Memory Builder 3.1 User s Guide

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1 Memory Builder 3.1 User s Guide Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive, Inc. All rights reserved. This document and the software which it describes are furnished under license and may only be used in accordance with the terms of such license. Yearbook Interactive assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that might appear in this publication.

2 Memory Builder 3.0 Installation Copyright Information Memory Builder v.3.1 Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive, Inc. and its licensors. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized reproduction of the software is a violation of applicable copyright laws. Memory Viewer v.3.0 Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive, Inc. and its licensors. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized reproduction of the software and/or the multimedia supplement created for it is a violation of applicable copyright laws. The Sentry Spelling-Checker Engine Copyright 2000 Wintertree Software Inc. Trademarks Memory Builder, Memory Builder v.3.1, Yearbook Interactive, and SingleHanded logos are trademarks of SingleHanded. Jostens logo is a trademark of Jostens, Inc. QuickTime and QuickTime logo are trademarks used under license. The QuickTime logo is registered in the U.S. and other countries. All other company and/or product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective manufacturers. Credits Buttons courtesy of Gary Fu at ProDraw Graphics. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive ii

3 Memory Builder 3.0 Installation System Requirements Prior to installing Memory Builder, ensure that your computer meets the following technical specifications: Windows: Windows 98, NT 4, Me, 2000, or XP Pentium II, 233 MHz (PIII, 500MHz recommended) 128 MB RAM (256 MB recommended) Available Hard Disk Space: 1 GB (2 GB recommended) Macintosh: OS X (10.1 or higher) G3 233Mhz or Faster (333Mhz recommended) 128 MB RAM (256 MB recommended) Available Hard Disk Space: 1 GB (2 GB recommended) A Power Mac G3, G4, G4 Cube; imac; PowerBook G3, G4; ibook; or emac Software Requirements: QuickTime 6 is required. (Available on the Memory Builder v.3.0 disk or at Java is required for the PC. (Will be installed with the Memory Builder software.) System Settings Monitor Resolution: 800 x 600 or higher. (1024 x 768 recommended.) PC Color Depth: High Color-16 bit. (True Color-32 bit recommended.) Mac Color Depth: Millions of Colors Recommended Additional Equipment A microphone compatible with your specific computer Speakers Digital Camera Photo Editing Software (e.g. Photoshop) Digital Camcorder Movie Editing Software (e.g. imovie, Adobe Premier) CD-RW drive: 4x or greater Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive iii

4 Memory Builder 3.0 Installation Installing Memory Builder on a PC 1. Insert the Memory Builder v.3.0 disk into the CD-ROM drive of your computer. 2. The disk is programmed to auto run and will automatically display a prompt to begin installing Memory Builder v.3.0. If the disk does not automatically run, locate the CD from My Computer. Click with the right mouse on the CD drive, and select Explore from the menu which pops up. In the new browse window, double-click on LaunchCD.exe. If installation does not begin, call tech support. 3. Allow the installation to keep the default settings and locations. If you need to do a custom installation, read each step carefully. 4. When the installation is completed, the CD will check to make sure you have QuickTime 6 installed on your computer. If you don t, it will display a message instructing you to load it. (You can load it from the menu which follows this step.) 5. A menu will follow which allows you to access a number of tools and resources that have been provided on the CD. (See the menu items below.) If you were prompted to install QuickTime 6, you can do so by clicking on the Install QuickTime button from the menu. 6. The following features are available from the menu: Launch Memory Builder You can access the Memory Builder software from this button or from the Start menu on your PC. View Sample See the fun and excitement this award-winning school packed into the cover of their print yearbook. Install QuickTime Installs QuickTime 6 software onto your computer. QuickTime 6 is required to run the Memory Builder software. Resources: Introduction to Memory Builder See how schools all over the country are adding multimedia to enhance their print yearbooks with Memory Builder. Guided Tour Sit back and let us demonstrate for you the exciting features of a multimedia yearbook supplement. Tutorial Learn how to build Memory Pages with music, movies, photos, and links. It s fast, easy and fun. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.) Riverton High School Project Files Examine the project files from our sample school to get ideas for your multimedia supplement. User s Guide Find instructions on how to use the many features and functions of Memory Builder v.3.0 in our comprehensive User s Guide. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.) CD Label Templates Find instructions and templates for creating CD labels for your multimedia supplement. The print specifications must be strictly adhered to before submitting the project to Yearbook Interactive. Install Acrobat Reader Installs software that allows the displaying of.pdf files. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive iv

5 Memory Builder 3.0 Installation Re-install Memory Builder Once Memory Builder has been installed initially, re-inserting the disk will not install the software. To do so, you will need to use this feature. Go to Our Web Site Visit our Web site for information, updates, support, downloads, and more. 7. Obtain a copy of the Memory Builder 3.1 update (available at or choose Get Updates... from the Help menu in Memory Builder). After saving the update file to your computer, locate it and double-click on it. 8. The file will install the update to Memory Builder. Installing Memory Builder on a Macintosh 1. Insert the Memory Builder v.3.0 disk into the CD-ROM drive of your computer. 2. Double-click on the CD-ROM image on your desktop to view its contents. 3. Drag the Memory Builder v.3.0 folder to the Applications folder on your hard drive. (We recommend the Applications folder, but you can put it in any location on a hard drive). 4. To launch Memory Builder, open the Memory Builder v.3.0 folder and click on the Memory Builder icon. 5. Other features of the CD that are found on the Memory Builder CD are as follows: View Sample To see the fun and excitement this award-winning school packed into the cover of their print yearbook, open the View Sample folder and double-click on the Memory Viewer icon. Resources folder Introduction to Memory Builder See how schools all over the country are adding multimedia to enhance their print yearbooks with Memory Builder. Guided Tour Sit back and let us demonstrate for you the exciting features of a multimedia yearbook supplement. Tutorial Learn how to build Memory Pages with music, movies, photos, and links. It s fast, easy and fun. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.) Riverton High School Project Files Examine the project files from our sample school to get ideas for your multimedia supplement. Drag them into the Projects folder found in the Memory Builder v.3.0 folder. User s Guide Find instructions on how to use the many features and functions of Memory Builder v.3.0 in our comprehensive User s Guide. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.) CD Label Templates Find instructions and templates for creating CD labels for your multimedia supplement. The print specifications must be strictly adhered to before submitting the project to Yearbook Interactive. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive v

6 Memory Builder 3.0 Installation Acrobat Reader Installs software that allows the displaying of.pdf files. Go to Our Web Site Visit our Web site for information, updates, support, downloads, and more. 6. Obtain a copy of the Memory Builder 3.1 update (available at or choose Get Updates... from the Help menu in Memory Builder). After saving the update file to your computer, locate it and double-click on it. 7. The file will install the update to Memory Builder. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive vi

7 Memory Builder 3.0 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION TO MEMORY BUILDER V WELCOME... 3 WHAT S NEW IN MEMORY BUILDER 3.1?... 3 CUSTOMER SUPPORT... 4 MEMORY BUILDER 3.1 QUICK START... 5 Start a New Project... 5 Becoming Familiar with the Workspace... 5 Close-up of Contents Window... 6 Add a Master Border to the Master Objects Layer (optional)... 6 Add a Project Title... 7 Create a First Page with a Layout Template... 8 Add an Image Add Text Add a Hot Spot to the Image Add Background Music Save and Preview as Often as Needed Add a Movie to the Page Add a Sound Clip to a Page MEMORY BUILDER DETAILED INFORMATION BECOMING FAMILIAR WITH THE PROJECT WORKSPACE Menu Bar (Function Definitions) File Edit Modify Insert Portraits Post-Production Help Main Toolbar Contents Toolbar School Name Contents Window Master Objects Layer Sections Pages Canvas The Space Indicator The Frame Adjustment Bar HOW-TO GUIDE PROJECT STRUCTURE Create a New Project Add a Page Add a Section Rename a Page Rename a Section Move Pages Move Sections Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 1

8 Memory Builder 3.0 Table of Contents Import Pages and Sections from Another Project Disable/Enable Pages and Sections Delete Pages and Sections Preview the Project PAGE OBJECTS Selecting Objects Cut, Copy, and Paste Move and Align Objects Delete Objects Add Images Add Text Font Style (Color) Chooser Add Video Add Sound Files on the Canvas Create Hot Spots (Add Links to Files) Edit Images Edit Layers CLASS PORTRAITS Importing Class Portraits Name Portraits Portrait Page Templates Edit Portraits Change a Portrait Section Background Portrait Name Settings PROJECT PRESENTATION CONCERNS The Master Objects Layer (putting an object on every page in the project) Section Objects Removing Master Objects or Section Objects from a Page or Section Creating and Importing a Custom Master Border Navigation Add/Change Background Image Create a Custom Background Image Creating Custom Page Templates Organizing Sounds and Music Spell Check the Project READYING THE MULTIMEDIA SUPPLEMENT FOR PUBLICATION Previewing the Project Saving the Project Proofing the Project Preparing the Project for Submission Submitting the Project APPENDIX A: PAGE TEMPLATES APPENDIX B: PORTRAIT PAGE TEMPLATES APPENDIX C: MASTER BORDERS APPENDIX D: BACKGROUNDS APPENDIX E: THE BUILDER RESOURCES FOLDER APPENDIX F: PREPARING YOUR MEDIA FILES APPENDIX G: SUBMISSION FORMS Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 2

9 Memory Builder 3.0 Getting Started INTRODUCTION TO MEMORY BUILDER v. 3.1 Welcome Memory Builder software makes building professional-looking CD multimedia supplements easier than ever before. The whole idea behind Yearbook Interactive is to provide a technology that allows yearbook students to produce a dynamic, multidimensional publication at a professional-quality level. The system teaches students important skills in digital/graphic technology, while allowing them to see the positive results almost immediately. What s New in Memory Builder 3.1? Memory Builder v3.1 was created with yearbook staffs in mind. From years in the industry and valuable feedback, Yearbook Interactive has designed easyto-use CD multimedia supplement creation software. Version 3.1 has more new features and enhancements than any previous version. Now both Macintosh and PC compatible! Enhanced rich text capabilities Spell Checking Easy to add page objects, including Text Images Movies Sounds Hot Spots Author-defined Hot Spots, hyperlinks that link the user to another page in the supplement a Web site a document, file an audio clip an external movie Ability to move and resize image and text boxes Place multiple video, audio, and Hot Spots on each page The Master Objects Layer that gives students the option to place objects on a template that will display on all pages. (Students also have control on a page-by-page basis.) Increased image support including.jpg,.bmp,.png,.gif,.tif,.pic,.pct and transparencies (alpha channels) Auto-opens last project when launching the application New Page Templates Movies can be "imbedded" or launched Background music is automatically added to subsections (can be disabled) Ability to insert Page Narration Image Cropping Image Rotation Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 3

10 Memory Builder 3.0 Getting Started Drag and drop movable pages and sections Ability to create custom Master Borders Additional Portrait Layout options The option to attach a personal movie, sound clip, and/or link to another page from each students photo in the Portrait section Show Grid/Snap to Grid functionality for consistent page object placement Enhanced Preview functionality Memory Builder is the premier product for allowing students to focus on creativity in producing a professional CD while the software does the technological work. If questions arise while using the software, don t hesitate to call our Customer Support Department. Customer Support Telephone: x23 Toll-free Monday - Friday between 7 am and 5 pm (PST) techsupport@yearbookinteractive.com Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 4

11 Memory Builder 3.0 Getting Started Memory Builder 3.1 Quick Start Start a New Project Upon launching Memory Builder, a dialog box appears to create a multimedia supplement project. Fill out all of the fields in the dialog and make a Master Border selection. A Master Border is an image or set of images that shows up on every page of the project to provide consistency and visual interest. You may choose one of the pre-built Master Borders from the list in this dialog, or you may build your own in the Add a Master Border to the Master Objects Layer section below. Alternately, you may design your own Master Border in an image editor and import it (see Create a Custom Master Border below). For detailed information on the New Project Information box, see Create a New Project. Becoming Familiar with the Workspace 1. Menu Bar 2. Main Toolbar 3. Contents Toolbar 4. School Name 5. Contents Window 6. Canvas 7. Space Used Indicator Bar 8. The Frame Adjustment Bar Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 5

12 Memory Builder 3.0 Getting Started Close-up of Contents Window The Master Objects Layer (M icon) A layer to place images or text on all pages throughout the project for consistency. A Section (green icon) Sections are separators in the multimedia supplement. They are used for grouping pages together. A Page (blue icon) Individual pages within a section. Icons appear gray when sections or pages are inactive. Add a Master Border to the Master Objects Layer (optional) If you did not select a Master Border in the New Project Information dialog, you may do so at any time on the Master Objects Layer. The Master Objects Layer is a transparency that displays on top of every page in your project. Use it for objects you want to be constantly displayed or accessed such as the school name or a link to the school Web site. Important Note: A Master Border is a design or graphic image used for consistency throughout the project. 1. To place a Master Border in the project, click once on the Master Objects Layer icon in the Contents window. 2. From the Toolbar, click on the Image icon. The File Preview dialog box will appear and open to the Builder Resources folder. The Builder Resources folder is provided in the Memory Builder program folder when installing the program. It contains: Design Master Borders Buttons Music Sounds Other Graphics Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 6

13 Memory Builder 3.0 Getting Started 3. Open the Themes folder. Open the Theme Components folder. Select a Master Border. ( Squiqqly.gif is shown below.) Note: There are also a number of Master Border choices in the other two folders within the Themes folder (Full Screen Themes, Large Themes). 4. Place the cursor (looks like a cross-hair) in the upper left corner of the Canvas. 5. Click once to display the image in its full size. Click and drag to create an image the size desired. 6. After you have placed your Master Border image, you may move it around by dragging or using the arrow keys. Add a Project Title 1. Click on the Text icon on the Toolbar. The Text Editor will appear. 2. Select the font Arial, size 24, bold, centered, and white font color. Type in the name of the school in the text box. (e.g. Riverton High School ) 3. Click OK. The cross-hair cursor should appear on the Canvas. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 7

14 Memory Builder 3.0 Getting Started 4. Click and drag the text box to the center of the Master Border design. Create a First Page with a Layout Template 1. Click on Main Page 1 in the Main section. 2. Double click anywhere on the Canvas to set a Background for the Main section. 3. From the Background Chooser dialog, choose from one of the backgrounds. Click OK. At any point, you can add pages to your project by following these steps: 1. Locate the section to which you d like to add a page in the Contents window, and click on it once. 2. Click on the New Page icon on the Contents Toolbar (just above the Contents window). Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 8

15 Memory Builder 3.0 Getting Started The Select Page Template window will appear. 3. Choose a page template (you can also create your own; see Creating Custom Page Templates). 4. Click OK. A page should appear in the selected section in the Contents window, and the background should appear on the template page along with the layout elements (the image below shows the Main layout and the Textures/Morning Ripple background). Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 9

16 Memory Builder 3.0 Getting Started Add an Image 1. To add an image to a template page, double-click in the blue image box containing the text Double-click to fill in this picture object. A File Preview dialog will appear. 2. Browse to an image file to add to the project. 3. For practice purposes, choose the Campus Main.jpg image from the Tutorial folder in the Builder resources folder. The image will appear in the Image Editor box. The white area, or Viewport, shows the size and dimensions of the image box on the Page Template, and how the current image compares to it. 4. If the image does not fill the entire template image area, it may disrupt the alignment of the Page Template, and Memory Builder will pop up a warning. 5. To make the image work correctly, use the Zoom In icon to increase the size of the image, or use the Zoom Out icon to decrease the size of the image. Once it covers the Viewport, click OK. (For custom cropping, see Edit Images) 6. Click and drag the Viewport around to select the best cropping of the photo. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 10

17 Memory Builder 3.0 Getting Started 7. Click OK. The image now appears on the page. Add Text 1. To add text, double-click on the layout text box on the canvas. The Text Editor will appear. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 11

18 Memory Builder 3.0 Getting Started 2. Type in the desired text in the bottom box of the window. 3. Choose font, size, styles, and color. For practice, select any font, style or color. 4. Portions of the text can have different styles just by highlighting the text and selecting the style choices. 5. When finished, click OK. On the page the text will now appear in the text box. For creating custom text areas, see Add Text. To delete a photo or text box, single-click on it and press the Delete key. Add a Hot Spot to the Image. Hot Spots are areas of the Canvas that create a link to the Web, audio files, video files, document files, or other pages in the project. 1. To add a Hot Spot, click on the Hot Spot icon on the Toolbar. The cursor will become a cross-hair. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 12

19 Memory Builder 3.0 Getting Started 2. Click-drag an area over the text above the image. The Hot Spot Editor dialog will appear. Any kind of Hot Spot may be created. 3. For practice purposes, select Web link and type in (Optional) Save and Preview (see below). 4. In the Preview mode, click on the icon to see the Hot Spot area. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 13

20 Memory Builder 3.0 Getting Started Add Background Music Background Music is a Section Property. A section acts just like a yearbook section in a print yearbook. All of the pages in the section will share the same background music. Change Section Properties by selecting a Section in the Contents window. Then choose Section Properties from the Modify menu or bring up the Section Properties dialog by double-clicking on the name of the Section in Contents window. You will see Section Name, Section Background, and Section Music. 1. Click on the browse icon next to the Background Audio field. 2. Open the Music folder found in the Builder Resources folder. 3. Choose a song from the list. Notice that you can preview the song in the Preview window. 4. Back in the Section Properties dialog, put a check in the box next to Loop. By selecting Loop, the song will play continuously in that section. 5. Click OK. Save and Preview as Often as Needed An important tip in any project is to Save often. To Save the project, click on the Save icon on the Toolbar. Also Preview as often as needed to ensure the project appears as designed. The Preview icon is the icon on the Toolbar. To exit the Preview mode, click on the icon Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 14

21 Memory Builder 3.0 Getting Started Add a Movie to the Page Memory Builder 3.1 can display.mov,.avi,.mpg, and.swf files. Movies may be displayed as part of a page or from the computer s default movie player using Hot Spots. (See the Users Guide discussion of Hot Spots.) 1. First, add a new page by clicking on the icon. 2. Choose the Blank Page template. 3. Add a movie by clicking on the icon on the toolbar. A File Preview dialog window will appear. 4. Browse to a movie to place on the page. (For practice purposes, go to the Tutorial folder and choose the basketball.mov file.) Preview the movie by clicking once on the image in the Preview window on the left. 5. After selecting movie image, click Open. 6. Place the cursor to the right of the center of the page and single-click. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 15

22 Memory Builder 3.0 Getting Started Add a Sound Clip to a Page Memory Builder 3.1 can play MP3, WAV, and AIFF files. 1. To add sound, click on the icon. The File Preview dialog will appear. 2. Browse for sounds in the Sounds folder in Builder Resources. For practice purposes, select Applause.wav. 3. Click Open. 4. Place the cursor on the Canvas where desired. Once placed on the Canvas, sounds can only be heard in Preview mode. 5. Go to Preview mode and test out the music, sound and movie. Notice the background music drops while watching a movie or listening to sound. This concludes the Quick Start Guide. To continue learning, read through the rest of the User s Guide. The next section will describe the organization of the rest of the manual. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 16

23 Memory Builder 3.0 Getting Started Memory Builder Detailed Information Creating a multimedia supplement is simple once students are familiar with the software structure. Most of the pages created will be standard layout pages. These are pages that display photos of the events, organizations, and candid moments that take place during the school year. In addition to standard pages, schools may present each member of the student body and faculty in the Class Portrait section. Class Portraits are usually studio photos of each individual organized by grade with their name and other optional information. Class Portraits are handled differently than standard pages because they are automatically alphabetized and subsequently, generate the appropriate number of pages based on the number of photos provided. In this section, students will find the following detailed information and instructions: Becoming Familiar With the Workspace How-To Guide o Project Structure including adding and moving pages and sections o Page Objects images, text, videos, and other things that go on pages o Class Portraits o Presentation Concerns school name, navigation, background music, etc. o Readying the Multimedia Supplement for Publication Appendices o Appendix A: Page Templates o Appendix B: Portrait Page Templates o Appendix C: Master Borders o Appendix D: Backgrounds o Appendix E: The Builder Resources Folder o Appendix F: Preparing Your Media Files o Appendix G: Submission Forms Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 17

24 Memory Builder 3.0 Getting Started Becoming Familiar with the Project Workspace Memory Builder was created to make building a CD multimedia supplement easy. Understanding the workspace is the key. The project workspace consists of 8 major elements: 1. Menu Bar Most application functions can be accessed through this area. 2. Main Toolbar The most commonly used project or page functions can be accessed here. 3. Contents Toolbar Page and section functions can be accessed on this toolbar. 4. School Name Displays the school name. 5. Contents Window Displays sections and pages, including their status. 6. Canvas Master Objects Layer, Section, and Page objects are displayed in this area. The design area is where students will create the multimedia supplement project by placing pictures, graphics, audio and links to the Title Page, Sections, Subsections and Pages. 7. Space Used Indicator Bar Visual indicator of the amount of space used and the space remaining for a one CD disk project. 8. The Frame Adjustment Bar Allows the author to use more of the monitor space for the Canvas or for the Contents window. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 18

25 Memory Builder 3.0 Getting Started Menu Bar (Function Definitions) File New Project Leaves current project to create a new project. Open Project Leaves current project to open another existing project. Close Project Closes current project. Save Saves project with current name in previously specified location. Save As Saves project in custom location with new name. (The previously named project will exist separately under the original name.) Save Page Template Uses the objects on the current page (images and text boxes) to create a page template. Preview Displays the current project as a presentation. (A Preview watermark is displayed across each page.) Exit Closes current project and quits the application. Edit Undo Cancels the last operation. Redo Restores the Undone operation. Cut Removes a page object to the clipboard to be pasted in another location. Copy Copies a page object to the clipboard to be pasted in another location. Paste Applies the page object stored in the clipboard to the current page. Clear Permanently deletes the page object from the page. Delete Page Permanently deletes the page selected in the Contents window. Delete Section Permanently deletes the section selected in the Contents window. Select All Selects all objects on the current page. Modify Page Properties Displays the Page Properties dialog where the students can view or change: o Page Name o Enable/Disable Page o Suppress Master Objects o Suppress Section Objects o Page Narration Section Properties Displays the Section Properties dialog where the students can view or change: o Section Name o Enable/Disable Section o Suppress Master Objects and Parent Section Objects o Background Image o Background Audio (Music) Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 19

26 Memory Builder 3.0 Getting Started Project Properties Displays the Project Properties dialog where the students can view or change: o School Name Displayed above Contents window and on CD Multimedia Supplement splash page (a screen that displays as the finished CD supplement is loading). o Project Title Displayed on CD Multimedia Supplement splash page. o Project Name (View only) Name of the project o Project Location (View only) Location of project files. o School Year Displayed on CD Multimedia Supplement splash page. o School Colors Affects the way certain Master Borders display. o Master Border A set of images that lays over the top of every page. The lower right pane of the Project Properties window shows a preview of the selected Master Border. o Default Font Sets the default font for each time the Text Editor is used. Edit Object Allows for changes to objects on the page. o Opens the Text Editor when a text box is selected on a page. o Opens the Image Editor when an image box is selected. o Opens the Hot Spot Editor when a Hot Spot is selected. Delete Object Permanently deletes a selected object from the page. Bring to Front Makes the selected page object the front (top) layer. Send to Back Makes the selected page object the back (bottom) layer. Bring Forward Brings the selected page object one layer forward. Send Backward Moves the selected page object one layer backward. Align Brings objects into alignment with each other or the Canvas. Snap to Grid Displays a grid on the current page for assistance in placement of page objects. Page objects will snap to the grid point nearest the top left corner of the page object. Insert New Page In the Contents window, this adds a new page to the section that is highlighted or to the section of the page that is highlighted. New Section In the Contents window, a section will be added as a subsection of the Section that is highlighted. Import Pages/Sections Imports pages or sections from another project. The new page will be placed below the selected page or section in the Contents window of the current project. Add Image Adds an image (jpg, bmp, png, gif, tif, pic) to the current page. Add Text Adds text to the current page. Add Movie Adds a movie (mov, avi, mpg) to the current page. Add Sound Adds a sound clip (mp3, wav, aiff) to the current page. Add Hot Spot Adds a Hot Spot to the current page. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 20

27 Memory Builder 3.0 Getting Started Portraits Import Portraits Imports class photos into a temporary directory of the current project. They will not be displayed until names and grades have been assigned. Name Portraits Assign information to each imported Portrait, including: o Last Name o First Name o Middle Initial o Grade o Text o Movie o Audio o Project Page Link Edit Portraits Allows user to change the name and other information associated with portraits that have been imported and named. Also allows user to edit the portrait image. Portrait Page Template Allows the user to select various page templates for the auto-generated pages in the Portrait section. Portrait Name Settings Defines the text font and styles for names displayed in the Portrait section. Post-Production Check Spelling Brings up a utility that checks the spelling in all of the project s text boxes, points out errors, and suggests changes. Password Allows you to change the password that permits entry to the Proof Project area. Proof Project Brings up a utility in which a user verifies that every page is complete and error-free. Required before the Prepare for Submission step. Prepare for Submission Compresses the project files into a single file named SendThisFileToYBI.ybz in preparation for sending the project to Yearbook Interactive. Help Memory Builder Help Brings up the Help System, which contains topics, an index, and a search function for finding help with Memory Builder. Get Updates Links to a Web site that includes updates to the Memory Builder program and extra features. User's Guide Opens this User's Guide in another window, a print-ready document which contains full information about using Memory Builder. Tutorial Opens a document that leads you through the basic steps of using Memory Builder. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 21

28 Memory Builder 3.0 Getting Started YearbookInteractive.com Links to the Web site for Memory Builder's developer, Yearbook Interactive. About Memory Builder Displays a screen which contains copyright and version information for Memory Builder. Main Toolbar See the Menu Bar above for explanations of each of the Main Toolbar icon functions. Contents Toolbar New New Properties Delete Section Page New Section - Allows students to create a new project section. New Page - Allows students to add a new page to a project section. Properties - Students may change names, assign names, Master Border design or music to a section. Delete - Allows students to remove a page or section by clicking on the Page or Section button in the Contents window and then clicking on the Delete icon (trash can). School Name The School Name is displayed above the Contents window. It will also be displayed on the splash screen of the CD multimedia supplement that is distributed at your school. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 22

29 Memory Builder 3.0 Getting Started Contents Window The Contents window displays the Sections and Pages of your project. There are several ways to navigate in the Contents window. o Sections and Pages are moved freely by click-dragging them to the desired location in the Contents window. o To delete Sections and Pages, select the Section or Page then click on the icon. o Right-clicking on selected Sections or Pages and select the correct action from the drop menu options shown: Master Objects Layer The Master Objects Layer (indicated by the M icon in the Contents Window) is a transparency that lies over every page. It is used for placing objects that are to be displayed throughout the project. When placing an item on the Master Objects Layer, it is always the layer above the page objects, but below the Section Objects Layer. Master Borders, logos, mascots, school name, and other titles are the perfect design elements to be placed on the Master Objects Layer. The Master Objects Layer cannot be deactivated, but can be left blank. Sections Sections are separators in the CD supplement. They are used for grouping pages together. Sections contain background images and background music that help to bind a set of pages together. Sections can also have Section Objects (a section title, for example). o The diamond icon identifies Sections. o When the diamond is green, it has been enabled and is active. o When it is gray, it has been disabled and neither it, nor any of the pages contained therein will be displayed in the presentation CD unless re-activated. (Use the right click button for enabling or disabling sections or pages.) o Section properties are set by double-clicking on the Section name or by clicking on the icon. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 23

30 Memory Builder 3.0 Getting Started Pages The blue Page icon designates individual Pages. A Page contains all of the standard objects, such as movies, sounds, images, hot spots, etc. Canvas The project Canvas is where students will do most of the work. The Canvas size is 800 pixels wide by 540 pixels high (a 60-pixel area at the bottom has been reserved for navigation in the final presentation). When a Section has been selected in the Contents window, the background (if already chosen) and instructions will appear on the page. When a Page has been selected in the Contents window, all of the Page Objects previously added to the selected page will be displayed. Tips for making changes on the Canvas: o To change the Section Background, double-click directly on the background. The Section Background dialog box will open. o Move Page Objects by clicking and dragging them on the Canvas. o Double-click on a Page Object to open an editing window where images, text, or Hot Spots can be manipulated. o Delete or change the layer order of objects on the page Canvas by right-clicking the mouse and choosing from the drop down menu shown to the right. Master Objects Layer and Section Page objects always display on top of standard Page Objects, with the exception of video. The Space Indicator Even though a CD can hold a lot of information, its space is still limited. Since video and audio files take up quite a bit of space, students want to keep an eye on how much space is being used. Memory Builder provides a handy visual reference bar called the Space Indicator. It is located in the lower left corner of Memory Builder. The Space Indicator Bar shows how much space the project is using. Since the average CD-R has only about 650MB available, the Indicator Bar uses the 650MB mark (the entire gray rectangle) as the maximum size allowed. The green bar indicates how much space has been used. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 24

31 Memory Builder 3.0 Getting Started The Space Indicator is only a rough approximation of the project s current size. As an added safety measure, when the project reaches 600MB in size, the bar turns to red, indicating that the project may be in danger of using up more space than a CD can hold. The 52MB indicates how much space is used to fit a project on a small, business card size CD. The Frame Adjustment Bar The bar between the Contents window and the Canvas can be adjusted for display purposes. A double arrow cursor will appear when placing the cursor over it. Then click-drag the bar to the left to see more of the Page, or to the right to see more of the Contents window. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 25

32 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide How-to Guide How do I Project Structure Questions Create a new project? Add a page? Create a new section? Rename a page? Rename a section? Move pages and sections? Import pages or sections from another computer or project? Delete sections and pages? See what the final product will look like to users? Page Object Questions Add images to my pages? Add text to my pages? Add videos to my project? Add a sound file on the canvas? Link to documents and files? Move things around on the pages? Crop and resize my images? Overlap things? Choose colors for my text? Delete objects that I don t want? Portrait Questions Bring school portraits into my project? Assign names to the portraits? Choose templates for displaying portraits? Add a background to portrait pages? Make changes to portrait images or names? Choose a font for the names under the portraits? Presentation Concerns Put something (a logo, title bar, etc.) on all of my pages? Provide for navigation in the multimedia supplement? Add or change a background image? Create my own background images? Organize my background music? Finishing Your Project Prepare to send my multimedia supplement to Yearbook Interactive? Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 26

33 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide Project Structure Create a New Project The first step in creating a new CD multimedia supplement project is to create a new project file. This process will also allow you to choose where to save the file and what to name it. 1. Click on the Create Project icon or choose New Project from the File menu. 2. In the New Project Information dialog, please provide the following: a. School Name b. Project Title c. Project Name The project file will save under this name. d. Project location By default, the project will save to the Program Files/Memory Builder 3/Projects folder. Click on the folder icon next to this field to choose a different save location. e. School Year f. Primary and Secondary Colors Some of the Master Borders, which will be selected the next step, change colors based on what was selected for the Primary Color and Secondary Color. To specify another color, click on the More Colors button. This brings up the Choose School Colors dialog box, which is essentially the same as the Font Color Chooser dialog (for more information, click on the link and start with step #4 in the Font Color Chooser section). g. Select a Master Border The selection box in the lower right corner allows you to choose a pre-designed Master Border. A Master Border is a design element such as a background or graphic that shows up on every page of the project to provide consistency and visual interest. Click on a Master Border in the list, and the preview will appear in the Preview window. h. Custom Click on this button to import custom art or graphics not supplied by Memory Builder. To read more about this go to Creating and Importing a Custom Master Border. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 27

34 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide i. Default Font This allows students to change which font Memory Builder automatically chooses for text. For more information on font styles, see #2 in Add Text. 3. Click OK when finished. Add a Page Memory Builder pages are exactly like pages in a print yearbook; they hold all of the content. Students will have options such as using a pre-designed template or creating a custom layout. 1. In the Contents window, select the section to insert a new page. 2. Either click on the New Page icon, or choose New Page from the Insert menu. 3. Choose a blank page or a page template in the Select Page Template dialog. In the preview pane on the right side of the Select Page Template dialog, blue boxes represent image areas, while yellow boxes represent text areas. 4. Click OK. Add a Section Sections help organize the multimedia supplement presentation. They also allow students to add excitement to the project presentation with background music and unify groups of pages with consistent background images. Memory Builder automatically provides basic sections in the Contents Window. Just as in planning a printed yearbook, the CD supplement may be broken into as many sections as desired. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 28

35 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide 1. In the Contents window, select the Master Objects Layer to add the section at the root level, or select a section to create a subsection. 2. Click on the Add Section icon or choose New Section from the Insert menu. 3. The Section Properties box appears. a. Section Name Assign a name to the new section. b. Suppress Master Objects and Parent Section Objects Keeps these objects from appearing in this section. c. Background Image This provides a design backdrop for the images and text on the pages, and gives the project a professional look. Click on the folder icon to browse and preview the background images that Memory Builder provides. Students may design or import their own backgrounds. See Create a Custom Background Image to learn more. d. Background Audio Background music adds to the energy and personality of the project. Memory Builder provides choice from a number of different audio file formats, WAV, MP3, AIFF, AU, MIDI, and System 7 sounds. Click on the folder icon to browse and preview the sound files provided in the Music or Sound folders located in the Builder Resources folder, or locate student created Audio files. Choosing Loop will cause the audio to continue playing until users reach the next music selection. For more information about the Play None option, see Organizing Background Music below. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 29

36 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide Rename a Page Not only will page names help students to remember where to place certain images and text (like the limo picture on the Prom page), but they will also show up when a user clicks on the Contents button in the final product. Just as each page is a topic in the print yearbook, students should create a topic for each multimedia supplement page. 1. Locate the page in question in the Contents window and double-click on it. 2. In the Page Properties dialog, select the current name, delete it, and type in a new name (or just type over it). 3. Click OK. Rename a Section Section Names help to organize sections of the project. For example the project can have a Sports section and a Track & Field subsection. 1. Double-click the section or subsection to rename in the Contents window. 2. In the Section Properties dialog, select the current name, delete it, and type in a new name (or just type over it). 3. Click OK. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 30

37 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide Move Pages Placing pages in just the right order can add to the overall effect and interest of the project. Changing page order is easy, and the process for reordering pages within a section or moving a page to a different section is the same. 1. Locate the page to move in the Contents window. 2. Click on the page name and hold down the mouse button. 3. Drag the page to its new location (a light gray line will show where the page is moving) and release the mouse button. 4. Note: To move a page to another section, the students need to expand the destination section in the Contents window by clicking on the plus symbol next to the section name. Move Sections Memory Builder allows flexibility in organizing the CD supplement. To move a section or subsection, 1. Locate the section to move in the Contents window. 2. Click on the section name and hold down the mouse button. 3. Drag the section to its new location and release the mouse button. A light gray line will show where the section is moving. Note: To group sections into subsections, take each section and drag it over the name of the parent section until a right-pointing arrow appears to the left of the mouse pointer. Import Pages and Sections from Another Project Many schools build portions of their project on different computers. Before compiling, all pages that will be in the final presentation must be on one computer in a single project (a master project). The Import Pages and Sections function allows students to bring all of the parts of the project together into one master project. Note: Memory Builder projects are not designed to be accessed by more Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 31

38 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide than one machine at a time. Rather than creating a single project and having a number of users access it, have each student create an individual project and then import all of the pieces using the Import Pages and Sections function. 1. Designate one machine as the master machine. Use a computer that has access to the other machines with projects. 2. On the master machine, open or create a project that will be the master project. 3. In the Contents window, choose a location for the page(s) or section you ll import by selecting a section or page. Note: Selecting a section will place the imported page(s) or section first in the section. Selecting a page will place the imported page(s) or section directly after the selected page. 4. Choose Import Pages/Sections from the Insert menu. 5. Click on the open folder icon and browse for the project which contains the page(s) or section to import. 6. The Select window will show the sections and pages in the project. Select the page(s) or section to import in the contents window. Click on the Show Preview box to display the selected page or section. Click Import when you are satisfied with your selection. You may repeat this process to import pages and sections individually. Note: To select multiple pages, hold down the Shift key while clicking with the mouse to select a range of pages, or the Control key (Apple key on a Mac) while clicking with the mouse to select a combination of individual pages. 7. Click Close when you have finished importing pages and sections. 8. The imported page(s) or section(s) will now appear in the master project. Importing sections will also bring their background images and background music with them. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 32

39 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide Disable/Enable Pages and Sections To temporarily remove or deactivate a page from the project without deleting it: 1. Double-click on the page or section in the Contents window. 2. In the Properties dialog box, uncheck the Page Enabled or Section Enabled checkbox. 3. Click OK. To enable a page or section that is disabled: 1. Double-click the page or section in the Contents window. 2. In the Properties dialog box, check the Page Enabled or Section Enabled box. 3. Click OK. Delete Pages and Sections To remove pages or entire sections from the project: 1. Locate the page or section in the Contents window. 2. Select the page or section by clicking once on it. 3. Either click on the Trash Can icon on the toolbar or right click the mouse and select Delete. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 33

40 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide 4. Confirm deletion of the page or section in the message box that pops up by clicking OK. Preview the Project Previewing it is the best way to check the progress of the project. What appears in the Preview mode is basically what the end product will look like, minus the PREVIEW watermark. The Preview mode has all of the functionality of a final product presentation, including background music, navigation buttons, etc. 1. Click on the eye icon on the toolbar or choose Preview from the File menu. 2. Memory Builder will go into Preview mode. A row of navigation and function buttons appears at the bottom of the presentation. 3. Passing the mouse over the navigation buttons will pop up a tool tip that will explain what each button does. Use the forward and backward arrows to move through the presentation. 4. Note: It is recommended that students browse through the entire project using the guidelines in the Project Completion Checklist. (Check with your Jostens rep to obtain a copy or download it from Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 34

41 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide Page Objects Selecting Objects In order to move or modify objects that you place on the page (images, text, video clips, etc.), you will need to select the object first. To select an object, click on it once. You can select multiple objects by holding down the mouse button and dragging a selection rectangle over the objects you would like to select. You may also use the drag method for selecting a single object. Cut, Copy, and Paste Memory Builder s Cut, Copy, and Paste functions help students edit pages by moving graphics, photos or text to different pages. These functions are also useful for placing the same images or text on several pages such as a section title. Cut 1. Click on the object to be cut. 2. Select the Cut icon, or choose Cut from the Edit menu. 3. The cut object is now available for pasting anywhere in the project. Copy 1. Select the object to be copied by clicking on it. 2. Select the Copy icon, or choose Copy from the Edit menu. 3. The copied object is now available for pasting anywhere in your project. Paste 1. After cutting or copying an object, select the page in the Contents window where the object should be pasted. 2. Either click on the Paste icon, or choose Paste from the Edit menu. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 35

42 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide 3. The object will be placed on the canvas slightly offset from the original position of the cut or copied object. After the initial offset paste, all subsequent pasted objects will paste right on top of each other. To paste the same object on a number of pages in the same location (a section title, for example), a. Create the object on the page canvas just a bit higher and further to the left than it is to appear. b. Select the object and cut it. c. Paste the object onto the first page in the correct location on the page. d. Continue to select new pages and paste the object and it will paste to the same location. Move and Align Objects Memory Builder includes a grid to assist in consistent placement of images, text, and other objects placed on the pages. To move objects, 1. Select the object to move by clicking on it once. 2. While holding the mouse button down and dragging, the item may be placed anywhere on the page. A light gray outline of the object will move around the page to assist in placing the object. 3. The process for moving multiple objects simultaneously is the same. Simply select all of the objects by clicking on them while holding down the Shift key. You may also choose to select all objects on a page by choosing Select All from the Edit menu. Then proceed moving the objects as you would a single object. To ensure accuracy when aligning objects, an underlay grid can by placed on the page canvas. 1. Click on the Grid icon, or access the Grid feature by choosing Snap to Grid from the Modify menu. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 36

43 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide 2. Drag objects around on the canvas. When you release the mouse, the object s upper left corner will snap to the nearest grid line. Another way to align objects on the canvas is with the Align menu item. 1. After selecting one or more objects, scroll down to Align in the Modify menu. 2. The submenu pops out. Choose from the listed selections. Available alignments: a) Top Aligns all selected objects to the topmost object on the canvas. b) Middle Lines up the vertical middle of each selected object. c) Bottom Aligns all selected objects to the bottommost object on the canvas. d) Left Aligns all selected objects to the leftmost object on the canvas. e) Center Lines up the horizontal center of each selected object. f) Right Aligns all selected objects to the rightmost object on the canvas. g) Center Vertical Places all selected objects in the vertical center of the canvas. h) Center Horizontal Places all selected objects in the horizontal center of the canvas. Delete Objects Memory Builder provides a number of ways to get rid of objects that you don t want to keep. 1. Select the object by clicking on it. 2. The following delete methods work for all objects: a. Choose Delete Object from the Modify menu. b. Click on the Cut icon. c. Choose Cut from the Edit menu. d. Click on the object with the right mouse button and choose Delete from the menu that appears. 3. If the object is not a movie, you can simply hit the Delete key on your keyboard after selecting the object. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 37

44 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide Add Images Images such as pictures are the real focus of a CD multimedia presentation. To add an image to a blank page: 1. Click on the Image icon on the toolbar or select Add Image from the Insert menu. 2. Browse to the image in the File Preview dialog, select the image, and click Open. 3. Position the mouse pointer to place the image on the page. 4. Click once on the page to place the full-sized image, or click and hold the mouse button down and drag the mouse to open up a placement rectangle, as shown below. Memory Builder will display the dimensions of the placement rectangle on the bottom right bar (next to the Space Indicator) as you drag. 5. After releasing the mouse button, Memory Builder will place the image. To learn how to edit images after placement, see Edit Images. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 38

45 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide Add Text Adding text, such as titles, names, stories, etc., will add a professional quality to the project. 1. Click on the Text icon or choose Add Text from the Insert menu. 2. The Font Style Chooser dialog will pop up. It allows students to select a number of options for the text. 1. Font face a set of printable or displayable text characters in a specific style. 2. Font size determines how large the characters will appear. 3. Font style allows students to emphasize words using bold, underline or italic styles. 4. Font alignment determines the justification of the text inside the text box. 5. Font color allows students to select text color. Click on a color on the color palette or click on More Colors to open the Font Color Chooser (see Font Style for more information on the Font Color Chooser). 6. Preview box shows how the text will appear on the page. 3. Type text in the text preview area. Students have the option to change any portion of the text by highlighting the text and selecting changes. 4. Click OK. 5. When returning to the page, place or drag the cursor to the desired area and release. Font Style (Color) Chooser Black or white text, while typically the easiest to read, can often be boring. Use the Font Style Chooser to change the color for an entire text box or individual words and characters. 1. On the canvas, double-click on the text to change. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 39

46 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide 2. In the Font Style Chooser dialog box, highlight the text to change. 3. Click on any one of the colors in the palette to change the font color. For more choices, click the More Colors button. The Font Color Chooser will appear. 4. The easiest way to select colors is to click on one of the color squares on the Swatch tab. For this or any method of choosing colors, the Preview window will show how the text will appear on the page. 5. To custom select a color or choose a color that is not available in the swatches, click on the HSB or RGB tab. a. HSB (short for Hue, Saturation, Brightness) is useful for adding or removing white, black, and gray in the color, as well as lightening and darkening a color. o Move the slider next to the color bar up and down to choose the desired hue or type it into the H field. o Click on the circle in the large color box and drag it around to add or remove white, black, and gray. o The Reset button returns to the original color selection Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 40

47 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide b. RGB (short for Red, Green, Blue) is a standard method of choosing colors. Move each slider bar back and forth to add or reduce the amount of each color in the composite color. An absence of the color is 0, while 255 represents the maximum amount of that color. 6. After selecting the desired color, click the OK. Add Video Video clips really bring the multimedia supplement to life. Memory Builder uses video clips in two manners: directly on the Canvas, or as a link (see the discussion on links below). Placing a movie on the Canvas will allow users to view the movie within the Memory Viewer. Adding a video clip as a link will open a QuickTime window automatically to play the clip. To add a video clip to a page: 1. Click on the Slate icon or choose Add Movie from the Insert menu. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 41

48 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide 2. Browse to the correct file in the File Preview dialog. Preview movies in the preview pane on the left. 3. Double-click on the video file in the File Preview dialog or select the file and click Open. 4. Click on the canvas to place the video file. To move the file position on the page after placing it, just click and drag. Add Sound Files on the Canvas This function can be used to add a Sound File icon to the page that users can click on to hear a sound file. This is a good way to give users the option of whether they d like to hear the file or not, as opposed to background music and page narration, which automatically play. For example the school song could be placed on the first page or a class president speech in a graduation section. 1. Click on the Sound icon, or choose Add Sound from the Insert menu. 2. In the File Preview window, browse to the sound file to add a sound file. Preview the sound file in the preview area to the left. 3. Double-click on the sound file in the File Preview dialog or select the file and click Open. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 42

49 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide 4. Click once on the page to place the sound file. The Sound File icon will appear on the page. The icon can be moved around like any other page object. Note: Sounds can only be heard in the Preview mode. Create Hot Spots (Add Links to Files) Memory Builder allows the flexibility of adding links to Web pages or other pages of the project. The Add Link function creates a Hot Spot that users can click on to open all kinds of files (such as text documents, extra sounds and video clips, PDF documents or flyers, etc.). Examples are bios on students or a spreadsheet for team score stats. Use Add Link to create a spot on the page where users can click to open each document. Also use Add Link to create a hyperlink to the Web and Memory Builder will launch a browser to go to the linked Web page. 1. Click on the Hot Spot icon or choose Add Link from the Insert menu. 2. Click and drag the mouse to create a rectangle on the page where the Hot Spot will appear. This is where users will click to go a file, Web page, or another project page. 3. After releasing the mouse, Memory Builder will open the Link To dialog box. Select the type of link to create - Web, Audio, Movie, or another page in the project. a. To link to a Web page, select Web and type the Web address in the Web field. b. For Audio, Movie or another File, select the appropriate radio button and browse to the file by clicking on the open folder icon. c. To link to another page in the multimedia supplement, select Yearbook Page. Memory Builder displays a structure of the project similar to the Contents window. Click on the plus symbols to open sections, and then click on the name of a page to link to it. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 43

50 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide d. The Tool Tip box attaches a description of the link that will pop up when the user holds the mouse over the link (see example below). e. When you have finished setting up the Hot Spot, click OK. 4. The Hot Spot area may be resized by clicking then dragging one of the semitransparent rectangles on the border of the Hot Spot rectangle to the size and shape desired. 5. Tip: Be careful when linking to files created in a program that may not be on every computer, such as WordPerfect or Adobe Illustrator. Many users do not have these programs. Save files in generic formats, (for example,.rtf or.txt) to accommodate everyone. Edit Images With Memory Builder students can modify images in a number of ways using the Image Editor. To get to the Image Editor, either double-click on an image or click on the Edit Object icon after selecting an image. Refer to the diagram below to see where each function is located in the Image Editor window. 1. Menus See Menu reference below. 2. Image Icon Bar See the reference below. 3. Image Action Buttons The Actual Size button returns the image to its original state and size. The Replace Image button opens an Add Image dialog, which will allows students to choose a new image to take the place of the one currently selected. This operation cannot be undone or cancelled, so be careful when using it. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 44

51 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide 4. Image Size Displays the dimensions of the image. 5. Dialog Buttons The Cancel button exits the Image Editor without applying any of the changes. OK applies all changes made in the Image Editor and returns to the page. Image Icon Bar Reference Rotate Image This feature makes it easy to correct images that were taken in different orientations (portrait and landscape) so that everything is right side up. The left button rotates the image 90 counter-clockwise, and the right button rotates it 90 clockwise. Zoom To make an image larger on the page, click on the plus symbol to zoom in. The minus symbol zooms out, reducing larger photos to a manageable size. If the image is too large to fit on the page, Memory Builder will show the edge of the canvas as a dark red area. Crop Use this tool to select desired parts of an image. a. Click on the Crop icon. b. Click on the image and hold the mouse button down while dragging to define an area of the photo or graphic to use. c. The cropped area may be moved around for the best editing by clicking inside the selected area, holding the mouse button down, and moving the crop marked area to the desired portion of the image. d. Use the zoom buttons to focus in on a particular part of the image or grab a larger area. e. Clicking on the light gray box in the corner of the crop region and dragging the mouse will enlarge or reduce the region and change its shape. f. If you d like to clear out your crop region selection at any time, click on the Crop icon again. This deselects the crop tool. When satisfied with the crop selection, click on the Crop Apply icon. Image Effects Sharpen Increases the focus or definition of the image. Blur Softens the focus or reduces the definition of the image. Negative Reverses the light patterns of the current. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 45

52 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide Darken Moves the balance of light and dark shades in the image more toward the dark shades. Brighten Moves the balance of light and dark shades in the image more toward the light shades. Gamma Correction Adjusting the gamma of an image allows you to change brightness values of the middle range of gray tones without dramatically altering the shadows and highlights. Emboss Makes the image look like foil has been placed over the image and it has been sculpted to the image s contours and colorized. Sketch Simulates a drawing of the image (black and white). BW Transforms a color image into a black and white image. Fish Eye Simulates viewing the image through a fisheye lens, a lens which distorts the image to make the middle portion of the image appear larger and the outer edges appear smaller. Undo Click on this icon to remove effects that you have applied to the image one at a time. Add Shadow Adds a shadow underneath an image to make it stand out, and to give it a sense of depth on the canvas. Clicking on the checkbox will add the shadow and also bring up the Shadow Properties box: a. Use the Blur slider to increase or decrease the sharpness of the shadow s edge. b. Use the Opacity slider to affect how deep or light the shadow is. c. Click on the Color box to choose what shade the shadow will be. d. Clicking on the arrow buttons to nudge the shadow the direction the arrow points. At any point in time, you can click on the Edit Shadow Properties icon to show or hide the Shadow Properties box. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 46

53 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide Opacity Slider This image property allows you to make images semi-transparent (the original state of the image is 100% opaque not transparent at all). The percentage you choose will determine how transparent or opaque the image is (the lower the percentage, the more transparent). Image Editor Menu Reference File Reset Displays the image at its original size. Replace Opens up a browse window, from which you can choose another image to replace the current one. This action cannot be cancelled or undone. Cancel Exits the Image Editor without applying a crop or effect. Close and Accept Exits the Image Editor, applying all changes. Edit Undo Effect Clears out the last effect you applied to the image. Image Crop Begins the Crop process. See above. Apply Crop Crops the image based on the crop area you defined. Rotate 90 Turns the image 90 clockwise. Rotate -90 Turns the image 90 counter-clockwise. Zoom In Increases the image size 10%. Zoom Out Decreases the image size 10%. Effects Sharpen Increases the focus or definition of the image. Blur Softens the focus or reduces the definition of the image. Negative Reverses the light patterns of the current. Darken Moves the balance of light and dark shades in the image more toward the dark shades. Brighten Moves the balance of light and dark shades in the image more toward the light shades. Gamma Correction Adjusting the gamma of an image allows you to change brightness values of the middle range of gray tones without dramatically altering the shadows and highlights. Emboss Makes the image look like foil has been placed over the image and it has been sculpted to the image s contours and colorized. Sketch Simulates a drawing of the image (black and white). Fish Eye Simulates viewing the image through a fisheye lens, a lens which distorts the image to make the middle portion of the image appear larger and the outer edges appear smaller. BW Transforms a color image into a black and white image. Shadow Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 47

54 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide Shadow On Displays a shadow underneath an image to make it stand out, and to give it a sense of depth on the canvas. See above. Shadow Off Eliminates any shadow associated with the image. Shadow Properties Displays the Shadow Properties bar if it is not already visible. Opacity This menu item makes an image appear to be semi-transparent. The percentage you choose will determine how transparent or opaque the image is (the higher the percentage, the less transparent). Help Memory Builder Help Brings up the help index. Edit Layers To overlap images, create a video file link to an image, or do anything that involves overlapping objects, use Memory Builder s layer functions. Memory Builder puts each object in its own layer. To adjust layers: 1. Select the object to move. 2. Select the desired action from the Modify menu, or 3. Click with the right mouse button on the object to change and select the action from the drop menu. Note: Videos will stay as the top layer. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 48

55 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide 1. Bring to Front Places the object on top of all other objects. 2. Send to Back Places the object behind all other objects. 3. Bring Forward Places the object above the object that is currently above it. 4. Send Backward - Places the object below the object that is currently below it. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 49

56 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide Class Portraits The Class Portraits section consists of photos of the student body and faculty. Memory Builder automatically organizes this section by grade and alphabetical order. Because these photos are auto-generated, the pages in this section are created differently than those in the rest of the project. Portrait Pages cannot be manually added to the Class Portrait section because the Memory Builder program automatically alphabetizes the portraits. In Memory Builder, portraits have an aspect ratio of 4:5. Different layouts will have different size image boxes, but always the same aspect ratio. (For example, one of the layouts has image boxes that are 100 pixels wide by 125 pixels high.) Portrait Templates are not moveable or changeable. The Portraits themselves are in fixed locations. It is possible that some of the Master Objects Layer elements may overlap and block the view of some of the Portraits. To avoid this problem, select Suppress Master Objects in the properties of any Section or Page in the portrait section or rearrange the objects on the Master Objects Layer template. Importing Class Portraits 1. Go to the Portraits menu and choose Import Portraits or click on the icon. The dialogue box below will appear. 2. Find the portrait source files the original electronic images of the student body and faculty. Original images are usually found on a CD provided by a school photographer or in a directory of scanned photos. 3. Select the image files to import. Select one or multiple files. This works best if files are selected by grade. a. Select all files by pressing Ctrl-A (Apple-A on the Mac). b. Select multiple files in sequence by clicking on the first file and then Shiftclicking on the last file. c. Select multiple random files by using Ctrl-click (Apple-click on the Mac). 4. After selecting all the files to use, click Import. (The files will be moved into an internal directory where the files can be manipulated specifically for the project without affecting the original images.) Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 50

57 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide 5. A dialogue box will appear with the following three choices: a. Apply Names to Portraits The Name Portraits window will prompt you to apply Names, Grades, and other information to Portraits. b. Import Additional Portraits Returns to the Import dialog window. c. Return to Yearbook Window Returns to the page. Name Portraits 1. Go to the Portraits menu and choose Name Portraits. The following dialogue box will appear. 2. The previously imported portrait files will appear in the preview window. (The original file name will appear below the Preview pane.) 3. The following information must be entered for each portrait: Last Name First Name Grade 4. Names can be entered manually, or, if the image files were named using a format that utilizes the student s name (i.e. Doe Jane.jpg), they can be automatically organized by setting the desired format in the Portrait File Naming Convention. 5. Choose the Grade for the first portrait. The Grade selection will remain the same from portrait to portrait until you change it. Thus, it is easier to enter all of the senior photos together, then junior, and so on. 6. The Middle Initial, Text, Personal Sound, Personal Movie, and Personal Page fields are optional. The text field is for entering in any miscellaneous information that yearbook staff deems appropriate. 7. By clicking on the open folder icons next to Personal Sound or Personal Movie fields, students can associate a corresponding file with a student s portrait. In the Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 51

58 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide final product, when users click on the student s portrait, a box will pop up that allows them to watch the Personal Movie or listen to the Personal Sound. 8. Clicking on the open folder icon next to Personal Page will pop up a box that maps out all the pages in the project. Using this map, a page could be selected to associate with the student (for example, a 15 Seconds of Fame page). 9. To apply the information to the photo, click the Save button. This will save the information with the photo and will automatically advance to the next photo. 10. Upon Saving just one portrait record, a page is added in the Section designated for that student grade and that section is automatically activated in the Contents Window. 11. Skip should be used when you don t have identifying information available and you want to get back to the file later. This leaves the portrait in the Name Portrait queue. Click Close and then return to Name Portraits to get back to a skipped file. 12. Students may double click on a photo on the Canvas to add information at a later time. 13. Use Delete when a photo does not belong in the Class Portrait section. It will delete the file permanently from your project directory. 14. When finished naming and applying additional information, click Close. NOTE: Individuals in any of the Class Portrait section cannot be added without adding a photo. If no photo is available but the yearbook staff wants to include that student, import a filler photo image and associate the student s name with it. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 52

59 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide Portrait Page Templates 1. Portraits can have various pre-designed Page Templates with a different number of portraits per page. View Page Templates in Appendix B. 2. To assign or change a Portrait Page Template, click on the section or any of its pages and select Portrait Page Template from the Portrait menu. The Select Page Template dialog should appear. 3. Select a Page Template from the list on the left. 4. Click OK. Edit Portraits 1. To edit the photo or information for any individual in the Class Portrait section, click on the first page in the desired Section in the Contents Window. (For example a Portrait Section such as Senior Class.) 2. The first Page of the selected Portrait section appears. Click through the pages in the Section until you find the portrait you wish to edit. (If a page does not appear, students need to Name Portraits [see Name Portraits] or choose a Portrait Page Template [see Portrait Page Template].) 3. Select the Portrait on the page canvas to change by double-clicking the photo. This brings up the Edit Portrait Data window. 4. Edit the text fields, i.e. correct a name, add a movie, include sound, or link to a project page. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 53

60 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide 5. To edit the image itself (cropping, zoom, etc.), click on the Edit Image button. This will bring up the Portrait Editor. a. To zoom in or out, click on the plus or minus buttons. b. To change the cropping of the image, click on the image and hold the mouse button down while dragging. c. Clicking on the Reset Portrait button will restore the portrait image to its original state (the way it was just after importing it). d. The Actual Size button will reset the image to its original size. e. To save changes to the image and exit the Portrait Editor, click on the Apply button. To cancel all changes and exit, click Cancel. 6. After modifications have been made to a Portrait record, click Save. 7. You may select other Portrait records to modify by clicking on a name in the pane on the left side of the Edit Portrait Data dialog. 8. When finished with all modifications, click Close. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 54

61 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide Change a Portrait Section Background 1. Highlight a Class Portrait Section. 2. Go to the Modify menu and choose Section Properties or double click on the portrait section or section. 3. Select the browse folder next to Background Image. 4. Select a Section Background from one of the directories in the left pane. 5. To learn how to use a custom image, see Create a Custom Background Image. 6. When finished, click OK. Portrait Name Settings 1. The fonts, styles, and color, of the text below each name on a Portrait page, as well as the Class section name (e.g. Seniors) can be changed using the Portrait Name Settings selection under the Portrait menu. 2. Once selected, the Portrait Name Style dialog box appears. 3. It is similar to the regular Text Editor with two exceptions. a. It allows you to change font, size, style, alignment and color. However, the actual text content, such as portrait names and section titles, cannot be changed. b. The text choices affect all of the text in that section including page titles, such as Senior Class, and portrait names. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 55

62 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide Project Presentation Concerns The Master Objects Layer (putting an object on every page in the project) The Master Objects Layer is the page where students may place an image or text on every page of the project such as a title bar with the school name. When placing an item on the Master Objects Layer, it is the top layer on every page of the project. The entire collection of Master Objects is called a project Master Border, a collection of images or text that links the project together. 1. To begin working on the Master Objects Layer, select the M icon. 2. Adding objects to the Master Objects Layer is just like adding objects to regular pages. a. Adding images Click on the Add Image icon. Browse to find the image and click Open. Click on the Canvas and place the image. o Memory Builder provides pre-designed page images, such as Master Borders and clip art, in the Memory Builder s Builder Resources folder. o For more detailed information, go here. To review the process for editing images, go here. b. Adding text Click on the Add Text icon. Choose your font face, size, style, alignment, and color. Type your text in the text preview box. Click OK. Click and drag on the canvas to place text. For more detailed information, go here. c. Adding links Click on the Add Link icon to link to another file, movie or Web site. Click and drag to define the Hot Spot region. In the Link To dialog, choose what kind of a link to create, then browse for the appropriate file or project page or type in a web address. Enter a Tool Tip, if desired. Click OK. To read more, click here. d. Navigation Buttons Memory Builder includes a built-in navigation bar, which allows students to check their project progress by going into Preview mode (click on the eye icon). Additionally students may create navigation buttons to go to specific areas of the project. For example, a button on every page that jumps directly to Class Portraits may be placed on the Master Objects Layer. i. Create a Hot Spot on the Master Objects Layer that links to the destination page (see c above). ii. Add either a blank button image (several are available by browsing through the buttons folder in Memory Builder 3 s Builder Resources folder) or an image that already has text on top of the Hot Spot (see a above). iii. When using a plain button image, add text on top of the button so the user knows what the button is for (see b above). iv. Check the link in Preview mode to ensure that it functions as expected. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 56

63 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide Section Objects Section Objects are similar to Master Objects, except that they only apply to a section. Section Objects can be useful for section titles and images that you d like to appear on every page of a section. 1. Click on a section name in the Contents window. The Section Page will appear on the Canvas. 2. Adding objects to the Section Page is just like adding objects to regular pages. e. Adding images Click on the Add Image icon. Browse to find the image and click Open. Click on the Canvas and place the image. o Memory Builder provides pre-designed page images, such as Master Borders and clip art, in the Memory Builder s Builder Resources folder. o For more detailed information, go here. To review the process for editing images, go here. f. Adding text Click on the Add Text icon. Choose your font face, size, style, alignment, and color. Type your text in the text preview box. Click OK. Click and drag on the canvas to place text. For more detailed information, go here. g. Adding links Click on the Add Link icon to link to another file, movie or Web site. Click and drag to define the Hot Spot region. In the Link To dialog, choose what kind of a link to create, then browse for the appropriate file or project page or type in a web address. Enter a Tool Tip, if desired. Click OK. To read more, click here. Removing Master Objects or Section Objects from a Page or Section Students can keep Master Objects and Section Objects from appearing on specific pages or in certain sections. 1. Double-click on the name of the appropriate page or section in the Contents window. The Page Properties or Section Properties dialog will appear. 2. Check the Suppress Master Objects box or the Suppress Section Objects box (Suppress Parent Section Objects in the Section Properties dialog). 3. Click OK. Creating and Importing a Custom Master Border If you would like to design your own Master Border in another program like Adobe Photoshop, Memory Builder provides an easy method for importing it. Keep in mind that the project canvas is 800 pixels wide by 540 pixels high. To use transparency requires saving the Master Border file in PNG (.png) format. 1. Create the design in an image-editing program. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 57

64 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide 2. Choose an easy to remember location to save the design file. Memory Builder suggests saving files in PNG format, although GIF and JPG formats are acceptable. Remember that the JPG format does not preserve transparency. 3. In Memory Builder, select Project Properties from the Modify menu. 4. Click on the Custom button. 5. In the File Preview window, browse to find the design file and click Open. 6. After selecting the file click OK in the Project Properties window. Navigation Memory Builder provides full navigation to users. The Navigation Bar appears in the Preview mode (click on the eye icon). Each button of the navigation bar has a specific function. 1. Contents Clicking on this button will pop up a window that displays all of the sections and pages in the project. Users can click on a page to jump straight to the page. 2. Help Clicking on this button brings up a user Help file. 3. My Web Site Clicking on this will launch an Internet browser and take you to your personal page if you signed up for one. 4. Find People If the project includes a Portraits section in the multimedia supplement, users can click on this button to search for friends. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 58

65 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide 5. Browse Arrows Click on the right button to step forward from page to page through the project presentation. Click on the left button to step backward through the project. 6. Music On/Off Click on this icon to toggle background music on and off. 7. Show/Hide Hot Spots This button allows users to reveal Hot Spots in the presentation. They will show up with a thick border outline, color coded as follows: a. Red Web link b. Blue Audio file c. Yellow Movie file d. Violet Text file e. Green Project page link 8. Auto Page Advance This sets up Memory Builder to automatically move to the next page in timed intervals. Clicking on this icon will bring up a dialog that will allow users to set the time interval and turn Auto Advance on and off. 9. Exit Closes the Preview window. Add/Change Background Image Background images go behind all other objects on a page. They help to create visual interest, unify sections of the project by using a common background, and give the project a more professional look. Background images are assigned by section. 1. To add a background to a Section, select the Section in the Contents window. 2. Double-click on the current background image. 3. In the Section Background dialog, browse through the available backgrounds by clicking on the plus symbols and selecting background names. A preview will appear in the box on the right. 4. Background images will appear on all of a section s subsections and pages unless students specify a background image for the subsection. 5. To learn about the functionality of the Add button, see Create a Custom Background Image. Create a Custom Background Image Personalize the project by creating custom background images from school s photos or student art. Background images can be in JPG, GIF, or PNG formats, and should be 800 pixels wide by 540 pixels high. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 59

66 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide 1. Create the image in an image editing program, and save it to an easy-to-remember location. 2. In Memory Builder, locate the section in which you d like to add or change a background image in the Contents window and click on it. 3. Double-click on the background. 4. Click on the Add button. 5. In the File Preview dialog, browse to select the background image you created and click on it. 6. Click Open. 7. The new background image should now be selected. Click OK. Creating Custom Page Templates Custom page templates provide a further level of personalization by allowing you to create new page templates based on pages you create. After building a page, 1. Choose Save Page Template from the File menu. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 60

67 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide 2. Memory Builder will prompt you to choose a name for the new page template. When you have selected one, click Save. 3. The new page template will now appear in the Select Page Template dialog that appears when you click on the New Page icon or choose New Page from the Insert menu. 4. The new custom page template will substitute blank image boxes (blue) and blank text boxes (yellow) for the original page s images and text. Organizing Sounds and Music Playing music and other audio files in the background of the multimedia supplement gives it added energy and dynamic character. Memory Builder makes it easy to assign Background Music to sections. To add audio clips to individual pages, Memory Builder also offers a Page Narration feature. Narration is assigned by page, and pauses the background music. When the narration clip finishes, background music resumes. Background Audio follows an inheritance principle. This means that a subsection will play the audio selected for its parent section unless another background audio file is selected for the subsection. Important: Recommended sound file format information MP3 format, 160 kbps, Stereo channels for full songs Or WAV, 44,100 Hz, Stereo channels for loops See the Audio media guide for more information. Final note: Memory Builder includes two other ways of handling sound files: A. Audio File Hot Spot Makes an area of the canvas active (a Hot Spot). When users click on the Hot Spot, Memory Builder interrupts the background music to play the audio file. After the audio file is finished playing, background music resumes. To learn more, click here. B. Sound Button on the Canvas Essentially the same as an Audio File Hot Spot, except that Memory Builder places a Sound File icon on the canvas in place of a Hot Spot. To learn more, click here. Background Music 1. In the Contents window, locate the section to which you d like to add background audio. 2. Click on the Properties icon or double-click the section name. 3. In the Properties dialog, click on the open folder icon next to the Background Audio field. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 61

68 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide 4. In the File Preview window, browse to the file. Memory Builder lets students choose from a number of different audio file formats, WAV, MP3, AIFF, AU, MIDI, and System 7 sounds. 5. Select the music file then click Open. 6. In the Section Properties dialog, several additional boxes and buttons give students additional options. a. Loop puts the music in continuous replay mode until the user encounters another background audio selection. b. Play provides an audio preview of the background audio in the Section Properties dialog box. c. Clear removes the background audio file for this section (any music selected in a parent section will continue to play through this section). d. Play None Selecting this box will disable all background audio for this section, including inherited background audio. Page Narration Although Page Narration is typically spoken word, it can incorporate different communication forms. Remember that it will pause the background audio while playing. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 62

69 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide 1. In the Contents window, locate the page to add Page Narration, and double-click its name. 2. In the Page Properties dialog, click on the browse folder icon next to the Page Narration field to pull up a pre-recorded file. To record a Page Narration, see 5b below. 3. In the File Preview dialog, browse to the file to use. Memory Builder lets students choose from a number of different audio file formats, WAV, MP3, AIFF, AU, MIDI, and System 7 sounds. The Preview box in the left side of the File Preview dialog allows a preview of the audio file by clicking on the Play button. 4. Select the file and click Open. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 63

70 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide 5. In the Page Properties dialog, several additional boxes and buttons give students additional options. a. The Play button provides a preview the audio in the Page Properties dialog box. b. Instructions for PC computers: To prepare for recording Page Narration, plug a microphone into the computer. Select the microphone input in the Recording Control panel (choose Properties from the Options menu, and then select the Recording radio button) of the Windows Volume Control. For PC users, this can be accessed from the Start button by going to Program Files > Accessories > Entertainment. Instructions for Mac computers: Click on the Apple in the top menu bar, and choose System Preferences. Choose the Speech item in System Preferences. In the Speech window, make sure that the Microphone field is set to Microphone or Internal Microphone (rather than Line In). c. After setting up, click the Record button. A new window will pop up that instructs you to begin recording. When you have finished, click the Stop button. d. Clear removes the Page Narration for this page. Any music selected in the page s section will continue to play. e. Don t Play disables the Page Narration clip. This option allows the student to test pages with and without narration in Preview mode. 6. When finished, click OK. Spell Check the Project Ensuring accuracy in a project s spelling is a critical part of professionalism, and will add to the long-term value of the CD multimedia supplement. The spell checker will go through the entire project, checking all text boxes for spelling. To run the spell check: Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 64

71 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide 1. Click on the Spell Check icon or choose Check Spelling from the Edit menu. 2. If the spell checker finds misspelled words, it will launch the Check Spelling dialog. The following image and list describe the function of each button in the dialog: a. Ignore Leaves the current word as it is and moves on to the next misspelling. b. Ignore All Leaves the current word and any identical words in the entire project as they are. c. Change Replaces this instance of the word in the Not in dictionary field with the one in the Change to field. d. Change All Replaces this and all subsequent instances of the word in the Not in dictionary field with the one in the Change to field. e. Suggest If the spell checker doesn t automatically provide alternate words in the Suggestions field, click on this button. f. Add Places the current word into the dictionary and continues with the spell check process. g. Undo When making multiple changes within the same text box, this allows you to return the last word you changed to its former spelling. h. Cancel Exits the spell checker. 3. The spell check will pop up a dialog box to inform you when it has finished checking the text in the project. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 65

72 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide Readying the Multimedia Supplement for Publication Previewing the Project The project is created in Build Mode. The finished multimedia supplement is created in View Mode. Preview Mode simulates View Mode, and has all of the functionality of a final presentation, including background music, navigation buttons, etc. Preview the entire project before compiling it and sending it to Yearbook Interactive (get a copy of the Project Completion Checklist from your rep for more detailed information). 1. To enter Preview Mode, go to the File menu and choose Preview or click on the Preview icon on the toolbar. 2. For the best possible results, preview the project frequently. 3. When finished Previewing, click on the Return to Builder icon. Saving the Project 1. Saving the project file will save any changes made. 2. From the File menu, choose Save. 3. If hard drive space is not limited, it is also a good idea to save a copy of the project file. Choose Save As from the File menu, and select a new name (something with bak or backup in the filename will help you remember that it is not the original). Proofing the Project By proofing the project, you can ensure that the multimedia supplement will be free of errors. Every page must be proofed and approved before submitting the project. The Proof Project action also includes a password, which will allow you to control access to editing pages. 1. Choose Proof Project from the Post-Production menu. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 66

73 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide 2. Memory Builder will launch a screen prompting you to provide your address, choose a password, and type in your initials. You will be prompted for the password and your initials every time you launch the Proof Project window (see the screen below), so be sure to make note of the values you enter. If you forget your password, click Forgot Password to have it mailed to you. Click Continue when you have finished. 3. This will bring up the Proof Project dialog box: 4. The top left pane (Project Contents) contains a representation of the structure of the project (only active sections and pages will appear). 5. Begin by selecting the Master Objects Layer. 6. As you select pages or sections, the right pane (Page Preview) will display a preview of the contents. 7. The bottom left pane (Page Objects) shows a list of the objects on the page. Clicking on each object will place a circle around it in the Page Preview pane. If the object is a link, you can double click on it in the Page Objects pane to go to the link. 8. Click the Lock radio button to indicate that a page is approved, or click Needs Revision to indicate that there is a problem with a page. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 67

74 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide 9. Once a page is locked, users will be unable to select or change objects. If you later discover a problem with a page, you may unlock it by selecting the page on the Proof Project screen and clicking on the Unlock button. 10. The Next button is to help you complete the Proof Project process more quickly by jumping to pages that need approval. Choose All from the drop-down menu to step sequentially through the project, Unlocked to jump to the next unlocked page, and Revision to go to the next page that was marked as needing revision. 11. Save the project after proofing. Preparing the Project for Submission The final step before sending a project to Yearbook Interactive is the Prepare for Submission process. The software automatically compresses all of the project elements into a single file. Students must specify a location in the computer to save the file. Remember that location. The location is needed in order to submit the project. 1. After proofing the project (see above), choose Prepare for Submission from the Post-Production menu. 2. The software will prompt you to choose a save location for the compressed final file. Click on the open folder icon to select a location, or make a note of the default location. 3. After choosing a save location, click on the Compile button. 4. During the Prepare for Submission process, Memory Builder will display a warning if you have any text boxes that are not large enough for the text they contain (making some of the text unreadable). 5. When the process has completed, Memory Builder will display a message showing you the size of the project. If the project is larger than 600MB, the final compressed file will not be created, and you will be prompted to remove items from the project. If the process completes successfully, you will find a file named SendThisFileToYBI.ybz in the location you specified earlier in the process. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 68

75 Memory Builder 3.0 How-To Guide Submitting the Project 1. First, make a backup copy of the compressed project file. Copy the SendThisFileToYBI.ybz file. 2. Send a copy of the SendThisFileToYBI.ybz file on CD or ZIP disk to Yearbook Interactive by mail for production and replication. To mail the compiled project: Mail it in a padded envelope or box to: Yearbook Interactive Attention: Fulfillment 2681 Parleys Way, Suite 101 Salt Lake City, UT Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 69

76 Memory Builder 3.0 Appendices Appendix A: Page Templates A Blank Page Ascending 2 Ascending Three Cluster Four Cluster Three Descending Two Main Movie Ready 1 Movie Ready 2 Offset Three One to Three Overlap Four Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 70

77 Memory Builder 3.0 Appendices Quartered Side by Side Side Stack L Side Stack R Split Screen Text Flag Text RevFlag Three in a Row Three to One Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 71

78 Memory Builder 3.0 Appendices Appendix B: Portrait Page Templates 12 Portraits-2 Rows 24 Portraits-3 Rows 12 Portraits-Quad Offset 12 Portraits-Quad 3 Portraits-Stepped Centered 11 Portraits-3 Rows R-Justified 12 in 2 Rows Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 72

79 Memory Builder 3.0 Appendices Appendix C: Master Borders Angled Bars Aqua Bars Arrows Blue Steel Chrome Classic Color Plate Colored Corners Copper with Color Corner Bar Curtains Flat Colors Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 73

80 Memory Builder 3.0 Appendices Gold Frame Machine Aqua Metaledge Orbs Parabola Polished Gold Sandstone Screen Silver Frame Slick Metal Squiggly Steely Television Transparent Window Wide Angle Chrome Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 74

81 Memory Builder 3.0 Appendices Appendix D: Backgrounds Artistic/artistic1_dark Artistic/artistic1_lt Artistic/artistic11_dark Artistic/artistic11_lt Artistic/artistic12_dark Artistic/artistic12_lt Artistic/artistic4_dark Artistic/artistic4_lt Artistic/artistic6_dark Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 75

82 Memory Builder 3.0 Appendices Artistic/artistic6_lt Colors/B1_Black Colors/Bl1_Laker Blue Colors/Bl2_Midnight Blue Colors/Bl3_Navy Blue Colors/Bl4_Deep Blue Colors/Bl5_Cobalt Blue Colors/Bl6_Blue Colors/Bl7_Wedgewood Blue Colors/Bl8_Dover Blue Colors/Bl9_Sky Blue Colors/Blu10_Aqua Blue Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 76

83 Memory Builder 3.0 Appendices Colors/Blu11_Cancun Blue Colors/Br1_Dark Brown Colors/Br2_Maroon Colors/Br3_Red Brown Colors/Br4_Brown Colors/Gr1_Slate Green Colors/Gr2_Sienna Green Colors/Gr3_Hunter Green Colors/Gr4_Green Colors/Gr5_Teal Colors/Gr6_Olive Green Colors/Gr7_Khaki Green Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 77

84 Memory Builder 3.0 Appendices Colors/Gr8_Kelly Green Colors/Gr9_Lime Green Colors/Grn10_Mint Green Colors/Gy1_Dark Charcoal Colors/Gy2_Battleship Grey Colors/Gy3_Grey Colors/O1_Orange Colors/O2_Papaya Colors/P1_Blackberry Colors/P2_Purple Colors/P3_Burgundy Colors/P4_Bright Violet Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 78

85 Memory Builder 3.0 Appendices Colors/P5_Violet Colors/P6_Lavender Colors/P7_Fuscia Colors/P8_Pink Colors/P9_Salmon Colors/R1_Red Colors/Y1_Yellow Colors/Y2_Pale Yellow Colors/Z_White Hi-Tech/hi-tech1_dark Hi-Tech/hi-tech1_lt Hi-Tech/hi-tech11_dark Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 79

86 Memory Builder 3.0 Appendices Hi-Tech/hi-tech11_lt Hi-Tech/hi-tech11_norm Hi-Tech/hi-tech14_dark Hi-Tech/hi-tech14_lt Hi-Tech/hi-tech14_norm Hi-Tech/hi-tech2_lt Hi-Tech/hi-tech3_dark Hi-Tech/hi-tech3_lt Hi-Tech/hi-tech4_dark Hi-Tech/hi-tech4_lt Hi-Tech/hi-tech5_dark Hi-Tech/hi-tech5_lt Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 80

87 Memory Builder 3.0 Appendices Hi-Tech/hi-tech7_dark Hi-Tech/hi-tech7_lt Hi-Tech/hi-tech7_norm Hi-Tech/hi-tech9_dark Hi-Tech/hi-tech9_lt Music/French Horn_dark Music/French Horn_lt Music/Guitar_dark Music/Guitar-music_lt Music/Piano_lt Music/Keyboard_lt Music/Violin_lt Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 81

88 Memory Builder 3.0 Appendices Music/clarinet-music_lt Music/Clarinet-Music_dark Music/Clarinet2-Music_lt Music/Clarinet_lt Nature/apple1 Nature/butterflycocoon Nature/clockshell Nature/Sun-flowers Nature/Daisy Pattern Nature/Yellow Daisies Nature/flowershell SchoolLife/Studying Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 82

89 Memory Builder 3.0 Appendices SchoolLife/Classroom SchoolLife/Dancers_dark SchoolLife/Band_lt SchoolLife/Cheer_dark SchoolLife/Gymnasium_lt SchoolLife/Choir_dark SchoolLife/Crowd SchoolLife/Student Life SchoolLife/Cafeteria SchoolLife/Marching Band Sports/Half-Time_dark Sports/Post-Football Game Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 83

90 Memory Builder 3.0 Appendices Sports/Post-Football Game_dark Sports/Baseball field Sports/Baseball Collage_lt Sports/Baseball Collage_dark Sports/ Football Collage_lt Sports/Football Collage_dark Sports/ Football Collage_lt Sports/Football Collage_dark Sports/Basketball collage_lt Sports/Soccer Collage_lt Sports/Football Player_lt Sports/Football Player_dark Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 84

91 Memory Builder 3.0 Appendices Sports/Basketball Layup Sports/Basketball Interview Sports/Womens Volleyball Sports/Volleyball Celebrate Sports/Football huddle Sports/Half-Time Cheer Textures/bluestone Textures/canvas Textures/canvas_dark Textures/cement Textures/concrete Textures/Sandstone Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 85

92 Memory Builder 3.0 Appendices Textures/greystone Textures/leather Textures/recycledpaper Textures/Stucco Grey Textures/Stucco Dusk Textures/Blue Streak Textures/Coy Pool Textures/Pitted Chrome Textures/Morning Ripple Textures/Shower Glass Textures/Sky Glass Textures/Sky Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 86

93 Memory Builder 3.0 Appendices Textures/Watercolor Sunrise Textures/Blue Glaze Textures/Watercolor Winter Textures/Abstract Textures/Woodgrain Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 87

94 Memory Builder 3.0 Appendices Appendix E: The Builder Resources Folder Memory Builder comes with a number of resources to help you get started quickly with your multimedia supplement and to enhance your project. These resources are grouped into a folder called Builder Resources, located inside of the Memory Builder program folder. Read the description of each subfolder below to learn more about what it contains. Buttons Although Memory Builder includes a project navigation bar for users (which you can see in Preview mode), you may want to provide additional ways for students to access sections of the multimedia supplement, audio clips, video clips, Web pages, or other files (such as a picture or text document). By adding a button on the Master Objects Layer and creating a Hot Spot around it, students can have access to any of these objects from anywhere in the CD multimedia supplement. The Buttons folder contains 5 separate folders, each containing button icons in the shape indicated by the folder. Clip Art Try spicing up the way you present video files on the Canvas by putting one of the frames from the Clip Art folder around it. Drop one of these images on the canvas, place your video file on top of it, and then stretch the clip art image to fit around the video. There is also an alternate sound file icon in this folder. Music The Music folder contains a variety of music clips and loops that you can use in your presentation for background music. These music files are trimmed down to allow you more space for images, video files, etc. Sounds The Sounds folder contains many sound clips to enhance your project. Try linking to one of these sound clips from an image on the canvas with a Hot Spot. For example, you could link to one of the applause files with a Hot Spot that encloses a crowd in an image. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 88

95 Memory Builder 3.0 Appendices Themes The Themes folder contains a large number of images that you can use on your Master Objects Layer to construct a Master Border for your presentation. Some of the images in this folder constitute an entire Master Border, while others are elements that you can assemble to make a complete Master Border. Tutorial This folder contains a variety of files that you can use to learn the program. If you go through the Quick Start Guide, you ll use some of these files. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 89

96 Memory Builder 3.0 Appendices Appendix F: Preparing Your Media Files Preparing Images Images are the real focus of a multimedia supplement; students will spend most of their time looking at them. Therefore, you want your images to look as good as possible. The following recommendations will help you maintain a professional look throughout your project. Bringing Images into Your Computer Since Memory Builder supports a large number of image file formats (JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, PSD, TIF, PIC, and PCT), there are a number of ways to save images to your computer. When importing images from a digital camera or photo disk, the default settings should work fine. If you will be scanning pictures, we recommend the following settings: Format: JPG (some programs let you choose) Quality: High (if you chose JPG format) Resolution: 150 dpi (300 dpi if you will be using the same image for your print yearbook) Changing Image Settings Computer image files, like sound and video files, tend to be large and can quickly eat up a project s available space. It may become necessary to change your images settings if you have them in uncompressed file formats (like BMP or PSD), or if you are planning to include a large number of images in your project. We recommend that you use file formats that compress the size of the image file (such as JPG or GIF). Here are our recommended settings for images that you are using in Memory Builder: File Format: JPG (jpeg) Quality: Medium to high (8-10 in Adobe Photoshop ) Resolution: 72 dpi* Size: no larger than 800 pixels wide by 600 pixels high** * Unlike images that you are using for a print yearbook, images that you will use in the CD supplement don t require a high resolution; 72 dpi is usually sufficient. ** Size settings are a balancing act. On the one hand, if your images are larger than necessary, you will be using extra hard drive space since larger images generate larger files. On the other hand, if you blow up a small image to fill a large area on a page, it will lose quality. Try to save images so that their dimensions are the same size or a bit larger than the area they will fill on the page. Other formats: See the documentation for your image editing program for recommendations. Portrait Preparation When planning the portrait section of your CD multimedia supplement, the first step is to figure out how you will get the portrait images onto computer. There are three possibilities: Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 90

97 Memory Builder 3.0 Appendices 1. Your school photographer may have these photos on a CD-ROM. 2. The portraits could be on a digital camera. 3. You have hard copies of the images, and will need to scan them. Photo Disc You will save time if you have access to a CD containing digital student photos. Most photo CDs store the pictures in JPEG format. Some photo CDs are targeted for Macintosh computers and won t have the file extensions (.jpg). In this situation, you can download a program called Download Renamer to run batch renaming. You can download this program from (do a search on Download Renamer ). Digital Camera Getting images is a simple matter of plugging your digital camera into your computer, choosing the Import Portraits item from the Portraits menu in Memory Builder, and browsing to your camera to find the images. Scanning If you have to scan your photos, select color and 72 dpi. Save the images in JPEG format. Memory Builder recognizes certain naming conventions, and you will save yourself a lot of hassle when it comes time to attach names to portraits if you use one of the standard formats (shown in the Name Portraits dialog below). Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 91

98 Memory Builder 3.0 Appendices Once you have access to the portraits on your machine, you are ready to import them into the program. See the Class Portraits for more information. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 92

99 Memory Builder 3.0 Appendices Preparing Audio Files Audio files can add a lot of interest to your multimedia supplement. Memory Builder allows you to use audio in a number of important ways as background, as links, and on the canvas, for example. There are also a number of different types of audio you can use in a project, such as background music, interview and other speech files, and music file links. This guide will explain how to prepare your files and the different ways of using them in your multimedia supplement. In order to prepare your audio for use, you will need audio editing software. There are many programs available, ranging in price and features from the free CDex (which converts music CDs into.wav and.mp3 format files) to Cakewalk SONAR (a full suite of digital audio editing tools and effects). Here s a short list of available software (and Web sites): Sonic Foundry Sound Forge ( Cakewalk SONAR ( Syntrillium Cool Edit 2000 ( You can purchase most of these programs from Sweetwater Sound ( As a further option, you may want to look at GoldWave, available directly from the developer at Optimizing Audio Audio editing programs allow you to change a number of settings that will affect the sound quality and size of your audio files (the higher the sound quality, the larger the file size). Audio files can be very large. It s best to make your files as small as possible, without compromising too much sound quality, to save space and speed up your project. MP3 Format This popular format is extremely useful for reducing file size while maintaining acceptable standards of quality. We recommend this format for full-length songs. If your sound editing program doesn t have an mp3 encoder, save your files on your hard drive as WAV or AIFF files, and then download CDex (from to convert the files to mp3 format. Once they re in mp3 format, you can bring them into the project. We recommend the following settings for mp3 files: Version MPEG I (usually set by default, and may not be shown in an options list) 160 kbps Bit Rate (128 kbps is fine for speech) Stereo Channel Setting WAV and AIFF Formats WAV is the standard Windows audio file format, and AIFF is the standard for Mac computers. The two formats are similar in their approach and settings. We recommend these formats for loops. After recording speech or music, it s always a good idea to save a copy of the file in WAV format or AIFF format, depending on your platform. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 93

100 Memory Builder 3.0 Appendices For speech, we recommend the following settings: 22,050 Hz Sample Rate (also called Sampling Frequency) 16 Bit Resolution Mono Channel Setting For music, we recommend the following settings: 44,100 Hz Sample Rate (also called Sampling Frequency) 16 Bit Resolution Stereo Channel Setting We also recommend that you normalize your audio files. This will set them to more even volume levels (so that one file is not much louder or softer than another). Most audio editing programs have a normalize function. CDex provides an option for normalizing files when you are recording from a CD or converting files from one format to another. If the normalize function has settings, choose 100% or 0.0dB. Using Audio in Your Project After you have prepared your audio files, you are ready to bring them into the project. There are four ways that you can use audio files. Consult the following descriptions to help you decide how to best use your audio: Background Audio Plays continuously as users browse the project. Page Narration When a user navigates to a page with Page Narration, Memory Builder will interrupt the background music to play the narration file, and then background music will resume. Audio File Hot Spot Makes an area of the canvas active (a Hot Spot). When users click on the Hot Spot, Memory Builder interrupts the background music to play the audio file. After the audio file is finished playing, background music resumes. Sound Button on the Canvas Essentially the same as an Audio File Hot Spot, except that Memory Builder places a Sound File icon on the canvas in place of a Hot Spot. How you add the audio file into your Memory Builder project will depend on how you decide to use the file in your project. Consult the instructions below: Background Audio 1. Background Audio is assigned by section. Locate the section to which you d like to add Background Audio in the Contents window, and double click on it. 2. In the Section Properties dialog, type in the location of your audio file or click on the open folder icon next to the Background Audio field. 3. If you clicked on the open folder icon, browse for your audio file in the File Preview dialog and double click on it. 4. The file will now be assigned as Background Audio. Click on OK in the Section Properties dialog. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 94

101 Memory Builder 3.0 Appendices Page Narration 1. Page Narration is assigned by page. Locate the page to which you d like to add Page Narration in the Contents window, and double click on it. 2. In the Page Properties dialog, type in the location of your audio file or click on the open folder icon next to the Page Narration field. 3. If you clicked on the open folder icon, browse for your audio file in the File Preview dialog and double click on it. 4. You may also record your own Page Narration if you have a microphone for your computer. Click on the Record button and speak into the microphone. When you have finished, 5. The file will now be assigned as Page Narration. Click on OK in the Page Properties dialog. Audio File Hot Spot 1. Click on the Hot Spot icon on the Main Toolbar. 2. Select an area for the Hot Spot by clicking and holding the mouse button down on the canvas, and then dragging to open up a Hot Spot area. When you release the mouse button, Memory Builder creates the Hot Spot and opens the Link To dialog box. 3. In the Link To dialog, click on the Audio radio button. 4. Either enter the location of your audio file or click on the open folder icon next to the Audio field. 5. If you clicked on the open folder icon, browse for your audio file in the File Preview dialog and double click on it. 6. The file will now be assigned as a Hot Spot. Click on OK in the Link To dialog. 7. The Hot Spot will appear as a red rectangle outline on the canvas. Sound Button on the Canvas 1. Click on the Sound icon, or choose Add Sound from the Insert menu. 2. In the File Preview window, browse to the file you d like to add to the canvas. You can listen to the sound file in the preview pane on the left. 3. Double-click on the sound file in the File Preview dialog or select the file and click Open. 4. Click once on the canvas to place the sound file. The Sound File icon will appear on the page. You can move it around like any other page object. Clicking on it in Preview mode will play the sound file. For your convenience, Memory Builder provides a few audio selections that you can use. They are located in the following folder: C:\Program Files\Memory Builder 3\Builder Resources\Music (PC) Or Applications\Memory Builder 3\Builder Resources\Music (Mac) Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive 95

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103 Appendix G: Submission Forms On the next three pages you will find the two forms you will need to submit your project to Yearbook Interactive. Form 1: Project Completion Checklist Use this form to ensure that your project is ready to send. Form 2: Final Submission Form Fill out this form completely so that Yearbook Interactive can properly fill your order.

104 Yearbook Interactive by The Before-You-Send-in-Your-Multimedia-Supplement Check List 1. Preview and Ensure Quality of the Project Once you have finished adding content, it is critical that you preview your project before you compile it and send it to Yearbook Interactive (YBI) to ensure it looks and behaves as you intended it. To Preview Your Project: Click on the icon on the Toolbar or choose Preview from the File menu. You should carefully examine the project at least one time for each of the items below. Check Sections and Pages All desired Sections and Pages exist and are enabled as expected. Unwanted Pages have been disabled or deleted. Check Text All desired text content is present and laid out as expected. Text contains no offensive language, terms, or ideas. Spelling has been verified by running the Spell Checker and by reading through the text. Proper names have also been verified. Text is not cut off or truncated in any of the text boxes. Text colors have adequate contrast to be seen over background or other images. Check Images All desired images are present and displayed as intended. Images are not offensive, suggestive, or disrespectful of any group or individual. Check Video Video clips are present and play as expected. Video clips are appropriate. (No offensive material.) Ensure that video clips have been saved in a compressed format (.mov format with Sorenson Video 3 compression, for example). Many computers are unable to play uncompressed (DV format) video. See the subsection on video in Appendix F: Preparing Your Media Files at the end of the User s Guide for more information. Note: We recommend that you test your video clips on a few different machines with QuickTime 6 to ensure that they will play properly. Check Background Audio Background audio is present in desired Sections and plays as expected. Background music loops where desired. Background music is not copyrighted or written permission has been obtained to use copyrighted music. (All music provided by YBI is royalty-free music.) Note: If a long delay occurs before the background audio starts, it may indicate the audio file size is too large. Avoid using audio clips larger than 10MB in size. To reduce the size of music files, try looping them into short clips to save on space and/or convert.wav and.aiff to the.mp3 format. Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive by Jostens 1/16/2003 1

105 Yearbook Interactive by 1. Preview and Ensure Quality of the Project (continued) Check Audio Clips & Narration Audio clips are present and play as expected. Narration auto-plays on the appropriate pages and is audible. Audio clips and Narration do not contain any offensive or questionable material or sounds. Check Hot Spots Hot Spots function. (Preview with Hot Spots displayed and click on each Hot Spot.) Hot Spots do not launch or link to offensive or questionable materials; nor do they criticize, demean, or disrespect any persons or groups directly or indirectly. Check Class Portrait Sections All Class Portraits are present. Names associated with each Portrait are correct and are spelled correctly. Clicking on Class Portrait brings up a larger photo with associated information. Audio/Video clips, if included, are present and contain no offensive material. 2. Compile Your Finished Project Compiling is the process of transforming your project and all of its files into a format YBI uses to create the finished multimedia supplement. The output of the Compiling process is a folder named mvresource. The compiled project does not replace your original project or any of its files. It is completely separate from your editable project files and you can always make changes to your project as long as you Compile again when you are finished. 1. Before you compile your project, backup your project files to another location (either on your hard drive or by burning to a CD). If the project has been saved to the default location, it will be found in the Projects folder that is in the Memory Builder folder. You will need to make sure to copy both the project file (e.g. projectname.sb3) and the project folder of the same name. 2. When you are ready to compile, from the File menu choose Compile. 3. Select a location to save the compiled project. (You can save it to any location on the computer, such as the desktop, or you can save it to the default location. The default location is wherever your Memory Builder 3 folder is found in a folder named CompiledProjects). 4. Compiling your project can take quite a while. Be patient. You must wait for the message that indicates your project has successfully compiled. Note: After you compile you still are able to make changes to your project. However, if you make any changes, be sure to recompile and overwrite your first compile. 5. Burn the mvresource folder (including all of its contents) to a CD to submit to Yearbook Interactive. 6. Make a copy of the CD to keep as a backup. 3. Submit Your Project to Yearbook Interactive Mail your project to: Yearbook Interactive 2681 E. Parleys Way, #101 Salt Lake City, UT If you need further assistance you can techsupport@yearbookinteractive.com or call Technical Support toll-free at Copyright 2002 Yearbook Interactive by Jostens 1/16/2003 2

106 Jostens Rep YBI Rep Final Submission Form (This form should accompany your project files to Yearbook Interactive) Before you submit your project make sure that you have done the following: Artwork has already been submitted to Yearbook Interactive and approved. You have compiled your project using the Compile command from within Memory Builder. You have burned or copied your compiled project (named mvresource folder) to a CD or zip disk(s). If you have any questions before you send your project, visit our website or call Delivery Information School Name Address City State Zip Contact Person Phone Packaging Options Paper Sleeve CD Hub Student Web Site Option Include functionality allowing students to create Web sites that can be accessed from the CD. Do not include functionality allowing students to create Web sites that can be accessed from the CD. CD Quantities Final Number of CDs needed Delivery Date Date that you wish to receive your CDs (Allow 30 days from final submission) Yearbook Interactive 2681 Parleys Way, Suite 101 Salt Lake City, UT 84109