Deko500 User’s Guide
Table of Contents

Introduction

Welcome!...................................................................................................................................5
How to Use This Manual......................................................................................................... ..6
How to Contact Pinnacle Systems..............................................................................................7
Starting Windows NT ................................................................................................................8
Starting Deko500.......................................................................................................................8
Exiting Deko500........................................................................................................................9
Exiting Windows NT.................................................................................................................9

Overview of Deko500

The Deko500 Desktop..............................................................................................................11
About Graphic Files.................................................................................................................11
The Program Window..............................................................................................................11
Creating a Graphic...................................................................................................................12
Saving a Graphic File...............................................................................................................12
Opening a Graphic File............................................................................................................15
Keying......................................................................................................................................17
Frame Grabbing....................................................................................................................... 18
Suppressing Motion .................................................................................................................18

Composing Text

Selecting Text ..........................................................................................................................19
Selecting a Typeface................................................................................................................20
Using an International Character Set........................................................................................21
Bold and Italic..........................................................................................................................22
Underlining Text......................................................................................................................22
Rotating Text............................................................................................................................22
Skewing Text................................................................................................................... ........ 23
Small Caps...............................................................................................................................24
Changing Text Case.................................................................................................................24
Changing the Text Field Box...................................................................................................25
Scaling Text............................................................................................................................. 25
Character Spacing (Kerning)....................................................................................................26
Character Width.......................................................................................................................27
Row Spacing (Leading)............................................................................................................28
Typing On a Curve...................................................................................................................28
Cutting and Pasting Text..........................................................................................................31
Deleting Text............................................................................................................................31
Finding and Replacing Text.....................................................................................................32
Moving Text.............................................................................................................................32
Justifying Text..........................................................................................................................33