ClearOne Impress IM100 User Manual - Manual (Page 51)

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The object can be moved around on the page by clicking on any section of the white object han-
dles, holding down the mouse button and dragging the object. The object can be sized by clicking
and dragging any of the black points on the outline.
The page editor consists of several elements that facilitate page creation.
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As objects (text, graphics, etc) are added to the page, they are listed in the drop-down list in the
object selection toolbar. Using the toolbar to select and manipulate objects is often easier than
attempting to select or highlight an item in the page editor, as the editing window can become
crowded with overlapping objects in more complex pages.
Controls are provided to access the Properties sheet for the selected object and to Delete the
object. Bring Forward and Send Back provide layering controls. In the example below, a rectangle
is shown in front of a text box, obscuring it completely in the first picture. Select the rectangle, click
on the Send Back button, and the second picture shows the result.
To the right of the object selection toolbar are two additional tools – a dynamic color display, and
information about the currently selected object.
As you move your mouse around the page editor, the dynamic color display will change to show the
RGB value of what is immediately under the mouse cursor. This makes it very easy to match colors,
if you are creating content in 3rd party graphic programs as well.
The object Position and Size indicators show details about the currently selected object (position in
X, Y coordinates, size in width, height). This can simplify the process of aligning multiple objects,
as an example.
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Notice the rectangle inside the page editor near the border of the window. This rectangle represents
what is called the “Safe Text Area”, or sometimes the “Safe Title Area.”
Computer monitors and television screens are somewhat different in how they display images. A
computer monitor shows you the entire image, usually surrounded by a thin black border. On a
television screen, however, the image is stretched slightly so that it goes past the plastic bezel of
the picture tube, creating the appearance of a picture that goes from edge to edge without any
border. This process is known as “Overscan.”
The problem with overscan is that no two TV sets are adjusted the same, and will “waste” varying
amounts of display area. This means that any text you have near the edge of a display, although it
may look good on your TV, might get chopped off on a different one.