Take a Tour
In this topic you'll learn the main window of the iMapBuilder - Interactive
Flash Map Software and its various parts. Detailed instructions of other
functions are covered under subsequent topics.
The opening main window of the iMapBuilder - Interactive Flash Map Software
looks as shown below.
The Menu bar
The Menubar and its menus is where you can access and perform most of
the functions of the iMapBuilder - Interactive Flash Map Software. Click
a menu item (and position the mouse over a menu item subsequently after
an item is clicked) and its associated menu drops down revealing the options
as shown below, for the File menu.
You can also invoke the menus using the Alt
key of your keyboard plus the first letter of a menu. For example to invoke
the File menu press Alt
on your keyboard and holding it down press F.
The Toolbar
Several important functions of the Menubar are displayed using the same
icons as in the menus conveniently below the menubar on a Toolbar. To
find out what these buttons stand for simply hold your mouse pointer on
any of them and a tool tip will indicate their function.
Information bar and other function buttons
The information bar located just below the toolbar gives displays information
about the map being created. You can also use the Layout
buttons to position the map in the Preview
panel. The information bar displays the Map name, the number of states
or regions in the map that can be individually selected or modified and
the currently active region of the map.
The Panels
The Preview Panel
This panel displays the selected map being created. Changes to the attributes
of the map can be viewed here. The HTML Settings tab helps you to define
the HTML attributes of the map such as Page
Title, Meta Description,
Meta Keywords
and Background color.
The Map Options and Settings panel
Using this panel you can fine tune other attributes of your map with
relation to the page you are creating. Using the Settings
tab you can set colors for regions of your map and link areas
of your map to a web page. Depending on the map the Settings
tab will change accordingly into the Region
Settings or States Settings,
Province/Territory, Country
or Continent/Region tab.
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