The Permissions tab in the Properties dialog box will appear for every object that you add to a page. Every object in your publication can have permissions set so that you can limit the Interactions and Properties of an object.
The Interaction permissions – are the ability to Move, Resize, Copy, Delete or Edit an object.
The Properties permissions – are the ability to hide the Background, Border, Image, Transitions and Cursors tabs inside the objects Properties dialog.
The Lock Out option – this allows you to completely lock an object from being changed in any way.
These permissions affect the use of these objects in the Opus Editor, which means that Opus Pro developers can create publications with elements that Opus Standard or Opus Presenter users cannot edit or remove.
Being able to set permissions on objects means that you can easily create a company Style Guide for all of your publications by creating template pages that have logo’s, buttons and other objects ‘locked’. Opus Standard and Opus Presenter users cannot change the appearance or position of objects that have had permissions set, thereby ensuring a consistent look and feel to all of your publications.
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The permissions only affect objects in the Opus Editor and do NOT affect the way objects work in the published version of the publication.
Use the Disable Permissions option if you do not want to restrict the permissions on an object. By default, this option is selected.
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When you first create an object, this option is always selected, in other words, you can change any part of the objects behaviour.
Use the Lock Out option if you want to disable all Interactions and Properties for the object. This is particularly useful when you have made changes to an object and then want to lock the object so nobody else can change the object. A Permissions Warning box will appear when you attempt to open the Properties dialog for a locked object.
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When an object is locked out, only the Permissions tab will appear in the Properties dialog for the object in Opus Pro – this allows you to unlock the object if required. When the publication is opened in Opus Standard and Opus Presenter, a locked object cannot be unlocked.
Use the Custom option if you want to enable or disable any combination of Interactions and Properties permissions. Selecting this option will highlight the options in the Custom panel.
Use the Interaction to be allowed box to disable or enable the Interactions permissions. There are five types of interactions you can set for every object, an object can be set to: Move, Resize, Copy, Delete or Edit. By default, each of these options is enabled, in other words an object can be moved, resized, copied, etc. To disable an option, remove the tick beside the name of the option you want to disable.
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A Permissions Warning box will appear when one or more permission has been disabled and you open the object’s Properties dialog.
Use the Properties to be set box to disable or enable the Properties permissions. There are five tabs in an object’s Properties dialog that you can hide when the dialog is next displayed, they are: Background, Border, Image, Transitions and Cursors. By default, each of these options is enabled, in other words the tabs appear when an object is first created. To disable an option, remove the tick beside the name of the Property tab you want to hide.
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A Permissions Warning box will appear when one or more permission has been disabled and you open the object’s Properties dialog.
Click on the Apply button to save your changes.
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Remember, when you create a new object in Opus, all of the permissions are enabled. You only need to remove permissions when you want to restrict the objects position, size, cut, copy and delete interactions or if you want to remove specific Property tabs from appearing in its Properties dialog.