| Create
a new button design |
| To
create a new button design just pick a design from the Template
Library or start from scratch, by pressing New on the
Toolbar at the top of the window or New
on the File Menu. |
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| Specify
button text |
| After
creating a new button design you need to specify the button
text. To do this just open the Text
Options dialog box. To display this dialog box either click Text Options on the Toolbar
at the top of the window or choose Text on the Window menu or press
ALT+T. This dialog box provides a range of options
for changing the appearance of text. More
details of the Text Options dialog box. |
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| Button
image size |
| If
you are creating a single button and/or don't need you button to
be of a special Width and Height you may skip this step.
If you are creating NavBar and want that all NavBar
buttons be of the same size you need to specify button size manually.
To do this just go to the Image Options Dialog box. To display this
dialog box either click Image Options on the
Toolbar at the top of the window or choose Image
on the Window menu or
press ALT+I. More
details of the Image Options dialog box.
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| Button
design options |
| After
creating a button design from the library you may use this
design as your final button design o adjust some of the button
design options. You can adjust the button Lighting,
Material, Borders,
Shape and Extrusion
options.
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| Save
button design |
| To
save your button design either click Save on the
Toolbar at the top of the window or choose Save
on the File menu or
press Ctrl+S. This saves the document as an .cb file, and lets you reload it back into
Crystal Button in the future.
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| Export
button image |
| To
export button image click Export on the
Toolbar at the top of the window or choose Export
on the File menu or
press Ctrl+E. This creates a jpg, bmp or gif file of the current document.
To specify the compression options such as
quality and compression level choose Export
Quality on the Edit Menu.
Note that
you cannot reload bitmaps back into Crystal Button so if you want to
make further edits in the future, save the document as an .cb file.
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