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Customizing the DVD Menu

Video DVDs can include a menu that is displayed either at the start of the video or at

the end of the video. The primary options on this menu are as follows:

Play

Plays the video from the start

Scenes

Displays a scenes selection page, allowing you to navigate to a particular part of

the video

Notes

Displays a notes page if you’ve added notes to the video

You can customize the menu and the related menu pages on the “Ready to burn

disc” page. From the “Add pictures and video to the DVD” page, you can display the

“Ready to burn disc page,” which is shown in Figure 10-11, by clicking Next.

Figure 10-11. Choosing the menu style

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On the “Ready to burn disc” page, you can use the options on the Menu Styles list to

choose a menu style, such as Highlights or Video Wall. When you select a style,

Windows DVD Maker displays a large preview of that style in the main work area.

After you’ve selected a menu style, you can customize the menu text by completing

the following steps:

1. Click the “Menu text” button on the toolbar. This displays the “Change the

DVD menu text page,” shown in Figure 10-12.

2. Each menu has default font settings. If you want to change the font used for

menu text, click the Font list and select the font you want to use.

3. To change the font color, click the Font Color button (it shows the letter A),

choose a color in the Color dialog box, and then click OK.

4. Most menu text is displayed in bold but not italics by default. To toggle bold

and italics on and off, click the related buttons.

5. If you didn’t already set the disc title, type in the text box provided.

Figure 10-12. Customizing the DVD menu text

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6. By default, the text for the Play, Scenes, and Notes buttons says Play, Scenes,

and Notes, respectively. If you want to make this text more descriptive, enter the

text you’d like to use in the fields provided. For example, you may want to use

Play Video, View Scenes, and Display Notes instead of the default text.

7. The Notes button is displayed only when you type notes for the DVD. If you

want to add notes to the DVD, enter the notes in the text box provided. As

shown in the example, you may want to preface your notes with a heading, such

as the one shown, leave a blank space, and then type the main text of your note.

8. When you are finished customizing the menu text, click Change Text to save

your changes and return to the “Ready to burn” page.

After you’ve customized the menu text, you can customize the menu style by com-

pleting the following steps:

1. Click the “Customize menu” button on the toolbar. This displays the “Custom-

ize the disc menu style” page, shown in Figure 10-13.

Figure 10-13. Customizing the DVD menu style