Creating Menus - Adobe ENCORE 2 Manual

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Creating menus

To create a menu using the Library panel

The Library panel includes predesigned menus that represent a wide spectrum of visual styles and themes. Many

menus have a companion submenu that reflects the same style and contains a different number of buttons. The

menus include buttons with subpictures (for highlighting when the button is selected) and fully styled placeholders

for text. The buttons on some menus provide a thumbnail layer for video. You can use a menus as is, just changing

the text, or you can swap out images that better reflect the look and feel of your project.

Note: Menus in the Library panel can be saved as regular menus (PSD) or as menu templates (EM). Regular menus

usually include a background and buttons, but no settings or links are stored. Menu templates include additional infor-

mation such as menu settings and background video and audio clips. (See "About menu templates" on page 109.)

In the Library panel, select the set you want to view from the Set menu, and then click the Toggle display of Menus

button

to display the menus.

Select the menu that you want to use, and click the New Menu button

Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys to browse through the templates.)

The new menu appears in the Menu Viewer, and the menu is added to the Project panel.

Edit the menu to suit the needs of your project:

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Edit the text. In the toolbox, click the appropriate text tool. Then, click in the menu to create a new text object, or

click an existing text layer and edit the text as desired.

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Delete or duplicate buttons as desired. (See "To cut, copy, or duplicate a menu object" on page 87.)

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Set links from the buttons to other submenus or to items in the Project panel. (See "About buttons and navigation"

on page 173.)

Note: For a tutorial on creating menus using the Library panel, go to Resource Center on the Adobe website.

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