Defining hotspots using the Icon Hotspot tool

Hotspots can be displayed in two ways, either as a simple rectangular highlight or as an icon. You can customize the icon hotspot using the Authoring Tool; once modified, the hotspot is called a custom icon. Custom icons are available for excel, url, power point, word and email media types. Custom icons are also used for LTIlinks to identify the specific LMS.

Once an eText is published from the Authoring Tool, custom icons appear in the Viewer.

You can define the following icon hotspots using the Icon Hotspot tool:

To define a hotspot using the Icon Hotspot tool:

1. From Authoring Home, select or search for an eText.
2. From the Authoring menu, click Review eText Pages, Region Hotspots and Zoom areas.
3. Select the icon hotspot you want from the drop-down menu, shown in the following figure.

4. Click the icon in the drop-drop menu to add an icon hotspot of that type. Find the Icon Hotspot Tool near the top left of the page.

5. In the Property Editor panel, complete the appropriate fields (see Icon hotspots and associated parameters for more information on how to complete these fields).
6. Click Save in the Property Editor panel.

Note: To change the cursor from a marker or file-type icon to a pointer (arrow) icon, click the Arrow tool, shown below.

Custom Toolbar Icon

If a custom toolbar is ingested from Content Manager application, it is present in the top navigation bar of Authoring tool and Viewer. You can navigate directly to any of the basket page number, images or other such item to which the button is linked.