you want the production cue

marker to appear.

4. Do one of the following:

tSelect Story > Insert Production Cue.

tPress Alt-Insert.

A production cue marker appears at the location in the story text, and the Instruction

sub-panel appears with the cursor in a Production Cue text box (or area) to the left of the

Story Text panel.

5. Type the production cue in the box.

For the correct format of production cues, contact your system administrator.

Adding a CG Production Cue

A delimiter character must be used to introduce each production cue that is for a machine, such

as a character generator. The default character is an asterisk (*), but your system administrator

may select another character.

Here’s an example of a 2-line name CG:

*cg 2line John McCain

R-Arizona

nSome sites are configured to provide users with a graphical CG titling feature called CG Title

Entry. For more on how to use this tool to add CG production cues to stories, see Using CG Title

Entry.

To add a CG production cue, in the Production Cue text box, do the following:

1. Type an asterisk (*).

2. Type CG (or the name of the device) followed by a space, then the template name, such as

2line or loc1.

3. Type another space, then the first line of the character generator data, such as a person’s

name.

4. Press Enter.

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5. On the second line of the production, you can write the word or words that should appear on

the second line of the CG on-air.

6. Continue repeating steps 4 and 5 until all lines available in the chosen CG template are filled

appropriately.

Adding a Video Production Cue

The video production cue consists of the name of the video server and the video ID. In most

cases, the video production cue information is entered into the story form, using the field labeled

Video ID or Clip ID.

Alternately, a video production cue can be inserted as an instruction within the story text. In this

case, a delimiter character must be used to introduce each production cue that is for a video

machine. The default character is an asterisk (*), but your system administrator may select

another character.

To add a video production cue, in the Production Cue text box, do the following:

1. Type an asterisk (*).

2. Type video (or the name of the device) followed by a space, then the video ID.

Adding a Still Store Production Cue

The still store production cue consists of the name of the still store machine (typically called SS),

and the still number.

A delimiter character must be used to introduce each production cue that is for a machine, such

as a still store. The default character is an asterisk (*), but your system administrator may select

another character.

To add a still store production cue, in the Production Cue text box, do the following:

1. Type an asterisk (*).

2. Type SS (or the name of the device) followed by a space, then the still number.

Moving a Production Cue

In iNEWS, you can move a production cue from one place in the script to another, just as you

can with text. When you move a production cue marker, you also move its associated production

cue instructions.

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To move a production cue:

1. Open the queue containing the story you want to work with.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. Click a story to select it.

3. In the text portion of the Story panel (on the right side), select the production cue marker.

4. Select Edit > Cut (or press Ctrl+X).

The production cue marker and its instructions are removed from the Story panel.

5. Click in the story text where you want to insert the production cue marker.

6. Select Edit > Paste (or press Ctrl+V).

The marker and its associated production cue instructions are placed back into the script,

exactly where you want them.

Deleting a Production Cue

In iNEWS, when you delete a production cue marker from the story text, you also delete its

corresponding production cue data located in the Instruction sub-panel and vice versa.

To delete a production cue:

1. Open the queue containing the story you want to work with.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62m,.

2. Click a story to select it.

3. In the Story Text sub-panel (on the right side), highlight the production cue marker.

4. Select Edit > Cut (or press Ctrl+X).

The production cue marker and its instructions are removed.

nA production cue may also be deleted by using the Backspace or Delete keys.

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>

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For example, if a standard weather story has a set of production cues and presenter text that are

always the same, your system administrator (or any user with access to the SYSTEM queue) can

create a story in SYSTEM.SCRIPT-TEMPLATES.W.WEATHER. In this story, place the

standard text, presenter text, and production cues found in the weather story. 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. A Templates dialog box will appear 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.

nThis feature can replace the use of complex macros used to insert template material.

Using CG Title Entry

The CG Title Entry tool enables newsroom personnel to simulate character-generated graphics at

the iNEWS workstation. The CG Title Entry dialog box displays sample templates, complete

with backgrounds and text fields, similar to the actual CG templates that appear on air. These

templates are configured and modified by your system administrator. Producers can use the Title

Entry dialog box to check the appearance prior to airing the production cue.

Most CGs are comprised of both background graphics and text fields. A background graphic

could be a small color bar that spans the bottom third portion of the television screen, a

full-screen graphic, a logo in the corner of the screen, and so on.

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An example of a standard CG template is a two-line lower-third CG. In the following example,

the bar separating the two rectangular boxes makes up the background. The boxes are the text

fields, which you can fill in.

nAt least one valid CG Device entry must be present in SYSTEM.MAP before CG Title Entry will

launch properly. The Title Entry tool can only be accessed when your cursor is located in the

Story panel of the iNEWS Workspace. Access to Title Entry can also be limited to certain users.

To launch CG Title Entry:

1. Do one of the following:

tPosition your cursor in the Story panel where you want the CG production cue to be

located.

tPosition the cursor in an existing cue to edit it.

2. Select Tools > Titling (or press Shift+Ctrl+T).

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The Mode field displays the current mode, which will be "Modify Existing," "Insert New,"

or "Read Only," depending on your cursor position in Step 1. Read Only mode appears when

you open CG Title Entry from a story that is edit-locked by another user.

3. Click on the Device drop-down list to select a CG device for the current rundown, or press

Ctrl+Home.

4. Click on the Template drop-down list to select a predefined CG template, or press

Alt+Home.

nShortcut buttons located at the top of the Title Entry dialog box are called Favorites. These

buttons can be used to set up a quick toolbar, within the Title Entry dialog box, for templates

used often. Once you select a template from the drop-down list and it is open in the dialog box,

you can assign it to a button by clicking on any unassigned button (one with an asterisk *). The

button can then be used to pull up a template instead of using the Template drop-down list. To

unassign a button, open the assigned template in the dialog box and click the button again.

5. Click in the existing text boxes to enter text.

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6. (Option) Add a Cue note (a production cue comment in black font) and a Text note (a note to

the presenter in red font).

7. Do one of the following:

tClick OK to register changes and close the Title Entry dialog box.

tClick Cancel to exit the Title Entry dialog without saving your changes.

tClick Apply to save your changes without exiting the dialog box.

8. If you applied changes and want to add another CG cue, use the arrows to navigate to the

new location, and repeat steps 3-8. Use the arrows to move between stories, cues, and text.

9. Click on the Insert New Above or Below buttons to insert new production cue data above or

below existing fields.

Tip: Use the Tab key to move to different areas of the Title Entry dialog box.

Button Description

Previous CG Cue

Next CG Cue

Previous Line Anchor Text

Next Line Anchor Text

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Primary Machine Control Event Placeholder

The machine control event associated with the story form, by default, takes precedence over

other machine control commands put into a script, when the event list is generated by the

iNEWS monitor server. If a user wants the machine control event associated with the story form

to appear in a position other than first in the event list, a placeholder may be inserted in the Story

panel with Shift+Alt+Insert. If a placeholder is used, the system will insert the story form

machine control event at that location in the event list.

Using MOS Placeholders

Avid iNEWS lets users insert MOS object placeholders within iNEWS stories in either the story

form or as a story’s production cue.

To insert a MOS object placeholder:

1. Right-click while mouse pointer is either in the Story Form sub-panel or in the Story Text

sub-panel.

2. Select Insert Placeholder.

3. Select the MOS device.

4. Enter a new slug or use the default.

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5. (Optional) Enter a description.

6. Click OK.

If you right-clicked in the Story Form sub-panel, the new MOS object placeholder appears in

the story form.

nIf the form field MOS-ACTIVE is not present, the Insert Placeholder submenu option will be

disabled (grayed out).

If you right-clicked in the Story Text sub-panel, the new MOS object placeholder appears as

a production cue in the Instruction sub-panel.

The MOS device user can update the placeholder with a real ID and object by turning on or

loading the monitor server. MOS Gateway will then return data back to iNEWS where the

placeholder is located in either the story form (below at left) or production cue (below at

right).

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Unscripting a Story

Unscripting is a slightly misleading term used for actually hiding a story’s production cues in the

iNEWS workspace—not removing them—so only the story’s body of text is visible. When you

hide the production cues, all of the instructions still remain in the story as evidenced by the

presence of corresponding production cue markers within the text of the story. Unscripting a

story merely hides the Instruction sub-panel so that production cues are not visible in the Story

panel.

To unscript a story:

1. Open the queue containing the story with which you want to work.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. Click a story to select it and then click in the Story panel.

3. Select Story > Hide Production Cues.

The production cue area, known as the Instruction sub-panel, disappears from the Story

panel.

nYou can repeat these steps to “Show Production Cues” again.

12 Production Tasks

The following topics provide more information on production issues:

•Endorsing a Story

•Inserting a Break Line

•Ordering a Queue

•Calculating Backtime from Out Time

•Displaying the Show Timing Clocks

•Establishing Broadcast Control in a Queue

•Loading a Rundown Queue into Broadcast Control

•Placing a Rundown Queue in Show Timing Mode

•Production Locking a Queue

•Setting Clock for Show Timing

•Setting Story Start Times in a Rundown Queue

•Synchronizing a Story

•Synchronizing the First Story

•Synchronizing a Rundown Queue During Broadcast

•Timing Story Text

•Timing a Show

•Floating a Story

•Tracking a Show

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Producer Basics

This section provides an overview of production-based features of iNEWS and typical news

production tasks performed by news staff.

•Rundown Queues

•Scripting

•Broadcast Control

•Field Separators

Rundown Queues

When you produce a show, you use a rundown queue to prepare the show for broadcast.

Rundown queues vary in appearance and function based on the needs of each show. Your system

administrator should know the rundown queues you need to use for each show.

You can add stories to the rundown queue by creating a story within the rundown queue or by

moving or copying a story from another queue and adding it to the rundown queue.

Scripting

When the news staff scripts a story, they enter production cues into the scripts. Production cues

contain plain text production instructions and machine instructions used to control production

devices, called event requests.

These event requests are then compiled into event lists and downloaded to the iNEWS |

Command system as playlists.

Broadcast Control

As a producer, you should already be familiar with the following terms:

• Super: a complete display stored on a character generator. Also known as preset mattes.

• Character Generator Template: Refers to templates, or macros, stored on a character

generator. Templates contain fields to which you add text. When you add text to a character

generator template, the character generator uses the text and the template to build a super.

Avid iNEWS integrates with broadcast control systems, such as iNEWS | Command, that let you

create production cues to display supers. They also let you create production cues that build

supers out of character generator templates and text that you supply. The iNEWS | Command

system controls playback on a wide range of graphics and video devices without sacrificing

functionality.

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Field Separators

Your system administrator may define a character on your keyboard, like the "at" sign (@), to act

as a field separator to allow you to fit the contents of more than one field on a single line in a

character generator production cue. (The default is the carriage return.)

Field separators can be used to define a character generator display that has multiple items on

one line (such as a number of sports scores).

Using field separators in this way has no effect on the super itself, but it can help you to format

the text items correctly in a production cue.

Endorsing a Story

Endorsing a story means approving it for broadcast. Only individuals authorized by the system

administrator can endorse a story, by using the Endorse-By field, which is optional for rundowns.

See your system administrator to find out if this field is used at your site and whether you have

the authority to endorse a story.

To endorse a story:

1. Open the queue containing the story you want to work with.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. Click a story to select it.

3. In the Queue panel, do one of the following:

tLocate the Endorse-By field and click it for the story you selected.

tSelect Story > Approve.

The blank field is replaced with your user ID and the color changes to green.

To remove the endorsement of a story:

1. Open the story.

2. Locate the Endorse-By field in the Story Form sub-panel and delete the user name that

appears in it.

This changes the field back to red.

Inserting a Break Line

It is possible to change any line in a rundown queue into a break line, such as for a commercial.

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nThese commands are toggles, so they can also be used to change a break line back into a regular

line within a rundown.

To change a line in a rundown queue into a break line, do one of the following:

tSelect Story > Break.

tPress Alt-S, then B.

Ordering a Queue

As the stories in a rundown queue develop, the order in which they are presented in the newscast

can change. Only individuals authorized by the system administrator to order queues (usually a

member of the production staff) can do so.

Users with ordering privileges can select and move stories to change their sequence within a

queue. An ordered queue can also be locked to prevent changes to the story sequence.

To order a queue:

1. Open the queue you want to order.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. Select the stories you want to order.

3. With the stories selected, drag the stories and drop them at the new location.

Show timing is automatically recalculated to reflect any change made to the order of stories

in the queue.

nUsers can also cut (Ctrl+X) and paste (Ctrl+V) selected stories into place within a queue.

Calculating Backtime from Out Time

To calculate backtime from out time:

1. Open the queue you want to work with.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. Click the last story in the queue panel.

3. In the backtime field of the last story, enter the end time of the show in hours, minutes, and

seconds.

4. Scroll to the top of the queue and select the first story.

5. Check the start time of the first story.

- If the start time matches the show’s scheduled start, the show has budgeted enough time.

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- If it is earlier than the scheduled start, the show has budgeted too much time.

- If it is later that the scheduled start, the show has not budgeted enough time.

Displaying the Show Timing Clocks

To display the show timing clocks in view-only mode:

1. Open the queue you want to work with.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. Select View > Toolbars.

The Toolbars dialog box opens.

3. Ensure the Timing check box is selected.

As soon as you click the check box, the show timing clocks appear on screen.

4. Click Close.

You are now ready to view the timing clocks, being run by the producer.

nDisplaying the show timing clocks in this manner does not allow the user to control the show’s

timing. This is done by using the Show Timing option found in the Tools menu.

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Establishing Broadcast Control in a Queue

When producing a show, you must establish a connection for the machine or broadcast control

system your station uses. In iNEWS, you can start and stop the monitor server that establishes

broadcast control in a rundown queue.

The Monitor dialog box indicates the monitor quit time in 24-hour time format. This is the time

set by your system administrator to automatically shut off broadcast control if either the producer

or character generator operator forgets to turn the monitor server off at the end of the show. You

can manually turn off broadcast control at any time by using the Monitor command on the Tools

menu. You should manually shut off the monitor server when you are done with the show rather

than relying on the automatic shutoff.

To start or stop the monitor server:

1. Open a rundown queue.

2. Select Tools > Monitor.

The Monitor dialog box opens.

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nThe previous sample illustration shows a setup that utilizes the Choice feature, as defined by

system administrators in SYSTEM.MAP. If only one choice per device is defined for the rundown,

then users will not be given radio button options to select in the dialog, as shown in the following

image.

3. Choose a broadcast control mode in the Monitor Mode section:

If you choose Monitor Load, specify the device to load from the Devices list, or check All

Devices to load all devices. To select more than one device, hold down Control while you

select up to three devices.

4. Click OK.

Mode Choice Result

On Creates an event list for each device in the rundown queue.

Load Raises the priority of the monitor server and downloads the event

lists to the devices you select.

Unload Clears device play lists without turning off broadcast control.

Off Turns off the monitor server. This option overrides the automatic

shutoff time that appears in the Quit Time field.

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Loading a Rundown Queue into Broadcast Control

To load the rundown queue into broadcast control:

1. Select Tools > Monitor.

The Monitor dialog box opens.

2. Do one of the following:

tClick the All Devices button to load all devices.

tIn the Devices box select one or more devices that must be loaded. To make a selection

in the Monitor dialog, users must click the selector button to the left of the row. Clicking

in a Device or Status cell will not select the row.

3. Click Load.

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Placing a Rundown Queue in Show Timing Mode

In order to accurately time the rundown, place the rundown queue in show timing mode,

download the events list to the devices selected, and synchronize the first story.

Use the show timing bar to track the progress of the show and synchronize the rundown to the

actual broadcast. Synchronized stories are stamped with the aired date and time, so that anyone

watching the queue is automatically updated when the queue is refreshed.

To place the rundown queue in show timing mode:

1. Open the rundown queue.

2. Select Tools > Show Timing.

The show timing clocks appears. The cursor moves to the first non-floating story in the

rundown with a total time greater than zero. The show timing bar appears on each story as it

is synchronized.

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Production Locking a Queue

Use a production lock on a queue when that queue is ready for broadcast and you do not want the

order of the rundown queue to be altered by other users. Production locking a queue also

prevents approved stories from being killed. Only users with the authority to order stories can

place a production lock on a queue.

When you place a production lock on a queue, "PRD" appears in the Status bar. Another user

will be told the user name of the user who has the production lock when they attempt to set the

production lock on a queue that is production locked by another session.

When you production lock a sorted queue, it permanently disables sorting. Sorting can be

reactivated only by your system administrator.

To production lock a queue:

1. Open the queue you want to work with.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. Select Tools > Production Lock.

The queue will remain locked until you remove the production lock (by repeating step 2).

Setting Clock for Show Timing

By default, the Show Timing Clock matches the workstation time. The Set Clock option allows a

user to change the time, which may need to be done in the control room prior to the on-air timing

of a show.

To set the clock, do the following:

1. Ensure that you have the Show Timing Clocks displayed.

For more information, see “Displaying the Show Timing Clocks” on page 137.

2. Select Tools > Set Clock.

3. If the show is broadcast live, enter the desired time, using either 12-hour or 24-hour clock. If

the show is pre-taped, select Time to Duration. This will set the clock to zero, and it will be

activated when the first story is synchronized.

4. Click OK.

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Setting Story Start Times in a Rundown Queue

You can anchor a story in a rundown queue so that it has a fixed beginning time (also called a

hard start). All other stories will be timed relative to the story’s fixed time.

To set a hard start time for a story:

tManually enter the story’s starting time in the backtime or cume time field.

Synchronizing a Story

When a show is timed and the events list downloaded to the devices, you are ready to broadcast

the show. To begin the broadcast, you must synchronize the first story. You can use the Show

Timing bar to track the progress of the show and synchronize the rundown to the actual

broadcast.

To synchronize a story:

1. Open the queue containing the story you want to work with.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. Click on a story.

3. Select Tools > Sync Timing (or press the space bar).

The highlight box moves to the next event.

4. Repeat step 2 to broadcast the next event.

Synchronizing the First Story

To synchronize the first story:

1. Open the queue you want to work with.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. Select Tools > Show Timing.

The first story is automatically selected.

3. Select Tools > Sync Story.

4. Click OK.

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Synchronizing a Rundown Queue During Broadcast

You can make changes to an on-air story in the rundown queue and synchronize the show timing

to take that change into account.

The Sync Timing command synchronizes the current story indicator with the current on-air story

while you are tracking the progress of a show. The Sync Timing command is only available when

the Show Timing command is active.

To synchronize a rundown queue with a broadcast:

1. Open the queue containing the story you want to make the current on-air story.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. Click a story to select it.

3. Select Tools > Sync Timing (or press the space bar).

The story becomes the current story, and the digital clocks in the show timing toolbar are

updated. The show timing continues from the new location.

Timing Story Text

There are three clocks for timing that appear at the bottom of the Story panel:

• TTC – Time to cursor

• BLK – Time of blocked (selected) text

• EST – Total estimated time of story

nThese clocks may or may not appear, depending on certain assigned queue properties. Display of

the "Text Timing" clocks may be turned on or off on a per-queue basis by your system

administrator.

In the event that these clocks are not displayed, you can still time a block of text in a story by

using the following procedure:

To time a block of text in a story:

1. Highlight a block of text in a story by clicking on it and dragging your mouse pointer over

the selection.

2. Do one of the following:

tSelect Story > Block Time (or press Shift+Ctrl+B).

tRight-click in the story view window, and select Block Time

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A tool tip appears over the text that shows the total amount of BlockTime=X:XX. This is the

Presenter’s read-time.

nIf you choose the Block Time feature without a block of selected text, the read-time displayed is

calculated for the block of text that goes from the beginning of the story to the current cursor

position. If you change the length of a story, the block time will be refreshed automatically.

Timing a Show

To time a show, you can use either cume (cumulative) time, backtime, or time it to duration:

• Cume time: When you time a rundown queue cumulatively, you calculate the elapsed time

accumulated from the beginning of the show to the end of the show. Any queue with a cume

time field automatically calculates cume time.

To automatically calculate a show’s cumulative time, you can set the show start time as

00:00:00, or specify a hard start time (such as 04:00:00) for the show start time. You can also

set a hard start time for a specific story to affect the cume time calculation of stories below it.

• Backtime: When you backtime a rundown queue, you calculate the time at which each story

must start for the show to remain on schedule. Backtime is calculated as elapsed time.

To calculate backtime, the queue must have a backtime field. If you reorder stories in the

queue, the backtime is automatically adjusted.

• Duration: When you want the clock in the iNEWS toolbar to remain at 00:00 until you start

sync time, at which time the clock will begin counting up. The Time to Duration option can

be used with either the cume time or backtime fields. If cume time is used, a hard start time

of zero (0) must be entered for the first item of the show. If backtime is used, a hard out time

equal to the duration of the show must be entered in the last item of the show.

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One constraint of timing to duration is that if a show begins before midnight and ends after

midnight, then all of the air times for that show will have the same air date, the date the show

was started.

To time a show to duration, ensure the Time to duration check box is selected by selecting

Tools > Set Clock.

Floating a Story

When you are unsure where in a rundown you want to place a story or whether you want to keep

it in the rundown at all, you can float the story. Floating a story keeps it in the queue but removes

the story’s time from the show timing, causing it to be ignored by machine control and the

network prompters.

To float a story:

1. Open the queue containing the story with which you want to work.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. Click a story to select it.

3. Select Story > Float.

The story you chose is now floating, or removed from the show’s timing. The timing for the

rundown is adjusted accordingly and the floated story appears in a different color from the

rest of the stories.

4. To add the story time back to the rundown, select Float again.

Tracking a Show

When a show is on the air, use the three digital clocks on the Show Timing bar to track the

progress of the show. The clock readouts appear red if you are running overtime, and green if

you are running at or under time. The digital readouts display asterisks (**:**) for any value

greater than 60:00.

• The Item Countdown clock on the left displays the time remaining for the current story.

• The Elapsed Segment Time clock in the middle displays the time remaining until the next

hard out.

• The Over/Under clock on the right displays the time that the show is over or under—red for

overtime and green for under or on time.

13 Printing

The iNEWS Newsroom Computer System can use your local printers. A local printer is any

printer that is accessible from your Windows PC. Controlled by the Microsoft Windows

operating system, they are available for any program on your workstation. Local printers can be

connected to your PC, shared on another PC, or connected directly to your local area network

(LAN).

When you print stories, the print commands on the File menu display printer dialog boxes where

you can set print parameters. If you are using the printer buttons on the main toolbar to print, be

aware that they default to the setup of the last print job.

Local printing, also called Windows printing, provides a dialog box with numerous options, such

as selecting a predefined style. These features require some setup preparation or alterations,

usually done by system administrators. For example, there are print style options that must be

defined in SYSTEM.STYLES. Information on these style options are provided in detail in the

“Printers” chapter of the Avid iNEWS Setup and Configuration Guide.

nLocal printing is not available when your cursor is located in the Directory panel, unless it is on

a queue currently loaded (displayed) in the Queue panel. Local printing is not recommended for

stories larger than 10 kilobytes or 5 minutes, according to iNEWS timing. The iNEWS system

will print these files, but because local printing is not handled in the background, it might cause

your workstation to appear frozen or locked up while the system processes the print job.

The following topics provide more information on printing:

•Local Printing Dialog

•Local Printing a Queue

•Local Printing a Story

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Local Printing Dialog

The Local Printing dialog box is divided into five sections: Scope, Options, Story Preview,

Copies, and Grid. There are also three buttons: Print Preview, Network, and Default. The Copies

section allows you to determine the number of copies printed and whether multiple pages are

collated.

Scope Section

In the Scope section you can select one of five radio button options:

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Default Settings

• From the Directory panel, if the queue has the printable dbtrait, it defaults to "Print all

stories." If the queue does not have the printable dbtrait, it defaults to "Print current story."

• From the Queue panel, with one or more stories selected by the row tab, it defaults to "Print

selected stories."

• From the Queue panel with no stories selected, it defaults to "Print current story."

• From the Story Panel, it defaults to "Print current story."

Story Preview Section

Story Preview allows you to print a preview or sample of each script, as part of the queue image.

This section is only enabled if the "Print the queue view" option is enabled in the Scope section

of the Local Printing dialog. Otherwise, it will appear gray and be unavailable.

Option Description

Print the queue view This option is always available regardless of cursor location.

Tip: The Print the queue view option determines whether the Story

Preview check box is available.

Print selected portion of

queue

This option is only available if multiple stories are selected in the queue

panel via the row selector buttons. This option will send the selected

queue view portion to the printer in "Print the queue view" format.

Print all stories in the

queue

This option is available from the directory panel or queue panel if the

queue has the printable (+p) database trait enabled. This option will send

the text of all the stories that are in the queue to the printer.

Print selected stories This option is only available if multiple stories are selected in the queue

panel via the row selector buttons. This option will send the text of the

selected stories in the queue to the printer.

Print current story This option is available in all three panels of the iNEWS workspace.

This option will send the story that currently appears in the story panel

to the printer.

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Story Preview has three items you can define, depending on how you want the queue view

printed:

Example: To see the first few lines of each story, in addition to a show’s lineup, select the "Print

the queue view" radio button in the Scope section of the dialog box, select the Story Preview

check box, set the Lines Per Story setting to 3, and click OK to print it. The iNEWS system will

print the first row of the lineup (or fields of the story form), followed by three lines of that story,

then the second row and three lines of the second story, and so forth.

Options Section

The Options section of the Local Printing dialog box contains three choices:

Option Description

Story Preview iNEWS prints lines of each story, along with the queue view, as defined in the

Story Preview section.

All lines iNEWS prints all lines of each story, along with the queue image. When you

select this option, the remaining option called Lines Per Story appears gray and

is unavailable.

Lines per story When enabled, iNEWS will print the specified number of lines of each story,

along with the queue view. Lines of the story will be printed below the row that

corresponds to it in the queue view. This option is disabled (appears gray) when

the All Lines option is checked.

Option Description

Styles Allows the user to select a print style from a list of predefined styles.

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Grid section

The Grid section of the dialog box contains two choices:

nDefault behavior of these check boxes is based on a user’s preferences.

Print Preview, Network, and Default Buttons

Line spacing You can configure how much space appears between lines of text. A setting of

one results in single-spaced text, two is double-spaced text, and so on. Decimals

may also be used, such as 2.5, in line spacing. This option overrides any line

spacing predefined in the chosen print style.

nThe maximum number for line spacing allowed by default in the dialog box

is 10. A print style can exceed this maximum and that setting will appear in

the Line Spacing box when that style is chosen. However, if you choose to

manually override the style setting by changing it in the Local Printing

dialog box, the default maximum of 10 will again take effect.

Uppercase iNEWS prints all text in uppercase when this check box is enabled.

Option Description

Horizontal Horizontal grid lines are printed when printing the queue view image.

Vertical Vertical grid lines are printed when printing the queue view image.

Button Description

Print Preview Use this button to preview what will be printed before actually printing.

Tip: To exit Print Preview mode, press Esc.

Network Use this button to select a printer. You can select a printer in the drop-down list

at the top of the Local Printing dialog box, which displays a list of printers

loaded on, or locally connected to, the computer you are on. The Network button

allows you to select any printer available through the network.

Default Button Returns settings of the Print dialog box back to your default preferences.

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Local Printing a Queue

To local print a queue:

1. Open the queue you want to print in the Queue panel.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. Select File > Print > Local Print (or press Ctrl+P).

The Local Printing dialog box opens.

3. Select the print options according to what you want to print. Availability of certain options

depends on what is or isn’t selected in the queue when the dialog box is opened.

4. (Optional) Click Print Preview to view what will be printed before sending data to the

printer. If acceptable, click Print; Clicking Close will exit the preview and close the Local

Printing dialog box without printing anything.

5. Click OK to print.

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Local Printing a Story

To local print a story:

1. Open the queue containing the story you want to print.

For more information, see “Opening a Queue” on page 62.

2. Click a story to select it.

3. Select File > Print >Local Print (or press Ctrl+P).

The Print dialog box opens.

4. Choose the appropriate option in the Scope section, such as “Print current story.”

5. Select other print options according to how you want the story printed, such as the number

of copies you want printed.

6. (Optional) Click Print Preview to view what will be printed before sending data to the

printer. If acceptable, click Print; Clicking Close will exit the preview and close the Local

Printing dialog box without printing anything.

7. Click OK.

14 Messages and Mail

You can communicate with other iNEWS users by using the message and mail features. Use the

message feature to send short notes to one person. Use the mail feature for text longer than a line

or two or to contact many users.

The following topics provide more information on messages and mail:

•Checking User Names for Validity

•Sending a Message

•Replying to a Message

•Recalling a Message

•Saving a Message as a Story

•Sending an Intersystem Message

•Sending Mail

•Reading Mail

•Replying to Mail

•Forwarding Mail

•Deleting Mail

•Setting Mail Options

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Checking User Names for Validity

If you do not know the correct user name for a person to whom you want to send a message, you

can check the name against the local system.

nThis feature does not check Community systems for possible matches.

To check a user name:

1. In the Messages toolbar on your iNEWS workspace, enter part or all of a user’s username in

the To field.

2. Select Communicate > Messages > Check Name (or press Ctrl+W).

The system checks the database for the name you entered.

If the user name is recognized by the system, the Check Name dialog box appears, listing the

user names that are similar to the name you entered. It also indicates who is logged in and

who is not. A check mark to the left of the name indicates that the user is logged in. An "X"

next to the name indicates that the user is logged out.

nIf the name is not recognized by the system, the Check Name warning dialog box appears stating

that no match was found.

3. Click the name of the user to whom you want to send a message.

4. Click OK.

The name is entered into the To field of the Messages toolbar. You can now type your

message and send it to the user whose name you validated.

Sending a Message

Messages are a quick way for users to communicate information to each other. Use the Message

option if you are sending quick, short messages.

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To send a message:

1. In the To field of the Messages toolbar, enter a user name, and then press Tab to move the

cursor to the text box.

If the user is logged into either the local system or a remote system in a local Community,

the Connect icon appears to the left of the address box. This lets you know the user will

receive the message immediately. Similarly, if the user is logged out, a Disconnect icon

appears, and if the name is not recognized as a valid user, a Question Mark icon appears. See

“Message Indicators” on page 156 for more information.

2. In the text box, type the text of your message.

nYou can also type or paste a URL into your messages, and iNEWS will provide the information as

a link.

3. Click the Send button or press Enter.

4. At any time, you can erase the current message and send a new one by clicking New

Message on the Messages toolbar.

nIf the Messages toolbar is not displayed at the top of your workspace, you can display it by

pressing the F8 key. See also “Displaying or Hiding a Toolbar” on page 47 for more

information.

Message Indicators

In the Messages toolbar, one of three message indicators appears to the left of the To: text box,

depending on what you type in the To: text box.

Each possible indicator is explained as follows:

Indicator Description

Indicates that the user, whose name was typed in the To: text box, is

logged in to iNEWS.

Indicates that the user, whose name was typed in the To: text box, is

not logged in.

Indicates that you entered an invalid user name in the To: text box.

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Replying to a Message

Messages are a quick way for users to communicate information to each other. When you get a

message, the down arrow on the Messages toolbar blinks as does the icon on the Message Bar

button in the Main toolbar; this icon (which looks like a single sheet of paper) also blinks in the

status bar when new unread messages are received. The blinking stops after the message is read.

When getting a new message, you can reply to it immediately. The Reply option is only activated

in iNEWS if you have received a message.

To reply to a message:

1. On the Messages toolbar on your iNEWS workspace, click Reply.

Remember that the Reply button is only activated in iNEWS if you have received a message.

2. Enter your reply in the message box.

3. Click the Send button on the Messages toolbar or press Enter.

Your reply is sent back to the original sender of the message.

Recalling a Message

When you log out of iNEWS, all the messages you have already read are erased unless you have

saved them. However, while you are still logged in, you can recall a message from Message

History if you want to review the contents of the message.

To recall a message:

tSelect Communicate > Messages > Show History (or press Shift-F8).

The Message History dialog box opens.

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Saving a Message as a Story

Unless you save a message you have read, it will be erased when you log out of iNEWS.

To save a message as a story:

1. Select Communicate > Messages > Show History (or press Shift-F8).

The Message History dialog box opens.

2. Select the message you want to save.

3. Click Save.

When you save a message from the Message History dialog box, the iNEWS system

displays a Select Queue dialog box, where you can specify the queue the story to which it

should belong. The iNEWS system gives the message the name of "Saved Messages" and

enters your name as the writer in the story form.

One or more messages can be saved as a story in iNEWS. When multiple messages are

saved, each message will generate a line that has the time stamp of when the message was

sent and by whom.

Sending an Intersystem Message

Intersystem Messaging is a feature for iNEWS that allows you to exchange messages with

another user on a remote iNEWS system or other third-party system with a compatible interface.

Intersystem messages can be sent from iNEWS Workstation sessions, and from the console send

utility.

An intersystem send is attempted whenever a message send request has a recipient name which

includes a @ symbol. Intersystem messages are sent in the form:

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where <user name> is a user name on the <system name> system. The system name can be an IP

address in standard "dot" notation, such as 172.161.131.2, but is typically the call letters of the

TV station.

nThis syntax is not necessary if the remote iNEWS system is added to a Community on the local

iNEWS system, which can be done by your system administrator.

To send an intersystem message:

1. In the To: text box, also known as the address box, of the Messages toolbar, enter a user

name. Then press Tab to move the cursor to the text box.

If the user is logged in, the Connect icon appears to the left of the address box. This lets you

know the user will receive the message immediately. If the user is logged out, a Disconnect

icon appears. See message indicators for more information.

2. In the text box, type your message text.

At any time, you can erase the current message and send a new one by clicking New

Message on the Messages toolbar.

3. Click Send Message.

If the user name in the address box is not valid, the Question Mark icon appears. Verify the

user name of the person you are sending to and resend the message.

Sending Mail

Use the Mail option when you need to send messages that are more than a single line long, when

you need to send to multiple recipients, or when you want the message to persist until the

recipient deletes it.

To send mail:

1. Select Communicate > Open Mail (or press F9).

The Mail window opens. The left panel displays a list of mail that has been sent to you.

Information in the list includes from whom the mail was sent, the subject of the mail, and the

date it was sent.

2. In the right panel, click New to activate the Sending a Message section.

3. Do one of the following;

tTo send mail to a single user, enter the name of the user in the To field.

tTo send mail to multiple users, enter each name in the To field, and separate each name

with a comma, a space, or both.

To send mail to multiple users who belong to a specific group, such as producers, you can

use the group name. Contact your system administrator for available group names.

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4. To send copies of the mail to other users, type their names in the CC field, separating each

name with a comma, a space, or both.

5. In the Subject field, enter the subject.

6. In the text panel, enter the text of the mail you want to send.

7. Click Send.

A blinking Mail icon in the status bar of their workspace notifies the users who receive your

mail.

Reading Mail

When another user sends you mail, you will be notified by a blinking icon (that looks like an

open envelope) in the status bar and on the Mail Window button in the Main toolbar. Both

continue blinking until you read your mail.

To read your mail:

1. Select Communicate > Open Mail (or press F9).

The Mail window opens. The left panel displays a list of mail that has been sent to you.

Information in the list includes from whom the mail was sent, the subject of the mail, and the

date it was sent.

2. Click the mail you want to read.

The bottom-right panel displays the contents of the mail you selected.

Replying to Mail

You can reply to any mail message that’s been sent to you.

To reply to mail:

1. Select Communicate > Open Mail (or press F9).

The Mail window opens. The left panel displays a list of mail that has been sent to you.

Information in the list includes from whom the mail was sent, the subject of the mail, and the

date it was sent.

2. Click the mail you want to reply to.

The right panel displays the Sending a Message section and a panel that displays the selected

mail message.

3. Do one of the following:

tTo reply to the sender, click Reply.

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tTo reply to the sender and all other recipients of the original mail, click Reply to All.

4. Type the text of the reply in the text box.

5. Click Send.

Forwarding Mail

Forward mail when you want another user to see the mail message.

To forward mail to another user:

1. Select Communicate > Open Mail (or press F9).

The Mail window opens. The left panel displays a list of mail that has been sent to you.

Information in the list includes from whom the mail was sent, the subject of the mail, and the

date it was sent.

2. Click the mail you want to forward.

The right panel displays the Sending a Message section and a panel that displays selected

mail messages.

3. Click Forward.

4. In the To field of the Sending a Message section, type the name or the Internet address of the

person you want to receive the forwarded mail. To send to multiple users, separate each

name with a comma, a space, or both.

5. In the Subject field, enter the subject.

6. In the text box, type comments that you want to add to the original mail.

7. Click Send.

Deleting Mail

Delete mail when you no longer need to view it or keep a copy of it.

To delete mail:

1. Select Communicate > Open Mail (or press F9).

The system displays a list of mail that has been sent to you. Information in the list includes

from whom the mail was sent, the subject of the mail, and the date it was sent.

2. Do one of the following:

tIf you want to delete all mail in the list, click Select All.

tIf you want to delete one piece of mail in the list, click it to select it.

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3. Click Delete.

The mail you selected is deleted from your mail list.

Setting Mail Options

You can personalize the way iNEWS handles mail by setting the mail options.

To set your mail options:

1. Select Communicate > Mail Options.

The Mail Options dialog box opens.

2. In the Split Window section, click a radio button to choose that display option:

tHorizontally: to display the mail list above the text entry window.

tVertically: to display the mail list on the left and the text entry window on the right.

3. If you want to save a copy of mail you send, click the "When sending message, CC to

yourself" check box.

4. Click OK.

15 Sessions and Preferences

The appearance of the main window are elements of an iNEWS session—from the layout of

panels, arrangement of toolbars, and number of workspaces, to which queues are opened. As you

work in iNEWS, you might find that arranging a workspace in a certain way works better than

others for specific tasks, or that opening one or more specific queues will help you perform

certain tasks.

The following topics provide more information on sessions:

•Working with Sessions

•Customizing User Preferences

-Setting Session Preferences

-Setting Confirmation Preferences

-Setting Backup Preferences

-Setting Refresh Preferences

-Setting Layout Preferences

-Setting Search Preferences

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Working with Sessions

Sessions can be saved to your user’s account, so they follow you regardless of what workstation

you use to log in. You can customize a session to best suit your needs, assign a name to that

session, and save it, giving you a way to return to those elements quickly. For instance, if you

changed the workspace layout for a session, you can save that session so you do not have to

duplicate your setup every time.

To save a session:

1. When you are in a session that you want to save, select File > Save Session As.

The Save Session As dialog box opens.

2. In the Session Name text box, enter the session name.

3. Click Save.

The session you defined has been saved. You can now open the session any time you need it.

To open a saved session:

1. Select File > Sessions.

The Sessions dialog box opens.

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2. Select the session you want to open.

3. Click Open.

Customizing User Preferences

You can customize several features of your iNEWS environment as part of your user preferences.

The system saves your settings to your user’s account. The iNEWS system lets you customize

sessions, confirmations, backup information, and refresh options.

Setting Session Preferences

Set session preferences when you want to change workspace characteristics, such as the macro

keyboard and print style settings. For more information on macros, see “Macros” on page 171.

To set session preferences:

1. Select Tools > Options > Preferences.

The Preferences dialog box opens.

2. Select the Session tab if it is not already displayed.

3. Select a keyboard setting and click Reload.

4. Set the print style to use when printing.

5. Select or de-select the Launch hyperlink into iNEWS web browser check box to determine

whether clicked links will open into an Internet Explorer workspace within the iNEWS

application, or into the user’s default browser outside of the iNEWS application.

6. Click OK.

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Setting Confirmation Preferences

When you set confirmation preferences, you can choose whether the system displays a

confirmation message for certain commands, such as move, copy, close, or delete a story or

queue.

To set confirmation preferences:

1. Select Tools > Options > Preferences.

The Preferences dialog box opens.

2. Click the Confirmations tab.

3. Click any of the following check boxes:

tSaving Story if you want iNEWS to display a confirmation message asking whether you

want to save changes to a story. Otherwise, stories are automatically saved.

tExit if you want iNEWS to display a confirmation message when you exit iNEWS to

make sure you want to end your work session.

4. In the Drag/Drop section, click any of the following check boxes:

tStory Operations if you want iNEWS to display a confirmation message before moving

a story to another folder or queue.

tQueue Operations if you want iNEWS to display a confirmation message before moving

all stories in a queue to their new position.

tQueue Reorder if you want iNEWS to display a confirmation message before reordering

a queue.

5. In the Delete/Kill section, click any of the following check boxes:

tStory if you want iNEWS to display a confirmation message before a story is deleted.

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tMail or Message if you want iNEWS to display a confirmation message before deleting

e-mail or instant messages.

tProduction Cue if you want iNEWS to display a confirmation message before deleting a

production cue (and its marker) from a story.

6. Click OK.

Setting Backup Preferences

Set backup preferences when you want the system to automatically create—at specific

intervals—a backup copy of a story you are editing. Backup copies are useful if your iNEWS

application is ever inadvertently closed prior to you saving your edits. If this happens, the

software will prompt you to recover the story when you restart the application and log in again.

You can also choose to manually back up an open story you’re editing by selecting File > Back

up Story. If you have manually backed up a story and want to recover that copy, select File >

Recover Story.

nThe Back up Story and Recover Story options appear gray in the menu when not available.

Backup copies are placed on your local computer’s drive in a default location or at another

location that you can specify.

To set backup preferences:

1. Select Tools > Options > Preferences.

The Preferences dialog box opens.

2. Click the Backup tab.

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3. Set the number of minutes between automatic story backups. The default is 10 minutes. To

turn off automatic backups, set the interval to zero (0) minutes.

4. A default location for backup copies is created on your local disk when iNEWS is installed.

The default location appears in the Directory text box. If you want to accept the default, you

can skip this step. Otherwise, specify where to store backup copies by doing either of the

following:

tType the directory path name.

tClick the Browse button and select a location on your local PC.

5. Click OK.

Setting Refresh Preferences

You can set the minimum time between screen refreshes. On a slower workstation PC, if you are

working in a busy rundown queue, this option is advantageous because you can delay screen

refreshing to show many changes at once rather than interrupting your workstation for each

refresh event.

To set refresh preference:

1. Select Tools > Options > Preferences.

The Preferences dialog box opens.

2. Click the Refresh tab.

3. Enter the minimum delay, in seconds, until the next story refreshes.

The default is five, which means the system will refresh every five seconds. To change the

minimum delay between refreshes, enter a new number.

4. Click OK.

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Setting Layout Preferences

When you set layout preferences, you can set your iNEWS Workstation to open with a specified

session each time you log in, to open with a certain layout arrangement each time you open a

new or another workspace, and to display gridlines in the Queue panel.

To set layout preferences:

1. Select Tools > Options > Preferences.

The Preferences dialog box opens.

2. Click the Layout tab.

3. Click the down arrow button to see the Start in Session drop-down list and select a session to

start with at log in.

4. Choose one of the layout buttons to determine the Arrangement of the Directory, Queue, and

Story panels for the session.

5. Select the Zoom check box if you want to start out zoomed in to the Directory panel when a

new workspace opens.

6. Select the Hide Form check box if you want the Story Form sub-panel hidden when a new

workspace opens.

7. Select Horizontal or Vertical gridlines or both if you want gridlines to appear in the Queue

panel.

8. Select the Preview lines - Use Default check box if you want to automatically enable

preview lines for each queue.

9. Click OK to accept changes.

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nThe Get Current button restores the previous settings (except for the layout buttons) of the

Layout tab before you made changes and before you click OK.

Setting Search Preferences

When you set search preferences, you can choose the default form used in the Queue panel of the

Search Results workspace.

To set search preferences:

1. Select Tools > Options > Preferences.

The Preferences dialog box opens.

2. Click the Search Results tab.

3. In the Use form section, click on the drop-down list to choose a form.

This form is used to display results from searches in iNEWS. If you do not know which form

to select, contact your system administrator.

nForms available to choose from are those created by system administrators and stored in

SYSTEM.FORMS.

16 Macros

Macros are time-saving routines you can assign to programmable key(s) on your computer

keyboard, which then can be invoked with one or two simple keystrokes, or with the click of a

button on a customized toolbar. A single macro can be the shortcut to an entire command

sequence.

The following topics provide more information on macros:

•Types of Macros

•Creating a Macro

•Using the State Keys in Macros

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Types of Macros

There are two types of macros.

• A macro assigned to a key or keystroke combination is known as a keyboard macro.

• A macro assigned to a customized toolbar button is known as a toolbar macro.

Each keyboard macro allows a user to enter many characters and commands with the press of a

single key or keystroke combination. In most cases, your system administrator will create

multiple keyboard macros as a set of macros called a keyboard that is stored in the system

directory. Each keyboard, or set of keyboard macros, typically contains macros grouped

according to a specific job or task, such as a Producer keyboard.

nOnce created, a keyboard can then be selected as part of your user preferences. XREF

The system administrator can assign macros to function keys, such as F1, F2, F3, and so on,

across the top of the keyboard and to numeric keys on the numeric keypad, located at the right

side of the keyboard.

Users can create their own toolbar macros—using techniques similar to those used by system

administrators who write keyboard macros—and assign them to customized toolbar buttons.

Creating a Macro

An iNEWS Workstation keyboard can contain more than 100 macros, representing possible

states of the 12 function keys plus the 10 numeric keypad keys. Even more macros can be created

as buttons on customized toolbars.

Keyboard Macros

Keyboard macros begin with the "at" symbol (@) and are written in segments, which make up a

macro definition. Segments include a Key Indicator, a Separator symbol known as a tilde (~), an

Action, and an optional Comment. Segments must appear in the proper order for the macro to

work correctly.

For instance: <Key Indicator> <Separator> <Action> <Comment>

An example of a macro definition is:

@{f4}~{alt gd} wires.all{enter};Go to wires.all

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This macro allows you to press F4 to navigate to the WIRES.ALL queue rather than completing

the longer process—typing Alt+G+D to open the Destination dialog box, then typing

WIRES.ALL

, and pressing Enter—to do the same thing. Each segment of the sample macro

definition are explained in this table:

Toolbar Macros

Toolbar macros use only the Action section of the macro definition. The Action is entered in the

Customize Toolbar Button dialog box, in the Macro section. For instance:

{alt gd} wires.all{enter};Go to wires.all

Characters Available for Macros

You can use alphabetic and numeric keys, and most punctuation marks in a macro. However,

some punctuation marks are reserved for specific functions within a macro. For instance,

because the open and close braces ({ }) and the tilde ( ~ ) are characters that have special

meanings, you cannot use them as plain text in a macro. You can use the at symbol (@) in the

action of the macro—to the right of the separator—but not as plain text on the left-side of the

separator, where it indicates the start of a new macro definition.

nDo not use the semicolon character in a macro. If you include a semicolon ( ; ) in a description

line, everything following that character is considered a comment by the system and is ignored.

Macro Segment Function

@{f4} The key indicator begins the macro definition line with the at symbol

(@). Then, {f4} indicates the macro is invoked when a user presses and

releases the key(s) defined within the braces—in this case, the F4 key.

Braces ({ }) are used to group letters together as one key or combination

of keys.

~ The separator is the tilde character (~), and it divides the key indicator

you are defining from the action the macro is to perform.

{alt gd}wires.all{enter} The action includes a series of keystroke combinations. In the example,

{alt gd} presses the Alt key, then types

for the Go To, Destination

menu options, and releases the Alt key. That part of the action opens the

Destination dialog box. Then,

wires.all

is typed in the text field of the

dialog box, and {enter} presses the Enter key and releases it.

;Go to wires.all The optional comment begins with the semicolon (;) and provides a

description of what the macro does.

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If you create a macro longer than 80 characters, let the system wrap the cursor around to the next

line.

Using Plain Text in Macros

Besides using individual keys and key combinations in a macro definition, you can also have the

macro enter plain text. This could be text you include in stories often or text you enter in fields of

a dialog box in iNEWS. Example:

@{ctrl{f9}}~{space} Roll tape - Sound up full {space}{enter}

Whenever you include plain text in a macro, all spaces in the text are preserved. The case

(lowercase or uppercase) is preserved as well.

Dialog Wait Macros

Some macros might attempt to send keystrokes to dialogs before the dialog boxes are available,

but there is a way to prevent that behavior. In the button or keyboard macro definition, a macro

can be instructed to wait for a dialog box. For instance, if a macro should wait for the Local

Printing dialog box before continuing, the syntax is:

{window Local Printing}

. This entry

will cause the macro to pause until the named dialog is available. Place the instruction

immediately following the keystroke that launches the dialog. For instance:

{ctrl p}{window

Local Printing}

. The text following the word window must match exactly the title of the

dialog box. If the text does not match, the macro will pause indefinitely until the user presses the

Escape key to exit the macro.

Using the State Keys in Macros

The Alt, Shift, and Ctrl keys are known as state keys, because their state affects what happens

when another key is pressed, whether they are pressed or not.

To include a state key in a macro:

1. Begin with an open brace ({) to indicate that a key is being pressed.

2. Follow the open brace with the name of the state key, such as Alt.

3. Since a state key does not do anything by itself, enter the name of the next key pressed along

with it. Enclose this key in another set of braces ({ }) if it is a function or numeric keypad

key, such as F7 or kp1.

4. End with a closing brace (}) to indicate the release of the state key. So you’d have something

similar to this:

{alt{f7}}

17 Searching in iNEWS

The following topics provide more information on searching the iNEWS database:

•Types of Searches

-Basic Word Searches

-Seek Queries

-Indexed Queries

•The Find/Find Next Command

-Find/Find Next Search String

-Using Find/Find Next in the Story Panel

-Using Find/Find Next in the Queue Panel

•Using the Find All Command

-Find All Search String

-Find All Dialog Box

•Using the Find Global Command

•Search Results Pane

•Search Queues

•Word Delimiters

•Basic Proximity Searches

•Field Searches

•Searching Older Stories

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Types of Searches

There are several ways to search for information in the iNEWS databases. Each way operates in

different environments and with different kinds of data. First decide the type of search you want

to perform. Most often, you will perform either seek queries or indexed queries, depending on

the server (or servers) your site has available, the information you are looking for, and the way

you want the system to process your search request.

You can search for information using these Find commands:

• Find/Find Next — Find looks for an occurrence of a given search string in a story or queue.

Find Next keeps repeating the previous find until you change the search parameters. It is

only used with the Find command.

• Find All looks for all occurrences of a given search string in a queue or directory, either of

which can be indexed or non-indexed.

• Find Global looks for all occurrences of a given search string within all indexed queues in

the database. It will execute the query and search through every single indexed queue.

Find Toolbar

To access the Find commands, select a Find command from the Edit menu or use the Find

toolbar.

If the Find toolbar is not displayed in the main window, display it be selecting View > Toolbars

and then clicking on the Find option in the Toolbars dialog.

Basic Word Searches

To search for individual occurrences of a word in a story you are working on, use the Find/Find

Next command (Ctrl+F). All iNEWS users can use this command. The system presents each

occurrence of your search string as it is found. This search is done in the foreground, which

means you cannot perform other work while searching. Do this interactive type of search only

when you need to search a limited number of queues or stories, and if you intend to do something

with the information as you find it.

For example, you want to create a background story that will include text from a number of prior

stories on the same subject. As you find a relevant story dealing with your topic, say

"earthquakes," you will pause in your search and copy text from a prior story to the one you’re in

the process of writing.

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Simple Word Syntax

You perform a simple word search whenever you search for a simple string of characters in a

story, queue, or directory, depending on where your cursor is located in the iNEWS workspace.

Basic searches are not case sensitive.

For example, enter

snow

to find stories containing the word "snow."

Seek Queries

To perform Seek queries, use the Find All (Ctrl+Shift+F) command. This command can be used

by any iNEWS user with any level of user privileges. Seek queries are performed by the Seek

server and are done on what are called non-indexed queues. You provide your search criteria and

the program carries out your search request in the background, which means you can perform

other work while this search program operates. The Seek server scans the regular iNEWS

database, story by story.

Seek queries are generally slower than Indexed queries and do not support pattern-matching.

Indexed Queries

If your site has a Fast Text Search (FTS) server, you can execute indexed queries, which are fast,

efficient background searches through large quantities of text. If you invoke a background search

(Find All - Ctrl+Shift+F and Find Global - Ctrl+Shift+G) for material in a folder or queue

marked with the Indexed icon, iNEWS will send your search request to the FTS server. The FTS

server looks up words you specified in the index and return a list of resulting stories to iNEWS.

In contrast to Seek queries, the list of operators is extensive, and they can be combined as well as

nested within others. In these searches any white space between words equals the operator OR,

and you can also use abbreviated operators (& | !). For more information on abbreviated

operators, see “Phrase Searches” on page 178.

Unlike a Seek query, an Index query supports pattern-matching.

An Indexed query acts like an index in a book. The Indexed search stores references to where

information you seek is stored. For instance, if you search for the word "Bush," the FTS server

will note the word appears in stories 1, 8, 12, and 16. If you look for the word "Cheney," the

Indexed query finds the word in stories 2, 8, and 12. If you look for stories containing "Bush &

Cheney," you can look at stories that appear in both lists, such as stories 8 and 12 in this example.

Not all queues can be searched with the Indexed query, because it takes space and effort to

maintain an index. Your system administrator might decide to index only those queues searched

often.

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Pattern Matching Searches

Complex word searches are called Indexed queries and can only be done on indexed queues.

They use the question mark or asterisk characters to perform pattern-matching searches.

Use of Question Mark

The question mark character ( ? ) allows any character to be in a particular position in a matching

string for the search pattern. It can be used to represent any single character, and you can use it if

you aren’t sure of a word’s spelling ("advis?r" or "station?ry").

For example, the query

s?ow

finds “snow,” “slow,” “show,” “stow,” and so on

Use of Asterisk

To search for stories containing variations of a word, add an asterisk ( * ) to the word. The

asterisk represents any number of characters in a search (including none).

For example, the query

snow*

finds “snow,” “snowing,” and “snowstorm, ” while the query

*storm

finds “brainstorm,” “snowstorm,” and “windstorm. The query

s*ow

finds “snow,”

“show,” “stow,” “slow,” and “sorrow.”

Phrase Searches

Phrase searches are Indexed queries which can only be done on indexed queues. They can

conform to either a Basic syntax or Advanced (Complex) syntax. Basic syntax uses the operators,

AND, OR, NOT, and ANDNOT. With advanced syntax you can use the abbreviated operators (

& | ! ). The ( & ) character is equivalent to AND. The ( | ) character is equivalent to OR. The ( ! )

character is equivalent to NOT.

To search for a phrase, you must enclose it in generic double quotes

( " " ). Example: "White & House". Special characters, if used, will retain their meaning when in

a phrase search. Special words in the query language will be derived from a site-specific

dictionary. These words are not case-sensitive. To include them in a search, they must be escaped

by the backslash character ( \ ).

To query text containing quotation marks, for example: he said "all good things"

You must remove the quotation marks, as they are not indexed, or the search will not yield any

results. Instead, use: "he said all good things"

nLike the Find All and Seek features of iNEWS, the FTS server has special words, such as AND,

OR, NOT, NEAR, and so on. Such words are not case-sensitive, but to be included as words to

match in a search, they must be preceded by the backslash character ( \ ).

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Plus Sign ( + )

To specify that a word must be found in a matching document, prefix the word with a plus sign (

+ ), a special character.

The query "all +good things" will find all stories with good that also have either all or things in

them. Make sure you include the space before the plus sign. Otherwise, it will be treated as part

of the preceding word.

Minus Sign ( - )

To specify that a word must be excluded from all matching documents, prefix the word with a

minus sign ( - ).

The query "all -good things" will find all stories with good that also have either all or things in

them. Again, white space is needed before the minus sign.

Basic Combinations - Boolean Operators

To search for stories containing any combination of a set of words, use the vertical bar character

( | ) with a space on either side of it.

The query snow | sleet | hail will find stories containing snow, sleet, or hail (or any combination

thereof)

To search for stories containing all words in a given set, use the ampersand character ( & ) with a

space on either side of it.

The query weather & climate will find stories containing both weather and climate.

Complex Combinations

To specify the order in which you want the expression to be evaluated, use parentheses.

The query (give & receive) | lonely will find stories containing both the words give and receive,

as well as stories containing the word lonely.

The query share & (give | receive) will find stories containing the words share and give, as well

as stories containing the words share and receive.

Negation

To negate the sense of a search term, use the exclamation point ( ! ) or the special word NOT.

They can be used in conjunction with either an individual word or a parenthesized search

expression.

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Examples:

!Clinton

not Clinton

These examples will produce a list with all stories that do not contain the word Clinton.

And Negation

To negate the sense of a search term in combination with another search term, the caret ( ^ ) or

the special word ANDNOT can be used. It is always used in conjunction with two terms.

Examples:

Bush andnot Laura

Bush ^Laura

Either of these examples will produce a list with all stories containing the word Bush, except

those stories that also contain the word Laura.

Bush ^Laura | Barbara

In the preceding example, the operators have left-to-right precedence. The example searches for

stories with Bush and not Laura or with stories containing Barbara.

To clarify the example, items are "grouped" as follows:

(Bush ^Laura) | Barbara

Complex Phrases

Complex phrases use special characters and special words to refine the relationships between

words you are looking for, including spanning value.

Spanning Value

A spanning value can be added to find the specified words in order, but with intervening words.

Spanning value refers to the number of words allowed between any adjacent pair of words in the

phrase.

The query "give liberty death :3" will find stories containing the phrases give me liberty or give

me death and also give me liberty but Andrew death.

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The Find/Find Next Command

To search for individual occurrences of text in a story, use the Find/Find Next Command

(Ctrl+F). Find/Find Next locates the first or next match between your search text and information

in stories in the iNEWS database.

When you are using Find/Find Next, your cursor must be located in one of the following places:

• In the story panel, looking for matches within a single story

• In the queue panel, looking for stories with information matching your search text

Type text you want to find in one of the following places:

• A dialog box

• The Find toolbar text box

nPress F3 as a shortcut to Find Next. For more information, see “Search Keyboard Shortcuts” on

page 222.

Find/Find Next Search String

With Find/Find Next you can search for a single word or part of a word in a story, or search for

multiple words at the queue level.

For example, a single word might be: Bush

Part of a word might be: airp (this would find airplane and airplay), quake (this would find quake

and earthquake), or Pat (this would find Patrick and Patrice).

Using Find/Find Next in the Story Panel

To search an individual story:

1. Select Edit > Find (or press Ctrl+F).

The Find dialog box opens.

2. In the Find what text box, type the search text.

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3. Click Match whole word only to match the search text exactly.

4. Click Match case to match the search text case exactly.

5. Click Find Next.

The first occurrence of the search text is highlighted. Or, if the search is unsuccessful, the

message "Finished Searching the story" appears.

6. To repeat the search, click Find Next, or press F3.

nYou can press the Esc key to cancel a Find command search process within a few seconds.

Using Find/Find Next in the Queue Panel

To search stories in the queue panel:

1. Select Edit > Find (or press Ctrl+F).

The Find dialog box opens.

2. In the “Next Story containing the text” box, type the search text.

3. Click the appropriate Search only in button to choose the selection field.

Selection field Options

Next Story containing the text Type search text with operators, if any.

Search only in:

Index field Limit search to text in Index field (usually the story

title).

Form Limit search to text in story form.

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4. Click Find.

The selection box moves to first occurrence of search text, which is highlighted. Or, if the

search is unsuccessful, the message "Can’t find string" appears. If the queue is a locked

queue, you will get results, but will be notified the information is unavailable when you

attempt to open the search results.

5. To repeat the search, select Edit > Find again or press F3.

Using the Find All Command

To use the Find All command:

1. Select Edit > Find All (or press Ctrl+Shift+F).

The Find All dialog box opens.

First x paragraphs Limit search to text in first x paragraphs.

Entire Story Search entire story for specified search text.

Selection field Options

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2. On the Simple tab or Advanced tab, fill in the search criteria you want to use.

The Find All dialog box lets you perform both simple and advanced searches, depending on

whether the chosen queue in which you want to search is indexed; the Advanced tab appears

if one or more indexed queues are selected. See “Find All Dialog Box” on page 185 for more

information.

3. If the queue name in the Location section is not the queue you want, you can choose a new

one. Select multiple folders or queues by holding down the CTRL key while selecting them

with the mouse.

You cannot search simultaneously in indexed and non-indexed queues. Indexed queues are

indicated in the Location section by a blue square with white exclamation point over the

icon.

4. Click OK.

nWhen several users are performing Find All searches simultaneously, a message may appear

stating there are other search requests ahead of your search. This means you must wait until

other searches are completed before yours will be performed. Your search will then start to

generate results.

As iNEWS finds search results, they will appear in the Search Results pane. When the

search is complete, you can see the number of results at the top of the Search Results pane.

5. To open a story in the Results list, double-click on it.

6. To repeat your search, press Ctrl+Shift+F. Click the Favorites button, select Last Query, and

click OK.

Find All Search String

With Find All, you can search for:

• A single word (or part of a word)

•Multiple words

Single-Word Search Strings

A single word can be "Bush" or "earthquake" and part of a word can be "airp" which would find

"airplane" and "airplay."

Multiple-Word Search String

Find All permits the use of Boolean (or logical) operators to help you use multiple words to

refine your search. Use these operators only when searching from the queue panel. Valid

Boolean operators are:

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Find All allows words separated by a single operator or by combinations of the operators "and,"

"or," and "not." This command also allows use of parentheses to specify evaluation order. For

example, you can search for "(reagan or bush) and policy" or "(clinton not chelsea) and

whitewater."

Find All Dialog Box

The Find All dialog box is divided into several sections/tabs:

• Location section

• Simple tab

• Advanced tab

• Search For section

• Favorites

Location Section

The iNEWS directory appears in the Location section. Use the Location section to select a folder

or queue in which to search. When searching non-indexed folders or queues, only one may be

selected at a time. If searching indexed queues, then multiple indexed folders/queues may be

chosen.

Simple Tab

The Simple tab provides a quick and easy way to do basic searches in both indexed and

non-indexed folders/queues.

Link two terms with: Search retrieves:

and Any story that contains both terms. For example, "roses and lilacs" finds

instances where both "roses" and "lilacs" occur.

or Any story that contains either term. For example, "roses or lilacs" finds

instances where either "roses" or "lilacs" occur.

not Any story that contains the first term but not the other term. For

example, "roses not lilacs" finds instances where "roses" occurs except

instances where "lilacs" also occurs.

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In the Search For section, you can select to search in the story itself or the story form and

whether it “Has” or “Has Not” the string of text you enter in the provided text field.

The And and Or radio buttons let you combine multiple words in the search string.

The Date Search lets you search for results that match specified date criteria.

The number you enter in Maximum Hits determines the maximum number of results the system

will return.

nYour system administrator can set a limit to the maximum number of results in a search. So, if

you request a maximum of 50 search results, and your system administrator has set the maximum

limit to 40, you will only see 40 search results.

The numerical value you set in Number of Paragraphs determines how many paragraphs, starting

from the beginning of a story, are searched before moving on to the next story. For instance, if

you enter a 10 in this field, a search will occur only within the first 10 paragraphs of a story. A

match occurring in the 11th paragraph would not be recognized. To search all paragraphs, enter a

number well beyond the number of paragraphs known to be in the story being searched, such as

1000.

nThe Number of Paragraphs box will appear gray (disabled) when the folder or queue selected in

the Location section is indexed.

Advanced Tab

The Advanced tab can only be used when searching in indexed folders or queues. It will not

appear in the dialog box if a non-indexed folder or queue is selected in the Location section.

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The Advanced tab provides more advanced options than the Simple tab, such as the Raw Query

Editor ability to add multiple rows of search criteria parameters.

To add a row to Search For section, click the Plus button (+) provided at the end of the last row.

The Plus button will change to a Minus button, which can be used to remove a row from the

Search For section.

The Raw Query Editor lets you view and/or modify the raw search criteria text.

nTip: You can set up a complex search, select the text in the Raw Query Editor box, copy that text

into a mail story and send it to another user so they can execute the same complex search.

If using the Raw Query Editor, you should be familiar with syntax and operators used in Find All

searches, since they are the same for defining raw queries. For instance, the following characters

are used for the operators: And, Or, And Not, and Has Not.

Parentheses are used to specify evaluation order. For instance, you want to search for stories that

mention either Hillary or Bill Clinton, but you only want stories that do not also mention their

daughter, Chelsea.

You could enter:

(Hillary & Clinton) | (Bill & Clinton) &!(Chelsea)

The combination &! accomplishes the same thing as the caret symbol (^) would in a query.

Another example is a query that searches for stories about domestic policies or domestic agenda,

but not domestic abuse. In this example the query might be written this way:

(domestic & agenda) | (domestic & policy) ^ (domestic & abuse)

An asterisk (*) may be used as a wildcard for partial spellings, such as

airp*

to find stories with

words such as airport, airplane, and airplay.

Operator Character

And Ampersand (&)

Or Pipe symbol ( | )

AndNot Caret symbol ( ^ )

Has Not Exclamation mark (!)

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Favorites

You can use the Favorites button to restore all search criteria set in the Find All dialog box during

the Last Query run in the current session. The Favorites button also lets you save your favorite

searches for use again at a later date. For more information, see “Managing Your Favorite

Searches” on page 188.

Managing Your Favorite Searches

When you have a search that you want to keep to use again at a later date, you can save that

search as a favorite, using the Favorite button in the Find All dialog box.

To add a search to Favorites:

1. Set the search criteria in the Find All dialog box.

2. Click Favorites.

3. Select Add to Favorites.

To run a favorite search:

1. Open the Find All dialog box.

2. Click Favorites.

3. Select one of the favorite searches in the context menu’s list.

4. Click Search.

To organize favorite searches:

1. In the Find All dialog box, click Favorites.

2. Select Organize Favorites.

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3. (Optional) Select favorites and click Rename to modify their names.

4. (Optional) Select favorites and click Delete to remove it from your list of favorite searches.

5. Click Close.

Date Variables for Searching

These variables apply to Date Search options in both the Search Queue Setup and the Find All

dialog boxes, accessible via an iNEWS Workstation. The options for searching by date are

documented in more detail in the following table:

Option Description

Today Range = 00:00:00 through 23:59:59 of present day

Tomorrow Range = 00:00:00 through 23:59:59 of tomorrow

Yesterday Range = 00:00:00 through 23:59:59 of yesterday

Next Week Range = 00:00:00 of next Sunday through 23:59:59 of next Saturday

This Week Range = 00:00:00 of this Sunday through 23:59:59 of this Saturday

Last Week Range = 00:00:00 of prior Sunday through 23:59:59 of prior Saturday

Next Month Range = 00:00:00 of the first day of next month through 23:59:59 of the last day of

next month

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Using the Find Global Command

Find Global is used to search all indexed queues in the iNEWS system.

To use Find Global:

1. Select Edit > Find All or press Ctrl+Shift+F.

The Find All dialog box opens.

This Month Range = 00:00:00 of the first day of this month through 23:59:59 of the last day of

this month

Last Month Range = 00:00:00 of the first day of prior month through 23:59:59 of the last day of

prior month

Next Quarter Range = 00:00:00 of the first day of first month of next quarter through 23:59:59 of

the last day of last month of next quarter

This Quarter Range = 00:00:00 of the first day of first month of this quarter through 23:59:59 of

the last day of last month of this quarter

Last Quarter Range = 00:00:00 of the first day of first month of prior quarter through 23:59:59

of the last day of last month of prior quarter

nNote: Quarters are defined as:

1st quarter = January 1st through March 31st

2nd quarter = April 1st through June 30th

3rd quarter = July 1st through September 30th

4th quarter = October 1st through December 31st

Next Year Range = 00:00:00 January 1st through 23:59:59 December 31st of next year

This Year Range = 00:00:00 January 1st through 23:59:59 December 31st of this year

Last Year Range = 00:00:00 January 1st through 23:59:59 December 31st of prior year

Option Description

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2. In the Location section, select the top of the directory tree.

nSelecting anything other than the top of the directory tree will result in a Find All search of the

selected folder or queue.

3. In the Search For section’s text box, type the search text.

4. Click OK to send the search.

As iNEWS finds search results, they will appear in the Search Results pane. When the

search is complete, you can see the number of results at the top of the Search Results pane.

5. To open a story in the Results list, double-click it.

6. To repeat your search, press Ctrl+Shift+F. Click the Favorites button, select Last Query, and

click OK.

Search Results Pane

When you initiate a search, results will appear in the Search Results pane. You can move, resize,

dock, or undock this pane. It is made visible when you initiate a search. Show or hide this pane

by pressing Ctrl+R.

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nYou can configure the form used for the Search Results pane by selecting Tools > Options >

Preferences and clicking on the Search Results tab.

Results Pane Description

Item Description

Refine Use this box to enter additional words to your search, to further refine it.

You’d want to use this box if your initial search produces too many results.

For example, if your original search included "clinton" OR "gore" but you

only wanted stories that contain the word "scandal" and either "clinton" or

"gore," you would add "scandal" to the Refine box. The search will look in the

Search Results pane for your previous search results, then further refine those

results as you indicated in the Refine box. To start the refined search, type a

space in the Refine box or press Enter on the keyboard.

Results List Contains fields from the form you selected to display your results. (The

default form to use is defined in your user preferences, under "Search

Results." It can also be temporarily changed by right-clicking on the results in

the Search Results pane and selecting "Use Form.") Click on any column to

sort the list by that criterion. To open an item in the list, select it and press

Enter, or double-click it. This will navigate in the currently selected

workspace to the story you’ve selected. You can also select multiple stories in

the Results list and move, copy, or delete selected items.

Clear/Stop button This button is located at the bottom of the Search Results pane and toggles,

depending on whether or not a search is in progress. When a search is not in

progress, the Clear button lets you clear all items in the Results list. When a

search is in progress, the Stop button lets you stop the search.

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Search Queues

A search queue is a special queue that stores a pre-defined query of indexed queues, along with

its own queue form and read group.

When users with proper read access open a search queue, a fast text search (FTS) is activated,

and the results are delivered to the workspace in the Queue panel instead of the Search Results

pane. The results can then be copied, moved, deleted, and edited from the workspace. How fast

the results are returned depends on the speed of your FTS system, the size of your index, and the

number of areas that is being searched, but the usual time frame is between one and 15 seconds.

Some users can create a search queue. To do so, the user must have proper permissions for

creating queues and write access to the parent directory in which the search queue will be

created.

To create a search queue:

1. At an iNEWS Workstation, in the Directory panel, right-click on a folder in which you want

the search queue created.

2. Select New Search Queue.

The New Search Queue dialog box appears.

3. Type the name of the new search queue and click OK. The naming restrictions for search

queues are the same for those of directories and other queues.

Status Box Located at the bottom of the Search Results pane, next to the Clear/Stop

button, this box displays current search state. If there are errors in the search,

or if you stop a search, the appropriate message displays. If the Seek server is

busy when you start your search, you will be notified in this box.

Results Pane Description

Item Description

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The Search Queue Setup dialog box opens with the name of the search queue appearing in

square brackets in the title bar. For instance, CRIME is the search queue name in the

following sample image.

4. Select the indexed queue or queues you want to search from your site or a Community site, if

available. To choose multiple queues, press and hold the Control key while clicking on your

selections.

5. Use the Search For area of the Search Criteria tab to set the filters for your search.

Otherwise, you can type in your query using the Raw Query Editor. For more information on

this editor, see the Advanced Tab information in “Find All Dialog Box” on page 185.

6. Use the Date Search area to define a time frame for the query; you can search by the date a

story aired or was created, or by last date a story was modified. For more information, see

“Date Variables for Searching” on page 189.

7. (Optional) Maximum hits can also be altered in the Search Queue Setup dialog box. The

default is 10. When a user opens a search queue, the search’s result count is displayed in the

status bar.

8. Click Save to save your new search queue. It will appear in the Directory panel.

Search queues are distinguished from other types of queues by its magnifying glass icon.

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The following example shows two search queues created in the WIRES directory, each for a

different topic: one regarding the New York Stock Exchange, the other on topics about

terrorism.

9. After the search queue is created, by default it will use the queue form and read group

already associated with the parent directory in which the search queue was created. You can

view these properties or modify them by doing the following:

a. Right-click on the new search queue in the Directory panel.

b. Select Properties.

An abbreviated version of the Queue Properties dialog box opens, showing only the

Forms and Groups tabs.

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Only the queue form property on the Forms tab may be altered for a search queue.

Though the other properties are displayed, they are read-only and not used by the

system.

On the Groups tab, only the read group property may be altered. A setting of

!<none>

means no read group is defined; therefore, there is no restriction, and every user can see

the search queue.

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c. Click OK. If any settings were modified, they will be saved. To close without saving,

click Cancel.

Word Delimiters

When words are separated by white space and/or special characters, the white space, whether

tabs or spaces, is equivalent to a single separator and is called a "word delimiter." Word

delimiters are never indexed as part of a word and should not be used in search expressions.

In the name, "O’Connor," for example, the apostrophe is a word delimiter and is not indexed. It

is the two words "O" and "Connor," which are indexed. To search for this word, you would do a

phrase search for "o connor". Double quotes are part of the search expression and indicate a

phrase: in this case, two adjacent words in the story, "o" and "connor".

The set of characters used to isolate words when indexing includes the spacebar character and

the following 32 characters:

‘ ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) " ’ | \ + = - _ ; : / ? < > , . [ ] { }

nIf you use any word delimiters in a search string it will yield unpredictable results. An error may

appear that states, "Find can’t do searches with NOT," or "Operator can’t follow operator in

search."

Special characters, when used, must be preceded by a backslash \ or removed.

Basic Proximity Searches

If you use the last word in a paragraph and the first word in the following paragraph in a

proximity query, you must use a spanning value of at least 5 to find the story (1 for the first word,

2 for the end of the paragraph, and 2 for the start of the paragraph). A spanning value of less than

5 will always fail.

Brackets

To search for stories containing a set of words near each other in any order, enclose the word set

in square brackets ( [...] ).

The query: [taxes deductions] will find stories containing taxes after all the deductions and

deductions figured from state taxes.

n The maximum number of words allowed from the start of the first expression in the range to the

start of the last expression in the range is 10. The default will allow 9 words between the first and

last words in the brackets.

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Near Value

You can also use the special word NEAR between words or phrases that must be within 10 words

of each other, but in the same order.

For example, taxes NEAR deductions will find stories containing taxes after all the deductions,

but NOT deductions figured from state taxes

Field Searches

Field searches look in specified Form fields (such as Writer, Endorsed-By, Title, Tape ID, and so

on) or in virtual fields (such as Form, Cues, and Body) for information you request.

Field Operator

To search for stories containing field values matching a particular pattern, precede the pattern by

the field name, using the colon ( : ) as a separator. All field operators must not have any white

space between the field name and the operator. You can have white space after the operator

(before the value). If there are multiple field operators, they must not have any white space

between them, as in:

:= :! :!= ~! :# ::

Example, a query using a colon, such as title:scotus, will find stories in which the title field has

the value scotus (Supreme Court of the United States). The field name is not case-sensitive.

This construct will also work for any arbitrary search subexpression. So, you can combine it with

other operators such as OR or NOT, and use grouping such as parentheses or square brackets as

in this example:

writer: (eric* | *smith)

This example will find all stories where the writer’s user ID either begins with eric or ends with

smith, such as eric, erics, ericsmith, eric-s, ericson, smith, esmith, bobsmith, and so on.

As another example, the colon (:) can be augmented by the negation operators (! or NOT).

For example, writer:!esmith will find all stories for which the writer was not esmith.

Here is another example: Endorsed-by:!*

This example will list all stories that have not been endorsed (nothing in the Endorsed-By field).

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Values in Fields: Alphanumeric vs. Numeric

Some fields in a story form will always contain strictly numeric data such as the audio time (a

number of seconds) or a line count. Other standard date fields, such as Modified-By, will be

converted to strictly numeric fields by the indexer. Still other fields, such as Title or Writer, are

usually letters, but may have some combination of letters and numbers (for example, a user could

have the alphanumeric username of steve3).

There is a major difference between numbers parsed by the indexer and numbers left alone. Only

numbers parsed can be used in the numeric syntax.

Number Operator

The Number operator ( # ) expresses values the FTS server looks for.

Numeric Expressions

If a field contains multiple number operators separated by delimiters, the first complete number

read is used.

For all table entries above, query syntax requires "#" immediately following ":", and white space

may be included after the "#", as in:

Tape-ID:# == 4375

Date-Time Field Values

You can express date and time values in any format understandable by Microsoft Windows.

These include, but are not limited to, the following:

25 January 2014

8:30:00

This expression: Means this:

#!= is not equal to

#== is equal to

#<= is less than or equal to

#< is less than

#>= is greater than or equal to

#> is greater than

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20:30:00

January 25, 2014 8:30:00

8:30:00 Jan. 25, 2014

1/25/2014 8:30:00

n These formats are localized for other languages as well, so that "25 janvier 2014" will work if

your locale is French, and "25.1.2014" will be understood as well.

In the raw query format, date and time values are expressed as numeric values in search

expressions. The form of the number is:

yyyymmddhhmmss.

nAny omitted information at the end of the value will be filled in by the Fast Text Search server

with the earliest possible value.

For example, 2014 will be converted to 20140101000000 or January 1, 2014 at midnight.

Another example, the query Modify-Date:# > 20140403 will find all stories in which the

Modify-Date field is later than the first second of April 3, 2014.

And the query Modify-Date:# > "201404031000" will find all stories in which the Modify-Date

field is later than 10:00 a.m. and 0 seconds on April 3, 2014.

This value: Signifies this:

yyyy 4-digit representation of the year

mm 2-digit month (01 is January and 12 is

December)

dd 2-digit day of the month (starting at 01)

hh 2-digit hour (00 is midnight, 23 is 11:00 p.m.)

mm minute (00 to 59)

ss second (00 to 59)

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Searching Older Stories

The find process normally begins:

• At the top of a queue if you are in the Directory panel and have selected but not yet opened a

queue (Find All only)

• In the queue panel, at the first story below the selected story

• At your cursor position, if you are in a story

If you are in the queue panel and want to start a search (either Find or Find All) with a story older

than the one you have currently selected, use the following procedure to access the Go To Time

dialog box, where you can select a story "x" hours older than the one currently selected. Your

search starts from the older story.

To start a search from an older story:

1. Select Go To > Time.

The Go To Time dialog box opens.

2. Click on the up or down Spin buttons to select the correct number of hours.

3. Click OK.

18 Local Databases

With a local database you can create queues and edit stories before placing them on the iNEWS

Server where all users share information.

While daily work is done at an iNEWS Workstation, it is still useful for you to have an

understanding of the larger architecture, which makes up the system.

The following topics provide more information about working with local databases:

•Local Database Structure

•Local Database Security

•Creating a Local Database

•Logging into a Local Database

•Creating a Folder in Your Local Database

•Creating a Queue in Your Local Database

•Deleting a Folder or Queue from a Local Database

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Local Database Structure

You must build a local database on a user’s computer before the user can create or copy stories to

and from the regular server database. In some cases, your system administrator(s) will want to

create a standard local database for all users as a “starter” database.

For the average user the following local database structure would be more than adequate:

C:\Generic

Scripts

Notes

Rolodex

You could also create queues for various projects a user is working on, such as:

Mayors-race

Restaurants

Or you might decide to create a local database that resembles your iNEWS Server database. If

so, here’s an example of the file structure for both an iNEWS Server and local database

(

C:/Generic

) as they might appear in the Directory panel of iNEWS:

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For instructions on creating folders and queues in your local database, see “Creating a Folder in

Your Local Database” on page 207 and “Creating a Queue in Your Local Database” on page 208.

Forms and Print Styles for Local Databases

In iNEWS, forms are created and assigned to queues to customize the type of information that

appears in the stories in those queues. These forms must be synchronized with forms in the

server database and assigned to local queues; otherwise, story forms might look unfamiliar in the

local database. Systems often contain many forms, but not all forms are necessary for a local

database.

Also, styles, defined in the server database for the purpose of printing stories, should be

synchronized so that those styles are accessible in the Local Printing dialog box when printing

stories from the local database.

When forms and styles are locally synchronized, copies of forms (

FORMS.QUE

) and styles

(

Styles.FLD

) on the remote server are copied to the local computer—the location varies

depending on the computer’s operating system—after which, you can select forms, via the

Queue Properties dialog box, to assign them to queues in the local database and choose styles

when printing stories from your local database.

To locally synchronize forms and styles, contact your system administrator.

In some cases, your system administrator will create a “starter” local database, synchronize

forms and styles, and assign forms to that local database’s queues. This starter database can be

kept as a master copy, and a batch file can be created that copies it to multiple workstations so

that all users begin with identical local databases. The system administrator might also want to

open

FORMS.QUE

for the “starter” local database to remove unnecessary forms and reduce the

local database size.

After the local database folder, forms, and styles are on the PC’s hard drive, you can choose the

local database when you log in to iNEWS.

Local Database Security

The system’s database has security on the iNEWS Server. Directories and queues in the database

on the remote server can be protected by read and write groups. In addition, users can lock their

queues and individual stories if they want.

However, local databases do not have the same security protection because they are not part of

the database on the iNEWS Server. Because they are not on the iNEWWS Server, it is not

possible to assign read or write groups to local databases, and users cannot lock queues or stories

in the local database.

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Security on the local database is completely controlled by the security measures provided by the

PC’s operating system. Consequently, users should consider local databases unsecure and the

data contained within them available to any user of the PC.

Creating a Local Database

You can create a local database on any local drive accessible to your workstation.

nLocal databases cannot be locked, and anyone who starts up the workstation can log in to the

local database, unless you protect the database using the security features of the workstation’s

operating system.

To create a local database:

1. Double-click the iNEWS icon on the desktop.

The Server Connection (standard log in) dialog box opens.

2. Click New.

The Specify New Local Database dialog box opens.

3. Do one of the following:

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tType the path to the folder where the new local database will be.

nThe iNEWS Workstation will display the entire path to the local database, so if more than one

database is created in the same folder location, such as My Documents, the directory display will

look identical for both unless the user hovers the mouse pointer over each one.

tClick Browse and select the folder in the Browse for Folder dialog box.

4. Click OK.

The new database appears in the Local Database(s) list with a check mark in its check box.

Logging into a Local Database

You can simultaneously log into the iNEWS Server database and one or more local databases

stored on your workstation’s hard drive.

nYou must be on the network with your server to open both a local database and a server database

at the same time.

The procedure for simultaneously opening a server database and local database(s) requires a

server designation in the Server field and one or more local databases checked in the Local

Database(s) section. You must also enter a user password to connect to an iNEWS Server before

clicking Login.

Perform the following login procedure whenever you only want to open one or more local

databases.

To log into only a local database:

1. Double-click the iNEWS icon on the desktop.

The Server Connection (standard log in) dialog box opens.

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2. Enter a User ID in the User field.

3. Delete any information from the Server and Password fields in the Remote Connection

section.

nYou do not need a password to log into a local database; however, you must clear the Server field

in the iNEWS Server Connection dialog box to only log in to the local database.

4. Select the local database to which you want to log in from those shown in the Local

Database(s) section.

5. Click Login.

Creating a Folder in Your Local Database

In iNEWS, the Directory panel lists the contents of the local database. From an iNEWS

Workstation, you can create a new directory (folder) in the Directory panel.

To create a new directory:

1. Select the directory under which you want the new folder to be created.

nIf you are creating a new top-level directory, be sure to select the local database instead, such as

C:\Generic

, rather than a folder.

2. Do one of the following:

tSelect Tools > New Folder.

tRight click on the directory—or database, if you are creating a new first-level

folder—and choose New Folder from the context menu.

A new folder is created in the database file structure, at the end of any existing folders.

The title, New-Folder, is highlighted, so you can rename it.

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3. Type the name of the new folder, such as

10P

4. Press Enter to save the new folder name. The newly created folder will inherit the database

traits of its parent directory initially. You can open the new queue by double-clicking on it.

Creating a Queue in Your Local Database

You can create a new queue, such as a rundown queue for your 10PM show, in your local

database from the Directory panel of the iNEWS Workspace.

To create a new queue:

1. Select the directory in which you want the new queue to be created.

2. Do one of the following:

tSelect Tools > New Queue.

tRight click on the folder and choose New Queue from the context menu.

A new queue is created in the database file structure, at the end of any existing queues.

The title, New-Queue, is highlighted, so you can rename it.

3. Type the name of the new folder, such as

RUNDOWN

4. Press Enter to save the new queue name. The newly created queue will inherit the database

traits of its parent directory initially. You can open the new queue by double-clicking on it.

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Deleting a Folder or Queue from a Local Database

A directory (folder) must be empty before you can delete it.

To delete a folder or queue:

1. In the Directory panel of the iNEWS Workspace, select the folder or queue you want to

remove from the local database.

2. Select Tools > Delete.

nAll stories in a queue must be deleted before you can delete the queue.

19 Connecting to a Remote Service

Remote service is a console for remotely accessing the iNEWS Servers. Connect to a remote

service to access data, send commands to the service, and capture information from it. You can

read the attributes of the connection session and select the service.

To connect to a remote service:

1. Select Communicate > Connect to Service.

The Connect to Service dialog box opens.

2. Click a service from the list of available services.

3. Click Connect.

A console window opens.

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Disconnecting from a Remote Service

When you are done with your connect session, log out of the remote service as directed by your

system administrator. If the remote session window doesn’t close by itself within 30 seconds,

type Ctrl+] to display the command prompt. Then type quit, such as: cmd> quit

• Do not select File > Exit to end a session. Exit only closes the window, but it does not log

you out. Your session could be left running on the computer to which you are connected.

• Also, do not click on the X button to end a session. Although the button is used to close

applications on Microsoft Windows-based operating systems, it will only close the window,

not log you out. Your session could be left running on the computer to which you are

connected.

ASystem Shortcuts

In iNEWS, there are several ways to perform almost any action. This is because different

users like to work within the system in different ways. The iNEWS system lets you perform

system actions in the following ways:

• Press a key or combination of keys on the keyboard

For example, press Ctrl+N to create a new story.

• Use your cursor to click on a menu and a command within the menu

For example, select File > New Story.

• Use the toolbar buttons

For example, click the New Workspace button on the Main toolbar.

• Right-click an area to access a context menu

For example, right-click on a queue to get field width and properties commands.

System shortcuts allow you to work on the system in the fastest, easiest way for you. This

means that you can concentrate on the tasks at hand rather than having to learn a prescribed

way to use the system.

The system shortcuts perform different tasks, depending on which panel is active in the

workspace. The following charts detail the system shortcuts as they work within each

element of the system.

The following topics describe the system shortcuts in detail:

•Directory Panel Shortcuts

•Message and Mail Shortcuts

•Queue Panel Shortcuts

•Story Panel Shortcuts

•Workspace Shortcuts

•Search Keyboard Shortcuts

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Directory Panel Shortcuts

Directory panel shortcut keys allow you to move quickly within the Directory panel. The

Directory panel must be active in order for these shortcut keys to work as described below.

Message and Mail Shortcuts

Message and Mail shortcut keys let you move quickly within the Mail panel. The Mail panel

must be active in order for these shortcut keys to work as described below.

To: Press this on the keyboard:

Expand a folder (if your cursor is on a directory) Right arrow

Open and display a queue (if your cursor is on a queue) Enter

Collapse a folder (if your cursor is on a directory) Left arrow

Display the previous screen Ctrl+Page Up

Display the next screen Ctrl+Page Down

Move to the top of the directory tree Home

Move to the bottom of the directory tree End

Move up one screen Page Up

Move down one screen Page Down

Move to the previous item in a directory Up arrow

Move up one item on the previous screen Ctrl+Up arrow

Move to the next item in a directory Down arrow

Move down one item on the next screen Ctrl+Down arrow

To:

Press this on

the keyboard:

Use this menu

and command:

Use this toolbar

and button:

Right-click to

access this

context menu

command:

Check name in message

system

Ctrl+W Communicate >

Messages > Check

Name

Check Name

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Queue Panel Shortcuts

The Queue panel displays information in columns and rows, all of which cannot be

displayed at once. Queue panel shortcut keys let you move quickly within the Queue panel

so you can easily get to information that may not be displayed. The Queue panel must be

active in order for these shortcut keys to work as described below.

Move to the left side of a

mail window

Alt+Left arrow

Move to the right side of a

mail window

Alt+Right arrow

Open the Message History

dialog box

Shift+F8 Communicate >

Messages > Show

History

Message > History

Toggle the Message toolbar

to be displayed or hidden

F8 View > Message Bar,

Communicate >

Messages > Message

Bar

Main > Message Bar

Toggle the Mail workspace

open or closed

F9 Communicate >

Open Mail

Main > Mail

Window

View users who are logged

in to the message system

Ctrl+L Communicate >

Messages > Logged

in Users

To:

Press this on

the keyboard:

Use this menu

and command:

Use this toolbar

and button:

Right-click to

access this

context menu

command:

To:

Press this on

the keyboard:

Use this menu

and command:

Use this toolbar

and button:

Right-click to

access this

context menu

command:

Copy selected stories to a

queue

Ctrl+D Edit > Copy to... Copy to

Create and insert a new story

where your cursor is

Ctrl+N File > New Story Main > New Story

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Delete a selected story Delete or Ctrl+K Edit > Kill Kill Story(ies)

Display the Queue Properties

window for a selected queue

Alt+Return (or

Alt+Enter)

Edit > Properties Properties

Edit lock a story Ctrl+E Story > Edit Lock Main > Edit

Lock/Unlock

Open the Find dialog box Ctrl+F Edit > Find Find > Find Find

Open the system print dialog

box

Shift+Ctrl+P File > Print >

System Print

Main > System Print

Open the local print dialog box Ctrl+P File > Print >

Local Print

Main > Print

Repeat current Find parameters F3 Edit > Find Next Find > Find Next

Refresh a Queue or Story panel

display

F5 View > Refresh

Select a current story and the

entire row of information

Shift+Spacebar Selector button (1st

column of queue)

Select a current story group Shift+Spacebar+

Spacebar

Group buttons (2nd

column of queue)

Move a display up one screen Page Up

Move a display down one

screen

Page Down

Move to the first (left-most)

field in the current row

Home

Move to the top story (slug) in

a queue

Ctrl+Home

Move to the last (right-most)

field in the current row

End

Move to the last story (slug) in

a story

Ctrl+End

Move selected stories Ctrl+M Edit > Move to Move to

To:

Press this on

the keyboard:

Use this menu

and command:

Use this toolbar

and button:

Right-click to

access this

context menu

command:

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Story Panel Shortcuts

Story panel shortcut keys let you move quickly within the Story panel. The Story panel must

be active in order for these shortcut keys to work as described below.

Create story group Ctrl+Alt+G Group Stories >

Create

Create Story

Group

Dissolve story group Group Stories >

Dissolve

Dissolve Story

Group

To:

Press this on

the keyboard:

Use this menu

and command:

Use this toolbar

and button:

Right-click to

access this

context menu

command:

To:

Press this on

the keyboard:

Use this menu

and command:

Use this toolbar

and button:

Right-click to

access this

context menu

command:

Assign channel Shift+Alt+C Story > Production

Cue > Assign

Channel

Assign Channel

Bold text Ctrl+B Format > Bold Format > Bold Format > Bold

Delete a production cue Alt+Delete Story > Production

Cue > Delete

Delete

Production Cue

Copy selected text to the

Clipboard

Ctrl+C Edit > Copy Edit > Copy Copy

Copy selected text to the

Scratchpad

Shift+Ctrl+C Edit > Copy to

Scratchpad

Scratchpad >

Copy to

Scratchpad

Cut selected text to the

Clipboard

Ctrl+X Edit > Cut Edit > Cut Cut

Cut selected text to the

Scratchpad

Shift+Ctrl+X Edit > Cut to

Scratchpad

Scratchpad >

Cut to

Scratchpad

Delete selected text Delete Edit > Cut Edit > Cut Cut

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Edit lock the active story Ctrl+E Story > Edit Lock Main > Edit

Lock/Unlock

Erase the Scratchpad Shift+Ctrl+Delete Edit > Erase

Scratchpad

Scratchpad >

Erase

Scratchpad

Find All looks for search

string in queue or directory

(indexed or non-indexed)

Shift+Ctrl+F Edit > Find All Find > Find All

Find Global looks for search

string within all indexed

queues in database

Shift+Ctrl+G Find > Find Global

Find text in the active story Ctrl+F Edit > Find Find > Find

Insert a production cue Alt+Insert Story > Insert

Production Cue

Insert

Production Cue

Insert/Overtype text Insert

Italicize text Ctrl+I Format > Italic Format > Italic Format > Italic

Launch CG Title Entry Ctrl+Shift+T Tools > Titling Titling

Navigate up Alt+Up

Paste text from the

Scratchpad into the insertion

point in a story

Shift+Ctrl+V Edit > Paste from

Scratchpad

Scratchpad >

Paste from

Scratchpad

Paste text from the

Clipboard into the insertion

point in a story

Ctrl+V Edit > Paste Edit > Paste Paste

Refresh a Queue or Story

panel display

F5 View > Refresh

Repeat current Find

parameters

F3 Edit > Find Next Find > Find Next

button

Save a story Ctrl+S File > Save Story Main > Save Story

Switch between left and

right script columns

F6, Shift+F6

To:

Press this on

the keyboard:

Use this menu

and command:

Use this toolbar

and button:

Right-click to

access this

context menu

command:

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Story Panel Shortcuts: Navigation

Timing a block of text Shift+Ctrl+B Story > Block Time Block Time

Underline text Ctrl+U Format > Underline Format > Underline Format >

Underline

Undo the previous action Ctrl+Z Edit > Undo Undo

To:

Press this on

the keyboard:

Use this menu

and command:

Use this toolbar

and button:

Right-click to

access this

context menu

command:

To move:

Press this on the

keyboard:

Use this menu and

command:

Use this toolbar

and button:

To the beginning of the current line

in a story

Home

To the beginning of a story Ctrl+Home

To the end of the current line in a

story

End

To the end of a story Ctrl+End

To the next story Alt+Page Down Story > Show Other >

Browse > Next

To the next tab stop Tab

From the story form to the story

body

Alt+Down arrow Story > Show Other >

Last

From the story body to the story

form

Alt+Up arrow

Up one screen Page Up

To the top of the Story panel Ctrl+Page Up

Down one screen Page Down

To the end of the last line in the

Story panel

Ctrl+Page Down

Left one character Left arrow

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Story Panel Shortcuts: Opening Stories

Story Panel Shortcuts: Selecting Items

To the beginning of the previous

word

Ctrl+Left arrow

Right one character Right arrow

To the beginning of the next word Ctrl+Right arrow

Up one line Up arrow

Up one paragraph Ctrl+Up arrow

Down one line Down arrow

Down one paragraph Ctrl+Down arrow

To move:

Press this on the

keyboard:

Use this menu and

command:

Use this toolbar

and button:

To open:

Press this on

the keyboard:

Use this menu and

command:

Use this toolbar

and button:

The first story in a queue Alt+Home Story > Show Other > First Browse > First

The previous story Alt+Page Up Story > Show Other > Previous Browse > Previous

The last story in a queue Alt+End Story > Show Other > Last Browse > Last

The Wires Priority window F7 GoTo > Priority Queue Main > Bulletin

The Wire Alerts History window Shift+F7 GoTo > Alerts History

To select:

Press this on

the keyboard:

Use this menu

and command:

Use this toolbar

and button:

Right-click to

access this

context menu

command:

All Ctrl+A Edit > Select All Select All

Text, a character at a time,

moving backward (to the left)

Left arrow

Text, a word at a time,

moving backward (to the left)

Ctrl+Left arrow

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Story Panel Shortcuts: Turning On Modes

Text, a character at a time,

moving forward (to the right)

Right arrow

Text, a word at a time,

moving forward (to the right)

Ctrl+Right arrow

Text, a line at a time, moving

up (toward the beginning of a

story)

Up arrow

Text, a paragraph at a time,

moving up (toward the

beginning of a story)

Ctrl+Up arrow

Text, a line at a time, moving

down (toward the end of a

story)

Down arrow

Text, a paragraph at a time,

moving down (toward the

end of a story)

Ctrl+Down arrow

To select:

Press this on

the keyboard:

Use this menu

and command:

Use this toolbar

and button:

Right-click to

access this

context menu

command:

To turn on:

Press this on

the keyboard:

Use this menu

and command:

Use this toolbar

and button:

Right-click to

access this

context menu

command:

Presenter Instructions text

mode in a story

Ctrl+Alt+P Format > Presenter

Instructions

Format > Presenter

Instructions

Format >

Presenter

Instructions

Closed Caption text mode in

a story

Ctrl+Alt+C Format menu,

Closed Caption

Format > Closed

Caption

Format > Closed

Caption

Normal text mode in a story Ctrl+Alt+N Format > Normal

Text

Format > Normal

Text

Format > Normal

Text

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Project Shortcuts

The Project tab shortcut keys let you create new projects or facets, delete them, and so forth.

The Project tab must be active in order for these shortcut keys to work as described below.

nAccess to context menus depend on position within the user interface.

Workspace Shortcuts

Workspace shortcut keys let you move quickly within an active workspace. The workspace

you want to work within must be active in order for these shortcut keys to work as described

below.

To:

Press this on

the keyboard:

Use this menu

and command:

Use this toolbar

and button:

Right-click to

access this

context menu

command:

Create a new project Ctrl+Alt+J Project > New Project

Create a new facet Ctrl+Alt+F Project > New Facet New Facet

Associate story to project

or facet

Shift+Ctrl+J Associate

Project/Facet

View properties of a project

or facet

Alt+Enter Project > Properties Properties

Subscribe to a facet Ctrl+Alt+S Subscribe to

Facet

Unsubscribe to a facet Ctrl+Alt+U Unsubscribe to

Facet

Delete a project or facet Ctrl+Alt+D Project > Delete

Project

Delete Facet

Show expired projects Ctrl+Alt+E Project > Delete

Project

Show Expired

Projects

To: Press this on the keyboard:

Use this menu

and command:

Close an active workspace Ctrl+F4 Window > Close

Search Keyboard Shortcuts

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Search Keyboard Shortcuts

Search shortcut keys let you invoke search tasks using keystrokes instead of menu

commands.

Exit iNEWS Alt+F4 File | Exit

Undo the last action Ctrl+Z Edit | Undo

Zoom in or out of a window Alt+Z View | Zoom

Adjust splitter above a selected panel Ctrl+Alt+Up arrow to activate, then

continue to press Up arrow to adjust.

Adjust splitter below a selected panel Ctrl+Alt+Down arrow to activate, then

continue to press Down arrow to

adjust.

Adjust splitter to the left of a selected

panel

Ctrl+Alt+Left arrow to activate, then

continue to press Left arrow to adjust.

Adjust splitter to the right of a selected

panel

Ctrl+Alt+Right arrow to activate, then

continue to press Right arrow to adjust.

Move to the previous window Alt+Left arrow

Move to the next window Alt+Right arrow

To: Press this on the keyboard:

Use this menu

and command:

To: Press this on the keyboard:

Find Ctrl+F

Find Next F3

Find All Shift+Ctrl+F

Find Global Shift+Ctrl+G

Show/Hide Results Window Ctrl+R

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BIcons

The following topics offer a quick reference guide to the icons you will encounter while

working in iNEWS.

This reference does not provide details for the many buttons seen on toolbars within the

iNEWS user interface. For information about these buttons and their functions, see

“Toolbars” on page 45.

•Directory Panel Icons

•Messaging and Mail Icons

•Queue Panel Icons

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Directory Panel Icons

Directory panel icons help to identify elements within the iNEWS database, such as queues,

projects, and facets.

Messaging and Mail Icons

Icons related to messaging appear in the Messages toolbar, the Main toolbar, the status bar,

and in the Check Name dialog box. The Mail icon is a blinking icon that appears on the

Main toolbar as well as in the status bar.

Icon Description

Indicates a local iNEWS system or a remote iNEWS system in a

Community on the local system. The green light (or dots) on the

server icon appears red if the system is unavailable.

Indicates a directory or subordinate folders. Each directory can

contain subordinate folders and queues.

An exclamation mark in a blue square appears over the folder icon if

the directory is indexed.

Indicates a queue.

An exclamation mark in a blue square appears over the queue icon if

the queue is indexed. An example of this type of queue is the

BUCKET found in every project created in iNEWS.

Indicates a search queue. An example of this type of queue is the

QUERY queue found in every project created in iNEWS.

Indicates a project.

Indicates a facet.

Indicates the ALL queue within a project.

Queue Panel Icons

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Queue Panel Icons

The Queue panel displays information in cells that form columns and rows, like a

spreadsheet, and uses color to often indicate varying status of stories, such as altering the

color of text for floated stories. However under certain circumstances, there is one icon that

can appear in the Queue panel in cells of the first column.

Icon Description

Indicates that the user, whose name was typed in the To: text box of

the Messages toolbar, is logged in to iNEWS.

Indicates that the user, whose name was typed in the To: text box of

the Messages toolbar, is not logged in.

Indicates that you entered an invalid user name in the To: text box of

the Messages toolbar.

Indicates the user listed in the Check Name dialog box is logged in

and available to receive messages.

Indicates the user listed in the Check Name dialog box is logged out

and unavailable to receive messages.

Indicates new unread message by blinking in both the status bar and

Main toolbar.

Indicates new unread mail by blinking in both the status bar and

Main toolbar.

Icon Description

Indicates a story in the queue that has been either easy locked or key

locked.

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Glossary

account A level of authorization assigned to individuals using iNEWS, it determines the types

of information they can access and the actions they can perform. Account types

include User, User Manager, Superuser, and System Administrator.

alias A code of up to 12 alphanumeric characters, it substitutes individual user names and

automates the distribution of a mail story to a group of people.

anchor 1. The person who presents a newscast on-air to a television audience. Also called a

presenter or talent.

2. In iNEWS, it is also the indicator in a Story panel that links a script to production

information.

auto-

backup

A function in iNEWS that writes a backup copy of an open story to a user’s local disk

at specified time intervals.

auto-

refresh

A queue attribute that automatically redisplays a queue whenever changes are made to

the queue.

autoscript A mode in which the Instruction panel of a story is automatically displayed if

production cues are in the story. If there are no production cues added to a story, the

story is displayed unscripted.

backtime The exact time when a story in a newscast must start in order for the show to remain

on schedule. Television newscasts typically use back-time to ensure that the newscast

ends precisely as scheduled.

Broadcast

Control

System

Command is a broadcast control system produced by Avid. It works with iNEWS to

run a show’s production devices, such as character generators, still-stores, and video

tape devices.

bulletin An incoming wire story coded as high-priority by a wire service, it is fed directly into

the iNEWS “priority” queue. Users are informed with both an audio signal and

lightning bolt icon in the status portion of the workspace.

connect Establish a line of communication between two points in a wired system, such as

between a server and a workstation (client PC) on a network.

Glossary

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To call a service that is either local (such as an archive system) or remote (such as

Nexis). In iNEWS, users connect to services to access data.

cue See production cue.

cume time The amount of airtime required from the beginning of the show up to a certain point in

the show in order for the show to remain on-schedule. It is displayed in an optional

field with each entry in a rundown queue.

Cume time is used by some producers when building, ordering, or airing a newscast.

dead queue A queue containing stories that have either been deleted by users or purged

automatically by the system. As new space is required, these stories are recycled

automatically from the Dead queue.

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