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PageTurner
Why PageTurner?
PageTurner uses the paging metaphor (i.e. books, magazines)
that users immediately recognize and understand. PageTurner is an excellent Star Interaction® for you to present
text, illustrations, photos, and animations.
Users navigate through PageTurner by clicking on the page
corner. Right page corners move the user forward. Left page corners
move the user backward. It's that simple!
PageTurner uses the simple text formatting features that are
found in other Star Interactions. When formatting text, you can
change text size, alignment, color, bold and italics.
Complete Instructions
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For complete instructions
please open the attached PDF file and print it out.
Please note: You must have Adobe
Reader installed for your browser.
PageTurner.pdf |
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Step One:
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On the first page, create a title
page. By default, the 'Full Page Text' layout option has been
chosen for you. However, you may choose between 'Full Page Text'
or 'Full Page Image'. Use the first option for text. Use the
second option for illustrations, photos or animations.

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Step Two:
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Click on the '+' button to add a new page. Use the
'-' button to delete pages, but don't delete the first page. .

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Step Three:
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Again choose the correct layout. If you wish to
type in text, choose 'Full Page Text'.
Type in or paste in your text. Then use the
formatting buttons to format your text.
From left to right, the buttons enable you to bold,
italicize, underline, align, change font color, and change font size.

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Step Four:
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Click on the '+' button to add a new page. If
you wish an image or animation, choose 'Full Page Image'.
Let's discuss images first. You can either load
images from the hard drive or paste images into the image area.
To load from the hard drive, click on the image area.
A file requester will appear. This simple method allows you to
import jpeg images. For other image types, right-click on the
image area and select 'Edit/Open'. The built-in lodeStar editor
will enable you to import a variety of image types. Inside the
lodeStar image editor, click on 'Browse'.
To paste in an image, right-click on the image area
and select 'Paste'. To learn more details about image
handling, please refer to the Teacher Guide found under Help > Getting
Started.

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Step Five:
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lodeStar also allows you to import SWF animations into
PageTurner. SWF animations are created using the Macromedia Flash
tool and they are abundant in the internet universe.
To import an animation, click on image area and then
change the file requester 'Files of Type' to '*.swf | Flash file'.

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Step Six:
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When you've finished with your PageTurner project, or even
while you are creating the project, click on the 'save' button at
the bottom right corner. Save often.
To preview your work, select the projector at the
top-right corner of lodeStar.
For more details on saving, previewing, and exporting
your project as well as other tasks, please consult the Teacher Guide
found under Help > Getting Started.

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