Make New Flap

A Quick Guide for Etoys on the OLPC XO

Guides about topics in EToys Help screens for the OLPC XO machine. NavBar Paint Halo    Siblings    Active Handles Supplies ObjectCat    Preferences    Thread Navigator    Event Theatre Books ScriptTile    Obtrudes    Playfld Count    Remove All Menu    Keyboard alt comma    Etoys Vocabulary    Select a Group    Make New Flap    Etoys Source

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Squeak Etoys is a "media authoring tool"-- software that you can download to your computer
and then use to create your own media. You can write out your project and share it with others.
Etoys runs on any Mac or Windows machine, as well as on the OLPC XO machine.
It is free.    Find out about Etoys.

Text of this guide (for searching): Menu Tools: Make a New Flap You can make a flap that will be a permanent part of your project. The new flap can be used to store objects, scripts, paintings, and instructions. You decide. Open a world menu by holding down three keyboard keys at the same time: alt shift w Click the push pin to keep the world menu open. Click on flaps in your world menu. Choose: make a new flap. Two dialog boxes open: location and wording. Decide. The new flap and a menu of options will appear. Experiment. Read: about flaps. OPTIONS. Click this blue flap to open it.