Building a publication is about being able to control the appearance of your publication AND the behaviour of your publication. To this end, Opus has been designed so that you can easily change both aspects using dialog boxes:
The Properties dialog – is used to change the appearance (i.e. look and feel) of your publication.
The Actions dialog – is used to change the behaviour of your publication – see Making Things Happen for more information.
The Properties dialog works consistently throughout Opus, it contains:
A variety of Tab Headings that contain options to change the appearance of the selected publication, page, chapter or object.
An Apply button to save the changes you have made.
It really is that simple! Select the object, make your changes and save them. Once you have used one Properties dialog, you will understand how to use any of them.
The Publication Properties dialog – this will affect the whole of the publication, such as, if the publication should appear in a window on the page or fill the entire screen.
The Chapter Properties dialog – this will affect all of the pages contained within a chapter, such as, the size of the page.
The Page Properties dialog – this will affect a single page, such as, if the page shows or hides with a transition.
The Object Properties dialog – this will affect a single object on a page, such as, if the object is shown or hidden when you first enter a page.