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Quick Guides for Etoys on the OLPC XO

Squeak Etoys is a "media authoring tool"-- software that you can download to your computerand then use to create your own media. You can write out your project and share it with others.Etoys runs on any Mac or Windows machine, as well as on the OLPC XO machine.It is free. Find out about Etoys.

Guides about topics in EToysHelp screens for the OLPCXO machine.NavBar Keep Find Projects 4 Choose a Language 5Paint Brushes 6 Color Palette 7 Bucket Tool 8 Straight Line Tool 9 Ellipse Tool 10 Rectangle Tool 11 Polygon Tool 12 Color Picker 13 Stamps Tool 14Halo Make the Handles Show 15 Viewer of Script Tiles 16 Size Color Copy 17 Move and Pick Up 18 Rotate Handle 19 Trash 20 Arrow at Center 21 Center of Rotation 22 Menu Tools 23 Make a Script Tile 24 Collapse 25 Color Property Sheet 26Supplies Object Catalog 27 Text 28 All Scripts 29 Joystick Control 30 Sound Recorder 31ObjectCat Slider Bar 32 Grab Patch Tool 33 Lasso Tool 34 Digital Images 35

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Maker Button 36Books Top Border Icons 37 Expanded Controls 38 Working with Layers 39 Navigation Tiles 40ScriptTile Forward by 41 Turn by 42 Bounce Motion 43 X and Y Tiles 44 Pen Use 45 Playfield Trail 46 Stamps 47 Heading 48 Scale Factor 49 Hide and Show 50 World Input 51 Sound Category 52 Random Numbers 53 Exact Location 54 Width Length 55 Foward and Turn 56 Tests Category 57Menu Normal Ticking 58 Viewer Icons Set 59 Scriptor Icons Set 60 Button Fires a Script 61 Grab Me Reveal Me 62 Watchers 63 Playfield Graph Paper 64

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index

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Keep Find Projects

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Choose a Language

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Brushes

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Color Palette

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Bucket Tool

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Straight Line Tool

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Ellipse Tool

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Rectangle Tool

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Polygon Tool

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Color Picker

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Stamps Tool

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Make the Handles Show

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Viewer of Script Tiles

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Size Color Copy

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Move and Pick Up

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Rotate Handle

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Trash

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Arrow at Center

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Center of Rotation

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Menu Tools

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Make a Script Tile

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Collapse

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Color Property Sheet

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Object Catalog

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Text

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All Scripts

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Joystick Control

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Sound Recorder

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Slider Bar

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Grab Patch Tool

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Lasso Tool

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Digital Images

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Maker Button

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Top Border Icons

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Expanded Controls

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Working with Layers

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Navigation Tiles

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Forward by

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Turn by

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Bounce Motion

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X and Y Tiles

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Pen Use

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Playfield Trail

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Stamps

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Heading

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Scale Factor

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Hide and Show

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World Input

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Sound Category

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Random Numbers

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Exact Location

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Width Length

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Foward and Turn

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Tests Category

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Normal Ticking

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Viewer Icons Set

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Scriptor Icons Set

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Button Fires a Script

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Grab Me Reveal Me

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Watchers

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Playfield Graph Paper

MenuPlayfieldGraphPaper, page 3. If you choose make graph paper, a dialog box asks: Enter grid size. This example's grid size is 64.New dialog boxes will open that allow you to assign background and line color.

MenuPlayfieldGraphPaper, page 4. Click the green clock to run the scriptthat draws a graph on this grid.

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