MediaShout 7 - Stanzas Out of Order After Page Break

If there is an occasion when, as page breaks are being performed, a verse's pages become jumbled. Here are steps to follow to get the verse in the proper order after a page break.

  1. Place the curser back into the textbox that you created the page break in. Press the "Undo" icon in the upper left corner of the top-line menu until the verse is back in its original configuration.
  2. Expand the textbox of the page. Suggested is X: 20 px, Y: 36 px, W: 1240 px, H: 650 px
  3. Format the text with the Font properties and fx properties.
  4. Apply the formatting to all pages.
  5. It is recommended that the above changes be saved to the Cues Library and/or saved the file.
  6. Make a copy of the verse causing the issue. This copy will be used to copy and paste the verse later.
  7. Create the page break.
  8. Perform the page break on the appropriate verse. If the pages are out of order and there is another verse between them, for example: after the page break the order is Verse 1c, Bridge 1, Verse 1a, Verse 1b, then move Bridge 1 to where it is supposed to be.
  9. Rename the out-of-order pages. Verse 1c becomes Verse 1a, the old Verse 1a becomes Verse 1b, and the old Verse 1b becomes Verse 1c.
  10. Copy and paste the lyrics into their proper order from the original verse you copied earlier. 
     

 

To assist in mitigating the program automatically reformatting lyrics in a cue when creating page breaks, the following steps can be taken:

  1. Insert the lyrics into a cue.
  2. Expand the textbox of a page. Suggested is X: 20 px, Y: 36 px, W: 1240 px, H: 650 px
  3. Format the text with the Font properties and fx properties.
  4. Apply the formatting to all pages.
  5. Create the page breaks.
  6. It is recommended that the above changes be saved to the Cues Library and/or saved the file.
  7. Once this is done, the pages can be formatted without losing what has been previously done. This includes font properties, textbox positioning, textboxes can be resized, etc.