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Noninteractive Objects and Media
Last updated 4/22/2010
Highlight boxes
Use highlight boxes tospotlight areas within a slide. Highlight boxes focus the user’s attention on the required areas of
the slide.
Properties of highlight boxes
Use the Properties Inspector (Window > Properties) of the highlight box to customize it.
Highlight Box
Item Name Enter a unique name for the object. You can use this name when defining the visibility conditions for the
object.
Visible Deselect this option if you want the object to be invisible on the slide. The object can be made visible using the
Show option. For more information, see “Controlling the visibility of objects” on page 50.
Style Select a style for the highlight box. To define a new style, select Edit > Object Style Manager. For more
information on object styles, see “Object style” on page 51
Fill & Stroke
Fill Fill color for the highlight box. To decide the degree of transparency for the fill color, select a value for the option
Alpha in the Color menu. The value of 90% is less transparent (more solid) than a value of 10%.
Stroke Stroke color for the highlight box.
Fill Outer Area Fills the area outside the boundaries of highlight box with the color selected in Fill Color. When you
choose this option, the area within the highlight box is not colored.
Note: You can observe the fill color around the highlight box only when you preview or publish the project.
Width Thickness of the border of the highlight box.
Timing
Display For [Time] Specifies the duration for which the highlight box is displayed on the slide.
Appear After [#] Seconds The highlight box appears on the slide after the specified duration.
Transition
Effect Transition effect for the highlight box. You can apply a fade in or fade out effect and set the time for the fading
effects.
• In [#] Seconds Time for the highlight box to fully fade into view.
• Out [#] Seconds Time for the highlight box to completely disappear.
Add highlight boxes
1 Select Insert > Standard Objects > Highlight Box.
2 Use the Properties Inspector (Window > Properties) to set the various options for the highlight box.
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