• Change the display to 256 colors and 800 X 600 resolution. To learn how to change display settings, see Changing the Display Settings.
   
• Insert the CD in the CD drive.
   
• Select Start/Programs/Kid Works Deluxe.

To sign in:

• The first time you use the program, select New. Type your name and select Yes. When you use the program again, you'll find your name in the list.
   
• Highlight your name and select Yes.

To start a new story:

• Click the New Book icon.
   
• Type a title to replace My Story.
   
• Click the arrow on the lower right corner of the book to turn the page to a new book.

To write a story:

• You can write on a page by clicking the pencil icon. Type your story. Use the tools below the page to add special effects to your story.
   
• You can paint on a page by clicking the paintbrush and bucket icon. Use the tools to paint a picture.
   
• You can change your choice from a text page to a picture page and from picture to text by selecting Change Page from the Edit menu.
   
• You can add stickers, little pictures, to text or picture pages.

To use text tool buttons:

• Below the page of text, you will find a shelf of tools. The signs with the word apple and a picture of an apple let you view your story as text with no stickers or as text with stickers.
   
• The alphabet blocks let you choose text styles for your story.
   
• The cassette tapes let you choose voices and bugs to read your story.
   
• The horn lets you choose sounds for your story.
   
• The band-aid is the undo feature.
   
• The vacuum cleaner deletes your story.
   
• The little bug just below your story will read it aloud.

To paint on a page:

• Select the paintbrush and bucket icon. Paint tools will appear below the book pages.
   
• On the right side of the screen are colors. Click a color for your work here.
   
• On the left side of the screen are painting tools. There are lines of different sizes, a paint pot for filling areas, a spray can, an eraser, a text tool, and others.

To play your painted page:

• Click on the worm on a stage icon below your picture. Animated stickers will move.

To add a sticker to your text page:

• Click the book with the apple icon on it.
   
• Scroll through the list of sticker categories. Select one.
   
• Click Yes.
   
• The stickers will appear on the lower right of your screen, below your story.
   
• Click a sticker to see and hear it on the little computer screen below your story.
   
• Click OK on the mouse next to the computer screen to put the sticker in your story.
  (The flag with the paint brush or apple allows you to toggle back and forth between stickers and paint tools.)

To edit a sticker:

• There are several apple icons on a shelf on the left of your screen. Click on them to move, shrink, enlarge, flip, and rotate a sticker.

To create your own sticker:

• Click on the sticker book with the apple icon.
   
• Use the left scroll bar and locate My Words.
   
• Click on My Words.
   
• Click on New (pencil and paper) on the right menu.
   
• Draw your own sticker.
   
• Type in the name of the sticker.
   
• From the File menu select Save Sticker.
   
• Click on Stop.

To insert your own sticker:

• Place the cursor in your story where you want to insert your sticker.
   
• Click on the sticker book with the apple icon.
   
• Double click on My Words.
   
• Your sticker should appear on the lower right side of the screen below your story.
   
• Click on your sticker.
   
• It will appear on the computer screen.
   
• Click OK on the mouse beside the computer screen.

To have your page read:

• Click on the bug below the text you have typed.

To hear your whole story:

• Click on the storyteller bug, the one at the top beside the telephone icon.

To teach the speech editor how to pronounce words:

• Select Speech Editor from the Tools menu.

To get help:

• Click on the telephone at the top of the screen.
   
• Your cursor becomes a ? and you see a telephone display. Click the ? cursor on the area about which you have a question, and you'll get help from a talking animated character.
   
• Select Hang Up when you're done.

To exit and save your story:

• Select Save Story from the File menu, or
   
• Click on the large pencil, top right of the screen to exit.