How do I add chapters in iDVD?

Before judging me, please read my entire question.
I am asking for help in iDVD, not iMovie. I just finished adding video to my project. I read that if you want to add chapters to your movie, you go to the Advanced tab and click on Add Chapters. I did this, but the Add Chapters selection is GRAYED OUT! I cannot select it. How do I get it to ungray itself? Please, I don't know what else to do. Thanks.

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[See this great tutorial by Ken Stone for pictures|http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/imovie_09stone.html#markers]
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http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2308?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
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... Sorry for the basic question, ..
we were all beginners.. some time ..
actual ones:
http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#imovie
(plus, Garageband...)
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To add chapters to movies exported from FCE using the "Apple TV" preset in the Export menu:
In a text editor, like TextEdit in the Applications folder, type your list of chapters.
Make each item very short (preferably one word but no more than two or three words) and separate each item with a carriage return.
Choose Format/Make Plain Text.
Save the document as plain text.
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*{textBox: 0, 0, 50, 160}one*
Ignore the textBox attribute.
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Change the last timestamp (the one after the last chapter title in the text file) to match the duration of the movie.
Save the text file.
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Choose Edit > Select All, choose Edit > Copy.
Click in the target movie, make sure the playhead is at the beginning, choose Edit > "Add to Movie"
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Select the text track.
Deselect the check box for the text track so that it doesn't display on top of the video.
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Save the movie as a self-contained movie.
In the Finder, drag the movie to iTunes, and then Sync to Apple TV. The movie will play in Apple TV with Chapters!
-- This is modified from a QT7.2 tutorial, thanks to Tom Wolsky for pointing me in the right direction --

Thanks for explaining that in detail Mike.

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