Videonics PowerScript PS4000S, Instruction Manual

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Chapter 5 Working with Objects
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W
ORKING WITH
G
RAPHIC
O
BJECTS
After placing a graphic object on a page, you can modify the object in the following
ways:
Move Resize Rotate
Skew Opacity Animate
You cannot modify a graphic object’s:
Fill color Outline
Shadow Attributes Embedded Text
In addition to the graphic files provided with PowerScript, you can obtain or create other
graphics. To do so, you need the proper tools, as explained below.
Purchase clip art libraries of graphics from various sources. To use them with Power-
Script, you need a way to move them from their original media onto a PC Card that
you can insert in PowerScript. Some laptop-type computers can read and store infor-
mation on PC cards. Another way is to create a connection between your computer
platform and PowerScript. You can then copy the files from the computer to Power-
Script.
Create graphic files if you have a computer platform and the necessary software
application—such as Adobe Illustrator, CorelDRAW, Macromedia FreeHand, and oth-
ers. Here again, you need a way to move the files from the computer to PowerScript.
Also keep in mind that graphic object performance (that is, the speed with which
objects can be drawn on the screen) depends on how the object is initially created.
Tip
Videonics PowerScript Communicator software greatly simplifies the process of moving files
back and forth between PowerScript and a computer platform. See the PowerScript Communi-
cator documentation for additional information.
Also see “Using Graphic Files” on page 134 for information about file types and creating
your own graphic files to use with PowerScript.
Deleting Graphic Files
You can remove one or more of the graphic files from a Start Card if you decide you don’t
need them any longer.
Be aware of the difference between deleting a graphic object from a page and deleting a
graphic file from a Start Card.
To delete a graphic object from a page:
1
Select the object on the page.
2 Display the SELECT menu ( Ctrl+F5 ) and click the Clear option, or enter Ctrl+Shift+X .