The Utilities Area is located in the lower left corner of the screen. In it are three icons representing three different utilities. These are:
The two slidiers at the botton of the utilities area control the veritical and horizontal scale of the Graphics Area. |

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The Notepad
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Clicking on this icon will open a Log file--a mini word processing facility. Use this window to document progress WHILE WORKING with Impromptu. The Log File can also be opened from the File menu. |
The Clipboard
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Blocks can be dragged to the Clipboard, where they will reside throughout an Impromptu session. After dragging blocks onto the Clipboard, clicking on the Clipboard icon will open the Clipboard. Once opened, Blocks on the Clipboard can be played within the Clipboard or dragged into new files. This includes files associated with any of the Playrooms. The clipboard is also where all cut and copied Blocks are placed. |
The Trash Can |
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Drag Blocks onto this icon to delete them from the Playroom Area or the Blocks Area . This includes Blocks that are created by dragging from the Blocks Area into the Playroom Area, new blocks created by the user, and blocks created using the " Block-It/Unblock-It " button. T uneblocks included in a Super block will be trashed along with that Super block. |