Using the outline tab – Apple DVD Studio Pro 4 User Manual

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The Outline tab also has these capabilities:

• It includes the menu language elements that you use when configuring your menus

to support multiple languages.

• It includes the VTS Editor that provides extensive control over how your project’s

elements are burned to a DVD.

The Graphical tab also has these capabilities:

• You can choose whether to view all elements or just specific types.

• Elements that use the transitions feature are marked.

• The element assigned as First Play has a special icon.

• You can view connection lines that show which elements have targets set to other

elements.

• You can arrange the tiles to provide a flowchart view of the project.

• You can print the Graphical tab.

• You can set a flag on specific elements, making it easy to distinguish them.

See

Using the Outline Tab

and

Using the Graphical Tab

for detailed information on using

each tab. See

Managing Elements Using the Outline and Graphical Tabs

for information

on using the tabs to manage your project’s elements.

See

Dragging Assets to the Outline and Graphical Tabs

for information on what happens

when you drag assets directly to the Outline or Graphical tab.

Using the Outline Tab

The Outline tab provides a simple list view of your project’s elements. It contains two
displays: By Type and By VTS. You can click the Alternate View button to switch between
the two displays or drag the partition to show both displays at the same time.

The elements in the By VTS and By Type displays are very similar and can be used to do
many of the same things. For example, double-clicking an element in either display opens
it in its editor and inspector. (Selecting an element in one display also selects that same
element in the other.)

The primary difference is in how they are organized.

By VTS: Lists the elements based on the VTS they belong to. A VTS can have only one

track (which can also have stories) or one slideshow, but it can have multiple menus
and scripts. The primary use of the By VTS display is to control how your project’s
elements are written to a DVD. See

VTS Editor

for more information.

By Type: Lists the elements based on their type (menus, tracks, slideshows, and scripts).

See

Using the Outline Tab

for more information on using the By Type display.

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