Circle outlines and solid circles are drawn in a similar manner -- press
to
indicate the centre and alter the position of the circle symbol to produce the size
of the circle you want then release .
The camera allows copies of any rectangular area of the canvas to be made.
Move the symbol to one corner of the area and press .
Then hold down
whilst moving the cursor keys to increase the depth and width of the
box. Release
when you have enclosed the area to be copied. Pressing the
cursor keys now will move a second box which should be placed where you want
the copy to be put. The copy is made by pressing .
The scissors will move a rectangular area of the screen, replacing it by a block
of the background colour. This is performed in the same manner as the copy
routine described above.
The polygon allows a series of lines to be drawn, each one beginning where the
previous one finished, thereby producing a continuous line drawing. Press and
release
to begin and then each time a line is to be drawn-
The typewriter can be used to print text on the screen. On the canvas, the
typewriter symbol is replaced by a 'pencil' and the start point for the the text is
identified by pressing .
Any subsequent key depressions produce
characters in the screen in the current font and the end of the text is marked by
pressing .
Note that text can only be placed between the starting point
and the right hand side of the canvas -- it is not allowed to wrap round to the
beginning of the next line.
When selected, the joystick option allows the movement of the symbols to be
controlled by a joystick rather than by pressing the arrow keys. In addition the
fire button replaces the
key.
The grid option restricts movement of the symbols to positions in an invisible
grid on the screen, making it easier to draw several circles with the same centre
point etc.
Loading and saving can be carried out by pressing L or S. This clears the menu
area and allows you to type in the name you wish to use.
To clear the screen and start again press the 'R' key. This will reset all the
options to their initial values.
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