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AppleWorks
Drawing
By,
Suzi Israelsson
I
would like to thank Sally Eberhart & Chery Bradley from
ASD for helping me get started!
Project ideas:
Graphic
Designing, lesson plan formats, newsletter templates,
signs, labels, posters, and an optional slide show
feature that could be used to display student work
created using this software.
Getting
Started,
Set-Up,
Tools,
Accents,
Clippings,
Adding
Text,
URL's
AppleWorks
is an integrated software program that allows you to
easily move back and forth between the different
environments.
Here are
those environments:
Getting Started
The one
we tend to be most familiar with is Word Processing. The
older version was called Claris Works. Since we are going
to take a look at the Drawing Program in this lesson, go
ahead and click on that icon and we'll get
started:
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Go
to your Office Manager,  ,
drag to
AppleWorks 6,  ,
and
click on the icon, Drawing, to open the
program.
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The graphic software allows you to create pictures
and artwork, using the computer. Then you are able to
easily cut and paste it into the word processor or the
document of your choice to enhance your overall
project.
Note:
Aplleworks Drawing compared with Appleworks
Painting is like a flannel board compared with a canvas
painting!
Quoted from my ASD technology teacher mentors!
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Let's take a look now!
Menu Bar
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Menu
options:
They are the words across the top of your
document. Click on each word to read your
options.
Tool
Bar: This is located to the left of the
document page. It contains various tools that
help you create your masterpiece. Continue on
with tools
to find out more.
There are
icons listed across the top of the page under
the menu. If you drag your cursor along the
icons, a balloon will appear with a breaf
discription of what the icon is. You might have
to wait a second or two before this appears.This
is called your button bar. You can open or close
this through your menu options.
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Page
View: This
controls your drawing window. Located
at the bottom of your page, this controls your zoom and
tool bar for editing.
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Tools:
They are the various shapes and figures located on the
left of the page. You simply click on the one you want to
use. Drag your cursor over to your page, click and drag,
release. You will find our how to insert color, change
lines, and oh so much more under accents!
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four drawing tools are the basic ones that can
draw lines, squares, frames and circles.
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There are
also some more advanced tools.
In order as
they appear they are the freehand tool, bezigon
tool, polygon tool,irregular polygon tool, arc,
and eyedropper.
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 The
freehand tool is for simple drawing of lines.
 The
bezigon tool allows you to make a shape with as many
rounded corners as you desire.
 The
polygon tool will let you choose how many sides for a
shape.
 The
irregular polygon tool will create and anchor point each
time you click.
 The
arc tool can make arcs and cones. Go to Edit and drag to
Arc Info... to modify.
 The
eyedropper can be used to pick up an attribute of an
object previously made. It is really useful if you forget
what color you used and need to duplicate it!
If you click on
these, the menu options change. Check it out!
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Accents:
They will
appear on your screen as you enter a new document. If
they are not there, go to your Menu, click on Window,
drag to Show Accents. These are very important for they
provide many featrures that are used in creating
documents.
Let's explore
now with colors, textures, lines and how they can be
adjusted!
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Clippings:
Go to the
menu bar,
Click
File,
Drag
to Show Clippings.
You will
see a variety of pictures to choose from. They
are located in different categories for easy
selection. Click on the graphic of your choice (
it will become highlighted) then simply drag it
to your document. You can edit the size of your
graphic by the click and drag method using the
small boxes that outline the graphic.
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What's really cool
is that if you don't like what you see, it will search
the internet for more choices!
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This is
how:
Once you
have Clippings showing on your desk top, click
on the tab labeled Search and type the topic in
the text box. Click the search button and
wait!
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This will
show you the progress of your web search! It
appears on your desk top after you click on the
search button.
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This was
the result in less than one minute!
You can
then click on the graphic and drag it to your
document. You can also add these to your
scrapbook.
NOTE:
These graphics will be okay to use without
worrying about copyright issues. But please be
aware...
When
searching the internet, it is easy to click and
copy pictures. Some of these are copyright
images that you need permisson to use. Please
be aware and respect the artist's legal
rights!
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Text:
To add a text box:
Go to tools and click on the text tool, "A". The
menu bar will change and provide you with different
options. Check it out!
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Then take
the cursor over to your document and choose the
size of your text box by clicking and dragging.
After you've made a gray box, type text inside.
Click on the outside of the gray box to get
handles (little boxes that allow you to move and
reshape the text).
I
always encourage changing text after
all the needed informtaion is
typed!
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Change
direction of text by clicking on it so the
anchors appear. Then click on Arrange and drag
to Free Rotate. Your cursor will become a
"
+
" .
Click and
drag!
Let's
Explore now!
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Words can become their own form of art in this program.
There are many options for text. In addition, check out
the positioning options found under arrange!
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Wrap up -
Why technology?
ISTE
Standards:
http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/ed/tech/basic.htm
Alaska State
Content Standards:
http://
www.eed.state.ak.us/contentstandards/Technology.html
UAA Masters of
Educational Technology Competencies for New
Teachers:
http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/ed/tech/
UAS Professional
Educational Center
http://pec.jun.alaska.edu/
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