🚀 go-pugleaf

In message Sat, 4 Jun 1994 13:29:32 -500,
  Matt Kruse <mkruse%SAUNIX.SAU.EDU@uk.ac.essex.mailhost>  writes:

> Hello, I'm new to this list - and very happy that I've found it!
> Hopefully I can learn much more about authorware through this list.

> 1)  Is there a way to set defaults, perhaps in apw.ini?  I the program I
> am now working on, I am using Times New Roman as a font, size 14, bold,
> and centered.  It is a bother to set the text for everything I want to
> write.  I have made a model of a text box with everything set, but it
> still not as convenient as I would like it to be.

Select text font and size without actually having any text selected.

> 2)  Is there a way to scroll down through the list of icons in the
> program?  When my lists get long, they start to run longer than the
> length of screen I am using.  I can obviously group things together,
> which is what I've been doing, but then I get some icons stuck 10 levels
> deep into the group icons and it is a big bother again.  Is there any
> simple solution to this?

Afraid not, the only way is to group icons.

> 3)  At one point in my program, I have about 6 clickable areas that are
> all the same size and need to be positioned right next to each other.
> How can I show all of those areas on the screen at the same time so I can
> line them up?

Edit them in the actual interaction icon ( i.e. double click on the
interaction icon and select "edit display" from the dialogue ).

> 4)  Is there some short-cut key to automatically align two objects along
> the tops, sides or centers?  I frequently need to make sure the tops of
> two objects are lined up perfectly or have the same center and I havent
> found an easy way to do it.

Afraid not, either turn grid snapping on to make things a little easier, or
draw lines temporarily as a ruler to aid alignment.

> 5)  Along the same lines as #1, can I set the default erase pettern to
> mosaic, for example?  I use that almost exclusively, and it is just one
> more thing to slow me down when I have to select it each time.

Not that I know of.

> 6)  Let's say I move the start flag to a certain point in my program so I
> can check it out and edit a few displays starting at that point.  But
> everything from that point on uses a display I put up in the very
> beginning of my program.  So how can I get that first display on the
> screen and leave it there, then start from the flag and have it still be
> there?

Either make a copy of the icon and paste it at the start flag, or temporarily
move the actual icon to the start flag.

Cheers

(-: Phil Smith :-)
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