Agenda 4:30- 7:30 Button bar Possible uses Follow-up
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Getting Started 1. Open Read & Write Gold 2. Open Word 3.
Click on textHELP drop down arrow 4. Choose General Options
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Change the Button Bar Choose Small icons without text Click
OK
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Spell Check Video Tour
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Spell Check Type into a Word document Make a few spelling
errors Word underlines errors in red Click on the Spell Check
button
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Hear the Definitions Click the Play button on the menu bar to
hear the definition Click the Change button to select the new word
Click Ignore button if you do not want to change anything
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Spelling Options Add Word Delete Word Settings Add a list
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Prediction Video Tour
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Prediction Click on the Prediction button Right click on the
prediction window Check Speak the word when it is clicked Try it
out!
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Prediction Options Select Prediction Options Check desired
options Alphabetical Follow the cursor Color Show advanced options
Additional tabs
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Dictionary Video Tour
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Dictionary Select a word Click on the Dictionary icon Select a
definition Click on the Play button to hear the definition
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Fix Play Options Choose Speech Options Select Autoread tab
Remove all checks
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Web Definitions Select Web Definitions from the drop down menu
Select a word in your document Click on the Dictionary icon
Dictionary.com opens!
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Word Wizard Select a word Click the Word Wizard button A dialog
box pops up You can discover related words, phrases, etc.
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Sounds Like Video Tour Sounds Like
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Sounds Like Click on the Show button and all the homophones
will be colored in blue Click on the Sounds Like button, and a
dialog will pop up It will show you all the possible definitions of
possible homophones for a word You can replace a word with the word
that was intended
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Sounds Like Click the Play button to hear the definition Choose
Replace or Ignore Check Always Ignore this word in future for
common words! Click the Hide button to turn off the homophone
support
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Calculator Video Tour
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Calculator Click the Calculator drop-down to choose Standard or
Scientific
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Calculator Notice Conversion options NEW in ver. 8! Volume
conversions added
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Speech Video Tour
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Speech Controls Open a Word document Practice using Speech
Controls Open Internet Explorer Practice using Speech Controls
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Speech Options Select desired Speech Options
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Convert text to speech Open a document Select text Select
Speech Maker from the drop down list Continue with on- screen
prompts
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NEW! Screenshot Reader Video Tour
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Screenshot Reader Can be used to read even locked PDF documents
Open a webpage or a PDF Click the Screenshot Reader icon Click and
drag a box over a portion of text NEW!
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Scan Video Tour
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Scanning Options Select scanning format Select Scanning Options
Select Output Settings tab Click to choose a location to save
to
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Scan Place a document in the scanner Click the Scan button and
follow scanning prompts Use any of the features in Read & Write
Gold with your scanned document
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Fact Tools Use the Fact finder, Fact Folder, and Fact Mapper to
do research and keep track of bibliographical information
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Highlighter Select text Click a highlighter color Click the
Collect Highlights button Choose colors to collect Highlights will
be pasted into a new Word document NEW!
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Summary Copy and paste text into Word Click the Summary button
Choose the percentage in the drop-down and click OK A summary will
be pasted into a new Word document
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Web Sites www.gutenberg.org www.bibliomania.com
www.baen.com/library www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown
www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/storclas.html
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AT Lab Links http://delicious.com/atlabhernando
http://delicious.com/kristin.hope
http://atc-hernando.wikispaces.com