Layout of an Object

Each object you work with uses a common layout, so it's easy to find your way around. When you open each object, you'll see a window with several tabs. The tabs contain that object's settings.

• Some tabs contain settings which apply to only one output type, while others contain settings which apply to more than one output.
• Similarly, some tabs are common to more than one type of object, while other tabs are only used for one type of object.

Let's look at an example:

The Book object has 5 tabs:

• Book Contents: contains the structure of your document. Only applies to the Book object, but applies to all output types.
• General: all objects have a General tab, and its settings are only relevant inside Author-it, not in any of the output types. It tells you things like:
  • The description of the object that will appear within Author-it.
  • The output types which the object will be published in.
  • The object template it is based on.
• Print: contains settings that apply to your printed Word document output.
• Help: contains settings that apply to the online Help output types: Windows Help, HTML Help, Java Help, and Oracle Help for Java.
• Web: contains settings that apply to the HTML-based output types: HTML, XHTML, HTML Help, Java Help, and Oracle Help for Java.

Some objects may have only some of these tabs. For example, because the Title Page object only applies to your printed Word output, it only has a General tab and a Document tab.