[Morphic][Presentation] Two tips

Hannes Hirzel hirzel at spw.unizh.ch
Mon Mar 4 16:40:43 UTC 2002


Two tips for using Morphic

1)

When using Morphic as a presentation system (each project is one "slide")
it pays off rather quickly to do create your own flaps.

Check 

X  parts bin
X  pop out on mouse over
X  shared by all projects



2)

To do a button which jumps to another project 
- bring up TheWorldMenu.
- choose 'jump to project...'
- put the mouse over the project you want to jump to (no click)
- ALT-click (Windows, Unix), Cmd-click (Mac) two times
  --> the first click brings up the halos of TheWorldMorph
  --> the second click brings up the halos of a MenuItemMorph which
      jumps to the project you want to.
- drag out on the yellow handle a copy of the MenuItemMorph
- voila - you have your 'jump-to-button', move it to a convenient place.
- you may as well put a copy of it into one of your parts bin flaps to
  avoid this procedure in the future. A good candidate is a 'home' button.

I think this technique helps considerably to do presentations which have
enough links. Make sure to choose good names for your projects
('slides'). You'll find your things more easily when you have to answer
questions after your presentation.


Hannes Hirzel




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