Transition tab in the button inspector, About button numbers – Apple DVD Studio Pro 4 User Manual

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Transition Tab in the Button Inspector

The Transition tab is used to configure a button transition for this button. See

Transition

Tab in the Menu and Button Inspectors

for details on this tab.

About Button Numbers

Each time you add a button to a menu, in addition to its name (which you can change),
it is assigned a number (which you cannot directly change) based on the order in which
you added it to the menu.

The button’s number

The button’s name

The first button you manually add to a menu is named and numbered “Button 1,” the
second is “Button 2,” and so on. How a button fits in the order is important for four reasons:

• Button number 1 is the default button selected when the menu plays if no other button

has been set as the menu’s default button.

• The button order determines the priority of the buttons if they overlap. Higher

numbered buttons have a higher priority and can cover up lower numbered buttons.

• The button order affects the creation of chapter index menus (see

Applying Templates

or Layout Styles to a Menu with Buttons

).

• The button order affects the number pad setting for viewers directly accessing a menu’s

buttons from the DVD player’s remote control.

While you cannot change this number in the Button Inspector, you can change it using
the shortcut menu that appears when you Control-click a button.

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Chapter 13

Creating Menus Using the Standard Method

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