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Editing objects, layout parts, and the layout background
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3. Choose Popover or Popover: Content from the object type drop-down list (at the top of the
Appearance tab), then do one or more of the following.
Notes
• You can’t format a locked object. See Protecting objects from change.
• You can format the appearance of a popover button to be conditional (for example, format a
popover button to remain hidden when a certain condition is met). See
Defining conditional
formatting for layout objects and Hiding or showing layout objects.
Hiding or showing layout objects
You can control the visibility of layout objects by indicating whether an object is hidden or displayed
depending on a specific condition or calculation. For example, you can choose to show or hide
certain fields in a questionnaire as a result of a user’s response to a specific question.
To designate a layout object as hidden:
1. In Layout mode, select the object.
See Selecting objects.
To Do this
Change the line style or color of
the popover’s border or the border
of the popover’s content area
Choose line style or color options in the Graphic area.
See Setting the fill, line style, and borders for objects, layout
parts, and the layout background.
Change the appearance of the
popover’s background or the
background of the popover’s
content area
Choose a fill in the Graphic area.
See Setting the fill, line style, and borders for objects, layout
parts, and the layout background.
Tip You can create a custom border for a popover by specifying
different fills for the popover and its content area.
Add an outer shadow to the
popover
In the Advanced Graphic area, select Outer Shadow. Then
click
to change effects for the shadow.
See Adding shadows and padding to layout objects.
Add an inner shadow to the
popover’s content area
In the Advanced Graphic area, select Inner Shadow. Then click
to change effects for the shadow.
Change the padding between the
boundary of the popover and the
boundary of the popover’s content
area
In the Advanced Graphic area, for Padding, specify values.
Note Changing the top padding of a popover increases or
decreases the height of the popover title area.
See Adding shadows and padding to layout objects.
Change the appearance of the
popover’s title
If the Popover Setup dialog box is not open, double-click the
popover or select the popover and choose Format menu
>
Popover Setup, then:
• Choose options in the Text or Paragraph area.
• Or, use the text options in the formatting bar. If you don’t see
the formatting bar, click Formatting
in the layout bar.
See Formatting text.