CompuServe Thread

Chris, Animator pro is more of a 2d animation package with paint and some presentation capabilities. Kind of like a Deluxe Paint on steroids <g>. >> can you create buttons that allow you to interactively jump between .flc's? << yes, but not elegantly like an authoring package. You'd have to paint the buttons and then add their screen locations to a script – a lot more work than many presentation packages. However, there is a POCO routine with 1.3 called "Show'em" but I've never looked into what it does. >> Also, can you attach sounds to any aspects in Animator Pro–buttons or flics?? << no.

Martin sums it up — the Presentation possibilities have made it a minor hit at Autodesk, although PowerPoint seems to currently be the software of choice. More options for easily moving through the script, I believe. SHOW'EM is pretty good. You can take a guided tour through a series of question and answer situations which creates a batch file to run your slides. Graded background, or any background you wish. Titles, bullet items, fades. Most of the work is typing the text you wish displayed. It's pretty good although more narrowly focused than what I'd call a presentation package. Nik