Adding scrolling marquees

Scrolling text marquees are only supported by Internet Explorer browsers. (The text does not scroll in Netscape browsers.) To create a message that scrolls across your Web page in both types of browsers, you may want to use a SWF animation, Java applet, or animated GIF image instead. You can also create a similar effect using floating boxes and the Wipe Transition action. (See Hiding and showing floating boxes, and for information on the Wipe Transition action, see Using GoLive actions.)

To create a scrolling marquee:

1. Drag the Marquee icon from the Basic set in the Objects palette to the page.

If you want to control the font and style of the marquee text on a layout grid, place the marquee in a layout text box.

2. In the Marquee Inspector, type the message for the marquee in the Text box.
3. Choose an option from the Behavior pop-up menu:
• Scroll to cause the message to scroll continuously.
• Slide to move the message into the marquee box and to hold it there.
• Alternate to move the message into the marquee box and to bounce it between the edges.
4. Determine how long the marquee is visible:
• Select Forever to make the message scroll continuously.
• Enter a required number of repetitions in the Loops text box.
5. Enter the desired scrolling speed in the Amount text box (the scrolling speed is measured in pixels between each scrolling amount in milliseconds).
6. Enter the scrolling delay between repetitions in the Delay text box.
7. Select Left or Right to determine the scrolling direction. When Left is selected, the message appears on the right side of the window and scrolls to the left.
8. Click the More tab in the Marquee Inspector, and do any of the following:
• Enter the dimensions (in pixels or as a percentage) for the marquee in the Width and Height text boxes.
• Enter a value in the HSpace or VSpace text box to set the horizontal or vertical space around the marquee's text.
• Choose an alignment from the Align pop-up menu for the marquee object in relation to text or other objects within the text line.
• Click the color field and select a color in the Color palette for the background of the marquee.

Note: The Scrolling Marquee feature is an Internet Explorer extension that does not work in Netscape browsers.