Usage Tips for outSPOKEN v2.0 and other software

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MS Office 97

outSPOKEN is compatible with the new Office '97 menu and toolbars. However with some desktop schemes of Windows '95 and '98 outSPOKEN will not read the menu bar when you press the Alt key. We recommend that you use the Windows standard color scheme and Office '97. It is fairly simple to change the font size in the menu bar.
outSPOKEN supports toggling between the toolbars with Ctrl-Tab and reading the Buttons with the Left and Right Arrow keys. You will find that outSPOKEN will say all buttons but not the combo boxes with font type and size. The contents of these boxes can be read with the outSPOKEN navigation keys KPD 6 and KPD 2.
You can work with the office '97 assistant using the outSPOKEN navigation keys. To get at the beginning of the dialog window of the assistant press the outSPOKEN HOME (KPD 7) command. Read the options in the dialog with the DOWN and UP command. You can also use the TAB key to go through the options. When no text is announced, press the DOWN key (KPD 2).
Tips on hiding the office assistant. The next time that you start Office '97 the office assistant will be inactive. When you press F1 you get the normal Help Window. Press F1 to activate the office assistant. Tab through the dialog box with the TAB key to highlight the button Options... Press this button with the spacebar. This gives a dialog box with all capabilities of the office assistant. To be sure that the office assistant will not be activated when you press F1, we suggest that you TAB through all options and uncheck them by pressing the spacebar. Press the OK button to leave the dialog box. The next thing you have to do is to get rid of the office assistant. Press the outSPOKEN TOP WINDOW command (KPD /). Because the office assistant is shown in a floating window above your document the KPD / command will guide you to the upper left corner of the office assistant. Press the outSPOKEN RIGHT key (KPD 6) once and you will be on the close symbol of the office assistant. Press the MOUSE (KPD 5) key, and the office assistant will be hidden.

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Word 6.0 and 7.0 (Office '95) and Word '97

The outSPOKEN graphic dictionaries for Word are defined for 256 colors. Use the normal toolbar buttons in color. The icon dictionaries are not defined for the large buttons.
To get the maximum number of lines of your document visible on the screen, and to prevent lines from appearing outside the right edge of the window, we suggest that you set the view of your document to normal. Go to the menu "View" and select the first option "Normal".
If you want outSPOKEN to jump to the beginning of the text on the screen with KPD 7 and not to the first toolbar, we recommend that you deactivate the toolbars and the ruler at the top of the window. Go to the menu "View", and select the menu option "Toolbars...".
When you read through the text with the outSPOKEN up and down keys (KPD 2 and KPD 8) empty lines are skipped. With the outSPOKEN option "Lines Approximation" you will hear a rough estimate of the number of empty lines that are skipped.
When text is both highlighted and italicized, outSPOKEN only tells you the italicized attribute and not the highlighting when you use the outSPOKEN INFO key.
The automatic spelling and grammar correction takes a lot of system resources. Especially with software synthesizers this may cause that the synthesizer becomes sluggish and does not respond to commands. We recommend switching the automatic spelling and grammar control off. Select in the Tools menu the Options dialog. Uncheck the "Check spelling as you type" and "Check grammar as you type" checkboxes on the "Spelling & grammar" tab page.

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Access 2.0, 7.0 (Office '95) and Excel '97

outSPOKEN supports tabbing through the data entries and edit fields on Access forms. outSPOKEN reads the label and contents of the data entry or edit field.
If you want to hear the label of the data and edit fields again press the READ LABEL (KPD -) option.
If several forms are used in your database application you can switch between these forms with the outSPOKEN switch window option: Shift - KPD / (SLASH)
MS-access has the option of show explaining information about the data entries on the status line. Use the outSPOKEN read status line option SHIFT-CTRL-SLASH (Numerical /) to hear the contents of the status line.
outSPOKEN works best with forms that have a standard background.

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Word Perfect 7.0 and 8.0

If you experience that outSPOKEN does not read text in the document window in Word Perfect 8.0 , select another zoom factor. Generally, a zoom factor of 100% may give problems on some systems.
In WordPerfect menu's generally Quick tips appear behind the menu. These Quick tips have to be switched of. In the menu Tools, select the menu item "settings". Select in the settings dialog the Environment option. This give a new dialog Environment settings with four tab pages. The second tab page "Interface" contains a checkbox "Display Quick Tips", Uncheck this one.
For WordPerfect 8.0 an accessibility pack is available. This pack is distributed with service release 4 for Word Perfect. Please contact your Corel WordPerfect dealer for more details.

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Internet Explorer 3.0(2) and 4.0(1)

Use Tab and Shift Tab to go forward and backward through the links on the page.
If you land on a clickable map you can hear the link by reading the status line with the Read status line command CTRL-SHIFT- KPD SLASH (Numerical /)
The title of the Web page is displayed in the Window Title. With the outSPOKEN Window Name command CTRL-SLASH (Numerical /) you can hear title of the Web page.
Text in columns can be read with the read column command, SHIFT-UP and SHIFT-DOWN command.
In Windows '95, Internet Explorer 4.0(1) should be installed as Classic version.

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Netscape Communicator 4.0(3)

Netscape Communicator 4.0(3) supports Tab and Shift-Tab to go forward and backward through the links on the web page. We recommend using this version of Netscape. If you have an older version of Netscape you can use the outSPOKEN Find (KPD 1) command to search for hypertext. Press FIND (KPD 1) and press Control u to search for underlined text. outSPOKEN will place the pointer at the end of the hypertext. Press the LEFT key (KPD 4) once, to place the mouse pointer in the middle of the hypertext and hit the Mouse Key (KPD 5) to activate the hyperlink.
If you land on a clickable map you can hear the link by reading the status line with the Read status line command CTRL-SHIFT-SLASH (Numerical /)
The title of the Web page is displayed in the Window Title. With the outSPOKEN Window Name command CTRL-SLASH (Numerical /) you can hear title of the Web page.
Text in columns can be read with the read column command, SHIFT-UP and SHIFT-DOWN command.

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