Creating a basic rollover

You can create a basic rollover with picture boxes or with text boxes. If you use text boxes, the text boxes are automatically converted to pictures at export. To create a basic rollover:

  1. Select a picture box or text box in the active Web layout.
  2. Choose Item > Basic Rollover > Create Rollover. The Rollover dialog box displays.
  3. Specify what should display when the mouse pointer is not over the rollover:
    • For a picture rollover, enter the path and name of a picture file in the Default Image field, or click Select/Browse to locate the file manually.
    • For a text rollover, enter and format the text.
  4. Specify what should display when the end user moves the mouse pointer over the rollover:
    • For a picture rollover, enter the path and name of a picture file in the Rollover Image field, or click Select/Browse to locate the file manually.
    • For a text rollover, enter and format the text.
  5. To add a hyperlink to the rollover, enter a URL in the Hyperlink field or choose a URL from the Hyperlink drop-down menu. You can also click Select/Browse to locate the target file manually, but note that this creates an absolute link; to create a relative link, manually enter the relative path to the target file.
  6. Click OK. The rollover box displays an QuarkXpress icon rollover 2 target Creating a basic rollover icon to indicate that it contains swappable images, an QuarkXpress icon rollover 2 origin Creating a basic rollover icon to indicate that it is sensitive to rollovers, and (if you added a hyperlink) an QuarkXpress icon hyperlink Creating a basic rollover icon to indicate a hyperlink.
Parent topic: Rollovers

Creating a basic rollover