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1. 1 Select French Revolution if it s not already selected 2 In the box at the bottom of the Symbol palette type the words French and flag 3 Click the Find button Q Inspiration searches for all images containing your keywords 4 Click one of the images that appear Since it was selected the French Revolution symbol automatically changes to the shape of your selection Here s what the diagram looks like now renci b Revqution g Inspiration Quick Start Tutorial 11 Browse the symbol libraries You can also browse Inspiration s built in libraries to see a variety of symbols within a specific category To scroll through Inspiration s built in libraries one by one use the Next Library or Previous Library 4 buttons on the Symbol palette 1 2 3 Select the Arts symbol On the Symbol palette click the Libraries tab Click the Next Library button nine times The Art tools library should be visible Click on the Palette Arts automatically changes to the shape of this palette You may want to reposition Arts to make more of the link visible Inspiration makes it easy move symbols you just click and drag them anywhere on the diagram When you move a symbol any links automatically adjust 12 Inspiration Getting Started Guide e With Arts still selected drag the symbol down so your diagram looks like the one below French Revolution Inspiration Quick Start Tutor2. 28 Inspiration Getting Started Guide Lesson Three Advanced Diagram View Since the Inspiration views are fully integrated when you return to Diagram View you see the diagram has changed to reflect the work done in Outline View In this final lesson you complete your project as you learn to do these things Switch from Outline View to Diagram View Set symbol defaults Change note colors Arrange a diagram using the Arrange tool Control the arrangement of a diagram using AutoArrange Change the view scale Insert a hyperlink Record a sound Create a video symbol Print diagrams and outlines Transfer to a word processor Export diagrams and outlines Inspiration Quick Start Tutorial 29 Switch from Outline View to Diagram View 1 Select The Enlightenment if it s not already selected 2 To view your information in Diagram View click the Diagram button on the Main toolbar T _Diagram The outline is transformed into a diagram Here s what the diagram looks like now including the work done in Outline View French Revolution Glasses 30 Inspiration Getting Started Guide Set symbol defaults Changing the defaults for symbols allows you to quickly create multiple symbols with the same characteristics 1 2 Select Political Events On the Formatting toolbar click the Fill Color button Select a light color from the palette te Click the Fill Color button to choose a color The co
3. 5 Type Exploration 6 Click the RapidFire button again to turn the RapidFire tool off Your new symbols are automatically incorporated into the diagram arrangement Note When AutoArrange is on you can continue to move symbols to change their order of position Here s what your diagram looks like now Inspiration Quick Start Tutorial 35 Change the view scale Magnifying and reducing the view allows you to work with specific parts of your diagram or outline or to see the entire screen at one time To see more of the diagram or outline in the window you zoom out To make symbols or topics look bigger you zoom in You can also zoom in or out to a specific percentage 1 On the Scroll bar click the Zoom In button e several times This makes your diagram appear larger on the screen 2 Ifyou d like the diagram to appear smaller on screen click the Zoom Out button Laa 3 To size your diagram to fit nicely on screen click the Fit to Window button aa 36 Inspiration Getting Started Guide Insert a hyperlink You can further enhance a project by integrating resources from the Internet You can also hyperlink directly to a document created in Inspiration or another application 1 Select the words American Revolution 2 On the Main toolbar click the Hyperlink button Hyperlink The Hyperlink dialog appears 3 Select Web Page The selected text appears in the Hyperlink Text box 4 Inthe Link To
4. Inspiration Starter For this lesson though open the diagram created in the previous lesson by clicking the Open File button To open an existing file click here Diagram Outline Templates Learn To Use for curriculum areas we Training examples and planning help and more w La inspiration Version 8 Inspiration Quick Start Tutorial 21 Working in Outline View you ll learn to do the following e Switch from Diagram View to Outline View e Add a topic e Add a subtopic e Organize topics e Move a topic by dragging e Change the level of a topic e Hide and show subtopics e Adda note e Hide and show a note e Set topic defaults e Change topic prefixes Switch from Diagram View to Outline View When you switch to Outline View your information is instantly displayed in traditional hierarchy 1 Select The Enlightenment 2 To view your information in Outline View click the Outline button on the Main toolbar Outline The diagram is transformed into an outline The symbols now appear as topics and subtopics and the notes text is visible Even though you did not name the Glasses symbol in Diagram View the Picture to Topic option automatically provided a label for the topic to ensure you didn t lose the relationships between ideas when you switched views 22 Inspiration Getting Started Guide Here s what the outline looks like now Main toolbar The Enlightenment po k Sop Lat Rit Note
5. box type www americaslibrary gov Click OK This creates a hyperlink to a Library of Congress web page Note You can also simply drag and drop or copy and paste a URL or file from your computer s desktop onto your diagram Inspiration Quick Start Tutorial 37 Record a sound You can also annotate diagrams and outlines with recorded comments Note To record sounds Record Sound must be made available in Preferences and your computer must have a microphone You will find Preferences on the Utility menu 1 2 Select Voltaire On the Tools menu point to Insert Video or Sound and then click Record Sound In the recording control box click Record to begin recording C To begin recording click the Record button En pe ea m 11 gt Record Stop Pause Play To end recording click Save Say I disapprove of what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it Voltaire When you finish recording click Save The Audio Quick Control is now displayed next to the Voltaire symbol Click the Audio Quick Control to play your recorded sound 38 Inspiration Getting Started Guide Create a video symbol You can add video to diagrams for research and reports planning multimedia projects and creating more dynamic presentations You can even make a video a symbol in your diagram Note To insert and play a video your computer must have QuickTime To install QuickTime choose Get Quick
6. just type e Type the diagram topic The Enlightenment into the Main Idea symbol Now you re ready to add topics that expand or explain your main idea Add ideas quickly using the RapidFire tool The RapidFire tool allows you to add a series of ideas that are connected to a symbol RapidFire With Links option or to add a series of unconnected ideas RapidFire Without Links option When you use the RapidFire tool you can concentrate on adding ideas rather than creating symbols one at a time The RapidFire tool places information in a freeform structure There s no need to think about organizing yet you re still getting ideas down to see what you think You ll learn more about organizing the information later in this tutorial Inspiration Quick Start Tutorial First you ll add linked symbols to your main idea 1 Sy gee a oa Select The Enlightenment if it s not already selected On the Main toolbar click the RapidFire button vi RapidFire A ted lightning bolt appears in the symbol to show that the RapidFire tool is turned on RapidFire icon Type Scientific Discoveries and press Return Enter Type Inventions and press Return Enter Type Political Events and press Return Enter Type Arts Click the RapidFire button again to turn the RapidFire tool off You ll notice there s now a Subtopic Quick Control Y near the upper right corner of The Enlightenment The Subtopic Quick Control app
7. Inspiration Quick Start Tutorial Inspiration Quick Start Tutorial This tutorial is a great starting point for learning how to use Inspiration Please plan on about 45 minutes from start to finish If you re new to Inspiration and like to learn while working on screen this tutorial is for you We have kept the information in small manageable chunks to make it easy to learn the basics quickly Before you know it you ll be using Inspiration to develop your own great ideas You use Inspiration the same way as most Mac OS and Windows programs For example you use the mouse to drag objects and to select text You also click and double click as well as enter information using the keyboard If you re not comfortable doing these things take a moment now and refer to the user s guide that came with your computer Conventions we use The tutorial has instructions for both Mac OS and Windows based computers When you re asked to press a key or click a command on a menu the Mac OS instructions appear first and the Windows instructions are in parentheses immediately afterward Here are two examples Press Return Enter and press the Command Ctrl key When you re asked to enter specific text the text you type appears in bold For example The Enlightenment When referring to a symbol or name you already entered it appears in italics like The Enlightenment And a special note Because people work in different ways Inspir
8. LY Subtopic The Enlightenment i Quick v L Scientifie Discoveries Control A Law of Gravity v IL Inventions i Selection A Steam Engine i control B Glasses column v I Political Events j A French Revolution B American Revolstion Note g i Montesquies Quick Montesquice s work safluenced the writing of comsamutions a many Countries inchudling the United States Control V Arts a Tn TT yee Arial n2 BLUA te ka Formatting Toolbar Add a topic Topics are the core ideas in your outline You can add a new topic in Outline View as easily as you added a new symbol in Diagram View 1 Select Political Events by clicking in the Selection control column A selection box appears around the topic to show it s selected 2 On the Main toolbar click the Topic button Topic Inspiration inserts a new topic and automatically assigns it a prefix The cursor moves to the new line so you re ready to enter text for your new idea 3 Type Influential People Inspiration Quick Start Tutorial 23 Add a subtopic In the same way you added a new topic you can add new subtopics These ideas provide information subordinate or supplemental to a topic 1 With Influential People selected click the Subtopic button on the Main toolbar Subtopic When you add a subtopic Inspiration automatically indents it one level below the selected topic and assigns it a prefix The cursor also moves to the ne
9. Time on the Inspiration Help menu 1 Select Law of Gravity 2 On the Tools menu point to Insert Video or Sound and then select Video 3 Navigate to the Inspiration 8 folder on your hard drive Select the Tutorial Support folder and open Isaac_Newton mov The first frame of the video is now the image for the Law of Gravity symbol Click the Video button E to play the video Note You can also simply drag and drop or copy and paste a video file onto your diagram Here s how the diagram looks now Th Inspiration Quick Start Tutorial 39 Print diagrams and outlines Before you print your project you can determine layout margins headers and footers etc by selecting Page Setup on the File menu Page Setup also allows you to preview the diagram or outline before printing and once you re ready to print 1 2 On the File menu choose Page Setup Make your selections and choose Print Preview to preview your work Click Print Note If you re creating a bulletin board or other display you can scale your work to fill a specified number of pages Transfer to a word processor When you are ready to finalize your work for publication you can easily transfer it to a word processor The Transfer tool automatically launches Microsoft Word or Appleworks 1 Click the Transfer button on the Main toolbar Transfer The Transfer Options dialog appears Select your preferred options and click OK Insp
10. ars in the Note control column to the left of the topic The Note Quick Control indicates that the topic s note is either hidden G or showing g Set topic defaults To clearly define the structure of your outline you can set the defaults for any or all topic levels and notes Default options include font text size text color and other style choices 1 2 Select The Enlightenment tt On the Formatting toolbar click the Topic Defaults button T7 The Topic Defaults dialog box appears Select Level 1 and change the color to dark green Click Preview Select a new font Click OK Inspiration Quick Start Tutorial 27 Here s what the outline looks like now ve The Enlightenment M4 I Scientific Discoveries A Law of Gravity v B Inventions 1 Steam Engine g 2 Glasses Benjamin Franklin invented bifocals in the 1700 pairs of glasses A ll Political Events A French Revolution B American Revolution A lll Influential People A Voltaire B B Montesquieu Change topic prefixes Inspiration offers a variety of prefix styles you can use in your outline I 1 On the Formatting toolbar click the Prefix button Ba 2 Select a new prefix style All of the prefixes in the outline are changed to reflect your selection Taking a break If you re ready to take a break from the tutorial save your changes and quit Inspiration If you want to continue just skip this procedure and turn to the next lesson
11. ation offers many ways to do things from toolbar buttons to menu commands to keyboard shortcuts While these options are all readily available this tutorial usually shows one way to do a task By limiting the alternatives presented we hope to make it easier to learn the task In the Help system and the Inspiration User s Manual you will find many ways to do each task so you can pick the one that s most comfortable for you Inspiration Getting Started Guide How we organized the tutorial In the Inspiration tutorial you will follow a series of straightforward step by step instructions to create a simple visual representation of an idea called a diagram You also work with an outline a text based hierarchical display of the same idea The tutorial is organized into three lessons They re designed to be completed in order but you don t need to do them all at one time Each lesson introduces you to several of the unique features in Inspiration When you finish the tutorial you ll be ready to create diagrams and outlines on your own Lesson One Introduction to Diagram View In this lesson you ll create a diagram about the Enlightenment period using symbols links and notes You ll learn to do the following Start Inspiration Start a new diagram Enter a main idea Add ideas quickly using the RapidFire tool Point and type to add an unconnected symbol Use the Create tool to add a linked symbol Search for a symbol Browse the
12. ears next to a symbol to show that it has a subtopic Clicking the Subtopic Quick Control will hide and show the subtopics Inspiration Getting Started Guide Here s what the diagram looks like now Now use the RapidFire tool again this time adding a series of unconnected ideas 1 Select The Enlightenment if it s not already selected On the Main toolbar click the RapidFire Options button Select Without Links RA Ta Link _ Arran With Links v Without Links Again a red lightning bolt appears in the symbol to show that the RapidFire tool is turned on Type Law of Gravity and press Return Enter Type Steam Engine and press Return Enter Type American Revolution Ge oe ee ke Click the RapidFire button to turn the RapidFire tool off Inspiration Quick Start Tutorial 7 Here s what the diagram looks like now Tip If you made a mistake while entering text into a symbol don t worry Simply double click the text in the symbol Then select the words to change and type over them You can also insert text by clicking where you want to make a correction and entering the new text Inspiration Getting Started Guide Point and type to add an unconnected symbol Pointing and typing anywhere on the workspace is another quick way to add an unlinked idea When you type a new symbol is automatically created 1 Click in the open area of the diagram above Arts 2 Type Montesquieu Here s what t
13. he diagram looks like now Inspiration Quick Start Tutorial Use the Create tool to add a linked symbol To add a linked symbol in any direction use the Create tool 1 Select Political Events On the Main toolbar position the cursor over the middle left point on the Create button Creste Click the middle left point to create a new linked symbol in that direction When you roll over a point on the Create button it highlights to show the direction in which the new symbol will be created 2 Click the middle left point A new symbol appears connected to and directly left of Political Events This symbol is selected and ready for you to enter an idea 3 Type French Revolution into the new symbol Search for a symbol Inspiration provides a wide variety of pictures and images to represent concepts and ideas In the built in libraries you ll find more than 1 000 symbols organized into curriculum based categories In addition to the libraries that come with Inspiration the program offers an online collection of more than one million images Inspiration s search function makes finding just the right image a snap When you search for symbols Inspiration searches both the Inspiration libraries on your computer and the online collection Note To search the online symbol collection the Online Access option must be selected in Preferences You will find Preferences on the Utility menu 10 Inspiration Getting Started Guide
14. he writing of constiti United States V Arts Inspiration Quick Start Tutorial 25 Change the level of a topic To move a topic to a lower level in the outline drag it to the right or use the Right tool to move it down in the hierarchy 1 Select Inventions 2 On the Main toolbar click the Right button Right The Jnventions topic and its subtopics move to the right and are now subtopics of Scientific Discoveries Here s what this section of the outline looks like now M4 The Enlightenment L Scientific Discoveries A Law of Gravity Vv B Inventions 1 Steam Engine 2 Glasses Hide and show subtopics When working with a complex outline it s often useful to hide subtopics so you can concentrate on the main topics 1 Click the Subtopic Quick Control Y to the left of Scientific Discoveries The subtopics for this topic are now hidden 2 Click the Subtopic Quick Control again to show the subtopics 26 Inspiration Getting Started Guide Add a note Notes text is a good way to further develop ideas in Outline View You can add anything from one sentence to multiple paragraphs to several pages of text 1 2 Select Glasses On the Main toolbar click the Note button Note The cursor moves to a new line so you can enter the notes text Type Benjamin Franklin invented bifocals in the 1700s He was tired of switching between two pairs of glasses When you add a note a Note Quick Control appe
15. ial 13 You can also use drag and drop to add a symbol from the Symbol palette to represent a new idea This time you ll click the Select Library button Ito jump right to your chosen library The Select Library button offers a category list of all of Inspiration s built in symbols 1 Click the Select Library button iv Navigate to the Food Health category and choose the Health library 2 Drag the Glasses symbol until it is positioned to the left of Inventions and release the mouse button When you add a symbol using drag and drop it is not connected to any other symbols French Revolution Arts 14 Inspiration Getting Started Guide Connect ideas using the Link tool Links show the relationships and connections between ideas When you use the RapidFire With Links tool or the Create tool your ideas are automatically linked You can also create links 1 2 Select Political Events This is the symbol where the link will start On the Main toolbar click the Link button to turn on the Link tool 4 Link The cursor now looks like this Pe Click American Revolution This is the symbol where the link will end A link with the arrowhead pointing to the American Revolution symbol appears Click American Revolution again Now click Montesquieu A second link appears and the arrowhead points to the Montesquieu symbol Continue to link symbols together Click on the first symbol and then the symb
16. iration automatically launches your preferred word processor and transfers your work Note In some cases it may be advantageous to simply transfer your notes Using this option each note becomes a separate paragraph making it easy to finalize your paper or report 40 Inspiration Getting Started Guide Export diagrams and outlines Diagrams and outlines can be exported for use in a variety of other programs e On the File menu choose Export and make your selections Take a final look Congratulations You ve finished creating your Enlightenment project Here s one more look at how the diagram appears on the screen Inspiration Quick Start Tutorial 41 Other inspiring resources To learn more about using Inspiration check out these inspiring resources Training videos Inspiration includes training videos that show how to do specific tasks using Inspiration including creating symbol libraries using templates and more Note To import a video your computer must have QuickTime To install QuickTime choose Get QuickTime on the Inspiration Help menu 1 On the Inspiration Starter click Learn to Use Learn To Use lil Training examples help and more 2 Double click Training Videos to see the list of available videos 3 Select a video title in the list and then click Open Online Help The Inspiration Help system contains detailed information about how to use Inspiration including special features to
17. lor inside the symbol changes to reflect your selection On the Symbol palette click on the basic rounded rectangle shape that appears at the top of the palette The Political Events symbol now looks something like this Political Events With Political Events still selected on the Formatting toolbar click the Defaults button Q7 Choose Set Default Now select Jnfluential People and Scientific Discoveries the other basic symbols at the same level as Political Events Tip To select more than one item press the Shift key and click each item Click the Defaults button stl and choose Apply Default These symbols now exhibit the same formatting as the Political Events symbol Any new symbols added to the diagram will also have these same characteristics Note You can also use the Topic Defaults tool to set defaults for links and notes Inspiration Quick Start Tutorial 31 Here s what the diagram looks like now lt bifocals Glasses Change note colors Note colors are also changeable so you can customize them to match symbols 1 Select Glasses Click the Note Quick Control iil The note opens 2 On the Formatting toolbar click the Line Color button and choose a light blue color from the palette This will change the color around the note Click the Line Color button to choose a color 32 Inspiration Getting Started Guide Arrange a diagram using the Arrange tool The Arrange tool change
18. ol where you want the link to end e Link Scientific Discoveries to Law of Gravity e Link Inventions to Steam Engine e Finally link Inventions to Glasses Click the Link button again to turn off the Link tool Inspiration Quick Start Tutorial 15 Here s what the diagram looks like now 16 Inspiration Getting Started Guide Label the connections between ideas Each link has a text box that appears when the link is selected Adding text to this box defines the relationship between the symbols 1 Select the link between nventions and Glasses if it s not already selected When a link is selected you see the outline of the text box associated with that link It s ready for you to enter text 2 Type bifocals lt bifocals Inspiration Quick Start Tutorial 17 Add a note to a symbol A note is available for each symbol in a diagram Notes allow you to expand ideas and actually begin the writing process while continuing to work in a visual format 1 Select Montesquieu On the Main toolbar click the Note button Note A note opens below the symbol 2 Type Montesquieu s work influenced the writing of constitutions in many countries including the United States 18 Inspiration Getting Started Guide Move a note After you add a note to a symbol it s easy to move the note to another location on the symbol or to any open place in the diagram 1 Click the note title bar to select the open n
19. ols and commands e To open the Help file choose Inspiration Help on the Help menu If the Help system is not available you must install it using the Inspiration CD ROM 42 Inspiration Getting Started Guide Inspiration User s Manual The Inspiration User s Manual contains all the information in the Help system The manual is available as a PDF file which you can view and print using Adobe Acrobat Reader e To open the User s Manual PDF file choose Inspiration Documentation on the Help menu Double click User s Manual pdf Note If your computer does not have Acrobat Reader you can download a free copy from Adobe at www adobe com
20. ote 2 Drag the note to the lower right side of Montesquieu Here s what the diagram looks like now Inspiration Quick Start Tutorial 19 Save a document Whenever you re working on a document it s a good idea to save it ona regular basis To save a document for the first time or to save a document you ve already saved using the current file name use the Save command 1 On the File menu choose Save 2 Ifnecessary select the folder in which you want to save the document 3 Click Save Note All Inspiration documents are automatically saved with an ISF extension Quit Inspiration If you re ready to take a break from the tutorial you can quit Inspiration after saving your changes If you want to continue just skip this procedure and turn to the next lesson 1 To close your file and quit Inspiration on the File menu choose Quit Exit If you ve made changes to the document Inspiration prompts you to save those changes 2 Click Yes to save your changes and quit Inspiration You can start again with the next lesson 20 Inspiration Getting Started Guide Lesson Two Introduction to Outline View Inspiration s diagramming and outlining environments are fully integrated While you ve been creating a web of your ideas in Diagram View Inspiration has also been working behind the scenes building an outline of your work You can always begin a new outline from scratch by clicking the Outline button on the
21. s a freeform diagram into a more structured layout You can apply one of three basic arrangements to a diagram then make refinements using the Arrange options 1 2 Select The Enlightenment On the Main toolbar click the Arrange button v Arrange The Arrange dialog box appears Select Tree Click the More Options button gt More Options In the Links box choose Straight Click OK The diagram automatically rearranges into the new format Here s what the diagram looks like now Inspiration Quick Start Tutorial 33 Control the arrangement of a diagram using AutoArrange AutoArrange makes it easy to maintain the structure of your diagram As you work AutoArrange continuously arranges any linked symbols you add to your project 1 On the Main toolbar click the Arrange Options button Select AutoArrange from the a list Arrange _ Afg Note v Tree Web Split Tree More AutoArrange Note that this drop down list also offers quick access to Inspiration s basic arrangement styles 2 Select The Enlightenment if it s not already selected 34 Inspiration Getting Started Guide 3 Now you ll add two new topics Click the RapidFire Options button on the Main toolbar and select With Links The red lightning bolt tells you the RapidFire tool is turned on a A ER o Outline RapidFire Creste Link v With Links N without Links 4 Type Daily Life and press Return Enter
22. symbol libraries Connect ideas using the Link tool Label the connections between ideas Add a note to a symbol Move a note Save a document Quit Inspiration Start Inspiration Note Before you can start the program Inspiration needs to be installed Inspiration Quick Start Tutorial To start Inspiration on a computer running Windows e Click the Start button point to Programs and then click Inspiration 8 The Inspiration Starter opens To start Inspiration on a Macintosh computer e Open the Inspiration 8 folder and then double click the Inspiration icon The Inspiration Starter opens Start a new diagram From the Inspiration Starter you can quickly begin a new project open existing documents and access the many different Inspiration templates You can also open any of the resources including examples and training videos provided to help you learn and use Inspiration To start a new diagram click the Diagram button Inspiration Starter ig Diagram Outline Open File Templates Learn To Use for curriculum erees Ye Training examples and planmng help and more inspiration ewes ou Inspiration Getting Started Guide You ll begin this tutorial by starting a new diagram e To start a new diagram click the Diagram button A new document opens with the Main Idea symbol centered on screen Enter a main idea The Main Idea symbol provides a starting point for your work It s easy to get started
23. w line so you can enter text for the new idea 2 Type Voltaire Here s what the outline looks like now NA The Enlightenment i L Scientific Discoveries A Law of Gravity bd IL Inventions A Steam Engine B Glasses A IIL Political Events A French Revolution B American Revolution g 1 Montesquieu Montesquieu s work influenced the writing of c the United States IV Influential People A Voltaire V Arts 24 Inspiration Getting Started Guide Move a topic by dragging There are many ways to organize your outline The most direct is simply dragging a topic up or down in the outline Any subtopics associated with this topic move too 1 Select Montesquieu 2 Drag the topic so it is positioned directly below Voltaire Release the mouse button While you drag the topic remains in its original position until you release the mouse button You can tell where the topic s new location will be by watching the gray line as you drag The small highlighted dot indicates the indentation level of the topic s new location Montesquieu now appears as a subtopic of Influential People at the same level as Voltaire Here s what the outline looks like now 7 The Enlightenment hi I Scientific Discoveries A Law of Gravity v IL Inventions A Steam Engine B Glasses DA Ill Political Events A French Revolution B American Revolution Vv IV Influential People A Voltaire g B Montesquieu Montesquicu s work influenced t
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