The Properties Area looks different for each selected element of the Navigation Panel and Editing Area as they all possess various properties. The main available properties for main menu elements include:

• Actions - lets the user change the actions for the buttons of the menu when you press the buttons of the remote control of the DVD player (software or hardware) used to playback the created DVD. This option is available to be changed on the Button tab of the properties of different buttons - chapters, Prev, Main and Next buttons. See the Adding and Editing DVD Menu Buttons section to find out how to change the Actions button properties.

• Advanced Text Settings - lets the user change the additional text settings, mainly the Shadow property. This option is available to be changed for the Text in the Layers and for the Design tab of the Prev, Main and Next buttons. See the Adding and Editing DVD Menu Buttons and Adding and Editing Text sections to find out how to change the Advanced Text Settings properties.

• Background Style - lets the user change the style of the background used in Main Page or Chapters pages. You can select among Brush, Image and Video from File types of background. See the Changing the Page Background section to find out how to change the Background Style properties.

• Brush - lets the user change the Brush type used in filling the background of the page, text color of the buttons and the color of the simple graphics filling. See the Adding and Editing DVD Menu Buttons, Adding and Editing Simple Graphics, Filling Background using Brush and Adding and Editing Text sections to find out how to change the Brush properties.

• Button Style - lets the user change the style of the buttons used. This option is available for the Designer tab of the Buttons elements. See the Adding and Editing DVD Menu Buttons to find out how to change the Button Style properties.

• File - lets the user select a video or music file that will be used as a background for either the menu buttons or for the menu pages. See the Adding and Editing DVD Menu Buttons, Adding Background Music and Adding Video from File as Background sections for more detail.

• File Information - lets the user view the information for the video file loaded into AVS DVD Authoring. This option is available for the Video Files element of the Navigation Panel. See the Starting a New Project chapter of the Working with Projects section for more information on this option.

• Fragment - lets the user select a fragment of the video used as background to the page or a button. See the Adding Video from File as Background and Adding and Editing DVD Menu Buttons sections for more detail.

• Function - lets the user view the function assigned to the button. This option is available on the Button tab of a button properties. See the Adding and Editing DVD Menu Buttons for more informtation.

• Image - lets the user view and edit the properties of an image and select the file used as image for a button or page background or used as a graphics on a page. See the Adding Images as Background and Adding and Editing DVD Menu Buttons sections for more detail.

• Pen - lets the user select the properties of the outer line that forms text and simple graphics. See the Adding and Editing DVD Menu Buttons, Adding and Editing Text and Adding and Editing Simple Graphics sections for more detail on how to change the Pen properties of different elements.

• Position - lets the user view and control the position of most elements (buttons, text, image and simple graphics) on the page. See the Adding and Editing DVD Menu Buttons, Adding and Editing Text, Adding Images as Background and Adding and Editing Simple Graphics sections for more detail on this.

• Text - lets the user change the properties of the text on the pages and buttons. See the Adding and Editing DVD Menu Buttons and Adding and Editing Text sections for more detail on how to change the available text properties.