User Guide

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ADOBE GOLIVE CS2
User Guide
To reposition or resize an item using precise values
• To reposition an item by using the Transform palette, select the item and enter a pixel offset from the upper left
corner of the root-layout region in the Position boxes.
• To resize an item by using the Transform palette, select the item and enter pixel values in the Size boxes.
• To reposition or resize an item in the Media Inspector, select the item in the Layout tab of the SMIL window or
Timeline Editor, and display the Layout tab of the Media Inspector. Specify Pixel, Percentage, or None, and enter
values for Left (horizontal position), Top (vertical position), Width, Height, or any combination of these.
Pixel offsets the item from the edges of the root-layout region. Percentage offsets the item relative to the root-layout
region’s size.For example, an item canbeoffsetfromthe left border at apositionthatis5%ofthe widthofthe root-
layout region. You can mix pixel and percentage values in the Left, Top, Width, and Height boxes. If you choose None
from the menu, GoLive doesn’t enter a unit of measurement (pixels or a percent sign) in source code, but the presen-
tation uses the default value, pixels.
See also
“Setting timing” on page 495
To resize an item using the encoded size of the item’s source file
❖ Select the item, and then click the Original Size button in the Layout tab of the Media Inspector.
GoLive resizes the item to the dimensions encoded in the item’s source file.
To align items
• To align items in relation to the root-layout region boundaries, select the item or group of items that you want to
align. Then, in the Align palette, under Align To Parent, click a horizontal or vertical alignment button.
• To align items in relation to each other, select the items, and then click a button under Align Objects in the Align
palette. You can align items along the left, center, or right vertical axis or along the top, center, or bottom horizontal
axis.
To specify how an item’s source file fits into the item’s region
If an item’s source file is encoded at a size that is different from the size of the item’s region in your SMIL presentation,
youcan specifyhow thesourcefilefitswithinthe item’s region when aplayerapplication playsbackthe presentation.
1 Select the item in the Layout tab or Timeline Editor.
2 In the Media Inspector, choose an option from the Layout tab’s Fit menu.
Layout tab’s Fit menu options
Choose one of the following options to specify how an item’s source file fits into the item’s region:
None Plays back the presentation using the default value, which is Hidden.
Hidden Uses theencoded size of thesourcefileand positionsitinthe item region’s upper-left corner.Ifthe source
file is smaller than the region, the player application uses the item’s background color to fill the blank space. If the
source file is larger than the region, the player application clips the portion of the source file that doesn’t fit.
Fill Scales the source file to make it fill the item’s region completely. The source file is distorted if it has different
height and width proportions than the item’s region.