buttons

[azjbb]

I wish to repeat an identical set of buttons on several pictures in a series without having to go through the button-building process for each picture individually.

For example, each picture would have an EXIT button, a NEXT button and any number of other buttons. A template of a blank frame with only these buttons in place would be a big time-saver if I could repeat this template as many times as I wish and simply paste the pictures of choice into their individual, identical templates.

Would appreciate some help on this if it can be done.

[Ken Cox]

azjbb

welcome to the forum,

you may be able to do this by using a template

use the forum search for template

and see what all comes up

otherwise somebody else will comw to your rescue

if you go to

http://beechbrook.com/pte/

http://beechbrook.com/pte/index.asp?catego...yid=5&view=View

Demo Menu Show

File Size: 7.8M

By: ralphmcd@rogers.com

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Ralph's demo might help you

http://beechbrook.com/pte/index.asp?catego...yid=4&view=View

or Al's

PTE 101 Tutorial

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By: alrobin@alrobinso...

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ken

[alrobin]

azjbb,

Welcome to the Forum!

If you copy each object on your first image by "Ctrl - Clicking" on each one in turn, and then using "Ctrl - C", you can then "Paste" them onto each image in your show by opening each in turn in "Object Editor", and hitting "Ctrl - V". They will be placed on each image in the same locations as on the original.

Or, as Ken indicated, you can use your first image, complete with objects, as a template, and then copy it as many times as you need. Each image will contain the same objects. You would then need to change the path and name for each image to match the one you really want.

If you plan to use this format for several shows, save the single-image version of the show, along with objects, as a separate "template" file, which you can then open when you need it for your next show.

Igor, it would be nice if we could copy an arrangement of objects, highlight a number of images at once, and then copy this arrangement to each one in a single operation, in much the same way as we can adjust the parameters of several images by using highlighting several, and then selecting "Customize Slide".