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Interactive Stories Class 5

The Scratch Interface:

• The STAGE is the background that our program runs on.
• The SPRITE PANE shows all of the sprites that are part of our program.
• The BLOCKS PALETTE contains the blocks that we can use to make our scripts. Each block
represents one instruction in our program.

• We build our scripts by dragging blocks from the BLOCKS PALETTE to the SCRIPTS AREA.

File Menu:

• New — Creates a new project from a blank template.
• Save — Saves the current project in the directory from which it came from. If the project is
new it opens a file browser, allowing you to save a project as a new file, except when online.
• Save as a Copy — Creates a copy of the current project.

Edit Menu:
• Undelete — Undeletes a sprite, costume, sound, or script that was recently deleted.
• Small stage layout — Makes the stage shrink to a smaller size.
• Turbo Mode — Sets the player into Turbo Mode, where the code is executed very quickly.

Duplicate Button:

The duplicate button (stamp icon) duplicates anything on the screen. It duplicates sprites (in the
sprites area or stage), costumes, costume selections, sounds, blocks, and scripts.

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