"File" menu

The "File" menu provides the following commands.

"New"

Creates a new animation file. A newly created animation has the attributes that have been set on the [New Aniamtion] tab of the "Preferences" dialog box.

"Open"

Displays the "Open" dialog box. Within this dialog box, select a desired file and click the [Open] button.

Related Item

Begin editing

"Close"

Closes the file that you are currently editing. If you have not already saved this file, a message will appear asking if you want to save it.

"Save"

Saves your file by overwriting the previous version. If you select this command for a newly created file, the "Save As" dialog box will appear.

"Save As"

Displays the "Save As" dialog box. Specify a name to be assigned to the file when it is saved.

Related Item

Save an animation

"Save Frame"

Displays the "Save Image as" dialog box. Each image frame that you select is saved as a GIF file.

Related Item

Save each frame of an animation as an image file

"Animation Wizard"

Displays the "Animation Wizard" dialog box. You can easily create an animation using this dialog box and the corresponding Wizard.

Related Item

Create an animation by using the Animation Wizard

"Open Sample File"

Displays the "Open" dialog box. The folder containing the sample files opens.

This command is available only if you selected the [sample image] option when you installed Homepage Builder.

"Preferences"

Displays the "Preferences" dialog box. This dialog box is used to make the environment settings that are applied when editing an animation file.

Related Items

[General] tab ("Preferences" dialog box)

[New Animation] tab ("Properties" dialog box)

[Image] tab ("Properties" dialog box)

List of file names ("Recent File")

This area displays a list of files that have been opened or saved.

"Exit"

Closes Web Animator. If you have not yet saved the file that you are editing, a message will appear asking if you want to save it.