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eZedia in the
Classroom Applicable to eZediaQTI or eZediaMXSummary List of the VariationsBackground Variation Instructions For full-color illustrations of these
techniques and more, explore the sampler pages that have been posted: http://www.jmadden.info/eZedia-Sampler.htm
Preliminary suggestion: Any time you use an object of any type in a frame, you should put a copy in a well. To open a well, click on File > New > New Object Well. Hold down the CTRL key and click, hold, and drag the object into the well. When the well gets a gold line in the interior, let go of your mouse. Don’t forget to save your well. 1. Standard text box – with changes to font, size, style, and alignment Produces a solid white text box. Example: http://www.jmadden.info/Pets1.htm a. Click on the Text tool in the toolbar. It looks like the letter A. b. An empty text box appears in the middle of your frame. Click inside the text box and type. c. To make changes to the font, size, style, and alignment, highlight or select the text you have typed. Click on Format > Text. d. Choose your font on the left-hand side of the Text dialog box and choose your font size on the right-hand side of the box. Click OK when you’re satisfied with the sample. e. Expand your text box if you need to after changing your font and size by using the handles. Click, hold, and drag outward to make the box bigger. Alignment = Left, Right, Center Style = Plain, Bold, Italic, Underline Remember to select your text first by highlighting it before choosing what sort of changes you will apply. 2. Standard text box – with the text as a different color - still has a solid white block around the text a. Follow the procedures in #1. b. When you have made all your changes in terms of font, style, etc., highlight the text, click on Format > Color. c. The Choose Color dialog box appears. Click on one of the little squares in the Swatches view or click on the HSB tab, move the slider bar up and down the color spectrum and then click in the big square to choose a single color within that range. Click on OK. Suggestion: Write down the number of your color (on the right). 3. Standard text box – made transparent Example: http://www.jmadden.info/Rain_Forest.htm a. Follow the procedures in #1. b. If you wish to change the color of your text, follow the procedures in #2b. c. Right-click on your text object. Choose Get Object Info. Click on the more choices arrow next to Draw and choose Draw Transparent. d. Click OK. 4. Standard text box – made transparent and placed over a graphic element such as a simple shape made by the Shape tool. a. Follow the procedures in #1 and #2b to create your text and change its color if you wish and follow the procedures in #3 to make your text object transparent. b. Click on the Shape Object in the toolbar. Choose a shape to create by clicking on it in the drop-down menu. c. Move into your frame and click, hold, and drag with your mouse to create your shape. d. Right-click on your graphic or click on the menu option under the icon in the upper, left-hand corner of the object and choose Edit Graphic. e. Click on the little square in the Fill tool. f. The Choose Color dialog box appears. Click on one of the little squares in the Swatches view or click on the HSB tab, move the slider bar up and down the color spectrum and then click in the big square to choose a single color within that range. Click on OK. g. To arrange the order of which object is on top, select the object to be moved and then go to Objects > Layers and then choose one of the options that is appropriate. 5. Standard text object – made transparent and placed over a graphic element such as a simple shape made by the Shape tool and with the transparency level of the shape decreased (provides a border around the text box). a. Follow the steps in #4. b. To lower the transparency of the shape you created, right-click on the shape or click on the menu options under the icon in the upper, left-hand corner. Choose Edit Graphic. c. Click on the second icon from the top to lower the transparency level of the graphic. d. Drag the slider bar down until you get the effect you want. e. Close the Edit tools by clicking in another area of the frame or by clicking on the small “x”. f. To arrange the order of which object is on top, select the object to be moved and then go to Objects > Layers and then choose one of the options that is appropriate. 6. Standard text object converted to a graphic a. Create your text object b. Right-click on the object or click on the menu options button under the icon in the upper, left-hand corner. Choose Text to Graphic. c. Keep a copy of your text object in the well in case you need to make changes later. You can’t change the text once it is a graphic object!! 7. Standard text box – left with a solid background – converted into a graphic – and with the intensity of the white level lowered by editing the graphic (no border) Example: http://www.jmadden.info/eZedia_Techniques2.htm a. Create your text object. b. b. Right-click on the object or click on the menu options button under the icon in the upper, left-hand corner. Choose Text to Graphic. c. To lower the transparency of the solid background in the text you just converted to a graphic, right-click on the shape or click on the menu options under the icon in the upper, left-hand corner. Choose Edit Graphic. c. Click on the FIRST icon from the top to lower the transparency level of a SINGLE COLOR. Then click in the graphic to select which color you want to make transparent. d. A slider bar appears with the block of color you’ve chosen at the top. d. Drag the slider bar down until you get the effect you want. e. Close the Edit tools by clicking in another area of the frame or by clicking on the small “x”. 8. Shadow effect - Standard text box – made transparent – duplicated – with the text in each box made a different color – and then layered over each other. Example: Look at the title on the first frame of this project - http://www.jmadden.info/Presidents.htm 9. Text on path (not applicable in QTI1) a. Create your text object. Convert to a graphic if you want. b. Create a path by clicking on the Path Object in the toolbar. c. Click on the Link tool and then click on the Text Object and hold and drag with your mouse towards the Path Object. The Path Object will get a red line around it once it is properly linked to the other item. Remember - you’re only creating the link at this point. You won’t see the Text Object move until the path is activated when the project runs. 10. Text object with a solid color background that is not white a. Create your text object. b. Right-click on the text object and choose Background Color. c. The Choose Color dialog box appears. Click on one of the little squares in the Swatches view or click on the HSB tab, move the slider bar up and down the color spectrum and then click in the big square to choose a single color within that range. Click on OK. Suggestion: Write down the number of your color (on the right). d. Depending on your color choice for the background, you may have to highlight the text inside the text object and click on Format > Color to give it a different color for greater contrast. 11. Text object with a solid color background and large text that is transparent a. Create your text object. To get the best effect, use a large size of font and choose a font that is quite thick. Arial Black with a size of 72 works quite well. Leave the color of the font black. b. Adjust the text object so that the text is properly placed within the text object. c. Right-click and choose Text to Graphic. d. Now, right-click on the newly created Graphic Object. Choose Edit Graphic. e. Choose the 1st icon in the edit tools that show up then click on the solid black of the text. f. A slider bar appears. Drag it down to zero. g. Close the edit tools by click on the small “x” or by clicking in another area of the frame. h. Position your text object over an area of the frame with strong contrast so that the background in the frame can come through the “holes” you’ve just cut in the graphic!
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