Formatting a Script
When you write a story, text appears in the default text style. However, you can alter the look of the text, such as changing the default font to bold. When formatting a story as a script for a news broadcast, you often distinguish certain text by using various specialized styles of text, such as instructions for presenters or closed captioning.
You use presenter instructions commonly as brief, special instructions to news presenters (also known as news anchors). The text for presenter instructions appear red, in reverse video on the teleprompter. This text does not affect how the system calculates the read time.
You use closed captioning commonly for sound-bite transcription. The text for closed captioning appears green, and the system sends it to a closed caption encoder if your station uses such a device to broadcast scripts for the hearing-impaired. Closed captioning text does not appear in the teleprompter, nor does it affect how the system calculates the read time.
The system sends the default text style to both the teleprompter and to any closed caption encoder used at the station.
In the mobile application, a toolbar provides buttons that let you modify the format of the text into bold text, italicized text, and underlined text, and lets you format text specialized for broadcast scripts.
To format text, tap and hold to select the appropriate text and do one of the following:
To bold text, and then select the B button.
To italicize test, and then select the I button.
To underline text, and then select the
U button.
To mark text as a normal text, and then select N for normal.
To mark text as a presenter instruction, and then select P for presenter.
You can choose the format before typing your text as well. Any new text you type appears in the format you selected. To change the format of the text you type at any time, select another format.
If you tap the Back button when you have turned off the Autosave Stories option in the settings, a message appears asking you to confirm whether to save the changes. You can choose to save the story or exit edit mode without saving your changes.
