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The New Project dialog box enables you to create a Presentation layout.
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Choose Interactive from the Layout Type drop-down menu.
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Choose Presentation from the Interactive Type drop-down menu.
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To indicate the size of the exported presentation, choose an option from the Dimensions
drop-down menu or enter a custom width and height in the Width and Height fields.
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To set a background color for the exported presentation, choose an option from the
Background Color drop-down menu.
Creating an object
An object is an item that has been assigned a name and an object type using the Interactive
palette. Before you can do anything interactive with an item, you must make it an object.
To create an object in a Presentation layout:
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In the Interactive palette, click the Object tab.
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Draw or select an item, depending on the type of object you want to create:
Basic object: Draw or select a picture box, text box, no-content box (Item > Content >
None), line, text path, table, or group of items.
Button object: Draw or select a picture box.
Animation object: Draw or select a picture box, text box, no-content box, line, text path,
table, or group of items.
Video object: Draw or select a picture box.
SWF object: Draw or select a picture box.
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