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Scalar 2 User's Guide Main Menu Getting Started Explains account and book creation, and some interface basics. QuickStarts A path of all QuickStart content in this user's guide. Working with Media How to get the most out of your use of media in Scalar. Working with Content Creating and editing content in Scalar. Working with Widgets Working with Structure How to use Scalar's many options for structuring publications. Editorial Workflow How to use features for performing editorial review of content. Visualizations Exploring the contents of a book visually. Lenses An introduction to lenses, a tool for searching and visualizing Scalar content. Advanced Topics Describing Scalar's more advanced features. Third Party Plugins and Platforms

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QuickStart: Adding media to a page 4 How to add media links to a Scalar page. plain 2014-10-02T19:04:39-07:00
These steps will add a media link to a page; the placement and size of the resulting media player depends on the page's default view. To insert media at a specific position (more precise, but less flexible), see Adding inline media to a page. Note that before adding media to a page you will need to have already imported the media into Scalar.
1. Sign in to your Scalar account.
2. Click new page icon in your Scalar header bar to create a new page, or navigate to an existing page and click the edit icon.
3. Select the text you want to link to the media.
4. Click and select the media you want to link.
5. Next to "Default view," select the view you want for this page (only Basic, Image Header and Google Maps views support linked media).
6. Click "Save."
For more details, see Adding Media and Links.
QuickStart: Adding miscellaneous content links to a page 3 How to link any online content to a page. plain 2014-10-02T19:07:08-07:00
1. Sign in to your Scalar account.
2. Click new page icon in your Scalar header bar to create a new page, or navigate to an existing page and click the edit icon.
3. Select the text you want to link to the content.
4. Click and enter the URL of the content you want to link, then click "OK."
5. Click "Save."
For more details, see Adding Media and Links.
QuickStart: Creating a path 3 How to create a path in Scalar. plain 2014-10-02T19:07:29-07:00
1. Sign in to your Scalar account.
2. Click new page icon in your Scalar header bar to create a new page, or navigate to an existing page and click the edit icon.
3. Next to the text reading "To make this page a path," click "specify the items that it contains."
4. Select the content you want to add to the path and click "Add selected."
5. Drag and drop the content to reorder it if necessary.
6. Click "Save."
For more details, see Whole-Whole Relationships.
QuickStart: Creating a tag 3 How to create a tag in Scalar. plain 2014-10-02T19:07:50-07:00
1. Sign in to your Scalar account.
2. Click new page icon in your Scalar header bar to create a new page, or navigate to an existing page and click the edit icon.
3. Next to the text "To make this page a tag," click "specify the items that it tags."
4. Select the content you want to tag and click "Add selected."
5. Click "Save."
For more details, see Whole-Whole Relationships.
QuickStart: Adding annotated media to a page 3 How to add an annotated media file to a Scalar page. plain 2014-10-02T19:05:08-07:00
These steps will add an annotation link to a page which will cue up its related content; the placement and size of the resulting media player depends on the page's default view. To insert annotated media at a specific position (more precise, but less flexible), see Adding inline annotated media to a page. Note that before adding an annotation to a page you will need to have already created the annotation in Scalar.
1. Sign in to your Scalar account.
2. Click new page icon in your Scalar header bar to create a new page, or navigate to an existing page and click the edit icon.
3. Select the text you want to link to the annotation.
4. Click and select the annotation you want to link.
5. Next to "Default view," select the view you want for this page (only Basic, Image Header and Google Maps views support linked media).
6. Click "Save."
For more details, see Adding Media and Links.
QuickStart: Adding inline media to a page 3 How to embed media directly into a Scalar page. plain 2014-10-02T19:05:28-07:00
Following these steps will embed a media player in a page at a specific point. To insert a media link instead (less precise, but more flexible in that the default view for the page determines the placement and size of the resulting media player), see Adding media to a page. Note that before adding media to a page you will need to have already imported the media into Scalar.
1. Sign in to your Scalar account.
2. Click new page icon in your Scalar header bar to create a new page, or navigate to an existing page and click the edit icon.
3. Place the insertion point at the point in the page where you want to embed the media.
4. Click and select the media you want to embed.
5. Click "Save."
For more details, see Adding Media and Links.
QuickStart: Adding inline annotated media to a page 3 plain 2014-10-02T19:05:59-07:00
These steps will embed a media player cued to an annotation in a page at a specific point. To insert a annotation link instead (less precise, but more flexible in that the default view for the page determines the placement and size of the resulting media player), see Adding annotated media to a page. Note that before adding an annotation to a page you will need to have already created the annotation in Scalar.
1. Sign in to your Scalar account.
2. Click new page icon in your Scalar header bar to create a new page, or navigate to an existing page and click the edit icon.
3. Place the insertion point at the point in the page where you want to embed the annotated media.
4. Click and select the annotation you want to embed.
5. Click "Save."
For more details, see Adding Media and Links.
QuickStart: Adding notes to a page 3 How to add a note link to a Scalar page. plain 2014-10-02T19:06:29-07:00
1. Sign in to your Scalar account.
2. Click new page icon in your Scalar header bar to create a new page, or navigate to an existing page and click the edit icon.
3. Select the text you want to link to the note.
4. Click and select the content you want to link as a note, or create a new note using the "Create a new page on the fly" area at the bottom of the pop-up.
5. Click "Save."
For more details, see Adding Media and Links.
QuickStart: Adding Scalar content links to a page 3 How to link other Scalar content to a page. plain 2014-10-02T19:06:51-07:00
1. Sign in to your Scalar account.
2. Click new page icon in your Scalar header bar to create a new page, or navigate to an existing page and click the edit icon.
3. Select the text you want to link to the Scalar content.
4. Click and select the content you want to link.
5. Click "Save."
For more details, see Adding Media and Links.