Segmenting Stories
You can write a story in a single segment or divide it into multiple segments. The following illustration shows a story in a single segment.
You can use segments to time the text and integrate it with video, audio, and production cues. See
Adding Media to a Story. Multiple timed segments are combined to form the overall story. The following illustration shows the same story as the one in the previous example, but written as a segmented story.
You can add or delete segments, split a segment in two, and rearrange segments within a story.
To add a segment to a story:
Click in the segment marked NEW located at the bottom of the story and begin typing. See the previous illustration for an example.
To split a segment in two:
1. Position the cursor in the story where you want to split the text into two segments.
2. Do one of the following:
Right-click and select Split Segment.
Click the Pane Menu button and select Split Segment.
Press Ctrl+] (Windows) or Command+] (Macintosh).
To rearrange segments in a story:
Click the header bar of the segment you want to move and drag it up or down into its new location.
When you rearrange segments, any production cues or machine control events in those segments are also moved and renumbered as needed.
To delete a segment and the text in the segment:
1. Select the segment.
2. Click the Pane Menu button located at the top right corner of the Queue/Story pane.
3. Select Delete Segment.
Deleting the segment also deletes the text in the segment.
