Creating a Text-Only Story Segment
For some news stories, you might need to create a story segment that is not associated with video in the story. For example, a story might include presenter text before the video starts. You can create a story segment that does not display a corresponding timing block in a news sequence.
You can create more than one text-only story segment in a news sequence.
You cannot disconnect a story segment if the corresponding timing block contains video. The menu option is grayed out.
To create a text-only story segment:
1. Create a story segment. You can place it anywhere in the story. You can include the text now or later.
A corresponding timing block is created in the sequence.
2. In the Sequence Timeline, right-click the header of the new timing block in your news sequence and select “Disconnect Story Segment.”
The timing block is removed from the sequence.
To reconnect text-only story segments:
Right-click on any of the story segments in the Sequence Timeline and select “Reconnect Story Segments.”
This action displays any timing blocks that were previously removed.
Any changes you make to the sequence are saved with the sequence. If you disconnect a story segment and save the sequence, the next time you open the sequence the story segment will still be disconnected.