NewsBoss Tab Sets
Purpose
This note explains how to configure and use NewsBoss Tab Sets to better organize and display the contents of the Queue List. Tabs Sets create more efficient workflows by displaying only the Queues and Media Libraries required at any time to enable faster, more intuitive drag and drop operations.
The information in this article applies to:
- Basic Tab Sets (Main and Second Set) available in V4.2b or later.
- Enhanced Tab Sets (Unlimited custom Tab Sets) available in V6.2 or later.
Using Tab Sets
Fig.1 Single Tab Set
Users can create multiple Tab Sets for any purpose and instantly load the desired sets when required. Tab Sets can be displayed as a single set shown in Figure 1, or as double sets shown in Figure 2. 
Fig.2 Double Tab Sets
Figure 1 shows a single Tab Set containing all queues required by the user. Stories can be dragged and dropped onto the tab of the destination queue. Figure 2 shows double Tab Sets with newscasts being produced in the upper set, and the main content queues (Scripts, Wires, Email, Twitter, RSS Feeds and main media libraries) in the lower set. This layout enables drag and drop between all queues plus stories can be dragged into position in displayed newscasts.
Users can create any number of Tab Sets to load whenever desired. Typical Tab Sets contain rundowns by shift, key content queues, incoming Wires or Media Libraries.
Configuring Tab Sets
Tab Sets are created and controlled by Users with the icons in the yellow ribbon above the Queue List.
Fig.3 Tab control icons
1. Create a Tab Set via the Select/Edit Queue Tab Sets icon to open the Tab Set dialog. Then select New and give the Tab Set a Name.
Fig.4 Create and name a New Tab Set
2. Return to the Queue List, right-click on a single Queue required in the Tab Set and select Add Queue to Tabs from the menu. Repeat for each queue required in the Tab Set.
Fig.5 Adding Queues to Tab Sets
3. When all required Queues have been added to the Tab Set, use the Show/Hide Queue Tabs icon 
to switch between the List View and the Tab View to see the Tab Set.
Fig.6 Displaying the Tab Set
4. To remove a tab from a Tab Set, right-click on the tab and select Remove Tab from the menu. To add a tab to a Tab Set, return to the List View, right-click on the desired Queue and select Add Queue to Tabs from the menu.
5. A Tab Set can quickly be created for all Sub-Queues of a Parent Queue (such as all the newscasts below the AM DRIVE heading) by repeating Step 1 above, then right-clicking on the Parent Queue and selecting Add Sub-Queues to Tabs from the menu to create a Tab Set containing tabs for each Sub-Queue as shown below.
Fig.7 Adding multiple Queues to Tab Sets
Displaying Tab Sets
Users select which Tab Set is loaded in the top of screen with the Select/Edit Queue Tab Sets icon 
and choosing the desired set.
Fig.8 Selecting the displayed Tab Sets
Users can display a second Tab Set by opening a second Queue Window with the Show/Hide Second Queue Window icon 
in the top right of the Queue List. It first opens in List View as seen in Figure 9, but a second Tab Set can be loaded using the Select/Edit Queue Tab Sets icon in the lower half of screen as seen in Figure 10.
Fig.9 Second Queue Window in List View Fig.10 Second Queue Window in Tab View
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