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CREATING A WEB PAGE: PART FOUR

Making Listen Buttons

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Double-click the Image Composer icon to launch the application.

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1.You will see a gray screen with a white box. Use the dotted lines to resize the white box until it is button-sized (see picture at left)

2. Right click on the color picker at the lower left to see the color palette. Click in the color that you wish for your button. Click OK.

3. Click the shapes icon on the left. Choose the circle or square from the left within the window. Back in your work area, use the mouse to make your shape fit in the white box. Click Create. Close the shapes window. Move the the pop-up windows if you need to.

4. Click the text icon. Select the font color using the box in the lower right-hand corner of the text window. Type "LISTEN." Move your text to a satisfactory position on the button by using the ­ icon located in the upper-left area of the main screen. You can re-size your text by stretching the text box. Then, using the same procedure, add "Wav " to the button underneath the word "LISTEN."

5. After you have the text in a satisfactory size and location on the button, click Edit, click select all. Go to Arrange and click on group. This will keep your button as a single unit. If you want to make your second button the same size and/or colors, click File, then Composition Properties. You will see the pixel numbers for the width and length, in addition to the Red Green Blue color numbers. Write down the properties so you can duplicate them when making the second button.

6. Click File, then Save As. Title your graphic and include the proper suffix (AName.gif). Select the save as type: CompuServe GIF (*gif). Save the file. (If a "file format limitation" screen pops up, just click OK.)

7.  Using the same techniques, create another button with the words "LISTEN" and "RealAudio". Click File, then New to start a new image. Save your second button in the format "Anamera.gif" in order to differentiate it from the wav button.


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