Displaying text in notes windows

Information from note objects can be displayed in up to four notes windows. This way, messages and keywords for live comments can be displayed statically in a window during the show.

Placing text in notes objects

1. Right-click a universal track and select Insert notes.... See also Adding tracks.

2. Enter the required information in field Text and check format Bold or Italic, if applicable.

3. Place a checkmark next to Display in notes window. If you want to use more than one notes window you need to enter the corresponding notes windows number (1 .... 4).  An additional checkmark next to option Keep display after object end provides for the text to be displayed in the notes windows until some new text overwrites the old one.

4. Click OK. The same way, add further notes objects. The notes objects in the universal track can be moved in time and their length or duration be changed.

Enable the required number of notes windows as explained further below.

Enabling notes windows

1. In the toolbar click Options and select Project Options – Notes windows 1...4. If the required entries are not visible, click on the plus sign.

2. Place a checkmark next to Display during playback / presentation.

3. Choose the appropriate Font for the text in the notes window and enter the Font height in pixels.

Note: If you want to present a project or an EXE presentation on another computer the fonts used in the show must be available on this computer. Otherwise substitute fonts are used automatically. It is useful to use standard Windows fonts, such as Arial or Times New Roman.

4. Select colors for fonts and background by clicking on the fields next to Text color and Background color. Details on color selection

   For color specification color spaces RGB and HSB are available for selection.  Grab one of the small squares in the corners with the mouse and drag it to choose the corresponding color. Field Old / New color allows you to compare the new color to the old one. Clicking on old color causes it to be displayed in the corresponding object, if live update is supported by the object. This way, a before/after comparison can be made. Selection of colors is particularly easy via the pipette. Click the pipette and the mouse pointer takes the form of a pipette. Use it to click the corresponding color on the screen or somewhere in the program window. If you want to use your own standard colors for a project or want to use a particular color several times, you can define a Custom color. This is how you proceed: Select a color so that it becomes visible in field Old / New color on the right. Hold the Ctrl key pressed and click one of the squares in field Custom to save the corresponding color. All colors saved under Custom can be directly selected by clicking them. This selection of colors will also be available when the dialog is opened again.

5. If applicable, enable other notes windows likewise and close the Options dialog by clicking OK.

Basic configuration of notes windows has now been completed and you can start playback in order to display the notes in the windows.

Displaying and positioning notes windows

1. When playback is started, the notes window is displayed. When the Locator moves across the corresponding notes object, the text becomes visible.

2. Now define size and location of the notes window. Start playback, followed by pressing the space bar to activate Pause Mode.

3. You can now grab the notes window in the title bar and drag it as is common in Windows.  The size can be adjusted by dragging at the edges. Following these adjustments you can terminate Pause Mode at any time by hitting the Esc key. When you restart playback the notes windows are displayed at the corresponding size and location.

• Please bear in mind that notes windows are always covered up in fullscreen mode. It might be a good idea to extend the desktop to two monitors or one monitor and one video projector so that one monitor is still available for displaying information for the speaker.

• Please note that notes windows cannot be displayed on client computers.

See also

Exporting notes objects into a text file

Displaying title and text in a show

Displaying date, time and time code on the screen