LANGUAGETEACH Technologies

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3.9. Expanding / Collapsing  

(to manipulate click on a plus or minus sign )

Example of Expanding [+][-] We study French [  beside besideERROR "Beside" means "by the side of," and  "besides" means "in addition to." (click on the text to see Russian translation) "Beside" означает  "рядом с, близко, около" в то время, как  "besides" означает "кроме того, сверх того, в дополнении к". (click on the text to return to English) Check yourself 1.   [  Beside Beside /  Besides Besides ] my mother tongue I can speak English and French. 2.   The cat lay [  beside beside /  besides besides ] the fire. 3.   Come and sit [  beside beside /  besides besides ] me. /  besides besides ] English. I [  put onput on     Opposite to "put on" is:   ( Quiz on the fly )            take out         take down         take off  /  wear wearERROR "Wear" means to have upon the body as a garment or as  an ornament. "To put on" denotes a simple act. (click to see Russian translation) "Wear" (носить, быть одетым во что-либо) означает иметь что-либо на теле в качестве одежды или украшения. "To put on" ( надеть - об одежде) подразумевает простое действие. (click on the text to return to English) ] my clothes in the morning.

Example of Collapsing  [-][+] ♦  We are  [ ... ]among  friends. ♦  2 × 2 =  [ ... ]Sorry, my calculator is broken! ♦     Come on,   ! **IDIOMATIC EXPRESSION: To talk about anything except the main point.   Do you want to go or not?

To apply the feature to a fragment of a text hightlight the fragment and execute command:
Menu  ->  Text Object  ->  Make Expanding / Make Collapsing

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3.10. Tip Text      example

Tip Text is text that appears for a short time when you set the pointer on a certain text fragment or a picture. (You often see tip text in the form of short comments or function names when you set the pointer on tool buttons (tool tips), for example, in Internet Explorer). You, as a developer, can use this feature

• to insert short comments
• to translate a word or a phrase
• to give a synonym or an antonym of the selected word

Length of a tip text shouldn't exeed 70 characters.

Save Tip Text in Buffer:

1. Type the text you want to be Tip Text. You can type it anywhere in the LTeditor as it will be removed from the position.
2. Highlight the text.
3. Execute command: Menu -> Text-Object -> Tip_Text -> Save_Tip_Text  
   ( context-Menu-> --SAVE AS-- Tip_Text) After that the text will disappear from the page.

Create Tip Text Object:

1. Highlight the word or the phrase to be translated or commented with Tip Text.
2. Execute command:  Menu -> Text-Object  -> Tip_Text -> Add_Tip_Text   
   ( Context-menu -> --ADD-- Tip_Text )

The word or the phrase mentioned in step #1 becomes underlined. You can apply any other decoration like color or size to the word or phrase. ( NOTE! Don't apply any decoration to the Tip Text itself. It doesn't work)




Manipulating the Tip Text Object

To manipulate any object you should open the  monitor window.
Warning: all manipulations replace the existing Editor's text with the updated version. Be sure to save your existing text before any manipulation.

To replace:
1.  Type new Tip Text in the LTeditor.
2. Highlight the text.
3. Set pointer on the Tip Text object and left click to activate the object.
4. Right click to open context menu.
5. Execute "Replace Tip Text" command.

To delete:
1. Set pointer on the Tip Text object and left click to activate the object.
2. Right click to open context menu.
3. Execute "Delete Object" command.



Advanced technique

Change tip text manually (for experienced users only!)

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