Add platypus intelligence

To add Platypus intelligence to pages developed in other packages

- Load the page
- Select File > Platypus extensions or click the ! icon

Platypus extensions provide vital header information that enables the use of rollovers and other intelligent features.

To create a rollover button (button that changes when the mouse rolls over it).

- You need two different but commonly similar images/animations
- Select Insert > Image /Animation or click on the 'add image' icon
- Click on the 3 dot browser button in the 'Source' field and select the normal image.
- In the section of the dialog marked 'When the mouse is rolled over the image' click on the browse button of the 'Rollover image' field.
- Select your alternative image

If you click OK now you will have generated a rollover button that works but does nothing. Platypus gives you several options for your button to do.

When you roll the mouse over the image

You can display another image somewhere else on the screen. Select from the images listed in the menu of the 'Popup another image' field. An image will appear in this field once it has been placed on the active page. Clearly this feature works best when the appearing image is initially displayed as invisible by ticking the box in the Insert Image dialogue box.

When you click the mouse on the image

- Drag and drop the image
- Link to the previous, next or home page
- Show a random image from numbered set (dice0001.jpg, dice0002.jpg etc)
- Play a sound (that you can record yourself if you wish)
- Popup another image

See lessons for more help on this area

You can of course select Insert > Link to link to another page.

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