<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt">Yes, I have worked with the customize button. I was wondering if when you customize a sign can the customization be saved in our individual Sign Puddles?<br><div> </div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Rev. Ronald H. Dettloff, 20880 Ten Mile Road, St. Clair Shores, MI 48080</div><div>Other Web links: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://theshoreschurch.org/ME2/Audiences/Default.asp">http://theshoreschurch.org/ME2/Audiences/Default.asp</a>
<strong><br></strong></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Valerie Sutton <signwriting@mac.com><br>To: SignWriting List <sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu><br>Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 10:21:01 AM<br>Subject: Re: [sw-l] NO, that did not work..<br><br>
Charles -<br>The reason the Customize Button is so wonderful is that you can <br>customize everything to your needs!<br><br>Steve and I have worked very very hard to give you great Customize <br>features...so the world is yours...you can re-format things to your <br>heart's content...<br><br>Whatever your preference, you have...<br><br>So have you used the Customize feature yet?<br><br>Val ;-)<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>On Dec 14, 2007, at 8:16 AM, Charles Butler wrote:<br><br>> Hi Steve,<br>><br>> I can understand the need for transparency for some signs, but I <br>> thought for hands where the hands cross, the white background was <br>> actually better so that it showed the front hand actually covering <br>> the back hand. I'd prefer WHITE backgrounds so that the hands are <br>> truly an opaque object, white and black, as the system is <br>> described, as if one is wearing
white and black gloves to show the <br>> hands in motion.<br>><br>> This way I know, in assembling a sign, how much is showing, how <br>> much is not, and adjust the sign centering accordingly.<br>><br>> Charles<br>><br>><br>> Steve Slevinski <<a ymailto="mailto:slevin@signpuddle.net" href="mailto:slevin@signpuddle.net">slevin@signpuddle.net</a>> wrote:<br>> SignPuddle uses PNGs with transparency. If you right click and <br>> copy, you may loose the transparency setting of the image which <br>> will turn all of the transparency to black.<br>><br>> You have 2 options. First, you can customize a sign and select <br>> white as the background and disable transparency. With <br>> transparency off, you can right-click and copy without a problem. <br>> The other option is to right-click and save the image to you <br>> computer and then
import the image file into whatever program <br>> you're using. The multi-step process will keep the transparency <br>> information.<br>><br>> Alternatively, I could default the signs to have white backgrounds <br>> without transparency. Then you'd need to customize the sign if you <br>> want transparency.<br>><br>> Regards,<br>> -Steve<br>><br>><br>> Charles Butler wrote:<br>>><br>>> Valerie,<br>>><br>>> I have the same problem. Right clicking on anything other than <br>>> the FULL image (which includes the definition and everything else, <br>>> seems to generate a black box. Is this because the symbol on the <br>>> page is actually a code, not an image? I thought it was a .gif, <br>>> but all I get is a black box half the time.<br>>><br>>> This may be an artifact that we have PCs
and not MACs, and we use <br>>> Internet Explorer, not Firefox, or a half-dozen other systems. If <br>>> have tried this in IE and it often gives me a black box, in <br>>> Firefox it does about half the time.<br>>><br>>> I guess you need another button or something that is "IMAGE ONLY" <br>>> not definition. It is frustrating to me as well.<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> Charles Butler<br>>><br>>><br>>> Ronald Dettloff <<a ymailto="mailto:signpreach@sbcglobal.net" href="mailto:signpreach@sbcglobal.net">signpreach@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote:<br>>> I do use Microsoft Word. Your idea seemed to be an improvement. <br>>> The image pasted as one big black box. I am guessing that the <br>>> image is there but someone is lost in the blackness.<br>>><br>>> Rev. Ronald H. Dettloff, 20880 Ten Mile Road, St. Clair
Shores, MI <br>>> 48080<br>>> Other Web links: <a href="http://theshoreschurch.org/ME2/" target="_blank">http://theshoreschurch.org/ME2/</a> <br>>> Audiences/Default.asp<br>>><br>>><br>>> ----- Original Message ----<br>>> From: Valerie Sutton <<a ymailto="mailto:dac@signwriting.org" href="mailto:dac@signwriting.org">dac@signwriting.org</a>><br>>> To: SignWriting List <<a ymailto="mailto:sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu" href="mailto:sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu">sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</a>><br>>> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 10:24:32 PM<br>>> Subject: Re: [sw-l] Help<br>>><br>>> SignWriting List<br>>> December 13, 2007<br>>><br>>> On Dec 13, 2007, at 8:06 PM, Ronald Dettloff wrote:<br>>> > Help, I made a sign in 1.5 ASL Bible, but I cannot copy it to my<br>>> > word processor.
"Immanuel"<br>>><br>>><br>>> Hello Ron and Everyone -<br>>> Is your word processor Microsoft Word? I assume so.<br>>><br>>> 1. Open your Microsoft Word file.<br>>> 2. Open the sign you want in SignPuddle...in your case, Immanuel.<br>>> 3. Place your mouse directly on top of the sign...and Right-Click on<br>>> your mouse.<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> 4. Choose Copy Image.<br>>><br>>> 5. Click inside the Word document, and choose Paste...<br>>><br>>> OR...<br>>><br>>> on some computers you can drag and drop the sign directly from<br>>> SignPuddle into the Word document...<br>>><br>>> Try this. If you have problems write again!<br>>><br>>> Val ;-)<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> ____________________________________________<br>>><br>>> SW-L SignWriting
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