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Try sketching a picture on your canvas. Press '''4''' for "Sketchpad," and begin. You see a blank screen with the cursor in the middle. The cursor is in the "write" mode and ready to go! Using the directional (cursor movement) keys or the Wired Remote Controllers, you can sketch designs or pictures. The cursor has three modes in this activity: "write," "move," and "erase" (see page 5). You'll find you can sketch fairly detailed drawings in this activity. You can continue to sketch until you have utilized all of the "characters" available. At that point, you hear a "beep" tone. This tone indicates that no new lines will appear on the screen except where they are drawn next to lines already on the canvas. To clear the screen and start over again, press the '''STOP''' key.
In "Sketchpad" you can choose the dominant color of the lines and the color of the background canvas. To change the color of the lines, just press the color key for the new color. To change the color of the canvas, use the '''CHG''' key in sequence with the color key of the present color and the color key of the desired color (see page 5). Experiment with changing the color of both the lines and the background canvas. It's quite interesting to see different color combinations for the same sketch.
If you start a sketch, then decide to erase it and start over again, press STOP. The screen will clear, and you can begin a new sketch. To return to the PICTURES selection screen to choose a different activity, press '''ENTER'''. If you are looking at the PICTURES selection list and want to return to the main selection list of the module, press '''0''' or '''ENTER'''.
===To Save and Load Data===
From time to time you may wish to save a pattern or picture to see again later. You may just want to save a design to show a friend, or you may want to come back to a design and do additional work at another time. The SAVE/LOAD feature of your computer allows you to save (record) patterns or pictures on a cassette tape and then load (read) them back into the computer. Let's see exactly how to do this.
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