DRAW

In order to be able to draw and paint, go to ClarisWorks and choose DRAW. On the screen you will see dots made into squares. On the left side of the screen you will see a tool bar.
Click once on the rectangle (Third box down on the right side of the toolbar). Put your mouse on the screen, then click, hold and drag. You can make a rectangle of any size with this tool. You can also change it by clicking on one of the small boxes in the corners. Clicking off of the box makes it stay on the screen. If you click and hold on the middle of the box you can move the box anywhere on the page. If you press delete with the 4 squares on the corners of the box, the rectangle will be deleted.
You can do the same thing with the other figures in the toolbox. You can draw circles, lines, curves, and other plane figures.
Go ahead and experiment with the toolbar. Don't worry about messing anything up. You can experiment with the tools in the toolbar on this page. Just practice using the tools. If you get what you want, GREAT! ! you can save it. If you don't get what you want, choose the don't save button.
The A on the top right of the toolbox is for text. This is how you would type on the page. You can put your arrow on the page anywhere and click, this is where your typing will begin. Click on the paintbrush (second one down on the right). This allows you to create a box of any size. Once you have made the box, the pointer will become a pen. Put the pen inside the box, then click and move the mouse. You can draw.
You can also paint inside a box. Again click on the paintbrush. Create a box. After you have created the box, click on the spraypaint can in the toolbox (left side near the bottom). Put your cursor inside the box. Now click, hold and paint.
Remember, we only have black and white printers. No matter what color you choose, it will come out black and white. Anything you paint in a dark color will come out black. Lighter colors will come out shades of gray. So try to keep this part simple.


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