Today in History brings a moment from the past to your Display, one event at a time.
The date and year appear above the story, so you can read it from across the room. Some events have a second board with one more detail worth knowing.
Give your history a name so you can find it again. Add it to several Spreads or Packs, and it will show the same event everywhere that day.
Change its settings in one place, and those changes follow it wherever it plays.
Make it yours
A little color can give a story its own character.
Choose Bands for a line of color across the top and bottom, Frame for a border around the board, or Plain to let the words stand on their own.
Bands is the starting choice.
Under Accent, choose from the colors in your Display’s Palette. Automatic uses red with a touch of gilt.
Some colors may be unavailable if they’re difficult to see with your Display’s Palette and finish. With Plain, there’s no color to adjust, so the Accent choices are inactive.
Use Hold to choose how long each board stays on the Display. If an event has two boards, they play together before the Spread moves on.
A new entry
Your history gets a new event at the hour and time zone you choose. By default, that’s midnight in your time zone.
Each history keeps the same event throughout its day, even when it appears in several Spreads or Packs.
If there’s no entry available for a particular date, that history sits out its turns. The Controller shows a warning explaining why, and the history returns when another entry is available.
A little more to the story
The board tells the short version. Sometimes there’s quite a bit more to discover.
Open About this Snack to read more about the event and follow the sources behind it.