234 Index
FXDeko User’s Guide
parameters, 145–48
syntax, 145–46
Command bar, 138
Command command, 155
Comments, 153
Comparison operators, 150
Concatenation, 150
Conditional loop commands, 155
Conditional statements, 153–54
Continue command, 154
Copying
detail, 62
events, 103
font, 48, 76
layer, 91
look, 63
tab stops, 62
text, 33–34
Crawl, 99, 104–8
Current style
assigning to preset button, 76
changing with text cursor, 127
picking from graphic, 77
saving as pre-rendered, 79
using a preset style as, 77
window, 75
Cursor
box, 126
hiding, 127
i-beam, 126
movement of, 126, 127
Custom typeface
properties, 50
Cutting and pasting
detail, 62
events, 103
layer, 91
tab stops, 62
text, 33–34
D
Data Type Conversions, 157–58
Deleting
events, 104
layers, 91
Desktop
arranging layout, 122–23
overview of, 14
specifying preferences for, 123–28
Detail. See Look, details
Dissolve, 98
E
Edge
adding or removing, 53
blurring, 54
changing attributes of, 54
changing color of, 54
hiding, 54
priority among other details, 55
shape, 54, 55
size, 55
type, 54
Edit menu commands, 186–88
Effects
text, 98–99
transitional, 98–99
Ellipse. See also Layer
adding to graphic, 86
defining box of, 87
hiding, 87
specifying properties of, 86–88
transforming, 87
Else command, 153–54
Elseif command, 153–54
End command, 153–55
End key, 127
Event
copying, 103
cutting and pasting, 103
deleting, 104
inserting, 104
specifying, 99–121
specifying starting, 119
Exiting
FXDeko, 12–13, 125, 131
Expressions, 152
Eyedropper, 73
F
Face
adding or removing, 52
blurring, 53
changing attributes of, 52
changing color of, 52, 53
hiding, 53
priority among other details, 53
Fast Action Keyboard option, 162–79
File menu commands, 188–90
Files
closing, 131
graphic, 14
missing, 125
opening, 130
prompting to save, 90
saving, 131–32, 101