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Customizing Layers

You’ll see that you have similar Layer Settings, Adjustments, Editing
Tools, Outline and Colorize options that you're already used to. These
tools work the same way here as they do in Slide Options. You can find
more information about these features in Chapter 8, where they’re
explained in full detail.

Interactive Layers

The major new item you’ll see here is that you can set an Action on Click
and a Destination for each layer in the Layer Settings pane.
The actions you can pick are the same as those you use for captions in your
menu. You’ll find a description of each of those actions in the next section.
Just remember that a layer action is triggered when the layer is selected,
rather than a caption.

This is an excellent option to use when making graphics heavy menus. For
example, instead of using Menu Captions for navigation, you can create
navigation arrows or icons in Photoshop, and add those images as layers
on your menu pages. Set the Action on Click for each layer to control how
viewers play shows or select different menu pages.