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:
- In the Interactive palette, click the Object tab.
- 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.
- 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.”)
- To indicate the type of object you want to create, choose an option from the Object Type drop-down menu.
- Configure the object using the other controls in the Object tab.
Parent topic: Creating interactive building blocks