<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">SignWriting List<DIV><DIV>February 13, 2006</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><B>Report from Val's Desk</B></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Hello SignWriting List Members!</DIV><DIV>What a blessing, to share my work with all of you... What am I doing right now? I am writing the SignText Editor Manual. As I write pages, I share some of them with you, but not all the pages, because that would be overwhelming for all of us... When the Manual is complete, it will have the following pages:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><B>SignText Editor Manual</B></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Cover Page</DIV><DIV>Copyright Page</DIV><DIV>Table of Contents</DIV><DIV>Introduction</DIV><DIV>System Requirements</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><B>Lesson 1: Getting Started</B></DIV><DIV>Work Online: How to Start</DIV><DIV>Work Offline: How to Start</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><B></B></DIV><DIV><B>Lesson 2: SignText Design</B></DIV><DIV>Screen Design</DIV><DIV>Symbol Palette</DIV><DIV>SignBox</DIV><DIV>Command Buttons</DIV><DIV>SignSentence Column</DIV><DIV>Text Editing Buttons</DIV><DIV>Option Buttons</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><B>Lesson 3: Creating Signs</B></DIV><DIV>Symbol Palette Layer 1</DIV><DIV>Symbol Palette Layer 2</DIV><DIV>Symbol Palette Layer 3</DIV><DIV>Command Buttons</DIV><DIV>Group List Button</DIV><DIV>Previous Button</DIV><DIV>Selecting a Symbol</DIV><DIV>Select Next Button</DIV><DIV>Copy Symbol Button</DIV><DIV>Delete Symbol Button</DIV><DIV>Clear All Button</DIV><DIV>Variation Button</DIV><DIV>Mirror Symbol Button</DIV><DIV>Fill Symbol Button</DIV><DIV>Place Over Button</DIV><DIV>Rotate CCW Button</DIV><DIV>Rotate CW Button</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><B>Lesson 4: Creating Sentences</B></DIV><DIV>Sentence Column</DIV><DIV>Lane Buttons</DIV><DIV>Adding a Sign to a Sentence</DIV><DIV>Text Editing Buttons</DIV><DIV>Move an Existing Sign to Another Lane</DIV><DIV>Move an Existing Sign Above or Below</DIV><DIV>Replace an Existing Sign with a New Sign</DIV><DIV>Insert a New Sign Between Existing Signs</DIV><DIV>Delete an Existing Sign from the Sentence</DIV><DIV>Load an Existing Sign into the SignBox for Editing</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><B>Lesson 5: Document Options</B></DIV><DIV>Display Your Sentence</DIV><DIV>Email Your Sentence</DIV><DIV>Link Your Sentence</DIV><DIV>BookMark Your Sentence</DIV><DIV>Import Individual Signs into SignPuddle Dictionaries</DIV><DIV>SWML SignWriting Markup Language</DIV><DIV>Sharing Your Documents With Others</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><B>Lesson 6: Technical Support</B></DIV><DIV>Web Help Pages</DIV><DIV>PDF Documents</DIV><DIV>Email Support</DIV><DIV>Voicephone and Videophone</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Want to download this manual as I write it? It is posted here:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>SignText Editor Manual</DIV><DIV><A href="http://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs3/sw0244-SignText-Instruction.pdf">http://www.signwriting.org/archive/docs3/sw0244-SignText-Instruction.pdf</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>As I make changes, I will re-post the newer version at the same link, so check back occasionally...I will announce new postings as they happen...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Thank you once again, to Steve Slevinski for creating SignText, and to Cherie Wren and Ingvild Roald for testing SignText... I hope others will test it too!</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>And many thanks to Anny in French-Switzerland for offering to translate the SignText Manual into French, when it is completed...We are lucky indeed!</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I am going to create my first SignText document this week, and as I do it, I will be writing the above manual, and sharing some of the pages with you...so more is coming...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Have a splendid day everyone!</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Val ;-)</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>PS. I know it is winter in many places, but here in San Diego today, we have hot summer-like weather, as does Brazil I bet too!</DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>