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Squeak Tips |
| Below, you will find tips that will help you when using and building Squeak projects. The Squeak environment is unique and innovative. It requires some time to get used to navigating in Squeak. |
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Are you having trouble with your three circles intersecting at a single point? You have to follow the directions very carefully and in the correct order. Check the following:
When you open a Squeak project, an orange flap called Navigator will appear on the left and a red flap called Supplies will appear on the right. The Navigator flap contains basic navigation tools: PUBLISH IT!, FIND, Escape Browser, QUIT, and the paint brush.
The halos appear around any Squeak object (sometimes you have to hold down the alt key and click the object to see them) and the halos open up the power of Squeak. If you are just starting and see the halos, move to a clear area and click the left mouse button so you don't activate something unexpectedly that will interfer with your task. When you have used Squeak more, you will want to experiment by clicking the buttons in the halos around different objects. Then you can really create with Squeak. There are two ways to quit: if you have escaped the browser, click QUIT on the Navigator flap. If you are still in the browser, you can also click the X at the upper right to quit. If you have clicked in the wrong place and nothing is working any more, you can always start over. Just quit Squeak and go back to the first step where you opened the project and repeat that step. If you have PUBLISHED the project to your computer, then you can use FIND on the Navigator flap to reopen the project. Never PUBLISH a project that is messed up. If a project you find on the Internet (such as a NASA CONNECT Squeak project) is large (over 500KB), then it would be best to PUBLISH the project to your computer and run it directly from your computer as described above. There is much more information about Squeak, including tutorials, at the Squeakland web site. |
Designed by Randall Caton during November 2003.      You can reach me at rcaton@pcs.cnu.edu.