GChemPaint/C2/Basic-operations/English

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Slide Number 1 Title Slide	Hello everyone. Welcome to the tutorial on Basic Operations in GChemPaint.	Slide Number 2 Learning Objectives	In this tutorial we will learn to Open an existing file Add and Edit text Select, Move, Flip and Rotate objects Group and Align Objects Cut, copy, paste and delete objects
Slide Number 3 System Requirements	Here I am using, Ubuntu Linux OS version 12.04 GChemPaint version 0.12.10
Slide Number 4 Pre-requisites	To follow this tutorial you should be familiar with, GChemPaint chemical structure editor. If not, for relevant tutorials, please visit our website.
Switch to GChemPaint application Dash home >>In the Search bar type GChemPaint Click on the GChemPaint icon.	To open a new GChemPaint application. Click on Dash home. In the Search bar that appears, type GChemPaint. Click on the GChemPaint icon.
	Let's begin the tutorial by opening an existing file.
Click on File >>Open	Click on File menu, select Open and click on it.
	A window containing files and folders opens.
Select the file named “propane”	From here, Select the file named “propane”
Click on Open button.	Click on Open, to open the file.
	Let's add some text below the propane structure.
Select “Add or modify a text” Point to the Property page opens.	Select “Add or modify a text” tool from tool box. The text tool's Property page opens.
Point to the fields	The Property page contains fields like - Family, Style, Size, Underline, and others.
Point to Family >> scroll list	Family field has a list of font names. Let's scroll down the list.
Select Arial Black	I will select Arial Black from the Family.
Click on the Display area	Click on the Display area below Propane structure. You can see a blinking cursor enclosed in a green box.
Type ”Propane”	Let's type the name of the compound as “Propane”.
Change Style to Bold Italic.	Let's now change the Style to Bold Italic. Select the text “Propane” click on Bold Italic.
Increase fontsize to 16	I will increase the fontsize to 16. Let's scroll down and click on 16.
	Observe the changes in the text.
Point to Underline field. Show the drop down list >> select Single	Next, let's use the Underline feature. It has a drop down list with options-- None, Single, Double and Low. Let's select Single.
Point to text.	Let's change the color of the text. Default color of the text is “black”
Point to the color field. Click on drop down arrow. Select color to “purple”	Click on the drop down arrow of the color field. You can see different colors here. I will select “purple”. <Pause the narration>
Text position range>> -100 to 100	We can also change the position of the text. Position field has range from -100 to 100
Select text>>click on up arrow >>Text moves up from Position “0” to “100”	Let's see how the position of the text changes. Select text and click on the up arrow triangle with the mouse. Text moves upwards.
Select text>> click on down arrow>>Text moves down from Position “0” to “-100”	Likewise if we click on down arrow triangle, text moves downwards. <Pause the narration>
Bring text to normal postion Type "0" in the postion field >> click on the display area	Let's bring the text to normal position. Type 0 in the postion field and click on the Display area
Slide Number 5 Assignment	Here is an assignment for you. Open the assignment of the first tutorial. Label the structures as n-hexane and n-octane. Change font name, font size, underline and colour the text. Your completed assignment should look like this.
	Let's now learn to select and move objects.
From the Tool box, click on >>Select one or more objects	From the “Tool box” click on the tool “Select one or more objects”.
Click on pentane	Click on “pentane”
Press the left mouse button>> drag it to a different position >> release the mouse button.	Without releasing the mouse button, drag it to a different position. Now, release the mouse button.
	Next let's learn to rotate an object.
To rotate objects,>>click on “Select one or more objects” tool.	To rotate the objects, click on “Select one or more objects” tool.
point to the tools Flip the selection horizontally, Flip the selection vertically and Rotate the selection.	The properties page has three tools Flip the selection horizontally, Flip the selection vertically Rotate the selection.
	To use these tools.
Click on pentane structure>> Select Rotate the selection>> move the mouse pointer	Click on the Pentane structure. Select Rotate the selection option. Go to the Display area and place the mouse over the object. Move the mouse pointer in clock-wise or anti-clock-wise direction. Observe the rotation in the object.
	Now, let's learn to flip objects.
Flip the Pentane structure horizontally.	Let's flip the Pentane structure horizontally.
Click on Flip the selection horizontally tool>>flip structure horizontally.	Click on Flip the selection horizontally tool to flip the structure horizontally
Slide Number 6 Assignment	Pause this tutorial and Flip the selection vertically on your own.
	Let's now group and align objects To group the objects, select all the objects.
Go to Edit menu >> click on Select all. Press CTRL+A	For this, go to Edit menu and click on Select All. you can also press CTRL+A. keys simultaneously.
Right click on any one of the objects	Right-click on any one of the objects.
In the context menu >>select Group and/or align objects option	The context menu opens. Select Group and/or align objects option.
Point to the dialog box	A dialog box pops up.
Click on the Group check-box	Click on the Group check-box.
Uncheck the Align and Space evenly options.	Uncheck the Align and Space evenly options, if they are selected.
Click on OK button	Click on OK button. We see that all objects are grouped together.
Press CTRL+A >> select objects	Let us now align the objects. Press CTRL and A to select all objects.
Right click on any one of the objects	Right-click on any one of the objects.
In the context menu >>select Group and/or align objects option	The context menu opens. Select Group properties
Point to the dialog box	A dialog box pops up.
Click on the Align check-box	Click on the Align check-box.
Click on the drop-down list. point to Normal, Top, Mid-height, Bottom, Left, Center and Right.	Align option has a drop-down list. It has some options to align the objects.
Select “Center” >> click OK	Let's select “Left” and click OK. Observe the changes.
Slide Number 7 Assignment	Pause this tutorial and align objects with other align options on your own.
	Let's learn how to use cut, copy and paste operations
Go Edit menu >> Point to Cut, Copy, Paste and Clear.	Go to Edit menu. It contains basic edit options like Cut, Copy, Paste and Clear.
Point to options	The common short-cut keys for these options CTRL+X to cut CTRL+C to copy CTRL+V to paste will work in GChemPaint as well.
using “Select one or more objects” tool>> cut and paste objects>>at different places of diplay area	Select the object using “Select one or more objects” tool. click on the object Let's press CTRL+X to cut it. Press CTRL+V to paste the object at a different position on the Display area. Observe that when we cut the object, it is deleted from its original place.
Copy and paste objects>>at different places of diplay area	Next, let's copy and paste the object at a different place on the diplay area. click on the object press CTRL+C to copy and CTRL+V to paste. Observe that when we copy the object, it is not deleted from its original place.
Select all objects >>click on clear	To clear the Display area, select all objects. press CTRL +A to select all objects. Go to Edit menu click on Clear.
Go to Edit menu>>select Undo >>press CTRL+Z >> to undo	To get back our original structures, go to Edit menu and select Undo. Or press CTRL+Z.
Delete the object using Delete key from keyboard.	To delete object using the Delete Key on the Keyboard, Select the object. Press Delete key.
Point to Eraser tool	Let's now learn to use Eraser tool to delete part of the structure.
Select Eraser tool>>move mouse near one structure.	Select Eraser tool from toolbox. Place the mouse near any one of the objects.
Delete red colored part of the structure.	Part of the structure turns red in color. Click on the red colored part of the structure to delete it.
Undo the changes	Let's now Undo the changes to get our original structures. Press CTRL+Z.
Click on Save the current file button on tool bar	Let's save the file now click on Save the current file button to save.
	With this we come to the end of the tutorial. Let's summarize.
Slide Number 8 Summary	In this tutorial we have learnt how to Open an existing file Add and Edit text to the display area Select, Move, Flip and rotate objects Group and Align Objects Cut, copy, paste and delete objects
Slide Number 9 Assignment	As an assignment use Eraser tool and convert n-octane structure to n-pentane n-hexane structure to Ethane. Output of the assignmet should look like this.
Slide number 10 Acknowledgement	Watch the video available at http://spoken-tutorial.org/What is a Spoken Tutorial It summarises the Spoken Tutorial project If you do not have good bandwidth, you can download and watch it
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Slide number 12	Spoken Tutorial Project is a part of the Talk to a Teacher project It is supported by the National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD, Government of India More information on this Mission is available at http://spoken-tutorial.org/NMEICT-Intro ] This is Madhuri Ganpathi from IIT Bombay signing off. Thank you for joining.

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