This activity card tells you how to bring charts, maps, and other graphics into your multimedia project, either from an online reference work or from a paint document you created.

 

 

1. Open the online encyclopedia or other online reference work that you want to use. For example, you might want to use TIME Magazine Multimedia Almanac or Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia.

 

2. Search for the graphic you want.

 

3. Use the built-in search tools to help you. For example, to find a map of Great Britain in Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, search on "Britain."

 

4. Copy the graphic to the Clipboard.

 

5. Import the graphic into your project.

 

6. Open your multimedia project.

 

7. Go to the page or card where you want to insert the graphic.

 

8. Choose Paste from the Edit menu to paste the graphic from the Clipboard. If you saved your clippings in a file on the desktop, use the instructions in the next section, "Using Your Own Graphic," to insert each paint file into your multimedia project.

 

9. Since you did not create the graphic, give credit to the source: TIME Magazine Multimedia Almanac, for example.

 

 

1. Create the graphic.

 

2. Use a drawing program or other tool to create a graphic for your multimedia project. For example, use Claris lmpact to create a timeline, or Color It! to create a painting.

 

3. Save the document in PICT format.

 

4. Import the graphic into your project. (If necessary, open your multimedia project.)

 

5. Go to the page or card where you want to insert the graphic.

 

4. Import the graphic as you would any image - for example, if you're using ), choose Add Clip Art from the File menu.

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