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StartWrite is easy to use! The program begins as a blank document with a tool bar. (Refer to the image, below.)
- Click the 'T' (Text) button in the tool bar to create a text block (or many text boxes, as in this example). The text block may be moved anywhere on the document. If you are using a cursive or linked style, the letters will automatically join.
- Click the Apple (Art) button in the tool bar to include clip art (a file of nice images is provided) or use images from your own files (.jpg and .giff).
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 Working with one text box at a time, customize the page using the seven options on the tool bar:
- Choose a style -- Choose from a variety of manuscript and cursive handwriting styles (see samples), images of coins, clocks, and counting sets. (Spanish and math fonts are available in Windows, v 5. They are not available in Mac v.5.)
- Adjust Letter Size -- Adjust from the tiniest script to poster-size letters (9 to 192 pt).
- Light Gray or Black? -- Useful for the child who needs to trace.
- Guidelines -- Add or delete each guideline.
- Dashed or Solid? -- Useful for the child who needs to trace.
- Directional Arrows -- See the word 'Modern' in the sample.
- Red Starting Point -- Again, see the word 'Modern' in the sample.
See samples of the handwriting styles:
Manuscript & Cursive • Similar to Zaner-Bloser
Manuscript-Simple & Cursive-Simple • Similar to Zaner-Bloser, simplified
Manuscript-Modern & Cursive-Modern • Similar to D'Nealian
Italic & Italic-Cursive • Similar to Getty/Dubay or Portland Italic
Palmer
Handwriting Without Tears
Victorian - VIC
Queensland - QLD
New South Wales - NSW
Spanish and Math fonts in the Windows version of the software.
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