On screen Fundamentals

Mouse Operation
There are two areas in the main window:
Playground area, on the left side.
Objects area, on the right side, where you select Objects to place on your playground.
Main Window of
Main Window

Placing an Object
To drag an object, move the mouse pointer to the objects area on the right. Click on the object you want to drag, but do not release the mouse button until you have moved the mouse pointer to the location in the playground area where you want to drop the object.

Moving an Object
Once dropped in the playground area, an object can be moved. Just click on the object to select it for further drag and drop. When you click on it, it goes on top of other objects that were partially hiding it. This trick is useful for getting the glasses and eyes placed correctly.

Removing an Object
To remove an object that has been dropped in the playground area, drag it back from the playground area to the objects area.

The Tool Bar
Toolbar
The toolbar provides buttons for the commonly used functions.

Toolbar Buttons
Button	Name	Action
	New	Resets the playground area. This cleans all parts off the playground so a new decoration may be created.
	Open	Opens an existing tuberling file from the museum or from other folders.
Save Button	Save	Saves your creation to your home folder, or to some other folder like the museum if you wish. The tuberling is saved to a small file where only the position of objects are saved.
Print Button	Print	Prints your picture ( format).
Undo Button	Undo	Undoes last operation.
Redo Button	Redo	Re-does last operation.

The Menu Items
Menu Bar

The File Menu
File Menu
N File New 	Clears the playground area
O File Open 	Opens an existing tuberling file from the museum or from somewhere else if you wish.
S File Save 	Saves your creation. The tuberling is saved to a small file where only the position of objects are saved.
File Save as picture... 	Creates a graphics file containing a picture of your tuberling. Available file formats are XPM, JPEG, PNG and BMP.
P File Print 	Print your tuberling picture using format.
Q File Quit 	Quit .

The Edit Menu
Edit Menu
C Edit Copy 	Copy the playground area to the clipboard.
Z Edit Undo 	Undo the last object placement.
Shift Z Edit Redo 	Re-does the last object placement. This menu option is active only if you have previously used Undo.

The Options Menu
Options Menu
Options Sound 	Toggles sound on/off. If artsd is not running, this menu item is disabled. You need to have kdemultimedia installed to be able to hear sounds. remembers last setting of this option the next time it starts up.
Options Potato Guy 	Switches to potato playground. remembers the last chosen playground the next time it starts up.
Options Penguin 	Switches to penguin playground. remembers the last chosen playground the next time it starts up.

The Help Menu
Help Menu