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**Google Earth Tour Basics**
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 * Setting Up: **
 * Create a Google Earth folder in your **Z:** drive
 * Put all your pictures in that folder
 * Simplify the names of the pictures, if possible
 * In Google Earth, create a folder for your project by doing the following:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Right-Click on **My Places** and select **//Add: Folder…//**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Name your folder (e.g., **Geography Tour**)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Be sure **Allow this folder to be expanded** is checked, but **Show contents…** is not checked
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Click **[OK]**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Returning to Google Earth to Work on Your Project: **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When you re-open Google Earth, check to be sure your work from your last session is still saved
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">**IF** your work is not there, re-load it from your back-up by doing the following:
 * **//<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">File menu: Open… //**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Navigate to your Google Earth folder in your **Z**: drive
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Select and open your most recent backup file
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Open this KMZ file (using the + sign button to the left of its name)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Drag your folder to **My Places**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">General Navigation: **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">**Double-Click** on the Placemark name in the **Places** panel to “fly” to that location
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Change the magnification of the screen by **scrolling the mouse wheel**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shift the map right, left, up, or down using the arrow keys on the keyboard
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To Add a Placemark: **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Be sure your folder is selected (by clicking once on it)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Click the **[Add Placemark]** button
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The placemark will be added to the center of the screen—drag it to the desired location
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Edit the name
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Modify the **Description**, **Style**, **Color**, **View**, and **Altitude**, if desired
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Click **[OK]**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To Edit a Placemark: **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Right-Click on the placemark icon and select properties
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Modify the properties, as desired
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Click **[OK]**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To Enter Blank Lines in the Description: **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Use one or more ** ** “tags”
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">E.g., the following text:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Collect your pictures and save them in a folder in your **Z:** drive
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">**Right-Click** on the placemark icon and select properties
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the description, type:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">**<img src = "Z:\My Pictures\picturename.jpg">**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If the picture is too big, you can specify its width, in pixels
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">E.g., **<img src = "Z:\Google Earth\picturename.jpg" width="200">**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Separate multiple pictures with ** **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Click **[OK]**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To Attach a Link to a Web Page to a Placemark: **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Right-Click on the placemark icon and select properties
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the description, paste in the full link
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">E.g., **http://www.morocco-travel.com/morocco/Fes/**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Click **[OK]**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Setting up and Playing a Tour of Placemarks: **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If your placemarks are not in your folder, drag them into the folder
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Set tour options using **//Tools menu: Options…: Touring//** tab
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Set **Tour Speed**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Set **Tour Pause**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check **Show balloon when tour is paused**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Select the folder with your placemarks (by clicking ONCE on it)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">**<Ctrl><Alt><T>** to turn off the toolbar
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Turn off the Compass, Status Bar, and Navigation Tool
 * **//<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">View menu: Compass //**
 * **//<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">View menu: Status Bar //**
 * **//<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">View menu: Show Navigation: Never //**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">**//View menu: Full Screen//** (or **<F11>**) to turn on full screen mode
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">**<Ctrl> <Alt> <P>** to play your tour
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To stop following the tour:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">**<F11>** to exit full screen mode
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">**Click** the **[Stop Tour]** button at the bottom of the **Places** panel
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When done:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">**<Ctrl><Alt><T>** to turn on the toolbar
 * **//<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">View menu: Compass //**
 * **//<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">View menu: Status Bar //**
 * **//<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">View menu: Show Navigation: Always //**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Deleting Placemarks and Folders: **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Be sure everything you want to save is in a well-named folder in **My Places**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Right-click that folder and choose **Save As…**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Navigate to your Google Earth folder in your **Z:** drive
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Edit the **File name** to include today’s date (e.g., Geography Tour 03-20-09. **Note:** You can’t use /’s)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Click **[Save]**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Loading a KMZ File: **
 * **//<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">File menu: Open… //**