Apple DVD Studio Pro 4 - Manual (Page 318)

To link a style to a template
1 Control-click a style, then choose Link to Templates from the shortcut menu.
A selection dialog that lists all templates appears.
2 Select the checkbox next to all templates that you want to link this style to.
Because menus keep track of the last template applied to them, you can open a menu
at any time and, by selecting the Current view in the Styles tab, see those styles linked
to the menu’s template.
Note: If no template is applied to the menu, or no styles have been linked to the template,
no styles appear when the Current view is selected.
About Template and Style Properties
Properties define the look and content of templates and styles. For example, properties
define what kind of menu background a template has, how many buttons a layout style
has, and where the buttons are located on the menu. Not all templates and styles need
to use all of the properties available to them. For example, you can create a set of
templates that have no menu background—when they are applied to an existing menu,
the menu’s current background is maintained while other template properties, such as
groups of buttons and text objects, are added to the menu.
A template contains the properties of each of the four styles plus some additional
properties. See the following sections for details:
• Button Style Properties
• Text Style Properties
• Drop Zone Style Properties
• Layout Style Properties
• Other Template Properties
Button Style Properties
Button styles and all buttons in a template contain the following properties. Templates
also contain the following properties as the default button style, used when a Drop Palette
action requires new buttons to be created on the menu. See
Setting Default Styles for
information on setting a default button style.
• Size: The width and height of the button’s active area
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