--Avoid using the paint can. "A" paints text onto your card which you
can easily erase accidentally so always try to put your text into fields.
--Click eraser once to erase pieces. Double click erases everything.
--Pencil & Spray can--lets you write/draw
--To resize a card:
Tool bar--button
Object--New Button
Resize, double-click--task
When finished, go apple-N= New Card
--To import images:
Under file--open stack
HyperCard, HyperCard stacks--art bits--square--copy
Under go--recent--click on card that you want--paste
(Be careful, double-clicking will erase the clip art--very bad!!)
Holding the apple key and dragging w/ the mouse stretches the image.
--To create a button that links to another card:
Create a button, double-click on it, click tasks, link to previous
card or do the following to link to a different card: Under go--recent--click
on the card that you want to link to--choose link to current card.
--To create a button to quit HyperCard:
Under button, choose script--Type the following:
on mouseUp
domenu quit hypercard
end mouseUp
--To create a button to print the card:
Under button, choose script--Type the following:
on mouseUp
domenu print card
end mouseUp
--There are various different ways to use images. Here is one:
Create a new button, choose route, choose script,--type the following:
on mouseUp
picture "name", file, rect [play "music" is similar
to this]
wait 200 [wait 200 = 2 second display]
close window "name"
end mouseUp
--To show a card temporarily:
drop a field--write on it--Apple-M
hide card field "name"
make button--script
show card field "intro"
wait 200
hide card field "intro"
--To record from a C.D.:
Under the apple, go control panels, go sound, go options, go sound
in, go internal, go C.D. You can then record sound and link a button to
that sound.
--There are various ways to make buttons produce speech. Here is one:
make button--script
on mouseUp
speak "tic tac toe three in a row" with male
voice
end mouseUp
(Revised July 1998)