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Managing presentation steps

You can typically manage presentation steps by:

• Right clicking an object in a step and choosing PRESENTATION then choosing your
required option from the sub-menu that appears
• Using the buttons on the Presentation toolbar (on page 427)
• Using the PAGE & LAYER GALLERY
Viewing step contents
Sometimes you may want a clearer view of exactly which objects are in a step. You can
either use the JUMP TO option in the Presentation toolbar to take you to a particular step
or layer, or else use the PAGE & LAYER GALLERY.

For ease of navigation, the JUMP TO menu will only display the Background/MouseOff
layer and the presentation steps. If you need to select another layer (MouseOver, Page
Background, Pasteboard Background) simply select it in the PAGE AND LAYER GALLERY
and it will be displayed as the current layer in the JUMP TO menu dropdown.

If you click on a step in the PAGE & LAYER GALLERY all the steps above your selected step
will be hidden and all the steps below will be visible thus giving you a precise view of
your position in the presentation as shown on the canvas. This is also true if you select a
step using the JUMP TO option. You can still hide or reveal any steps in the presentation
by clicking on the eye icon.

Additionally you can click on the "S" (Solo) icon next to the step you want to view, to
show only that step on the canvas. Click the icon again to return to normal view.

Note that the Background in the JUMP TO menu is referred to as the MouseOff layer in the
PAGE AND LAYER GALLERY.

Moving objects from one step to another
You can move objects from one step to another step in one of three ways:

• In the PAGE & LAYER GALLERY, click and drag the object(s) from one step to another or
right click the object(s) and choose MOVE TO CURRENT LAYER.
• Right click the object(s) and choose "PRESENTATION" > "MOVE TO STEP" then choose the
number of the step you want to move the object(s) to, or BACKGROUND if you want to
move the objects to the MOUSEOFF layer or NEW STEP to move to a brand new step.
• Use cut and paste to move objects from one step to another. Cut the object (Ctrl+X),
then go to the JUMP TO drop down menu on the Presentation Toolbar to select the step
you want and then paste (Ctrl+V) or paste in place (Ctrl+Shift+V).
Changing step order
The order in which steps are revealed is the order in which the steps appear in the PAGE
& LAYER GALLERY, as indicated by the step numbers. You can click and drag steps above
or below each other in the PAGE & LAYER GALLERY until all steps are in the order you
want.