Setting The Timing Of Items And Containers - Adobe GOLIVE CS2 User Manual

To set the layering order of overlapping items
Note: You don't have to set z-index values for items that don't overlap in position or time.
1 Select the item in the Timeline Editor.
In the Layout tab of the Media Inspector, select the Z-Index option, and then enter a value in the box next to the
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option.
See also
"Creating hotspots" on page 500

Setting the timing of items and containers

Setting timing
You can set the timing of containers and media items to precisely synchronize your content. If you don't change the
timing, items start and stop based on their internal timelines and positions within a container and the presentation.
For example, when the first item in a sequential container ends, the second item in the same sequential container
begins.
By setting timing, you can set when containers or individual items start and stop playing. You can control the timing
in a presentation by entering time values in boxes in the Inspectors, or by dragging timeline bars in the Timeline
Editor.
Setting timing using the Media Inspector
When you enter a time value in a Begin or End box in an Inspector, you can use either of the following formats:
Enter hours (hh), minutes (mm), seconds (ss), tenths of seconds (x), hundredths of seconds (y), and
hh:mm:ss.xyz
milliseconds (z). You can also omit the number of hours, tenths and hundredths of seconds, and milliseconds. For
example, 14:11 is 14 minutes, 11 seconds, and 11:13.5 is 11 minutes, 13.5 seconds.
Shorthand abbreviations
and ms for milliseconds. For example, 4.5min is 4 minutes, 30 seconds, and 55s is 55 seconds. If you don't specify a
unit of time, the default is seconds.
To set the timing of an item using the Media Inspector
Select the item in the Layout tab of the SMIL window or Timeline Editor.
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In the Time tab of the Media Inspector, set the item's begin time by choosing one of the following options:
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Begins the element at its position in the timeline.
None
At Time Specifies the time to begin the element.
Synchronizes the element's begin time with another element. Drag the pick whip to the desired
On Sync <event>
time on the trackbar of the element you want to sync to.
(Such as On Mouse Click) Synchronizes the element's begin time with an event. Drag the pick whip to
On <event>
the desired time on the trackbar containing the event you want to sync to.
Enter the unit of time as an abbreviation. Use h for hours, min for minutes, s for seconds,
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