HP Creative Scrapbook Assistant - Quick Start Guide

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Menus
As with most software programs, HP Creative
Scrapbook Assistant organizes menu functions into
logical categories: File, Edit, Theme, Project, and Help.
Scrapbooking items included with the software are
organized into “Themes” for easy access. “Projects”
offer you a place to store your own artwork and
custom layouts.
Custom preferences let you set up your working
environment to suit your tastes. You can toggle settings
that display your font list as actual font styles, display
margin guides on your workspace, and specify inches
or centimeters for your ruler measurements. The
Preferences settings are available in the Edit menu in
Windows, or in the HP Creative Scrapbook Assistant
menu on the Macintosh.
Contextual menus
Contextual menus give you a
quick and easy way to reach
commands that apply to a
particular item, such as Copy,
Paste, Duplicate, Rotate, Move
to Front or Back (for layers),
Convert to Black & White or
Sepia, Save Item, Create New
Shape, Preview (in thumbnails)
and more.
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Thumbnail bars
Thumbnail bars for each tab offer you a view of the
items available for your use in a particular theme.
You can preview a larger version of a thumbnail
before you place the item on your workspace. For
more details about the thumbnail bars, refer to the
Help menu.
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Tabs
The tabs provide a visual ling system for organizing
and viewing your scrapbooking elements. You can use
the items that come with the software and also import
items of your own. The tabs organize items by theme
into several thumbnail bars: Images, Phrases, Clip Art,
backgrounds, Frames, Shapes, and Pages. For more
details about the tabs, refer to the Help menu.
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Workspace
Consider the workspace an extension of your worktable
at home or wherever you put together your scrapbook
pages. Use it to assemble and manipulate elements,
draw a design to use as a blueprint or template, or try
out different ideas before you print out your pages.
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Import tools
Get Other Content/Edit Phrases/Create a New
Shape/Get Other Pages
This button allows you to import your own images,
frames, clip art, backgrounds, and pages. When you
select the Phrases tab, this button changes to Edit
Phrases. When you select the Shapes tab, this button
changes to Create a New Shape. When you select
the Pages tab, this button changes to Get Other Pages.
Start a Scan
If you have a scanner connected to your computer, this
button makes it easy to scan items and place them on
your workspace without having to use other programs.
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Save Item
Save an item to a project or theme to use again at
a later time or to share with others. You can use the
Save Item button, or you can choose Save Item to
Project or Save Item to Theme from the File menu, or
by right-clicking (Windows) or control-clicking
(Macintosh) the item. This is a great way to save
images, clip art, backgrounds, frames, shapes, or
items that you scanned or added from a le or disk.
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Page tools
Use the New Page, Save Page, and Print Page buttons
or select from the File menu to work with pages.
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Formatting tools
The formatting tools make it easy to change a selected
item’s alignment, style, font, size, color, background,
and transparency.
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Frame width
To adjust the width of a frame or a Drop Shadow
frame around a shape, use the Frame Width slider or
type a new number in the box next to the slider and
press Enter. A higher number makes the frame wider.
A lower number makes the frame narrower.
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Item status
The item status indicators (on the lower left in Windows,
or at the bottom of the workspace on the Macintosh)
tell you which item is currently selected, its degree of
rotation (if any), and its dimensions. Use the Zoom tool
to enlarge or minimize your view. You cannot directly
enter data into the item status indicators; these simply
display the type of item you are working with and its
current status.
Tip: To see more items under a tab, choose a different
theme from the Theme menu or a different project from
the Project menu.
Tip: To reach a contextual menu, select the item and
then right-click (Windows) or control-click (Macintosh).
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Overview of the main window
This overview describes frequently used features
so you can quickly start creating scrapbooks.
Try experimenting with choosing menu items and
clicking on tabs, task buttons, and format options to see
what happens. The more you explore the possibilities,
the faster you will learn how to use the software to
expand your own creativity. And don’t forget to visit
www.hp.com/go/scrapbooking to browse and
download inspiring projects.