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How to make Recipe Cards

A really lovely way of illustrating activities in an easily accessible format gives a
feeling of independence to the symbol user.

The use of digital images can clarify some aspects of the activity as well as serving
as a record of work when the activity is completed.

Choose your words carefully so as to convey meaning in the clearest way.
This may not necessarily be the fewest words or the fewest symbols but ensure that
the meaning is clear.

Open the symbol processor and type in the text using F12 to choose the most appropriate symbol for each word. Use the alignment tools and the background colour options to break up the text and make the text/symbols easier to focus on

Use the formatting toolbar to set the font style, size and colour and the symbol formatting to the appropriate size and colour

Under the Options drop down menu there is an option to alter the space between symbol lines and also between the images . Try setting them to large for this kind of leaflet

a screen shot of the options drop down menu

Its always good to show a digital camera image of the result and you do this by taking a picture and saving it in the My Pics folder in WWS. Then click on the Images drop down menu. Click on Link to External graphic, find your pictures and type in the word you wish to associate it with.

a screen shot of how to import a graphic

Type in the associated word and enlarge the image to suit the page. To strip away the text press the F11 key and then the right pointing arrow on your keyboard

To make a symbols cookery book you might like to widen the margin on the left hand side. Go to File, Print Margins and increase the left hand margin. This will enable you to laminate, hole punch and clip into a file. The file will then be totally wipe proof and much more practical.

There are many good recipe sites on the internet and on disk. Highlight the recipe, right mouse click and choose the word copy, open up Writing with Symbols and paste. The recipe should be interpreted into symbols as you watch. Just beware of some of the interpretations and edit carefully to make it as accessible as you can.

example recipe cards

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