User Guides and Screencasts

Screencasts (video screen capture) and quick instructions for end users to start using Pencil in just half an hour.


User Guides and Screencasts

User Discussions

A dedicated mailing list has just been created for questions and answers in using Pencil. Suggestions for improvement and new ideas are also welcome at the list.

User mailing list: pencil-user@googlegroups.com

A web-based user interface is available at: http://groups.google.com/group/pencil-user

The following quick quides are created for Pencil end-users in order to understand the Pencil concepts and be able to start using it to create great drawings:

Working with Shapes
Brief introductions to Pencil functionalities in dealing with shapes to create diagrams.
Working with Documents
Instructions on how to work with documents, pages and export them into rasterized images.
Working with External Objects
Details on the Pencil supports for external images, rich text contents...
Each user guide is created with a screencast that you can take a look at to see Pencil in action.