Daktronics Venus DataStreamer - Manual (Page 63)

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7.6 Entering a News Table
A variety of news headlines can be displayed on a Daktronics DataTrac. Follow these steps to
set up news headlines for display.
1. To display news data, click the News icon
from the left toolbar. The News Table Wizard
will open as shown in Figure 99. Click
Next.
2. Use the down arrow next to the Data Source
and Query fields to determine the type of
news stories that will be as shown in the
news field as shown in Figure 100. The
parameter will change depending on the
type of Query that is chosen. Under the
Value field, enter the appropriate
information as determined by the
parameter field. Click Next.
3. Click the up and down arrows next to the
Table Width fields to set the number of
columns the table will contain as shown in
Figure 101. Repeat this step in Table Height
to set the number of rows the table will
contain. Click Next.
4. Click the up and down arrows to set the
width and height of each cell within the
table as shown in Figure 102. Click Next.
5. In the Field Configuration dialog as shown in
Figure 103, click in the Field column and
select the information to be displayed in
that field of the table.
6. In the Line and Character columns, choose
the line and character on which the field
should be displayed within each cell. For
example, line 1 is the very top line of the
defined cell and character 2 is the second column from the left of the defined cell.
Figure 99: News Table Wizard
Figure 100: Selecting a News Source
Figure 101: Selecting Table Dimensions