Inkscape/C2/Text-tool-features/English

Title of script: Text tool features

Author: Priya K and Arthi.A

Keywords: Inkscape, Text tool, Super-script, Sub-script, Kerning, Spell check

Visual Cue	Narration
Opening Slide	Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on “Text tool features” using Inkscape.
Learning Objectives (Slide)	In this tutorial We will learn about Manual kerning Spell checking Super-script Sub-script
System requirement (Slide)	To record this tutorial, I am using Ubuntu Linux 12.04 OS Inkscape version 0.48.4
Point to display resolution	I will be recording this tutorial in maximum resolution mode. This is to accommodate all the tools that will be demonstrated.
Go to Dash home. Type Inkscape. Click on the logo	Let us open Inkscape.
Click on Text tool	Earlier in the series, we learnt to create and format text using the Text tool. Now, we will learn some important features of the Text tool. Click on it Let us start with Manual kerning.
Point to respective icons on the Tool controls bar	Horizontal kerning, Vertical shift and Character rotation are called manual kerns.
Type “Spoken”	Type the word “Spoken”. Keep the cursor after the alphabet “S”.
Point to Horizontal kerning	Horizontal kerning adds space after the selected letter.
Click on up and down arrow of Horizontal kerning icon	Click on the up and down arrows to increase or decrease the space between the letters “S” and “p”.
Point to the space	Notice that the space is introduced only between the letters “S” and “p”.
Horizontal kerning as 3	Let me keep the Horizontal kerning parameter as 3. <<PAUSE>>
Point to Vertical shift icon in the Tool controls bar>> Click on Up and down arrow	The next icon, i.e. Vertical shift, shifts the letters after the selected letter, up or down. Click on the up and down arrows.
Change Vertical shift parameter to 15	Observe the letters after the cursor have shifted up and down. Keep this parameter as 15.
Point to Character rotation icon	Next, we will rotate our characters using Character rotation. This icon rotates only a single character which is right after the cursor.
Place the cursor next to character “e”. Click on up and down arrows	So, place the cursor before the letter “e”. Click on the up and down arrows of Character rotation and observe that the letter “e” rotates.
Select letters “p” and “o”	To apply the kerns to more than one character, select the characters first then give the values.
Change the respective parameters	Let me select the letters “p” and “o” and give Horizontal kerning parameter as 5 Vertical shift parameter as 10 and Character rotation parameter as 20. Observe the changes. <<PAUSE>>
Go to Text menu >> Click on Remove manual	To remove the kerns, go to Text menu. Click on Remove Manual Kerns.
Slide	Manual Kerns can be used only in Regular text. In Flowed text, these options will be disabled.
Create a text box >> Point to Manual kerns >> Press Ctrl + Z	To check, create a text box. Observe that the Manual kerns options are now disabled. Press Ctrl + Z to undo this action. <<PAUSE>>
Point to Check Spelling in Text menu	Next we will learn about Spell check feature.
Open LO Writer >> Press Ctrl + A >> Press Ctrl + A	To explain the Spell check feature, I will copy text from LibreOffice writer that I had saved already. Press Ctrl + A to select the entire text and then press Ctrl + C to copy it.
Click on the canvas and press Ctrl + V	Now come back to Inkscape. Click on the canvas and press Ctrl + V to paste the text.
Go to Text and Check Spelling	Go to Text menu and click on Check Spelling option. A new dialog box appears.
Point to the word “http”	All text is checked, regardless of whether it is selected or not. When a suspect word is found, it will be highlighted with a red box and the cursor will be placed before the text.
Point to the Check spelling dialog box	A list of suggestions appears for the word “http”. Since the spelling is correct we will add this word to the dictionary. To do so, click on Add to Dictionary button. This will cause the spell checker to accept the word as correctly spelled always.
Point to the word “tutorial”	Next, the word “tutorial” is highlighted.
Click on “tutorial” and Accept button	Since the spelling is wrong, select the correct word from the suggestion list, which is “tutorial”. Now click on “Accept” button.
Point to Ignore button Point to Ignore once button	If you click on Ignore, all other similarly spelled words in the document will get ignored. If you click on Ignore once, the word will get ignored only once i.e first time only.
Click on Stop button	If you want to stop the spell-checking process, click on Stop.
Click on Start button	We can restart the process by clicking the Start button.
Point to Spell check dialog box	Spell checking will begin with the text at the top-right and work down the canvas. Let us close this dialog box now and keep this text aside. <<PAUSE>>
Point to Superscript and Subscript icons	Next, we will learn to write Superscript and Subscript.
Type “(a+b)2 = a2+b2+2ab”	Type the mathematical formula (a+b)2 = a2+b2+2ab.
	We have to change the number 2 as square in three places.
Point to Superscript in Tool controls bar	Select the first 2. Go to Tool controls bar. Click on Toggle Superscript icon. In a similar way, change the remaining 2s. <<PAUSE>>
Type “H2SO4”	Next, we will write a chemical formula using subscript. So, type “H2SO4”.
Point to Subscript in Tool controls bar	Here 2 and 4 should be written as subscripts. First select 2. Go to Tool controls bar and click on Toggle Subscript icon. In a similar way change the 4. <<PAUSE>>
Summary (Slide)	Let us summarize. In this tutorial we have learnt Manual kerning Spell checking Super-script Sub-script
Assignment	Here are 2 assignments for you Write the text “How are you” and change the font size to 75 Keep the cursor next to “w”. Change Horizontal kerning parameter to -20. Select the words “are”. Change the Vertical shift parameter to 40. Select the words “you”. Change the Character rotation parameter to -30. Write the following formulae using Sub-script and Super-script options Silver sulfate – Ag₂SO₄2. a2−b2=(a−b)(a+b)
Completed assignment	Your completed assignment should look like this.
About Slide	The video available at the following link summarizes the Spoken Tutorial project. Pls watch it.
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About Slide	Spoken Tutorial Project is supported by the NMEICT, MHRD, Government of India. More information on this Mission is available at this link.
Acknowledgment	We have come to the end of this tutorial. This is Arthi and Priya from IIT Bombay, signing off. Thanks for joining.

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