A pulldown menu should appear with a list of all the software available. To create and work with buttons, text, and graphics in stacks, you use the tools in the Tools menu. You can have only one tool selected at a time, and one tool is always selected while using HyperCard. The Tools menu appears when your user level is set to Painting or higher. It contains General tools and Paint tools.
General tools are for browsing, text editing, and working with buttons and fields.
Paint tools are for creating and editing pictures. If you've used a Macintosh paint program, you know how the Paint tools work. In most cases, you choose a Paint tool, and then drag to make it work. The Browse tool browses stacks and edits text. The Button tool works with buttons.