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Scratch Spiral Project

So in this activity, we are going to try and produce a spiral using Scratch code. This is similar to what Spirograph [TM] produces.

It should look something like this when complete.

spiral1

Open up Scratch 3 in a browser and create a new project.

  1. Start off with the when Green Flag is clicked block

Green Flag

  1. Set the Sprite to the centre of the stage

Set To Centre

  1. Add a block to erase anything drawn on the stage from previous projects, then put Pen Down.

Erase and Pen Down

  1. Now add the Main Loop blocks as follows

Main Loop

  1. Your final code should look like this

Final Code

When run, you should see it draw circles on the screen, move and re-draw, eventually building up a layer on layer spiral pattern with circles.

The method here for drawing circles could be used in other projects too.

#scratch,#coding,#codeclub,#lookingforwork

Emacs Jan 2021 Calender

This is a quick video showing how to make a Calender for January 2021

Typo in the filename, which is not important as it just here for illustration.

And one for the whole of 2021

#gnu,#emacs,#calender,#generation,#latex,#tex,#pdf,#pdflatex

LibreOffice Introduction

This video (not by me) is on Youtube. Explains the new features found in LibreOffice 7.

I am putting together, some videos on undertaking basic tasks in LibreOffice Writer. These are on my dedicated LibreOffice blog.

#Video,#Libreoffice7,#features.

LibreOffice Introduction

This video (not by me) is on Youtube. Explains the new features found in LibreOffice 7.

#Video,#Libreoffice7,#features.

Scratch projects 20/11/2020

Still occasionally create simple Scratch projects to add to my portfolio. Mostly simple stuff, that can be built upon.

Resources

#scratch,#programming,#basics,#development,#lookingforwork

Rocks and Diamonds : Conveyor Belt 2

So moving on with designing levels. This is a slightly more involved example of what is possible.

But it does show what is possible with a little planning etc.

Sometimes, it is useful to also sketch out what you would like from a level. This also helps with the design process.

RESOURCES

#Games,#Rocksndiamonds,#Level,#Conveyor.#Belt

Rocks and Diamonds : Conveyor Belt 1

A conveyor belt can be very useful, move objects towards you, or away for example. They are also a cool way to add a challenge your level.

A basic example

With a slightly more advanced example here

So you need to move the rocks to get to the key.

RESOURCES

#Games,#Rocksndiamonds,#Level,#Conveyor.#Belt

LibreOffice 7 Writer 11

Watermarking

A watermark, is text or graphic on the page that appears behind the main text. They are used to for example display status of the document e.g Draft, Final, or copyright information for example CC-BY-SA CC-BY-NC for example.

To insert a watermark on the page.

Format menu —> Watermark

Brings up

watermark

Opacity is now light / Dark it will appear, the higher the percentage, the lighter it is. You can also change font, colour etc.

Watermark in page

If you need to edit, go to

Format menu —> Watermark and edit to suit.

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Printing

Once you have created a document, you can either send via e-mail or print the document for display, if a poster, or handing out if a flyer for example.

Printing generally has two parts.

  1. Print preview, as suggested displays a preview of what your page will look like. You can check you are happy with everything before printing.

PrintIcons

Pressing the print preview icon on the right will give you

print preview

You can check you are happy with the layout before pressing print, or click Close Preview

PrintClosePreview

Pressing Close preview will take you back to your document.

  1. Printing

Printing

Pressing the print icon on the left will bring up the printer dialogue box.

Print Dialogue

For example; Which pages to print or all pages, order, (reverse printing will print first page last, saving having to re-order manually)

From here you can select how you want to print your document. Clicking more gives you some more options:

PrintMoreOptions

This is handy if your printer supports duplex, print double sided to save paper.

Clicking on Properties —> Device Tab, gives you the option to print in Colour or Black and White, and select print quality, which saves on ink / toner.

Properties Device

Properties —> Paper tab, allows you to set paper size.

Properties Paper

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LibreOffice Learning Resources

As digital skills are an essential part of everyday life. I have created, a new blog, to host information to help people out tasks using LibreOffice.

So far this is blog has covered just the Writer component. This may be extended later, as I have some videos for the Calc Spreadsheet.

The new blog can be found here.

#Digital,#Skills,#LibreOffice,#Writer,#Basic,#Tutorial, #Text,Video,#MixedMedia,#Learning,#Development