Mark, For those items that are largely unchanged across the various months/cards, did you check the little tick for "behave like a background" in the properties pane/palette?
Judy http://revined.blogspot.com On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Mark Srebnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since my recent post about learning Rev, I've been busy trying to get up to > speed by doing the following: > > A. Reading > > Got a few HyperCard books, but some real good ones. "Applied HyperCard" by > Jerry Daniels and Mary Jane Mara and "The Complete HyperCard Handbook 2.2", > Danny Goodman. Both are excellent and have given me a much better picture of > what this is all about....almost makes me want to go get a copy of HyperCard, > it sounds like so much fun to use! > > B. Tutorials > > Have been trying to go through several tutorials, but have hit a few snags > here and there....trying to get old HC files off of old floppy disk, > tutorials are outdated, and other issues...but wading through it all.... > > Meanwhile, trying to get through calendar tutorial that comes with Rev and > have some questions please.... > > 1. Right Way to Copy Background Group to Other Cards > > I made first the calendar background using January to start with, grouped the > items, after that made new card for February, then subsequent months.. After > I did that I noticed that some appears to be missing from the cards that I > copied from January. For example, I used the table field to make the grid > across the top of the calendar that shows the days of the week. However, on > the February on months cards, the days of the week are missing, just see the > grid. > > Shouldn't the info (days of the week) that I put into the grid in January > show up in the subsequent copies? > > Or do I have to enter the info again on each card? > > Or is there a better way to do this? > > * Please excuse any errors in Rev terminology.... > > 2. Good Way to Edit Background Group Across Multiple Cards > > Found myself editing February card and then realizing that this was probably > a mistake, as I'd need to make the same corrections to about 9-10 more > cards...one for each month.... > > Seems to me know that it would make more sense to have design that carries > over month to month so that you don't have to change each month individually > if you have changes. However, maybe that's not possible with this tutorial as > each month has different days in it?? > > Hope someone can make sense out of the above....or maybe even look at the > tutorial and advise.... > > Trying to get off to a good start and not learn too many bad habits that I'll > need to unlearn later.... ;-) > > Thanks, > > Mark > Silicone Valley Digerati & Rev Noob > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
