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1. asked several friends who were teachers about my idea Their response was interesting it wasn t That s a great idea it was Do you have the software I ll buy one right now hope you enjoy StartWrite for creating fun meaningful handwriting practice sheets letters to grandparents to friends journals for your children to record their thoughts in their own handwriting or whatever else you can think of Let StartWrite help you help your child get ahead in school StartWrite actually makes the computer a tool to teach handwriting The only real worry we have is that you will have so much tun making worksheets you might forget just who the worksheets are really for We have now introduced our StartWrite Version 6 It has a lot of the features that envisioned when idea for StartWrite was first born but were not included in earlier versions Now StartWrite Version 6 is the software always wanted don t get letters created with StartWrite from my daughter now get letters trom my beautiful granddaughter Allie hope you like the new StartWrite and have fun making all kinds of worksheets Let us know how it works for you David Sharp President StartWrite Inc 5 Page StartWrite User Manual for Windows Version 6 PE Startwrite Thanks Maria Garcia created the wonderful artwork for our new icons We Dave and Wayne greatly appreciate her amazing talents Maria worked so hard on the icons even though she was2. www youtube com watch v WfLCsJaUgJw deature related Letter Outline FN The Letter Outline feature lets you create letters where the student JAN can write the letter inside the outline This gives the student visual a support of what the letter looks like but without the necessity of exactly tracing the letter Turn the Letter Dot Density to 0 add the Start Dots and you ve created a very useful worksheet You could also add the Decision Dots see below and Connect Dots line and make the shade of the Connect Dots line very light to give another useful worksheet Video Letter Outline htto www youtube com Watch v yaXdp5z k74 amp feature related Decision Dots This feature lets you turn on pre defined dots at the important points r ina letter The Decision Dots indicate where a line starts and stops or ee where it starts to bend or curve where it continues to curve or goes off in some other direction The Decision Dots can help the student know where to Start stop and change the direction of their writing stroke You can change the color of the Decision Dots by referring to Changing Colors above Use the Decision Dots and Connect Dots in combination with all the De other features of StartWrite to create fun interesting and useful worksheets Connect Dots 28 Page StartWrite User Manual for Windows Version 6 ay Decisions Dots can be connected by turning on the Conne
3. If you deleted a box inadvertently you can restore the box by clicking on Edit and then Undo Create an Art Box You may want to include clip art in your worksheet to make it more meaningful for the student Pictures can also reinforce the letters or words being taught StartWrite comes with a number of original color and black amp white JPG and Bitmapped images The black amp white pictures have less detail and are included to let children color the pictures The color images can be used if you have a color printer You can also import and use any other bitmapped bmp image files with StartWrite To insert an Art Box click on the Art Box button on the toolbar A second way is to click Insert on the Menu Bar and then Art In the Select Art box click the folder with the type of image you want to insert into your Art Box Double Click the folder BW Clip Art to select a black and white image or Click the folder Color Clip Art to select a color image in the Art Box 16 Page StartWrite User Manual for Windows Version 6 Startwrite Place your mouse pointer on the image you want to insert in Select Art your Art Box then double click with the left mouse button Look in moser G F Joegern Another way is fo click once on the clip art you want to Gibe E PE ray a i uy apple ke goat bmp Me yak bmp include and then click Open The image is automatically rte Fr Marin Maa placed in the Art Box E OX at nose sun bmp ze
4. We ve also changed to some cool looking icons Below is a list of the new things in Version 6 We have made some videos on the website to show you how the new features work We hope the videos will make learning and using StartWrite Version 6 a fun experience New Icons Beautiful New Icons with shading and color Letter Outline This option lets the youngest pre school children write letters inside an outline of the letter You can add lines for them to trace or just have what we call Decision Dots This way the new student has more visual support while writing the letters Decision Dots and Connect Dots Lines The Decision Dots are dots at the critical points of a letter such as where each stroke of the letter begins and ends where the stroke begins to curve or bend or head off in a different direction The Connect Dots lets you add a very small solid line to show how the dots follow the letter Story Lets text flow from Text Box to Text Box by using the Story option Border Art Add fun and colorful borders around the box You can also put a picture of the letter or word to reinforce what the child is learning to write Grid Add a non printing grid to your worksheet to help align Text and Art Boxes Color Letters Each different stroke can be shown in a different color or shade of gray For example you can designate the 1st stroke as Red the 2nd Blue the 3 Green and the 4 Black or whatever combination you like Each stoke can be differ
5. Box you copied Moving a Text Box The Text Box must be active before it can be moved Place the mouse point near one of the dashed side lines of the box until a four way arrow opens gt 12 Page StartWrite User Manual for Windows Version 6 startwrite Hold down the left mouse button and drag the Text Box or Art Box to the desired location on the worksheet page Also see Center Box in the Right Mouse Pop out Menu below You cannot move a Text Box off the bottom of the white page If you try as soon as you release the box it will bounce back on to the white page If you resize the Text Box so that the bottom of the box would be off the page the system will relocate the box back onto the page Select a Font StartWrite provides you with several different handwriting fonts Manuscript ball and stick or similar to Zaner Bloser Manuscript 2 and Manuscript Simple the latter two include some modifications of Manuscript Modern Manuscript similar to D Nealian Italic similar to Getty Dubay Portland Italic PLMR similar to Palmer and HWOT similar to Handwriting without Tears There are also Cursive versions of each of the fonts In addition StartWrite gives you 3 print and 3 cursive fonts that were developed for the handwriting styles in Australia Victoria Queensland and New South Wales StartWrite has also added some other fun fonts They include Clocks for teaching time Money for teaching how to count US mon
6. Startwezed The Handwriting Worksheet Wizard IQ 6 User Manual for Windows Version Copyright 2010 StartWrite Inc All Rights Reserved StartWrite User Manual for Windows Version 6 PE Startwrite Table of Contents Welcome ES 0 EEE EE 5 AP A E EE E 6 What s New in StartWrite Version 6 ee 7 e 8 PSO TANS MANDA lunar beta osea eii 9 PPT INNS 9 ENN 10 Minimum Requirements e a ON o An 10 oa AI 10 Chapter 2 Using SIGAW NG msn 11 Setting the Page Orientation vvs 11 STG Win EO GE E ERA 11 Menu Tool and Property Bu 12 Make a Text Box or Art BOX AGING ra 12 NE QW TOI BOX chock ccs E E E E A 12 Cled a FON eren bg decease E E A EE E 13 A A PP e o O 13 Change the Default FONT EEE 13 ENN 14 Change the Font Size EE a 14 Enler TEXNO G TEXTBOX EEE EE S EO SEEE EEE EEN 14 Highlight Text for Copying or Deleting 4 15 Rase d IOR Ex 15 20 216 0 G o gt SEE EE E E E E R 15 Copy a Text Box or Art BOX A 16 NOE BOX DAM DO cerie E S 16 Deleie d Text Box OF Arf BOX aa 16 Ge PAI BON REE EN E 16 Change the Image inside an Art BOX arrene 17 cr ds A E oo A 17 Redraw TS GING AhBOxes cat 18 MENE hj 18 StartWrite User Manual for Windows Version 6 PE Startwrite Save the NPE 18 PAPE e e Eo ES 18 Using Lesson ES 19 Chapter 3 Features and BS vene 20 TEMES and BUTON S col eecnego 20 NE EEE 20 PENNE 20 Se 20 INN 20 ENN 20 FO SOU EE EE NE 20 POSTS SEIS nn o EA E A E E EE OE AES 20 AN DOK EE 5 20 gt
7. Text Box specific and not Letter specific So an attribute you select such as Font Shading or Dot Density will affect all the letters in that Text Box A StartWrite worksheet can contain several Text Boxes but the boxes should not overlap An overlapping Text Box will hide the text in the box underneath it which may not print properly Before entering text in a Text Box you can move the Text Box to a different spot on the page or you can make the Text Box bigger or smaller horizontally to fit your needs see Grid for help in aligning and placing your Text or Art Box The vertical size of a Text Box is determined by the font size and the number of times you have pressed the Return or Enter key If you would like to add blank lines just press the Return and a new blank line will be added 11 Page StartWrite User Manual for Windows Version 6 Menu Tool and Property Bars Ei Startwrite 6 0 newdoc swd E File Edit View Insert Format Tools Window Help TA N i The top row is called the Menu Bar By clicking on each word a pop down menu will open You can then select from the options shown there The second row we call the Tool Bar These options relate to the entire page or are standard Windows programs features except for the Grid that a new feature on StartWritel The third row we call the Property Bar These options apply to each Text Box The first two options of the Font and the Font size are also standard Windows p
8. actual size of text or graphics that will print You can also Zoom incrementally by using the Zoom options at the bottom right hand corner of the StartWrite window This option Je l increases or decreases the zoom in 10 increments Font F Use these buttons to select a different font or font size for the text in a Text Box Portrait Landscape These buttons let you select the page format of your choice Portrait Landscape Click either the Portrait or Landscape button to change your page orientation Grid Press the grid option button to turn on a non printing grid to assist in aligning Text and Art Boxes The Grid is spaced in 1 4 inch increments with a darker blue line at each 1 inch increment You can move the box to any of the lines or just close to them Be aware that if the Text Box is as wide as the page it will not move to the left or right You cannot move a portion of a box off the page So you will need to shorten the width of the box before you try to move it CEN oe ale ote oi a eee ieee eee If you would like to have StartWrite automatically align the boxes to the Grid you can select the option Snap to Grid This option is activated by clicking on the small black down ee CC i arrow to the right of the Grid button Then select Show Grid cs y A a Snap to Grid w Snap to Grid With Snap to Grid turned on when you move a box close to an TN intersection of a horizontal an
9. dots the Red can be a little difficult to see but it is visible Once the text is highlighted you can Copy or Delete the selected text To Copy select the text then click Edit and then Copy or select the text and then press the Copy button Next place the cursor where you want the text to be copied to and click Edit and then Paste or press the Paste button To delete text highlight the text and then select Edit and then Cut or after you have selected the text press the Cut button Resize a Text Box A Text Box will automatically resize vertically as you type additional text But you may want to resize it horizontally to fit with other Text and Art Boxes You can use your mouse pointer to resize a box Make sure your Text Box is active with the black handles around the box Place the mouse pointer on one of the corners or side handles and the pointer will turn into one of the re size cursors Cursor for horizon top or bottom sides 4 Cursor for vertical sides lt Cursor for corners eo Hold down the left mouse button and drag the corner or side until the box is the size you want To make a Text Box larger by extending the bottom lower you must enter additional lines by either adding more text see above or by entering blank lines see below Create Blank Lines AA gt ss After creating a Text Box you may want to add some guidelines EN et eS without any text You can do this by pressing t
10. of every other word arrowed The other options include the following First letter of every line arrowed f Entire first word of every line arrowed First letter of every word arrowed seme ewee wee eee eee eee eee RAR AAA ARA RAR RR RRA ee 27 Page StartWrite User Manual for Windows Version 6 Start Dot This button turns on the Start Dot at the point where each a a ee A letter begins 1 A A a e EL A AL et jr er A A lnr mr le Make sure the Text Box is Active Click on the Start Dot button All the letters in the Text Box will have a Start Dot at the point where each letter begins You also have the option to show just the Start Dot without any of the letter displayed To do this after you have turned the Start Dot on select the Letter Dot Density button 2 22 22 2 2 eee ee ee ec ener eee and select No Dots You will still be able to type in text bord VEE EEE but it will be invisible showing only the Start Dot You can sn use Start Dot in combination with the other features to I na na create meaningful and helpful customized work sheets 100 Options You can also change the Color of the Start Dot to any color you choose See Changing Colors above Video Start Dot http
11. selected where to insert the new page click OK f At end of document To move trom page to page easily use the page arrows at the bottom of the StartWrite screen Page 2 of 3 gt You can also select Edit Go To and enter the page number you would like to move to then click OK Page number E Cancel Save the Worksheet To save your worksheet click the Save button The first time you save a file the Save As window will open Enter a name for your worksheet in the space at the bottom of the window next to File name Then click Save After you have saved the file the first time you will not be asked to enter a file name again Each time you click on Save the system will just save the current worksheet and replace the older worksheet You can also click File on the Menu Bar and then Save If you make changes to a worksheet and would like to save that worksheet with a different name so that it will not replace your previous worksheet click File and then Save As This will allow you to enter a new name for your current modified worksheet and the system will not replace your previous worksheet Print the Worksheet After you have finished a worksheet you will want to print it so your student can trace the letters on the lt 4 worksheet Click the Print button Or you can click File and Print on the Menu Bar The Windows Print screen will open and allow you to select the printer the number of copies or change the proper
12. the corner or side until the box is the size you want then release the mouse button An Art Box can be made larger by dragging the corners in any direction StartWrite s default automatically maintains the same proportions when the size of the Art Box is changed This option is found by clicking Format Art and Maintain Proportions If you remove the Maintain Portions option then you can distort the picture by increasing or decreasing any side of the box Make sure this option is checked if you want to maintain the proportions of the Art Box O gt R Mo O al RNA p y plisss a b W AA a m 1 When Maintain Portions is On When Maintain Portions is Off 17 Page StartWrite User Manual for Windows Version 6 PE Startwrite Redraw Text and Art Boxes Sometimes when you are working with many Text and Art boxes the computer doesn t redraw the screen completely after each modification You can manually redraw the screen to see how it will actually display This doesn t happen very often but if it does just Redraw or Refresh the Text Boxes and Art Boxes on your screen Click View then click Redraw All Insert a New Page insert Page xl OK You can add a new page to your current document at any eeN PERE use time After current page Cancel C Before current page Click Insert then Page The Insert Page window will open and eee give you the options to insert the page When you have
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14. ading property button ETE e Letter Density No Dots e Letter Density Option First letter of every line solid e Stroke Arrows On 32 Page StartWrite User Manual for Windows Version 6 PE Startwrite Right Mouse Button Pop Out Menu When a Text Box is Active you can press the right mouse button and a menu will pop out Most of the standard and special options can be accessed through the items on this menu However the color settings for the special options are not available through this menu You must change the color with the down arrow next to the option button There are some options that are only available at this Pop Out Menu These include Select All Text Insert Special Characters Center Box Border Lines Border Frame when an Art Box is active and Word Spacing Select All Text smpe This option selects all the text in a Text Box You can use this to delete or Cut copy all the text in the Text Box Copy Paste Select All Text Insert Special Characters Insert Special Characters l l l l This option opens another window of numerous Special Characters These Delete Box include Spanish Characters and shapes These will appear with the same Center Box attributes as the other letters in a Text Box However the Special Characters Borders do not work with Letter Outline Include in Flowing Text When you click Insert the Special Character will be placed where the cursor Guidelines is located Aft
15. bra br lt lt Me platypus bmp egal ngaroo bmp queen bmp Change the Image inside an Art Box meme Que fet egg lion bra rhino bm be j este Fonn ire monkey bm stairs bmi You can use the Art features on the Format menu to replace mete Aion Memes your current image with another image of your choice Files of type Art Files Click the inside of the Art Box you want to modify so that it is Active There are 3 ways to change the image inside an Art Box 1 The easiest way is to double click on the Art Box and the Select Art window will open then double click on the name of the clip art file you want in your Art Box 2 Click Format then Art then Replace and select the new clip art you would like to insert in the Art Box and press Open or double click on the file name 3 The third way is with the mouse pointer over the Art Box click the right mouse button and a menu will open Click on Replace Art The Select Art menu will open double click on the clip art you would like and the clip art will be replaced Resize an Art Box After you create an Art Box you may need to change the size You can use your mouse pointer to make a box any size you want Make sure the box is Active with the square handles in the corners and on the sides Place the mouse pointer on one of the corner or side handles and the pointer will turn into the resize cursor shown above in Resize a Text Box Hold down the left mouse button and drag
16. ct Dots ra button or using the normal Dot Density and Dot Shading buttons The difference with the Connect Dots line is that it is not dotted but it is very narrow ee AE meas and the color of the line can be changed a kg Make sure you don t have both of the Connect Dots and the Letter Shading Letter Dot Density options on at the same time The letters or words will appear incorrect when in fact the Letter Dot Density and the Connect Dots are trying to write the same letter 1 You can combine the Connect Dots with the other mass options in StartWrite such as the Letter Outline Start MIN ME Dots and Decision Dot to create very useful MEAN UNE worksheets Color Letters This feature allows you to set a different color for each stroke of the N letter A specific stroke can be emphasized while teaching handwriting 1 lt 1 For example the First Stroke on all the letters could be Red the second 3 Blue the third Green and fourth Purple Also different shades of gray can be substituted if a black and white printer is to be used You can also set all the colors to the same color to make more exciting and colorful worksheet This is very useful mme if the student has a favorite color or the worksheet is going to be used for writing special pages such as a scrapbook page or a letter to a friend i TN To change the colors of the strokes see the Changing Colors section abo
17. d vertical grid line and release the box the box will move or Snap to the intersection nearest the upper left hand corner of the box Video The Grid http www youtube com watch v 7PEr7CosHy8 21 Page StartWrite User Manual for Windows Version 6 ZA Startwrite Property Bar Buttons The Property Bar in StartWrite includes additional buttons to help you manage the look of the text in your StartWrite documents 2 Manuscript hi 48 A E E Font Type This box shows the Font style for the Text Box that is Active To change the font i Manuscript style click on the down arrow and then click on the desired font Font ES Changing the Default Font Type ude Mep 3 Spell Check Manuscript is the default font when you first open StartWrite To change the default font to a Default Settings different font select Tools from the Menu Bar Default Space width then Default Fonts and the Fonts window will Default Fonts open Select the Font and the point Size of the Font you would like Then make sure the box is checked next to Set as Default These setting will be the new default each time you open StartWrite If you choose to use the Manuscript font there are also two modified Manuscript fonts Differences between Manuscript Manuscript Simple and MansScript2 Differences between Manuscript and Manuscript Simple Differences between ManScript 2 and Manuscript Simple all 1 A horizontal li
18. e a Box you only move an outline of that box so you can still see everything else on the page When you place the box outline in the position you want then the box actually moves Subscription Program We will soon launch our new Subscription Program For only 49 95 per YEAR not per month you can subscribe to a special part of the StartWrite website We will be adding worksheets new fonts new border art new clip art and software upgrades throughout the year This will allow you to download up to 20 worksheets per month Also new software upgrades will be made available in the Subscription section so you won t have to wait for major releases to use and enjoy them 7 Page StartWrite User Manual for Windows Version 6 PE Startwrite Teach Honesty A message to those who have or have not yet purchased this StartWrite software Our children and students become what we teach them by the example we set for them We cannot expect them to become any greater in character than we are Honesty is one of the most basic and fundamental principles and should govern all human action If we set an example by telling even a small falsehood then we teach a mindset for future justification of larger falsehoods There is NO justification for dishonesty Don t set a bad example of dishonesty by stealing this software program either by making another copy for you to be used on another computer or for use on someone else s computer It is illegal and can be
19. ect the Decision Dots Color Letters Area Highlight To select a Color or shade of Gray Starting Dot Color ES Starting Dot Color Example Click on the down arrow to the right of the option you want to change and the Color Selection window will open Set as Default Cancel Click the down arrow to the right of the color box and the Color window will open Color 2 x Basic colors Click on the color or shade of gray desired T Click OK at the bottom of the Color window SRE EE EEE An example of what the feature will look like with the new color will display in the SR eee eee Example box See eee ee TT TT imi im You can set this color as the default for all Text Boxes by checking the box to the left of usomeoias Set as Default EE Define Custom Colors gt gt Click OK at the bottom of the box and the color of that feature will have changed If the color or shade of gray desired is not found in the color palette you can select any color and intensity you would like Click on ee Define Custom Colors gt gt button and a Custom Color palette will open to the Right tet 1 1 HEEEEE EN See eee Click on the color you desire You can also change the intensity of Se eee eee that color by moving up or down the pointer arrow on the right side m of the window or you can just click anywhere on the vertical color Een cates bar on the right side of the window Hue j
20. elines refer to Changing Colors above In the Example area you will see what your selection will look like on the worksheet You can set your selections as the default by clicking on the box next to Set as Default The Guideline Styles pop up window can also be opened by selecting Format and then Guidelines or from the Right Mouse Pop out window Example with all Guidelines on Example of Top and Baseline guidelines on a 2 Se ly a i A aa TS EEE EE ME ee eee ee a ee i ws E a z STE UE Bg cater RE RB EE A GE O OA A A keg on MT o GASP OH eee a a w SS rd SE TE Normal Thick Thicker Thickest 26 Page StartWrite User Manual for Windows Version 6 Stroke Arrow TE This button turns the Stroke Arrows On or Off 3 Ja 3 IN part You can also change the color of the Stroke Arrows and NL AN select from the Options by clicking on the down arrow to the right of the Arrows button On Options east greece eee ENE To change the color or shading of gray of the Stroke Arrows Arrow Color select Arrow Color and then follow the instructions in the Changing Color section above Letter Stroke Arrows x The Options for the Stroke Arrows are activated when you change AE DK Set by arrows property bar button the option When you press the Arrow button arrows will appear on all letters C First letter of every line arrowed Cancel C First letter of every word arrowed C First letter
21. ent shades of gray Color Letters is a tool to help you create fun and interesting worksheets Area Highlight We have expanded the highlighted writing area from just the middle and bottom to the top middle and bottom and now you can highlight any or all three at the same time and in any color or shade of gray you like Color everywhere You can now change the color or shade of gray on just about everything You can have green arrows and red blue and black guidelines You can have whatever colors or shades of gray you like on your worksheets Description Balloons When you hold the mouse pointer over a button for a couple of seconds a description balloon will open telling you what that option is They re just to help you remember where that feature you want is located Dotted Shapes We ve added dotted shapes in with the fonts found in the special characters section Now you can add a shape on the same line as the word The student can trace the dotted outline of that shape and then write the word Spanish Fonts We ve added Spanish Fonts also found in the special characters section so that those learning or teaching Spanish can use StartWrite We will be adding the special characters of other languages in the future Clean up some Bugs We ve cleaned up a lot of little bugs that always bugged us One example is when you moved a Text or Art box the graphics under the box would not display so you weren t sure what was where Now when you mov
22. er Dot Density Bir This feature displays the letters words and sentences in a Text Box in different dot No Dots Ti densities v 25 50 The Dot Density can be set at various levels No Dots makes the text invisible and 100 makes ci the text solid EN Set the level to No Dots if you are going to use the Connect Dot lines Otherwise the two options will both try to write the same letter and the letters will display incorrectly There are Options for dot density in addition to having all the jess letters the same These are accessed through Letter Dot 50 FN a De NS ity th en O ptio NS 7o C First letter of every word solid 100 C First letter of every other word solid Entire first word of every line solid Options The first option is Set by density property bar button This sets the letter shading according to the percents The other Options include 24 Page StartWrite User Manual for Windows Version 6 P Startwrite Changing Colors and Grays Now you can change colors or varying shades of gray to just about everything in StartWrite The only option that does not have the color change option is the shading of the dotted letters But there is another way to make the letters any color or shade of gray you like It s called Color Letters described below The options where the colors or shade of gray can be changed are Guidelines Stroke Arrows Start Dot Outline Font Decision Dot Conn
23. er you have Inserted a Special Character you must click Close an Another way to insert a Special Character is to place your mouse pointer Area Highlight i over the Special Character and double click on the left mouse button You Letter Shading will still need to Close the window to return to the Text Box Stroke Arrows Dot Density d oe Stare Dot kle i J JAJA JAJA JA IG JE JE JE JE TETEN N JO Jo lo OJO U JU JU 10 fa la fo la fo le Word Spacing r fle le fe le h kh h k fa fo fo lo jo lo fo fa l a lo Jolo A 0 Jo fe e fe ole pola alan o fja falo o f le jo looo o j gt p a Jo jele e e a ls fe 2 a Ge T a ajajalle e e G e e e s js jz je e gt le e e jes f 3 88 BB e 33 Page StartWrite User Manual for Windows Version 6 PE Startwrite Right Mouse Button Pop Out Menu continued Undo Cut The Center Box option allows you to center a an Active Text Box on the page 45Ce Select All Text Insert Special Characters This Borders options allows you to add Border Art which is the same as the Border Art button on the Tool Bar Delete Box Center Box Borders Border Art Include in Flowing Text This Borders option also allows you to add a w Mone mm single and a double line around each Text Box Guidelines d Single Line 1pt o en and a similar option called Border Frame lets you EE E d eer add a single or a double line around an Art Box Area Highlig
24. ey and 2 fonts for teaching Math These fonts do not utilize the dotted and other features of StartWrite but include the numbers and math function characters add subtract etc for Manuscript Modern Manuscript and Italic One option would be to make a Text Box with the math clock or money characters and to the right of it a different Text Box with the dotted letters of the word being taught StartWrite accepts Windows fonts installed on the computer These can be selected for any Text Box but they will not be in the dotted format and utilize all the tun features of StartWrite An example of their use would be for a heading or instructions for use by teachers or parents The special functions apply only to StartWrite special fonts The Default Font or the font that is used if no other default has been set is Manuscript The font used in the Active Text Box is shown in the Font list located on the toolbar Change the Font To change the font from the default font of Manuscript Click inside the Text Box so that it is Active with the black square handles Click the down arrow to the right of the Font drop down list Scroll down the list until you find the font you want Click the font name once with the left mouse button i Manuscript Change the Default Font To change the font from the default font of Manuscript 2 Manuscript Manuscript I Man Script2 i Manuscript Simple 2 Cursive Cursive Simple Modern Manuscript i Mode
25. f the page it will enlarge upward to include the letters you are adding Once it has reached the top of the page the n next letter or word you type will cause the Text Box to enlarge beyond the Copy bottom of the white page When it does you will no long be able to add any Paste more text You must backspace to remove the line off the bottom of the page Select All Text Then you must either reduce the size of the font or make another Text Box with Insert Special Characters Flowing Text on a following page Delete Box You can add additional Text Boxes and once you designate them as included Center Box in the Story the text will flow to the next Text Box You can move the cursor Borders forward to the next text box using the right arrow key but you will need to use Include in Flowing Text the mouse to move the cursor to a previous Text Box If you delete a Text Box the text will flow into the subsequent Text Box Guidelines Guideline Thickness d If you have three or more Text Boxes deleting a Text Box will cause the text in Area Highlight the second box to flow to the following Text Box Letter Shading The option to give a Text Box that attribute of Flowing Text can also be Stroke Arrows accessed by clicking the right button on the mouse A menu window will open Dot Density R and one of the options is Include in Flowing Text The Text Box must be Active 7 with the black handles showing in the corners and middle of border line
26. he Enter key Each return will create a blank line You can select the same style of guidelines for the entire page or you can have several Text Boxes in your document that have different guidelines However you cannot have different guidelines within the same Text Box EEE ea aeons ee eect s 15 Page StartWrite User Manual for Windows Version 6 PE Startwrite Copy a Text Box or Art Box You can copy a Text Box or Art Box and move it to a different place on your worksheet Make sure the box is Active Press the Copy button Press the Paste button Then move the box to the desired position on the worksheet This will save time duplicating a Text Box For example you could type the word Apple Then copy it several times and then change the features of each box This will save time in creating and typing the words each time Move a Text Box or Art BOX Place the mouse arrow near one of the sides of the box until a four way arrow opens Hold down the left mouse button and drag the box to the desired location on the worksheet page Make sure the box is Active with the square handles in the corners and on the sides f Delete a Text Box or Art Box Make sure the box you want to delete is Active Press the Cut button d b A second way to delete the Box is to click Edit on the Menu Bar then Delete Box A third way is to press down the Ctrl key and press the letter X
27. ht d Single Line 3pt 9 Single Line pt Letter Shading 3 l j or i Double Line ipt H MG Double Line pt E ensl a y i Double Line Spt Bcision LOLS Double Line 6pt Stark Dot Letter Outline Color Letters Word Spacing The Word Spacing option Wide makes the distance between two words about 50 greater than the Regular spacing 34 Page StartWrite User Manual for Windows Version 6 PE Startwrite Chapter 4 StartWrite Support Services Technical Support Technical Support is available via e mail fax video and telephone If you have questions need technical support regarding the software or have a suggestion please e mail or fax us 24 hours a day or call us during business hours Monday Friday 9 00 am 4 00 pm MST at the following numbers E mail Address Startwrite gmail com Fax Line 1 801 770 2009 Phone Technical Assistance 1 801 359 2173 If you are transferred to voice mail leave a short message including your name the serial number of your product the phone number where you can be reached and the best time for a technical support representative to return your call Online Videos Online videos have been prepared to explain all the features of StartWrite and many of the techniques of using those features Please check our website for the links or if you have a current Internet connection you can hold the Ctrl key on your keyboard and click on the following links The Grid http www
28. n amount of the Text Box it reduces the amount of space for writing text It is best to select the Border Art and size before you begin typing any text In addition the graphic shapes around the Border Art will make the Text Box large because there needs to be space for each complete graphical shape You will note in the Checkerboard Blue White that there is a large amount of space between the Descender Line and the bottom Checkerboard border around the Text Box This space is required to display the complete checkerboard graphic To reduce this space you will need to reduce the Size of the Checkerboard Blue White border Border Art also includes clip art Video Border Art http www youtube com watch v sSthYsdhxQs amp feature related 31 Page StartWrite User Manual for Windows Version 6 PE Startwrite Shading Density Arrow Options Combinations There are numerous combinations of all the features you can explore The worksheets can be customized to give your student a variety of options for practicing their handwriting You can make about anything you can imagine Have fun Below are just some samples of the options you can combine to create all kinds of worksheets 1 3 A E DD N o mm z pr Dot Density A Arrows Y 25 re shading property bar button re 2 Set by density property bar button On Set by arrows property bar button 50 First letter of every line black Cancel e 2 de EG e E Ta _ Ca
29. ncel Options 2 be letter of every line arrowed Cancel 75 C First letter of every word black 75 vr Arrow Color First letter of every word arrowed 100 C First letter of every other word black 100 gt Erika first more ot even ine sahd First letter of every other word arrowed Entire first word of every line black Entire first word of every line arrowed Options Options Selected Option Combinations and the Resulting Letters e Decision Dots turned on e Start Dot turned on e Letter Shading 25 e Letter Shading Option First letter of every line black e Letter Density No Dots e Letter Density Option Entire first word of every line solid e Stroke Arrows Option First letter of every word arrowed e Start Dot turned on QA TR a a TR e Letter Shading 25 NN EE EA A T N e Letter Shading Options 13 i ak ak 2 Feat a Set by shading property bar button e Letter Density 25 e Letter Density Options Entire first word of every line solid e Stroke Arrows Options On Set by arrow property bar button e Start Dot turned on e Letter Shading 25 e Letter Shading Option First letter of every line is black e Letter Density 25 e Letter Density Option First letter of every line solid e Stroke Arrows Option Entire first word of every line arrowed e Start Dot turned On ith e Outline letter turned On VIN JIN YIN e Letter Shading 25 ee e Letter Shading Option HN AN RN Set by Sh
30. ne is up to the middle guideline letter changes from Manuscript to Manuscript Simple 2 E arrows are different with 2nd stroke on top remain but there are additional changes in ManScript2 3 J horizontal line on top of J 8 figure 8 is made with 2 circles instead of a figure 8 4 R leg starts where vertical line and circle meet M arrows change to all down strokes 5 T arrows are different with 1st stroke on vertical line N arrows change to all down strokes 6 V arrows change to all down strokes W arrows change to all down strokes d arrows change to 1st stoke on vertical line v arrows change to all down strokes w arrows change to all down strokes top of vertical line goes up to top guideline ONDUAN Font Size This box shows the Font size for the Text Box that is Active To change the Font size click on the 48 down arrow then click on the desired font size You can also click once in the Font size box to make it turn blue then type the desired number using the numbers along the top of the key board The numbers on the numeric key pad will not work The font size of 475 will create a letter about the size of the page Typing in the font size is the only way to make font sizes larger than 192 To set a new default Font Size see the description in Changing the Default Font Type in the section Font Type above 22 Page StartWrite User Manual for Windows Version 6 Special StartWrite features
31. o Red 255 Sat 240 Green 213 ColoriSolid um 220 Blue 21 3 OK Cancel Add to Custom Colors 25 Page StartWrite User Manual for Windows Version 6 indwriting Software Guidelines a Guidelines are the lines printed on paper which make LA it easier for a beginning writer to keep his or her letters au seers the correct height and level Line Type Line Cobo y C Ok sold C Dashed ME The Guideline button toggles On Off the original default settings Se or the settings you have selected for the Active Text Box Ts ror Sod Cod BG To access the options click on the down arrow next to Guideline Thidness G Nomai C Thider Thickest the Guideline button Base Line E Sold Dashed a sa In the Guideline Styles options you can set the whether the Ge ition E Wael 0 eV td Guideline will be On or Off when you press the Guideline button AAA the type of Guideline Solid or Dashed the Color of the Guideline Line Type Line Cor and the thickness of the Guideline To set the Guideline features CONG sold C Dosted M Guideline Thickness amp Normal Thicker C Thickest Make sure the Text Box is Active Click on the down arrow to the right of the Guideline button and the Guideline Styles window will open Click on the options for any or all of the four Guideline settings include On Off Solid or Dashed the desired color or shade of gray and the thickness of the guideline To change the color of the Guid
32. on opens a previously saved file Click this button once and a box opens that lists the names of files you have previously created and saved Select the file you want to open by placing the mouse arrow on the name of the file and clicking once Then click the Open button ave File This button saves the worksheet you are currently working on Click once on this icon the first time and a box will open that asks you for a file name After the file is saved clicking on this button will save your current worksheet and replace the older version To save the worksheet with a different name click File on the menu bar and then Save s Print Worksheet gt j This button will open the Print options page Selection Use this option to delete selected text or Active Text Box or Art Box Copy Selection Use this button to create a copy of a Text or Art box Place your mouse pointer inside the Active box lt you wish to copy the click the Copy button on the toolbar You can use the Paste button explained below to insert a copy of the box into your document e Selection F This option places the contents of the Cut or Copy option into the document you are creating Use this option in conjunction with the Copy option when you want to duplicate a Text or Art Box Er button opens an Art or graphic image box Use this icon to create an Art Box with an image inside of it There are many graphic images included with the software and you can add
33. on the Property Bar Letter Shading AN click on the percent of Shading you would like gt pp e e m 3 io mr Shading set at 25 There are also Options for Letter Shading in addition to having all the letters the same shade These are accessed by clicking the down arrow on the Letter Shading button and then select Options oe ww 100 The first option is Set by shading property bar button This Options sets the letter shading according to the percents The other Options include cc This button sets the shade level for all the letters in the Text Box You can shade your text very lightly to solid black When the Text Box is Active this feature is w 100 automatically turned on To change the shading click the down arrow and then startwyrite eno S0 Foto Options poo me er se a a a aa ae ee eee Shading set at 100 Letter Shading x an Lo OK fe Set by shading property bar button ok C First letter of every line black Cancel C First letter of every word black C First letter of every other word black C Entire first word of every line black First letter of every line is black First letter of every word is black mm mets offer ee a Bee bake mj A A ag a ID O See ess A ee eee eee ek ee ee ee ee eee ee ee 23 Page StartWrite User Manual for Windows Version 6 indwriting Software Lett
34. or the page Enter Text into a Text Box After you have created a Text Box you can type text in it Before you begin typing however the Text Box must be Active with small black squares handles in each corner and one square along each dotted line sides There is a one page size limit for Text Boxes meaning that a Text Box will not wrap from one page to another You can however have text wrap between two or more Text Boxes on the same page or on different pages using the Include in Story Option explained below If the box is not Active ee pg le the Text Box once with the TT E mouse pointer to make it TE NE ee ee Er Active You will see the black As Ao KE ENE ENER square handles in the si corners and on the sides Type the text you want inside the Text Box 14 Page StartWrite User Manual for Windows Version 6 PE Startwrite Highlight Text for Copying or Deleting After you have typed text into the box you may decide to copy some of the text to a different place in the Text Box or you may want to Delete a specific section of text First you must Select the text This is done by placing the cursor at the beginning or end of the text to be Selected Then while holding down the left mouse button drag the cursor over the text you want to highlight The text will stay Black as you highlight it but turn RED as soon as you let go of the mouse Be aware that when the letters are lightly shaded or have small
35. ost often use a 48 point font size However for beginning writers in pre school and earlier you may want to use even larger letters You can also create headings and titles of pages using larger font sizes The default font size is 48 points You can use the Font Size drop down list on the toolbar to change the size of the font in any of your Text Boxes Make sure the Text Box is Active with the square black handles Click the down arrow to the right of the Font Size drop down list button on the toolbar Click on the Point Size you want and the font size will change To make really big letters even up to the size of the page Place the mouse pointer over the Font Size box The Cursor will change to the insert cursor ER Click once on the font size This will highlight the Font Size number in blue Type in a large number using the number keys on the top of the keyboard and press Enter The numeric key pad will not work for this option In Manuscript a letter sized to about 475 will fill the page This way you can print full page dl letters for the very youngest learner to start practicing letters It may take a little experimenting with the Font Size and your printer but you can create full page large letters for your very youngest learner to Start Writing It is best to Zoom out so you can see the entire page before making the letters so large Otherwise you will not see what font sizes are too large f
36. punishable by up to 5 years in prison and a 100 000 fine Copying software dishonestly and illegally is no different than shoplifting It is no different than if someone took money from your wallet So we ask for complete honestly If you do not own this software please order it for yourself We have priced the software so that everyone can afford it and the income allows us to continue to make improvements on StartWrite so everyone can benefit When you purchase and register your copy You are entitled to receive free by email important update information customer support and the peace of mind you get from knowing that you have a legal copy of our software and that your example can be followed by others Thank you for purchasing StartWrite We know you are going to enjoy it 8 Page StartWrite User Manual for Windows Version 6 PE Startwrite About This Manual The StartWrite Users Manual provides detailed information about the StartWrite program tools and commands It is designed to be used as a reference tool when using StartWrite This manual assumes you have a working knowledge of your operating system particularly techniques such as using a mouse opening files saving files and closing files For help with any of these techniques please see your Windows Help for Windows When you click on Help you will be able to download the User Manual PDF or Link to the User Manual on our Website We have also loaded a bunch of
37. rn Cursive 3 Italic i Italic Cursive T PLMR 2 PLMR Cursive T HWOT 2 HWOT Cursive E VIC Print E VIC Link E OLD Print E QLD Link I NSW Print T NSW Link Hi Clocks Manuscript hi MoneyManuscript H MathO1 Manuscript H MathO2 Manuscript hi Clocks Mod Manusc ki Clocks lItalic H Money Italic hd MathO1T ltalic Click on Format on the Menu Bar then click on the first option Font and the font window will open Select the font you would like to use as the default for all future uses of StartWrite and then check the box next to Set as Default The current Text Box will change to your new default font and each time you open StartWrite in the future 13 Page StartWrite User Manual for Windows Version 6 PE Startwrite Set the Default Font You can change the font default setting by clicking on Tools select Default Fonts Scroll down the list until you find the font you would like to set as the default font for each time you use StartWrite Click on the font and you will see an example of it at the bottom of the Font window Make sure the box Set as default is checked and then press OK Change the Font Size StartWrite allows font point sizes from a very small 8 point you can t see the fonts very well to the very large 192 point A 100 point size is about 1 high letters and 192 point size is about 2 high Most kindergarten and first grade students learn with a 72 to 100 point font size Second graders m
38. rogram options After those two you will see all the options and features that are unique to StartWrite The Down Arrow to the right of many of the feature buttons will open an options window for you to select various options such as colors defaults option on off etc Make a Text Box or Art Box Active The Text Box or Art Box must be in the Active mode MTT WT ES before you can enter or edit text into a Text Box or make changes to an Art Box The box must also be i Active before you can move it or resize it or do E E anything with the box y i To make a box Active simply click inside the box with the mouse pointer When a Text Box is active it will ee Mm have black square handles HB on the comers and in the middle of each side Only one box can be Active at a time This will be the box you are working with Boxes that are not Active will not have the black squares in the corners and on the sides Insert a new Text Box lA aa Click Insert then Text or press on hon the toolbar A new Text Box opens at the top of your document A new Text Box will include the default font of Manuscript unless you set another font as the default and Guidelines This allows you to begin entering text without having to do anything else Type away You can also add a new Text Box by Copying an existing Text Box and then Pasting it on the page The advantage of using Copy Paste is that you will maintain most of the attributes of the Text
39. s Font style and Font size etc Then Copy the first Text Box and Paste it as the second Text Box and the Third depending on how many Text Boxes you intend to use This will insure that the attributes are consistent from Text Box to Text Box If at a later time you decide to modify the attributes of one of the Text Boxes you will need to specifically change the attributes of each StartWrite was designed as a worksheet creator and not as a word processor so it is best not to include too many Text Boxes To give a Text Box the attribute of Flowing Text first make the Text E Box active by clicking on it The black handles in the corners and in iia the middle of each side of the box will turn black Then press the Flowing Text button This will turn the black handles to y yellow The Text Box now has the Flowing Text attribute E Next create a second Text Box Make sure the Text Box is still Active with the black handles then click on the right mouse button A window will open select Copy then click the Right EEE Mouse Button and select Paste The additional Text Boxes can ag a be on the same page or on another page The text flows from i one Text Box to the next based on the order of the Text Boxes on the page from top to bottom bl E ies The last Text Box will continue to enlarge as more text is entered The previous Text Boxes will remain the same unless manually enlarged Undo When the Text Box reaches the end o
40. s Then Gade click on Include in Flowing Text and the handles of the Text Box will change to Start Dot Yellow Letter Cutline Color Letters Word Spacing 3 30 Page StartWrite User Manual for Windows Version 6 PE Startwrite Border Art The Border Art option allows you to add graphics around the border of a Text Box You can also add lines around a Text Box using the Border Lines option under Format on the Menu Bar and by using the Right Mouse Pop out window described below An Art Box can only have Border Lines and not Border Art I gt To select a Border Art click on the Border Art Button ile 4 and the Border Art option window will open You cite Pte en er next can select color or black white Border Art or turn the Border Art off If you have a black and white printer you can use the color borders and the colors will show as shades of gray However some colors may print in shade of gray that may be difficult to distinguish so the Black and White Border Art has been designed for black and white printers Select the Color by clicking in the circle to the left of Color Then scroll down the Border Art descriptions and click on Checkerboard Blue White You will see what the Border Art will look like in the Preview window below Next click on the size 50 and then press OK You will return to the Text Box with the Border Art surrounding it Because the Border Art occupies a certai
41. short videos on to YouTube that show how to use the different features of StartWrite Version 6 for Windows These are accessible through our website and our StartWrite account on Facebook At the end of most sections there is a link to a video on Facebook They are each about 2 minutes long and show in detail how to access and use each feature You must have your Internet connection on Just hold the Ctrl key down on your key board and click on the link and the YouTube video will open on your web browser 9 Page StartWrite User Manual for Windows Version 6 P Startwrite Chapter 1 Installation Minimum Requirements StartWrite for Windows Version 6 requires the following minimum hardware and software Microsoft Windows e 16 MB of RAM e 30 MB of available hard disk space e Windows Version 2000 XP Vista or later Installing StartWrite Before you begin the installation process you must close all currently running programs Insert the StartWrite CD into your drive Follow the instructions on your screen to complete the installation process If you would like a StartWrite icon added to your desktop for easy access click Yes when prompted When the installation finishes click the StartWrite icon on your desktop to start the program StartWrite Installation automatically installs the program to c Program Files Startwrite unless you specify otherwise If Auto Run does not work properly on your computer you can install Star
42. suffering with terminal cancer and all the complications and treatments that are associated with cancer We hope and pray the best for Maria Nicole Vjaters is the programmer who has added most of the wonderful new features We are so grateful to Nicole for her amazing programming talents and we would recommend her to anyone who needs a very capable programmer She has magically turned our ideas and suggestions into reality It has been fun and exciting to receive programming updates from Nicole With each one we were always in awe and so excited Thanks Nicole StartWrite is an A grade program because of you Wayne Wylie my partner and the brains behind programming StartWrite since the beginning Wayne is the logical thinker of StartWrite When propose crazy ideas Wayne looks at them and then in a logical programmer kind of way tells me that it won t work or what changes need to be made to make it work And he s usually right But he lets me throw my ideas at him anyway and he is willing to put up with my constant changes and tweaks here and there StartWrite is the program it is because of Wayne s hard work and professional expertise Thanks 6 Page StartWrite User Manual for Windows Version 6 PE Startwrite What s New in StariWrite Version 6 We are very excited about StartWrite Version 6 We ve added a lot of features that we have thought about for a long time We ve listened to our users and most of those things are now in Version 6
43. tWrite manually Insert the StartWrite CD into your drive Select Start then Browse Find the CD location and double click on it to open it This should list the files on the CD Then double click on the file setup exe 10 Page StartWrite User Manual for Windows Version 6 PE Startwrite Chapter 2 Using StartWrite StartWrite is easy to use There are no complicated commands Everything is straight forward Let s begin using StartWrite so you can see how much fun and exciting it is to use the computer to teach handwriting If you haven t already started the program do so by double clicking the StartWrite icon on your screen Setting the Page Orientation The first thing you need to do is decide if you want your page in a Portrait or Landscape layout Portrait prints a page that looks like this Landscape prints a page that looks like this When the program starts the default layout is Portrait Use the Orientation button to switch the page layout from Portrait to Landscape or from Landscape to Portrait on the toolbar to select either Portrait or Landscape Click gt To see how your page will look when it is printed Click File and then Print Preview Working with Text Boxes Unlike a word processor StartWrite uses Text Boxes to enter text Every time you open a new StartWrite worksheet a default Text Box is created for you You can add multiple Text Boxes to the worksheet The Font attributes are
44. ties of the printer When you are ready to print click OK Before you print you can see how the worksheet will look on the printed page Click on File Print and then select Print Preview From this window you can select Print or Close to return to the worksheet to make any modification you desire You can also select Print Setup This allows you to select the paper size and the page orientation Portrait or Landscape 18 Page StartWrite User Manual for Windows Version 6 PE Startwrite Using Lesson Files StartWrite comes with several lesson files you can use They will give some ideas on how to use StartWrite to teach phonics spelling math and so on You can also adapt them to fit your own needs Click File on the Menu Bar then Open Lesson Select the lesson you want from the list of available lessons StartWrite s lesson files have an swl extension then click OK You can modify the lessons to meet your student s needs It is recommended that you save the modified lesson with a different name so you preserve the original for future use To save the file with a different name click on File on the Menu Bar then select Save As Then you can enter a new file name 19 Page StartWrite User Manual for Windows Version 6 PE Startwrite Chapter 3 Features and Buttons Toolbar Features and Buttons StartWrite has put the options related to the total page on the Tool Bar for easy access Open File This butt
45. tline 3 6 24 25 26 31 Letter Shading 3 21 25 Manuscript 11 12 13 Modern Manuscript 11 12 New File 2 18 Open File 2 18 Palmer 11 Paste 3 13 14 18 27 Portrait 10 Print 2 10 17 18 Right Mouse Pop Out Menu 30 Right Mouse Pop out window 28 Save File 2 18 Select All Text 30 Snap to Grid 20 Spell Check 3 19 Start Dot 3 22 24 31 Story 3 6 13 19 26 27 Stroke Arrows 22 24 Text Box 2 3 6 10 11 12 13 14 15 18 19 20 21 23 24 26 27 28 30 Word Spacing 30 Zaner Bloser 11 Zoom 3 19 36 Page StartWrite User Manual for Windows Version 6 P Startwrite Notes 37 Page
46. used the computer to teach handwriting This users manual contains information tips and insights and instructions on how to get up and running quickly and easily With a quick explanation you will immediately see the purpose for StartWrite Those to whom have described StartWrite especially those with children in elementary school usually don t let me finish my description Their response is know exactly what you are going to say and think it would be great I ll bet you do the same thing When our children were in elementary school they would bring home handwriting assignments consisting of letters in dot dash form printed on pages with a line at the top of the letter one at the bottom and a dashed line in the middle The pages looked like they had been recopied numerous times My children would trace over the dot dash letters to practice their handwriting skills the shape of the letter the direction of the stroke and the spacing between letters etc As a way to personalize my daughter Emily s practice sheets decided to create a few lines of words with dots for her to trace That effort lasted just a few minutes Try writing a couple of lines in doted letters and you ll see it s not an easy task thought There has to be some software what would let me do this on the computer but found none Thus was born the idea for a simple program that would form letters in dots which could print for my children to trace Later
47. ve EE Area Highlight This feature allows you to highlight with colors or gray any or all of the three writing areas top by middle and descender A enon en eee ss The Area Highlight button acts as a toggle switch to R AR APPS AN lt as turn the option on or off the colors which have been i assigned to each of the areas Select different shades e of gray if you are using a black and white printer AN E EEE A Lighter shades are better to show the letters unless you i e want to get fancy and make the shading dark and the A rea FE AN e atte letter a light shade of gray In the example below the PY E Guidelines have been set to the thickest level See EG Format Guideline RENE cad Thickness for this option To change the colors refer to the section Changing Colors and Grays above 29 Page StartWrite User Manual for Windows Version 6 PE Startwrite Flowing Text Text can be made to flow from one Text Box to a second Text Box a third Text Box and so on The attributes of each Text Box can be different This means that if you change one Text Box to solid light gray letters font size 72 but leave the second box in black dotted letters font size 48 when the text flows from the first Text Box display he attributes of the second Text Box It is recommended that you set the attributes of the first Text Box such as Dot Shading Dot Density Starting Dot
48. your own BMP and JPG clipart Art Boxes should not overlap or they may not print properly 20 Page StartWrite User Manual for Windows Version 6 PE Startwrite Text Box This button creates a new Text Box You must use a Text Box to enter words and letters Text Boxes should not overlap If they do the text underneath may not print properly Spell Check agg Use this button to check your spelling Spell Check contains 100 000 commonly used elementary S school words which allows you to correct most of your misspelled words The Spell Check will work only on the Text Box that is Active Click the Spell Check button A window opens showing the first word Spell Check identifies as misspelled along with a list of suggestions Select the correct word in the Suggestions list box then click Replace The misspelled word will be replaced with the word you selected Spell Check will continue on to the next misspelled word The last word that you correct will not show as corrected in your document until you exit Spell Check You must do Spell Check on each Text Box unless they are linked by the Include in Story feature VERIFY THAT THE SPELL CHECK WORKS ON THE STORY OPTION Zoom ma This button opens the Zoom option window You can set what level of Zoom you would like You can fn also select Other and set a number different than the preset percentages You can also set the default level of Zoom Zooming does not change the
49. youtube com watch v 7PEr7CosHy8 Border Art http www youtube com watch v sSthYsdhxQs amp feature related Letter Outline http www youtube com Wwatch v yaXdp57 k74 amp feature related Start Dot http www youtube com watch v WilCsJaUgJw amp feature related Ordering StartWrite Ordering StartWrite Software Our order takers cannot give technical support Please call the number listed above for technical support only To place orders only call us during business hours Monday Friday 9 00 am 4 00 pm MST at Phone Order Line ONLY 1 888 974 8322 1 888 WRITE ABC or 1 801 359 2173 Online Ordering You can also order StartWrite directly at http www startwrite com 35 Page StartWrite User Manual for Windows Version 6 Index Active 2 11 12 13 14 15 16 19 20 21 23 24 27 30 Area Highlight 3 6 26 Art Box 2 3 11 14 15 16 18 19 28 Border Art 3 6 28 31 Border Lines 28 30 Center Box 30 Changing Colors 3 22 23 24 25 26 Color Letters 3 6 26 Connect Dots 3 6 25 26 Copy 2 3 13 14 18 27 Cursive 11 Cut 2 14 15 18 Decision Dots 3 6 22 25 Descender Line 28 D Nealian 11 Font 19 Font size 12 20 27 Font Type 3 20 Getty Dubey 11 Grid 3 6 11 19 20 31 Guideline Thickness 23 26 Guidelines 3 11 22 23 26 Handwriting without Tears 11 Italic 11 12 Landscape 3 10 17 19 startwrite Letter Dot Density 3 21 22 25 Letter Ou
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