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|'''Time'''
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|'''Narration'''
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|-
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|00:01
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| Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on '''Create and format text''' using '''Inkscape'''.
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|-
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|00:06
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| In this tutorial, we will learn about
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* Inserting text
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* Formatting and aligning text
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* Spacing and bullet
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|-
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|00:15
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|We will also learn how to create a simple flyer at the end.
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|-
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| 00:19
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| To record this tutorial, I am using
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* '''Ubuntu Linux''' 12.04 OS
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* '''Inkscape''' version 0.48.4
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|-
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|00:29
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| I will be recording this tutorial in maximum resolution mode. This is to accommodate all the tools that will be demonstrated.
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|-
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| 00:38
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| Let us open Inkscape.
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|-
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| 00:40
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| Text can be inserted using the '''Text tool''' from the '''Tool box.'''
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|-
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| 00:45
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| We can add text in two ways-
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* '''Regular Text'''
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* '''Flowed Text'''
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|-
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| 00:50
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| First we will learn about '''Regular Text'''.Click on the '''Text tool '''and then click on the '''canvas.'''
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|-
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|00:57
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| Type the word '''Spoken'''Observe the text box grows to accommodate the text.
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|-
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| 01:03
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| Line breaks have to be added manually.''' '''So, press '''Enter''' to go to the next line and type '''“Tutorial”. '''
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|-
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|01:11
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|To move the word to the previous line, keep the cursor before the alphabet '''T. '''Now press '''backspace '''and add a space between the 2 words.
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|-
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| 01:22
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| In a similar way, type '''[http://spoken-tutorial.org/ http://spoken-tutorial.org]''' on a new line below '''Spoken Tutorial.'''
 +
 
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|-
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| 01:33
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| Next we will learn to insert text through '''Flowed text.'''
 +
 
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|-
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| 01:38
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| This time I will copy text from a '''LibreOffice Writer''' file that I had saved earlier.
 +
 
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|-
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|01:45
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|Press '''Ctrl + A''' to select the entire text and press '''Ctrl + C''' to copy them.
 +
 
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|-
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| 01:52
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| Now, come back to '''Inkscape.''' Make sure the '''Text tool''' is selected.
 +
 
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|-
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| 01:58
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| Click on the '''canvas''' and drag to form a rectangular or square text area.
 +
 
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|-
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| 02:03
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| Notice a blue rectangle box is formed on the '''canvas''' on releasing the mouse button.
 +
 
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|-
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| 02:10
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| Now inside the text box, notice the '''text prompt '''which is blinking on the extreme top left corner.
 +
 
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|-
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|02:17
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|Press '''Ctrl + V''' to paste the copied text.
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|-
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| 02:22
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| Observe the color of the text box changed to red.
 +
 
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|-
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|02:25
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|This is because the inserted text exceeds the boundaries of the text box.
 +
 
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|-
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| 02:31
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| We can correct this using the small '''diamond handle''' at the right corner of the text box.
 +
 
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|-
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|02:38
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|Click and drag it till the text box color changes to blue.
 +
 
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|-
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| 02:44
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| The last sentence of the text, is clubbed with the previous sentence.
 +
 
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|-
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|02:48
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|Press '''Enter''' twice at the beginning of the last sentence to separate it.
 +
 
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|-
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| 02:53
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| Next let us learn the various formatting options available for texts.Click on the word '''“Spoken Tutorial”'''
 +
 
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|-
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| 03:01
 +
| Go to '''Main menu.''' Click on '''Text''' and then on '''Text and Font '''option.
 +
 
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|-
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|03:09
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|A dialog box appears with two options – '''Font '''and '''Text'''. Under the '''Font''' tab there are several options.
 +
 
 +
|-
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| 03:17
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| '''Font family''' lists all the available fonts. You can select any of the available font of your choice.
 +
 
 +
|-
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| 03:25
 +
| We can preview the selected font in the preview box here. My choice is '''Bitstream Charter '''font.
 +
 
 +
|-
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| 03:33
 +
| There are four '''Style '''options- '''Normal, Italic, Bold '''and '''Bold Italic.'''Choose the style as per your requirement. I will choose '''Bold.'''
 +
 
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|-
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| 03:46
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| To change the '''Font size''', simply click on the drop down arrow and select the size.Since this is the title, I will select a bigger font, say 64.
 +
 
 +
|-
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| 03:57
 +
| Next is the '''Layout. '''
 +
 
 +
|-
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|03:59
 +
|We will learn about this in a while as the preview is not visible for this option.
 +
 
 +
|-
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| 04:04
 +
| Now, click on the '''Text tab''' next to the '''Font tab.''' Here a preview window is seen with the text inside it.
 +
 
 +
|-
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|04:12
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|Any modifications to the text can be done here.
 +
 
 +
|-
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| 04:16
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| Click on '''Apply''' and close the dialog box. Observe the text is now formatted.
 +
 
 +
|-
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| 04:23
 +
| We can change the text color using '''color palette''' at the bottom.Let me click on maroon color.
 +
 
 +
|-
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| 04:30
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| Next select the text for the URL i.e. [http://spoken-tutorial.org/ http://spoken-tutorial.org]
 +
 
 +
|-
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| 04:40
 +
| Text formatting options are available in the '''Tool controls bar,''' too.
 +
 
 +
|-
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| 04:44
 +
| I will change the font to '''Bitstream charter,''' '''Font size''' to 28 and color to Blue.
 +
 
 +
|-
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| 04:57
 +
| Now, let us choose the paragraph text.
 +
 
 +
|-
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|04:56
 +
|If the Text tool is already selected, you can simply click on the text to go inside the text box.
 +
 
 +
|-
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|05:04
 +
|I will change the '''Font size''' of the text to 25.
 +
 
 +
|-
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| 05:08
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| Click and drag the '''diamond handle''' to move the text inside the canvas.
 +
 
 +
|-
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| 05:15
 +
| Next let us align the texts.
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|-
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|05:19
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|The four icons next to '''Italic icon''' on the '''Tool controls bar''' helps to align the text to the
 +
* Left
 +
* Center OR
 +
* Right of the text box.
 +
 
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|-
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|05:30
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|The fourth option will justify the text within the boundaries of the text box.I will click on left align before proceeding further
 +
 
 +
|-
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|05:39
 +
| We can align text using the '''Align and distribute''' option too.
 +
 
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|-
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|05:43
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|Go to the '''Main menu''' and then click on '''Object menu.''' Then click on '''Align and Distribute '''option'''.'''
 +
 
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|-
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| 05:51
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| Now we will move the word '''Spoken Tutorial''' to the centre. So click on it
 +
 
 +
|-
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|05:57
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| First check if the '''Relative to '''parameter is set to''' Page.'''
 +
 
 +
|-
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|06:01
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| So, click on '''Centre on vertical axis.''' Observe the text is now aligned to the centre.
 +
 
 +
|-
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| 06:10
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| Let us add some more text in the empty space at the bottom.
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|-
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| 06:13
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| Type '''FOSS Categories''' Now align it to the centre of the page by clicking on '''Centre on vertical axis.'''
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|-
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| 06:25
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| Type some '''FOSS''' names such as '''Linux, LaTeX, Scilab, Python '''separately and randomly on the '''canvas'''.
 +
 
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|-
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| 06:39
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| Now let us align all these texts in a single row with equal space.
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|-
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| 06:44
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| Select the 4 texts using the '''Shift''' key. Click on
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* '''Align baseline of text '''and
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* '''Distribute baseline of text horizontally. '''
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|-
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| 06:58
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| Notice the gaps between the words are not equal.
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 +
|-
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|07:02
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| The first letter of the first word and the first letter of the second word are equally spaced.But the words themselves, are not equally spaced.
 +
 
 +
|-
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| 07:10
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| This works in a similar way for vertical texts too.
 +
 
 +
|-
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|07:15
 +
| These options may be useful in certain situations.
 +
 
 +
|-
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| 07:20
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| We will make the spaces between the words equal.
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 +
|-
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|07:23
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| To do so, click on the fourth icon in the first row under '''Distribute. '''Now the spacing is equal between the words.
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|-
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| 07:32
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| Next, we will learn to adjust the space between the lines of the paragraph text.
 +
 
 +
|-
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|07:38
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| Double click on the paragraph text to go inside the text box.
 +
 
 +
|-
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| 07:44
 +
| The '''Spacing between lines''' icon on the '''Tool controls''' '''bar''' helps reduce or increase space between lines.
 +
 
 +
|-
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|07:50
 +
| Observe what happens when I increase the spacing.
 +
 
 +
|-
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| 07:55
 +
| Let me keep the line spacing as 1.50
 +
 
 +
|-
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| 07:59
 +
| The next icon helps to adjust space between letters. Again, click on the up and down arrows and observe the changes.
 +
 
 +
|-
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|08:07
 +
| Let me keep the space parameter as 0.
 +
 
 +
|-
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| 08:12
 +
| Observe there is an empty space in both the vertical corners of the canvas.We can fill them with some text.
 +
 
 +
|-
 +
| 08:19
 +
| Type a sentence '''Learn Open Source Software for free''' somewhere outside the canvas.
 +
 
 +
|-
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| 08:24
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| Change the '''Font '''to '''Ubuntu. Font size '''to 22 and make it '''Bold.'''
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 +
|-
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| 08:34
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| Now click on the last icon i.e. '''Vertical text''' on the '''Tool controls bar.'''
 +
 
 +
|-
 +
|08:39
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| Notice that the text is now aligned in vertical direction.
 +
 
 +
|-
 +
| 08:43
 +
| Click on the text using the '''Selector tool''' and move it to the left corner of the canvas.
 +
 
 +
|-
 +
| 08:49
 +
| Press '''Ctrl + D''' to duplicate it and move the copy to the other corner of the page, using the '''Ctrl key.'''
 +
 
 +
|-
 +
| 08:59
 +
| Now we will add bullet points to the text within the paragraph.
 +
 
 +
|-
 +
| 09:03
 +
| '''Inkscape''' does not provide bullet or number lists for text. So one has to create bullet points manually.
 +
 
 +
|-
 +
| 09:11
 +
| Click on the '''ellipse tool.''' Draw a small circle of red color.
 +
 
 +
|-
 +
| 09:17
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| Now move this bullet to the first line of the paragraph. Duplicate it and move its copy to the next sentence.
 +
 
 +
|-
 +
|09:27
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| Repeat this for all sentences.
 +
 
 +
|-
 +
| 09:32
 +
| Now we have all our text as per our requirement.
 +
 
 +
|-
 +
|09:36
 +
| Lastly, let us do some beautification to make it look like a flyer.
 +
 
 +
|-
 +
| 09:41
 +
| Here is the completed flyer.
 +
 
 +
|-
 +
|09:45
 +
| I have added borders to the top and bottom. And covered the texts with a rounded rectangle and ellipse shapes.
 +
 
 +
|-
 +
|09:51
 +
| You can use your creativity to create different layouts and designs for your flyer.
 +
 
 +
|-
 +
| 09:57
 +
| Let us summarize.
 +
 
 +
|-
 +
|09:59
 +
| In this tutorial we learnt to
 +
* Insert text
 +
* Format and align text
 +
* Spacing and bullet lists
 +
 
 +
|-
 +
|10:06
 +
| We also learnt to create a simple flyer.
 +
 
 +
|-
 +
| 10:09
 +
| Here is an assignment for you
 +
 
 +
|-
 +
|10:11
 +
| Create a flyer like this.
 +
* Use the text tool to type texts
 +
* Create bullets and boxes using the rectangle tool
 +
 
 +
|-
 +
|10:19
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|  Create star using star tool with 10 corners
 +
* Use color palette and '''Fill and stroke''' to change colors
 +
* Align the text using '''Align and distribute'''.
 +
 
 +
|-
 +
| 10:31
 +
| The video at the link shown, summarizes the Spoken Tutorial project. If you do not have good bandwidth, you can download and watch it.
 +
 
 +
|-
 +
|10:39
 +
| The Spoken Tutorial Project Team conducts workshops using spoken tutorials and gives certificates on passing online tests.
 +
 
 +
|-
 +
|10:47
 +
| For more details, please write to us.Spoken Tutorial Project is supported by the National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD, Government of India.
 +
 
 +
|-
 +
|10:57
 +
| More information on this Mission is available at the link shown.
 +
 
 +
|-
 +
| 11:01
 +
| We have come to the end of this tutorial.
 +
 
 +
|-
 +
|11:03
 +
| This is Arthi and Priya from IIT Bombay, signing off. Thanks for joining.
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|}

Revision as of 14:42, 19 May 2015

Time Narration
00:01 Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Create and format text using Inkscape.
00:06 In this tutorial, we will learn about
  • Inserting text
  • Formatting and aligning text
  • Spacing and bullet
00:15 We will also learn how to create a simple flyer at the end.
00:19 To record this tutorial, I am using
  • Ubuntu Linux 12.04 OS
  • Inkscape version 0.48.4
00:29 I will be recording this tutorial in maximum resolution mode. This is to accommodate all the tools that will be demonstrated.
00:38 Let us open Inkscape.
00:40 Text can be inserted using the Text tool from the Tool box.
00:45 We can add text in two ways-
  • Regular Text
  • Flowed Text
00:50 First we will learn about Regular Text.Click on the Text tool and then click on the canvas.
00:57 Type the word SpokenObserve the text box grows to accommodate the text.
01:03 Line breaks have to be added manually. So, press Enter to go to the next line and type “Tutorial”.
01:11 To move the word to the previous line, keep the cursor before the alphabet T. Now press backspace and add a space between the 2 words.
01:22 In a similar way, type http://spoken-tutorial.org on a new line below Spoken Tutorial.
01:33 Next we will learn to insert text through Flowed text.
01:38 This time I will copy text from a LibreOffice Writer file that I had saved earlier.
01:45 Press Ctrl + A to select the entire text and press Ctrl + C to copy them.
01:52 Now, come back to Inkscape. Make sure the Text tool is selected.
01:58 Click on the canvas and drag to form a rectangular or square text area.
02:03 Notice a blue rectangle box is formed on the canvas on releasing the mouse button.
02:10 Now inside the text box, notice the text prompt which is blinking on the extreme top left corner.
02:17 Press Ctrl + V to paste the copied text.
02:22 Observe the color of the text box changed to red.
02:25 This is because the inserted text exceeds the boundaries of the text box.
02:31 We can correct this using the small diamond handle at the right corner of the text box.
02:38 Click and drag it till the text box color changes to blue.
02:44 The last sentence of the text, is clubbed with the previous sentence.
02:48 Press Enter twice at the beginning of the last sentence to separate it.
02:53 Next let us learn the various formatting options available for texts.Click on the word “Spoken Tutorial”
03:01 Go to Main menu. Click on Text and then on Text and Font option.
03:09 A dialog box appears with two options – Font and Text. Under the Font tab there are several options.
03:17 Font family lists all the available fonts. You can select any of the available font of your choice.
03:25 We can preview the selected font in the preview box here. My choice is Bitstream Charter font.
03:33 There are four Style options- Normal, Italic, Bold and Bold Italic.Choose the style as per your requirement. I will choose Bold.
03:46 To change the Font size, simply click on the drop down arrow and select the size.Since this is the title, I will select a bigger font, say 64.
03:57 Next is the Layout.
03:59 We will learn about this in a while as the preview is not visible for this option.
04:04 Now, click on the Text tab next to the Font tab. Here a preview window is seen with the text inside it.
04:12 Any modifications to the text can be done here.
04:16 Click on Apply and close the dialog box. Observe the text is now formatted.
04:23 We can change the text color using color palette at the bottom.Let me click on maroon color.
04:30 Next select the text for the URL i.e. http://spoken-tutorial.org
04:40 Text formatting options are available in the Tool controls bar, too.
04:44 I will change the font to Bitstream charter, Font size to 28 and color to Blue.
04:57 Now, let us choose the paragraph text.
04:56 If the Text tool is already selected, you can simply click on the text to go inside the text box.
05:04 I will change the Font size of the text to 25.
05:08 Click and drag the diamond handle to move the text inside the canvas.
05:15 Next let us align the texts.
05:19 The four icons next to Italic icon on the Tool controls bar helps to align the text to the
  • Left
  • Center OR
  • Right of the text box.
05:30 The fourth option will justify the text within the boundaries of the text box.I will click on left align before proceeding further
05:39 We can align text using the Align and distribute option too.
05:43 Go to the Main menu and then click on Object menu. Then click on Align and Distribute option.
05:51 Now we will move the word Spoken Tutorial to the centre. So click on it
05:57 First check if the Relative to parameter is set to Page.
06:01 So, click on Centre on vertical axis. Observe the text is now aligned to the centre.
06:10 Let us add some more text in the empty space at the bottom.
06:13 Type FOSS Categories Now align it to the centre of the page by clicking on Centre on vertical axis.
06:25 Type some FOSS names such as Linux, LaTeX, Scilab, Python separately and randomly on the canvas.
06:39 Now let us align all these texts in a single row with equal space.
06:44 Select the 4 texts using the Shift key. Click on
  • Align baseline of text and
  • Distribute baseline of text horizontally.
06:58 Notice the gaps between the words are not equal.
07:02 The first letter of the first word and the first letter of the second word are equally spaced.But the words themselves, are not equally spaced.
07:10 This works in a similar way for vertical texts too.
07:15 These options may be useful in certain situations.
07:20 We will make the spaces between the words equal.
07:23 To do so, click on the fourth icon in the first row under Distribute. Now the spacing is equal between the words.
07:32 Next, we will learn to adjust the space between the lines of the paragraph text.
07:38 Double click on the paragraph text to go inside the text box.
07:44 The Spacing between lines icon on the Tool controls bar helps reduce or increase space between lines.
07:50 Observe what happens when I increase the spacing.
07:55 Let me keep the line spacing as 1.50
07:59 The next icon helps to adjust space between letters. Again, click on the up and down arrows and observe the changes.
08:07 Let me keep the space parameter as 0.
08:12 Observe there is an empty space in both the vertical corners of the canvas.We can fill them with some text.
08:19 Type a sentence Learn Open Source Software for free somewhere outside the canvas.
08:24 Change the Font to Ubuntu. Font size to 22 and make it Bold.
08:34 Now click on the last icon i.e. Vertical text on the Tool controls bar.
08:39 Notice that the text is now aligned in vertical direction.
08:43 Click on the text using the Selector tool and move it to the left corner of the canvas.
08:49 Press Ctrl + D to duplicate it and move the copy to the other corner of the page, using the Ctrl key.
08:59 Now we will add bullet points to the text within the paragraph.
09:03 Inkscape does not provide bullet or number lists for text. So one has to create bullet points manually.
09:11 Click on the ellipse tool. Draw a small circle of red color.
09:17 Now move this bullet to the first line of the paragraph. Duplicate it and move its copy to the next sentence.
09:27 Repeat this for all sentences.
09:32 Now we have all our text as per our requirement.
09:36 Lastly, let us do some beautification to make it look like a flyer.
09:41 Here is the completed flyer.
09:45 I have added borders to the top and bottom. And covered the texts with a rounded rectangle and ellipse shapes.
09:51 You can use your creativity to create different layouts and designs for your flyer.
09:57 Let us summarize.
09:59 In this tutorial we learnt to
  • Insert text
  • Format and align text
  • Spacing and bullet lists
10:06 We also learnt to create a simple flyer.
10:09 Here is an assignment for you
10:11 Create a flyer like this.
  • Use the text tool to type texts
  • Create bullets and boxes using the rectangle tool
10:19 Create star using star tool with 10 corners
  • Use color palette and Fill and stroke to change colors
  • Align the text using Align and distribute.
10:31 The video at the link shown, summarizes the Spoken Tutorial project. If you do not have good bandwidth, you can download and watch it.
10:39 The Spoken Tutorial Project Team conducts workshops using spoken tutorials and gives certificates on passing online tests.
10:47 For more details, please write to us.Spoken Tutorial Project is supported by the National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD, Government of India.
10:57 More information on this Mission is available at the link shown.
11:01 We have come to the end of this tutorial.
11:03 This is Arthi and Priya from IIT Bombay, signing off. Thanks for joining.

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