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Chapter 4 – Making a Presentation Interactive
f. RSS Feed: Select this option to display an RSS feed. Click the Update RSS URL List button to create a list
of Data Feeds to use as RSS sources. You can also choose whether you would like to display only the RSS
title or display only the RSS description. You can only uncheck the title or description option if you do not
have that field currently selected. To edit the amount of time each RSS item is displayed, click Set Text
Parameters and modify the Time to Display Each Line field.
g. Media RSS Feed: Select this option to display a Media RSS (MRSS) feed. Click the Update RSS URL List
button to create a list of Data Feeds to use as Media RSS sources. You can also choose among displaying
the media RSS title, media RSS description, and media RSS image. You can only uncheck an option if
you do not have that field currently selected.
Note: BrightAuthor does not prevent you from inputting an RSS feed URL into an MRSS field (or vice versa);
however, the presentation will fail to display any content if it is published in this state.
h. Image: Select this option to display another image over the background image. Select Browse to locate an
image file to use in this item.
• Validate Live Text Data: Click this button to verify that the source URL for your feed is valid.
• Layer: Use these buttons to determine the layering of your Live Text elements. The background image will always
be behind all other elements.
a. Sends the selected element behind all other elements.
b. Sends the selected element behind the element that is directly beneath it.
c. Sends the selected element in front of the element that is directly in front of it.
d. Sends the selected element to the front of all other elements.
• Set Text Parameters: While an individual text field is selected, click this button to edit parameters for that text field.
Subsequent text fields will automatically contain the text parameters of the previous text field. You can edit the
Number of lines, Rotation, Alignment, Foreground text color, Background text color (this appears behind the text