CONVERTING ONE OBJECT TYPE TO ANOTHER

Okay, we've all done it. Created a field on the page, setup the right fontFace, fontSize, colors, position, etc...only to realize that it should have been a recordField instead. So, you trash the field, go to the background and start again, but this time drawing a recordField first.

Not any more!!!

Simply select that field and choose Convert Object from the Edit menu in ToolBook 8.x. Actually in pre-8.x versions you could press CTRL-SHIFT-T <short for Transmogrify> although the conversion options are very limited compared to what is exposed in the current 8.x version.

The way it works is by drawing a new object and transferring across as many properties from the old object as possible...the ones that make sense for the new object.

Sorry Assistant users, this feature is only in Instructor.

One very POWERFUL ability of this feature is in its willingness to convert a GROUP into a Bitmap Resource. Simply group any ToolBook objects such as a field, lines, rectangles and then convert all of those objects into a single graphical resource. How COOL.

Okay, I will take credit for that one. I am the one who coded in the 8.x Convert Object feature while I was working on the ToolBook development team. So, if you find a bug...it's my fault too.