SignText Command Buttons

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
March 3, 2006

Steve Slevinski wrote:
> The select next command is used when there are multiple symbols in  
> the sign box.    After you have dragged several symbols into the  
> sign box, you can select any symbol in the sign box by clicking on  
> it.  However, if one symbol is underneath another and you can't  
> click on it, you can use select next to cycle through the symbols  
> until you get to the symbol you want.

Thank you, Steve, for helping explain your wonderful program SignText!

Kathleen and everyone...here is more information about each Command  
Button. See attached diagram below...

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Command Buttons
There are 15 Command Buttons:

1. Group List Button
Click this button to return to the main Symbol Palette of 50 Group  
Symbols.

2. Previous Button
Click this button to return to the previous Symbol Palette Layer.

3. Select Next Button
To select a symbol, click on the symbol in the SignBox. It will  
shimmer or blink. When a symbol is selected, you can make changes to  
it. The Select Next Button selects another symbol in the SignBox.  
Keep clicking on the Button to select another.

4. Copy Symbol Button
Select a symbol. Click the Copy Symbol Button. The symbol is duplicated.

5. Delete Symbol Button
Select a symbol. Click the Delete Symbol Button. The symbol is deleted.

6. Clear All Button
Click the Clear All Button. All the symbols in the SignBox disappear.

7. Variations Button
Select a symbol. Click the Variations Button. Some symbols will  
change. The Variations Button changes the size of arrows, and  
provides some handshapes and faces with related symbols.

8. Mirror Symbol Button
Select a symbol. Click the Mirror Symbol Button. The symbol flops  
horizontally.

9. Fill Symbol Button
Select a handshape symbol. Click the Fill Symbol Button. The palm  
facing will change. Select an arrow. Click the Fill Symbol Button.  
The arrowhead will change from filled to empty to general. Select a  
Face. Click the Fill Symbol Button. Right or left sides of the face  
will appear. The Fill Symbol Button gives you the next Fill.

10. Place Over Button
Select a symbol that is under another symbol. Click the Place Over  
Button. The symbol will move in front of, or over, the other symbol.

11. Rotate CCW Button
Select a symbol. Click the Rotate CCW Button. The symbol will rotate  
Counter-Clockwise (CCW).

12. Rotate CW Button
Select a symbol. Click the Rotate CW Button. The symbol will rotate  
Clockwise (CW).

13. Left Lane Button
A sign is complete in the SignBox and is ready to be added to the  
Sentence. Click the Left Lane Button to add the sign to the Sentence,  
in the Left Lane (sign left of center).

14. Center Lane Button
A sign is complete in the SignBox and is ready to be added to the  
Sentence. Click the Center Lane Button to add the sign to the center  
of the Sentence.

15. Right Lane Button
A sign is complete in the SignBox and is ready to be added to the  
Sentence. Click the Right Lane Button to add the sign in the Right  
Lane (sign right of center).


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