Templates
Templates are the building blocks of your 24 hour formats.
Top Menu
TEMPLATEIn the file menu, you have these options:
New - Clear the window and create a new template.
Open - Open an existing template
Export - Allows you to export the currently displayed template to Formatted Text (Space Delimited), XML Spreadsheet 2003, Web Page, CSV (comma delimited), Text (tab delimited), Text (MS-DOS), CSV (MS-DOS)
Print - print to a local or network printer
Print Preview - Preview print output on screen
Close - Closes the window
LOG ELEMENTSIn the log elements menu, you have these options:
Spot Types - These are used to determine commercial breaks, sponsorships and other places in templates where spots will be placed on a log.
Automation Commands - This serves a dual function. You can use automation commands to control your on-air automation (on certain systems) but also allows you to create static carts.
Log Notes - Items that will print on any hard copy of a log but has no impact on the on-air automation.
Program Names - Can be used to identify programs on a template.
FORMATIn the format menu, you have these options:
Open - Opens a saved format.
Save As... - Allows you to save any template as a format.
Spot Types
Spot types are the different elements used to build templates & formats and also to define in each individual order the location on the log/format where the spots are to be placed.
You cannot delete spot types from this window.