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ADDING AND OBJECT TO THE CATALOG
I have an object on my ToolBook page that I want to be able to reuse later. How can I add it to the catalog?

ToolBook does allow you to add your own objects to the catalog. In fact that's what the My Objects category of the catalog is for - to hold your own objects.

DEMONSTRATION
For this demonstration, let's assume that you wanted to add a graphic of a company logo into the catalog so that you can later use it another project.

Step 1: Select the object
In order to add an object to the catalog you first have to select the object.

The one requirement for adding an object to the catalog is that it has to be a single selectable object. If what you are trying to add is really more than one object (for example a graphic object with a text field below it), then simply Group the separate objects into a single Group object. This way you can add the Group to the catalog.

If you want to add an entire page, first select the page using the View menu.

Step 2: Right Click the Catalog
To access the (ADD) feature of the catalog you must right click on the catalog. I'd recommend simply right-clicking on the blue caption bar at the top of the catalog.

Then choose the Add Selected Object To Catalog option.

Step 3: Filling out the New Object settings
Fill out the New Object dialog making sure you give it a Name. The name you provide will be shown under your object's icon in the catalog.

Also make sure you specify which category to put the new object into. We highly recommend that you put all of your objects into the My Objects category (or another category which you may have created). However it is not recommended that you put it into one of the default categories provided by ToolBook. Why? Because if you start adding your objects to the default categories, how will you later remember which are normal ToolBook objects and which are yours? By keeping them in their own category, you can always know which are yours.

Step 4: Click OK to accept the settings
Once you click OK the object will be added to the catalog and it will be shown to you.

You are now free to drag your new catalog object into any ToolBook project you want.

Modifying your Object
If you later decide you need to modify the object but can't figure out how because it lives in the catalog, you will simply want to:

• Drag the object into a ToolBook file and modify the object as needed.
• Delete the original version out of the catalog.
• Add your new revised object into the catalog.