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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +layout: page |
| 3 | +title: Mu - Help |
| 4 | +--- |
| 5 | +<div class="jumbotron"> |
| 6 | + <h1>Help for Mu</h1> |
| 7 | + <p class="lead"><a href="/">Mu</a> is a simple code editor for beginner |
| 8 | + programmers. It's written in Python and works on Windows, OSX, Linux and Raspberry Pi.</p> |
| 9 | +</div> |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +# Help |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +## Starting Mu |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +Coming soon... ;-) |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +## Mu Buttons |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +### New |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +Click the new button to start in a new file in mu. This won't damage your old files - a fresh place to work. |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +### Load |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +Load a file - your old work or some other python file to work on. |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +### Save |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +Saves your work so you can keep it for later and not loose it if you loose power. Do this often! |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +### Flash |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +Flash your code onto the Microbit. This is how you get your code to run! |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +### Files |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +Show the files on your Micropython. |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +### Repl |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | +The repl is a way of typing stuff and seeing the microbit do something immediately. It is an abbreviation for "read-eval-print-loop". |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +### Zoom In |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +Make the letters bigger |
| 53 | + |
| 54 | +### Zoom Out |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +Make the letters smaller |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +### Check |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | + |
| 63 | +This button will check your code and underline errors you have made. Worth doing before you flash your code. |
| 64 | + |
| 65 | +### Help |
| 66 | + |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | +Show help - should be this help. |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +### Quit |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | + |
| 73 | +Press this when you are done with Mu. Mu will make sure you've saved your work if you want to keep it. |
| 74 | + |
| 75 | +# Microbit Help |
| 76 | + |
| 77 | +[Microbit Micropython Help](https://microbit-micropython.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) |
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