Operation Manual

Working with Graphics, Animation, and Multimedia 47
Adding animations
WebPlus lets you add two varieties of eye-catching animation effects to
any Web page: animated marquees (scrolling text banners) and GIF
animations. Using Wizards, you can preview the animation and/or
customize the effect. Once placed into your Web publication, the
animations appear static, but they will spring to life once the site has
been exported and a visitor views your page in a Web browser. Let’s
see how easy it is to add an animated GIF.
 Click the
Insert Animated GIF button on the left toolbar. The
Animated GIF Wizard appears.
 Click Next and select an animation category. We’ll leave you on
your own to browse through the collection. Just click a title on the
list, and watch the animation in the window.
 As when importing images, either drag out a size region on the
page or simply click once to insert the GIF. For fastest image
display, reduce the original image dimensions to the needed size
prior to importing.
The animation won’t move on the WebPlus page, which only displays
the first of the GIF’s multiple frames. But keep it on your page so it’s
available when it’s time to preview the Web site in your browser.
You may wish to try the animated marquee effect, too—click the
Insert Animated Marquee button on the left toolbar.
 Before continuing to the next chapter, remember to save your
work.