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Learning the Tools: (6) Practice
At the end of each slide and the end of class (even if you are part way through a slide), save your file in the way your teacher asks, and use your own file each time you continue in the following class period.
Fancy Tools – Experiment. [Teachers: This may be best done only in older classes.]
Experiment with your practice. Don't just try one thing.
Have your teacher check your work.
Save your file.
Ask your teacher for the ButterBox Project File.
Draw a person or two and then use the “Callouts” tool to make them talk.
If you make your teacher laugh, extra credit. It would be wise to avoid making your teacher angry when reading your cartoon.
(Advanced – extra credit: Insert a picture from a file to be a background. Do it after drawing the cartoon and move the background to the back with
Modify -> Arrange -> Move to Back.)
The order in which you make things is important. The later ones are “above/on top” of earlier ones. It can be difficult to get a handle on, or select an object that is lower down the stack.
Generally, work up the stack.