Base concepts
What is a generated presentation?
AtPresent Editor generates a set of files, organized in a special structure
that contains resources and presentation player.
You can start viewing of generated presentation by opening index.html file in the browser.
Presentation player
Presentation player is an application written on Macromedia Flash Action Script.
Player lets users to view presentation screen by screen and interact with
your presentation via interactive elements and via Skin controls.
Skin
Skin serves to let users control presentation's playback.
It includes:
Menu, that contains navigating buttons, section's and screen's title areas
Downloading indicator
Scrollbars
Controls for changing playback speed and audio volume
Service messages window
Presentation creating
To create a presentation you should:
select resources you want to use - images, flash movies, texts, audio
create screens sequence and define rules for navigating between screens:
- go to next screen automatically or by user request;
- delay time for going to next screen (in automatic mode);
- allow or prevent going to next/previous screen by presentation's menu
place all necessary resources on each presentation's screen
add transformations (animated effects) to any object on screen
add interactive elements and define reactions on user actions
publish presentation
Editor interface
AtPresent Editor's window is divided on some main areas:
Menu and Tool bar
Editor area
On this area you can view your presentation screen by screen and
manage all objects, placed on currently observed screen.
Inspector area
This area lets you
- view all object's tree structure and jump to any screen or object of
presentation
- view and edit properties of currently selected object
Resources area
This area contains tree of all resources that are used in your project and
lets you manage them.
Resources preview area
In this area you can observe currently selected resource and view additional
information about resource.
Status bar
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