HP Creative Scrapbook Assistant instruction

various themes as you desire. Details are available for some themes. If there is more information to view, you will see a More Info button to the left of the tabs.

• To save an item to a theme, first place it in
the workspace. Then choose Save Item to
Theme from the File menu, and specify the	19
theme and tab where you want to save it.	19

Projects

You can save collections of items or scrapbook pages in a project.

When you select a project, the Pages tab changes to My Pages and displays thumbnails of layouts you have saved. Each tab displays the items you have saved in that project. If you have not saved any items under a tab in the selected project, the thumbnail bar displays “no content available.” (No theme is selected, so the items provided with the software are not displayed.) To view the thumbnails for a theme, select the theme. You can switch back and forth between themes and projects to view thumbnails and access items as you wish.

•To save an item to a project, click the Save Item button or, from the File menu, choose Save Item to Project, or right-click(Windows) or control-click(Macin-

tosh) the item and choose Save Item from the drop-down menu, then choose the project and tab where you want to save the item.

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HP Creative Scrapbook Assistant manual

Contents

HP Creative Scrapbook Assistant Page Contents Page Scrapbook your way, whatever your style or skill level Introduction About this User’s Guide Getting started Visit the HP Scrapbooking Web site Windows installation Installing and starting the program Getting help Macintosh installationHelp menu Help and software hints Scrapbook Assistant iconPage Contacting HP Customer Care Troubleshooting information and enter HP CreativeHP support over the Internet U.S. English. On the next page, select see support HP support by phone Only in EnglishThat standard phone charges may apply Software demo Let’s start scrapping Overview of the program Overview of the main window Can quickly start using the softwareMenus TabsPage Available for your use in a particular theme. You can Thumbnail barsItem on your workspace. For more details about With items onPage Working with Themes and Projects Working with itemsClick the single arrows to the left or right Click the double arrows to view anotherPage Working with Shapes Working with Images Working with Text Page Working with Frames Working with Phrases Working with Clip Art Working with Backgrounds Working with Pages Features up close Creating, saving, and printing pagesDesigning a layout template Page Click OK when you are ready to print your Importing your own elementsPhotocopying and scanning Choose Start a Scan Click the Get Other Content button named for the type Page Your original file, traces around the longest continuous Creating new shapesTo create a shape, make sure your lines are dark Connected, or part of the image will be cut off Create New Shape Selecting items and text Page Resizing and rotating items Choosing colors Setting and matching colors To match an item’s color before you place it in your Matching colors using the eye dropperWorkspace, deselect any other items. Click the Back Workspace not in the thumbnail bar that you want to Convert to Black & White or Convert to Sepia from Changing transparency You can also change the color Tint a photoBlack and white photo by Layering it atop a solid-colored Cutting, copying, pasting, and duplicating Select Duplicate Working with layersPage Aligning items using rulers and guides Then uncheck Show Margin Guides Exporting items, pages, themes, and projects Choosing a file format Exporting pages File formats explained Click Save With HP Creative Scrapbook Assistant installed To export your work to a memory card for use withCard reader-equipped printer or all-in-one printer Now it’s your turn HP research participation