[...]... es 13 14 Microsoft Expression Blend 4 Step by Step Downloading and Installing Expression Blend 4 and Supporting Tools Expression Blend 4 is a part of Expression Studio 4 Ultimate, and it’s available in packages that match the way you work If you don’t have Expression Studio 4 Ultimate, you can download a trial version from the Microsoft Expression product site Downloading Expression Blend 4, Trial... to WPF and Silverlight applications To meet this need, Microsoft created Expression Studio—a professional suite of front-end design tools for both the WPF and Silverlight platforms 4 Microsoft Expression Blend 4 Step by Step Expression Studio 4 Ultimate consists of four interrelated products: ■ Microsoft Expression Blend + SketchFlow  Expression Blend is an interactive design tool with which designers... attached to your computer Acquiring Expression Blend 4 Expression Blend 4 is available as part of Expression Studio 4 Ultimate, which is an integrated group of applications that includes: ■ Expression Blend 4 and SketchFlow  Using industry-proven technologies and languages such as Silverlight, WPF, XAML, Microsoft Visual C#, and Microsoft Visual Basic, Expression Blend enables you to deliver applications... projects ■ Stay in sync with your team by using Team Foundation Server integration in Expression Blend and Visual Studio Chapter 2 Exploring the Expression Blend 4 IDE After completing this chapter, you will be able to: ■ Download and install Microsoft Expression Blend 4 ■ Open and run your first Microsoft Silverlight project ■ Use and customize the Expression Blend 4 user interface Rapidly evolving and... Downloading Expression Blend 4 1 Browse to the Expression product site at http://www .microsoft. com /expression/ , and find Expression Studio 4 Ultimate in the download section 2 Click the appropriate download link to navigate to the download page at the Microsoft Download Center Chapter 2  Exploring the Expression Blend 4 IDE 15 3 Click the Continue button You’ll be forwarded to the Microsoft sign-in page,... familiarity with common computer graphics tools is helpful xx Introduction What’s New in Expression Blend 4 Silverlight 4 and WPF4 projects  Expression Blend provides powerful features for designing and developing applications based on Silverlight 4 and Windows Presentation Foundation 4 technologies Shapes  Expression Blend 4 now includes presets to help designers easily create arcs, arrows, callouts, and... tree, so you can quickly remedy any cross-browser issues you uncover ■ Expression Design 4 Microsoft Expression Design 4 is the perfect companion to Expression Blend or Expression Web Take advantage of existing artwork, or use intuitive vector drawing tools to quickly build sophisticated vector and image assets Seamlessly transfer them to your Expression Blend or Expression Web projects knowing that their... be more productive while building their products 10 Microsoft Expression Blend 4 Step by Step Although design tools and development tools traditionally occupy very different worlds, when Expression Blend and Visual Studio are used to design WPF and Silverlight applications, these two separate worlds have several points of overlap Both Expression Blend and Visual Studio use the same project structure... you can get Expression Studio 4 Ultimate as part of the Microsoft Partner program, at https://partner .microsoft. com /40 043 420, and through the WebsiteSpark program at http://WebSiteSpark.com Finally, if you’re a student, you can get Expression Studio 4 Ultimate and a huge collection of other Microsoft development software through DreamSpark, at downloads.channel8.msdn.com/ Default.aspx Microsoft DreamSpark... Install the practice files needed for the step- by -step exercises through this book’s website See the “Sample Projects” section of this Introduction for instructions on getting and installing the practice files In addition, this book presents information using conventions designed to make the information readable and easy to follow: ■ Most chapters include step- by -step exercises that you can follow to get . Acquiring Expression Blend 4 Expression Blend 4 is available as part of Expression Studio 4 Ultimate, which is an integrated group of applications that includes: ■ Expression Blend 4 andSketchFlow. Exploring the Expression Blend 4 IDE                       13 Downloading and Installing Expression Blend 4 and Supporting Tools      14 Downloading Expression Blend 4, Trial. Introduction What’sNewin Expression Blend 4 Silverlight 4 andWPF4projects Expression Blend provides powerful features for design- ing and developing applications based on Silverlight 4 and Windows Presentation