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Chapter 1: Getting started with Inspiration
What’s great in Inspiration 8!
Inspiration includes the following new features and enhancements:
More ways to engage and learn visually
Searchable symbols. Quickly find symbols to better express ideas and represent concepts by
searching with keywords. Inspiration provides more than 1,000 symbols, plus access to more than
1 million additional symbols through Inspiration Web Resources.
To find a symbol, enter keywords in the box at the bottom of the Symbol palette, then click .
Inspiration searches both the built-in symbol libraries and the online symbol collection, then
displays the search results in the palette.
Video and sound integration. You can now insert and play multimedia, such as
QuickTime® movies and MP3s, to create more engaging and informative projects.
x Video
Enhance your diagrams with videos created in other programs. You can integrate video by
creating custom video symbols.
Click on your diagram to select where you wish to insert a video file. On the Tools menu,
choose Insert Video or Sound, then select Video. The first frame of the video is visible. To
play the video, click the Video button .
x Sound
To attach an audio file to a symbol or topic, choose Insert Video or Sound, then select Sound
File. To play the attached sound, click the Audio Quick Control .
Jumpstart projects and research with ease
Starter screen. Begin projects quickly from the new Inspiration Starter screen. Create a new
diagram or outline, continue work on a recent file or jumpstart any assignment with one of 120+
templates. You can also explore ““how to”” videos and curriculum resources by selecting Learn to
Use.
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