My Autoplay Menu

Now it’s up to you to your menu and create cool menu pages for your project. Create multi-page interactive user control interface that runs as a stand-alone application or displays in a web browser.

As shown in the dialog screenshots below there are six main areas within the editor dialog that give you unlimited possibilities to author great looking menu pages for your Ashampoo® MyAutoplay Menu projects. All areas of the menu page are explained below.

1) Menu design area

Within this area of the editor you can see and design your menu pages.  Use the four different resize buttons shown  explained below to resize the background window according to the size of your needs. 

Resize window from button

Resize window proportional from botton right

Resize window from right

Of course you can also resize your buttons. Just select a button and afterwards use the white resize options shown below according to your needs. The same method is used to apply the size of your background. Just select and resize while keeping the left mouse button clicked.

Right clicking on your current menu or button will display the following options:

Text Insert option is explained very detailed in the following chapter.

Acquire image or background is explained very detailed in the following chapter.

Load Background (only available on the menu background right click menu) loads a new background that will generate a fill the complete size of the menu according to the size of the image. 

Clear Background (only available on the menu background right click menu) deletes the current background.

Edit replaces or edits the currently selected object or background.

Fit placeholder image (only available on the menu background right click menu) resizes the image to the default menu size.

All further options are explained in detailed in the toolbar chapter.

Adds a new button to your menu. Once you’ve clicked at the button you can either add a small or larger button. After selecting the button you can drag and drop to reposition it by by keeping your left mouse button pressed.

Adds a new image to your menu page. A new explorer appears to browse and to select your files. Please distinguish image from background. A picture will be added as an object and can be placed everywhere, a background is stretched to the whole format. Again after selecting the image you can drag and drop to reposition it by by keeping your left mouse button pressed.

Background adds a new background to your menu. Once you’ve clicked at the button a new explorer appears to browse and select your files. The background will be stretched to the whole format.

New Text adds a textbox with a default text to your cover. After a double click the text  is ready to be edited. Click here for more details!

New Shape is a simple but effective way to add forms like rectangles, stars and rectangles to your pictures. Just choose a shape, color and linear blend a pull it to the correct size and position- ready! Click here for more details!