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=Description
=Description & Goals=

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[[Image:activity_write.jpg|right|500px|thumb|Write activity]]

===Summary===

The Write activity will serve as the basic text editing application on the laptops. Its simple interface will provide an easy starting point for children, presenting tools that make writing a story, poem or essay simple and straightforward. It will also support basic tools for inserting images, creating tables, and performing basic layout operations as children begin to require some of these features often associated with word processors.

===Goals===

===Collaboration===

Write will feature collaborative real time editing. Integrated with the mesh network and presence services, this feature will allow kids to work together easily and seamlessly in a text editing environment. This feature is made possible via the [http://www.abisource.com/twiki/bin/view/Abiword/AbiCollab Abi Collab] research performed by the Abiword development team.

=Visual Design=

===Media===

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!style="background:#cccccc;"|Document!!style="background:#cccccc;"|Description
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|[[Media:activity_write.ai.zip|Activity Mockup (2MB)]] [[:image:activity_write.ai.zip| <font color='gray'>history</font>]]||Adobe Illustrator file containing mockups for each toolbar
|}

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===Screenshots===

{|style="border: solid 1px gray; margin: 1em auto 1em; auto"
|-
| valign="top"|
[[Image:activity_write_edit.jpg|300px|thumb|center|Edit commands]]
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[[Image:activity_write_text.jpg|300px|thumb|center|Text editing]]
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[[Image:activity_write_image.jpg|300px|thumb|center|Image manipulation]]
|-
| valign="top"|
[[Image:activity_write_table.jpg|300px|thumb|center|Table adjustment]]
| valign="top"|
[[Image:activity_write_format.jpg|300px|thumb|center|Format document]]
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[[Image:activity_write_view.jpg|300px|thumb|center|View options]]
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=Development=

=====[[Talk:Write#Feature Requests|Feature Requests]]=====
=====[[Talk:Write#Implementation Discussion|Implementation Discussion]]=====
=====[[Write/Versions|Version History]]=====

===Source===

http://dev.laptop.org/git.do?p=projects/write

===RPMs===
*http://sugar.abisource.com/

===Resources===

*http://www.snowedin.net/ideas/AbiWord+on+OLPC
*http://www.snowedin.net/summerofcode/

[[Category:Software]]
[[Category:Developers]]
[[Category:Sugar]]
[[Category:Activity]]

=Functional Test=
Open the Write activity.

Type some text. Change the font. Ensure that bold and underline work properly.

Save the document.

Close the activity; ensure that it closes properly.

Revision as of 16:23, 4 July 2007

Description & Goals

Write
Activity4.png
Status: unknown
Version: unknown
Base: Yes
Source: unknown
l10n: missing
Contributors
unknown


Write activity

Summary

The Write activity will serve as the basic text editing application on the laptops. Its simple interface will provide an easy starting point for children, presenting tools that make writing a story, poem or essay simple and straightforward. It will also support basic tools for inserting images, creating tables, and performing basic layout operations as children begin to require some of these features often associated with word processors.

Goals

Collaboration

Write will feature collaborative real time editing. Integrated with the mesh network and presence services, this feature will allow kids to work together easily and seamlessly in a text editing environment. This feature is made possible via the Abi Collab research performed by the Abiword development team.

Visual Design

Media

Document Description
Activity Mockup (2MB) history Adobe Illustrator file containing mockups for each toolbar


Screenshots

Edit commands
Text editing
Image manipulation
Table adjustment
Format document
View options

Development

Feature Requests
Implementation Discussion
Version History

Source

http://dev.laptop.org/git.do?p=projects/write

RPMs

Resources

Functional Test

Open the Write activity.

Type some text. Change the font. Ensure that bold and underline work properly.

Save the document.

Close the activity; ensure that it closes properly.