Alphabet Soup

	Begin by teaching your students to drag the HyperStudio tools and color palette onto the HyperStudio work area. To do this, students should click Tools on the menu bar and hold it down as they drag the tools palette onto the work area. Students should then click and hold Colors on the menu bar as they drag it onto the work area. Demonstrate for students how to use the tools on the HyperStudio Tools Palette. The best resource for learning to use the HyperStudio multimedia application is the HyperStudio Tutorial which is included when you purchase HyperStudio.
	(From the HyperStudio Manual Appendix A, page 103.)
	Each tool is described in the chart below. Placement in the chart corresponds to placement in the Tools Palette.
	The Browse Tool: Use to activate objects with attached actions (usually buttons).	Button Tool: Use for editing or moving an existing button.	Arrow/Pointer Tool: Use to edit, move, resize, or delete objects, including buttons, text objects, and graphic objects.
	Graphic Object Tool: Use for editing or moving graphic object.	Sound Object Tool	Text Object Tool: Use for editing or moving text objects.
	Selection Tools (rectangle, oval, and lasso): Use to capture a rectangular, oval, or freehand (lasso) area. Once you've selected an area, you can copy, cut, delete, move, flip, rotate, or resize it.
	Paint Brush Tool: Use to draw freehand.	Spray Paint Tool: Scatters tiny dots of the currently selected color or pattern.	Fill Tool: Fills an enclosed shape with the currently selected color or pattern.
	Eraser Tool: Erases painted objects.	Line Tool: Draws straight lines.	Pencil Tool: Draws freehand shapes.
	Rectangle, Oval, and Rounded Rectangle Tools: Use to draw rectangles, ovals, and rounded rectangles.
	Paint Text Tool: Paints text onto the background.	Magnifying Glass: Zooms in for a closer look at an area.	Eyedropper: Click a color from the background to change your current painting color.

* The information presented in this "HyperStudio Tutorial" section is in many cases taken verbatim from the HyperStudio for Windows Tutorial (copyright 1988-1997 by Roger Wagner Publishing, Inc.) See the Tutorial for information on adding sound, animation, and video. If you require additional information, please consult the tutorial or contact Roger Wagner Publishing, Inc. for addition reference information.