Open a library

Using libraries has several advantages: you can use the same library icon repeatedly without increasing the size of your Authorware file, and any changes made to the library file automatically update all library icons in your piece.

You'll use a library icon to create the background for your piece's title page.

  1. Select File > Open > Library. Within your Authorware application folder, browse to the Tutorial folder, select the Graphics.a7l file, and then click Open.

    The library contains several icons created for use in this tutorial.



  2. Drag the Title Background display icon from the library to the flowline above the Title icon.



    When you place an icon from a library onto the flowline, the icon's title appears in italics.

  3. To view the piece in the Presentation window, select Control > Restart. Then select Control > Pause.

    Because you selected the Inverse mode for the text you created, it appears as a contrasting color against the blue background.

  4. In the Presentation window, drag the text that you typed to align it under the Title Background text.

    Pausing play, and then positioning objects in the Presentation window, is a common authoring and design technique that you'll use repeatedly.



  5. When you finish viewing the piece, select File > Save.

    If you're asked if you want to save the changes you've made to the library file, click Yes.


 

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