Congratulations! You've just protected yourself from having to redo everything in the event that a computer glitch (or four-year-old) causes your computer to spontaneously shut down.
As you can see, there isn't much to it. Feel free to save the project as often as you want. Generally, the more often you save the project, the better.
Tip: You can also save the project by pressing the Ctrl+S hotkey.
Previewing
Now that we've added some text and graphics, lets see how our project would look from the users perspective. AutoPlay's preview feature makes it easy to take a quick look at how your application will look and operate when its done, without actually building or burning the project.
1 ) C hoo s e P ubli s h > P rev i e w.
When you choose Publish > Preview, your application starts up, just like it would if you built the project and ran it.
Previewing doesn't make any changes your project, so feel free to preview your project at any time.
Tip: You can also preview your project by pressing the F5 key, or by clicking the Preview button on the toolbar.
2 ) M o ve y ou r m ou s e o ver t h e E ma il A dd re ss l a b e l obj ec t , a nd c li ck on i t . Ob s erve how t h e t ex t c olo r c h a ng e s a s y ou in t erac t wi t h t h e obj ec t .
The Email Address label object is the one with ted@sellersrealty.com on it. As you move the mouse over this object, the text color changes from the Normal color (light blue-grey) to the Highlight color (a lighter shade of blue). When you click on the object, the text color changes from the Highlight color to the Click color (an even lighter shade of blue).
As you can see, all you need to do to make a label object appear interactive is set the Normal, Highlight and Click colors to different colors.
Note: In Lesson 4, well show you how to make this label object actually send an email when its clicked.
3 ) M o ve y ou r m ou s e o ver t h e T e d S e ll er s l a b e l obj ec t a nd c li ck on i t .
Since you made all three of the Ted Sellers label objects colors the same, it doesn't visibly respond to mouse-overs or clicks at all.
4 ) C li ck t h e c lo s e bu tt on on t h e t i t l e b ar t o ex i t t h e p rev i e w.
When you exit the preview, you're returned to the AutoPlay program window.
Tip: You can also press Alt-F4 to exit from a preview.
