Download the Course Files (self-extracting executable)
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Earth Content
Earth Show-Hide
Mercury
Venus Content
Venus Show-Hide
Lectora Space Demo Outline
Go File => New Title
– Skip over the Title Wizard Tab and go to Blank Title Tab
Explain how the default directory changes as you type
Double Click Page 1 to get
to page properties – change background to 334_A_juicedrop.jpg in images folder
Explain using an image at this level as opposed to using it at the top level
Won’t appear all over the document
Add some buttons at top
level –
Back – Forward – Menu – Exit
Use the 3 frame animation gif’s for the Back/Forward and Exit buttons
Use the Image 2002,3002,4002.bmp for the Exit buttons
Explain and Script buttons On Click – go to – Previous page/Next Page (Back/Forw)
On Click – go to – 1st page in Title (menu)
On Click – Exit the Title
Add 3 Chapters – Add =>
Chapter
Name them Earth, Mercury, Venus
Name the Page in each chaper (planet) Content
Click on Page 1 under main
Title
Add 3 Text Objects: Add => Object => Text Block
Show Formatting and Text Options (resizing and all that)
Call each object: Lesson 1: Mercury, Lesson 2: Venus, Lesson 3: Earth,
Click on a Text Object just
made – add a script to jump to a section
Add => Action, give it a name, and use the following properties:
On: Mouse Click
Action: Go To
Target: Chapter, Section or Page
Name: Whatever chapter it should go to
Hit OK
Repeat the above process for the other two “button objects.”
Now demo off the navigation: show and explain.
Go to Page 1 under main
title – left-click and select properties from the menu
Go to Inherit Tab and select “Exclude Inheritance of Certain Object”
Select the “Left Arrow button” and add it to the “Excluded” window.
Explain why it’s excluded!
Script a Chapter Banner
Click Space and go to Add => Object => Text Block
Erase default text and put an “x” in there instead
Set Default Font, Color, and Size
Script it!
Click Add => Action and give the action a name and set the following properties:
On: Show
Action: Change Contents
Target: Select the Text Object created above
New Contents: CurrentChapterName
Hit OK
Shell Is DONE complete with
full navigation
Talk about how they could alter navigation if they want
Now fill in the content!
Open the Mercury Chapter
and click on the Content Page
Go Add => Object => Image
Give it a name and then:
Select the Mercury.jpg image in the images folder
Then go Add => Object => Text Block
Use Windows Explorer to navigate to the rtf folder and open the Mercury text.rtf
file
Copy the contents of the file
Paste the contents into the Text Block
Resize as needed
Open the Venus Chapter and
click on the Content Page
Go Add => Object => Image
Give it a name and then:
Select the Venus.jpg image in the images folder
Then go Add => Object => Text Block give it a name and:
Use Windows Explorer to navigate to the rtf folder and open the Venus Content.rtf
file
Copy the contents of the file
Paste the contents into the Text Block
Resize as needed
Add another Text Block
Use the Venus-show-hide.rtf file and give it a different name
Add another Image
Use the Venus full.jpg image
Resize text and place them both the image and text at the bottom of the page.
Click on the Venus Full.jpg image and Add => Action
Name it “Show” and use the following properties:
On: Mouse Enter
Action: Show
Target: Whatever you named the text box with the show/hide contents.
Hit OK
Click on the Venus Full.jpg image and Add => Action
Name it “Hide” and use the following properties:
On: Mouse Exit
Action: Hide
Target: Whatever you named the text box with the show/hide contents.
Hit OK
Click on the Venus Content
Page and Add => Object => Audio
Name it if you wish and:
Use the Import button to import venus.wav from the media folder
Set Display to “None (Invisible)”
Hit OK
Click on the Earth Content
Page under the Earth Chapter
As you did before, Add the Earth.jpg at top
Add a text box and paste the contents from earth content.rft into it
Add the images earth1.gif, earth 3.gif, and earth5.gif in the bottom half of
page.
Add 3 new text boxes and put a heading from the earth-show-hide.rtf in each
box
Script a show and a hide button as you did earlier for the 3 gif’s
Add a Page to the Earth
Chapter name it Video Page
Go to Add => Object => Video
Name it as you wish
Use the Standard Video type
Click on the space shuttle.avi file in the media folder
Make sure the display video controller is checked.
Hit OK
Now it’s time to publish
Go to Publish and select Publish to HTML
Let the wizard do its work.
Fin