User`s guide

Chapter 4: Building Stories with Graphics
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Adding Breaks to a Rundown
Within an ENPS system, DekoMOS provides a convenient method of identifying commercial and
station breaks. You can drag a special MOS object into a story in the rundown. When the
Playback Controller sees this DekoMOS object in the rundown, it creates a dark line in the
playback sequence to highlight each break.
To indicate a break if you use an iNEWS system, Pinnacle Systems recommends that you create
an empty story with a title such as Break. The title of this story appears in the rundown to indicate
a break, but does not trigger any action.
To add a break to the rundown in an ENPS system:
1. In your NCS client interface, create a story specifically for this purpose, without text.
2. From the Windows desktop click Start>Programs>WordPad.
Note: Pinnacle Systems recommends using WordPad, although other programs suitable for opening text
files may be used.
3. In Wordpad, or the application of your choice, click File>Open. In the File Open dialog,
navigate to the BreakObject.txt file and open it. The BreakObject.txt file is provided on the
DekoMOS Installation CD.
4. Highlight the entire text of the BreakObject.txt file. Drag and drop this text from Wordpad
into the story in the ENPS client interface. This creates a MOS object in the story window that
will indicate a break in the rundown.
To specify text for indicating the break in the rundown:
Specify break text from the Playback Controller configuration. For details, see page 55.