Realizing this will enable them to understand how to integrate efficiently the computer in their life and to make better use of its possibilities. Needless to say that after having created and printed a document with Click and Create, they will be very proud of their accomplishment. Introduction Page 2 Before beginning the game Page 3 Let’s start Page 4 Importing a project from one section to another Deleting Albums Special Feature Page 5 Software License Agreement Page 6 Minimum System Requirements Contact us Page 7 Introduction Click & Create with Mia is a complete creativity studio featuring five specific sections. The Paint Section This section offers a vast selection of colors and art tools (pencils, brushes, markers, as well as a stamper, a chalk and more!). You can use these tools and let your imagination run wild or color pages with scenes and characters from Mia’s adventures. The Projects Section In this section, you can create your own greeting cards, postcards, posters, agenda pages, letterheads, envelopes and more... all featuring the lovable Mia characters! A bank of more than a hundred samples is offered, which can be printed or modified to suit your own artistic vision. The Shapes Section You can build fun characters and imaginative landscapes using different colored rectangles, circles and triangles. The Draw Section Here Mia gives you step by step instructions to make it easy to make cool drawings of animals, robots, plants and more! You can also invent anything that comes to your mind. The Multimedia Section Here it is possible to create your own multimedia projects. Select a background, place your favorite characters and objects as desired and then turn on the music. You have a choice of characters, melodies and environments! In most cases, you can combine characteristics of many sections into a specific project. See the section “How to transfer a project from one section to another”. Before beginning the game When first entering a section, Mia will sum up what you can accomplish. To get some help afterwards, just click on Mia’s face at the bottom right of the screen. A window will appear and you will be presented with three options. Tutorial Before beginning the game, let Mia give you a demonstration of what you can do and how to use the different tools in that section. Mia will give you an example of what you can create. You just have to press the Space Bar if you want to end the tutorial. Help By clicking on the “?” icon, you will see the name of the different tools you can use. Here is an example for the “Paint” section. When you click on a particular tool, Mia will explain how to use it. To quit that screen, click on “Hide Help”. Jokes If you want to hear Mia and Scary tell jokes, click on Mia’s face at the bottom right of the screen. A window will appear. In it, click on the clown at the bottom right. Clicking on the square at the top left corner will close the window. Let’s start! Select the section you would like to start with. Listen to the tutorial, by clicking on the “!” icon . It’s up to you now! Navigation Change sections by clicking on the image representing the section you want to go to, on the left at the top of the screen. Save Save by clicking on this icon. Delete Use this icon to erase everything on the page. Undo / Redo Use these icons to undo or redo the last thing you did. Print Use this icon when you want to print. Sound effects Turn the sounds on and off by clicking on this icon. Drag a saved image onto the work area Click on the album icon to display the content of your album. Use the arrows to scroll through the album. Drag the selected picture onto the work area to use it. Quit game Quit the game by clicking on this icon. 1 4 3 5 7 6 2 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Importing a project from one section to another In most cases, you can bring images created in a section into another section where they can be modified using other tools. * There is a difference between downloading a project previously saved and changing sections while working on a project. Apart from the projects section, when changing section, the piece you are working on will transfer into the new section. To use a picture in the projects section, you must first save it and then drag it to the projects section. Deleting Albums Your creations are stored in Album files, these files are written to your personal Documents folder. You can erase them if you wish, but you will loose all your work. On Windows the path is: C:\Documents and settings\UserName\My Documents\Click&Create\ (Where “UserName” is your account name.) On Macintosh OS X the path is: Macintosh HD:Users:UserName:Documents:Click&Create: (Where “Macintosh HD” is the name of your hard drive and “UserName” is your account name.) Special Feature Exporting an image You can export an image to your hardrive. It will be saved as a JPEG file. Press CRTL E, the image will be saved to your desktop. Then you can email them to someone! Section in which the work ...