SPINNAKER STORY MACHINE, Руководство пользователя

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Selecting Activities
Story Machine offers a variety of
learning experiences for developing
writing skills and computer
awareness. Activities using
animation encourage your child to
arrange words in complete sentences
to create a story. Then, he or she can
repeat the story,change the last
words, or see the same story with
Start A New Story
Your child constructs simple sentences
with words the computer recognizes.
The computer animates the sentences
as your child creates the story.
Each time your child selects this
activity, he or she writes a new story.
Any previous story is erased.
Rerun Your Story
Your child directs the computer to
repeat the story with the same pictures
and animation.
Your child can change a story by
selecting this activity.
Restage Your Story
Your child directs the computer to
repeat the story with the same pictures
and animation. However, the pictures
appear in different locations on the
screen.
Your child can change a story by
selecting this activity.
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different animation. Your child can
further develop computer skills by
discovering how to save and load
stories.
Save Your Story
Your child can save stories on cassette
or diskette.
Load A New Story
After saving a story on cassette or
diskette, you or your child can load the
story into the computer to replay it at
any time.
See A Random Story
Your child watches the computer write
and animate silly sentences.
Your child can also change the
computer's story by returning to the
Rerun Your Story activity or Restage
Your Story activity.
Note: Your child can type stories in
large or small capital letters (with the
ALPHA LOCK key in the ON or OFF
position). However, when your child
changes or replays a story, the story is
replayed in large capital letters.