ClarisWorks Drawing: A Guide for Island Teachers
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Graphics Programs
           Educational Value of Graphics Programs

Getting started with Claris Works Drawing

The Drawing Environment
Quick Start - The Big Five Skills
           Creating Objects - The Drawing Tools
                      Single clicking
                      Double clicking
                      Simple Tools: oval, rectangle, and rounded rectangle
                      Line tools
                      Text tool
                      More Complex Shape Tools: Polygon and Bezigon
                      Miscellaneous Advanced Tools
           Deleting Objects
                      Select Tool
           Resizing and Moving Objects
                      Resizing Objects
                      Moving Objects
           Adding Colour and Pattern
                      Fill Palette
                      Pen Palette
Beyond the Big Five - Advanced Features
           Layering Objects: Move to back/Move to front
           Flipping and Rotating

Putting it all together - Most Useful Features
           Zoom - Page one
           Zoom - Page two
                      Duplicate
           Undo
                      Aligning Objects
                      Group
                      Scale Selection
                      Autogrid
                      Lock

Special Feature: Creating Slide Shows

Exercises
                      Exercise 1: Creating a Graphics Object
                      Exercise 2: Creating a Puzzle
                      Exercise 3: Creating an Animated Slide Show

Self-Evaluation

Appendix A - Bitmap versus Vector Graphics

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