Often you will wish to draw the users attention to some area on the screen. AUTHOR™ provides a number of ways to accomplish this task.

Arrows and Highlights 

Normally Feature text is used for headings, labels or text blocks that do not require internal formatting (such as bold, font changes etc). However, feature text also provides outlines, different shapes, gradients and transparencies that may be used to draw attention to a particular area.  

You may create outlines by setting the bevel to the shape and then making the shape invisible.

Example

For example,  an image of a heart has been added to the Action list.

 


Create an Arrow
  •  Add a Feature text action to the Action list.
  •  Use the  Background and Border tab to set the Shape you require (triangle down, triangle up etc.)
  •  Set the Fill you require (e.g. solid or gradient).
  •  resize to suit.

 

See Background and Border tab for more information.


Create a Highlight shape
  •  Add a Feature text action ot the Action list.
  •  Use the Shape tab to set the Shape (e.g. ellipse, rectangle) of your highlight.
  •  Set the Fill to transparent.
  •  set the border width to the line thickness you require
  •  set the border colour
  •  resize shape to suit.