Autocue QMaster Complex - Manual (Page 23)

QMaster Comple Language-UserGuide.docx 2012-10-02
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Note: If you have a three-button mouse click on the title you wish to edit with the middle mouse
button.
To edit the field directly with a two button mouse press Ctrl on the keyboard and press
the right hand button on the mouse to edit the field directly.
Toggle Hold State
Toggle Hold State allows you to put an item on standby. The selected item will not be prompted and will not be
included in any timing calculations.
1. Highlight the item to be placed on hold
2. Select Story >> Toggle Hold State from the main Rundown menu bar
3. The item becomes highlighted in blue
You can also highlight an item and right-click on it to display a context menu from which you can select Toggle
Hold State.
Rundown prompting commands
When you are prompting a rundown, you can rearrange the order in which items are sent to the prompter. To access
the following commands QMaster must be in Prompt mode. Select Prompt >> Begin Prompting from the menu
bar.
Prompt From Here
The Prompt From Here command allows you to begin prompting from anywhere within the rundown. To enable
this, right-click once on the line at which you wish to begin prompting. Select Prompt From Here on the context
menu. The Cue Marker on the prompter moves to the start of the selected item and the entry in the rundown is
highlighted in yellow.
Move Next to Air
You can physically rearrange the sequence of items while a rundown is being prompted. To move an item so that
its script will be the next one shown to the presenter, right-click on the item and select Move Next to Air on the
context menu. The rundown sequence is changed so that the selected item appears under the item currently being
prompted. You can also drag and drop the item within the rundown by left-clicking on the item and moving it
below the item currently being prompted.
Deleting more than one script
It may be necessary to delete multiple items from the rundown. This removes the highlighted lines and the related
text contained in the Script Editor.
Hold the Ctrl key on the keyboard and click once on each of the stories you wish to delete from the rundown.
Choose Story, then Delete from the menu. A dialog box will appear asking the question “Sure you want to delete
this item?” Click Yes to delete.
Alternatively, hold the Ctrl key on the keyboard and click once on each of the stories you wish to delete from the
rundown. Right-click with the mouse on any highlighted story. A menu appears next to the pointer. Choose Delete