Adding an action

You can add actions to the organizational levels of project (chapters, sections, and pages) and to objects within project. Actions are dependent upon three major assignments: the on event, the action, and the target.

See also: About actions

To add an action to project:

1. In the Project Explorer, select the location into which you want to add an action and do one of the following.

• From the Insert ribbon, click Action from the Add Navigation and Interaction group

• From the Home ribbon, click from the Quick Insert group

• From the Properties ribbon for objects,click Action from the Add group.

• Right-click in the Project Explorer or in the work-area and select Add Action.

• Type Ctrl+4

The action is added to the Project Explorer and the Action ribbon is displayed.

2. Use the controls on the Action ribbon to complete these tasks:

   • Change the name of an action

   • Select another action

   • Add a description

   • Viewing the HTML name

   • Select an action's trigger

   • Delay an action

   • Select an action

   • Select an action's target

   • Specify conditions

   • Add an action

When you have completed defining your action, you can preview and test the functionality of the action within project in Run Mode, Preview Mode, or Debug Mode. For details about switching between modes, see Switching between modes.

You can create groups of actions that can be executed as one action. For details, see Grouping actions.

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