Editing a Story
When you modify a story, changes you make in MediaCentral UX are automatically updated in the iNEWS newsroom computer system. The reverse is also true: changes made to a story at an iNEWS workstation are automatically updated if you open the story in MediaCentral UX.
If you edit a story that is transmitted to a destination queue marked as an update queue, the edited story replaces the older version in the update queue. For more information on configuring update queues, see “Setting Automatic Update” in the Avid iNEWS Setup and Configuration Guide.
The standard editing features found in MediaCentral UX are the same as those for most word processing software applications. You can cut, copy, or paste text as you work on a story. When cutting or copying text, the system stores the text in a temporary storage spot known as a clipboard; only one block of text can be stored at a time, so whenever you cut or copy something new, it replaces whatever was previously stored on the clipboard.
You can use cut, copy, and paste to move text and production cues within a single story or from one story to another.
You can also edit any editable field for a story in a queue. This includes any editable field that contains a string value, but it does not include other fields — for example, time or duration fields.
You can also change text to a bold or italicized font, and underline selected text within a story, using keystroke combinations or the toolbar buttons circled in red in the following illustration.
To cut text:
Select the text and press Ctrl+X (Windows) or Command+X (Macintosh).
To copy text:
Select the text and press Ctrl+C (Windows) or Command+C (Macintosh).
To paste text:
Select the text and press Ctrl+V (Windows) or Command+V (Macintosh).
To immediately undo the previous editing change, press Ctrl+Z. On a Macintosh, press Command+Z.
To undo the previous edit, do one of the following:
Press Ctrl+Z (Windows) or Command+Z (Macintosh).
Right-click and select Undo.
Click the Pane Menu button and select Undo.
To redo the previous edit, do one of the following:
Press Ctrl+Y (Windows) or Command+Y (Macintosh).
Right-click and select Redo.
Click the Pane Menu button and select Undo.
To set text to bold, do one of the following:
Select the text and click the B button.
Select the text and press Ctrl+B (Windows) or Command+B (Macintosh).
To italicize text, do one of the following:
Select the text and click the I button.
Select the text and press Ctrl+I (Windows) or Command+I (Macintosh).
To underline text, do one of the following:
Select the text and click the U button.
Select the text and press Ctrl+U (Windows) or Command+U (Macintosh).
