# The Pairs Editor Handbook

## Pairs Editor

Pairs editor is a part of Pairs Project. It can be used to make and edit themes for Pairs.

### Main Toolbar

It consists of 5 buttons which can be resized or whose text can be altered.

#### New

The button can be used to create a new theme.

#### Open

This button can be used to open an existing theme.

#### Save/Save as

These two buttons are used to save the created theme.

#### Try

Try button is used for trying the theme that is created. It will launch Pairs with the new theme.

### Creating a new theme

Creating a new theme is quite easy and can be done using the following steps:

- Assign a Title, Description, Author, Date and version to the theme

- The Main Type describes the type of a theme. For example, Image type is used if the theme is for pairing the images.

- Include a back image. This image will be used in Pairs as the image that would be displayed on the back of the cards.

- Add elements to the theme by pressing and add images, words or sound to the elements. Elements are used for defining relation between two images, words or sounds. For example: Adding two images in one element will make those a pair. In case of sounds, Two sounds are added in an element to make them a pair. And two words can also be added to make them a pair. Adding a sound and an image together in an element will make them a pair too.

- Include Found Sound. Found sound is a sound that is played when the element is correctly matched in Pairs. There should be only one found sound for one element.

- Add more Elements. Adding elements increases the number of pairs in the game which can be useful when more number of outcomes are needed.

- After doing the mentioned steps, save your theme and hit the Try button. It will launch Pairs with your theme.

## Credits and License

Documentation Copyright see the UserBase Pairs/Editor page history

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