About Elements in AD
Each AD is a collection of elements. Therefore we look
first at some notions like "Create elements", "Select Elements", "Move
Elements", "Align Elements" , "Move Elements" etc..
- See how
to create elements.
- Select / Unselect 1
elements and move that element
- How to make a multiple
selection
- How to resize 1 element
- How to align, align, move several
elements
The commands of the Edition menu of ADWorks act on the selected elements
(align, delete, bring to front and so on). With the commands of the Selection
menu you can make various kinds of selections. Among them, the "Redo preceding
selection", the "Save Selection" and the "Apply Saved Selection" may be
particularly useful.
Resource Files are files containing Pictures (extensions *.bmp,
*.jpg, etc.), Sounds (*.wav, etc.), or Video Clips (*.avi,
etc.), etc.
ADWorks and ADPlayer display the contents
of the Resource Files and use them as active elements (command
Create/Multimedia
Portion).
This is certainly a main feature of the Adprogs. However, the exercises
1 to 12 do not use resources. More about resources will be found at Basic
Notions about Resources and the use of resources will be introduced
up from exercise 13.
ADPlayer displays a message when the learner acts on an element by filling
in and validating a text field, validating a choice in a list, requesting
a hint or solution, etc. The message is normally in text format but it
can also be linked to a multimedia element. Some illustrations of messages:
1 , 2 ,
3 , 4 ,
5 , 6 .
ADWorks automatically creates and ads the default messages to
each newly created document. The default messages appear at special situations
when a unforeseen answers is given. The above-mentioned examples 1 to 6
are typical example of default messages. The default
messages save a lot of time for creators of source documents.
The default messages can be modified, replaced or suppressed. The above-mentioned
example 7 is not a default message. The creator of the document has created
this message.
The messages are produced, modified and destroyed with the Message
Editor. The main access to the Message Editor uses the menu
Edit
/ Message Editor. The
access via elements uses the Evaluation
Tables of element (See illustration of
that access). Some of the Editor’s functions (deleting messages, for
example) can only be accessed via the main access in the Edit Menu. Creating
and modifying Links, however, can only be done via each element’s access.
How
does the Message Editor look like?
About Help, integrated in ADWorks
- How to know the meaning of a command
- How to know the meaning of
a field, a choice or a button
- How to find the Tutorials
and the Helpfile
- Always observe the indications
of the status bar
