Interface Tab

Configure the appearance and the Main options in the Ebook in this Tab.

Set Toolbar

 This button allows setting how the Ebook toolbar and logo will look and work.
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Set Menus

 This button can turn visible or invisible either specific menu commands or all menus in the Ebook.
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Set PopUp Menus

 This button can turn visible or invisible either specific Pop-Up menu commands or all Pop-Up menus in the Ebook.
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Show Window Title Bar Open About p. in Main window
Shows or Hides the Ebook Title Bar. The Title Bar is where the Ebook title appears and from where the Ebook window can be dragged on the screen. Usually the About Page is displayed in an small window, but if this option is selected it will be opened inside the ebook Main window.

Show URL Show Status Bar
If the Status Bar is visible, this option will show the filenames associated with links when the cursor is over a hot spot in the Ebook. This option determines if the Status bar (which shows information about the links under the mouse cursor) is to be shown or hidden.

Ebook Title:
The Ebook title will appear in the Ebook Title Bar and, depending of the options used for generating passwords, it can affect password generation as well. Learn More.

Besides having a bilingual, English/Spanish interface and Help file, HyperMaker can compile Ebooks and setup programs in many different languages.
The Language button open the Publication Language window from where you can load the language required for your publication.
After loading a language file, the language name will appear to the right of the Language button. Learn More.

Convert character entity and numeric references

Modifies HTML source pages so the search function can find accented and special characters (like ñ, ç and many others more). This kind of characters usually is written as character entities or numeric character references. Example

 Char  Syntax
 á  á
 Á  Á
 ...  
 á  á
 â  â

Because HyperMaker Ebooks only search for literal characters (like á or ñ), to be able to find accented characters in your publications the HTML source must be modified. Of course, if you are using plain English language you do not need to select this option. This option is disabled, unless you select it.


Navigation Pane Options

Navigation Pane Options

Navigation Pane Options

HyperMaker ebooks show the Navigation Pane on the left, where the Index, Search, Table of Contents and Favorites tabs are located.

The Navigation Pane appearance is configured in the Publication Interface Tab, as shown below:

Navigation Pane Options

Show Navigation Pane           
Show Favorites


Default Tab
Contents
Search
Index
Favorites


Default width:
  

If Show Navigation Pane is selected, the Pane will be visible when the Ebook starts, otherwise it will remain hidden until the user clicks the corresponding button or menu to show it.

Favorites is an optional panel. Only if Show Favorites is selected the user will have the choice to have Favorites.

The Default Tab option specifies which tab will be visible the first time. Default width sets the default Navigation Pane width, which can be modified by the user.

The button shows the Table of Contents Options sub-pane, by clicking it again, the sub-pane will be hidden.

Table of Contents Options

   Full Expand
   Automatic Expand
   Show Lines
   Show Root Node

The checkboxes in this sub-pane modify how the Table of Contents looks and works. As you can see above, some options are selected by default.

  • Select Full Expand to display all the nodes in the TOC, opening all folders from the start.
  • Select Automatic Expand to cause the selected item to expand and the unselected items to collapse automatically.
  • If Show Lines is selected, lines linking child nodes to their parent nodes are displayed. Nodes at the root of the hierarchy will not be automatically linked, unless Show Root Node is also selected.
  • Select Show Root to show lines connecting top-level nodes to a single root.

If some options are not clear, you can see how the TOC tab in the Publication Manager changes its appearance and behavior when you select different options, also you can try compiling ebooks with different options selected until you fully understand how the Table of Contents Options work.

 
Screen Size

Width:  

Fixed Size

Height:  

If Width or Height are specified the Ebook size will take the specified values.
The window will be re sizable unless Fixed Size is selected.
More Options.

Pop-Up window
   Delay

You can set here the color and delay for the Pop-Up window, which appears when special links are clicked upon.
Learn More.

 

HTML Documents Settings
Default
Colors:
 

 

 

 

 

Active Over Link

Show Alternate Label

No Link Underline

Font: You can set the default text color, size and font style here.

Color:

Background: You can set the default background color here.

Link: Set the default hotspot color.

Over Link: Set the default Over Link (when the mouse is over the HotSpot) color.

Visited Link: Set the default Visited Link (after the link was visited once) color.

Active Over Link: If this option is selected, the Over Link color will be displayed when the mouse is over the HotSpot.

No Link Underline: Disables the HotSpot underline.

These settings can be overwritten with the use of certain HTML tags. If you choose to use a non-standard font you may need to include the corresponding font file (only True Type fonts are supported) in the directory of the publication by using the Font Wizard. When the publication runs it will install automatically the font.

Show Alternate Label: If selected, the ALT tag for images will be displayed in a small text box, each time a user's mouse goes over the image. The ALT text will be shown using the same popup background color specified above under Pop-Up window options.