Abstract: A method of interactive electronic publishing permitting instantaneous conversion of all kinds of text to speech, and of musical score to music, and the creation of the instantaneous effect of animation, all by the operations of a mouse or other interactive device. No autonomous plug-in applications are required. The sounds and images concerned are pre-recorded and edited to minimize file sizes, and pre-loaded before being played in response to mouse actions. In the case of images, the animation effect is achieved by using existing swap-image techniques but using pre-filmed and edited images created for animation purposes. In the case of sounds, existing mouse-over techniques are used but with sounds which make audible the text or animation concerned. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, sounds and images are incorporated into a button and published as a movie with sounds in mp3 format.