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Learn Arts & Letters EXPRESS 7 The Official Guide
Joli Ballew
Wordware Publishing, Inc.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ballew, Joli. Learn Arts & Letters EXPRESS 7: the official guide / by Joli Ballew. p. cm. ISBN 1-55622-969-0 1. Computer graphics. 2. Arts & Letters (Computer file). I. Title. T385 .B354 2002 741.6'0285'5369--dc21 2002009970 CIP
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Contents Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi Chapter 1 Getting Started with Arts & Letters . . . . 1 What is Arts & Letters? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 The Web Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Registering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Other Products from Arts & Letters . . . . . . . . . . 4 Contacting Arts & Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Arts & Letters Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Using Version 6.0 or 6.01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Using Version 7.0+. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Keeping Previous Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Uninstalling Previous Versions . . . . . . . . . . 9 Installing Version 7.0+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Performing the Installation . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Starting Arts & Letters and Accessing the Help Files . . . 12 Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Help for Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Search for Help On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 How to Use Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Tutorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 User’s Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Express Connection to the Web (Version 7.0 Only) . 18 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) . . . . . . . 18 Message Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 7.0 News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Update Contact Information . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Web Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 About Arts & Letters Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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Contents
Chapter 2 The Interface . . . . . . . The Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Draw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arrange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Toolbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pointer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Block Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clip Art (Resources Library) . . . . Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duplicate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rotate (Transform Objects). . . . . Arrange Objects. . . . . . . . . . . Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Freeform Shape and Text Point Edit Draw . . . . . . . . . . . .