Stories

Create a Story

Click the Add Story button at the bottom of the Folder panel to create a new story:

• in the currently selected folder, or

• within an open rundown

Open a Story

Click on any story in the folder panel to open it.

Stories will display estimated running time in red in the upper right corner, based on your system's default read rate or any read rate commands included in the story, as well as the total word count.

Edit Story Properties

To edit story field / rundown columns click the icon. This opens the Edit properties of... dialog that shows all rundown columns included in the current rundown layout.

Edit a Story

To edit a story click the icon to open the story editor.

The story editor toolbar provides the following options:

• Undo or redo edits

• Format the text to bold, italics, underline, or strikethrough

• Use foreground and background colors

• Use uppercase, lowercase, or correct case

Production Commands

Production commands are special instructions that can be used to communicate information with people in the newsroom or to send instructions to third-party devices. Users can add Production Commands to stories by using the insert command button at the bottom of the editor.

Clicking the insert command button will bring up a menu of available commands. Double-clicking an existing command allows you to edit or delete the command.

Production command options include:

• Anchor/ReadRate

• Duration

• Notes

• Take

• Insert

• Insert Tech Instruction

MOS Item References

Users can insert MOS Item References (MIRs) into stories using existing MOS objects on the server.

To insert an MIR, click the insert MOS command button at the bottom of the Story Editor to navigate to any media folder in ENPS and then select the media you want to insert.

Click on the arrow icon on the left edge of the MIR to expand and collapse it.

Media Upload

While in the editing view you can click the Media icon to upload media assets back to the newsroom. You can use an existing clip or photo on your device, or using the camera to grab something new.

ENPS will insert an item reference for the media into your story, which can then be used by other applications such as video servers to automatically transfer the media for editing, playout and so on.

When prompted, rename the file if desired then click Upload.

Break an Edit Lock

Users with the appropriate permissions can break another user's edit lock on a Story.

When a user attempts to edit a story that another user is working on, a window will pop up alerting the users that there is an edit lock on the story. To break the edit lock, click YES.

Story Slate and Check-in

Click the Camera Slate icon to generate a QR code containing the story slug, your user ID, GPS coordinates (if available on your device), date and time. By pointing the camera at your screen and recording a few seconds of the QR code, you will enable video servers which support this to automatically associate ingested footage with the correct story.

Click the Check In icon to add your location, user ID, and date/time information to the story. This is primarily intended for use with Planning Items - the ENPS Planning Calendar shows all items users have checked into and show a map of their check in locations.

Close a Story

To close a story click .