| 5 | | Links can be from both graphics and text. |
| | 5 | A link in Sophie is an action that is triggered when the book is read by the reader. A link can be triggered when the reader turns to a particular page; it can also be triggered when the reader clicks on a graphic. When this happens, different other things can happen: the book might turn to another page, or a frame might be hidden and shown. |
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| | 7 | In this release of Sophie, links can be set on the page or on frames. Both the page and frames have a link halo; open this to reveal the link HUD. All links have two parts: when something happens, something else happens. |
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| | 9 | The first "something happens", the trigger, can be chosen from a list. For page-based links, it can only be "when this page is opened" or "when this page is closed". For frame-based links, this can be when the frame is shown or hidden, but it's more likely to be when the user's mouse interacts with the frame in some way: when the user clicks on the frame, or moves the mouse over it. |
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| | 11 | The second "something happens", the action, can also be chosen from a list. The list of possible actions to take varies depending on which trigger is chosen. Actions can be going to a page or hiding or showing a frame. |
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| | 13 | For some actions, a further parameter is required, the '''target''' of the link. This is not always the case - if you make a link that says "on mouse click" "go to ''next'' page", you don't need a target, because Sophie knows which page the next page is. But if you make a link that says "on mouse click" "go to page", Sophie doesn't know which page that is. A third field is opened up where you can choose which page to go to. If your action is to show or hide a frame, a list of all possible frames appears as a drop-down menu. |
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| | 15 | Link functionality is only partial in this release of Sophie. In the future, links will become a major part of Sophie and Sophie books. |
