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The Main Toolbar (from left to right):
 
The Main Toolbar (from left to right):
:(a) The standard Sugar 'Activity' Button used to access the Activity Menu, which includes sharing;
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;The Sugar Activity Button:used to access the Activity Menu, which includes sharing;
:(b) The 'New Game' Button used to access the New Game Menu;
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;The Game Button: used to access the New Game Menu;
:(c) The 'Tools' Button used to access the Tools Menu, which includes a computer assistant and game-level variants;
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;The Tools Button: used to access the Tools Menu, which includes a computer assistant and game-level variants;
:(d) The 'Numbers' Button used to access the Numbers Menu, which includes a variety of Number Game options;
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;The Numbers Button: used to access the Numbers Menu, which includes a variety of Number Game options;
:(e) The number of cards remaining in the deck is displayed;
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;The Deck Counter: The number of cards remaining in the deck is displayed
:(f) The number of matches found is displayed;
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;The Match Counter: The number of matches found is displayed;
:(g) The number of seconds that have elapsed since the last match was found is displayed;
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;Elapsed Time Counter: The number of seconds that have elapsed since the last match was found is displayed;
:(h) The current status is displayed; Once all of the matches have been found, the total elapsed time is displayed. Note that there may be some cards left on the playing field at the end of the game that do not make a match.
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;Status: The current status is displayed; Once all of the matches have been found, the total elapsed time is displayed. Note that there may be some cards left on the playing field at the end of the game that do not make a match.
:(i) The 'stop' button is used to exit the activity.
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;The Help Button: (not shown) Help for all toolbar buttons.
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;The Sugar Stop Button: used to exit the activity.
    
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The New Game Toolbar (from left to right):
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The Game Toolbar (from left to right):
:(a) New 'Pattern' Game;
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;New 'Pattern' Game: sets generated from xo✓ cards
:(b) New 'Number' Game;
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;New 'Number' Game: sets generated from 5, 7, and 11
:(c) New 'Word' Game;
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;New 'Word' Game: sets generated from semantic categories, e.g., foods, animals, celestial bodies
:(d) New 'Custom' Game;
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;New 'Custom' Game: sets loaded from images in the Sugar Journal
:(e) The robot button is used to turn on/off computer assistance;
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;The Robot Button: used to turn on/off computer assistance;
:(f) The time (in seconds) before computer assistance starts;
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;The Robot Pause Control: time (in seconds) before robot assistance starts;
:(g) The level button switches between 'Beginner' (circle) and 'Expert' (diamond) Modes;
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;The Level Buttons: used to switches between Beginner (2-dimensions), Intermediate (3-dimensions) and Expert (4-dimensions) Modes;
::Best times for each level are displayed next to the button.
      
[[Image:Activity-VisualMatch-Project-Toolbar.png|600px]]
 
[[Image:Activity-VisualMatch-Project-Toolbar.png|600px]]
    
From left to right:
 
From left to right:
:(a) The 'Activity Name' field;
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;The Sugar Activity Name field:
:(b) The 'Write-to-Journal' Button (Sugar 0.96+): used for writing notes to the Journal reflection field.
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;The Sugar Write-to-Journal Button (Sugar 0.96+): used for writing notes to the Journal reflection field.
:(b) The 'Share' Button used for sharing the activity for collaborative play;
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;The Sugar Share Button: used for sharing the activity for collaborative play;
:(c) The 'Copy-scores-to-clipbaord' Button: used for copying score history to the Sugar clip board. Scores can be imported into [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4534 SimpleGraph].
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;The Copy-scores-to-clipbaord Button: used for copying score history to the Sugar clip board. Scores can be imported into [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4534 SimpleGraph].
    
[[Image:Activity-VisualMatch-Tools-Toolbar.png|600px]]
 
[[Image:Activity-VisualMatch-Tools-Toolbar.png|600px]]
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From left to right:
 
From left to right:
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:(a) The edit-word-list button invokes a panel in which to edit the words used in the 'Word' game;
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;The Edit-words Button: used to invoke a panel in which to edit the words used in the Word game;
:(b) Load custom cards from Journal.
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;The Load custom-cards Button: used to invoke a panel in which to load cards from Journal.
    
[[Image:Activity-VisualMatch-Numbers-Toolbar.png|600px]]
 
[[Image:Activity-VisualMatch-Numbers-Toolbar.png|600px]]
    
From left to right:
 
From left to right:
:(a) 'Products' Cards;
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;Products Cards: e.g. 1✕5, 2✕7, 3✕11
:(b) 'Roman-Numeral' Cards;
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;Roman-numeral Cards: e.g., V, XIV, XXXIII
:(c) 'Number-Word' Cards;
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;Number-word Cards: e.g., five, seven, eleven
:(d) 'Chinese-Number' Cards;
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;Chinese-number Cards: 五, 七, 十一
:(e) 'Mayan' Cards;
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;Mayan Cards: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayan_numerals Mayan numerals]
:(f) 'Quipu' Cards;
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;Quipu Cards: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quipu Quipu]
:(g) 'Hash-Mark' Cards;
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;Hash-mark Cards: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tally_mark AKA tally marks]
:(h) 'Dots-in-Circles' Cards;
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;Dots-in-circles Cards:
:(i) 'Points-on-a-Star' Cards;
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;Points-on-a-star Cards:
:(j) 'Dice' Cards;
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;Dice Cards: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dice Dice]
:(k) 'Dots-in-Rows' Cards.
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;Dots-in-rows Cards:
    
The game is then created from digits, one of (a) to (f) and one of (g) to (k)
 
The game is then created from digits, one of (a) to (f) and one of (g) to (k)
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From left to right:
 
From left to right:
:(a) 'Activity' Tab (Sharing, Stop, etc.);
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;Sugar Activity Tab: Sharing, Stop, ...
:(b) 'Game' Tab (New-Game Buttons);
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;Game Tab: New game buttons
:(c) 'Tools' Tab (Robot, Play Levels);
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;Tools Tab: robot, play Levels...
:(d) 'Numbers' Tab (Number Game variants).
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;Numbers Tab: Number game variants
    
===Gallery===
 
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