LANGUAGETEACH Technologies
Developer's Manual
Introduction
Introduction
Getting_Started
Using LTeditor
2.0. Introduction
2.1. Manipulating Font
2.2.  Manipulating_Color
2.3.  Del._Font_Attributes
2.4. Virtual Keyboard
2.5. Paragraph
2.6. Undo Menu Cmd
2.7. Undo Typing
2.8. Saving Text
2.9. Managing Pages
2.10. Editor Utilities
2.11. HTML Language
LT Objects
3.1. Popup Windows
3.2. Layer
3.3.  Alternating_Text
3.4. Media
3.5. Pictures
3.6. Instant Quiz
3.7. Online Test [+][-]
       3.7.1.  Check_Box
       3.7.2.  Text_Field
       3.7.3.  Menu

3.8. Dynamic Text
3.9.  Expand / Collapse
3.10. Tip Text
3.11. Links
3.12. Essay
3.13. Stress
3.14. Manipulating_Objects
Project
4.1. Components
4.2. Configuration
4.3. Attributes
4.4. Customizing
4.5.  Modifying_files
4.6. Templates
4.7. Inline Script
4.8.  Creating_project
Media
5.1. Media Players
5.2. Media Formats
5.3.  Dynamic_Media
Publishing
6.1.  Inserting_Index
6.2. FTP Manager
Adjustment
Adjustment
 

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2.9.  Managing Pages within a Project

Adding a New Page [ open ][ close ]
Adding a New Page

Deleting / Moving a Page [ open ][ close ]
Deleting / Moving a Page     
Only the current page can be deleted or moved.

To move a current page:
  1. Execute Menu  -> Page -> Cut (delete the page)
  2. Select the page number you want the page to become
  3. Execute Menu  -> Page -> Paste
For example if you want to move page #7 to #3,
  1. open page #7 (making it the current page)
  2. execute "Cut" command (page #7 is deleted, but content of the page is saved in the buffer),
  3. open page #3 (making it the current page)
  4. execute "Paste" command .
The content from the buffer is inserted at position #3, and all pages below are moved one position down.
Copying a Page [ open ][ close ]
Copying a Page     
Only the current page can be copied.

To copy a current page:
  1. Execute Menu  -> Page -> Copy
  2. Select the page number you want the page to become
  3. Execute Menu  -> Page -> Paste
For example if you want to copy page #3 under #5,
  1. open page #3 (making it the current page)
  2. execute "Copy" command (the copy of page #3 is saved in the buffer),
  3. open page #5 (making it the current page)
  4. execute "Paste" command .
Pages #3 and #5 are now identical; the original page #5 and all pages below are moved one position down.
Saving a Page under another name [ open ][ close ]
Saving a Page under another name     

Every time you press the "Set" button, a current page is saved under it's default name, (the name of the topic)  and its page number. If you want to save the page under another name, use the "Save As" tool button or execute Menu - Page - Save As... command. In the file dialog box, type a new name and click the "Save" button.
Importing a Microsoft FrontPage File [ open ][ close ]
Importing a Microsoft FrontPage File     
If Microsoft FrontPage is your favorite tool, you can use it to design your material and then add interactivity with the LT Development Tool.
To import an MS FrontPage file, execute Menu  -> Page -> Import ...   and select the file to download.

Tip: Check project configuration. Editor style must be set for "HTML" ( look for details )

2.10.  Editor Utilities

Property [ open ][ close ]


To customize the editor's view, open the  "Property" dialog box. This utility will help you to improve readability and clearly separate different parts of a text

General Text is the text that the developer types in the editor.
HTML Tags consist of HTML-language instructions for the browser. They are produced by the LTeditor and shouldn't be modified by the developer, although experienced developers who are familiar with HTML language can edit them. Normally you don't need to read HTML Tags, so it's a good idea to make the HTML font small and almost invisible as in this example: ( small and almost invisible text ). But if you want to read tags or modify them you can change their font size and color.
An attribute is text that is embedded within HTML instructions and often visible to the user as tip text. Because attributes may be changed by the developer, they are marked by a different color within a string of HTML instructions.
Object Class is the name of complex LT statements created by the LTeditor to implement features such as Pop-Up Windows, Hidden Text, Instant Quiz and so on.
Background Color is the color of the page itself.
Updating Page View [ open ][ close ]
Color syntax is updated automatically after most Menu commands. But if you type HTML statements manually, they appear as regular text. To apply the HTML style to the manually typed tag, execute Update_Page_View command.

Search [ open ][ close ]
a) All "find" and "replace" operations start from the current cursor position and move toward the TOP. (In other words, they are executed from Bottom to Top direction ). Therefore, if you need to search the whole text, place the cursor after the last word of the text before beginning your search.

b) Avoid using "Replace All" button if an old pattern is a part of a new one. For example, don't use "Replace All" function, if you want to   exchange all occurrences of "abc" pattern  with "abc123." It brings the Editor into an infinite loop. Do this operation one by one, manually moving the cursor out of the replaced statement after each replacement. But it works perfectly in cases where "abc123  is being exchanged with abc" or with any unmatched patterns .

2.11.  Short Course on HTML Language

The web browser presents the text to the user. It is an extremely powerful and flexible presentation tool which provides you, the developer, with almost unlimited presentation resources. To take full advantage of the tool, the text should be modified according to HTML-language rules. The LanguageTeach development tool does everything for you. However, you should understand that the final text will be, in fact, in HTML format. There is only one very basic HTML rule you should know before starting to work with the editor:  each command in HTML language is surrounded with "<" ( less than ) and " > " ( greater than ) signs and consists of two parts: an opening part and a closing part. All closing parts start with "/" ( slash ) sign. For example to make a word (or any piece of text) bold, this word must be surrounded with <b> ... </b> pair of statements. In  the browser, the statement <b>word</b>  looks bold, like this one: word , and the statement <i>word</i> looks italic, like this one: word. A few commands have no closing part. For example, in your final text, you may find statements like:  <img . . . /> and <input . . . /> As you can see, the closing slash is always present.



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