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Balsamiq Wireframes Quickstart Guide

By : Scott Faranello
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Balsamiq Wireframes Quickstart Guide

By: Scott Faranello

Overview of this book

<p>Balsamiq Mockups is an easy to use, engaging tool for anyone looking to strategize and brainstorm ideas around product design and information architecture. With Balsamiq, you can strategize, create, prototype and present your ideas clearly and effectively to audiences large and small.<br /><br />"Balsamiq Wireframes Quickstart Guide" is a fast paced and easy to follow instructional book that gets you up and running quickly while challenging you to be the best you can be using the tool. With this book in hand, it will take only minutes to present an idea on screen.<br /><br />Wireframing is one of the key steps of effective user interface design and architecture. Finding the right tools to get your thoughts onto the page quickly and clearly is vital to your success. This book will have you on your way in no time. "Balsamiq Mockups Quickstart Guide" will walk you through the entire application in a fast, simple and engaging way. You will be presented with wireframe samples, exercises and real-world examples that will engage, challenge and enable you to become an expert wireframer and Balsamiq user. Whether you are looking to communicate ideas to your team, a client, a product manager, an IT developer, or if you are wireframing for the fun of it, this book is for you. By the time you are finished, you will have mastered the tools to do whatever your mind can think up. The rest is up to you.</p>
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

Additional interactivity


Now let's add some additional interactivity to your wireframes.

Perform the following steps:

  1. 1. Right-click on the page tab for project_mockup_2 in the file browser, as shown in the following screenshot:

  2. 2. In the menu that appears, select Clone As New Mockup to make an identical copy of this page, as shown in the following screenshot:

A new page is created called New Mockup and is identical to project_mockup_2.bmml. Press Command + S/Ctrl + S to save it. Name it project_mockup_2b.bmml.

Make sure to save this new file in the same folder as the rest of your project files. If you have been using the files provided with this book, then you would place it in the balsamiq_project_files folder, as shown in the following screenshot:

Interactive checkbox

Now let's take it up a notch and create some additional interactivity.

Perform the following steps:

  1. 1. Make project_mockup_2b.bmml the active page.

  2. 2. Double-click on the text in George's ToDos to make it editable.

    If the component...