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Xnews User Manual

7-3

Acquiring images from the AP Graphics Bank

Searching the AP Graphics Bank for images

Xnews provides integrated access to the AP Graphics Bank allowing you to search for
suitable images and incorporate these images into Pages that can be previewed and/or
played out to air.

To search for images in the AP Graphics Bank:
1.

Click the S

EARCH

AP G

RAPHICS

B

ANK

button in the Xnews toolbar.

The AP G

RAPHICS

B

ANK

: S

EARCH

window appears.

2.

Enter a search query by typing a keyword or boolean string in the text box.

3.

Click the search

button or press Enter to launch the search.

The results of the search are displayed as tiles in the main pane.
Each tile consists of:
• A thumbnail of the image
• The image title
• The event date
• The dimensions of the full resolution image
• The

icon if the image has an associated Editorial Note. The Editorial Note

text can be viewed by hovering the mouse over the icon.

4.

Optional: If your search query returns a large amount of results, you may use the S

ORT

setting’s drop-down list to reorder the results. Choose from:

LATEST

AND

MOST

RELEVANT

LATEST

MOST

RELEVANT

OLDEST

AND

MOST

RELEVANT

5.

Optional: To view details for a particular image, right-click on the image’s tile and select
S

HOW

D

ETAILS

...

A larger version of the image appears in a pop-up window along with the following
information:
• AP identification number for the image
• Title
• Description
• Event Date
• Dimensions
• Editorial Note (in red text)
• Generic Notes

6.

Once you have found an image that you want to use, a preview version of the image
can be dragged into a Page open in Xnews. See

“Adding AP Graphics Bank preview

images to a Page” on page 7-4

for instructions.

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