What is MCT Campus?
How do I get access?
Whom do I contact with questions about editorial content?
How do I contact a sales representative?
How do I find stories?
How do I find visuals?
What are trim indicators on stories?
How do I download a comic or editorial cartoon?
How do I download illustrations and caricatures?
How do I download crosswords?
Q: What is MCT Campus?
A: MCT Campus is a Web site operated by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services to deliver MCT and Tribune Media Services editorial content to MCT Campus customers. MCT Campus offers a range of stories, photos, graphics, illustrations and Web content for college readers.
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Q: How do I get access?
A: To download and publish MCT Campus material from this site, you must have a MCT Campus user ID and password. Call (800) 245-6536 for more information, or e-mail campussales@mctinfoservices.com.
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Q: Whom do I contact with questions about editorial content?
A: For questions concerning editorial content, contact MCT Campus Editor Sally Dadisman at campus@mctinfoservices.com or
call 202-383-6176.
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Q: How do I contact a sales representative?
A: Contact our sales staff.
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Q: How do I find stories?
A: You have four ways to search for stories on MCT Campus.
1. Search by keyword with the search bar at the top of each page.
2. Search by keyword on the Search page.
3. Check the Stories section of the site, where the latest stories are available.
4. Check the weekly Budget, which gives you a selection of the best stories that were posted that week. The budget is organized by subject, i.e., News, Sports, Entertainment.
Here is an example of a budget line:
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To build relationships: Work hard, listen well
RELATE-LISTEN:CS
700 by Carolyn Click. MOVED
TEXT | HTML | PHOTO | GRAPHIC
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The budget line offers the following information:
The slug, which in this example is RELATE-LISTEN:CS. If the story has not moved, the slug will not be a link. If the story has moved, the slug will either link to a story page that can be saved as a Microsoft Word document or a Web page, or the slug will link to a search page that has a list of stories. The first item on the list will be the most recent version of the story.
The word count, which in this example precedes the byline in "700 by Carolyn Click."
The word MOVED, if present, indicates that the story has moved and is available. If the story has not moved, the budget line will include "Story moving later." Check the budget later to see if the story has moved.
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TEXT link, which opens an ASCII text file that can be saved.
An
HTML link, which opens a page that can be saved as a Microsoft Word document or a Web page.
Links such as GRAPHIC, PHOTO, ILLUSTRATION and CARICATURE, if present, link to a search page from which this art can be downloaded.
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Q: How do I find visuals?
A: You have four ways to search for visuals on MCT Campus.
1. Search by keyword with the search bar at the top of each page.
2. Search by keyword on the Search page.
3. Check the Visuals section of the site,
where the latest visuals are available.
4. Check the daily Budget, which helps
you look ahead at the items that will be posting each day. MCT Campus
budgets are updated at 8 a.m., 2 p.m. and 6 p.m., U.S. Eastern time. Each
budget is organized by subject, i.e., News, Sports, Entertainment.
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Q: What are trim indicators on stories?
A: To assist editors in preparing copy for publication, longer stories moving on MCT include trim indicators to allow for quicker editing when space is limited. The format for trim indicators is:
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BC-CMP-JOBMARKET:TB - national
Job market jolts college grads
(HAS TRIM)
(text)
(EDITORS: STORY CAN END HERE)
or
(EDITORS: BEGIN OPTIONAL TRIM)
(text)
(END OPTIONAL TRIM)
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Q: How do I download a comic or editorial cartoon?
A: To download a comic or an editorial cartoon on a Macintosh, click and hold on the "Download" link. In the pop-up menu, select "Save file as ...." Select this option and save the .tif file to your desktop.
To download a comic or an editorial cartoon on a Windows PC, right-click the download link. In the pop-up menu, select "Save target as ...." Select this option and save the .tif file to your desktop.
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Q: How do I download illustrations and caricatures?
A: Illustrations
and caricatures are in .jpg format. They may be opened by any application that supports
standard .jpg images. The captions may be viewed via Photoshop's File Info
window.
To download an illustration or caricature, find the image on the search results page. You can either preview the image or click the “Download” link. From the
"Download" link, you can save the .jpg image.
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Q: How do I download crosswords?
A: Crosswords are offered in two formats, the Daily Crossword .tif file and the
Weekly Crossword Package.
To download the Daily Crossword .tif on a Macintosh, click and hold on the "Download" link. In the pop-up menu, select "Save file as ...." Select this option and save the .tif file to your desktop.
To download the Daily Crossword .tif on a Windows PC, right-click the download link. In the pop-up menu, select "Save target as ...." Select this option and save the .tif file to your desktop.
The Weekly Crossword Package is a folder containing a week of crossword puzzles, and it includes Quark pages and .eps files of each of the puzzles. To download the weekly package, click on "Download" and save the file to your desktop. Expand the file with Stuffit Expander and open the folder to find the files you need.
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