Videonics PowerScript PS4000S, Instruction Manual

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Chapter 6 Using PowerScript
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Selecting a Page to Preview
In order to work with a page, you need to display it on the Preview monitor. To display a
page, select it in the
Project Pages list. Remember , if the page you want does not appear in
the list, use the scroll bar at the right side of the list to move up or down in the list.
Several other methods exist for navigating between pages. See “Using the Playback Con-
trols” on page 109 for more information.
Creating Pages
You can create new pages for a project by inserting new, blank pages, or you can copy
existing pages from other existing projects or from the same project.
Inserting New, Blank
Pages
Use the New:Above , New:Below , and New:End page function buttons to insert new, blank
pages in the project.
New:Above inserts the page immediately before the one currently selected in the
Project Pages list.
New:Below inserts the page immediately after the currently selected one.
New:End (or Ctrl+N ) inserts the page immediately after the last page in the project.
PowerScript assigns infinite page duration to all new pages created in this manner. See
“Working with Transitions and Page Duration” on page 96 for more information.
Using Cut, Copy, and
Paste
The Cut button removes the currently selected page from the Project Pages list and places
it on the clipboard.
The Copy button places a duplicate of the currently selected page on the clipboard, but
leaves the original in the Project Pages list.
The Paste button inserts the contents of the clipboard into the Project Pages list immedi-
ately after the currently selected page. The clipboard contents remain unchanged.
When you paste a cut or copied page, that page retains all of the attributes assigned
to the original page, including transitions and page duration.
Adding and Changing
Page Comments
Page comments are optional. If a page has a comment assigned to it, the comment
appears in the
Comment text box when you select the page in the Project Pages list.
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To add or change the comment assigned to a page, select the page in the Project Pages
list, then type the comment in the Comment text box.
If you do not provide a comment for a page then add a text object to that page, Power-
Script automatically assigns the text object contents as the page comment. It uses only
the content of the first text object placed on the page.
Renumbering and Reordering Pages
All pages in a project have a unique identification number, which appears to the left of
the page name in the
Project Pages list. PowerScript automatically keeps all pages in a
project in sequential order according to their identification numbers. Furthermore, when
you play back the pages in a project, PowerScript always plays them in sequence accord-
ing to their assigned identification numbers.