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1.Before starting your tessellations you need tohave all the toolbars on your screen.
2.
If you haven’t got the
Draw
toolbar then go to
View – Toolbars –Drawing
or click on the
Drawing
button in the
Standard
toolbar.3.Students will need to learn how to tear of floatingMenus.
4.
Click on the
AutoShapes
button, click on
BasicShapes
and then click on the bar at the top of themenu and drag, it will float and you can drag itanywhere you like on the screen.Other menus you may have to drag onto the screenare
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Before starting Tessellations
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Step One:
1.
Change your page view so that you cansee most of your page (50% or 75%).
2.
Click on
AutoShapes
.
3.
Click on
Basic Shapes
.4.Drag and click on the Title bar to make thatmenu float.
5.
Click on the
Triangle
shape.6.Click and drag a triangle shape on the page(don’t make it too big as you are going to cover the page with lots of triangles.)
Create your own Tessellations
Hint: if you make it too big, click once on itand press
Delete
on the keyboard.
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Step Two:
1.Make sure the triangle is selected (it will havewhite handles around it.2.Press Ctrl - D (Windows) or Apple – D (Mac)lightly.3.This will duplicate your triangle exactly4.Move it into place next to the first triangle.
Create your own Tessellations
Hint: use the arrowkeys on the keyboardto move shapes
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