Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of GlobalSpecification/EmbeddedBooksPalette

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02/26/09 15:23:22 (16 years ago)

Author:

deyan

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GlobalSpecification/EmbeddedBooksPalette

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 == OS Specific? ==
 == Related tasks? ==
+
+== Other ==
+Embedded books
+If the user drags a book template onto a page of another Sophie book, a new book will be created that
+is inside of the existing book. This is called an embedded book.
+Embedded books can be embedded in two different ways. A fully embedded book lives entirely inside the
+parent book: when the user sends the parent book to someone, the embedded book goes with it, like a media
+resource that is in the book. A linked embedded book does not live inside the parent book; while it displays in
+the same way as a fully embedded book, it lives somewhere else. If the user sends someone a parent book
+without the linked embedded book, the linked embedded book will not be displayed. The reader will be
+prompted for the location of the embedded book.
+Embedded books in Sophie can appear both on the page of the container book, like frames, or in their own
+window, opened from a link in Sophie. These books can be either fully embedded or linked embedded.
+4.5.5 Creating fully embedded books
+A book can be fully embedded in another book if it is made from a book template. To make a book
+template, create a book and save it as a book template in the default
+book template directory. The book template that the user has created will appear in the book template
+palette. From there, it can be dragged to the page of the book he wants
+to embed it in. Text or media inserted into an embedded book created in this way will be saved inside of the
+container book.
+Another way to create a fully embedded book is to drag an open book from the books palette to the
+page of the book the user wants to embed it in while holding down the control key. When the book is
+dropped, Sophie will attempt to turn the book he wants to embed into a book template so that it can be fully
+embedded.
+A book that is embedded in either of these two ways will appear on the page to which the user
+dragged the book template or book. An unwanted embedded book can be deleted. The book will be deleted
+from the page but will still exist in the embedded books palette.
+An alternate way of fully embedding books is opening of the Sophie book file of the book the user
+want to contain the embedded book and dropping the book he wants to embed into the Contents folder. The
+next time the user opens the container book in Sophie, the book he dropped into the Contents folder will
+appear in the embedded books palette.
+4.5.6 Creating linked embedded books
+To create a linked embedded book, open both the book to embed and the book that will be the
+container book. Drag the icon for the book to embed from the books palette to the page of the container book
+on which the embedded book will appear. Both books are still independent. A change in an embedded book
+when its container book is closed will be visible the next time the embedded book is opened from the
+container book.
+Holding down the control key when dragging a book from the book palette to the page of the book
+will cause Sophie to attempt to convert the book into a template so that the book can be fully embedded. This
+process will strip out all content of the embedded book. If the conversion fails, an error message will be
+displayed.
+Renaming embedded books
+An embedded book can be renamed by double-clicking its name in the embedded books palette. This
+does not change the embedded book’s filename. It does change the title displayed in the embedded book’s
+title bar if the embedded book is displayed in its own window.
+Deleting embedded books
+An embedded book is deleted from the embedded books palette by selecting the embedded book and
+pressing DELETE or BACKSPACE.
+Displaying embedded books
+An embedded book can be displayed either on the page (like an image or a movie) or in its own
+window. The same book can be embedded in multiple places in the same parent book.
+An embedded book created by dragging a book or book template to the page of another book will
+display on that page by default. Such an embedded book can be deleted by selecting it by clicking its frame
+and pressing DELETE or BACKSPACE to remove it from the page. The embedded book will continue to be
+displayed in the embedded books list. It can be dragged from the list to the same page or another page in the
+book.
+A book that is embedded on a page of a parent book can be moved around the page like any other
+object. To turn the pages of such a book, the reader needs to click in the book to move focus to that book, and
+then use the arrow keys to turn the pages. When focus is in the embedded book, the page palette will show
+thumbnails for the pages in the embedded book, not the pages in the parent book.
+An embedded book can also be opened in a separate window by making a link and choosing Open
+Book in New Window. Dragging the embedded book from the embedded book palette to the third field in the
+link HUD defines the target of the operation. When the link is triggered, the embedded book will be opened
+in its own window. An embedded book displayed in this kind of window can be either fully embedded or
+linked embedded.
+Embedded book windows differ from other Sophie book windows in that they do not include a status
+bar or scroll bars.
+4.5.7 Embedded books palette
+The embedded books palette is a list of all the books that are embedded in (or linked from) the book
+that is currently opened and selected. To use an embedded book, the user can drag it to the workspace to
+open its window or drag it to a page in the container book to embed it on that page.