Adding special effects to screen shows
You can add these special effects to screen shows, activated by a mouse movement or click:
- <A HREF="#ljugr_highlight_graphic_or_text_block" target="body">Highlight a graphic or text block
- <A HREF="#ljugr_making_graphics_or_text_blocks_appear" target="body">Make graphics or text blocks appear
- <A HREF="#ljugr_link_to_page_or_web" target="body">Link to another presentation page
- <A HREF="#ljugr_link_to_page_or_web" target="body">Link to a web page
<A NAME="ljugr_highlight_graphic_or_text_block">Highlighting a graphic or text block
To highlight a graphic or a text block during a screen show, you can fill its interior with black or highlight the outline with a dark border during a screen show.
- Click the text block or graphic object you want to highlight during a screen show.
- In the action bar, click Presentation.
- In the pop-up menu, click Screenshow Effects.
- Choose "<A HREF="#ljugr_how_mouse_activate_effect" target="body">Mouse over effects" or "Mouse down effects."
- Do either or both of the following:
- Click Fill to highlight the interior of an object when you click it in a screen show.
- Click Outline to highlight the outline of an object when you click it in a screen show.
- Run a screen show, and click over the object to activate the special effect.
<A NAME="ljugr_making_graphics_or_text_blocks_appear">Making graphics or text blocks appear
You can click on an object or its location to make a graphic or text block appear when you are running a screen show.
By clicking an object's location
- Click an object.
- In the action bar, click Properties.
- In the pop-up bar, click the Name tab.
- Click Visible to remove the check mark.
Note By default, all objects will be visible when you run a screen show. However, to make an object appear in a screen show, you must first turn off the object's visible property.
- In the action bar, click Drawing.
- In the pop-up menu, click Image Map.
- Choose "<A HREF="#ljugr_how_mouse_activate_effect" target="body">Mouse over effects" or "Mouse down effects."
- In the pop-up panel, click "Make visible" to make a check mark appear.
- Run a screen show, and click or move the pointer over the object to make it appear.
By clicking another object
During a screen show, you can click one object to make another object appear.
- Click the graphic or text block you want to click to display the other graphic or text block.
- In the action bar, click Drawing.
- In the pop-up menu, click Image Map.
- Choose "<A HREF="#ljugr_how_mouse_activate_effect" target="body">Mouse over effects" or "Mouse down effects."
- Click the "Display object" box and type the name of the object you want to display.
- Run the screen show, and click the graphics or text object to make it display the object you selected in step 4.
<A NAME="ljugr_link_to_page_or_web">Linking to a presentation page or a web page
If an object is marked as "clickable," you can click the object to link to another presentation page or to a web site.
- Select an object.
- In the action bar, click Properties.
- Click Clickable to make a mark appear.
- In the action bar, click Drawing.
- In the pop-up menu, click Image Map.
- Click "Mouse down effects."
- In the pop-up panel, do one of the following:
- Click the "Jump to page" box and choose the presentation page you want to display when the object is clicked.
- Click the "Jump to URL" box and enter the name of the web site (e.g., http://www.lotus.com) you want to be launched when the object is clicked.
- Click the "URL target" and choose one of the following options:
This option:
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Displays the web site:
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Current frame
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In the current frame
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Parent frame
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In the parent frame (if there is one, or else in the current frame)
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Top frame
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In the top frame (if there is one, or else in the current frame)
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New unnamed window
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Displays the web site in a new instance of the browser
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Note Broadcast to InfoBus allows you to send and receive data from other eSuite applets using special HTML tags. For more information, consult the eSuite programmability online help.
<A NAME="ljugr_how_mouse_activate_effect">Specifying how the mouse will activate a special effect
You can activate a special effect during a screen show by either clicking the object with the mouse, or by passing the mouse pointer over the object.
- Click the text or graphics object to which you want to assign a special effect.
- In the action bar, click Text or Drawing (depending on whether you have a text or graphics object selected).
- In the pop-up menu, click Image Map.
- In the pop-up panel, click one of the following:
- "Mouse over effects" specifies that the effect will be activated when you pass the mouse pointer over the object.
- "Mouse down effects" specifies that the effect will be activated when you click the object.
- Click Done to close the pop-up panel.