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:

  1. In the Interactive palette, click the Object tab.
  2. 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.
    • Text Box object: Draw or select a text box.
    • Menu object: Draw or select a picture box or a text box.
    • Window object: Draw or select a picture box, text box, no-content box, or table.
    • Group object: Draw or select a group of items.
  3. Enter a name for the object in the Object Name field.
    Note: Scripts and actions refer to objects by their names, so each object name on a page must be unique.
    Note: Object names are not case-sensitive. So, for example, you can name an object “StartButton,” and then refer to it as “startbutton” in an expression. (For more about expressions, see “Working with Expressions.”)
  4. To indicate the type of object you want to create, choose an option from the Object Type drop-down menu.
  5. Configure the object using the other controls in the Object tab.

Creating an object