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It doesn’t look like much, just a button with the word ‘Special’ written on it. That’s just because I haven’t come up with a kool image to use it yet. This button will eventually allow you to easily add almost anything to a page in your book.

This button will let you use any ‘plugin’ that has been developed to work with a tobors book. Adding a video to a page was very easy to do. It uses a specialized ‘plugin’ that I developed for video (because everyone is into online video these days). Continue reading »

The button with the video displayed on it is obviously the button that you use to add a video to a page in your story.

The only video format that you can use is FLV (FLash Video) files. This is the same type of video files that most sites on the web already use (e.g. Youtube).

For this lesson, I will assume that you have an FLV video file that you can use. We won’t get into how to change a different type of video file to an FLV file here.

When you click the button, a window opens up to let you browser your computer to find an FLV file. If you don’t have one, you can use the one in the images folder in the I_Like_to_Paint folder. It’s the one that comes with the sample book.

All you have to do is select your video and it will be put right into the book. When you save the page, the video file is saved with it. That’s all there is to it.

We have discussed three of the six Image Buttons. They were the three located in the top row. The button with the silhouette of a walking man is the Animation Button.

What will it do?

By clicking this button, you will be able to add a Flash animation to the Image area of any page in your book.As a result, and the Image portion of any page in your book is not limited to being a static image. Continue reading »

Hmm, the third Image Button has the kitty cat picture with some crayons ON TOP of it. The button with just the cat on it is used to add a picture to a page in your story. The button with the crayons on it allows you to make a drawing for the page.

What does this button let you do?

It will let you draw on top of an image. Continue reading »

In a previous posting, I explained how to add an image to a page in your Tobors Books. This time, I will tell you how you can have your child draw his or her own pictures for their books.

The button to use to do this is the one that looks like three crayons.

When you click it, the picture portion of the Page Area of BookMaker will be blank and the area beneath it (on the right side of the screen) will look something like this.

This is not a sophisticated drawing program. It is meant to allow a child to create a simple image on his/her own. Continue reading »

Since Tobors books are made for young children, each page should have a picture of some sort on it to help grab the attention of the little ones.

This is what the image buttons in Tobors BookMaker look like. These 6 buttons are not just for images. Continue reading »