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C H A P T E R F I F T E E N Controlling Action and Interaction
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What if you want the same button, such as a Back button or Print but-
ton, on every page? No problem. See how to make duplicate buttons in
the sidebar “Duplicating Buttons.”
Those Annoying Mistakes
Suppose you create a set of buttons by copying and pasting. Then you click the
Hand tool and realize your border should be thinner—and the whole batch of
buttons uses the wrong appearance. Not to worry. Select all the buttons and
then change the appearance on the Properties bar. The changes are applied to all
selected buttons.
P.S. The same process applies to links.
Action—Now or Later
Consider the buttons’
actions—in some cases (such
as a set of buttons that open a
series of documents), it’s sim-
pler to have the action set for
the first one, and then make
simple modifications to the
others. At other times—if the
actions are very different—
create the buttons and then
add the actions to each. The
example used here offers
different File commands,
including Save File As, Print
File, Attach to Email, Close File,
and Exit Program. The final
button in row 2 was deleted.
It’s simpler to add the
command to the first button
and then revise the duplicates.
From the Library of Daniel Dadian
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