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Description

This tool allows the user to store and set different alerts onto a slide and set how it will be played and with what timeing.

The user can drag and drop this tool directly onto the slide, or a preview that is defining a slide.
When the tool is dropped onto the slide and ROI (Region of Interest) box will appear. This box can be moved and the size changed to serve the purpose of the user.
Once the ROI is in the correct orientation and location the user will want to right click on the ROI box, this will allow the Alert page of the tool to appear.

Alert

Text: Place the text portion of the alert into this box, the user may input any text information they choose. If the user wants the text within the text box to be stored for later use the user may press the "+" button, the "-" button will delete any saved text. The saved text will be stored within the box located below the text box. This box has a dropdown meny that the user can use to find the desired saved text.
Clear: This will clear the text box of text.
Keyboard: This will bring up an on screen keyboard, anything inputted here will go into the text box.
Loop: If checked, the alert settings set by the "Display Type" described below, will loop into a continuous play.

Display Type:
The user may choose different options for how the alert will appear on the screen. The user may choose for it to flash, scroll, or be static. The user may choose multple options for the display type: for example the user may have the text scroll in, flash, and then remain static.
The user may also choose the alert speed with which it flashes, scrolls, or comes onto the screen. The speed corelates to how much time per character to move. So if it is set at 1.0 second, each character will come onto the screen in 1.0 second.
The user may also choose a display time for all display types. This timing is also in seconds and directly corresponds to how long the image will remain on the slide.

Render, Rectangle, Entity:


These pages allow the user to change the color, font, and size of the text inputted into the tool (use the Render Style page), and also the size and orientation of the ROI box (use the Rectangle and Entity page).