Here we introduce objects and the Object Browser:
In ActivInspire, everything you add to a flipchart is an object of one
kind or another. For example, if you write something with the Pen
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draw a shape, add a picture, or add a link to a sound file, each of these
items is an object. You can add many different types of objects to a flipchart.
The Object Browser helps you to keep track of the number and types of
objects in your flipchart and to quickly get to grips with objects in
a flipchart created by somebody else.
The Object Browser shows details of the objects on the current page. Although a page is flat, a flipchart page actually has four layers! These are like transparent sheets which only contain certain object types unless you move objects from one layer to another. Within a layer, you can stack objects on top of each other.
By default:
This layer... |
Contains... |
Top |
Annotations: anything you draw with the Pen
Anything you draw with the Connector
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Middle |
Images, shapes and text objects. |
Bottom |
You can drag and drop objects onto this layer. |
Background |
Backgrounds, grids and page colour. |
By selecting objects listed in the Object Browser you can drag and drop them between the first three layers in the Browser, but not the background layer. This directly alters their layering on the flipchart page. Layers are completely separate from each other. In other words, you can replace the background without affecting your images or annotations. Or you can annotate over your photographs and background without affecting other layers.
For more details, see Using layers and stacking.
Use the Object Browser to see at a glance:
The display order of objects and which objects are on the top, middle and bottom layers of a page.
If a page contains any hidden objects.
If a page contains any objects that are locked so that they cannot be moved.
Use the Object Browser to:
Drag and drop objects from one layer to another.
Stack and reorder objects.
Show or hide objects.
Lock or unlock selected objects, for example, if you are planning a student activity where only certain objects can be dragged and dropped and others must stay in place.
The picture shows details of the objects on the current flipchart page. You can see in the Browser, that all the objects are identified by:
The Browser shows clearly which objects are on which layer: There are eight objects in the top layer. These are the annotations
written with the Pen There are four objects in the middle layer: The printed text created with the Text
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Note the lock The triangle and squares created with the Shape
There is only one object in the bottom layer, a square created with the Shape Tool. In the Object Browser, we dragged this object down from the middle layer, where it was created. The yellow page background is on its own layer. We inserted this background with the Page Browser. |