When you choose ‘Pages’ from the main menu and choose the project you wish to edit, you will be shown the list of pages available for a project in the ‘Page List’. Each page contains one or more media items and by selecting a page you are able to design the layout of the media on the page.
If you have no pages at this stage, use the ‘New’ button to start making some.
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- Page Listing Window: This is where you can see all of the pages you have created in this project. Use the ‘View Type’ option to change between the different ways of viewing the pages in this window. You can use the normal windows ‘Multi-select’ features to highlight multiple pages for copying and deleting. Most standard Windows control features are available, including the ability to sort the list in detailed view by any of the columns, just by clicking on the column heading (when in detail view).
- New: This creates a new blank page in the project and shows the Page Editor Design Window.
- Edit: After selecting an existing page in the ‘Page Listing’, Press this button to show the Design Window to edit it. You can also double-click the page or type in/scan its barcode to edit it (if it has one).
- Copy: After selecting a page, or number of pages in the ‘Page Listing’, press this button to make a duplicate copy. Note that the duplicate page will have the same Page ID as the original with the words ‘Copy of’ in front and may need to be changed before you can use it. As well as this you can copy pages between projects. Select the drop down arrow on the copy button then click on the Page from the project option. A window will then appear with a list of all your projects. Select a project and the select a page. This page will then be copied into the project that you are working on and the media in the page will be copied into your media folder.
- Delete: After selecting a page or pages in the ‘Page Listing’, press this button to delete the selected page.
- Preview: After selecting a specific page in the ‘Page Listing’ window, you may then press the ‘Preview’ button to view the page in the player software by clicking this. The page will not link to other pages in this mode. If you wish to preview the project as a whole (based upon the project settings), click the arrow on the right of this button and choose ‘project’. During previews, a control panel is shown which allows you to change certain settings and also view what is happening to pages, variables, etc.
- Flowchart: Creates a flowchart of the flow of your pages and how these link together
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Import Media: By choosing this option, you are able to select files from elsewhere on your PC or network and copy them to the folder you chose as the project’s media folder.
TIP: If you want to move them to specific subfolders, use the ‘Import Media’ function on the file requester when you are using the Page Editor. - New: Create a new category to arrange your pages in.
- Edit: Edit the category.
- Delete: Delete the category.