Tangram Tips

Tangram Tips *Contents -Introduction -More keyboard shortcut -Difficulty setting -Puzzle file with faster Pick -Customizing picture background *Introduction This text contains some tips to customize Tangram files. If you need general instructions for Tangram, refer to 'Help' menu within the application. You can skip last section in this text without loosing any features of Tangram. Some features are not available in earlier version of Tangram. *More keyboard shortcut 1. Hold down shift key when select 'Reset' or 'Give up' to see animated movement. 2. During animation, click with control key down to stop animation after complete movement. 3. Click 'Next' button with shift or caps lock down to select pieces in reversed order. 4. 'esc' or 'clear' key for 'Reset'. 5. During animation, keep option key down for smoother movement. 6. In editor, while working on the puzzle area, press option - up or down arrow to adjust size of pieces. 7. 'Reset' with control key down or 'piece outline' on will move to the initial position which does not need to flip to match. 8. Select 'Pick...' with option key down to see big puzzles. (Registered version) 9. In editor, click on the puzzle numer and type in new puzzle number and hit enter key to move directly to that puzzle. 10. Print with option key down for thinner white line in 'Solution' mode. 11. Print with control key down to print both shadow and solution. 12. If caps lock is on and 'Piece Outline' is on, the pieces will be snapped on the correct position when they are placed near the correct position. If caps lock is on and 'Piece Outline' is off, the pieces will be snapped on the invisible 6 pixels by 6 pixels grids. (v 3.2 or later) *Difficulty setting Some of puzzles are very difficult. Children, especially younger children might be frustrated when they can't find a clue. On the other hand, impatient users may peek solution before they try to solve the puzzle. Here are some examples how to set the difficulty by choosing proper preferences. -very very easy: Piece outline=on, Start position=direction, Caps Lock Key=on -very easy: Piece outline=on, Start position=reset -easy: Piece outline, Peek Solution=enable, Outline=on -normal: default setting -a little bit hard: Piece outline=enable, Outline, Peek solution=temporary, Hint=twice -1- -hard: Piece outline, Outline, Peek solution=disable, Hint=once -very hard: all help=disable Please note that new preference setting is effective from next puzzle. 'Save' button also saves currently open file path. Try and experiment proper preferences for your own need. *Puzzle file with faster Pick You might notice that it takes some time to display all the miniature puzzles when you select 'Pick...' while working on a puzzle file you made. This may be inconvenient when you are working on slower machines. You can speed up this by adding a 'PICT' resource which contains all the miniature pictures to the puzzle…