183 Sketch
Zoom in on the View menu to view the picture in more detail, and change the
colour of the individual pixels.
On the Transform menu, use Reverse colour to invert the colour of a
selected area. For example, reversing the colour of an area makes any black
areas white and vice versa.
Cutting out, cropping & re-sizing
You can cut out part of a picture by selecting the area to remove and selecting
Cut on the Edit menu.
To remove unused space from around the edges of a sketch:
• On the Tools menu, select Crop.
You can add text to your picture.
To add text to your picture:
1. Tap , or select Insert text on the Tools menu.
2. Type in the text. You can format the text before you insert it using ,
or , and use the Set Font button to set the font type, size, colour
and printing position of the text.
3. Press the Insert button to add the text to your picture.
4. The text is selected when you insert it into the sketch. You can move or
resize it as usual.
5. Tap elsewhere on the screen or press Enter to fix the text onto the sketch.
Sketch includes a gallery of ‘clipart’ pictures which you can insert into a
drawing:
1. Tap , or select Clipart on the Tools menu. The clipart palette is
displayed.
2. To select a piece of clipart either tap the picture, or use the arrow keys to
select a picture and press Enter. You can rotate the clipart, for example, if
you draw an arrow then flip it vertically you get . Rotating
once provides .
3. The clipart is selected when you insert it into the sketch. You can move or
resize it as usual.
4. Tap elsewhere on the screen or press Enter to fix the picture onto the
sketch.
The Printing commands are on the File menu.
• Before printing, it is useful to see what the sketch will look like on the
page. To preview your picture use Print preview.
• To change the page size, orientation and margins, or add headers and
footers to a sketch, use Page setup.
• When you are ready to print the picture, select Print.
ADDING TEXT
INSERTING CLIPART
PRINTING SKETCHES
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