You can add new menu buttons in New Custom Project creation mode only. Some modifications (size change, button actions editing) of the existing buttons are available in the New Project creation mode as well, but mainly they will remain predefined in this case.

To start a new custom project, please go to the File section of the Main Menu and select the New Custom Project option. You will be presented with an empty menu page and the Additional Add Panel in the Editing Area will become available:

Now you can create new buttons and set actions for them. To create a button click the Add Menu Button button of the Additional Add Panel in the Editing Area. A new button will be created on the page and you will be able to edit it:

In the Properties Area the following Button Styles can be selected:

• Text - use this option to create a button that will contain text only, without any images and videos. See the Adding and Editing Text sections to learn more on what Text properties are available and how to change them (you will not be only able to rotate the text in the menu button and align it as it will be always aligned in the center of the button).

• Image - use this option to create a button that will contain image in it. See the Adding Images as Background section to learn more on what Image properties are available and how to change them (you can change the image aspect (horizontal-vertical ratio) using the Constrain Proportions box and Restore Aspect button).

• Video - use this option to create a button that will contain video in it. See the Adding Video from File as Background section to learn more on what Video properties are available and how to change them.

After you select the Button Style and set its properties, you can change the button Actions - the actions that performed when you click the button with the mouse or select with the remote control on a hardware/software DVD player.

The arrow buttons - , , and - show the remote control buttons used to navigate your DVD menu. You can select an action from the drop-down lists so that when you press the appropriate remote control buttons you will go to the necessary menu button. Simply select the necessary button name from the drop-down list using the drop-down list open arrow and select the button name.

The number buttons - ... - are used to select the direct access number for the current button, i.e. the number button on the remote control used to quickly access the DVD menu button. For instance, instead of pressing the arrow button on your remote control to get to the DVD menu button and using the remote control OK after that, you can simply click the assigned number button and it will be as if you click the DVD menu button.

The function of the selected button can also be selected and altered using the button Function properties. You can select either to

• use the button to go to some other menu page (thus Go to Page should be selected from the drop-down menu and the Target Page itself must be set in the lower drop-down box from the list of the available pages)
  
  or

• use the button to start video playback from a certain place (in this case the Main Page buttons will be used to start video playback from the beginning and the Chapters page buttons will be used to playback the created chapters from the chapter beginning).