Editing Web buttons When a Web button has been placed in a document, you can select the button and drag a handle to resize its bounding rectangle. You can’t edit its attributes, such as pen ink, fill ink, and stroke. You can change the objects in the button, and then replace the button. To change a button’s Up, Over, or Down object, drag the object from the palette into the document. Modify the object and drag it back into the palette. Place a new copy of the button in the document, and store the modified button in the palette if you want to use it again. Testing Web buttons Before storing a new button in the palette, you can test it in the Web Buttons palette. When the pointer is not in the preview box, you can see how the button will look on a Web page when the pointer is not on the button’s bounding rectangle. To see the button’s appearance when the pointer is on its bounding rectangle, move the pointer into the preview window. To see the button’s appearance on a Web page when the button is clicked, click in the preview box. Testing Web buttons in a document After you place a Web button, you can test it before you save the doc- ument in HTML format. To do this, you use the Web Buttons pal- ette’s “play” mode. When you click “Start Play Mode” in the palette, Canvas puts button objects in the document in “play” mode. When you move the pointer over a button, or click it, you see the effects in the document. When you finish, click “End Play Mode.” It’s recommended that you click “Start Play Mode” only to test Web buttons. You shouldn’t work in Canvas while play mode is active. Be sure to click End Play Mode before starting other work. Otherwise, you might not be able to select objects or change tools. Linking Web buttons By using the URL Attachment palette, you can link buttons to URLs and animations. For more information, see “Creating hyperlinks” on page 14.180. Saving Web buttons Canvas stores information about Web buttons in the Canvas Tool Settings file in the Preferences folder in the System Folder (Mac OS),
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