Author: Clive Whitear
Date: December 21st 1998
Version: ER5 release
SKETCH
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Sketch: Quick start
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Sketch is the EPOC machine's drawing program. Use Sketch to produce maps, flowcharts, party invitations, etc.
Sketch includes ## four/16 ## colours, a range of different line widths and drawing tools including the Freehand tool, Line tool, various shape tools, Spray paint tool, Clipart tool, Text tool, Erase tool and Select area tool.
When Sketch is first used a blank page is displayed. If Sketch has been used before, the last file worked on is opened. You can:
•	select a drawing tool and start drawing.
•	open a different file.
•	create a new file.
Each picture is made up of a series of dots, known as "pixels". Use Zoom in to view and edit the individual pixels more clearly.
Drawing tools (Sketch)
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Use these drawing tools to produce the picture:
ARCHIVE=SKETCH NAME=freehandtool	for freehand drawing.
ARCHIVE=SKETCH NAME=linetool	for drawing straight and diagonal lines.
ARCHIVE=SKETCH NAME=spraytool	for spray painting.
ARCHIVE=SKETCH NAME=clipart	for inserting one of the pictures supplied with Sketch.
ARCHIVE=SKETCH NAME=rectangletool	for drawing rectangles and squares.
ARCHIVE=SKETCH NAME=filledrectangletool	for drawing filled rectangles and squares.
ARCHIVE=SKETCH NAME=ovaltool	for drawing ovals and circles.
ARCHIVE=SKETCH NAME=filledovaltool	for drawing filled ovals and circles.
ARCHIVE=SKETCH NAME=texttool	for adding text to a sketch.
ARCHIVE=SKETCH NAME=selectareatool	for highlighting part of a sketch.
ARCHIVE=SKETCH NAME=erasetool	for deleting part of a sketch.
To select a drawing tool:
•	Tap a button on the Toolbar, or
•	Select one of the drawing tools on the Tools menu.
Palette tools (Sketch)
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The palette tools at the bottom of the Toolbar contain:
•	the drawing colour for all tools
•	the "transparency" control
•	the "pen width" of the Line, Erase and Spray tools.
•	The pen width also applies to the borders surrounding hollow rectangles and ovals. The transparency palette is only displayed when the Select area drawing tool is in use; when a different drawing tool is selected the width palette is displayed.
To change the drawing colour:
•	Tap the colour on the Toolbar, or
•	Select Colour tool from the Palette tools cascade on the Tools menu and change the colour in the dialog.
To change the "transparency":
•	Choose the Select area drawing tool and tap the Transparent or Opaque button on the Toolbar, or
•	Select or deselect Make transparent on the Transform menu.
To change the line width:
•	Tap the line width on the Toolbar, or
•	Select Width tool from the Palette tools cascade on the Tools menu and change the width in the dialog.
Deleting sketches
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All or part of a picture can be deleted.
To delete part of a picture:
1.	Tap the Erase button on the Toolbar, or select Erase from the Drawing tools cascade on the Tools menu.
2.	Set the erase width by tapping the required width on the Toolbar, or selecting Width tool from the Palette tools cascade on the Tools menu.
3.	Use the pen to erase, or hold down Shift and use the arrow keys to erase, starting at the cursor position, or position the eraser and press the Spacebar.
•	Alternatively, delete part of a sketch by selecting an area and pressing Del.
To delete the entire picture select Delete all on the Edit menu.
•	If you accidentally delete all or part of a picture, the area can be retrieved by selecting Undo on the Toolbar or Edit menu. Up to the previous five actions performed can be undone.
Cutting, copying & pasting (Sketch)
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To delete the selected area of a drawing, but keep a copy of the deleted area on the clipboard to use in another sketch, select Cut on the Edit menu. The selected area is stored on the clipboard until its replaced by another area being cut or copied to the clipboard.
To copy the selected area of the picture to the clipboard (without removing it from your drawing), select Copy on the Edit menu.
To insert the contents of the clipboard into the sketch select Paste on the Edit menu.
Flipping pictures over (Sketch)
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To flip a selected area over, either horizontally or vertically:
1.	Select the area, by using:
•	The Select area drawing tool on the Toolbar, or from the Drawing tools cascade on the Tools menu to highlight part of the sketch, or
•	Select all on the Edit menu to highlight the whole picture.
2.	Select either Flip horizontally or Flip vertically on the Transform menu.
•	The flip commands "mirror" the selected area. To turn the area around by 90 degrees select Rotate on the Transform menu.
Inserting pictures from clipart (Sketch)
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Sketch has a number of images which can be added to pictures, including houses, roads and arrows. This is known as "clipart".
•	You can flip and rotate the existing pictures to get extra shapes, e.g., to insert a down arrow in the picture, insert the up arrow from the clipart and flip it vertically.
To insert a picture:
1.	Tap the Clipart button on the Toolbar, or select Clipart on the Tools menu to display the Clipart palette.
•	Use the scroll bar, or the arrow keys to view all the pictures.
2.	Tap on a picture to insert it into the sketch, or use the arrow keys to select the picture and then press the Enter key.
•	The picture is highlighted when inserted so it can be moved, resized, rotated etc, as required. Use the arrow keys to line up two pieces of clipart.
Moving pictures (Sketch)
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To move the selected part of a picture into a different position:
•	Place the pen inside the highlighted area and drag it to the required position, or
•	Hold down Shift and use the arrow keys to move the cursor inside the highlighted area, and then use the arrow keys to position it.
Resizing pictures (Sketch)
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To increase or decrease the size of a selected area:
•	Drag on one of the "handles" surrounding the selected picture. Drag on a corner handle to resize the picture proportionally. Tap elsewhere on the page to remove the handles and fix the picture to the page, or
•	Hold down Shift and use the arrow keys to move the cursor onto one of the handles surrounding the selected picture, and then use the arrow keys to resize the picture. Press the Enter key to fix the picture to the page.
Inserting text (Sketch)
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Text can be inserted into the sketch, using different fonts, sizes and it can be formatted, e.g. by making the text bold.
•	Once the text has been inserted you cannot reformat it.
To add text:
1.	Tap the Insert text button on the Toolbar, or select Insert text on the Tools menu.
2.	Type the text into the Insert text dialog. Change the appearance of the text using the:
•	Bold, Italics or Underline buttons or the equivalent shortcut keypresses.
•	Font button to specify the font, size, colour and print position before inserting the text.
3.	Press Insert to add the text to the picture. The text is selected so it can be moved into position.
•	If more text than will fit on the page is inserted, the option to resize the sketch is given. Press Yes to increase the sketch size, or No to insert as much text as will currently fit.
Formatting text (Sketch)
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You can change the appearance of text by applying formatting options before you add it to your drawing.
To change the font (typeface), size, colour and print position of text, select the Insert text drawing tool. Press the Font button to display the Set font dialog.
•	Any changes made to the format of the text applies to all the text, not just the highlighted word(s).
•	You cannot reformat text once you have added it to a drawing.
Transparent objects (Sketch)
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When moving part of a sketch, or inserting a clipart sketch, you can "overlay" the picture on top of an existing area and control whether the existing sketch "shows through" or not.
To make the selected or inserted area transparent:
•	Choose the Select area drawing tool and tap the Transparency button on the Toolbar, or
•	Tick Make transparent on the Transform menu.
To make the selected or inserted area overlay the existing sketch:
•	Choose the Select area drawing tool and tap the Opaque button on the Toolbar, or
•	Remove the tick from Make transparent on the Transform menu.
Background: cropping a sketch
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You can remove unused space around the edge of the picture. This is known as "cropping" the picture.
•	Cropping does not have any effect on page margins or printing.
To crop a picture select Crop on the Tools menu.
•	If a picture is accidentally cropped, the full background size can be restored. To do this tap the Undo button on the Toolbar or select Undo on the Edit menu.
Combining sketches
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Use the Merge facility to combine pictures.
To merge in a sketch:
1.	Open the sketch into which another sketch will be merged.
2.	Select Merge in from the More cascade on the File menu.
3.	Select the file to merge in.
•	The picture is highlighted, so that it can be moved or resized.
Sketch size
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When Sketch is first used the size of the drawing area is the visible area on the screen. The size can be increased as required - the maximum size is determined by the size of the page on which you intend to print the picture.
To resize the sketch:
•	select Resize sketch on the Tools menu.
•	Specify the sketch size in either cm (or inches) or pixels - you cannot change the size in both.
To increase the visible drawing area, hide the Toolbar by removing the tick from Show Toolbar on the View menu.
•	The maximum size of the sketch area depends on the current page size, which can be changed using Page setup from the Printing cascade on the File menu.
Reversing colour (Sketch)
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The colours used in the picture can be inverted, eg, inverting a selected area makes any black areas white, and vice versa.
To reverse the colour:
1.	Select the area to reverse.
2.	Select Reverse colour on the Transform menu.
Rotating (Sketch)
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To turn the selected picture around clockwise by 90 degrees.
1.	Select the area to rotate.
2.	Select Rotate on the Transform menu.
•	If the selected area is too wide or too high to fit on the page when rotated, the size of the sketch needs to be changed before you rotate the picture, otherwise part of the drawing might be lost.
•	To return to the original position select Rotate four times.
Selecting an area (Sketch)
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All or part of the sketch needs to be highlighted before you can move the area, reverse the colour, rotate or flip the area, cut or copy the area to the clipboard, make the area transparent, export the picture or send the area by Infrared.
To select an area:
1.	Tap the Select area button on the Toolbar, or choose the Select area drawing tool on the Tools menu.
2.	Use the pen to highlight the required area, or use the arrow keys to draw a box starting from the cursor position.
Remove one of the next two help topics, according to the display on the device. Retain the first topic for a greyscale display, or the second topic for a colour display:
Colours (Sketch)
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Up to four colours (shades of grey) can be used when producing a sketch. To change the drawing colour:
1.	Select a drawing tool.
2.	Tap a colour on the Toolbar, or select Colour tool from the Palette tools cascade on the Tools menu and select the colour from the dialog.
•	When Sketch is first opened the drawing colour is black.
Colours (Sketch)
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Up to 16 colours can be used when producing a sketch. To change the drawing colour:
1.	Select a drawing tool.
2.	Tap one of the two pen colours on the Toolbar.
3.	To change the currently selected pen colour, tap the colour selector button, or select Colour tool from the Palette tools cascade on the Tools menu. Then select the colour from the dialog.
Line widths (Sketch)
palette thickness
The line width can be changed for the Freehand, Line, Erase, Spray, Oval and Rectangle drawing tools.
To change the width:
1.	Select a drawing tool.
2.	Tap one of the widths on the Toolbar, or select Width tool from the Palette tools cascade on the Tools menu and select the line width from the dialog.
•	To set the width to an exact number of pixels use Palette tools|Width tool on the Tools menu. The minimum width is one pixel (two pixels for the Spray tool), while the maximum line width for the Line, Rectangle and Oval drawing tools is 20, and for the Erase and Spray drawing tools it is 30.
Undoing/redoing actions (Sketch)
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If you draw on the page accidentally the mark can be removed without erasing any surrounding work using the Undo tool. To undo a mistake:
•	Tap the Undo button on the Toolbar, or
•	Select Undo on the Tools menu.
Use Redo on the Edit menu to replace any work accidentally deleted, or to repeat something you accidentally undid.
•	Up to the last five actions can be undone or redone. When this number is reached a message is displayed informing you that there is nothing to undo.
Drawing lines, shapes and freehand sketches
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Draw lines, shapes and freehand sketches using the Line, Spray, Oval, Filled Oval, Rectangle, Filled Rectangle and Freehand drawing tools.
To draw lines, shapes and freehand sketches:
1.	Tap the drawing tool on the Toolbar, or select one of the commands from the Drawing tools cascade on the Tools menu.
2.	Select the drawing colour and line width.
3.	Use the pen to draw, or hold down Shift and use the arrow keys to draw starting from the cursor position.
•	The picture is fixed to the page as soon as the pen is removed from the page, or the Shift key released.
•	To draw a circle, square, vertical line, horizontal line, or 45 degree line hold down Ctrl while drawing. When spray painting, move the spray tool over the same area more than once to intensify the colour.
Cursor position (Sketch)
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When using the keyboard to draw, it is useful to view the position of the cursor because this is the start point for any drawings. The cursor position can be viewed as:
•	Two lines across the page, (known as "cross hairs"), the cursor point being where the lines cross, by selecting Show cross hairs on the View menu and/or
•	An information message, which gives the position by the number of pixels. The X co-ordinate refers to the number of pixels across the page, while the Y co-ordinate refers to the number of pixels down the page. To display this message select Show cursor position on the View menu.
Exporting files (Sketch)
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Select More|Export on the File menu to save a sketch as an EPOC picture file (in MBM format).
To save a sketch as system wallpaper, use More|Save as System wallpaper on the File menu. Use the System screen preferences to select the sketch as system wallpaper.
•	System wallpaper can't be edited, so you may want to save your Sketch file separately.
•	If you save an image larger than the screen (the screen is 640 pixels wide by 240 pixels high) only the central part of it will appear as system wallpaper.