OK. So you know the wordling basics. (see the Wordling for
Simpletons topic, if not).
To save your wordle
Once you're happy with your wordle, press the key on your keyboard
that says 'PrtScr' (that's short for Print Screen, although it will
do no such thing. The key is towards the top right corner of most
keyboards). In effect 'PrtScr' is like a COPY command that copies
your entire screen
Now open up your favourite image editing software (like PhotoShop,
Corel, etc.). Paste your image into a file. Just literally paste
it. That little 'PrtScr' command was all the Copying you need to
do. you should find that the image pops up.
Then you crop the image
Then you save it.
That's it! It's yours. Yours forever! A moment's work! A lifetime's
pleasure!
To create a logo for the Word Cloud
Now we'd love to have your very own home made wordle for our site
logo.
Here, for your reference, are the codes for our site colours, which
can be entered by clicking 'Color' and 'Custom Palette'.
#892921 (this is the most important one - as it is the background
colour it needs to meld in with)
#31384A
#FDFFE7
#FAFAFF
#F0E69B
#849AA5
Unless you're a design genius, you should probably stick to these.
If you use those colours, then your wordles will fit into our site
perfectly. Once you've done this just save your wordle as
above.
Once you've done this, head on over to the 'Wordcloud'
competition on the discussion boards, and post your image by
clicking 'add image' in the reply box. And - hey presto - your
very own wordle!
Every time we see a wordle we love, we'll get rid of our existing
logo and put yours in its place. And we'll tell everyone that
it's yours. We'll probably hire a zeppelin and fly it over London
announcing your victory. Almost certainly in fact ...
