Adding a menu

Add menus using the Menu Creator. You can create a menu from the table of contents or create a custom menu and define actions to trigger for each menu item. The Menu Creator provides a preview as you build the menu.

To add a menu to project.

  1. In the Project Explorer, select the location in which you want to add a menu.

  2. Do one of the following:

    The Menu Creator opens.

  3. To create a menu from the table of contents of the project, enable the Create Menu from Table of Contents check box. If the project contains pages and you want to include them in the menu, enable the Include Pages check box. The menu will automatically launch the corresponding chapters and pages when users click the corresponding menu and submenu items.

    To create a custom menu, use Add Item to specify the selectable items within the menu. To create a submenu item, add the item using Add Item and click the green arrow buttons to move and indent the item under its corresponding main menu item. To assign actions to menu items, select the menu item and use the Action pull-down list and the corresponding fields in the Menu Item Action group to configure the action. Click Add Separator to add a separator line between groups of menu items. Click Delete to remove menu items if necessary. For details about configuring actions, see Adding an action.

  4. To configure the appearance of the menu items, click the Top Level Layout tab. To configure the appearance of the submemu items, click the Submenu Style tab. Use the controls on these two tabs as follows:

    Menu Orientation For menu items, select whether the menu items are to be oriented horizontally or vertically.
    Text Alignment Select how text is to be aligned..
    Text Style

    Use the controls in this section to configure the appearance of the menu and submenu text as follows:

    Displays a preview of the text based on the current text style.
    Click this to select a text style to format the menu and submenu items. The current text styles are listed. To create a new text style, select Manage Styles and use the controls in the Text Styles window to configure a new style. For details about adding and managing text styles, see Managing text styles.
    Font

    Click this to select the font for the text of the menu and submenu items.

    You can have custom fonts enabled within your organization. This allows you to ensure that the fonts you use within project will properly display in your users' browsers regardless of whether they have the font locally installed. For details, see .Enabling custom fonts.
    Click this to select the font size for the text of the menu and submenu items.
    Text Color

    Click this to select the color for the text of the menu and submenu items. Select a predefined color or select Custom to select a custom color from the Color palette. The custom color you select is saved to the Recent Colors list.

    See also: Selecting custom colors
    Matching colors used within project
    Bold Click this to bold the text of the menu and submenu items.
    Italic Click this to italicize the text of the menu and submenu items.
    Underline Click this to underline the text of the menu and submenu items.
    Text Highlight Color

    Click this to select the rollover color to user when users rolls their cursors over the menu and submenu items. Select Transparent for a transparent background, select a predefined color or select Custom to select a custom color from the Color palette. The custom color you select is saved to the Recent Colors list.

    See also: Selecting custom colors
    Matching colors used within project
    Background Color

    Click this to select the background color to use for the menu and submenu items. Select Transparent for a transparent background, select a predefined color or select Custom to select a custom color from the Color palette. The custom color you select is saved to the Recent Colors list.

    See also: Selecting custom colors
    Matching colors used within project
    Background Highlight Color

    Click this to select the background rollover color to use for the menu and submenu items. Select Transparent for a transparent background, select a predefined color or select Custom to select a custom color from the Color palette. The custom color you select is saved to the Recent Colors list.

    See also: Selecting custom colors
    Matching colors used within project
    Background Image Click this to select the background image to use for the menu and submenu items. Select Browse for File to navigate and select an image from your local file system. Select Browse for Media to select an image from the Media Library. Select None to not display an image.
    Margins (in pixels) Use the Top / Bottom and Left / Right fields to specify the margins in pixels.
    Outlines/Separators/Frame Use this list to specify the style for frames and outlines. Select from No Outlines or Frame, Select Windows Style 3D Menus, Draw Frame Around Menu, and Draw Outline Around Each Menu Item. When enabled, use the Separator Color field to specify the color of the separator and use the Outline/Frame Color to specify the color of the outline or frame.

  5. Click OK.

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