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VIDEONICS TITLEMAKER 2000
Appendix A •
Advanced Techniques, Shortcuts,
and Command Keys
Here are some hints and techniques that will become useful as you become experi-
enced with the TitleMaker 2000. When "+" appears between the names of two
buttons, press both keys at the same time.
Capacity
• The TitleMaker 2000 will hold over 8000 characters. You can check its
remaining memory capacity by pressing COMMAND + M. A number will
appear on the screen. It gives an idea of how much room you have left. The
number gets smaller as you fill memory.
• Each line can hold up to 1000 characters. It's unlikely you would ever try
to type that many but if you do, the memory-full symbol appears to
remind you to start a new line.
• You can type as much as you like on a page. There is no fixed limit on the
number of pages or on the number of characters that can be typed on a
page. A page can contain more characters than will fit on the television
screen, if you use scroll or crawl to march the titles on and off the screen.
• Scrolls can contain up 40-60 lines per page, depending on how many
characters there are on each line. If a scroll is too long, the memory
warning will appear when you attempt to play the page.
• Text that is typed past the edges of a page will not be displayed in the
Editing Screen. The extra text is not erased. It will be displayed if you
break the line into smaller pieces or use a smaller font, size, or style.
When you play the page using the full-page scroll effect, text that is
beyond the top and bottom if the screen is displayed. When you play the
page using a crawl, all the text on the page is displayed.
• When you fill a screen with small characters, the response of the unit will
slow, taking as much as several seconds to enter a character. (The cursor
will stop blinking when the response slows and start blinking again when
the unit is ready for you to press another key.) To speed operation, break
up the text lines to reduce the number of characters on the screen at once.
• Response may also slow as you fill memory.
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