Videonics PowerScript PS4000S, Instruction Manual

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Chapter 3 PowerScript Tutorial
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Adding Objects to a Page
1 Click the Create option on the MAIN MENU to display the CREATE menu.
2
When the CREATE menu appears, click the Oval object option, then click the menu close
box to remove the menu.
A new oval object appears at the center of the page. A rectangle (called the bounding rectan-
gle ) surrounds the object. Small squares with symbols inside (called object handles) appear
at each corner of the bounding rectangle.
The object handles provide a way to manipulate an object. Along with the bounding rectan-
gle, they also provide a visual indication that the object is currently “selected.” In order to
work with an object (such as moving, rotating, or changing its attributes), you must first
select it.
Note
On an NTSC unit, to make an oval a perfect circle, display the MODIFY menu
( Ctrl+F7 ). Then enter 110 in the Horizontal Scale text box and 100 in the Vertical
Scale . On a PAL unit, leave Horizontal Scale at 100 and set Vertical Scale to 109 . Then,
close the MODIFY menu.
3 Click in any open area of the page away from the oval object you just created. This
“deselects” the object, and its bounding rectangle and object handles disappear. Click
the object once more to display its bounding rectangle and handles.
The Opening page consists of several oval (or, circle) objects, a box object, and three
text objects.
SIGHTnSOUND
SIGHTnSOUND
A
Presentation
A
Presentation
Oval Object Option
Move Handle
Skew Handle Resize Handle
Rotate Handle
Bounding Rectangle
The oval object is not a
perfect circle, which is
due to the fact that the
screen proportions of
television monitors are
not one-to-one. See
following note.
%
a
a
a
a
MODIFY
100
110
100