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    • Media Counter: Displays how many times a file in the presentation has played. Each Media Counter field must correspond to a specific file. Use the dropdown list to pair the Media Counter field with a file in the presentation. To use this feature, Media Counters must first be enabled: Navigate to File > Presentation Properties > Variables and check the box labeled Automatically create media counter variables.
    • User Variable: Displays the current value of a User Variable. Use the dropdown list to specify a User Variable for the text field. To use this feature, you must first create a User Variable.
    • RSS Feed: Displays content from an RSS feed. To edit the amount of time each RSS item is displayed, click Set Text Parameters and modify the Time to Display Each Line field.
      • Update RSS URL List: Click this button to create a list of Data Feeds to use as RSS sources.
      • Display RSS title: Check this box to display the title of the RSS item.
      • Display RSS description: Check this box to display the description of the RSS item.
    • Media RSS Feed: Displays a Media RSS (MRSS) feed.
      • Update Media RSS URL List: Click this button to create a list of Data Feeds to use as MRSS sources.
      • Display Media RSS title: Check this box to display the title of the MRSS item.
      • Display Media RSS description: Check this box to display the description of the MRSS item.
      • Display Media RSS media: Check this box to display the media item associated with the MRSS item.
      • Custom fields: If your MRSS feed contains custom text fields, this section will allow you to show or hide the custom fields as required.
    • Image: Select this option to display an image over the background image. Select Browse to locate an image file to use in this item.

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  • Set Text Parameters: Click this button to edit parameters for a selected text field. You can edit the Number of lines, Rotation, Alignment, Foreground text color, Background text color (this appears behind the text field), Transparency (for background text colors), Font, and, under the Advanced tab, the Background Bitmap and Safe Text region. See Setting Zone Properties for See the Ticker zones pageĀ for more details on text parameters.
    • The first text item you create will use the default text parameters set in the Edit Preferences window (Edit > Preferences > Live Text).
    • If you create a text item while another text item is selected, the new text item will inherit the parameters of the selected text item.
    • If you create a text item without another text item selected, the new text item will inherit the parameters of the last created text item.

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