In this series of exercises you'll learn how to use the script recorder to create animation effects. You'll record moving, sizing, and changing the appearance of objects and paste the recordings into the Script window.
You'll also learn how to edit a recording in the Script window, and why it's better to name an object before you create a recording.
Instruction Book - Recorder
Moving an object
1. Choose Start Recording from
the Edit menu.
2. Select the fish.
3. Drag the fish across the page,
releasing the mouse button at
frequent intervals.
ToolBook records movement each
time you release the mouse button.
The more often you release the mouse
button, the smoother the motion will
be when you play back your
recording.
4. Choose Stop Recording from the
Edit menu.
Choose Start Recording from
the Edit menu.
2. Select the fish.
3. Drag the fish across the page,
releasing the mouse button at
frequent intervals.
ToolBook records movement each
time you release the mouse button.
The more often you release the mouse
button, the smoother the motion will
be when you play back your
recording.
4. Choose Stop Recording from the
Edit menu.
Recording
moving an object
Recording
moving an object
Correcting errors
1. Hold down Ctrl and double-click
the Oops! button.
2. In the Script window, edit the
script so that it contains the
statement "Select Rectangle
PurpleSquare" as its second
line, followed by "Move the
selection to" statements and
ending with "End buttonUp".
Delete all other statements from
the script.
To delete a statement, select the
whole line and press the Delete key,
then press Backspace to close the gap...........p.ection" and the
following line "Select Rectangle
"PurpleSquare"" and press the
Delete key, then press
Backspace to close the gap.
3. Select the lines "Select Button
id 0" through "Select Rectangle
PurpleSquare" (four lines in all)
and press Delete, then press
Backspace.
Correcting errors in a
recording
Correcting errors in a
recording
Correcting errors
Correcting errors in a
recording, continued
Correcting errors in a
recording, continued
1. Press Ctrl+S to update the script.
2. Press F3 to switch to Reader
level.
3. Click the Oops! button to
test the revised script.
4. Press F3 to switch back to Author
level..... level.
3. Click the Oops! button to
test the revised script.
4. Press F3 to switch back to Author
level.
Bouncing ball
Recording a bouncing ball
Recording a bouncing ball
1. Choose Start Recording from
the Edit menu or press F8
2. Drag the red ball to the bottom
of the page, then up to the right,
releasing the mouse button
frequently as you drag.
3. Choose Stop Recording from
the Edit menu or press F8.
4. Ctrl+double-click the Bounce
button.
5. Choose Paste Recording from
the Edit menu, then press Ctrl+S.
6. Press F3, then click the Bounce
button.
7. Press F3 to switch to Author level.
Growing tree
Recording a tree growing
Recording a tree growing
1. Choose Start Recording from
the Edit menu.
2. Select the tree.
3. Drag the upper right selection
handle until the tree fills the page,
releasing the mouse button at
frequent intervals.
4. Choose Stop Recording from
the Edit menu.
5. Paste the recording into the
script of the Grow button.
6. Switch to Reader level (F3) to
test the script, then press F3 to
switch back to Author level.
Shrinking world
Recording a
shrinking world
Recording a
shrinking world
1. Press F8 to start the recorder.
2. Select the world.
3. Drag the lower left selection
handle until the world is small
as you want, releasing the mouse
button frequently.
4. Press F8 to stop the recorder.
5. Ctrl+double-click the Shrink
button.
6. Choose Paste Recording, then
press Ctrl+S to update the script.
7. Press F3, click the Shrink button,
press F3 again.
Reshaping polygon
Recording
reshaping an object
Recording
reshaping an object
1. Start the recorder
2. Select the large yellow polygon
and choose Reshape from the
Draw menu.
3. Drag alternate reshape handles
toward the center until it looks
like a five-pointed star.
4. Drag alternate reshape handles
back out until the large polygon
looks like a polygon again.
5. Stop the recorder.
6. Paste the recording into the
script of the Star button and
switch to Reader level to test
the script.pt.
Changing patterns
Recording
changing patterns
Recording
changing patterns
1. Double-click the rectangle tool
to display the pattern palette.
2. Start the recorder.
3. Select the gray TV screen.
4. Select several different patterns
in the pattern palette.
5. Stop the recorder.
6. Paste the recording into the
script of the On The Fritz button
and switch to Reader level to test
the script........evel to test
the script.level to test
the script.nd
switch to Reader level to test
the script.
Changing colors
Recording
changing colors
Recording
changing colors
1. Hold down Ctrl and double-click
the rectangle tool on the tool
palette to display the color tray.
2. Start the recorder.
3. Select the desert sky.
4. Click different colors in the color
tray.
Try darker and darker shades of blue
or purple.
5. Stop the recorder.
6. Paste the recording into the
script for the Sunset button.
7. Switch to Reader level and test
the script........cript.
Changing layers
Recording
changing layers
Recording
changing layers
1. Start the recorder.
2. Select the "thumbs up" graphic.
3. Choose Send to Back from the
Object menu, or press Ctrl+A.
4. Choose Bring to Front from the
Object menu, or press Ctrl+F.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 several
times.
6. Stop the recorder.
7. Paste the recording into the
script for the Thumbs button.
8. Switch to Reader level and test
the script........cript.
Moving two objects
Recording moving
two objects at once
Recording moving
two objects at once
1. Start the recorder.
2. Select the blue boat and drag
it a little to the right.
3. Select the red boat and drag it
to the right.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until you've
moved the boats across the
page.
5. Stop the recorder.
6. Paste the recording into the
script for the Sailboat Race
button.
7. Switch to Reader level and
test the script.pt.
Naming object
Naming objects, continued
Naming objects, continued
6. Select the green dot and choose
Cut, then choose Paste from the
Edit menu.
7. Switch to Reader level and
test the scripts again.
Recorder practice
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Using the ToolBook skills you've learned so far, use the script recorder to animate the logo on your presentation title page.
Ask your instructor for the practice handout with steps to follow.
When you finish the practice, let your instructor know.3
Practice: Animate your
presentation title page
Practice: Animate your
presentation title page
Instructions for practices are not included in this release of Learning ToolBook.
Growing tree
Shrinking world
Moving an object
Correcting errors
1. With John Rothmeyer still
selected, choose Hotword
Properties from the Object menu.
2. Click Link To.
3. Go to page 4 (the page with
John Rothmeyer's biography).
4. Click OK in the Link To dialog box.
Before you can test the hotword's
script, you must activate the field so
ToolBook knows to run the script
instead of placing the insertion point
for typing in the field. You'll activate
the field in the next exercise.\
Linking hotwords
Linking hotwords
1. Press F3 to switch to Author level.
2. Double-click the John Rothmeyer
hotword to place the insertion
point.
3. Choose Hotword Properties
from the Object menu.
4. Click Script.
The script window displays the
script you created with Link To.
5. When you finish viewing the
script, choose Exit/Cancel
from the Script menu.
6. Click Cancel in the Hotword
Properties dialog box. menu.
5. Click Cancel in the Hotword
Properties dialog box.
Looking at a script
in the Script window
Looking at a script
in the Script window
1. Choose the button tool from
the tool palette.
The button tool is the one immediately
under the selection arrow.
2. Draw two buttons on the page.
Make the buttons about 1/2" high by
2" long.
Creating buttonsn
Creating buttonsn
l-menu icon to
1. Select one of the buttons.
2. Choose Button Properties from
the Object menu.
3. In the Label box, change Button
to Company History.
4. Choose a border style for the
button.
5. Click OK.
6. Select the other buttons.
7. Choose Button Properties from
the Object menu.
8. Change Button to Key Staff and
choose the same border style
as for the other button.
9. Click OK.
Changing a button's
label and border style
Changing a button's
label and border style
1. Go to page 1 (the first page of
company history).
2. Press F4 to switch to the
background.
3. Create a button, select it,
and choose Button Properties
from the Object menu.
4. Change the button's label to
Next.
5. Click the Script button to display
the Script window.
(continued)
2. In the Script window, type the
following script:
to handle buttonUp
go to next page
end buttonUp
3. Choose Exit/Update from the
Script menu or press Ctrl+S.
Writing a simple
navigation scriptt
Writing a simple
navigation scriptt
This module covers ToolBook's linking options and the script recorder. In Part I you'll create hotwords and buttons, and create scripts by using linking options. In Part II you'll use the script recorder to create animation effects.
Read the steps to follow in this book, then do the exercise in the other book. Use the controls below to work through the exercises. Point to a control and hold down the right mouse button to find out what the control does.l does....
"Part I Title"
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Part I Title
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Changing a button's
text format and color
Changing a button's
text format and color
1. Select both buttons.
2. Choose Character from the Text
menu.
3. Select Helv and 12 and check
Bold.
4. Click OK.
5. Ctrl+double-click a tool on the
palette to display the color tray.
6. Select both buttons.
7. Change the buttons' stroke and
fill colors.
8. Double-click the color tray's
Control-menu icon to dismiss it.
1. Hold down Ctrl and double-click
the John Rothmeyer hotword.
Ctrl+double-click is the shortcut
for displaying the Script window for
an object on the page.
2. Double-click the Control-menu
icon in the Script window.
Shortcuts for displaying
the Script window
Shortcuts for displaying
the Script window
Instruction Book - Recorder
nextpage
nextpage
buttonUp
buttonUp
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previouspage
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buttonUp
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1. In the Script window, type the
following script:
to handle buttonUp
go to next page
end buttonUp
2. Choose Exit/Update from the
Script menu or press Ctrl+S.
3. Click OK in the Button Properties
dialog box.button to display
the Script window.
(continued)
2. In the Script window, type the
following script:
to handle buttonUp
go to next page
end buttonUp
3. Choose Exit/Update from the
Script menu or press Ctrl+S.
Writing a simple navigation script, continued
Writing a simple navigation script, continueddd
Copying a button and
editing its script
Copying a button and
editing its script
1. Select the Next button.
2. Choose Copy, then Paste from
the Edit menu.
3. Move the copied button.
4. Shift+double-click the button.
5. Change the button's label from
Next to Previous.
6. Click the Script button.
7. Change next to previous in the
script.
8. Choose Exit/Update from the
Script menu.
9. Click OK in the dialog box.
10. Switch to Reader level (F3) and
click the buttons.. Previous buttons.
Using the ToolBook skills you've learned so far, create navigation scripts in the new-employee
orientation book that you created
in the last module.
Ask your instructor for the practice handout with steps to follow.
When you finish the practice, let your instructor know............
Practice: Create navigation
scripts in ORIENT.TBK
Practice: Create navigation
scripts in ORIENT.TBK
Instructions for practices are not included in this release of Learning ToolBook.
Bouncing ball
Moving an object
Pasting a recording
into the Script window
Pasting a recording
into the Script window
1. Hold down Ctrl and double-click
the Move button.
2. Choose Paste Recording from
the Edit menu in the Script
window.
3. Press Ctrl+S to update the script.
4. Press F3 to switch to Reader
level.
5. Click the Move button to test
the script.
6. Press F3 to switch to Author level.
Correcting errors
Recording a script
with errors
Recording a script
with errors
1. Choose Start Recording from
the Edit menu.
2. Select the purple square and
move it, click the page, then click
the purple square and move it
again.
3. Select the Oops! button and
move it, then move it back to its
original position.
5. Select the purple square again
and move it some more.
4. Choose Stop Recording.
Correcting errors
Recording a script with
errors, continued
Recording a script with
errors, continued
1. Hold down Ctrl and double-click
the Oops! button.
2. Choose Paste Recording from the
Edit menu in the Script window.
3. Press Ctrl+S to save the script.
4. Press F3 to switch to Reader
level.
5. Click the Oops! button to test the
script.
6. Press F3 to switch back to Author
level.
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Part I title
In this series of exercises you'll learn how to create hotwords and buttons and use ToolBook's linking options to create scripts that navigate to other pages. You'll also learn how to create simple scripts by typing them in the Script window.
This instruction book does not
automatically activate the exercise
book, HISTORY.TBK. To work in
HISTORY.TBK, click its window.
read instructions in this book,
click this window.
Part I - Linking options
for hotwords and buttons
Part I - Linking options
for hotwords and buttons
Naming object
Naming objects
Naming objects
1. Record moving the green ball
on the page.
2. Paste the recording into the
script for the Without Name
button.
3. Shift+double-click the button
and type Green Dot in the Name
box.
4. Record moving the ball a second
time and paste the recording into
the script for the With Name
button.
5. Switch to Reader level and
test the scripts.
(continued on next page...)
Using the ToolBook skills you've learned so far, create hotwords on the title page of HISTORY.TBK and link them to PRODUCTS.TBK and NWSTAFF.TBK.
Ask your instructor for the practice handout with steps to follow.
When you finish the practice, let your instructor know..know.
Practice: Link hotwords in HISTORY.TBK HISTORY.TBKKK
Practice: Link hotwords in HISTORY.TBK
Instructions for practices are not included in this release of Learning ToolBook.
Congratulations! You've finished the exercises on linking hotwords and buttons. You now know how to:
* Create hotwords and buttons
* Use Link To and Link With to create
navigation scripts
* Change the label and border style
of a button
* Display the Script window
* Create navigation scripts
If you are continuing on to the script recorder, go to the next page.
If not, click here to return to the table of contents.
contents.
Conclusion:
Linking options
Conclusion:
Linking optionssssssssssssssssssssssssss
1. Go to page 1 (the first page of
company history).
2. Choose Show Hotwords from
the Text menu.
Show Hotwords outlines each hotword
in a book so you can see them.
3. Double-click the field to place
the insertion point.
4. Select the name "John
Rothmeyer."
5. Choose Create Hotword from
the Text menu. in a book so you can see them.
5. Select "John Rothmeyer."
6. Choose Create Hotword from
the Text menu.
Creating hotwords
Creating hotwords
1. Select the Company History
button.
2. Choose Button Properties from
the Object menu.
3. Click the Link To button.
4. Go to page 2.
5. Click OK in the Link To dialog
box..Click OK in the Link To dialog
box....box. box.
Linking a button
to a pagee
Linking a button
to a pagee
1. Press F4 to switch to the
background.
2. Select the record field.
3. Choose Record Field
Properties from the Object menu.
4. Check Activate Scripts.
5. Click OK.
6. Press F4 to switch to the
foreground.
7. Press F3 to switch to Reader
level.
8. Click the John Rothmeyer
hotword.
9. Choose Back from the Page menu.
10. Press F3 to switch to Author level. E
Activating a field
so scripts will run
Activating a field
so scripts will run
1. Press F3 to switch to Reader
level.
2. Click the Company History
button.
ToolBook displays the page you
linked to.
3. Choose Back from the Page
menu to return to the title page.
4. Press F3 to return to Author level.
Author level.
history page.
5. Press F3 to return to Author level.
Author level.
Testing a script
at Reader level
Testing a script
at Reader level
1. Select the Key Staff button.
2. Choose Button Properties from
the Object menu and click
Link With.
3. Go to page 4 (the page with
John Rothmeyer's biography).
4. Click OK in the Link With dialog
box.
When you choose Link With instead of
Link To, ToolBook creates a button on
the destination page with a script that
returns to the page you started from.
returns to the page you started from.
Linking a button
with a pagee
Linking a button
with a pagee
1. Select the button created by
Link With.
2. Choose Button Properties from
the Object menu.
3. Change the label to Title Page
and click OK.
4. Move the button to the lower
right corner of the page.
5. Size the button by dragging
one of its selection handles.
6. Press F3 to switch to Reader
level.
7. Click the button to test its script.
8. Press F3 to switch to Author level.
level.
Changing the button
created by Link Withh
Changing the button
created by Link With
Conclusion:
The script recorder
Conclusion:
The script recorder
Congratulations! You've finished the series of exercises on the script recorder. You now know how to:
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