Move and Reuse Buttons

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Drag and Drop Buttons

You can quickly rearrange the layout of buttons on a page using the drag-and-drop swapping method. This allows you to swap the contents of two buttons. Select and drag the first button over the top of the second button, then release your finger from the screen. The two buttons will be swapped.


Copy and Paste a Button

Buttons can be copied and pasted to new locations. If you edit a copy of a button, you will modify only the copy.

  1. Go to the page that includes the button you want to copy.

  2. Select Menu > Edit Mode.

  3. Select and hold on the button you want to copy.

  4. Select Copy Button.

  5. Select and hold on the location for the new button.

  6. Select Paste Button.

  7. Select Menu > Edit Mode to exit Edit mode.


Use the Same Button in Multiple Locations

If you modify a button that is used in multiple locations, the button will also be modified automatically everywhere else it appears. You may want to use this technique on buttons that contain the same tools used on multiple pages.

  1. Go to the page that includes the button you want to copy.

  2. Select Menu > Edit Mode.

  3. Select and hold on the button you want to copy.

  4. Select Copy Button.

  5. Select and hold on the new location.

  6. Select Use Same Button.

  7. Select Menu > Edit Mode to exit Edit mode.


Use the Same Button in Multiple Pages

You can select a button from one page to be placed in an empty location in another page.

  1. Go to the page that includes the empty location you want to use for the button.

  2. Select Menu > Edit Mode.

  3. Select and hold on the empty location.

  4. Select Add Button from Library.

  5. Choose the page that includes the button you want to use in the empty location.

  6. Scroll down and select the button you want to use. It will appear in the location you chose.

  7. Select Menu > Edit Mode to exit Edit mode.

Editing a Button Used in Multiple Pages

When you want to modify a button that was copied using the menu option Use Same Button, you can choose to modify that one instance of the button or all instances of the button.

  1. Go to the page that includes the button you want to modify.

  2. Select Menu > Edit Mode.

  3. Select and hold on the button you want to modify.

  4. Select Edit Button.

  5. A prompt similar to the following will appear: “This button appears 2 times in this vocabulary file. Would you like to edit just this instance or all instances?”    

    Choose an option:

    • Just This Instance: The changes you make will be made to that one button only.

    • Cancel: No changes will be made to any buttons.

    • All Instances: The changes you make will be made to all appearances of the button in the current vocabulary.

  6. When you select an option, the Button Properties window opens.

  7. Make the changes you want and select Save.

  8. Select Menu > Edit Mode to exit Edit mode.