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Grouping Objects

Group You can group objects so you can work faster. Grouping causes objects to retain their positions in relationship to each other. After you group objects you can copy, paste, flip, rotate and perform other functions on the group. You can group and ungroup objects at any time. 
The Group Commands

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Creating Text Effects

The Text FX Command in the Create Tab enables you to apply animation effects to text such as fade, zoom and spin. Text you want to animate is entered into the Text Effects dialog instead of a text object. The effects are displayed when a visitor opens the webpage. 

Click on

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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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Resizing a Thumbnail

When you create a thumbnail, the size is locked unless you unlock it. Once you unlock it, you can resize it.

Click on the thumbnail to select it.
Drag one of the handles and the Object is Locked dialog opens.
Click Yes if you want to remove the lock so you can resize

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Thumbnails

Thumbnails are used to create a small image of a photo that has an automatic link to the full sized photo. 
Once you make a thumbnail, the size is locked on the page. See Resize a Pop-Up Thumbnail.
You can create several thumbnails at once by selecting multiple images before you click

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Photo Correction Wizard

Photo Fixer
The Photos Group in the Insert Tab contains several Speial Effects Commands that you can apply to Photos. The Photo Correction Wizard is the most versatile way to enhance photos.

Select a photo you want to change.
Click on Create Tab>Photos Group> Special Effects>Photo Correction. The Photo Fixer opens.

 

Click on

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Create:Shopping Cart group

The shopping cart group lets you integrate your site with PayPal, or with iHostStudio’s e-commerce system. To use PayPal, select a button you’d like to integrate with PayPal, and choose Add to Cart from the PayPal submenu. In the dialog box, enter

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Create:Group Group

The Group group is where you can select multiple objects and group them, so that they behave like a single object. You can easily ungroup them later. To do this permanently, that’s called merging. (Of course, there’s always Undo). You can also

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Create:Opacity Group

The Opacity group is where you can adjust the opacity of a graphic or image, in order to create translucent objects that you might arrange on top of another object. The video discusses some of the objects that aren’t affected by the slider,

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Create:Photos Group

The Photos group houses a series of tools used for importing and manipulating photos you’ve added to your site. Also discussed are Protected Photos, or Protected Graphics, which are not subjected to Web Studio’s internal conversion processes. If you are a photographer or