Anything that you add to a page in your publication is an object, such as a Text box, Image box or Button. In fact, the page itself is an object though it has slightly different set of properties which can be edited.
Every object has certain characteristics that can be added to them. These are called Properties. Most objects are created in the same way by simply drawing them onto the page and once you have added one object you will quickly understand the basic principles shared by them all.
The Properties of each object can be set differently for specific Appearances (Mouse Over, Disabled, Up, Down, Dragging, Dropped etc). This makes it very easy to change the appearance of an object when it is disabled or when the mouse moves over it, without programming a change of object (though obviously this is possible too.
Publication Objects – publications and pages.
Master Pages – pages which act as templates for other pages in your publication, containing objects which are consistent across all the pages which are based on it.
Content Objects – objects that contain the content of your publication such as text, graphics and video.
Action Control Objects – objects which are not actually content but which provide control of the actions of other objects, namely animation paths and timelines.
Drawing Graphics – most of the objects you can place on your page are created in the same way as described in Content Objects above. The exception is the way you draw graphics (also known as vectors) on the page.