Help version 1.2
POWERBULLET HELP
INTRO
Help version
1.2
Powerbullet is designed to make it as easy as possible to rapidly build presentations for the web.If you've used a common software program such as a word processor, you should be comfortable using Powerbullet. Whether your goal is to design sales brochures, create tutorials or build informational presentations such as school projects, Powerbullet can help you get the job done quickly and easily.
A few simple things to bear in mind when starting out with Powerbullet:
There are two ways of creating text. You can type directly onto the page, just as you would in an ordinary word processor, or you can create "text blocks" by clicking the text block tool. The important difference is that with a text block you can move it around - reshaping and repositioning it - and you can animate it. You can also set a transparency level and move it in front of or behind other text blocks, shapes, images or whatever. If you have text typed directly onto the page that your wish to manipulate, just cut it and paste it into a newly-created text block.
Powerbullet works in "pages"; a little like "slides" in Powerpoint. You create and layout each page, and they get played back in sequence. Page-forward and page-backward buttons are automatically created for you.
Each page can have an entrance and exit animation (also called transitions, such as fade in/out, zoom in/out etc) and an introduction sound. Each moveable item within the page (such as text block, picture or shape) can have an entrance animation. There is no limit to the length of the animation; many are provided but you can also create your own custom ones.
When you click the "preview" button you get to see what the current page you're working on will look like in the final production. When you click the "export" button, all pages are packaged into a Flash "movie" and saved in your project folder, along with an HTML page for hosting the Flash movie.
That should be enough to get you started! Context-sensitive help is always at hand.