Grass Valley Xnews Vertigo Suite v.5.0 - Manual (Page 81)

5-4 Xnews User Manual
Embedded Pages: Creating, editing and previewing
Changing a template’s editable fields
Templates determine the layout and appearance of graphics pages and they can range in
sophistication from very simple (i.e. an over-the-shoulder image) to multi-asset displays that
use logic to determine the content and behavior of the resulting page.
Regardless of how simple or complex the template is, you can create a unique page from
the template by editing the template’s editable fields. These editable fields may be:
•
Text inside text boxes
• Selections from drop-down lists
• A selection from a series of radio buttons
• Single or multiple selections from check boxes
• An image, cel animation, or clip
Making changes to the editable fields follows the typical user interface behavior. For
example, enabling/disabling a radio button or check box by selecting it, or filling in text by
selecting and typing inside a text box. Since changing an image, cel animation or clip is a
little more involved, precise instructions are provided on
page 5-5 .
A quick way of identifying and navigating through the editable fields on a template or page
is to click anywhere on the page and then click the T
AB key to go from one editable field to
the next.
Figure 5-2. Customize pages by changing the editable fields on the template
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Not all fields on a template are designed to be editable. Whether or not a field is to be
editable is determined by the creator of the template in Xstudio by enabling the field’s
(asset’s) A
LLOW E DIT property. Therefore, if you select a field and you are unable to edit it,
it most likely has been intentionally protected to enforce editorial standards.