User manual COMPAQ CREATIVE SCRAPBOOK ASSISTANT

[. . . ] i HP Creative Scrapbook Assistant Software for quick and easy printable layouts and unique page elements User's Guide ii Contents Introduction . 8 The Help menu: Help and software hints. 28 Creating, saving, and printing pages . 41 Cutting, copying, pasting, and duplicating . [. . . ] If you have a flatbed scanner, you're all set. Photocopiers are also great for copying items away from your scanner, or if your scanner does not have a flatbed. (Refer to the documentation that came with your photocopier or scanner for operation details. ) The Start a Scan button makes it easy to scan items without ever leaving the HP Creative Scrapbook Assistant workspace. Click the Start a Scan button or, from the File menu, choose Start a Scan. Follow the prompts for your scanning software. When scanning is completed, the scanned item appears on the workspace, available for you to work with or save to a theme or project. Using digital photos Another great way to digitize an item is to take a digital photo of it. (Refer to the documentation that came with your digital camera for operation details. ) You might have only one copy of your grandparent's marriage certificate or an old family photo. Why not take a digital photo, import the photo into HP Creative Scrapbook Assistant, and then use the tools and your imagination to make a personalized version that you can print again and again. This also works great for digitizing 3D objects that won't tolerate the scanner well, such as a pet frog or the spine of a favorite cactus plant. 31 Note: For best results, save the digital photo to a folder on your computer before you import it into HP Creative Scrapbook Assistant. Importing and saving items Once you have clip art, a scanned image, or a digital photo on your hard disk, it's easy to import it into HP Creative Scrapbook Assistant for use in your scrapbook pages. Get Other Content/Edit Phrases/Create a New Shape/ Get Other Pages The import button changes name according to the type of artwork you are bringing in: images, frames, clip art, backgrounds, or pages. · With the Images, Clip Art, Frames, or Backgrounds tabs selected, the button is labeled Get Other Content. · With the Phrases tab selected, the button is labeled Edit Phrases. · With the Shapes tab selected, the button is labeled Create a New Shape. · With the Pages tab selected, the button is labeled Get Other Pages. Click the tab for the type of item you want to import (Images, Clip Art, Backgrounds, or Frames). Click the Get Other Content button (named for the type of item) to browse to the folder containing your item. You must select the entire folder and click OK to display its contents as thumbnails. 32 Tip: With the Frames tab selected, you can import an image, which the program will automatically make into a frame. You can also create artwork or text in another program, copy it, and pasting the item into your workspace. Note that your custom items are not automatically saved in a theme or project. If you select another theme or project, the thumbnails disappear from the tab but don't worry: the files remain on your computer. [. . . ] You can open the file using word processing software. Each phrase is in its own paragraph. · Pages: All of the pages in your theme or project are exported into a single . SOK file stored in a folder named Pages. Only HP Creative Scrapbook Assistant can open . SOK files. Note: Later, when you want to use exported items in HP Creative Scrapbook Assistant, import them from the CD or saved location (see "Importing and saving items" on page 32). [. . . ]