Positioned containers can be located anywhere on the Master Scrippy, all you need to do is tell Scrippy where to place them when you create the container.  They can also be any size you want, just enter the size when you create the container.  If the container isn't exactly the way you want it, you can always click on the container button and make the adjustments needed at any time.

 

A couple of notes regarding Positioned Containers 

 

  If you're just going to add text (Message Area) to a container, you must ALWAYS specify the size of the container you want for the text.  If your text is in a container, Scrippy will not automatically size the container to fit your finished text.

 

  When you add a Message Area to a container you have two options for the text display.  First, if you type more text than your container will hold, you will be given a scroll bar inside the container that the viewer can use to display the entire text within the container.  If you don't like the scroll bar, then just adjust the container's height and/or width to be large enough to hold the entire text and the scroll bar disappears. 

 

  When you enter a container, it is invisible because it's basically an empty Scrippy waiting for you to put something inside it.  If you specify the size of the container when you create it, then an easy way to see the container right away is to insert a  "Frame" around it.  Click on Insert > Frame and select the options you want for the frame. I usually just use a 1 pixel, contrasting color frame.   This gives you a visual display of your container before inserting other objects.  Then you can always delete the frame button later if it's not needed in your final stationery, or after you have your container sized and positioned. 

 

     If you don't specify the size of the container and select "same as largest contained image", then you won't see the container until you actually insert something inside it.  The frame trick won't work here because Scrippy is waiting to size the container based on what you insert inside it  ...  and then the container will be the size of the "largest" object you inserted.  After adding something to the container, you can then insert a frame and it will then be visible. 

 

   IMPORTANT - To insert an object inside a container, click on that container's button in the left side control panel  before adding anything to that container.  This insures that all the objects you add next will be placed inside that container and the buttons for those objects will be "indented" under the Positioned Container button.  If you forget to do this and add an object that should be inside the container, but it ends up somewhere else,  just click on the button for that object and drag that button under the container to place it inside the container.  You can drag buttons in and out of containers, as well as anywhere up or down the control panel.  This adds to the creative features of Scrippy 2 because sometimes just rearranging the buttons can produce a whole different effect!

 

   Scrippy creates your stationery by displaying the objects you insert in the order you inserted them, displaying the last object  you inserted on top of everything else.  Basically it layers the objects, placing the first object you inserted at the bottom and adding everything else on top.  So if you insert a circle graphic first and then a square graphic next, the square graphic will be on top of the circle.  However if you insert the square graphic first and then the circle graphic, the circle will be on top of the square.  This will become clear as you work with Scrippy.   :O)

 

    One of the most important tips I can give you for positioning multiple objects in a container, or multiple containers on the Master Scrippy, is to use the same positioning point for everything.  When you add positioned containers or objects to a container, Scrippy always asks you whether you want to place the object from the center, left, or right ... top or bottom.  It's difficult to make a blanket statement here, but I usually pick a point, for example say the center, and then position all containers or objects added from that center point.  The reason this is so important is because not everyone uses the same computer resolution or views stationery in the same size window or preview pane.   By doing the above, your objects will stay perfectly placed in relation to each other, regardless of the viewer's settings.  This will also become clear as you work with Scrippy. 

 

     Use a minus sign when you want to position objects or containers to the left of the "Center" starting point.  Use a minus sign when you want to position objects or containers up from the "Center" starting point.

 

  Finally, there are times when you'll need to set a "minimum size" for your Scrippy stationery (often referred to as a sizing container) in order to keep positioned objects from moving or overlapping each other if the viewer resizes their preview pane or stationery.  This has always been a problem, even in regular scripts.  Scrippy gives you an easy solution that allows your stationery to be viewed as it was created, regardless of the viewer's settings!!   See Minimum Display Size