MAGic(tm) for Windows(r) Users Guide Henter-Joyce, Inc. MAGic(tm) for Windows(r) Users Guide Copyright (c) 1998, 1999, 2000 Henter-Joyce, Inc. 11800 31st Court North St. Petersburg, FL 33716-1805 January 2000 Phone (800) 336-5658 Or (727) 803-8000 FAX (727) 803-8001 http://www.FreedomScientific.com MAGic and JAWS are trademarks of Henter-Joyce, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT, Active Accessibility, and Microsoft Word are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. NT is a trademark of Northern Telecom Limited. Notice of Software License The license agreement, which is included with this product, specifies the rights of use. Unauthorized duplication of this product in any medium is strictly prohibited. (You may make backup copies. You may copy for use on your home and business systems, provided they are not used concurrently.) Notice of Change All information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. Table of Contents Introduction 1 What is MAGic? 1 What's New in MAGic 6.2? 2 About This Book 4 Installing MAGic 5 Uninstalling MAGic 6 Terminology 6 Using the Mouse or the Keyboard 7 Getting Started with MAGic 9 Starting MAGic 9 Graphical User Interface 10 To Run MAGic 11 Closing MAGic 11 Getting Help 13 MAGic Publications 13 Online Help System 14 Toolbar Help 16 Status Bar Help 17 Context-Sensitive Help 18 Online Documentation 19 The MAGic User Interface 23 Interface Components 23 Control Shortcut Menus 24 Title Bar 24 Menu Bar 25 MAGic Controls 47 Magnification Button 47 Setting Up Separate MAGicViews 50 Level Spin Box 51 MAGicView Combo Box 53 Customizing Hot Keys 59 Actions and Keystrokes 61 Unassigned Actions 61 Fixed Keystrokes 61 New Application Specific Hot Keys 62 Changing Hot Keys 68 Tracking Options 71 Tracking Objects 71 Setting Tracking Preferences 71 Track Items 72 Track Alignment 74 Predictive Settings 76 Mouse Routing 78 Panning Options 81 Panning an Application 81 Manual Panning 81 Full-Screen Panning 83 Other Navigational Keys 85 Changing Panning Startup Defaults 86 Locator Options 94 View Locators 94 Preferences 94 Border 96 Mouse Options 98 Mouse Options 98 Choosing a Mouse Style 100 Mouse Configuration Decisions 103 Change Custom Mouse Type 106 Smoothing Options 112 Using Smoothing 112 Delay Smoothing 114 Windows Options 116 Adjusting MAGicView Windows 116 Moving or Resizing MAGicViews 116 Changing Size and Color of Borders 119 Colors Options 122 Choosing Your Viewing Colors 122 Setting Up Color Preferences 123 Setting Up MAGic Screen Settings 125 Choosing Masking Preferences 126 Appendix A About Authorization Keys 129 Backup Considerations 130 Defragging Utilities 131 Moving the Authorization Key 131 Determining the Number of Keys 133 Getting New Keys 134 Authorization Reset Code 135 Software License Agreement 139 MAGic Hot Keys 145 Windows Shortcut Keys 151 Glossary of Terms 157 Index 162 Introduction What is MAGic? MAGic is a software solution ideally suited for vision-impaired computer users, or anyone who is required to spend extended periods of time in front of a computer screen. You can enlarge Microsoft Windows application screens, dialogs, and windows from 2 times to 20 times their usual size on your PC, laptop, or notebook. MAGic provides several different magnified viewing options. MAGic makes moving anywhere on the screen easy by tracking the movements of one or more objects, such as the mouse, menus, dialogs, and so on. Screen locators give you a visual reference of magnified views in relationship to the unmagnified portion of your screen. The MAGic multi-directional panning system gives you complete control during screen review with adjustable speeddirection, stop and start, and screen navigation controls. For easier viewing, you can reverse screen colors, mask over unwanted color combinations, and customize the shape and color of your mouse pointer. MAGic offers a single-window graphical user interface with button controls and Hot Keys to make access to MAGic features quick and easy, whether you use a mouse or your keyboard. You can quickly fine-tune the magnification attributes of MAGic by setting preferences for magnification, panning, tracking, Hot Keys, and more. What's New in MAGic 6.2? * Increased video card compatibility * Increased performance * In addition to 8 bit color support (256 colors), now supports 16, 24, and 32 bit color, resulting in the ability to display millions of colors * Enhanced smoothing * Black and White and Custom Smoothing replace Basic and Background. * Added toggle keystroke (CTRL+SHIFT+`) to switch between Prompt and Control when in very high magnification levels. * Locator option changes for greater usability. * Added application specific features: 1. Internet Explorer: Keystrokes to bring up form field focus, document reformat, list links, and list frames have been added. 2. Excel: Keystrokes to bring up column and row settings, list of cells, rows, cells with comments and all cells with content keystrokes have been added. 3. MS Word: Keystrokes to bring up a list of comments and hyper-links have been added. 4. Windows: Keystrokes to bring up a list of system tray items and a list of all open application windows have been added. * Default settings have changed (i.e. border width on overlay lens is thicker, default custom mouse is red crosshair, separate views are turned off by default). * Added functionality with JFW 3.5 to use specific MAGic keyboard layout to avoid JFW and MAGic keystroke conflicts. About This Book This book is part of the help and instruction material available to you with MAGic. This Users Guide contains everything you need to learn and to use MAGic for Windows. To help you identify important parts of the book, the following conventions are used: Note: This note indicates that a Note follows with additional information about the feature or procedure you are currently reading. Information that you are required to enter from the keyboard is printed in the following type style: C:\Winmagic.exe. A keystroke can be a single key on the keyboard or several keys that are pressed in combination. For example: ALT+F requires you to hold down the ALT key and press the F key. Sequences of keys may also be specified. ALT+F, O means pressing the ALT and F keys in combination, releasing them, and then pressing the letter O. In many applications, this sequence will bring up the File Open dialog. Both Microsoft command keystrokes and MAGic Hot Keys are used to quickly start MAGic tasks. They will be presented in the format shown above. Installing MAGic MAGic 6.2 runs with Microsoft Windows versions 95, 98, or NT. However, this version of MAGic cannot be used with Microsoft Windows 3.1, or earlier products. Windows settings should include: * Your monitor should be set for 256 colors or more. MAGic will not work with just 16 colors. * Microsoft Active Accessibility must be installed on your system, and is available on your MAGic CD in the MSC DLLs directory. To install MAGic for Microsoft Windows follow these steps: 1. Insert the MAGic CD into your CD drive. 2. The MAGic Setup program starts. Follow the instructions that appear on your screen. 3. If your MAGic installation CD does not start automatically, you can click the Start button, select Run, and type D:\setup, depending on the location of your CD drive. 4. Follow the instructions that appear on your screen. Note: If you have JFW 3.5 or higher, during installation you will be asked if you want to have JFW used along with MAGic. Saying yes will cause a copy of the MAGic 6.2 Keyboard Layout to be added to the copy of JFW on the hard drive. No other changes will occur unless the user has created keystrokes or written customized scripts in JFW. Uninstalling MAGic From the Program Menu, select MAGic 6.2 and in the submenu select "Uninstall MAGic. Terminology MAGic documentation (printed and online) uses a few unique terms you may want to get familiar with before you begin using MAGic. These terms are defined in the in the Glossary at the back of this book. Using the Mouse or the Keyboard Using MAGic is as easy as pointing and clicking a mouse button or pressing a few keystrokes (Hot Keys) on your keyboard. You can use the mouse and Hot Keys interchangeably or in combination, the choice is yours. For example, to start MAGic, you can click on the icon on the desktop or press CTRL+ALT+M. For further information on using the mouse, please refer to the Microsoft Windows Help. A listing of commonly used Windows shortcut keys are included on the MAGic Quick Reference Cards, in the MAGic Help files, and at the back of this guide. Notes Getting Started with MAGic Starting MAGic MAGic offers a number of options to start the user interface. The preferred method is to automatically start MAGic whenever Windows starts. However, several other methods are presented from which you can choose. Using a Hot Key Select this option during installation. Use the Start Menu Click the MAGic program icon in the Start Programs menu. Desktop Icon Right Click on the winmagic.exe icon in Windows Explorer and select "Send To." When the submenu opens. Select Desktop (Create Shortcut). Start Menu Drag and drop the MAGic icon from the Desktop to the START button. When you release the mouse button a shortcut will appear in the START menu. To Start MAGic Minimized 1. Right-click the MAGic icon that you created. 2. Click "Properties" when the shortcut menu opens. 3. Click the "Shortcut" tab of the dialog. 4. Click the arrow on the Run drop-down list box, then highlight and click "Minimized." 5. Click OK or press ENTER to save the Shortcut setting. 6. Click the MAGic program icon to start MAGic. Graphical User Interface When you have started MAGic the graphical user interface appears unless you have chosen to start minimized. MAGic uses a single-window user interface with all the necessary control buttons in view for quick access to all MAGic features. To Run MAGic To run the MAGic program click on the round Magnification button on the user interface (the key with the MAGic Rabbit). MAGic will start running with the default settings for magnification view, level, colors, etc. Closing MAGic Click the Close button in the right corner of the MAGic user interface Title Bar or use the following shortcut command ALT+F4. Save Settings on Exit When you exit MAGic, by default you are asked if you want to save any setting changes. However, you can change this default to automatically save changes when you exit. From the Preference Menu, select Save Settings on Exit and click on "Always Save Settings on Exit." Using JFW with MAGic In MAGic 6.2 it is possible to have JAWS for Windows 3.3 or higher versions speaking while MAGic is running. It is necessary to select a tracking engine and then you will be able to run the two programs together To run both MAGic and JFW together; 1. Select Tracking Engine from the MAGic Preference menu. 2. Select one of the JFW options. Note: If you do not have a copy of JAWS for Windows on your system, you will have no tracking unless you select HJTrack. See Choosing a Tracking EngineChoosing_a_Tracking_Engine. 3. Click on Ok and press ALT+F4 to exit MAGic. 4. Select Save Settings on Exit. 5. Restart MAGic. It opens speaking using JFW. . Getting Help MAGic features several help options. Your MAGic package contains several valuable publications, as well as an extensive online help system to assist you in learning and using MAGic. MAGic Publications You will find a number of printed documents included with MAGic. Quick Start Guide Learn how to install MAGic, take a quick tour and learn a few of the more important Hot Keys that will come in handy as you use MAGic. Users Guide The Users Guide serves as a reference to features and functions of MAGic. Reference Cards Find the Hot Key combination you need to accomplish a task or initiate a command from your keyboard. Online Help System In addition to printed documentation, MAGic offers an Online Help System and Online Documentation. Also, built-in context-sensitive help offers brief notes and helpful definitions of most MAGic command buttons, menus, and dialog elements. Online Help Topics Online help provides a comprehensive online guide to MAGic functions, feature definitions, step-by-step task procedures, and answers to frequently asked questions about using MAGic. See the following methods of accessing help topics: F1 for Help Anytime the MAGic user interface is active, press F1 to access the MAGic Help Topics window. You can look up help information in the MAGic Help Topics window by content, by indexed topics, or by word search. Help Menu The Help menu on the MAGic user interface includes access to help topics, context help, and MAGic version and authorization information. Use the Shortcut key ALT+H to open the help menu. Toolbar Help The optional MAGic Toolbar contains help access buttons: Click the About button to display MAGic program information, such as copyright and version number. Click "What's This?" button to turn the mouse pointer into a combined arrow and question mark, just as the "What's This?" command (described above). Point to objects on the MAGic user interface, such as buttons, menus, or windows, and click to view help for that item. Status Bar Help The optional Status Bar displays helpful information about menu items and option buttons. It is available by checking Status Bar on the View menu. Help Messages The Status Bar presents brief task definitions and other informational messages when the mouse pointer travels over certain elements of the MAGic user interface. For example, with the Preferences menu open and "Hot Keys" highlighted, the following help message appears in the Status Bar, "Specify hot keys for MAGic tasks". Similarly, passing the mouse pointer over the Toolbar displays the function of each button along the left side of the Status Bar. Note: When you are using a magnification level of 3x or above, both the open menu and Status Bar help will not be in view at the same time. Status Symbols The Status Bar displays Smoothing and Separate View status. An S appears when basic Smoothing is turned on and CS appears when Black and White Smoothing is selected. SEP appears in the Status Bar when the current MAGicView has separate preference settings. The Status Bar will also indicate whether the Manual Panning Key has toggled between ALT and SHIFT. Context-Sensitive Help Another method for getting context-sensitive help is to highlight or click an object or item, and then press SHIFT+F1. This help option is available on all MAGic control buttons. Use Tab to cycle from one control to another. After the control is highlighted (dotted outline appears on the control), press SHIFT+F1 to access the control's context-sensitive help. For example, when you highlight the Magnification button, by tabbing through the MAGic control buttons, then press SHIFT+F1, a definition of the Magnification feature is displayed in the pop-up window. Online Documentation MAGic also provides an online readable text file of this Guide and the MAGic for Windows Quick Start Guide. You can browse these online documents using a simple text editor or a Windows word processing application. You can also print these documents. These viewable and printable files, located in your MAGic directory, are called: MAGUSER.DOC Users Guide Word File MAGUSER.TXT Users Guide Text File QSTART.DOC Quick Start Guide Word File QSTART.TXT Quick Start Guide Text File You can access these files by going directly to the c:\MAGic62\Manuals\ENU directory that was set up during installation on your system's hard disk. Notes The MAGic User Interface Interface Components Before you start using MAGic, take a moment to familiarize yourself with the MAGic user interface. The MAGic user interface is divided into the following sections: Title Bar, Menu Bar, Toolbar, MAGic Controls, and Status Bar. Control Shortcut Menus Right-clicking any MAGic command button opens individual shortcut menus where you can make setup and preference changes for each feature. For example, right-clicking the Tracking button displays the Tracking shortcut menu. Note: Shortcut menus are available for all MAGic control buttons even if a button is unavailable (dimmed), for example, when Level 1 (no magnification) is used. Title Bar The Title Bar includes the MAGic icon, title, and button choices that you can use to maximize, minimize and close MAGic. Click on the individual buttons to activate the desired tasks. Click the MAGic icon to access window control options, such as Move, Minimize, and Close. The Restore, Size, and Maximize commands are unavailable on the MAGic System menu. The shortcut keystroke to open this menu is ALT+SPACE BAR. To move the MAGic user interface, place your mouse pointer on the Title Bar of the user interface, click and hold down the left mouse button, drag the user interface to a new location, then release the button. Note: You cannot change the size of the MAGic user interface. Menu Bar A Menu Bar, located just below the Title Bar, presents menu names for several commonly used MAGic tasks. Menus include File, Preferences, Texture, View, and Help. All menu names presented on the Menu Bar include one character that is underscored. Pressing this shortcut key, while simultaneously pressing ALT, opens the desired menu. File Menu Choose the File menu to save settings and to exit MAGic. To access the File menu, click "File" on the Menu Bar, or press the shortcut keys ALT+F. The File menu includes the following task commands: Save and Exit. Save When clicked, this command saves all currently changed MAGic preferences settings. This option does not close MAGic. Magnification remains unchanged. The Save Icon can also be used. You can also save MAGic options anytime by pressing CTRL+S. Exit When you exit MAGic, your screen will no longer be magnified. Use ALT+F4 to close MAGic. Preferences Menu Choose the Preferences menu to change MAGic settings and preferences, to restore factory default settings, and to decide how you want to save settings whenever you exit MAGic. To access the Preferences menu, click the name "Preferences" on the Menu Bar. The Preferences menu is also available by right-clicking the Magnification button on the MAGic user interface. Hot Keys Hot Keys are made up of a combination of keystrokes that, when simultaneously pressed, initiate a MAGic task (action). For example, CTRL+ALT+V changes your current MAGicView to the next MAGicView. Click "Hot Keys" on the Preferences menu to access the Hot Keys dialog box where you can view or change Hot Keys. You can also use ALT+P, then K. Tracking Tracking enables MAGic to focus automatically on any active object in the MAGicView. An active object can be the mouse pointer, a text cursor, a menu, or a dialog. Click "Tracking" on the Preferences menu to access the Tracking dialog box where you can view or change Tracking options. The keystroke for this is ALT+P, T. Another way to access this feature is to right-click on the Tracking Button. By default, mouse tracking is on and available when MAGic starts and Magnification is turned on. Click the Tracking button to toggle tracking on or off. Right-click the Tracking button to access tracking options for the mouse pointer. Panning When magnification is on, and an application is running, you can use Panning to explore the application window without changing the contents of a screen. Click "Panning" on the Preferences menu to access the Panning dialog box where you can view or change Panning startup options. You can also use the keystroke ALT+P, P. Right-click the Panning button will also access these settings. You can change the direction and speed of panning by using navigational keys, such as arrow keys and the PLUS or MINUS keys. During magnification, click the Panning button to hide the MAGic user interface and begin panning. Locators Locators give you an indication of where the current MAGicView is in relation to your full computer screen. To have the RealView pane display a rectangle that shows the area of the magnified view click "Locators" on the Preferences menu to access the Locators dialog box where you can view or change Locators options. You can also use the keystroke ALT+P, L. You can also right-click the Locators button. You can then select the color and type of border and background you want. Note: Locators are only available in RealView when split or overlay screens are selected. RealMouse and MAGicMouse Some MAGicViews that display both a MAGicView and RealView will show two mouse pointers. The mouse pointer you see in the MAGicView is called the MAGicMouse and the mouse pointer you see in the RealView is called the RealMouse. Click either "MAGicMouse" or "RealMouse" on the Preferences menu to access their respective dialog boxes. You can then view or change mouse pointer options. You can also right click on the Mouse Button. MAGic provides a number of mouse pointer shapes, sizes, and colors from which you can select to customize your magnification view. When you first click the Mouse button, the default setting is red Combined Crosshair style pointer in the MAGicView. Right-click the Mouse button to select other custom mouse settings. Once you have established your custom mouse settings, click the Mouse button to toggle your custom mouse pointer on or off. Window You can customize the size of several MAGicViews using the built-in Window Tool. Click "Window" on the Preferences menu or right-click on the Window Button to access the Window dialog box where you can view or change Window Tool options. An eligible MAGicView must be selected and Magnification must be turned on before the Window button or Window Tool Hot Keys are active. The Window button is dimmed whenever the Window Tool is not available. Right-click the Window button to access Window Tool settings. Separate MAGicViews Use the Separate View feature to give certain MAGicViews an individual set of attributes, such as screen color and magnification level. Click "Separate MAGicViews" on the Preferences menu to access the Separate Views dialog to view or set up separate MAGicViews. Use the keystroke ALT+P, S. Restore Factory Settings Click "Restore Factory Settings" on the Preferences menu to reset the default settings that were shipped with your original MAGic package. The keystroke is ALT+P, F. Whenever you make changes to the settings or options of a MAGic feature, such as Panning, Smoothing, Color, and so on, these changes are recorded in the MAGic program in a file called DEFAULT.MCF. Although the DEFAULT.MCF file, located in your MAGic directory, is changed when settings change, MAGic retains a copy of the original file in case you wish to restore the original settings to DEFAULT.MCF. Once the "Restore Factory Settings" task is initiated, your changes to the default file are erased and the original file is restored. At this point, you can go to the option menus of various MAGic features and make new setting decisions as you wish. Save Settings on Exit As default, MAGic asks if you wish to save changes to preferences settings before you exit. However, you can click "Save Settings on Exit" on the Preferences menu to access the Save Settings Options dialog box where you can change this default. The keystroke is ALT+P, E. The Save Settings Options dialog box appears. Check one of the following options: Prompt User to Save Settings on Exit This option is the default for the "Save Settings on Exit" feature. Always Save Settings on Exit This option automatically saves settings when you exit MAGic without prompting you Never Save Settings on Exit This option never prompts you. instead it always automatically resets settings to factory defaults. Tracking Engine Use this menu item to select the Tracking Engine you want to use. If you select one of the JAWS for Windows engines you can run JFW and MAGic at the same time. Tracking is a MAGic feature that allows you to stay automatically focused on active objects in the MAGicView. An active object can be the mouse pointer, a text cursor (caret), a menu, or a dialog. The MAGic Tracking engine (HJTrack) offers a superior tracking system that was developed by Henter-Joyce for both JAWS for Windows (screen-reading program) and MAGic for Windows (screen magnification program). The HJTrack engine allows tracking in previously difficult areas, such as Microsoft Office(c) menus and command bars, Microsoft Internet Explorer(c) windows, and Microsoft Excel(c) spreadsheet screens. Because both JAWS for Windows (JFW) and MAGic use the same tracking engine, you can use MAGic with the latest versions of JFW. You can use either the HJTrack engine or other JFW-supported tracking engines. Click "Tracking Engine" on the Preferences menu to open the Tracking Engine dialog box and choose the tracking engine that best fits your working preferences. HJTrack does not handle speech or Braille functions that are necessary for JFW. If you wish to run JFW along with MAGic, you have the option of using the JFW tracking engine. This engine adds additional code impact when running MAGic, but also adds the benefits of speech, Braille, and several additional application customization features. Choose one of the available options by clicking the arrow on the "Tracking Engine" drop down list box and highlighting one of these choices: HJTrack This option includes a limited set of JAWS functions that is available with MAGic. If you do not have a licensed JFW product installed on your computer, this is the option you should choose. This is the default. JFW If you have JAWS for Windows 3.3 or higher version installed on your computer, you can select this option by clicking on the version that you have installed, This will allow the use of JFW functions when MAGic is running. Note: If you select one of the JFW options for this feature, and do NOT have JAWS, the result will be no tracking at all. Texture Menu The Texture menu provides two important screen-viewing tools: color and smoothing. Use the tasks in this menu to change settings for Black and White Smoothing and screen color options. Black and White Smoothing Smoothing compensates for the loss of character definition, as screen objects get larger during magnification. There are two smoothing options, Black and White or Custom Color Smoothing. MAGic starts with Black and White Smoothing on. Black and White Smoothing refines the background color and the pixel width of these objects for improved smoothing. Black text is the most common so the default text color is Black. White is the default secondary color. You can use the Hot Key ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+S to toggle Black and White Smoothing on or off. The Custom Color Smoothing option allows users to set one secondary color to be smoothed instead of white. This is particularly useful when text is displayed in a color other than black, such as on web pages, which often display linked text in blue. Click the Texture Menu or right-click on the Smoothing button to select the type of smoothing you would like to use. By default "Black and White Smoothing" is on (checked). When MAGic is magnified, the Custom Smoothing Color Selector Tool will become available. Once you select a custom color, you will be able to toggle between Black and White Smoothing and the custom color. Custom Smoothing Color Selector The Custom Smoothing Color Selector is used to choose which alternative color you want MAGic to smooth. This option is unavailable (dimmed) unless magnification is on. Click "Custom Smoothing Color Selector" on the Texture menu or use CTRL+SHIFT+X to activate the Color Selector Tool you will use to select a background color on your desktop. When the selector tool appears, click on the alternative color you wish MAGic to smooth. You will notice that any white text in view is no longer smoothed. Smoothing Delay During rapid movement of magnified views, for example, when several activities are taking place at one time, Smoothing may cause the screen to flutter as it re-smoothes screen objects with each activity. Smoothing Delay allows these activities to occur together, and then does a single smoothing action when movement stops. The result is smoother movement, more rapid execution of actions, and less screen flutter. The amount of delay determines how long Smoothing is postponed until screen activity ends. Click "Smoothing Delay" on the Texture menu to open the option dialog where you can set the delay duration. Texture Menu or Color Button Options Color Options include Inverse (colors reversed on screen) and Masking (certain color combinations are replaced with new color combinations that you select). When you first click the Colors button during magnification, the default setting is reversed (inverse) screen colors. Right-click the Colors button to choose other color options and to access the Masking feature. Note: These options are not available when system is set for 256 colors or more. Inverse Screen The Inverse Screen task allows MAGic colors to switch from Windows screen colors to the reverse of these colors whenever magnification is turned on. Click "Inverse Screen" on the Texture menu to allow reversed screens when the Colors control button is clicked. Note: Inverse screen color can also work when Level 1 (no magnification) is selected. Enable Color Masking When viewing magnified screens, there may be one or more colors that glare when viewed on your screen. When this happens, you have the option of customizing your screen colors. You can use Color Masking to change the offending colors to make a more pleasing presentation. Click "Enable Color Masking" on the Texture menu to turn on colors you have masked whenever you click the Colors button. Masking Preferences Click "Masking Preferences" on the Texture menu to access the Masking Colors dialog. You can use Color masking to replace any colors on your magnified screen with a color that better suits your visual preferences. After masking the colors you want, check "Enable Color Masking" on the Texture menu, and then click the Colors control button on whenever you want to mask colors in the MAGicView you are using. View Menu The View menu is used to arrange the appearance of the MAGic user interface according to your preference. MAGic provides two features that you can choose to display, or not display, on your MAGic user interface: the Toolbar and the Status Bar. Toolbar Check "Toolbar" on the View menu to display the Toolbar on the MAGic user interface. The Toolbar includes a number of command buttons that give you quick single-click access to various tasks. Status Bar Check "Status Bar" on the View menu to display or hide the Status Bar on the MAGic user interface. The Status Bar presents help and other informational messages when the mouse pointer travels over certain controls on the MAGic user interface. Help Menu Use the Help menu to get access to the Help System. Help Topics Select this menu item to access the help topics on each MAGic feature and function. You can search by content, by indexed topics, or by word search. What's This? Clicking the "What's This?" command turns the mouse pointer into a combined arrow and question mark. You can use this pointer to click objects on the MAGic user interface, such as buttons, menus, or windows, and a help topic for that item appears. About MAGic Select "About MAGic" to see copyright and version information for MAGic. Authorization The "Authorization" command displays your MAGic maintenance information, operating system requirements, and your MAGic serial number. Notes MAGic Controls The center portion of the MAGic user interface includes both toggle buttons and other control elements. Command buttons turn MAGic features on and off with a single mouse-button click. The MAGic user interface control group includes the following elements: Magnification Button The Magnification is used to actually start running MAGic. Click on the round button with the Rabbit. MAGic will start with the default or saved settings from the previous session. The hot Key is CTRL+GRAVE (`), The entire unmagnified screen is called the RealView. When magnification is on, the magnified viewing area, called the MAGicView, appears. Different types of MAGicViews are available for your selection through the MAGicView control. The first time you turn MAGic on after installation, the Magnification level is set at 2x. When magnification is on, the MAGicView opens with the settings you selected. Right-click the Magnification button to access the Preferences menu for MAGic tasks. You can also quickly switch to Full Screen magnification by using the ALT+CTRL+F. Using the Preferences Dialog Box Notice that the Preferences menu and the Magnification shortcut menu are divided into three sections. The top group of tasks forms the tabbed pages of the Preferences dialog box. Clicking any of these tabs opens the Preferences dialog box for that corresponding task. For example, clicking "Tracking" or pressing T (when the Preferences menu is open) opens the Preferences dialog box with the Tracking page displayed. Use the mouse pointer to access the various controls on a page, or press TAB to sequentially move from one control to another. When you have made all of your changes, click OK or press ENTER to return to the MAGic user interface. Setting Up Separate MAGicViews Each MAGicView can have its own separate settings. View settings such as magnification level, locator styles, tracking options, and mouse configurations can be unique for each MAGicView. To create separate settings for any or all MAGicViews, follow these steps: Click "Separate MAGicViews" on the Preferences menu of the MAGic user interface. From the "Separate Views" page, click the box next to the view, or views, for which you want to create individual settings. Once a MAGicView has been selected as a separate view, you can then make option changes while that view is active, then save the changes when you are finished. Notice that the letters SEP appear on the Status Bar whenever a separate MAGicView is active. Keep in mind that you can still turn features on or off while using a particular MAGicView, but the settings for these features remain the same until you change them. For example, if you have preset the Horizontal Split View to have solid red Locators with black borders, these settings will be in effect whenever the Locators feature is on. However, you can turn Locators off for the Horizontal Split View anytime you wish. Level Spin Box Level displays the amount of enlargement currently being used during magnification. For example, a 2 means that the MAGicView is enlarged 2 times the RealView size when magnification is turned on. Use the arrows on the spin box to choose a different magnification level from 2x to 20x. A special magnification level, 1x, provides no magnification. When you choose Level 1, MAGic presents a RealView screen even when the Magnification button is clicked -- no magnification. This option allows you to take advantage of color options, such as inverse screen color, masking and custom RealMouse sizes, colors and styles, when you do not want your screen magnified. At Level 1, the Tracking, Panning, Locators, Smoothing, and Window buttons are inactive. Also note that when the Level 1 is selected, the MAGicMouse option on the Mouse button shortcut menu is unavailable (dimmed). To change the magnification level, use one of the following methods: Click the UP ARROW of the spin box to increase magnification, or the DOWN ARROW to decrease magnification. Or you can use these keystrokes: Raise Magnification ALT+CTRL+RIGHT ARROW Lower Magnification ALT+CTRL+LEFT ARROW Changes occur immediately when Magnification is on or when you turn magnification on. You can also use the shortcut key combination, ALT+L, and then use the arrow keys to raise or lower the magnification level. MAGicView Combo Box MAGicView displays the name of the view type you will see when Magnification is turned on. Click the arrow in the combo box to access and select from seven different views: Full Screen, Horizontal Split, Vertical Split, Overlay, Lens, or Tracking Lens. When you first start MAGic, the default view is Full Screen. You can also use ALT+CTRL+V to cycle through the views. Or you can also use the shortcut key combination, ALT + G, then press the arrow keys on the combo box to cycle through the various MAGicView options. The next time you turn magnification on, the MAGicView you selected will appear. If you already have magnification turned on, the change will take place immediately. Each MAGicView is designed to offer you a unique view of your screen, each providing slightly different viewing characteristics. You may prefer to use only one MAGicView style for your work or employ different styles for different jobs. Here is a brief overview of each view: Full Screen The Full Screen view creates a magnified view of the entire desktop or application - the entire screen is magnified. This is an excellent view to use when you wish to browse the screen to determine which windows are open and which desktop icons are available. You can also use a Hot Key combination to immediately change your view to Full Screen. The hotkey is ALT+CTRL+F. Note: When Full Screen is selected and the magnification level is set to 2 or higher, the RealMouse option on the Mouse button shortcut menu is unavailable. Horizontal Split The Horizontal Split view opens a magnified window horizontally across the top of your screen, while leaving the unmagnified desktop as a reference along the bottom of your screen. This is a handy working screen that is helpful when you want an overall view of the desktop but need a magnified view as well. The amount of viewing area dedicated to the MAGicView and the location of the view, i.e., top or bottom, can be adjusted using the Window Tool. The Vertical Split The Vertical Split view opens a magnified window vertically along the left side of your screen, while leaving the unmagnified desktop to the right. Like the Horizontal Split View, this option gives you an overall view of the desktop and a magnified view as well. The amount of area dedicated to the MAGicView and the location, either right or left, can be adjusted using the Window Tool Overlay One of the most versatile views, Overlay creates a magnified window on the desktop (shown here in the upper right-hand corner) while leaving the remaining desktop unmagnified. Here again, the unmagnified desktop becomes the reference screen, while the Overlay view permits closer examination of screen details as needed. The size of the Overlay view can be adjusted using the Window Tool. Lens Like the Overlay view, the Lens view opens a small rectangular window, while leaving the remaining desktop unmagnified. Unlike the Overlay, however, the Lens tracks around the screen as you move your mouse. This gives you two references when viewing the desktop, the overall desktop view and the magnified "lens" that travels along with your mouse movements. The size of the Lens view can be adjusted using the Window Tool Tracking Lens While the LensView can be compared to using a magnifying glass over the mouse, the Tracking Lens is best suited for keyboard use. As one tabs through menus and dialogs, the tracking lens sizes around and magnifies only the focus item such as a button, menu listing, edit field, etc. This is an excellent tool for focusing on the key element or critical piece of information on your screen. Once you move the mouse, the Tracking Lens behaves in a similar fashion to the Lens View. Customizing Hot Keys To view or change MAGic Hot Keys, click "Hot Keys" on the Preferences menu. This page lists all the MAGic Hot Key Actions and their corresponding Keystrokes. The Categories list box allows you to look at smaller groups of keystrokes to provide a shorter search time. Note: A handy reference card is included in your MAGic package as a ready reference guide to a few of the more widely used Hot Keys. A full listing of the factory default Hot Keys is included under MAGic Help Topics by pressing F1 anytime the MAGic user interface is active. There is also a complete listing of Hot Keys of this Guide. Actions and Keystrokes The Hot Keys tab lists all the Actions (MAGic tasks) and their associated Keystrokes (keyboard combinations). You can search down the list of Hot Keys by using the arrow keys. Unassigned Actions A number of Hot Key Actions have "None" listed as their Keystroke value. This means that this MAGic Action has no assigned Keystrokes. This allows you to choose your own set of Keystrokes to initiate the Action. See "Assigning "None" for details. Fixed Keystrokes Most Hot Keys can be changed to fit your particular requirements; however, some Hot Keys are fixed and cannot be changed. These fixed keystrokes are shown in gray in the dialog box. These keystrokes are used to alternate between ALT and SHIFT when the Manual Panning Key is selected. See "Manual Panning" for more information about these keys. New Application Specific Hot Keys In MAGic 6.2 there are several new Hot Key commands that allow some powerful features to be available when users are using MAGic and Microsoft Word, Internet Explorer, Excel, or Windows itself. Internet Explorer 5.0 Focus to First Field CTRL+INSERT+HOME -Moves cursor to first form field in an Internet window, such as when you want to order or subscribe to something on the World Wide Web. This moves past all of the advertisements, links to other sites, and other objects that clutter many e-commerce sites. Reformat Document INSERT+F5 - This command removes most graphics and formatting, and then converts the links on a web page to a list running down the left side of the window for easier reading. This is a very powerful feature that allows MAGic users to easily locate a specific link or just see the list of what' s available on that site. Select a Link INSERT+F7 - Select a link opens a Links List dialog box with a scroll bar down the right and a list view on the left showing all links on a website. This option provides advantages over navigation and searching links on a page. In Internet Explorer 5.0 particularly, not only will this keystroke bring up a list of all the links on a page, but you have the options to actually activate the link or Go to the Link on the page, list the links in either alphabetical or tab order, and to display all links, visited links, or unvisited links only. Select a Frame INSERT+F9 - Many web sites use frames to isolate different parts of the page. Select a Frame presents a list of frames that are contained on a page in a dialog box similar to Links List. You just need to scroll down the list using arrow keys and press ENTER when you are on the frame you want to move to. Microsoft Excel Verbosity Dialog INSERT+V - This command opens a list of verbosity settings in a dialog. Among these settings are row and column titles command used to designate which row and column the headings are in. List Cells With Comments CTRL+SHIFT+' - Lists all of the cells in the visible window that have an attached comment. This allows you to quickly locate any visible cells that may provide important information about the spreadsheet. List Column CTRL+SHIFT+C - Lists the cells in the current column that contain data. This allows you to set focus on the selected cell. List Row CTRL+SHIFT+R - Lists the cells in the current row that contain data. This allows you to set focus on the selected cell. List Visible Cells With Data CTRL+SHIFT+D - Lists only the cells with data that are visible on the screen. This enables you to quickly access relevant cells that are visible on the current screen, skipping blank cells. Microsoft Word List Comments CTRL+SHIFT+' - Provides a list of comments that have been entered into the Word Document using the Insert menu command Comment. Usually this is used by someone reviewing someone else work. It is a way for the editor to indicate what they were thinking when they recommend a change to the text. List Hyperlinks INSERT+F8 Provides a list of hyperlinks for the entire document. Microsoft Windows List Task Tray Icons INSERT+F11 - Opens the Select a System Tray Icon dialog box. The system tray icons are changed to textual format. After the user selects the desired application from the list, you can then tab to the following option buttons; left, right or double-clicking. The benefit of this feature is that the small icons can be difficult to interpret, which a text based list is clear and avoids the need to click on the icon. Start MAGic Task List INSERT+F10 - Opens a dialog box that lists all running applications and the current state of each application, i.e., restored, minimized or maximized. Changing Hot Keys To change one of the Hot Keys, follow these steps: From the Preferences menu, click Hot Keys. The Hot Keys page appears. Focus on the Action or the Keystroke you wish to change by highlighting either. Click "Change Selected Hot Key." You can also right-click the Action, then click the "Change" box when it appears. The Change Keystroke dialog box appears. To change Keystroke Dialog, highlight the Hot Key, then press F2 or press ALT+C. Type the new set of keystrokes for the selected Action in the Assign To edit field. Valid Hot Keys can use any of the following formats: CTRL+X, CTRL+SHIFT+X, ALT+CTRL+X, and ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+X. If the keystroke you entered is already assigned, a warning appears. Note: All Hot Keys are disabled when the Change Keystroke dialog is in use. Any Hot Key that is dimmed and designated as "Fixed" cannot be changed. Click OK when you are finished. You can also unassign an action (the keystrokes equal the value "None"). See "Assigning "None" for details. Assigning "None" to an Action You can assign no keystroke to an action (the value "None"). There are a limited number of keystroke combinations available for assignment to MAGic tasks. Therefore, you may want to free up a particular Keystroke that is assigned to an Action that you rarely use, and assign that Keystroke to a more frequently used Action. You can also use this option when there is a conflict with a MAGic Hot Key and a Windows shortcut key in your favorite application. To assign None to an action, follow these steps: From the Preferences menu, click "Hot Keys." The Hot Keys page appears. Highlight the Action you want changed, and then click "Change Selected Hot Keys." Delete the current keystroke that appears in the Change Keystroke dialog box. The Keystroke column will change to "None". Press ENTER. Tracking Options Tracking Objects To toggle tracking on or off, click the Tracking button on the MAGic user interface. Or you can use the keystroke CTRL+SHIFT+T. Tracking enables MAGic to focus automatically on an active object anywhere on the MAGicView. Notice as you move your mouse pointer toward the edges of the MAGicView, the MAGicView follows (tracks to) the mouse. When you first start MAGic, Tracking is turned on by default and the MAGicView follows the mouse pointer. Setting Tracking Preferences To access Tracking preferences, right-click the Tracking button to open the Tracking shortcut menu. Tracking options include Track Items, Track Alignment (list), Predictive Settings, and Mouse Routing. You can also click "Tracking" on the Preferences menu. Clicking "Tracking" on the Preferences menu offers the same options, but with all options presented on a single Preferences page. Track Items Click "Track Items" in the Tracking shortcut menu to open the Track Items dialog box where you can view or change the objects you want tracked. When tracking multiple objects, MAGic tracks the last object that has moved outside of the tracking frame. To view or change a Track Item, follow these steps: Right-click the Tracking button. When the Tracking shortcut menu appears, click "Track Items." The Track Items dialog box appears. Choose any of the Track Items listed, and then click its corresponding check box to allow tracking for that item. (A check means that tracking is allowed for that item.) When you first start MAGic, Tracking is turned on and all Track Items are checked. Mouse The Mouse option tracks movement of the mouse pointer. The default setting is checked. Note: A number of Hot Keys, such as Mouse Tracking, have no assigned Keystrokes. These unassigned Actions are listed with "None" as their keystroke. This allows you to create keystrokes for these actions that will not conflict with Windows shortcut keys in your favorite applications. Caret Use the Caret option to track text cursor movement. The caret is used as the insertion point for text processing applications. It appears as a blinking vertical bar. The default setting is checked. Menus Use the Menus option to track active menus, such as the open Preferences menu located on the Menu Bar. The default setting is checked. Dialogs The Dialog option tracks the active dialog. A dialog (dialog box) is any open window that contains control elements, such as buttons. The default setting is checked. Track Alignment Each Track Alignment mode sets the tracking relationship between the position of the mouse pointer and the MAGicView in which it appears. To choose a Track Alignment mode, follow these steps: Right-click the Tracking button. The Tracking shortcut menu appears. Click "Track Alignment." The list of alignment modes appears. Click one of the modes listed below: Edge Edge alignment tracking moves the MAGicView only when the mouse pointer reaches the edge of the MAGicView. This allows you to move the mouse pointer within the MAGicView without moving the MAGicView. This keystroke has a hotkey CTRL+SHIFT+E. Center Center alignment tracking moves the MAGicView keeping the mouse pointer in the center of the visible area of the MAGicView. Keystroke is CTRL+SHIFT+PERIOD (.). Continuous Continuous alignment tracking moves the MAGicView as the mouse pointer moves using the position of the pointer to show the position of the MAGicView. In Continuous alignment, the position of the pointer relative to the MAGicView is the same as the position of the MAGicView relative to the RealView. For example, if the mouse pointer in the MAGicView is to the left of center, then the MAGicView is an area left of center on the RealView. The keystroke is CTRL+SHIFT+COMMA (,). Predictive Predictive alignment tracking moves the MAGicView whenever the mouse pointer moves outside of the outer frame. The MAGicView is then repositioned so that pointer is now within the inner frame. The outer frame and the inner frame are invisible boundaries within the MAGicView. The keystroke is CTRL+SHIFT+SLASH (/). Predictive alignment is the default Tracking Alignment mode. Edge alignment is a special case of the Predictive alignment mode, where the inner and outer frames are equal to the size of the open MAGicView. Center alignment is another special case of the Predictive alignment mode, where the inner and outer frames are equal to 1 pixel by 1 pixel in size at the center of the screen. Predictive Settings Click "Predictive Settings" on the Tracking shortcut menu to open the Predictive Tracking dialog box. Predictive tracking shifts the MAGicView anytime the mouse pointer approaches the edge of the horizontal or vertical frame (boundary) of the MAGicView in order to keep the pointer in view. To view or change the Predictive Tracking settings, follow these steps: Right-click the Tracking button. When the Tracking shortcut menu appears, click "Predictive Settings." The Predictive Tracking dialog box appears. Choose one of the settings in the following spin boxes: Horizontal and Vertical Insets These settings determine how close (in pixels) the mouse pointer can get to the horizontal or vertical edge (frame) of the MAGicView before the view shifts. Use the arrows of the Inset spin boxes to raise or lower the inset number. The lower the inset number, the closer the pointer is allowed to get to the frame before the MAGicView shifts. The higher the inset number, the further away the pointer is allowed from the frame before the MAGicView shifts. Jump Use the Jump settings to determine how much of a shift (in pixels) the MAGicView makes when the mouse pointer reaches either the Horizontal or Vertical Inset settings. Mouse Routing Check this option to quickly center the mouse pointer by moving your mouse whenever the pointer disappears from the MAGicView. Mouse Routing is helpful whenever other objects on the screen have focus and the mouse pointer is not visible in the MAGicView. Any movement of the mouse brings the pointer into the center of the screen. To toggle Mouse Routing on or off, do the following: Right-click the Tracking button. When the Tracking shortcut menu appears, click "Mouse Routing" to toggle this feature on or off. A check mark appears when Mouse Routing is on. Leave this option unchecked to cause the MAGicView to shift. Centering the Mouse Pointer There are other ways to track you r mouse pointer. When the MAGicView is open, move the mouse pointer to the center of the view by using Center Mouse Hot Key CTRL+SHIFT+C. Mouse Locators You can quickly locate your mouse pointer on the MAGicView and the RealView by using the Show Mouse Locator keystrokes, CTRL+SHIFT+F12 to locate RealView mouse and CTRL+SHIFT+11 to locate MAGicView Mouse. When you use these keystrokes black crosshair lines appear on the screen. The mouse is located where these horizontal and vertical lines cross. Panning Options Panning an Application When magnification is on, you can click the Panning button to explore application windows without changing the contents of a screen. The MAGic user interface minimizes and panning begins. There are two types of panning you can use with MAGic: Manual and Full-Screen. Manual Panning During magnification, whenever the Manual Panning navigational keys are activated, the MAGicView is locked in place while allowing you to move around the magnified area (MAGicView) of the screen. It is like passing a magnifying glass (MAGicView) over the unmagnified screen (RealView) in the direction of the navigational keys. Manual Navigational Keys ACTION NAVIGATIONAL KEYS Move to top right ALT+PAGE UP Move to bottom right ALT+PAGE DOWN Move to top left ALT+HOME Move to bottom left ALT+END Move to Mouse CTRL+SHIFT+H Scroll Down ALT+DOWN ARROW Scroll Left ALT+LEFT ARROW Scroll Right ALT+RIGHT ARROW Scroll Up ALT+UP ARROW The Manual Panning Hot Key When you are magnifying some Windows application screens, the Manual Panning navigational keys may conflict with the application's shortcut keys. Generally, the use of the ALT key causes the conflict. When this occurs, you can use the Manual Panning Hot Key to change the Manual Panning navigational keys from ALT-based keystrokes to SHIFT-based keystrokes. Use ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+M. The Status Bar will indicate which Manual Panning navigational key option you are using by displaying either ALT or SHIFT Full-Screen Panning Full-Screen Panning begins to visually browse the desktop (screen) or window whenever you click the Panning button. Panning also starts whenever you use one of the following Hot Keys: ACTION KEYSTROKE Pan From Top of Screen ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+P Pan From Top of Window CTRL+SHIFT+W With an application running, start Panning by clicking the Panning button on. The MAGic user interface minimizes and panning begins. During panning, you can press any arrow key to change the direction of panning 3/4 panning starts in that direction. Panning continues until you pause it (press SPACEBAR) or until you stop it (press ESC). After pausing, panning can be restarted again by pressing the SPACEBAR. Speed can be increased or decreased by pressing the PLUS (+) or MINUS (-) keys during the panning operation. See "Other Navigational Keys" for a list of additional navigational controls. Example of Full-Screen Panning To demonstrate this invaluable MAGic feature, you can use the following Windows Notepad application to pan a .TXT file: Note: For this example, we have used the Full Screen view, set magnification at level 2, turned Colors off, turned Mouse tracking on, turned Panning off, checked "Window" for the Panning Area setting, and used the Windows Standard mouse (Mouse button off). You can change these settings; however, the results may vary slightly. 1. With MAGic running and magnification turned on, click "Programs" from the Start menu, and then click "Accessories" on the Programs submenu. 2. Click "Notepad" (Microsoft Notepad() from the Accessories list. 3. With Notepad active, click "Open" on the File menu. 4. Locate and open (double-click) the README.TXT file in your MAGic directory. 5. Once you have opened README.TXT, you may want to close all dialogs, except Notepad and MAGic, then make the MAGic user interface the focus window. 6. Click the Panning button to start panning. 7. The MAGic user interface is minimized and MAGic begins to pan the README.TXT file. By default, panning begins at the top left-hand side of the document window and slowly pans across from left to right. When the right margin of the document is reached, the view increments down one line, quickly returns to the left margin, and begins to pan the next line. Other Navigational Keys If panning is too fast or too slow, or you want to temporarily stop and restart, you can use the following navigational keys to control the panning operation: ACTION NAVIGATIONAL KEYS Exit Panning ESC Pause / Resume SPACE Change panning direction ARROWS Next line/column ENTER Quick Q Resume normal speed after Quick speed (Q) W Faster F or NUM PAD PLUS (+) Slower S or NUM PAD MINUS (-) Note: Once the entire MAGicView has been panned, Panning turns off and the MAGic user interface is restored. After you have mastered the navigational controls for Panning, you may want to change the Panning startup defaults. For example, you can change the startup speed and direction settings. Changing Panning Startup Defaults To access Panning options, right-click the Panning button or click "Panning" on the Preferences menu. Clicking Panning from the Preferences menu offers the same options, but with all options presented on a single Preferences page. Use the following default settings to control the way Panning works when a MAGicView opens: Area This Panning setting controls the area in which panning will take place. You can use the Area option to choose panning for the desktop (screen) or for an active window. To change the Area settings, follow these steps: 1. Right-click the Panning button. 2. When the Panning shortcut menu appears, click "Area." 3. The list of Areas appears as a submenu. 4. Click one of the Areas listed below: Desktop Choose "Desktop" to pan across the full screen or use ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+P. Window Choose "Window" to pan across the active window. Or use CTRL+SHIFT+W. Note: When using Panning Hot Keys, panning must be stopped (press ESC) before you can switch between panning areas (the Desktop or a Window). Direction To choose the starting direction of a full-screen panning, follow these steps: 1. Right-click the Panning button. 2. When the Panning shortcut menu appears, click "Direction." 3. The list of Direction options appears as a submenu. 4. Click one of the Direction options. A bullet mark appears next to your selection. The following options are available: Right Sets the direction from right to left. Left Sets the direction from left to right. Down Sets the direction from top to bottom. Up Sets the direction from bottom to top. Speed This Panning setting controls the speed of panning. There are two settings, one for horizontal panning and one for vertical panning. To choose the starting speed of a full-screen panning, follow these steps: 1. Right-click the Panning button. 2. When the Panning shortcut menu appears, click "Speed." 3. The Panning Speed dialog box appears. Choose one of the settings in the available spin boxes using the following methods: Horizontal The Horizontal panning speed is displacement in pixels (1-99) per frame display time. Vertical The Vertical panning speed is displacement in pixels (1-99) per frame display time. The following is a guideline for both the Horizontal and the Vertical Speed settings: Slow panning: 1-32 Medium panning: 33-66 Fast panning: 67-99 You can use these guidelines to make an approximate setting, and then refine the setting after viewing the panning speed of a document. The Horizontal default value is 4 pixels per frame display time. The Vertical default value is 2 pixels per frame display time. Jump The Jump setting controls the amount of shift (horizontal or vertical) panning makes after it reaches the border of the viewing area and before it begins a new pass. For example, when the MAGicView reaches the right margin of the document, the view increments down one line, quickly returns to the left margin, and begins to pan the next line. The Jump setting controls the amount of incremental vertical movement. When panning top-to-bottom or bottom-to-top, the Jump setting controls the incremental horizontal movement. To view or change the Panning Jump settings of a full-screen panning, follow these steps: 1. Right-click the Panning button. 2. When the Panning shortcut menu appears, click "Jump." The Panning Jump dialog box appears. Choose one of the settings in the available spin boxes using the following methods: Horizontal The Horizontal Jump setting is the offset in pixels (1-99) between vertical panning passes. This value is used when panning top-to-bottom and bottom-to-top. The Horizontal default value is 32 pixels. Vertical The Vertical Jump setting is the offset in pixels (1-99) between horizontal panning passes. This value is used when panning left-to-right and right-to-left. The Vertical default value is 18 pixels. Delay The Delay setting controls the amount of delay between panning passes. For example, when the magnified view (MAGicView) reaches the right margin an on-screen document, the view increments down one line, then returns to the left margin of the document, and begins the next pass. Delay settings control the amount of time that Panning pauses after the view increments down one line at the right margin (frame of the view). This is the Stop setting. The Start setting controls the amount of delay before Panning begins the next pass after returning to the left margin (frame of the view). To choose the starting speed for Full-Screen Panning, follow these steps: 1. Right-click the Panning button. 2. When the Panning shortcut menu appears, click "Delay." The Panning Delay dialog box appears. 3. Choose one of the settings in the available spin boxes using the following methods: Start The Start option sets a delay in milliseconds at the start of each panning pass. The Start default value is 1000 ms. Stop The Stop option sets a delay in milliseconds at the end of each panning pass. The Stop default value is 1500 ms. Locator Options View Locators When you have a Split or Overlay view, the Locators feature provides a visual reference of how much RealView is magnified in MAGicView. The Locator also provides a reference to where the MAGicView is in relationship to your entire computer screen. To have the RealView pane display a rectangle that shows the area of the magnified view, right-click the Locators button. You can then select the body and border color and style you want. Preferences To view or change the Locators preference settings in RealView, follow these steps: 1. Right-click the Locators button. The Locators shortcut menu appears. 2. Click "Preferences." 3. The Locators Preferences dialog box appears. 4. Choose one of the settings in the Body control group, and make changes as follows: Body Transparent The locator is transparent except for the border. This is optimal if you need to see what is in the RealView portion of the screen. Click the radio button to turn this option on. Solid The locator is a solid color (selected from the spin box). Click the radio button to turn this option on. Inverse The locator is the inverse of the desktop colors. Click the radio button to turn this option on. The color spin box is not active when this option is checked. Smart This locator option appears as a solid locator body except when the locator passes over an object of the same color. Only that portion of the same color inverses. Click the radio button to turn this option on. Color spin box Click the arrow buttons on the Color spin box, and choose the color you wish. This control is inactive when the Inverse option is checked. Choose one of the settings in the Border control group and make changes as follows: Border None No border appears on the locator. Click the radio button to turn this option on. This control is inactive when the locator body choice is Transparent. Solid The locator border is a solid color (selected from the spin box). Click the radio button to turn this option on. Inverse The locator Border is the inverse of the desktop colors. Click the radio button to turn this option on. The color spin box is not active when this option is checked. Smart The border of the Locator appears solid except when the border passes over an object of the same color. The border then inverses color. Color spin box Click the arrow buttons on the Color spin box, and choose the color you wish. When you have made your selections, press ENTER or click OK. Mouse Options Mouse Options MAGic offers you several mouse pointer options to fit your work style. Once you have customized your mouse pointers, you can click the Mouse button on the MAGic user interface to toggle between the Windows Standard settings and your Custom settings. To toggle the mouse use ALT+CTRL+U. When you first run MAGic and click the Mouse button, the default setting produces a red combined crosshairs mouse pointer in magnification mode. See "Change Custom Mouse Type" for details about changing this default. Right-click the Mouse button, and then click either "RealMouse" or "MAGicMouse" depending on which mouse configuration you wish to set up. Note: When magnification level is set to 1 (no magnification), the MAGicView option on the Mouse button shortcut menu is unavailable (dimmed). The RealMouse option is unavailable when the Full Screen MAGicView is selected and Level 2 or higher is selected. Both configurations have the same options, but are set independently from one another. Although we will only explain the configuration settings for MAGicMouse, both are configured in the same way. Clicking "RealMouse" or "MAGicMouse" from the Preferences menu offers the same options as the Mouse shortcut menu but with all options presented on a single Preferences page. MAGicMouse and RealMouse Notice that when the selected MAGicView is Horizontal Split, Vertical Split, Overlay, Lens, or Tracking Lens, there are two mouse pointers present on your screen. Note: In Lens view most RealMice, other than crosshairs or mice set to very high magnification will not be visible because they are covered by the actual MAGic LensView itself. The mouse pointer you see in the MAGicView, called the MAGicMouse, retains the same style and color as the mouse pointer in the RealView, called the RealMouse. The default mouse style for both is the Windows Standard mouse (shown at the left). The size of the MAGicMouse is relative to the level of magnification. If the magnification level is 2x, then the MAGicMouse is 2 times the size of the RealMouse. These are the default settings for your mouse. However, MAGic offers you a wide range of mouse pointer styles, colors, and sizes you can use to customize both the RealMouse and the MAGicMouse. Choosing a Mouse Style To view or change the Mouse Style settings, follow these steps: 1. Right-click the Mouse button. 2. When the Mouse shortcut menu appears, click "MAGicMouse." Although we will be explaining only the configuration of the MAGicMouse here, both the MAGicMouse and RealMouse are configured in the same way. When the MAGicMouse submenu appears, click one of the available options. A bullet mark appears next to the selected item. The following styles are available: Windows Standard MAGic will use the Windows Standard mouse pointer when this option is clicked. This will be true whether or not you click the Mouse button. While the style will always be the same, you can change the magnification level of the Windows Standard mouse pointer. See "Mouse Configuration Decisions" for details about changing these settings. Custom Choose this option to create a custom mouse pointer that will become active whenever you toggle the Mouse button on. The initial default mouse type is crosshairs. You can change the magnification level, color, and mouse type of your Custom mouse.. Combined Mouse Select this option to create a combined mouse pointer. The attributes you have already selected for your Custom mouse and Windows Standard mouse are combined into one mouse pointer. For example, if you had created a white Windows Standard Mouse with a magnification level of 4x, this would appear on your screen when the Windows Standard Mouse was checked. If you had created a Custom mouse using a white colored Crosshair style with a magnification level of 3x, this would appear on your screen when Custom Mouse was checked. If you then checked the Combined Mouse option, a combination of both your Windows Standard Mouse and Custom Mouse would appear on the screen. Mouse Configuration Decisions Once you have selected the style of mouse you want to use (Windows Standard, Custom, or Combined), you are ready to choose the magnification level, color, and mouse type (custom or combined only). Magnification To change mouse magnification, follow these steps: 1. Follow the steps to choose either Windows Standard, Custom, or Combined mouse style. 2. Continue by right-clicking the Mouse button again. When the Mouse shortcut menu appears, click MAGicMouse, and then click "Magnification." The MAGicMouse Magnification dialog box appears. 1. You can either check the "Use MAGicView magnification level" option or select a new magnification level from the "Level spin box. When the "Use MAGicView magnification level" option is checked, the mouse magnification level is synchronized with the currently selected Level (magnification) up to, but not beyond, level 10. If "Use MAGicView magnification level" is checked, the Level option is unavailable. If this option is unchecked you can use the arrow buttons in the Level spin box to choose a mouse magnification level from 1 to 10. The default is 2. Note: Mouse magnification is limited to level 10 to ensure that the pointer does not obscure objects on the MAGicView. When you have made your choice, press ENTER or click OK. ACTION KEYSTROKE Raise MAGicMouse Magnification CTRL+SHIFT+UP ARROW Lower MAGicMouse Magnification CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW Raise RealMouse Magnification ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+UP ARROW Lower RealMouse Magnification ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW Color To view or change the color of a Custom or Combined mouse style, follow these steps: Follow the steps to choose either the Custom or Combined mouse style. Then continue with the following step. Note: This option affects only Custom or Combined mouse types. If you selected the Windows Standard type mouse, color changes have no affect on this type mouse. 1. Right-click the Mouse button again. When the Mouse shortcut menu appears, click "MAGicMouse," and then click "Color." The MAGicMouse Color dialog box appears. You can check "Inverse Mouse" to choose a mouse color that is opposite from the color shown in the "Mouse Color" spin box. For example, if the color in the "Mouse Color" spin box is yellow, checking "Inverse Mouse" will give you a blue mouse pointer. As an alternative, you can select the color of your mouse pointer from the "Mouse Color" spin box. ACTION KEYSTROKE Inverse Mouse Color MAGicView CTRL+SHIFT+I Inverse Mouse Color RealView ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+I 1. Press ENTER, or click OK, when you have made your choice. Change Custom Mouse Type Note: These options only affect Custom and Combined mouse types. If you selected the Windows Standard mouse, mouse type changes have no affect on the mouse. To view or change the Mouse Type settings, follow these steps: 1. Right-click the Mouse. 2. When the Mouse shortcut menu appears, highlight "MAGicMouse," and then click "Custom Mouse Type." 3. When the Custom Mouse Type submenu appears, click one of the available options. A bullet mark appears next to the selected item. The following styles are available: Hidden This pointer selection makes the mouse pointer disappear from the view. This is a good option if you prefer to primarily use the keyboard. Windows Standard This is the standard mouse pointer style. Crosshair The Crosshair option places intersecting vertical and horizontal lines on the screen. The lines intersect at the location of the mouse pointer. This is the default mouse type setting. Cross The Cross option is similar to the Crosshair, but the lines do not extend across the entire screen. Circle The Circle option uses two concentric circles as the mouse pointer. The center circle is the same color as selected in the Mouse Color option with a slightly larger circle around it, which takes the alternate color of whatever screen background it passes over. This can help by providing some contrast in the mouse and the object beneath the mouse. Note: All circled cursors display this feature. Outlined Circle The Outlined Circle option is similar to the Circle, but with an added outline around the outer circle in the same color selected in the Mouse Color option. Circled Circle The Circled Circle option gives a bull's eye appearance by adding a larger outer circle around the Outlined circle option described above. The outer circle is the same color as that selected in the Mouse Color option. You can choose to have different mouse configurations for individual MAGicViews. See "Setting Up Separate MAGicViews" for more details. Smoothing Options Using Smoothing Smoothing compensates for the loss of character definition, as screen objects get larger during magnification. When you first start MAGic, by default the Black and White Smoothing button is on. Smoothing softens the edges of on-screen text fonts and graphics. To toggle Smoothing use CTRL+SHIFT+S. MAGic provides two types of smoothing, Black and White and Custom. Black and White Smoothing By default, Black and White Smoothing is on whenever MAGic is started; the Smoothing button on the MAGic user interface is pressed down. Notice that whenever smoothing is on, an S is displayed in the right-most box of the Status Bar. Custom Color Smoothing Custom Smoothing allows you to set an alternate color to smooth instead of White. When Custom Smoothing is on Status Bar displays the characters CS. Magnification and Smoothing must both be on before Custom Smoothing can be used. To select Black and White Smoothing, follow these steps: 1. Turn Magnification on by clicking on the Magnification button (The Rabbit Button). 2. A check mark appears next to the Black and White option by default. 3. Click on Custom Smoothing Color Selector. 4. The Color Selector will appear. Using the Selector as a pointer, click on the color you want to have smoothed. 5. The Status Bar will display CS when the Smoothing button is on. 6. Also, notice that any white text or other white objects will no longer be smoothed. You can also toggle Custom Smoothing from the Texture menu or use ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+S. Remember Custom Smoothing does not take effect unless Magnification and Smoothing are both turned on. Delay Smoothing During rapid movement of magnified views, for example, when several activities are taking place at one time, Smoothing may cause the screen to flutter as it re-smoothes screen features. Smoothing Delay allows these activities to occur together, and then does one smoothing action when movement stops. The result is smoother movement, more rapid execution of actions, and less screen flutter. The amount of delay determines how long Smoothing is postponed until screen activity ends. To set the amount of delay for Smoothing, follow these steps: 1. Open the Smoothing shortcut menu by right-clicking the Smoothing button, and then click "Smoothing Delay." 2. The Smoothing Delay dialog box appears. 3. The current delay factor appears in the "Smoothing Delay" spin box. 4. To change the selection, click the arrows on the spin box. The range of delay goes from 0 to 2000 Ms (milliseconds). The best setting is 200 or less. A Smoothing Delay of zero would trigger a smoothing operation with each activity on the screen. Windows Options Adjusting MAGicView Windows You can customize the size, location, and borders of several MAGicViews using the MAGic Window Tool. For example, if you wish to have a larger Overlay view than the default size used by MAGic, you can stretch and move the Overlay view with the Window Tool. Note: The Window Tool cannot be used when Full Screen or Tracking Lens MAGicViews are active. The Window button is dimmed when the Window feature is not available. Moving or Resizing MAGicViews While in an Overlay, Lens, or Split MAGicView, click the Window button to access the Window Tool to move or resize the view. Or use CTRL+SHIFT+Z to resize the view. Note: Magnification must be turned on before the Window button or Window Hot Keys are active. The Window button is dimmed when not available. To move or resize a MAGicView, use the following steps. For this example, we will resize the Overlay view: 1. With the Overlay MAGicView selected, toggle Magnification on. 2. Click the Window button on the user interface. 3. The MAGic user interface is minimized and the Window Tool replaces the MAGicView. 4. As you move your mouse pointer over the Overlay view, special "grips" appear indicating in which direction you can drag your mouse to move or resize the Overlay MAGicView. 5. Use the bi-directional grip to move the Overlay and Split MAGicView to a different location on your RealView. Horizontal Split views can only be moved to the top or bottom of your screen. Vertical Split views can only be moved to the far left or far right of your screen. Use the vertical grip to resize the MAGicView in a vertical direction, larger or smaller. Use the horizontal grip to resize the MAGicView in a horizontal direction, larger or smaller. Use the diagonal grip to grab the corner of a MAGicView window and stretch or contract the window size. The diagonal grip is only available for Overlay and Lens views. To use one of the grips, place the mouse pointer on the grip, click and hold the left mouse button, and drag in the direction of the grip's arrows. You can release the left mouse button, point to a new grip, then click and drag again as many times as you wish until the window is the size or in the location that you want. When the desired size or location is achieved, release the left mouse button (drop) and click the right mouse button. The MAGic user interface is restored to your screen. Press ESC if you wish to cancel the action and leave the Window Tool. Changing Size and Color of Borders You can adjust the size and border color of most MAGicViews by changing the Border preferences. To access Window settings, right-click the Window button to open the Border Preferences dialog box. Clicking "Window" on the Preferences menu offers the same options Window settings include Border Width, Border Color, and Moving Border Color. To view or change the Window border preferences, follow these steps: 1. Right-click the Window button. The Border Preferences dialog box appears. 2. The "Border Width" spin box displays the size of the current MAGicView's border in pixels. 3. Click the spin box arrows to increase or Click decrease "Border Width." 4. Click the "Border Color" spin box arrows to choose a different border color. 5. Click the "Moving Border Color" spin box arrows to choose a border color that appears whenever you resize a MAGicView. 6. Press ENTER or click OK to save your preferences settings. Colors Options Choosing Your Viewing Colors When you click the Colors button, your screen can switch between the Windows color settings and "Custom" colors that you choose with MAGic's Colors feature. You can also use the keystroke ALT+CTRL+O. MAGic color options include Inverse and Masking. Inverse By default, MAGic uses the Windows color settings for both the RealView and MAGicViews. When you first use MAGic, the default Color option "Inverse Screen" is selected. When you click the Colors button during magnification, your screen color scheme switches from the preset Windows colors to the inverse of these colors. You can also select Inverse Screen from the Texture menu. Masking You can customize the colors of your viewing screens by masking certain colors. Use Masking to get rid of colors that glare during magnification and color reversing. If you have masked certain colors, your screen will use your masked color combinations during magnification whenever the Colors button is clicked on. You can also select "Enable Color Masking" from the Texture menu. Note: The color changes you make affect both MAGicViews and the RealView at the same time. You can also choose to have different color settings for individual MAGicViews. See "Setting Up Separate MAGicViews" for more details. Setting Up Color Preferences Before you begin using the Colors feature, you may want to first set up the color preferences for both Windows and MAGic. Setting up Color Preferences for Microsoft Windows To choose from several available Windows color combinations, follow these steps: 1. From the Windows Startup menu, click "Settings," and then click "Control Panel." Finally, use the arrow keys to locate and click "Display." COMMAND SHORTCUT KEYS Start Menu CTRL+ESC Select Settings S Select Control Panel C Select Display Press D repeatedly until you locate Display, then press ENTER. 1. Here you will find the available Windows color schemes under the "Appearance" tab. 2. Choose your preferences from the different styles in the "Schemes" drop-down list box. COMMAND SHORTCUT KEYS Locate Appearance tab CTRL+TAB Locate Scheme box SHIFT+TAB Choose a style Use the arrow keys, then press ENTER. Note: See your Windows documentation or Windows help topics for details about using this feature. Setting Up MAGic Screen Settings To set up the color options for MAGic, follow these steps: 1. Right-click the Colors button on the MAGic user interface. 2. The Colors shortcut menu appears. 3. The default is "Inverse" checked. Click "Inverse" or "Mask" to toggle these options on or off. A check mark next to the item indicates it is on and will apply when the Color Button is clicked. You can combine the actions of reversing (inverse) colors and masking colors. For example, if you invert screens then discover that one of the colors glares, you can go into Masking Preferences and mask out the offending color, even though the screen is inverted. Choosing Masking Preferences If you checked Mask, you will then want to choose the colors you wish MAGic to mask. To mask certain colors, follow these steps: 1. From the Colors shortcut menu, click "Masking Preferences." The Masking Colors dialog box appears. 2. You can also select "Masking Preferences" on the Texture menu. 3. Continue to click "Next" until the range of colors you wish to change appears in the color window. Each Color is presented in varying shades, ranging from dark to light. Click "Back" to show a previous color. 4. You can use N and B to go to next color or back to the previous color. 5. Click "Mark." The Choose Replacement Color dialog box appears. 6. Choose a color from the palette on the left. You can also point to the desired color area of the display window (on the right) and click the left mouse button to select a color. 7. Press ENTER or click OK to mark your selection. 8. When you return to the Masking Colors dialog box, you will notice that the Mark button has now been changed to Unmark. If you wish to cancel the color masking you just completed, click the Unmark button. To reset all previously changed colors, click "Reset Colors." Reset Colors acts like a cancel operation, but without closing the Masking Colors dialog box. You can then continue through the pages of colors by pressing the Next button. At any point, you can press ENTER, or click OK to save your masking changes and end the process. Note: When Magnification is off, Inverse Screen and Masking are not available. If you want to use inverse and masking options without magnification, you must select magnification Level 1 from the Level spin box. Appendix A About Authorization Keys This section provides information about a small but very important part of MAGic: the Authorization Key. An Authorization Key is simply a file with computer information originally located on your Authorization diskette that must be present on your hard disk when MAGic starts. The Authorization Key is crucial to MAGic working properly. Note: If an Authorization Key is missing, an error message will appear and MAGic will not work. When you install MAGic from the installation media that came with your MAGic package, the Authorization Key automatically loads onto your computer during the installation. If you downloaded the current version of MAGic and installed the program from your hard disk, you may need to manually load the Authorization Key from the Authorization Diskette. See "Moving Authorization Key" for instructions on how to manually install the Authorization Key. You can also move (install/uninstall) Authorization Keys from the Authorization Diskette to the hard disk or from the hard disk to the diskette if it becomes necessary to make a change to your computer. For example, if you need to reformat your hard disk, perform hard disk maintenance, or perhaps move MAGic to a different computer, you will need to move your Authorization Key. Purchasers of a Single User License of the MAGic software package receive five Authorization Keys. Backup Considerations The Authorization Key cannot be backed up and restored like other system files. If you back up your hard disk onto diskettes or tape, we suggest that you move the Authorization Key back to your original Authorization Diskette before you perform any disk maintenance activities, such as reformatting. When you are finished, you can then move the Authorization Key back to your computer hard disk. If you are replacing your hard disk, you must first move the Authorization Key from your hard disk to your Authorization diskette. See "Moving the Authorization Key" for instructions. Defragging Utilities Defragging utility programs may damage the Authorization Key. You should move your Authorization Key from your hard disk to the original Authorization diskette before doing any defrag maintenance. As an alternative, you can check the options on the defrag utility to see if you can configure the program to avoid hidden files. If this option is available, it should allow the defrag utility to run with the Authorization Key installed. Moving the Authorization Key The Authorization Key normally loads automatically onto your computer during the installation process; however, there are times when the Authorization Key, or part of the key, loads improperly. When this occurs, you can manually install/move the Authorization Key from the Authorization Diskette to your hard disk. To move the Authorization Key to your hard disk, follow these steps: Open the Start menu, and type the following in the Run dialog. C:\MAGIC62\HJAUTH.EXE Press ENTER, or click OK, to run the HJAUTH program from your installed MAGic default directory. When the Authorization Management Interface dialog box appears, select the "Install authorization" radio button from the list in the "Available Commands" box. The "Authorization disk Location" field should indicate where you have inserted the Authorization Diskette. In this case, you are installing (moving) an Authorization Key from the Authorization Diskette to the MAGic directory on your hard disk. Click Execute to install the Authorization Key. Note: If you encounter an error message indicating that you do not have any more Authorization Keys to copy, or that there is already an Authorization Key on the hard disk, see "Determining the Number of Keys" or "Getting New Keys". Determining the Number of Keys To determine the number of keys, follow these steps: Insert your original MAGic Installation media into the appropriate disk drive, and then open the Start menu. Type A:\HJAUTH in the "Open" field of the Run dialog, and then press ENTER. Note: To check for the number of Authorization Keys on the hard disk, follow the same steps above, except that you would type C:\MAGIC62\HJAUTH, where C: is the destination of your hard disk and MAGIC is your default installation directory. When the Authorization Management Interface dialog appears, enter the letter of the disk drive (diskette, CD-ROM, or hard disk) in the "Authorization disk location" field. Click the "Get authorization count" radio button to get the install count. Click the Execute button to display the number of Authorization Keys. Next, select "Get authorization information," then click the Execute button. The Information section of the window displays authorization statistics such as Serial Number, Current Version, Reset Usage Count, Expire Date, Version Type, and other valuable details. Getting New Keys There, may be situations where an Authorization Key is accidentally deleted or corrupted and a replacement is needed. If you should lose one of these keys, Henter-Joyce Technical Support can add one or more keys to your Authorization media or send you an Authorization Reset Code to update your Authorization media. Contact Henter-Joyce Technical Support by telephone or e-mail to request a new key. This information can be found on the inside cover of this book. Make sure you explain the reason you need a new key and include your name, address, and serial number in the e-mail. We will e-mail you the Authorization Reset Code or send the data file along with instructions for updating your Authorization media in regular mail. This information can be found on the inside cover of this book. Authorization Reset Code If it becomes necessary for Henter-Joyce Technical Support to send you an Authorization Reset Code, you will need to enter the SQCPS Reset code as you install your Authorization Key. When you receive the Authorization Reset Code from HJ, follow these instructions: Go to an MS-DOS prompt on your system, and then change to the MAGIC directory. Type HJAUTH.EXE at the DOS prompt to run the program. For example, if your MAGic default installation directory was "MAGic62", you would type the following at the MS-DOS prompt: C:\MAGIC62\HJAUTH.EXE When the Authorization Management Interface dialog appears, locate your MAGic Installation media and insert it into the appropriate disk drive. Make sure the "Authorization disk location" field shows the correct location of the media. From the Available Commands group, click the "Authorization string" radio button. Type the SQCPS reset code (sent from HJ) with no spaces in the field. Click the Execute button, or press ENTER. From the Available Commands group, click the "Install authorization" radio button. Click the Execute button, or press ENTER, to complete the SQCPS reset procedure. You should now be able to move an Authorization Key to your hard disk. See "Moving the Authorization Key" for details. 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Notes MAGic Hot Keys ACTION KEYSTROKES Align Center Tracking CTRL+SHIFT+PERIOD Align Continuous Tracking CTRL+SHIFT+COMMA Align Edge Tracking CTRL+SHIFT+E Align Predictive Tracking CTRL+SHIFT+SLASH Black and White Smoothing Toggle CTRL+SHIFT+S Center Mouse in View CTRL+SHIFT+C Color Button Toggle ALT+CTRL+O Custom Smoothing Color Selector CTRL+SHIFT+X Custom Smoothing Color Toggle ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+S Center Mouse in View CTRL+SHIFT+C Color Button Toggle ALT+CTRL+O Custom Mouse Toggle ALT+CTRL+U Go to Mouse CTRL+SHIFT+H Go to Bottom Left of Window [Fixed] ALT+END Go to Bottom Right of Window [Fixed] ALT+PAGE DOWN Go to Top Left of Window [Fixed] ALT+HOME Go to Top Right of Window [Fixed] ALT+PAGE UP Inverse Mouse Color MAGicView CTRL+SHIFT+I Inverse Mouse Color RealView ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+I Level Lower Magnification ALT+CTRL+LEFT ARROW Level Mouse MAGicView Lower CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW Level Mouse MAGicView Raise CTRL+SHIFT+UP ARROW Level Mouse RealView Lower ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW Level Mouse RealView Raise ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+UP ARROW Level Raise Magnification ALT+CTRL+RIGHT ARROW List Task Tray Icons INSERT+F11 Locator Toggle CTRL+SHIFT+L MAGic Window ALT+CTRL+M Magnification Toggle CTRL+GRAVE (`) Magnify Full Screen ALT+CTRL+F Manual Panning Key Toggle ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+M Next MAGicView Mouse Style None Next MAGicView Style ALT+CTRL+V Next RealView Mouse Style None Pan From Location ALT+CTRL+P Pan From Top of Screen ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+P Pan From Top of Window CTRL+SHIFT+W Refresh Screen CTRL+SHIFT+R Resize MAGicView CTRL+SHIFT+Z Scroll Down [Fixed] ALT+DOWN ARROW Scroll Left [Fixed] ALT+LEFT ARROW Scroll Right [Fixed] ALT+RIGHT ARROW Scroll Up [Fixed] ALT+UP ARROW Show MAGicMouse Location CTRL+SHIFT+F11 Show RealMouse Location CTRL+SHIFT+F12 Start MAGic Task List INSERT|F10 Toggle Focus Prompt and Control CTRL+SHIFT+GRAVE (`) Track Cursor MAGicView Toggle None Track Dialog Toggle None Track Menu Toggle None Track Mouse Toggle None Track Toggle CTRL+SHIFT+T Note: Keystrokes preceded by the word "Fixed" cannot be changed through the Hot Keys Change dialog box. You can create your own Keystrokes for Actions with "None" as the designated Keystroke. Windows Shortcut Keys Windows Shortcut Key List COMMAND SHORTCUT KEYS Get help F1 Open the Start menu CTRL+ESCAPE Shut down Windows CTRL+ESCAPE, U, ENTER Switch between applications ALT+TAB Quit the active application ALT+F4 Open a System menu ALT+SPACEBAR Open the Properties dialog ALT+ENTER Move to the menu bar ALT or F10 Choose a menu item ENTER or Underlined Letter Move between menus ARROWS Cancel or close a menu ESCAPE Cancel or close cascading menus ESCAPE Open a control menu ALT+DASH Close a child window CTRL+F4 Open the shortcut menu SHIFT+F10 Move to another selection TAB or ARROWS Move through dialog options TAB Move to another page CTRL+TAB or ARROWS Move to first item HOME Move to last item END Scroll up or down one screen PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN Move one character LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW Move one word CTRL+LEFT ARROW or CTRL+RIGHT ARROW Move one paragraph CTRL+UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW Move to beginning CTRL+HOME Move to end CTRL+END Select or cancel an item SPACEBAR or CTRL+SPACEBAR Select or clear a check box SPACEBAR Copy CTRL+C Cut CTRL+X Paste CTRL+V Undo CTRL+Z Delete current character DELETE Delete prior character BACKSPACE Select one character SHIFT+LEFT ARROW or SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW Select one word CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW or CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW Select one line up SHIFT+UP ARROW Select one line down SHIFT+DOWN ARROW Select to beginning of line SHIFT+HOME Select to end of line SHIFT+END Select one screen SHIFT+PAGE UP or SHIFT+PAGE DOWN Select to beginning CTRL+SHIFT+HOME Select to end CTRL+SHIFT+END Delete files DELETE Delete and bypass the Recycle Bin SHIFT+DELETE Rename a file or folder F2 Find a file or folder, from the desktop F3 Refresh a Window, in Explorer F5 Switch Between Windows, in Explorer F6 Go to a folder, in Explorer CTRL+G Go up one level, in Explorer BACKSPACE Notes Glossary of Terms MAGic documentation (printed and online) uses a few unique terms you may want to get familiar with before you begin using MAGic. Take a moment to look over the following alphabetical list to help you get acquainted with these terms and how they are used in MAGic: Caret The caret is used as the insertion point for text processing applications. It normally appears as a blinking vertical bar. Cursor The cursor is a movable, visible mark that is used to indicate the position where the next operation will occur. The cursor may be a caret or an underscore. Drag and Drop Drag and drop is a method of moving windows and dialogs. Pointing to an object, pressing and holding the left mouse button, then dragging the object to a new location performs the operation. A similar procedure is used to resize windows and dialogs. Focus Focus is a Windows term used to describe the state in which a window, dialog, menu, or control can receive keyboard input. For example, if a control can receive input from the keyboard, it is said to have focus. Frame Frame is a term used to describe the tracking boundaries (edges) of a magnified view (MAGicView). The outer frame and the inner frame are invisible boundaries within the MAGicView. Hot Keys Hot Keys are MAGic keystroke combinations that are similar to Windows shortcut keys. Windows shortcut keys are used to initiate a command while MAGic Hot Keys are used to initiate an action. See also Keystrokes. Inset The distance in pixels from the inner frame of a MAGicView (magnified view) and the point where Tracking shifts to bring an active object into view. See also Frame. Inverse The term "Inverse" means the "opposite of" or reverse. In MAGic, you use the Inverse Color feature to reverse screen colors from the Windows Standard settings. JFW JFW stands for JAWS for Windows. JAWS is an acronym for Job Access With Speech. JFW is the premier screen-reading software for Windows created by Henter-Joyce, Inc. Keystrokes The term Keystrokes is used to describe a combination of keyboard keys that are pressed simultaneously to initiate a command or task. MAGic Hot Keys consist of an Action and the corresponding Keystroke combination that initiates that Action. See also Hot Keys. Locators Locators give you a visual indication of where the current magnified view is located in relation to your full computer screen. Locators can be bars, boxes, or a combination of box and crosshairs. MAGic MAGic is an acronym for MAGnification In Color. MAGicMouse MAGicMouse is a configurable mouse pointer that is displayed in a magnified view (MAGicView). See also, RealMouse. MAGicView MAGicView is the magnified portion of your screen. MAGic has seven different MAGicViews from which to choose. See also RealView. Mouse Pointer The mouse pointer is the visual pointer that moves on your screen whenever you move your mouse. MAGic mouse pointers can take on many different shapes. The standard mouse pointer is shown here. Panning Panning is a Magic feature you can use to visually browse application windows without changing the contents of a screen. Both Manual Panning and Full-Screen Panning are available in MAGic. Pixel Known as a picture element, a pixel represents one single dot on your screen. Pixels can be used as a measure of size or movement. RealMouse RealMouse is a configurable mouse pointer that is displayed in the unmagnified area of your screen (RealView). See also, MAGicMouse. RealView RealView is the unmagnified portion of your screen. See also MAGicView. Smoothing Smoothing compensates for the loss of character definition as screen objects get larger during magnification. Black and White Smoothing refines the background color and the pixel width of objects for improved smoothing. Tracking Tracking enables MAGic to focus automatically on an active object anywhere on the MAGicView. An object can be an open dialog, a button, or a text cursor. Notes Index about help, 37 actions and keystrokes, 49 active object, 57, 142 adjust panning speed, 24, 71, 74 alignment, tracking, 57, 60, 102 always save settings on exit, 28 area panning selection, 69 authorization help command, 37 authorization keys defragging considerations, 113 dialog, 116 getting new keys, 117 moving, 113 reset code, 118 SQCPS, 119 Authorization Management Interface dialog, 114 backing up files, 112 Black and White, 32 body, locator adjustment, 79 body, locators settings, 79 border width, 103 caret tracking, 59, 139 center mode, 60, 62 change keystroke dialog, 54, 55 character width adjust, 98 circle mouse, 93 circled circle mouse, 94 close button, 10 colors button, 34 locator border, 82 locators, 81 masking, 34 reset masked colors, 109 screen changes, 1, 34, 104 selector tool, 32 set both inverse and masking, 107 setting preferences, 105 unmark button, 109 combined mouse pointer, 87 configuring the mouse, 26, 83 continuous mode, 61 control elements, 38 shortcut menus, 20 count authorization keys, 116 cross mouse, 93 crosshair mouse, 93 cursor, 139 Custom Smoothing Color Selector, 32 customizing Hot Keys, 48 defragging your hard disk, 113 delay panning option, 77 desktop, 46, 72 dialog change keystroke, 54, 55 character width, 98 hot keys, 48 masking preferences, 108 preferences, 39 save settings option, 28 separate views, 40 tracking, 40 tracking items, 58 downloaded MAGic, 111 drag and drop, 100, 139 edge mode, 60, 62 enable color masking, 35 engine, tracking, 29 exit MAGic, 21, 28 F1 Help, 14, 48 factory settings, 27 file menu, 21, 69 focus, 54, 69, 139 frame, 58, 63, 77 full screen view, 43 full-screen panning, 68 getting help, 13 getting new authorization keys, 117 glossary of terms, 139 graphical user interface, 9 grips in window tool, 100, 101 hard disk, 111 help context-sensitive, 17 documents, 13 menu, 14 online topics, 14 Shift+F1, 17 topic window, 14 help menu, 36 hidden files, 113 hidden mouse, 92 HJTrack, 29 horizontal split view, 44 Hot Keys, 2 button, 55 fixed, 55 inverse mouse color, 91 keystrokes, 6, 48, 49, 54 listing, 127 lower MAGicMouse, 89 lower magnification level, 42 lower RealMouse, 89 manual panning keystrokes, 67 navigating with, 24 none setting, 55 preferences option, 22 raise MAGicMouse, 89 raise magnification level, 42 raise RealMouse, 89 unassigned actions, 49, 59 valid format, 54 individual view settings, 27 inset, predictive settings, 63 install Windows 95/98, 5 inverse locator border, 82 locator color, 80, 102 screens, 34, 42, 93, 107, 110 jump panning option, 75 jump settings, 63 keystrokes, 6, 48, 49, 54 lens view, 46 level no magnification, 41 spin box, 41, 88 license, 121 locators, 1, 79 body settings, 79 border settings, 81 shortcut menu, 20 MAGic buttons and controls, 38 downloaded version, 111 Hot Keys list, 127 icon, 20 license agreement, 121 serial number, 116 setting color preferences, 107 terms, 139 user interface, 2, 9, 19, 38 window tool, 26 MAGicMouse, 25, 83, 85, 86 MAGicView, 25, 39 combo box, 43 panning borders, 75 selecting a view, 43 viewing area, 44, 45 magnification attributes, 2, 27 level, 39, 41, 85, 86 mouse level, 88 manual panning key, 49, 66 masking colors, 34, 104, 108, 110 menu File, 21 Preferences, 22 Texture, 31 tracking, 59 menu bar, 21 minimize MAGic, 20 mouse button, 26, 83 centering on screen, 64 change color, 90 change type, 91 choosing a style, 86 circle, 93 circled circle, 94 color dialog, 90 color options, 90 combined, 87 configuring, 86, 88 cross, 93 crosshair, 92 custom type, 86 hidden, 92 MAGicMouse, 25 magnification dialog, 88 magnification options, 88 outlined circle, 93 pointer, 46 pointer, 1 RealMouse, 25 routing, 64 type selection, 86, 91 Window Standard, 92 mouse and keyboard, 6 moving authorization key, 113 moving border color setting, 103 moving MAGicViews, 100 navigational keys, 66, 70 never save settings on exit, 28 no magnification level, 41 Notepad, 69, 70 online documentation, 18 help, 14 outlined circle mouse, 93 overlay view, 45, 87 panning, 1, 44 about, 141 adjusting speed, 1 area, 71 button, 23, 24, 68, 71 delay dialog, 77 delay option, 77 direction setting, 1, 68, 73 full-screen, 68 jump dialog, 76 jump option, 75 manual key, 49 manual navigational keys, 66 preferences option, 23 speed adjustment, 74 start and stop adjustment, 78 startup default settings, 71 predictive mode, 61, 62 predictive tracking dialog, 62 Preferences dialog, 39 menu choosing, 22 Magnification button, 39 printing this document, 18 quick install, 5 Quick Start Guide, 13 RealMouse, 25, 83, 85 RealView, 25, 39, 66 reset code, authorization, 118 reset masked colors, 109 resizing grips, 100 resizing MAGicViews, 99 restore factory settings, 27 reverse screen color, 1 Run MAGic, 10 save settings, 21, 28 save settings on exit, 10 screen color, 34 screen navigation controls, 1 selecting a view, 43 separate views, 27 dialog, 40 SEP symbol, 41 SHIFT+F1 Help, 17 shortcut keys Hot Keys dialog, 23 listing, 133 setting Windows colors, 105 shortcut menus, 20 single user license, 112 smart border option, 82 smart locator adjustment, 81 smoothing about, 142 button, 32, 95 delay, 33 S symbol, 96 solid locator, 80, 81 speed adjustment, 1, 24, 68, 71, 74 SQCPS, reset code, 119 standard mouse pointer, 69, 141 start delay setting, 77 status bar ALT symbol, 17 help and status, 16 SEP symbol, 17, 41 SHIFT symbol, 17 toggle on or off, 36 stop and start panning, 68, 70, 78 stop delay setting, 77 system menu, 20 terminology, 139 Texture menu, 31 title bar, 10, 20 toolbar, 35 help buttons, 15 topics, help, 14 track items dialog box, 58 tracking, 1 alignment, 60 button, 57 caret, 59, 139 continuous mode alignment, 61 dialogs, 59 edge mode alignment, 60 engine, 29 menus, 59 mouse, 59 mouse pointer, 23 mouse routing, 64 predictive mode alignment, 61 predictive settings, 62 preferences option, 23, 29 preferences page, 40 setting preferences, 57 shortcut menu, 57 track items, 58, 102 tracking lens view, 46 transparent locator body, 80 unassigned actions, 49 unassigned Hot Key actions, 59 uninstall, 5 unmark button, 109 user interface components, 19 Users Guide, 13 vertical split view, 44 What's This?, 36 window button, 26 tool, 26 window tool, 99 border color, 103 border preferences, 102 border width, 103 Hot Keys, 26 selecting, 99 Windows MS-DOS, 118 Notepad, 69, 70 setting color preferences, 105 shortcut keys, 59, 67, 133 standard mouse, 85, 86, 92 MAGic for Windows Table of Contents vi v MAGic for Windows Table of Contents 20 21 MAGic for Windows Introduction MAGic for Windows Getting Started Getting Started MAGic for Windows MAGic for Windows MAGic User Interface 62 149 MAGic for Windows Customizing Hot Keys MAGic Controls MAGic for Windows Tracking Options MAGic For Windows Panning Options MAGic for Windows Locator Options Mouse Options MAGic for Windows Smoothing Options MAGic for Windows Windows Options MAGic for Windows Colors Options MAGic for Windows Appendix A Software License Agreement MAGic for Windows Software License Agreement MAGic Hot Keys MAGic Hot Keys Windows Shortcut Keys Windows Shortcut Keys 166 167 MAGic for Windows Glossary MAGic for Windows Index