Mµ Quick Reference Guide Modifiers Logic Palette Extras Palette Behavior Miniscript Modifier Media Cue Messenger Panorama Messenger Messenger If Messenger Track Control Modifier Cursor Modifier Timer Messenger Boundary Detection Msgr Sound Panning Modifier Sound Fade Modifier Collision Messenger Keyboard Messenger MIDI Modifier Point Motion Modifier Boolean Variable Compound Variable List Variable Object Reference Variable Integer Variable String Variable Panorama Navigation Mod Navigation Modifier Integer Range Variable Floating-Point Variable Open Project Modifier Open Application Modifier Vector Variable Point Variable Print File Modifier Window Prefs Modifier Change Scene Modifier Return Modifier File Modifier Shared Scene Modifier Set Modifier Save and Restore Modifier Effects Palette Network Palette Scene Transition Modifier Element Transition Modifier Open URL Modifier Cache URL Modifier Simple Motion Modifier Path Motion Modifier Fetch Net Text Modifier Post Net Text Modifier Drag Motion Modifier Vector Motion Modifier Net Messenger Net Messaging Service Sound Effect Modifier Text Style Modifier Graphic Modifier Color Table Modifier Gradient Modifier Image Effect Modifier Version 2.0 mTropolis Quick Reference Guide Shortcuts Standard Shortcut Action Shift-Click Select or deselect multiple items Option-Drag Copy the selected item(s) Double-Click Open info/configuration dialog Layout Shortcut† Action Up Arrow Move selected element(s) up one pixel Down Arrow Move selected element(s) down one pixel Left Arrow Move selected element(s) left one pixel Right Arrow Move selected element(s) right one pixel Option-Up Arrow‡ Reduce height of selected element(s) by one pixel (from bottom) Option-Down Arrow‡ Reduce height of selected element(s) by one pixel (from top) Option-Left Arrow‡ Reduce width of selected element(s) by one pixel (from right) Option-Right Arrow‡ Reduce width of selected element(s) by one pixel (from left) C-Up Arrow‡ …

Reference Guide m Version 2.0 mTropolis Reference Guide ©1998 Quark, Inc. All rights reserved. Email: mtropolis@quark.com Web: http://www.quark.com Trademark Information Quark, mFactory, and mTropolis, and M and Design (mFactory logo) are trademarks of Quark, Inc. and all applicable affiliated companies, Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off. mPire, mToon, and MovieTrax are trademarks of Quark, Inc. and all applicable affiliated companies. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. “Quark” means the entity granting the license to Customer under the terms and conditions of the License Agreement. Third-Party Companies & Products Third-party companies and products are mentioned for informational purposes only and are neither an endorse- ment nor a recommendation. Quark assumes no respon- sibility with regard to the selection, performance, or use of these products. All understandings, agreements, or warranties, if any, take place between the vendors of these products and their respective users. ii mTropolis Reference Guide Table of Contents Introduction Welcome xiii Installing mTropolis xiii Starting mTropolis xiii Learning mTropolis xiii 1 File Menu New, Open, Save and Close for Projects 1.3 New, Open, and Save for mTropolis Libraries 1.5 New and Open for mToons — the mTropolis Animation Format 1.6 The mToon Menu 1.8 Opening Projects, Libraries, and mToons 1.14 Link Media — Attaching External Media Files to Elements 1.15 Re-link All Media 1.17 Break Link 1.17 Remove Unused 1.17 Run — Switching Between Edit and Run-time Modes 1.18 Title Segments 1.19 Build Title 1.21 Playing mTropolis Title Files 1.26 Quitting mTropolis 1.28 2 Edit Menu Undo 2.3 Cut, Copy, Paste 2.3 Clear 2.3 Select All …