Apple DVD Studio Pro 4 - Manual (Page 281)

4 In the Style tab in the Button Inspector, choose Center for the Position, and select Include
Text in Highlight.
5 Adjust the size of the button’s active area so that it fits the text.
You can now set the button’s selected and activated highlights as you would any simple
overlay graphic.
Note: If you open a DVD Studio Pro project that uses a font that is not on the computer
you are opening it on (either because the font was deleted or the project was created
on a different computer), any items using the missing font have a different font substituted
with no warning.
About Overlapping Buttons
In general, it’s a good idea to avoid overlapping buttons. Some DVD players may behave
erratically when they try to process menus with overlapping buttons. This problem is
worse if you are playing the title on a computer and using a pointer to select a button.
Sometimes, however, while the button graphics do not actually overlap, their active areas
do.
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In this case, if viewers watch the title on a computer, they may get unexpected results if
they click in an overlap area.
Another problem occurs when using overlay-based buttons. Because the active areas
control the overlay area that is highlighted when you select or activate a button, you may
end up with portions of neighboring buttons highlighting at inappropriate times. It is
possible to get around this problem by using different color mapping sets on neighboring
buttons. See
Color Mapping Sets for more information.
Configuring Button Navigation
Because most viewers will use the arrow buttons on a DVD player’s remote control to
navigate through the buttons on a menu, it’s important that the navigation is easy and
logical.
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