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Defining eText Language and Interface Settings

To open eText Theme Information page:

From Authoring Home, select or search for an eText.
From the Authoring menu, click Specify eText Language and Interface.

eText language and feature settings

To select a language for eText Viewer user interface:

Select the language you want to assign from the eText Language selection menu.

Note: The language selected here is the default language for the eText in the eText Viewer. All user interface elements such as, buttons, labels, drop-downs, and alert messages will appear in the language selected but all the content of the eText will appear in its original language. Default language for an eText can be changed only from the eText Authoring platform.

To select user interface skin for the eText:

Select the required user interface skin from the eText UI Selection menu. For example if the eText is a Higher Education or secondary school (grades 6 to 12) title, select Standard from the drop-down menu. The available options in the drop-down menu are:

Standard (grades 6 to 12 or Higher Ed)
Elementary (grades K to 5)

Note: The user interface skin selected here determines the user interface displayed in the eText Viewer for the eText.

To select the Help file for the eText:

Select the required Help files from the eText Help File Selection menu. For example if the eText is a Higher Education title in English, select the Standard English from the drop-down menu.

Note: The Help file selected here determines the Help file displayed for the eText in the eText Viewer platform.

To select the View:

Select Whiteboard View to enable Whiteboard view in the Viewer.

Notes:

The Browse view is selected by default and cannot be de-selected.
The Set as default radio button is selected for the Browse view by default. You can select the radio button for Whiteboard view only when the Whiteboard view option is enabled for the eText. For new books, Whiteboard view option is enabled by default.
An eText cannot have only Whiteboard view.

To select the Browse Toolbar placement:

Do one of the following steps

Select the Top option to place the toolbar at the top of the screen.
Select the Bottom option to place the toolbar at the bottom of the screen.

To select Whiteboard Toolbar placement:

Select the Left, Right and/or Bottom locations to allow the toolbar to be placed at these positions in the Viewer.
Click Save.

Notes:

Left and Right toolbar locations are selected by default.
The Set as default radio button is set to Left by default. You can choose any one of the three options as default by selecting its radio button.

To select Audio Text Synch:

Select the Audio text synch check box to enable this feature in the Viewer.

Click Save.

To select a font for the eText:

If your eTextincludes custom superscripts or subscripts, select the Title uses ArialForPearson for custom subscription and superscripts check box.

By default, legacy eTexts automatically use the ArialForPearson font. If theeText you are authoring does not use superscript or subscripts, clear the check box to use the more general purpose Arial Unicode font. Also clear the check box when:

The selected language is Japanese, Chinese, and Korean.
Superscripts or subscripts appear in the Table of Contents, glossary terms, or glossary definitions
Phonetic characters appear in the Table of Contents, glossary terms, or glossary definitions.

To designate this task as complete in the Proofing Tasks list in the Authoring menu:

Click the Task Complete button in the upper-right side of the page. The task status is displayed as Complete in the Authoring Menu page.

Note: Once the task is marked as complete, the Task Completed button in the upper right of the page changes to Revert - Task Complete.

To revert and designate this completed task as incomplete:

Click the Revert - Task Complete button in the upper-right of the page. The task status column becomes blank in the Authoring Menu page.