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A text explanation is a piece of text.

Modifying a Text element

Modifying a Text element

To modify a Text element, you have to fill out a number of tab sheets. To access these, you select the Text Explanation in the Application window, click right and choose Edit from the menu that appears. A new window will pop-up with several tab sheets. The things you can or must fill out on these tab sheets are explained below.

General

1.	Select the General tab sheet.

2.	In the Name box, you can specify a name for the Text Explanation which the learner will see in the learner view. As the author, you will still see the original name in the Application window.

3.	In the Description box, type a short description of the Text Explanation. The learner will see this description in the learner environment when he or she selects the Text Explanation, but does not (yet) start it.

4.	Under Language, select the language in which you enter the text.

5.	Click Apply.

Control On

In the Control On tab sheet you can make the Text Explanation perform certain actions with regard to other elements in the application. You can for instance change the settings in such a way that once a particular Text Explanation is closed, another one will open. This chapter will help you smoothly control elements in your simulation.

First, set the Start-up state of the Text Explanation:

1.	Select the Control On tab sheet.

2.	Select the Start-up state using the radio buttons on top of the tab-sheet:

Activated: the Text Explanation will open when the simulation is opened in the learner view.

Enabled: the Text Explanation is visible to the learner in the learner view.

Disabled: the learner can see the explanation, but not (yet) activate it.

Invisible: the learner cannot see nor activate this Text Explanation.

To set the control structure of an Text Explanation, follow these steps:

1.	Decide WHEN you want something to happen. Select one of the elements from the first list.

Activated: the elements below will be activated, enabled, aborted, disabled, or hidden when the Text element is activated.

Exited: the elements below will be activated, enabled, aborted, disabled, or hidden when the Text element is closed.

2.	Select a command for the simulation:

No command to: the simulation stays as it is

Compute: the simulation calculates the output value for the given input. Only when Recompute output variables every time a value changes is not selected in Simulation Properties.

Compute and Record: the model runs with the current input values and the results are displayed.

Record Value: only for static models: the most recently computed value is recorded on screen. By default, this happens automatically, but you can change it under Simulation Properties.

Reset: all variables in the simulation will be reset to their initial value.

3.	Decide and select WHAT you want to happen.

Activate: The elements that you dragged into the box below will be started/opened.

Enable: The elements below will be presented in the learner view but not started. The learner has to start them.

Abort: The elements below will be closed.

Disable: The elements below will be presented in the learner view but the learner cannot start them.

Hide: The elements below will not be visible in the learner view.

Please note! The element itself is automatically added to the Exited-Enable page. Therefore, after it is closed the Text Explanation will be visible and available.

Control Overview

You can use the Control Overview tab sheet to check the controls you set in the Control On tab sheet. You can quickly see what will happen if you activate or exit the Text Explanation.

1.	Select the Control Overview tab sheet.

2.	Click Activated, Succeeded, Enabled, Failed, or Exited

3.	Look at the controls you specified in each category.

Explanation

To modify the explanation text:

1.	Select the Explanation tab sheet.

2.	Type your explanation text.

3.	If you want to lay-out (parts of) the text, select a word or phrase, click right, and select the appropriate lay-out.

4.	Click Apply.