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diff --git a/source/launching_activities.markdown b/source/launching_activities.markdown deleted file mode 100644 index b97e493..0000000 --- a/source/launching_activities.markdown +++ /dev/null @@ -1,69 +0,0 @@ -% Launching Activities -% -% - -You can launch an Activity in four different ways: - -- Click the Activity icon in the Home View. -- Resume your previous work with an Activity from the Journal. -- Join a shared Activity from the Neighborhood View. -- Accept an invitation by clicking the invitation icon on the Frame. - -When you launch an Activity, its icon flashes in the middle of the -screen while it loads. - -Once the Activity is running, you will be placed into its Activity View. - -Launching Activities from the Home view -======================================= - -To get to the Home View, - -- click the Home icon on the Frame - ![frame](images/167px-View_buttons_home_selected.png) - -- or press the F3 key. On the XO keyboard this key has a single dot - ![home\_key](images/Home_key_f3_small.png), and is one of the view - keys ![nav\_buttons](images/163px-NAVIGATEBUTTONS.jpg). - -Then click on the icon of the activity you want to start. If you aren't -sure you have the right activity, hover your cursor over the icon for a -few seconds and a label will appear with the activity name. - -If you've run the Activity before, clicking the icon will resume with -your last Journal entry. If you click the right menu button or hover the -cursor over the icon for several seconds, a menu appears with other -Journal entries you made with the activity, and an option to "Start -new". - -If you don't see the Activity's icon, click the menu icons (2) (3) to -change how the Home view displays activities. Or type part of the -Activity's name in the search box (1). - -In list view mode (3) you can click the star (4) next to an Activity's -name to add/remove it as a favorite. Favorite Activities appear in color -in the favorites view - -If the Activity fails to start, you will be returned to Home View. - -Resuming from the Journal -========================= - -Click the activity's icon or click Resume on its hover menu. - -You can also launch some journal entries in a different activity using -the hover menu. For example, you can resume an image you made in the -Paint activity in Etoys or Browse. - -You can click the first drop-down menu in the Journal to only show -certain kinds of entries or those made with a particular activity. - -Joining a shared Activity -========================= - -Click the icon or click an option on the hover menu. - -Joining an Activity by accepting an invitation -============================================== - -Click Join in the hover menu on the Frame. |