Callout Properties Window

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CalloutPropertiesWindow

 

Double click on the callout object in Preview window or in Timeline to open a Callout Properties Window.

 

Font settings

At the top of the window you will see the common callout settings control such as Font, size, bold, italic, underline, alignment and color.

 

Alpha

To set the callout transparency. 100% is a completely transparent.

 

Callout type

To choose a different callout shape

 

Fill color

To change the callout fill color. Not all callout have a fill color.

 

Border color

To change the callout border color. Not all callout have a border color.

 

Content

To type in the callout content.

#PAGE# = To insert the page number

#QUESTION_NUMBER# = To insert the current quiz number. Eg: The first quiz will have QUESTION_NUMBER = 1, the second quiz will be 2, etc.

 

Apply font settings to other similar objects

When checked, clicking OK button will apply the changes to font settings above to all callout objects within the presentation.

 

Show after

The time the object will start showing.

 

Show type combo

To change how the object will show. There are two options:

·Show For x seconds

The object will only show for the duration of x second where you can type in the duration value.

·Show Forever

The object will show as long as the slide is running.

 

When clicked

To choose an action to perform when the object is clicked. There are 6 options:

·Do nothing
·Open a website

This is useful to make a web link.

·Goto a slide

To jump to a specific slide.

·Play

This will play the currently paused slide.

·Pause

This will pause the currently playing slide.

·Send email

This is useful to make an email link which will open an email client when clicked.

Zoom In

To show the object with a zoom in effect.

 

Zoom Out

To hide the object with a zoom out effect at the end of its duration.

Note that to be able to use zoom out you must make sure the object duration is at at least one frame less than the page duration and the object show type is not set to Show Forever.