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Using the Detachable Menus |
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| Two of the Menu titles on the Menu Bar are TOOLS and COLORS. These two menusare detachable from the main menu toolbar. You can "drag" or "tear away" these two menus or palettes by using the drag-n-drop action. Point and click and drag on the menu title (Tools & Colors) holding your finger down on the left-hand mouse button, releasing your finger off the mouse button when you have positioned it where you want it on the desktop. | ||||||
| It is recommended to get use to tearing away or detaching the tools and/or colors palettes as a part of your routine when you open up a stack to work on it or start a new stack. This will make working on the stack easier because all you have to do is click on the tool or color you need instead of having to go the menu title every time you need to change a tool. To work on a card, you will have to go back and forth or toggle from the browse tool to the selection tool. | ||||||
| The Tools Menu provides three categories of tools to help you create projects: editing tools, selection tools, and painting tools. | ||||||
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Editing Tools |
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| The five editing tools. The Browse Cursor tool and the Arrow tool are on the first row. The Button Edit tool, the Graphic Edit tool, and the Text Object Edit tool are on the second row. | ||||||
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The browse tool  is used to activate objects with actions to view how they work or to move or navigate through the stack. This tool is represented by the hand figure. |
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The arrow tool  is used to edit or move any object or button on the card. To select the button or object (text or graphic object) you point and click on the object or area. These tools are on the third row of the Tools Palette (or Tools Menu). |
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Button Edit tool
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Graphic Edit tool  The Graphic Edit tool is used specifically to edit or move graphic objects. Graphic objects can be inserted to a card by going to Objects>Add a Graphic Object. |
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Text Object Edit tool  |
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| The Text Object Edit tool is used specifically to edit or move text objects (a text object is a box that you can type in text. The text box can be moved anywhere on the card or be edited by changing the size of the text box or the text color, style, or alignment. | ||||||
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Selection tools |
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The selection tools are the Square Selector tool, the Circular Selector tool, and the Lasso tool. These tools are on the third row of the Tools Palette. The Square Selector tool allows the selection of a rectangle area and the Circular Selector tool allows the selection of a circular area, both of which may be cut, copied, or cleared/deleted. The Lasso tool allows the selection of an irregular shape by tracing around the shape as if to "cut it out", then it may be edited (cut, copy, delete). |
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Paint Tools |
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| The Paint Tools include 12 painting tools: | ||||||
Paintbrush tool  |
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The paintbrush tool is used to draw freehand. You can paint with any color or paint pattern in the colors palette. |
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Spray Can tool  |
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The spray can tool sprays small dots of the selected color or paint pattern. The spray pattern can be sprayed lightly or more heavily concentrated in a specific area to darken or solidify the paint pattern. |
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Paint Bucket Fill tool  |
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This tool is also referred to as the Paint Bucket or Paint Can and fills in a closed in shape or the background of an entire card with the selected color or paint pattern from the colors palette. If there is a small area to be filled, the tip of the paint bucket must be inside that area to be filled. |
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Eraser tool  |
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| The eraser tool erases sections of the background (on a card) with the selected color or paint pattern. If you double-click on the eraser a dialogue box displays a selection of colors to choose from in which you may erase the entire background color to the color chosen. Double-click the eraser tool to get a dialog box | ||||||
Line tool  |
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This tools allows you to draw straight lines with the specific line which can be selected from a dialog box that can be accessed by double-clicking on the line tool. |
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Pencil tool  |
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| The pencil tool allows you to draw freehand with a selected color or paint pattern. You will not be able to change the thickness of the line with the pencil. (You can only change the thickness of the lines made with the line tool or the paintbrush.) The line will be automatically black unless you choose a specific color or paint pattern. | ||||||
Rectangle tool  |
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The rectangular tool draws rectangle and square shapes with the selected color or paint pattern. If you double-click on the any of these tools on this row (the rectangle, oval, or rounded rectangle tool), they will be become gray and will paint a solid shape instead of an outline of the color or pattern.  |
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Oval tool  |
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| The oval tool draws an oval shape with the selected color or paint pattern. If you want a solid shape, double-click on any of these shapes. | ||||||
Rounded Rectangle tool  |
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| The rectangular tool draws rectangles and squares with rounded shapes with a selected color or paint pattern. You can draw a solid color of these shapes if you double-click on any of the tools on this row of the tools palette. | ||||||
| Holding down the SHIFT key when using the Rectangle tool, Oval tool, or the Rounded Rectangle tool will allow you to draw a "perfect" square, rectangle, circle, oval, or rounded square. Double-click on any of these tools to be able to paint a solid shape. | ||||||
Paint Text tool  |
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The paint text tool types the text with the specified color from the colors palette (also called the colors menu). The text becomes a part of the background when you type on the card itself. You can type inside a text object (text box) with any color selected. Be sure to coordinate the color of the text with the background color of the card or text object (text box). When you double-click on the Text tool the Text Style dialog box will allow you to select the font, the style (plain, bold, italic, and underline), size, and color of the text. |
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| The paint text tool types the text with the specified color from the colors palette (also called the colors menu). The text becomes a part of the background when you type on the card itself. You can type inside a text object (text box) with any color selected. Be sure to coordinate the color of the text with the background color of the card or text object (text box). When you double-click on the Text tool the Text Style dialog box will allow you to select the font, the style (plain, bold, italic, and underline), size, and color of the text. |  |
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You can also choose the font, style, size, and alignment by going to the Format Menu on the Tool bar Menu at the top of the card. |
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Magnifying Glass tool  |
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The magnifying glass tool zooms in on any selected area on a card. A box will appear when you click on the magnifying tool where you can select the area to magnify. |
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Eyedropper tool  |
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| The eyedropper tool allows you to identify a particular color so you can use it in another area. Just click on the eyedropper tool and then on the color anywhere on the card and the color you used will be highlighted on the colors palette. |  |
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Colors Menu |
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| The Colors Menu ( or Colors Palette) is used in conjunction with the Tools Palette to choose the color or paint pattern that can be used for text or the background color for text objects (boxes) or card backgrounds. The Colors Menu has three sections: solid colors, paint patterns, and three painting tools being used corresponding to the color or pattern that is chosen for that tool. You will see the color selected beside the tool used. When you use the Text tool , the paint patterns will not be available. |
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When using the paint tools, HyperStudio allows you to reverse or "undo" the last paint action you took. Once you click somewhere else, you cannot undo a previous paint action. Go to Edit on the Menu toolbar and click on Undo... (Edit >Undo applies to the last action you did, whether painting, moving an object, etc.). |
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The button edit tool is used specifically to edit and move buttons. You make a button by going to the Objects Menu and clicking on Add a Button.
