User Guide

Chapter 8: Multimedia

When you create a button, you can use a separate object or image for each of the button’s states.

Dynamic Web buttons may also be referred to as rollovers.

All vector or text objects to be used as Web buttons must have a pen ink and fill ink. Objects

that have the pen and fill inks set to “none” can’t be dragged into the Web Buttons palette.

Web Buttons palette

Double-click the Web Button tool to open the Web Buttons palette.

Button state boxes Drag the images, text objects, or vector objects into each state’s

respective box.

Remember that the Up state is the default state.

Preview box If you’ve defined all 3 states, you’ll see the Over state when the mouse

passes over the box. Click the mouse on the box to see the Down state.

Storage box Drag the defined button from the Preview box to this box (see "To store a

Web button:" on page 709).

Web Buttons palette

Open this menu to load, append, save, or clear buttons (see "Saving and

clearing Web buttons" on page 711 and "Loading and appending Web

buttons" on page 711).

To create a Web button:

You can drag objects into the boxes in any order.

1. Drag the object for the Up state into the Up box.

2. Drag the object for the Over state into the Over box.

3. Drag the object for the Down state into the Down box.

To store a Web button:

Drag the completed button from the Preview box to the Storage box.

To delete a Web button:

Drag the button you want to delete to the trash can icon in the palette.

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