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TIP 99: Editing Actions

Using buttons and links is a rather pointless exercise unless something happens when the user clicks the object. In Tips 96 and 97, we briefly mentioned actions when we discussed building links or buttons. In this tip, you learn about editing actions. By the way, actions are also used with bookmarks, which are described in the following chapter.

From either the Link Properties or the Button Properties dialog, click Actions to display the options you can choose and customize.

You can add any number of actions you like to a link, button, or bookmark. But be carefulyou probably don't want an action that plays a sound to follow an action that opens another document, for example.

When you are editing link actions, click the action itself, not the details (such as a filename) that are listed for some actions (Figure 99). If you are editing a button action, also click the action itself, not the trigger or the details.

You don't have to plan a sequence of actions ahead of time, however. Add the actions you want to use, and then select an action you want to reorder and click Up or Down to move it in the execution list.

If you change your mind about using an action, select it on the Actions area of the dialog and click Delete.