Slide Building Instructions:

Anyone wishing to place something in the ABox need only create a RESOURCE file (via ResEdit, Resorcerer, or some other application of that ilk) with one or more of the following items grouped by resource ID:

'PICT'
'TEXT' (you can also include a 'styl' resource for stylized text)
'STR ' (not STR#)
'snd '
or a QuickTime movie file (flattened or regular)

You can stuff several slides into one topic (file) by grouping them according to ID number. For example, the "TopSoft Inc." topic file has 2 slides in it. The first slide is a world relief map pict, a short text item, and a 'STR ' resource. These all have the same resource ID (let's call it resID = 3). The  next slide in the file consists of a TEXT and 'styl' resource  combination (for stylized text; the 'styl' is optional), both of another resource ID (let's call it resID = 4). 

Next, once you've got all of the resources you want in the topic file, you need to create a TSAb resource (which stands for TopSoft ABox, if you're curious). The ResEdit file "TopicSlideResource TMPL", which you should have received with this distribution, contains a sample resource and a ResEdit template (TMPL resource) to make the process a little easier. Create a TSAb resource in your topic file, then add the resource-group ID#'s one at a time to the TSAb list. The ABox will only use the first TSAb resource it finds in a file (including the application's own resource fork), so don't bother creating more than one or even worry about what ID you've given the TSAb. The important information is the numbers you've entered inside the TSAb.