9.3

1
Create two or more Button objects and configure each of them with an On/Off or On/Off
with Disable multi-state button.
2
Using the Item tool , select all of the Button objects at one time (and nothing else).
3
Group the Button objects using Item > Group.
4
In the Object tab of the Interactive palette, choose Button Group from the Object Type
drop-down menu and enter a name for the button group in the Object Name field.
Image Sequence layouts, Button layouts, and Shared Content
When you add an image sequence or multi-state button to a Presentation layout,
QuarkXPress uses Composition Zones technology to place a copy of the target Image
Sequence layout or Button layout into a box in your Presentation layout.
Like all composition layouts, Image Sequence layouts and Button layouts are synchronized
with their corresponding boxes in the Presentation layout. Consequently, any Image
Sequence layouts or Button layouts you have used are displayed in the Shared Content
palette, and animations and buttons have the distinctive box handles that identify
synchronized items.
You can use Composition Zones to embed an Interactive layout in a Web layout, and then
export the Web layout to create an HTML page with an embedded SWF presentation.
Working with menus
Interactive layouts support two types of menus:
• Menu Bar: A series of menus arranged horizontally, with lists of menu items that drop
down from the menus. Menu Bars may also contain submenus.
• Pop-Up Menu: A drop-down menu. Pop-Up Menus can also contain submenus.
To create either type of menu, you must first create an Interactive Menu. An Interactive
Menu has no user interface in QuarkXPress: It is simply a list of menus, submenus, and
menu items that is stored in the project. When you create an Interactive Menu, you can
specify menus, menu items, separators, and submenus. Each menu item can be tied to an
Action that determines what happens when an end user chooses that menu item.
After you create an Interactive Menu, you can assign it to one or more Menu objects. The
Menu object determines where the menu displays and what it looks like.
Creating an Interactive Menu
To create a Menu object, you must first create an Interactive Menu. An Interactive Menu is
a menu that is stored within a project, but does not actually display on the screen until
you use it in a Menu object.
An Interactive Menu can contain Menu Items, Submenus, and Separators. Each Menu Item
and Submenu item can be assigned an action (such as linking to a different page or opening
a URL).
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