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StoryboardBuilder ||~ Would be nice or BUG fix? ||~ Suggested by || **Comments** || - for now, save storyboard and reload builder || bug fix || Crystal || use Crystal's suggestion for the short term, fix will be done eventually || and right || WBN || Cathy || good idea - not yet done || shape, e.g. I would like to use a magnifying glass for my check button since my storyboard is about pattern sleuths || WBN || Nancy || suggestion: use custom button in StoryBoard Builder, and indicate in notes the shape you wish. THANKS. THAT IS WHAT I DID! ||
 * ~ SUGGESTIONS about
 * speech bubbles to enclose text || WBN || Crystal || **Done** - added Jul 18th - in Text panel, choose Outline, then your type of outline: box (std), bevel (rounded rectangle), balloon (speech), bubble (thought). It is also possible to change the outline and fill colour of the outlined shape. ||
 * sometimes images import screwy
 * the mathcots could be switched to face left
 * We could create our own button of a different
 * Includes a spell check option || WBN || Cassie || nice idea ... but too much programming (and would balloon the size of the SWF even more). Sorry - you'll have to spell check it yourself - and if not - we will when we program the scene - so don't worry about it. ||
 * Love the whole idea of the template!!!! || IIN (it is nice!) || Jodi || THANKS ! ||
 * Be able to delete old pictures and frames || WBN || Jodi || Drag objects you wish to delete totally below the stage. (Some things need only the centre point below the stage, others need the entire object completely below the stage before they "poof")

**DONE** - Deleting old versions of Storyboards is now enabled.

To get to this feature, choose FILE - OPEN -- and search for a storyboard - then when the list of matches show up, click on the MANAGE FILES button at the bottom of the pod. Options include Deleting OLD (all but last 4 versions of a storyboard scene / frame ) - or DELETE ALL (which actually delets all but the very last version. If you REALLY want to totally eliminate a scene / frame, you'll need to DELETE ALL - then DELETE the specific final scene/frame storyboard (safeguard to ensure you don't wipe out all your work at once by mistake) || to be invisible, the line cannot be moved on the stage. || bug fix || Linda W || Suggestion: use white as endpoint colours with circle or square endpoints - then you can modify the line's positions using that. (If you still would prefer no endpoints, make a note in the storyboard doc to indicate that.) ||
 * When a line is selected and the end points are chosen
 * I could really use a spellchecker! || WBN || Linda W || Sorry - still no spellchecker. ||
 * A "style guide." This would help with consistency from Clip to Clip. For example, all skip counting tool buttons would be the same colour. Included would also be words that should be avoided, such as "find." || WBN || X Fraction group || Suggestion: The CLIPS team has come up with standard buttons and colour coding for common buttons and GUI gadgets across all clusters. For cluster specific style guides, perhaps the cluster leads, or group of cluster storyboarders come up with a style guide they can all agree on. (Ideally all Integer clusters will use the same style guide, and all Fractions clusters will use the same style guide - whether the Integers and Fractions guides are the same or not I would leave up to the leads to discuss) ||
 * A standard feedback table for developed tools. || WBN || X Fraction group || Not in the Storyboard MS Doc ?? (Not sure where this would fit in the StoryBoard Builder - please clarify if I'm misinterpreting request) ||
 * The option to storyboard (e.g. provide notes, feedback charts, etc. to Flashers) below the stage. This may alleviate the need to create a separate Storyboard in Word and house it in one place - this wonderful .swf! || WBN || Cassie || WOW ... that's REALLY taking this approach and going whole hog !

IF that's a route that is desirable, it would require some more development. Not to say it's not possible (but not this summer) ... would need to ensure significant storyboarders would be on board with this approach ... and .... have backup plans in case of internet failures, server issues, etc.... Will need more thought and discussion .... (Thanks for the vote of confidence though - even suggesting it !) ||
 * To group objects so that they are easier to move. As well, it would be nice to be able to control the order of objects (when layering) || WBN || Cathy || Grouping objects .... I can see how that would be useful. Will think about that possibility for the future.

Layering - yes - another useful feature. Will add it to the list too. ||
 * After saving a frame and then opening it later, shapes created within the Storyboard Builder do not appear. || bug fix || Glen || Will check on this ....

Did fix an issue with ubFractions not appearing as desired ... if that's helpful. || Open up the PICS panel tab, click the F button, and check off which filters you'd like, and complete the textbox. The list of all possible pics will be narrowed down to just the ones you wish.
 * ||  ||   || NEW Feature - ability to FILTER your Pics.
 * ||  ||   || NEW Feature - ability to FILTER your Pics.

NOTE: the matches will search for pictures that have been used in storyboards by a specific author, cluster, or with a certain keyword. If a pic has been loaded into the CLIPS db, but not actually used in a storyboard yet, it won't show up in the filtered list. (It's a "feature") ||
 * Being able to save a frame using more than one digit, i.e. Frame 2A. When a frame will 'morph' into something else, it is not a new frame so calling it Frame 3 is not valid. I can input 2A beside Frame, but it would not allow me to save. || Bug Fix || Nancy ||  ||
 * Being able to use different colours for text (titles and body) So far I just make a note in NOTES.

Also, deleting picture duplicates from PICS. || WBN || Nancy ||  ||
 * Operation signs turn into boxes after frame is saved, then retrieved. Also, check boxes became radio buttons.

And is there an easy way to 'grab' the text you want to move or edit?? Often I do not get a hand sign when I rollover the blue dots marking them || Bug Fix || Nancy ||  ||
 * Tooltips are sometimes hidden by other objects. Suggestion: bring tooltips to the front. || Bug Fix || Judy ||  ||
 * When Continue is dragged off the stage, it cannot be replaced through the Std Btn tabe || Bug Fix || Judy ||  ||