Adjusting the Project Size:
Specifies the size of the project in pixels. You can use the arrows to adjust the values or simply enter them directly in. You can also adjust the project size by re-sizing the edit window.

Colored and Gradient Backgrounds:
The project background may be either colored (solid or gradient), a bitmap or even transparent. Clicking on the Color 1 swatch will display the Color Dialog where you can select a color or enter the RGB values of a color. To set a gradient background simply check the Gradient Fill option, choose your Colour 2 and Gradient fill type from the Gradient Dialog.

Bitmap Background:
You can either type a bitmap name into the edit box, or click on the button to open the File Dialog Box. The only bitmap formats supported by 1 Cool Menu FX Tool are GIF, and JPEG.

Tip: Background bitmaps may be used as interactive image maps, where the up states of any buttons are invisible, and buttons appear only when you move the mouse over them.

A background bitmap can be aligned in one of three ways:

• Center background bitmap
  The background bitmap is centered to the applet area.

• Scale background to fit applet
  The background bitmap is enlarged or reduced to fit the applet area.

• Tile background bitmap
  The background bitmap is tiled horizontally and vertically across the applet area. This is ideal for background textures and transparent textured buttons.

  The Offset specifies where the top-left corner of top-left tile is located. You can adjust this value to align the applet background with the background of the HTML page.

Transparent Background:
Only Flash files may have transparent backgrounds and only Internet Explorer support transparent backgrounds.

Tip: By combining floating layers and transparent backgrounds you can create menus that appear over the top of your content and "follow the user" when the page in scrolled. For more information see: Output - Advanced Options

Specifies how the buttons are to be arranged. There are three options:

• Specify Size and Position of Each Button
  Lets you arrange buttons however you like. You can move and resize buttons by using the handles on the Editor Window. You can also set the total project size by resizing the Editor window, or you can enter the project's pixel dimensions directly on the Size and Background tab.
  
• Vertical Column of Buttons
  Buttons are automatically arranged in a column, the first button at the top. Each button is the Default Size and spaced according to the Horizontal and Vertical Spacing settings.

• Horizontal Row of Buttons
  Buttons are automatically arranged in a row, the first button at the left. Each button is the Default Size and spaced according to the Horizontal and Vertical Spacing settings.

Button Size and Spacing

• Size
  The default size of all buttons if your buttons are auto-arranged in a column or row. Newly created buttons will also default to this size.

• Spacing
  The size of the gap between each button if you are auto-arranging buttons in a row or column. It has no effect if you are specifying the position of each button.

The X setting specifies the gap to the left and right of each button.
The Y setting specifies the gap to the top and bottom of each button.

To enable the loading message simple check the Display a loading message checkbox, customize your text message, font settings and colour. The loading message will be displayed as soon as possible and while all components are being loading for either the applet or flash file.

The template description can be used to add your own description to any templated you build for 1 Cool Menu FX Tool. The description is only shown for Menu Effects templates and is shown on the templates step.

For more information see: Creating you own templates