Viz Mosart User Guide

Version 5.6 | Published April 04, 2024 ©

Modifying Stories in the GUI Rundown

You can make last minute changes to upcoming stories directly in the rundown displayed in Viz Mosart.

Right-clicking in the story's information area displays a context menu:
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Managing Stories

Adding a Story

To add a new story

  • Right-click in the info area and select Edit > Insert story.
    A New Story placeholder is added underneath the selected story.

  • To populate this new story, see To add items to an upcoming story below.

Adding Items to a Story

To add items to an upcoming story

  • From Assets and Favorites tab, drag items into the story.

  • Alternatively insert content using the Quick Editor.

Modifying Items in a Story

You can make last-minute changes to graphic elements in a story.

This is typically where the operator notices spelling mistakes in graphic text and need to correct a live show before the story goes on air.

To edit a graphics item

This procedure only works with graphical elements created with Viz Pilot Edge.

  1. To the right of the rundown, click the square symbol (that indicates availability of ad-hoc elements ).

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  2. Select required graphic, Right-click > Edit.

  3. A Viz Pilot Edge editor panel opens, to complete the task.

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This procedure is fully described in the section Managing Media Pool Assets (topic Last-minute Edits to Graphic Elements).

To copy items to the current story

You can append existing story items to the current story row.

  • Right-click on the story containing the items you want to append and select Append items to current story.
    All items (templates) from the right-clicked story are appended to the current story.

Removing a Story

To remove a story

  • Right-click in the info area and select Edit > Remove story.

Story Locks and Updates

Lock Story from NCS Update

To lock a story from NCRS updates

You can prevent any ongoing changes in the NRCS from affecting your manual story modifications (as described above).

  • Right-click in the info area and select Edit > Lock story from NCS update.

Rundown Reloads

Please note that a reload of the rundown will still delete any manual story modifications, even though the option Lock story from NCS update has been selected.

To prevent deletion of manual story modifications at rundown reload

  • From the Viz Mosart menu bar select Rundowns > Lock rundown.