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I woudl like to set up a menu page from where users could access my any part of my publication. I have the publication in one chapter with 36 pages. I have used stop back and next buttons on each page. I need something to provide access to specific parts of the publication. I have opus pro 05, Please anybody,

Des Neylon
Ireland

I'm not sure what you are asking, but you can have a button with an action attached which goes to a specific page ...Page 22, for example??

When you say you have used stop, back and next on each page, have you looked at 'master pages' with buttons which have forward/backward----or previous--depending how you want to navigate through your publication.

There are several ways of navigating through a document. Can you give a wee bit more explanation of what you want to do, for example you have 36 pages, do you want the user to be able to access them in a non linear way?? or will they follow a sequence 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.

Sandy

Des,

Here are some ideas. As Sandyn noted there's lots of room for interpretation for what's asked.

First, check out some of the Sample Pubs that ship with Opus. I think one of them has constructed a Menu object or menu page. Maybe that will suit your needs.

Otherwise, you could use either Hyperlinks that you add to some text you create in a text-object. Even better would be to use a Listbox... you can type into the Listbox your 36 lines or so... one for each Page. You can be very 'descriptive' here and do not have to type the page name itself. Then you Dbl-Right click on a line to bring up the Actions dialog. Siimply add a "goto Page" action (specific page). Repeat to create that action for other lines-to-pages.

Those are 2 approaches.
Depending what you are trying to accomplish, and what look and style you want to build... there are dozens of other possibilities.

Others here in the Forum have posted Example pubs on how they have built and used "table of contents"... so do a Search to go into more answers, more depth.

Good luck.

Thank you for your suggestions Sandy and others I dont know all you names. The list box was a fabulous idea. I work with children with special needs and they need to have everything stated very clearly. The list box is ideal for this purpose and will work very neatly in my publication.
Thanks again all,
You have been most helpful

Des
Ireland

des --

This is getting OLD. WE NEED YOUR INFORMATION IE. WHAT VERSION OF OPUS ARE YOU USING... Come on people!!!!!!

OPUS v6 has an automatic Menu Build feature which works two ways: 1) Create Pages for each topic, then highlight all the Pages in the Organizer. Right mouse click and select QuickBuild -- Create Menu Page. You get options for what type of Menu page you want, then OPUS creates a New Page called "QuickBuild Menu with Buttons having all the required Triggers and Action (GoTo Pages).

2) The second way is to create a Page and add Buttons for each topic. Highlight all the Buttons and right mouse click, then select QuickBuild Create Pages from Menu. OPUS will automatically make a Page for each Button, and connect Buttons to Pages with Triggers and Action (GoTo Pages).

THIS IS THE LAST TIME I ANSWER A QUESTION WITHOUT THE REQUESTOR LISTING AT LEAST THE VERSION OF OPUS THEY ARE USING.

Well you learn something new every day!!! (and forget two things!!)

I've never used that facility, but I tend to create applications rather than navigable document, but sounds ideal.
Sandy

Hi!
I am sorry if I havent given you enough information. I am using Opus 05 I am having a problem with a list box I created. All the listed items are linking to the same page. If i link an item to page one all the other pages link to that item as well. So if i have a description of page 4 and I link that description to page 4. All the other items link to that page as well. Can I do anything about this without having to disgard all my work in the list box. I hope I am explining myself clearly.

Help
Des

Is it possible for you to attach the IMP?? Makes it much easier to help fix the problem.


Sandy

Hi!

I have windows xp, 500 mb of RAM, 40 GB HD LAPTOP 1.5 GHz Intel Pentium

Regards,
Des

Hi Des,

I suspect that you are assigning your actions to the entire list box and not individual items within it. To do this you need to create a variable (e.g. page_number) which stores the index of the list item clicked you will find this referenced in the listbox properties in the Listbox tab. Note that the index numbers start from 0 (zero) and not one.

I have attached an imp which uses a master page and replicates a menu on each of the other pages. The benefit of this is that as you add new pages you only need to change the master. This may not be an ideal solution as no matter which page you are on the list box will always have the "Page 1" item highlighted.

A solution to this would be to have a dedicated menu page (not a master) and a button on every other page returning to the menu. Thes other pages could of course be based on a master saving you a bit of work.