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Free Button Maker Software

Vista Buttons Free Version
Vista Buttons has a completely free version of their button software. It has a limited selection of buttons from their full program, but it is easy to use and it makes great buttons.

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Adding a “Go Back” Link

If you want to have a “Go Back” link on your website, then put this code into the link just as it is written:

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Using Photos or Graphics to make Rollover Buttons

You can use photos to make interesting Rollover Buttons. The Graphic Rollover Buttons article has complete instructions for making graphic Rollover Buttons. This is a quick review.

Place three graphics on the page. Use a photo for one or all of the graphics.
Select them in the order you want them to

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Highlight Objects with Links

Since links are invisible pathways, it is impossible to see them on buttons and other objects. In order to check how links are working, you need to use the Preview Links or Preview Website Commands. However, the easiest way to simply see what objects contain links and what objects do

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Linking to Buttons and Objects

You can add links to buttons, objects and other types of graphics, such as photos and graphics added from files. You can also apply links to text.
There are several ways to add links

Drag and drop links from the Links Gallery.
Drag and drop page links from the Page List.
Use the Add/Remove

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Making Graphic Rollover Buttons

Use the Graphic Rollovers Command to make Graphic Rollover Buttons
A Graphic Rollover Button is made of three different graphics that look and act like buttons. To create one of these buttons, you must add three graphics or text objects to your page. Even if you want to use the same

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Adding Links to Buttons

A button isn’t a button until it has a link. The link tells the button what web page to go to when it is pressed. You can add links to your buttons at any time, but it is quicker and easier to add links to buttons once all of your

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Adding a Button to the Gallery

You may want to use your own graphic to make a button. The easiest way to do this is to add it to the Buttons Gallery. This allows you to use the features in the Rollover Button Studio for your graphic. This article gives you two ways to place the

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Editing Buttons

All buttons can be edited by double clicking to bring up the Rollover Button Studio or Graphic Rollover Studio. Each studio contains all of the different things you can do with that button.  Make your changes in the Studio and then click OK when you are done. 
You can make changes

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Making Rollover Buttons

Use the Buttons Gallery to make Rollover Buttons
The Buttons Gallery contains hundreds of ready to use buttons and you can also add buttons of your own. To use a button from the Buttons Gallery, simply drag and drop it onto the page. This opens the Rollover Button Studio that allows