MAGic® for Windows Screen Magnification with Low Vision Speech User’s Guide VERSION 8.02 Freedom Scientific BLV Group, LLC May 2003 MAGic® for Windows® User’s Guide PUBLISHED BY Freedom Scientific BLV Group, LLC 11800 S. 31st Court North St. Petersburg, Florida 33716-1805 USA http://www.FreedomScientific.com Information in this document is subject to change without notice. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or any means, electronic or mechanical, for any purpose, without the express written permission of Freedom Scientific. Copyright © 2003 Freedom Scientific BLV Group, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Copyright © 1998-2000 Henter-Joyce, Inc., All Rights Reserved. MAGic and JAWS are registered trademarks of Freedom Scientific BLV Group, LLC in the United States and other countries. OPENBook, WYNN, and Connect Outloud are trademarks of Freedom Scientific BLV Group, LLC in the United States. 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Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademark of their respective owners. **Table of Contents INTRODUCTION MAGIC 8.02 USER’S GUIDE 6 About This Book 6 Items Checklist 6 Documentation Conventions 7 CHAPTER 1 QUICK START GUIDE 8 Welcome to MAGic 8 System Requirements 9 Installing MAGic 10 Authorize MAGic 11 Register MAGic 11 Initial Registration 11 Uninstalling MAGic 13 Getting Started 14 Opening MAGic 14 Closing MAGic 14 Overview of MAGic for New Users 15 Magnification and Speech Buttons 15 MAGic Menus 18 Basic MAGic Hot Keys 20 Quitting MAGic 21 Getting Help 22 CHAPTER 2 NAVIGATING MAGIC 24 Use Your Mouse and Your Keyboard 24 Using the Keyboard with MAGic 25 The MAGic Key 25 Customizing the Keyboard 26 Using the Mouse with MAGic 27 Point & Click 27 Left Click vs. Right Click 28 CHAPTER 3 USER INTERFACE 29 Title Bar 30 Menu Bar 30 Quick Access Window 31 The Magnification Buttons 32 The Speech Buttons 38 CHAPTER 4 MAGNIFICATION 41 Magnification Features 41 The Magnification Menu 42 Display 42 Mouse Settings 44 View Properties 50 Locator 56 Color 57 Panning 59 Tracking 63 CHAPTER 5 SPEECH 65 MAGic Speaks 65 The Speech Menu 66 Voices 66 Mouse Echo 72 Typing Echo 73 Verbosity 76 Synchronization 79 Document and Text Reading 81 CHAPTER 6 KEYBOARD 86 MAGic Key 86 Keyboard Assignments 87 Customizing Hot Keys 88 Options 89 CHAPTER 7 APPLICATION SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS 91 MAGic and Microsoft Word 92 MAGic and Microsoft Excel 95 MAGic and Microsoft Internet Explorer 102 CHAPTER 8 CONTACTING FREEDOM SCIENTIFIC 104 Freedom Scientific Website 105 Documentation Feedback 105 Sales 105 Technical Support 106 APPENDIX A USING HJAUTH 108 Using HJAuth 108 To move an authorization key to or from your hard drive 108 To determine the number of authorization keys on your MAGic authorization disk 109 To determine whether your hard drive already has an authorization key 109 To perform an authorization reset 110 APPENDIX B USING SAPI SYNTHESIZERS WITH MAGIC ON A NETWORK 111 APPENDIX C HOT KEYS 113 General 113 Magnification Hot Keys 113 Magnification, Views, & Color 113 Panning and Screen Movement 114 Tracking 115 Locator Mode 115 Speech Hot Keys 115 General 115 Document Reading 116 Text Reading 116 Mouse Echo 117 APPENDIX D WINDOWS SHORTCUT KEYS 118 General 118 For Windows and Menus 118 For Dialogs 119 For Reading Text 119 For Editing Text 120 For Windows Explorer 121 GLOSSARY 122 INDEX 130 **Introduction - MAGic 8.02 User’s Guide **About This Book The MAGic 8.02 User’s Guide teaches you to use and customize MAGic’s magnification and speech capabilities to fit your personal needs. The first chapter, the Quick Start Guide, gives you the basics to get up and running with MAGic. Following the Quick Start Guide is a more complete guide to all of MAGic’s features. Finally you will find appendices that include perforated keystroke reference cards. However you decide to use this book, we will guide you to a more productive computing experience with magnification and speech. **Items Checklist In your MAGic package, you should find the following items. If you discover damaged or missing items, please contact your retailer. * CD Wallet containing one program CD-ROM, and either an authorization or update diskette * Registration diskette * MAGic User’s Guide **Documentation Conventions In the MAGic User’s Guide we will refer to various commands, menu options, and other selections. To make reading this guide as simple as possible, we have included a sample of the following conventions. When instructing you to type text into a command line or input field, the text will appear in this type style: C:\MAGic802\MAG.exe. A hot key is a combination of keys pressed on the keyboard, which will invoke the same response regardless of the application you are currently using. A hot key can be a single key on the keyboard, but more commonly it is several keys pressed in combination. For example, ALT+CTRL+M requires you to press all three keys simultaneously. Alternatively, shortcut keys invoke a different action depending on the application in which you are currently working. Shortcut keys also can be one key, or multiple keys pressed in combination. Shortcut keys may also require you to press a sequence of keys, such as ALT+F, O. This requires that you press the ALT key and the F key, release them, and then press the letter O key. These hot keys and shortcut keys will appear in bold text throughout the User’s Guide. **Chapter 1 - Quick Start Guide **Welcome to MAGic MAGic is a software solution ideally suited for vision-impaired computer users, or anyone who spends extended periods of time in front of a computer screen. In addition to magnifying your computer screen, MAGic also reads your programs and documents clearly and audibly. MAGic synchronizes magnified print with speech. MAGic also highlights words and lines as it speaks them. You see and hear what you are typing. You see and hear menus, buttons, and other window controls. MAGic lets you enlarge Microsoft Windows application screens, dialogs, and windows from 2 to 16 times their normal size on your PC. MAGic also provides several different magnified viewing options. MAGic tracks 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 speed, direction, stop and start, and screen navigation controls. For easier viewing, you can reverse screen colors and customize the shape and color of your mouse pointer. If you have a magnification only version of MAGic, and want to upgrade to a speech version, contact Freedom Scientific Sales. **System Requirements The recommended system requirements for MAGic are listed below. Specification Minimum Requirement MAGic Standard Windows 95, 98, Me and XP Home MAGic Professional Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000 and XP Home and Pro Processor speed 166 MHz RAM 64 MB Available hard disk space for installation 75 MB Available hard disk space after installation 45 MB Video Super VGA display* Sound Windows compatible sound card (for speech option) * While MAGic will work with 256 colors, we recommend that you use high or true color depth (16-bit color or higher) to give better color contrast. **Installing MAGic 1. Insert the MAGic CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2. The MAGic Setup program starts. You will hear the installation speak the instructions as they appear on your screen. Follow these instructions to complete the MAGic installation. If your MAGic installation CD does not start automatically, click the Start button, select Run, and type D:\setup. If your CD-ROM is not D, substitute the correct drive letter. The MAGic setup program will then begin. Choose to run the Automatic or Guided installation of MAGic. The Automatic installation assumes that you want to install all languages, and you approve of the default location where MAGic installs on your hard drive. If you want to specify which languages to install and/or where MAGic is stored on your computer, use the Guided installation. Instructions for installing MAGic on a Network can be found in the online help system. **Authorize MAGic The authorization key contains the information your computer needs to run MAGic. MAGic prompts you for either an authorization disk or an update disk, if you received one. Follow the instructions that appear on the screen to complete your authorization of MAGic. If you do not have a current authorization key, you can run MAGic for a total of 150 hours in demonstration mode. After the demonstration trial period elapses, you will need a current authorization key if you want to continue using the software. For more information about MAGic Authorization, see Appendix A, Using HJAuth. **Register MAGic **Initial Registration MAGic prompts you to register the first time you run the program. MAGic will only prompt you to register if you have not previously registered. MAGic lets you choose to register now or later. If you choose to register later, MAGic will prompt you to register each time you launch the program. If you choose to register later, and you check the checkbox, “Do not show this dialog,” you need to manually register later. To access the registration dialog later, select Register MAGic from the Help menu. Note: If you are running a site, district, or enterprise license version of MAGic, you will not be prompted for registration. We recommend you register MAGic as soon as you start the software. After you choose the option to register now, fill in the edit fields. Those preceded with an asterisk are required fields. Use the TAB key to move around the dialog box, select Next to move to the next page of the registration. Use the Back button if you need to move backward through the registration to change any of your information. Use the RIGHT and LEFT ARROW keys to move through the options in the combo boxes. On the last screen of the registration, a combo box asks you to select a method to send your information to Freedom Scientific. Choose to send your information via the Internet using your Internet connection, if you have one; or save the information to a floppy disk and mail it to Freedom Scientific. If you choose to send it via traditional mail, MAGic prompts you to enter the registration disk, which is provided with the software. If you send your registration via e-mail, you will receive a dialog box thanking you for your registration information. **Changing Your Registration If you need to change your registration information, such as your address or phone number, select Update Registration from the Help menu. The same series of dialog boxes appear that you used for your initial registration. Change the necessary information, and send it again. **Uninstalling MAGic To uninstall MAGic go to the Program menu and select the Uninstall MAGic option in the MAGic 8.02 submenu. **Getting Started **Opening MAGic MAGic gives you a variety of ways to launch the program. * Press the hot key, ALT+CTRL+M, which is automatically assigned when you install MAGic. * Double-click the MAGic icon on your desktop. * Go to the Start menu, select Programs, and then select MAGic 8.02, and select MAGic from the MAGic 8.02 submenu. After you open MAGic for the first time, you can set MAGic to begin running when Windows starts. To make this selection, choose Run MAGic at Startup from the File menu. **Closing MAGic Close MAGic like any other Windows application by pressing ALT+F4, point the mouse and left click on the X in the top right hand corner of the window, or select Exit from the File menu. As you exit, MAGic prompts you to save any settings that you changed. MAGic also confirms that you want to close the program. **Overview of MAGic for New Users Start MAGic by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+M or by double-clicking the MAGic program icon on your Windows desktop. You can also start MAGic by clicking the Start menu and choosing Programs, MAGic 8.02, MAGic. When you first start MAGic, your screen is displayed in 2X magnification using the Full view. Speech will also be enabled. You can change the magnification level, magnified view, speech, and many other options by using the MAGic user interface. The user interface is a small window that appears in approximately the center of your display. This window allows you to control all aspects of MAGic and contains the magnification and speech buttons in addition to the MAGic menu and title bars. For more information on the MAGic user interface, please refer to Chapter 3. Magnification and Speech Buttons One of the first things you will notice about the user interface is the rows of blue and orange buttons. The blue buttons control magnification features while the orange buttons control speech. Below are brief descriptions of each button. Button Function Click the Magnification button to enable or disable magnification. The current magnification level can be adjusted with the two Magnification Level buttons. The number in the field between the two buttons shows the current magnification level. Click the Mouse Enhancements button to enable/disable mouse enhancements. Mouse enhancements change the appearance of your mouse pointer. Click the Inverse Colors button to enable/disable the Invert Colors feature. This features inverts the colors displayed on your screen. Click the Locator button to enable/disable the Locator function. The Locator function allows you to find items on your screen. Click the Smoothing button to enable/disable smoothing. This feature smoothes the appearance of jagged letters in a magnified state. The Resize View button allows you to change the dimensions of your magnified view. Select your preferred magnified view from the Magnified Views combo box. Click the Speech button to enable or disable speech. Click the Mouse Echo button to toggle the mouse echo feature on and off. The mouse echo feature enables MAGic to read text that you point at with the mouse. Click the Typing Echo button to enable or disable the typing echo. If typing echo is enabled, MAGic announces the words or characters you type. **MAGic Menus Located above these buttons is the menu bar. The menu bar allows you to customize speech, magnification, and your keyboard. You can also view help information and perform other functions. Each menu is described below. Menu Purpose File The File menu allows you to save your settings and restore the original Freedom Scientific settings. You can also use this menu to exit MAGic and automatically run MAGic when your PC starts. Magnification The Magnification menu allows you to customize how you view your screen with MAGic. You can also change mouse options, panning settings, view properties and more. Speech You can customize MAGic’s speech components to fit your particular needs. The Speech menu allows you to customize how you hear MAGic. Keyboard The Keyboard menu allows you to customize how you use your PC's keyboard with MAGic. You can re-assign the MAGic Key to a different key, manage shortcut keys, and more. Help The Help menu provides you with detailed help information for the various MAGic functions and options. You can also view information on the newest features for this release and see your current MAGic version. When you select most commands from the menu, MAGic displays a dialog box that allows you to customize certain aspects of the software. You can press F1 or use the button to get help on any control in the dialog box. From the MAGic user interface, you can select Help Topics from the Help menu to view the complete online help system which provides a full-text search, index, glossary, and table of contents to help you find the information you need. **Basic MAGic Hot Keys In addition to the menu and magnification/speech buttons, there are a number of keyboard hot keys you can use at any time to change how MAGic magnifies your screen or reads text. Below are a few basic MAGic hot keys. Refer to MAGic Hot Keys if you would like see a complete list of MAGic's default hot keys. * To toggle magnification on or off, press MAGic Key+DELETE. * To increase magnification level, press MAGic Key+NUM PAD PLUS. * To decrease magnification level, press MAGic Key+NUM PAD MINUS. * To toggle speech on or off, press MAGic Key+SHIFT. * To silence current speech press CTRL. **Getting Help **Online Help System To access MAGic’s online help system, select Help Topics from the Help menu, which is located on the menu bar of the MAGic application window. Use the Table of Contents to navigate the help system. Use the Index or the Find tabs to search for specific topics within the help system. If you want MAGic to read the help topics to you, position the mouse pointer toward the beginning of the help page, and press MAGic Key+SPACEBAR. To move to the next topic, press the PERIOD key, and to move back a topic, use the COMMA key. Additionally, for your convenience, the back button, as shown below, will take you directly back to the topic you read prior to the one currently displayed. **What’s This? Help MAGic’s What’s This? Help is context-sensitive help that you can use as a reference when working with MAGic’s user interface or dialog boxes. Press SHIFT+F1 on any button on the user interface, or control in a dialog box to see a brief description of the purpose of the control and how to use it. MAGic Users’ Guide We provide you with the content of the MAGic online help system in the MAGic User’s Guide, which is printed in large text for easier reading. The manual contains the Quick Start Guide to get you started, followed by detailed description of MAGic’s features, and also pull out reference cards. **Technical Support If you do not find the answers to questions or problems that you have, contact Freedom Scientific Technical Support, (727) 803-8600. **About MAGic Select About MAGic from the Help menu on the MAGic user interface to view the version number of MAGic you are currently running. **Chapter 2 - Navigating MAGic **Use Your Mouse and Your Keyboard With MAGic, you can use both your mouse and your keyboard to access most features. You decide what is best for you. Many people use a combination of the two. The MAGic documentation gives you information on how to perform actions with both the keyboard and the mouse. For example, you can either press ALT+F to access the file menu, or you can point and click the word File with the mouse. Using the Keyboard with MAGic **The MAGic Key When you use the keyboard in MAGic, the most important thing to know is the MAGic Key. The default MAGic Key is the CAPS LOCK key on your keyboard. Using the MAGic Key in combination with other keys activates a MAGic command if one is assigned, otherwise it will pass the key combination through to the application. Pressing the MAGic Key by itself and releasing it will not carry out any action. You can specify what key you use for your MAGic Key in the MAGic Key dialog, which is activated from the Keyboard menu. Your choices include: Extended Insert (found on the six pack), Num Pad Insert, Either Insert, or Scroll Lock (the key just above Home). **Pass the MAGic Key Through If your MAGic Key is set to the default of CAPS LOCK, how do you use your CAPS LOCK key as usual? Press the CAPS LOCK key twice quickly, and Caps Lock will turn on. To turn off Caps Lock, again press the key twice quickly. Use this double key press to pass through any of the MAGic Keys that you use. For instance, if you select INSERT as your MAGic Key, press the INSERT key twice to use the actual insert function. **Pass Through Key Command If you have an application that uses the same keystroke combination as one assigned to MAGic, you can pass the keystroke combination through to the application, so it will not function as a MAGic keystroke in that instance. Press MAGic Key+3 (on the number row), and then press the keystroke you want to use in the application. Use the pass through command for any key combination that is used in MAGic and in other applications. With MAGic, you can customize all of your keystrokes in the Keyboard Assignments dialog, activated from the Keyboard menu. If you specify certain keystrokes for use in MAGic, you may need to use these keystrokes in other applications. Keep the pass through command of MAGic Key+3 in mind when you customize keystrokes. **Customizing the Keyboard The Keyboard menu allows you to customize how you use your PC's keyboard with MAGic. The Keyboard menu allows you to re-assign the MAGic Key to a different key, manage shortcut keys, and differentiate between the left and right ALT, SHIFT, and CTRL keys. The Keyboard menu provides the following options: * Choose MAGic Key from the Keyboard menu to change which key is assigned to the MAGic Key. You can assign the MAGic Key to either the CAPS LOCK key, extended INSERT key (found on the six pack), NUM PAD INSERT key, either INSERT key, or the SCROLL LOCK key (located just above HOME). * Choose Keyboard Assignments from the Keyboard menu to view the current hot keys assigned to actions, assign different hot keys, remove hot keys, or restore the hot keys to the default settings. * Choose Options from the Keyboard menu to differentiate between the left or right CTRL, ALT, and SHIFT keys for hot key combinations. Refer to Chapter 6 Keyboard for detailed information on these commands. **Using the Mouse with MAGic **Point & Click With MAGic you don’t have to learn keystrokes to perform actions. You can use the mouse to point at items on the user interface, and click the buttons to activate features. For example, to invert screen colors, just point at the Inverse Colors button, click with the left mouse button, and the colors on your screen change. If you are not sure how to activate a feature, use your mouse to open the menus and find the feature you need. **Left Click vs. Right Click The left mouse button is the more commonly used mouse button, because it activates buttons and menus. Alternatively, the right mouse button provides useful shortcuts to many items found under MAGic’s menus. Right click on many of the buttons on the user interface to see a context menu. Depending on where you right click on the user interface, the menus change. Use your right mouse button to access the most common features associated with the buttons on the MAGic user interface. If you are not a mouse user, you can activate context menus with the Application key on the keyboard. Locate the Application key just to the left of the right CTRL key in the bottom row on your main keypad. Use the TAB key to place the focus on the button that you want to see the context menu for, and press the Application key to see the menu. Then use the UP and DOWN ARROWS to move through the menu choices. **Chapter 3 - User Interface The MAGic user interface contains everything you need to customize magnification and speech to fit your needs. The user interface automatically opens when you launch MAGic. If you want to make the user interface active while you are working in another window, press ALT+CTRL+M. The MAGic user interface consists of the title bar, the menu bar, and the Quick Access Window. The title bar is the blue bar across the top of the application, which says, “MAGic Screen Magnification.” The menu bar is located just below, and contains the File, Magnification, Speech, Keyboard, and Help Menus. Finally the Quick Access Window is the main area of the user interface. **Title Bar Locate the MAGic title bar at the very top of the window. It reads, “MAGic Screen Magnification. Press MAGic Key+T to hear the text of the title bar. If speech is not enabled you will not hear anything. Press the M icon on the left side of the title bar, or press ALT+SPACEBAR to see the control menu, which includes options to Move, Minimize, and Close. Use the button, or press ALT+SPACEBAR, N to minimize the application. Press the in the top right corner, or ALT+F4 to exit MAGic. **Menu Bar The MAGic menu bar contains five menu titles: File, Magnification, Speech, Keyboard, and Help. To open these menus press ALT and the underlined letter, for example, press ALT+F to open the File menu. The File menu contains four items: * Run MAGic at Startup – When checked, MAGic runs automatically after you log on to your computer. * Save Settings – When you change options found in the Magnification and Speech menus, select Save Settings to store your preferences for the next time you run MAGic. * Restore Factory Settings – Select this menu item to reset MAGic options to the state they were in when you installed MAGic. Selecting this option returns all features to the original settings, except hot keys that you customize. Press the Restore Defaults button in the Keyboard Assignments dialog to revert all hot keys to their original configurations. * Exit – Exiting MAGic closes the program. If you have made any changes, MAGic prompts you to save those settings upon exiting the program. Find information about the Magnification and Speech menus in the Chapters 4 and 5. **Quick Access Window MAGic’s Quick Access Window provides controls to help you easily access the main MAGic features. Use the buttons on the user interface to control both magnification and speech. Left click the button to activate the feature, and right click the button to see a context menu for some of the buttons. Only some buttons contain context menus. **The Magnification Buttons Use the blue buttons on the MAGic user-interface to control magnification. Magnification Button Use this button to enable or disable magnification. When MAGic opens, the screen is magnified two times its normal size. Press the magnification button to turn off magnification. If the M on the magnification button is animated, then magnification is turned off. Hot Keys Enable or Disable Magnification MAGic Key+DELETE **Magnification Level Button Increase or Decrease Magnification Level with this button. The Magnification Level button is actually two buttons. The upper button, with the upward arrow image, increases the magnification level, while the lower button, with the downward arrow image, decreases the magnification level. The number between the two buttons shows the current magnification level. The default level of magnification is 2x (2x is equivalent to two times the normal screen display). If you press the TAB key to move into the area where the number appears, use your UP and DOWN ARROW keys to increase or decrease magnification. It is possible to change the magnification level to 1. This will prevent the M button from rotating and provide access to some magnification features, such as using the locator. Hot Keys Increase Magnification MAGic Key+NUM PAD PLUS or CTRL+EQUALS Decrease Magnification MAGic Key+NUM PAD MINUS or CTRL+HYPHEN **Mouse Enhancements Button Change the appearance of your cursor with this button. After you change the properties of your Magnified View Mouse and the Unmagnified View Mouse, press the Mouse Enhancement button to enable the changes. Press the button again to return to the standard mouse. Right click the Mouse Enhancement button to quickly access the Magnified Mouse, Unmagnified Mouse, or Navigation Options tabs of the Mouse Settings dialog. **Locator Button Activate the Locator with this button. To find items on your screen, press the Locator button. Move the Locator with your mouse or your arrow keys. Change the properties of the Locator with the Locator Properties dialog, which you can access from the Magnification menu. Also you can right click the Locator button to change the Style and Border of your Locator. Hot Keys Enable Locator Mode MAGic Key+F10 Disable Locator Mode ESC **Inverse Colors Button Change your display colors with this button. Press the Inverse Colors button to invert the colors of the display. Press it again to toggle the colors back to normal. Right click the Inverse Colors button to choose what views should be inverted when Inverse Colors is enabled. You may choose to invert only the Magnified View, only the Unmagnified View, or All Views. Hot Keys Invert Colors MAGic Key+F12 Smoothing Button Toggle Smoothing on or off with this button. Press the Smoothing button to smooth the appearance of jagged letters in a magnified state. Press the button again to turn Smoothing off. **Resize View Button When working in Split, Overlay, or Lens Views, use the Resize View Button to turn on the Windows Tool. This appears as a pointer used to resize or move the view. You must be in the Split, Overlay, or Lens view, and magnification must be active to use the Resize View button. When the Resize View button is available it appears blue. If it is gray, you need to turn on magnification, by pressing the Magnification button on the MAGic user-interface. After you press the Resize View button, notice that the cursor changes shape, and that MAGic automatically minimizes the user-interface. The shape of the mouse indicates in which direction you can click and drag your mouse to move or resize your view. If the pointer appears as an X, like above, it is not positioned over the view or one its borders. The X indicates that from this position the view cannot be resized or moved. A bi-directional cross indicates the ability to move the view to a different location on your screen. Click the view, and while holding the mouse button down drag the view to another location. Split view only moves to the top, bottom, left, or right edge of your screen, while you can move Overlay to any location on your screen. A vertical pointer indicates that resizing will occur in a vertical direction, larger or smaller. A horizontal pointer indicates that resizing will occur in a horizontal direction, either larger or smaller. A diagonal pointer indicates that resizing will occur in both vertical and horizontal directions. MAGic only exhibits the diagonal mouse when you position the mouse over the corner of the view. The diagonal pointer is only available for the Overlay and Lens views. **Magnified Views Combo Box Select your favorite magnified view from the combo box on the MAGic user-interface. You can select Full, Lens, Overlay, or Split for your magnified view. Full magnifies the entire screen, while each of the others only magnifies a portion of your screen at a time. Right click the Magnified Views Combo Box to quickly access the properties for the Split, Lens, or Overlay views. **The Speech Buttons The three orange buttons at the bottom right of the MAGic user-interface allow you quick access to MAGic’s speech capabilities. From here, you can enable or disable Speech, Mouse Echo, and Typing Echo. Note: When a button is pressed or enabled the background color of the button will have a checkerboard pattern. This will cause the enabled buttons to appear lighter in color. **Speech Button Click this button to enable or disable speech. If the button appears with the mouth opened, like this one, then Speech is enabled. If the button appears with the mouth closed, then Speech is disabled. Right click the Speech button to quickly access the Voices dialog. Hot Keys Toggle Speech MAGic Key+SHIFT **Mouse Echo Button Click this button to toggle the Mouse Echo. If the button appears with white lines to the right, the Mouse Echo is turned off. If the button appears with black lines to the right, the Mouse Echo is turned on. To set Mouse Echo to announce lines or words, right click the button and make your selection from the context menu. You can also set mouse movement to stop speech from this context menu. Hot Keys Mouse Echo Toggle MAGic Key+M **Typing Echo Button Click this button to toggle the Typing Echo on and off. If the Typing Echo button appears to have white lines extending from the right side, the Typing Echo is turned off. If the Typing Echo button has black lines extending from the right side, then the Typing Echo is turned on. To specify the typing echo to words or characters, you need to activate the Typing Echo dialog from the Speech Menu, or right click and choose Automatically Speak. Choosing Keystrokes to Echo lets you modify how much MAGic echoes back to you. **Chapter 4 - Magnification **Magnification Features With MAGic’s extensive magnification features, you can customize your display to fit your low vision needs. The Magnification menu, found on the menu bar, contains all of the controls to change the appearance of your display. The first item on the Magnification menu, Enable Magnification, lets you activate or deactivate magnification. If the menu item appears with a checkmark next to it, magnification is enabled. If there is no checkmark, magnification is disabled. Remember that the blue buttons on the user-interface allow you quick access to the basic magnification features. **The Magnification Menu **Display The Display dialog box, accessed from the Magnification menu, lets you control a variety of magnification features. View The View combo box contains the choices, Full, Lens, Overlay, and Split. Full magnifies the entire screen. Lens opens a small rectangular window, which is magnified, while leaving the remaining desktop unmagnified. The Lens moves around the screen as you move your mouse or when the focus moves. Overlay creates a magnified window on the corner of the screen, while the rest of the screen remains unmagnified. This is similar to the Lens View, although the Overlay View does not move around the screen. Split allows you to see both an unmagnified view and a magnified one at the same time. The Split View opens a magnified window on part of your screen, but leaves the other part unmagnified as a reference. Views with Level 1 Magnification You can make the Lens, Overlay, and Split views active in all magnification levels, including 1x. Using these views with level 1 magnification can be helpful, if you invert the colors of either the magnified or unmagnified view. You then have two images, one with normal colors, and one with inverted colors. Using these features in level 1 magnification is also helpful if you use the Lens view with Resize to Control turned on. Activate Resize to Control from the Lens page of the View Properties dialog box. Press the TAB key to move through items in a dialog, and you will see a border around the Lens view. You can customize the border to make the controls easy for you to see. Magnification Level Press the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to increase or decrease the current magnification level. Magnification levels range from the same size as the normal display, all the way up to 16 times the size of the normal display. Vertical Stretch Vertical Stretch allows you to stretch the display to make images taller while maintaining the characters current width. Smooth Text Smoothing compensates for the stair-step effect, as screen objects get larger during magnification. Smoothing is on by default. You can turn Smoothing on or off with the Smoothing check box. Disable Screen Saver For those screen savers that do not work well with MAGic running, place a check in the Disable Screen Saver check box. When you close MAGic, the screen saver is automatically re-enabled. **Mouse Settings From the Magnification menu, choose Mouse Settings to control the appearance of your mouse while in the magnified and unmagnified views. You can also set mouse navigation options. Any adjustments you make to the mouse enhancements will take effect when you enable mouse enhancements by clicking the Mouse Enhancements button on the MAGic User Interface. You can also select the Enable Enhancements check box to activate your changes. Note: Selecting the Enable Enhancements check box on either page of the Mouse Settings dialog selects the check box for both pages of the dialog. Magnified Mouse This tab allows you to define mouse enhancements for the mouse pointer in magnified views. Enable Enhancements Select this check box to activate the enhancements you set in this dialog box. You can disable the mouse enhancements by clearing this check box or by clicking the Mouse Enhancements button on the MAGic user interface. Extra Large Select this check box to increase the size of the mouse pointer to double the standard mouse pointer size. Enhancement Color Select a color for your enhancements. MAGic uses this color for the pointer color (if you select the Enhancement Color option), crosshair enhancement, and bull’s eye enhancement. Pointer Color Select one of the following pointer color enhancements: * Normal – Displays the enhanced mouse pointer using the default colors. This is typically white with a black border. * Reverse Image – Reverses the colors of the enhanced mouse pointer. * Invert Background – The enhanced mouse pointer becomes transparent with the background showing through with inversed colors, which increases contrast. The black border remains around the pointer. * Enhancement Color – The enhanced mouse pointer's color is changed to the color you select in the Enhancement Color field. Crosshair Enhancements Select one of the following crosshair enhancements: * None – No crosshair is shown. * Short Crosshair – Adds short vertical and horizontal crosshairs centered at the tip of the enhanced mouse pointer. * Long Crosshair – Adds vertical and horizontal crosshairs through the center of the Bull’s Eye Enhancements Select one of the following bull's eye enhancements: * None – Does not apply a bull’s eye to the enhanced mouse pointer. * Square – A square appears around the enhanced mouse pointer. * Circle – A circle appears around the enhanced mouse pointer. If you select this option, you will see some flickering as you move the mouse around the screen. Unmagnified View The options available on this tab are identical to the options described for the Magnified Mouse tab. Navigation Options Tether-to-Display When this check box is checked, the mouse is "tethered," or attached, to the magnified display. As soon as you move the mouse, the mouse automatically snaps into view at the current magnified location, even if the mouse was not initially visible on the display. When disabled, your view moves to the location of the mouse. Line-Lock When checked, the mouse will move only in the horizontal and vertical directions. If you move the mouse in a diagonal direction, MAGic moves the mouse in the closest direction. Auto-Switch When this check box is checked, centered and relative mouse tracking remain still after you stop mouse movement. The screen is stationary as long as you move the mouse within the boundary of the screen. When you move beyond the edge of the screen, tracking movement begins again. Auto-switch is useful when you want to move the mouse toward stationary objects on the screen. **View Properties From the Magnification menu, choose View Properties to customize how the Split, Lens, or Overlay magnified views appear on your screen. Split View The Split tab allows you to define properties for the Split view. Split view allows you to see both an unmagnified view and a magnified view at the same time. The Split view opens a magnified window in part of your screen, but leaves the other part unmagnified as a reference. Position Select where you want the magnified portion of the split to appear on the screen. Select Bottom, Top, Left, or Right. Size Select how much of the screen you want the magnified portion of the split to occupy. For example, if you select Quarter, the magnified portion of the split occupies 25% of the available screen area. If you select Line, the magnified portion of the screen occupies a size equal to one line of text, as specified in the Point Size field of the Panning dialog box. By default, Custom size is equivalent to one-third of the screen, but you can resize the split by using the Resize View button. Color Select from one of sixteen different colors for the border of the split divider. Thickness Move the slider bar to increase or decrease the thickness of the split divider. The bars above the slider indicate the widths you can select. Lens The Lens tab allows you to define properties for the Lens view. Lens view opens a small rectangular window, which is magnified, while leaving the remaining desktop unmagnified. The lens moves around the screen as you move your mouse or when the focus changes. Color Select from one of sixteen different colors for the border of your lens. Thickness Move the slider bar to increase or decrease the thickness of the lens border. The bars above the slider indicate the widths you can select. Resize To Control Select this check box to resize the Lens view to exactly fit the control that currently has focus. The feature is useful when navigating with the keyboard. As you press the TAB key to move through a dialog, the lens changes size to fit the control with focus and MAGic magnifies the area. The border, if you have set one, surrounds the control. If you navigate with the mouse, the lens remains the standard size. Overlay The Overlay tab allows you to define properties for the Overlay view. Overlay view creates a magnified window in the corner of the screen, while the rest of the screen remains unmagnified. This is similar to the Lens view, but the Overlay view does not move around the screen. Color Select from one of sixteen different colors for the border of your overlay. Thickness Move the slider bar to increase or decrease the thickness of the border. The bars above the slider indicate the widths you can select. **Locator Activate the Locator dialog from the Magnification menu. Here you can set the style of the Locator you want to use. To activate the Locator, press the Locator button on the MAGic user-interface. When you activate the Locator, the full screen is temporarily presented unmagnified. The default Locator is the Full Cross, which shows an area in inverse colors. Move the Locator around using the mouse or the arrow keys, and use the Locator to find something on your screen. Press the arrow keys to move around the screen. Use PAGE UP to move to the top of the screen, PAGE DOWN to go to the bottom, HOME to go to the beginning of a line, and END to go to the end of a line. After you have located the item, press the left mouse button, or ESC to return to your magnified display. The area you covered last with the Locator is now in your magnified view. Style Choose from three different styles for your locator: Full Cross – Shows a portion of the screen in reversed colors. In magnification 3x or higher, the Locator appears with crosshairs running through the center of the block. With magnification set to 2x the Locator appears as a block of inversed colors. Eyeglass – Shows a square on the screen that is magnified while the rest of the screen is normal size. Reverse Eyeglass – The same as the Eyeglass, except the colors are reversed. Border Specify what kind of border you want to appear around your Locator. The customizable border only applies to the Eyeglass and the Reverse Eyeglass options. Choose one of the sixteen available colors for the border of your Locator. **Color MAGic lets you invert the colors of your screen. You can invert the magnified image, the unmagnified screen, or both. Your choice of inverted areas will apply regardless of your selected magnified view. Select Color from the Magnification menu to specify your colors. Inverse Display – Select this check box to invert the colors that are displayed on your screen. Then specify the areas to invert with this option activated. Magnified View Only – Magnified images are inverted, while unmagnified views are unchanged. Unmagnified View Only – Only the unmagnified view is inverted, while all magnified views appear unchanged. All – The display is always inverted including magnified and unmagnified views. **Panning Panning moves your display either horizontally or vertically, so you can browse the screen, locate objects, and read magnified text easier. With magnification set at 2x or higher, you can pan automatically or incrementally. The advantage of automatic panning is that you can review the contents of the screen without using repetitive mouse movements. While incremental panning is similar to automatic panning, it is different in that it your viewing area moves in small, fixed increments making it easier for you to explore your focal area. Automatic Panning Begin automatic panning in any direction by pressing the MAGic Key in conjunction with any arrow key. Panning then begins in that direction, and continues until you stop it, or until it reaches the edge of the screen. Note: If you disable Line Wrap in the Panning dialog, then Panning will stop at the right edge of the screen when Panning from Left to Right. MAGic will automatically wrap to the next line and continue Panning. Stop Panning To stop Panning, press the MAGic Key or the ESC key. You can also use the arrow key that corresponds with the direction in which you are currently Panning. Change Panning Direction Press the arrow key of the direction in which you want to pan. Panning Quick Advance Pressing ENTER while Panning right, scrolls the view to the beginning of the next line, pauses, and then continues Panning to the right. Panning Speed Adjust Panning Speed during Panning, or through the Panning dialog. While Panning, press NUM PAD PLUS to speed up, and the NUM PAD MINUS to slow down. The speed adjustment only applies to the current direction of Panning. Panning Dialog Box Specify Panning properties in the Panning dialog box, which is activated from the Magnification menu. Speed Panning speed is set independently for each Panning direction: forward, reverse, or vertically. Panning speed values are between 1 and 50. You might want to select different speeds for different directions. As you read, you are panning forward, which might render a higher Panning speed, than Reverse. As you move in the Reverse direction you are probably looking for something, so you would want to go slower. You may also want to set Vertical Panning a bit faster, because you will use Vertical Panning for skimming documents or websites. Line Wrap Select Line Wrap if you want MAGic to automatically wrap to the next line when you reach the right edge of the screen while Panning. The edit spin boxes, below the Line Wrap checkbox, allow you to control the Line Wrap Settings. Point Size You can adjust the vertical distance that MAGic travels between successive lines with the line wraps. Point Size should correspond to your font size. The default setting is 10 points. Note: The Point Size specified here also controls the size of the Split View when set to Line. See Also: Split View Size Line Delay Line Delay controls the length of the delay while Panning between lines. The Line Delay settings are in tenths of seconds. The default setting is 10 tenths of a second. Incremental Panning Before you can use the Incremental Panning feature you must assign hot keys for each incremental direction. To do this, go to the Keyboard menu and select Keyboard Assignments. From the Category combo box, select Panning, Navigation. Next, select the incremental direction you want to assign a hot key to and then press the Assign Hot Key button. Within the Assign Hot Key dialog type the keystroke you want to use, then press ENTER. When you are done assigning hot keys, press the OK button to exit the Keyboard Assignments dialog. **Tracking By default, MAGic tracks the activity of the active cursor on the screen. This means that as the cursor moves, the screen will move with it. Also, if a dialog box appears on the screen, and the focus is moved to that dialog, MAGic will track to where that dialog box is located. Turn Tracking on and off, and adjust where the mouse is located during tracking in the Tracking dialog box, which is activated from the Magnification menu. Track Carets and Cursors – when checked, MAGic tracks all carets and cursors. Mouse Tracking The Mouse Tracking properties offers you the option to control the placement of the mouse as you move it across the display. You can select one of three options that dictate at what point the magnified view moves to follow the mouse movement. Edge – The mouse pointer pushes the magnified screen in a corresponding direction as it reaches the edge of the screen. Edge is the default setting. Centered – The mouse pointer stays in the center of the screen as you move it on the magnified display. Relative – The mouse pointer slowly shifts in the direction of the mouse movement. The mouse position corresponds to its actual position on the display at normal screen magnification. **Chapter 5 - Speech **MAGic Speaks Not only does MAGic magnify your computer’s screen, but it also has low vision screen reading capabilities. You can customize MAGic’s speech components to fit your needs. The Speech menu, located on the menu bar contains all the controls to help you adapt MAGic’s speech to suit you. The first item on the Speech menu, Enable Speech, lets you activate or deactivate speech. If the menu item appears with a checkmark next to it, speech is enabled. If there is no checkmark, speech is disabled. **The Speech Menu **Voices The Voices dialog, activated from the Speech menu, allows you to set the basic components of how you hear MAGic. The Primary and Secondary Language pages of the Voices dialog contain the same controls. Below you will see a picture of both pages, but the controls are only described once, just below the illustrations. Primary Language From the Primary Language page of the Voices dialog, you set your preferences for the language in which you want to hear MAGic. Choose from any of the languages available and proceed to set the specifications on this page to fit your language choice. Secondary Language The Secondary Language is another language in which MAGic can speak. Press MAGic Key+F11 to switch to your secondary language. If you often use two languages, set your other language in the Secondary Language page of the Voices dialog. There you can also set your preferences for the voice of that other language. Synthesizer By default MAGic uses Eloquence as its speech synthesizer, although if you have other Speech Application Interface (SAPI) synthesizers installed on your computer, you can use one of those synthesizers instead. When you first visit the Voices dialog, the synthesizer list will only include Eloquence. Press the Update Synthesizer List button to find the other compatible synthesizers installed on your system. While MAGic searches for other synthesizers you will see a message box indicating that it is looking for them. After MAGic locates all compatible synthesizers, you will see the Update Synthesizer List dialog box. On the left side of the dialog, there is a list of the available SAPI Synthesizers. Along the middle of the dialog, there is a series of buttons that will allow you to add or remove synthesizers. To add a new synthesizer: 1. Select one or more synthesizers from the Available SAPI Synthesizer list. 2. Press the Add button to add just the selected synthesizers to the Synthesizer List for MAGic, or press the Add All to move all synthesizers to the Synthesizer List for MAGic. To remove a synthesizer from the Synthesizer List for MAGic: 1. Select one or more synthesizers from the Synthesizer List for MAGic. 2. Press the Remove button to remove only the selected synthesizers, or press the Remove All button to remove all the synthesizers from the Synthesizer List for MAGic. Note: Although Eloquence does not appear in the Update Synthesizer list dialog, it always appears in your synthesizer list in the Voices dialog. Eloquence is always available for your use. Press OK to accept these changes and move back to the Voices dialog. Your updated synthesizer list will apply to both the Primary or Secondary Language pages. From within the Voices dialog, move to the either the Primary or Secondary Language page and select your desired synthesizer from the Synthesizer list box. This changes the synthesizer only for the language page that currently has focus. Language When MAGic is initially installed, on the Primary Language page, the Language combo box is set to the language in which your MAGic menus appear. On the Secondary Language page, the language is set to None, until you change it. Speaker Next is your choice of Speaker, which provides different voices, used for MAGic. Pitch Use this spin box to control the tone of the voice you select. Sample Voice Press this button to hear a sample of the speaker’s voice you have selected. Speech Rates As you use MAGic, you may want to hear different types of activities at different rates. For instance, while you are typing, you may want MAGic to read more quickly, so that you can ensure the accuracy of your typing. On the other hand, if you are reading a document, you might want MAGic to speak more slowly, so you can concentrate on content. Default This is the speed at which MAGic will read most of the items that appear on your screen, including dialog boxes and menus. Reading When you use speech for reading documents, email, or websites, by pressing the Read Active Window keystroke, MAGic Key+SPACEBAR twice, you may want the speech to go slower, because you need to pay close attention to content, or perhaps you are just skimming a document, then you would want MAGic to read faster. Specify the rate at which you like MAGic to read. Typing Echo MAGic repeats what you type. Use this spin box to specify how fast you want MAGic to echo your keystrokes back to you. Enable Bilingual Interface Select this check box to change the language of MAGic’s menus, dialog boxes, and online help system to your secondary language. The resource files for the secondary language must be installed in order to use this feature. Clear this check box if you do not want to change the language of MAGic’s user interface when you switch to your secondary language. Note: The current release of MAGic contains only English and Spanish resource files. Future releases will include additional language support. **Mouse Echo With Mouse Echo enabled, as you point with the mouse, MAGic reads the text as you define it in this dialog box. The Mouse Echo dialog box, activated from the Speech menu enables you to personalize the, “Point & Speak” feature. Enable Mouse Echo Check this box to turn Mouse Echo on or off. Word at Mouse Position orders MAGic to speak the word that the mouse points to when you stop the mouse. Line at Mouse Position directs MAGic to speak the line of text the mouse points to when you stop the mouse. Note: MAGic still speaks tool tips if Mouse Echo is off. If you do not want MAGic to speak tool tips, turn this feature off in the Verbosity dialog box. Mouse Movement Stops Speech Check this box to silence the current speech activity when the mouse moves. Note: If mouse movement instigates speech, moving the mouse does not silence speech. Mouse movement only stops speech if speech begins automatically or through the use of a hot key. **Typing Echo As you type, MAGic announces what you have typed. You can specify what is heard in the Typing Echo dialog box, which is activated from the Speech menu. Enable Typing Echo Check this box to turn Typing Echo on or off. Automatically Speak MAGic presents five choices for what is automatically spoken. Arrow Keys Only – Speaks the letter to the right of the cursor as you press the arrow keys to move through the text. If you press the up or down arrow keys, MAGic will speak the line. Pressing CTRL+RIGHT or LEFT ARROW KEY causes MAGic to read the word. Letter by Letter – Announces all alphanumeric characters and punctuation as they are typed, during word processing, editing, or data entry. Word by Word – Speaks every keystroke including text entry, editing and other keyboard functions. All Keystrokes – Announces every key that you press. Keystrokes to Echo As you type MAGic speaks, but if your typing speed is faster than the time it takes for the speech to respond to the keyboard your speech will lag behind typing. If so, adjust the Keystrokes to Echo. Last Entry Only – If your speech output lags behind typing, then MAGic speaks only the most recent entry, and discards backlog. Last 10 Entries – MAGic speaks the last ten entries and discards the backlog, when speech output lags behind typing. Speak All Entries – Even if a backlog occurs, MAGic speaks all entries. **Verbosity Within MAGic’s Verbosity dialog box, you control the event driven functions that MAGic speaks. Check the boxes of the items that you want to hear. Automatically Speak Automatically Speak contains a group of check boxes for items that you can choose to hear or not. With these check boxes selected, the following is what you will hear: Window Titles – MAGic speaks the text that appears on the title bar of the window as the window becomes active. Menus & Highlights – As you navigate the menu items, MAGic speaks the highlighted menu items. Buttons & Check Boxes – MAGic speaks buttons and check boxes as you select them. Group Boxes – Group boxes are collections of related checkboxes or radio buttons often boxed together in a group with a common category or group heading. For example, in the Verbosity dialog box, the group boxes are Automatically Speak and Speak Shortcuts. When checked, MAGic speaks the group box heading the first time you select a button in the group. Edit Boxes – An edit box is a field into which you type information. A list may appear beneath the field, from which you can make a selection, making this type of edit box a combo box. MAGic speaks edit boxes and combo boxes when they gain focus. Tool Tips – Tool tips frequently appear when you rest the mouse over an icon for a brief period of time. The tool tip gives you a brief description of the icon. MAGic speaks tool tips of any length. Questions – MAGic reads questions that may appear when dialog boxes are displayed. For example, “Are you sure you want to quit? Explanations – MAGic reads explanatory text that may appear when dialog boxes are displayed. For example, “Type the name of the program, folder, or document and Windows will open it for you. Text Changes – MAGic speaks dialog box text updates that may reflect status changes. Such updates may include the number of installation minutes remaining, or changes to display resolution. Unpunctuated Phrases - MAGic reads text that appears in dialog boxes that does not contain punctuation. Speak Shortcuts Within menus, buttons, and shortcuts, often a letter is underlined. Use the underlined letter in conjunction with the ALT key, as a keyboard shortcut to the item. Menu selections may also list a keyboard combination that you can use to activate that choice, without the use of the mouse or the menus. For example, on the File menu, to the right of Save Settings, you’ll notice CTRL+S. You can press CTRL+S to Save Settings without accessing the menus. You can choose to have MAGic read all of these shortcuts to you, or just particular kinds: Button Underlines, Menu Underlines, or Menu Shortcuts. Note: When MAGic reads Button Underlines, it reads them before the word. **Synchronization The Synchronization dialog box, activated from the Speech menu, allows you to choose how speech and large print are synchronized on the display. You can set synchronization differently for Document and Text Reading and for Dialog Box Reading. Document and Text Reading Visual Synchronization Word by Word – Large print advances in sync with speech on a word-by-word basis from left to right. Line by Line – Large print advances in sync with speech on a line-by-line basis. When synchronization is set to Line by Line, MAGic moves down each line, but it does not move left to right to show all words on the line. Tip: To have MAGic highlight text as it reads, go to the Highlight Options page of the Document and Text Reading dialog, which is activated from the Speech menu. Auto Advance The following options automatically advance the mouse and typing cursor in synchronization with reading: Mouse Pointer – When checked, the mouse is automatically advanced with reading. When reading stops, or you decide to pause, the mouse points to the final item that was read. Typing Cursor – When checked, the typing cursor is automatically advanced with reading. When reading stops, or you decide to pause, the typing cursor points to the final item that was read. Note: Auto Advance Typing Cursor only applies to documents and windows that you can edit. Dialog Box Reading Visual Synchronization You can choose to synchronize speech with highlighting and large print on a word-by-word or line-by-line basis, or not at all. Inverted Highlight On - shows the text as white, and the highlight as a black square around it, as text is read. Document and Text Reading The Document and Text Reading dialog box, activated from the Speech menu, allows you to customize what you read with MAGic. Document Reading Document Reading lets you customize how speech advances when the bottom of a window is reached. Read To End Of: Window – Reading stops at the bottom of the window regardless of the size of the document. The document does not scroll automatically; you must move to the next screen manually, and make MAGic begin speaking again. Document, Page Auto Feed – Reading continues beyond the window limit by automatically feeding the next page of the document. Document, Line Auto Feed – Reading continues beyond the window limit by automatically feeding the document one line at a time. Text Reading Text reading lets you customize how much text you want read each time you press the Say Current Block or Label from Location keystroke, MAGic Key+CTRL. Maximum Text Size Word – Lets you read only one word at a time. Line – Lets you read one line at a time. Sentence – Lets you read one sentence at a time. Paragraph – Lets you read one paragraph at a time, regardless of color. Block of Uniform Color – Lets you read any connected words with the same fore and background colors. If there is any white space between lines MAGic may stop reading. Speak Unit By After you have specified how much information you want read at one time, you can determine whether you want that information read, or spelled out for you. Determine this setting in the Speak Unit By group box. Highlight Options Highlight Options lets MAGic highlight text as it is spoken. Highlight Off - Gives you no highlighting. Invert Text - Shows the text as white, and the highlight as a black rectangle around it, as text is read. Underline Text - Underlines the text on the screen as it is read. Alignment You can choose to left, center, or right align large print text as it is read and highlighted on the screen. To begin reading and to see your Reading Highlight Options in action, press the MAGic Key+SPACEBAR. **Chapter 6 - Keyboard The Keyboard menu allows you to customize how you use your PC's keyboard with MAGic. The Keyboard menu allows you to re-assign the MAGic Key to a different key, manage shortcut keys, and differentiate between the left and right ALT, SHIFT, and CTRL keys. **MAGic Key Using the MAGic Key in combination with other keys activates a MAGic command if one is assigned, otherwise it will pass the key combination through to the application. Pressing the MAGic Key by itself and releasing it will not carry out any action. The default MAGic Key is CAPS LOCK. From the MAGic Key dialog box, activated from the Keyboard menu, you can assign the MAGic Key to any of the following keys: extended INSERT (found on the six pack), NUM PAD INSERT, either INSERT, or SCROLL LOCK (the key just above HOME). **Keyboard Assignments From the Keyboard menu on the MAGic user interface, select Keyboard Assignments to learn more about the hot keys in MAGic. You can view the current hot keys assigned to actions, assign different hot keys, remove hot keys, or restore the hot keys to the default settings from within the Keyboard Assignments dialog box. From the Category combo box, select what kind of hot keys you want to view. By choosing one of these categories, the items in the Action list will change to show only items that fit the category, making the list more manageable. Note: Selecting a specific application category shows hot keys for special MAGic functions in that application. Selecting All Default will not show application hot keys. Next move to the Action list, and select the Action that you want to view, the hot key will appear in the Current Hot Keys list, found just to the right. If no hot key appears in the Current Hot Keys list, no hot key is assigned. You can assign hot keys for those actions that do not already have one assigned. From here, you can either add a hot key or remove one. Customizing Hot Keys To add a hot key, press the Assign Hot Key button. MAGic will then present the Assign Hot Key dialog. Press the combination of keys that you want to assign to the action. The key combination will appear in the Assign To edit field. Press OK to save the hot key, or Cancel to return to the Keyboard Assignments without saving. Note: By default, when you assign hot keys to actions, whether you press the right or left ALT, CTRL, or SHIFT is irrelevant. If you want MAGic to differentiate between the left or right keys, then do so in the Keyboard Options dialog box. To remove a hot key, select the hot key in the Current Hot Key list, and then press the Remove Hot Key button. MAGic then verifies that you want to delete that hot key. The last button in the Keyboard Assignments dialog is Restore Defaults. Press the Restore Defaults button to return all hot keys to their original key combinations. **Options By default, when you customize hot keys in the keyboard assignments dialog, whether you use the left or right ALT, CTRL, or SHIFT key is irrelevant. You may want to specify which key to use when assigning hot keys to make more key combinations available to you. To specify the left or right CTRL, ALT, or SHIFT keys, go to the Options dialog, activated from the Keyboard menu, and select the check boxes you prefer. * Differentiate between left/right ALT * Differentiate between left/right CTRL * Differentiate between left/right SHIFT Now when you assign hot keys in the Keyboard Assignments dialog, the key will be assigned to the left or right ALT, CTRL, or SHIFT key. You specify which key when you press it to assign the hot key. The hot keys that you assign while the check box in options is selected will always require you to press the correct left or right key. If you later clear the check box in the options dialog, the hot keys already created still require you to use the correct left or right keys. Hot keys that you assign in the future will not be differentiated though. **Chapter 7 - Application Specific Functions MAGic 8.02 contains application specific functions to help you work in popular software applications. With MAGic’s application specific functions, you will find that using these functions consolidates screen information, enhances application navigation, and eliminates visual clutter. For example, with MAGic running in Microsoft® Excel you can bring up a dialog box that will list the cells for a particular row that contain data. This consolidates screen information, because it presents the header, if one exists, and only those cells containing data. You can then move directly to a particular cell, without pressing the arrow keys to move through multiple empty cells, which enhances application navigation. When using MAGic with Microsoft® Internet Explorer, you can eliminate visual clutter by reformatting the screen. After you reformat, MAGic presents only the necessary text, and hides graphics that may not be of interest to you. With only the text showing, you’ll find it easier to read the less cluttered screen. MAGic has included Application Specific Functions for Microsoft® Word, Microsoft® Excel, and Microsoft® Internet Explorer. **MAGic and Microsoft Word MAGic has shortcut keys to help you use Microsoft Word 97 or 2000 without relying on the mouse to access certain features. List Spelling Errors CTRL+SHIFT+E List Revisions CTRL+SHIFT+V List Grammatical Errors CTRL+SHIFT+G List Comments CTRL+SHIFT+ APOSTROPHE Post Comment ALT+SHIFT+ APOSTROPHE List Hyperlinks MAGic KEY+F8 List Inline Objects CTRL+SHIFT+O Focus to First Form Field MAGic KEY+CTRL+HOME Select a Field CTRL+SHIFT+L Select a Table MAGic KEY+CTRL+T Post Footnote or Endnote ALT+SHIFT+E Listed below are detailed descriptions of the MAGic keystrokes you can use in Microsoft Word. List Spelling Errors Press CTRL+SHIFT+E to list all the words Microsoft Word marked as misspelled. From this dialog, you can move to a selected misspelled word in the document. List Revisions Press CTRL+SHIFT+V to list all the revisions in Word’s Track Changes feature. From this dialog, you can move to a selected revision in the document. List Grammatical Errors Use CTRL+SHIFT+G to list all the phrases marked by Microsoft Word as grammatical errors. From this dialog, you can move to a selected grammatical error in the document. List Comments Use CTRL+SHIFT+ APOSTROPHE to list all the reviewer’s comments throughout the document, and this dialog allows you to move to the selected comment. Post Comment Press ALT+SHIFT+ APOSTROPHE to display a comment in a message box. To use this keystroke you must enable “Unpunctuated Phrases” in the Verbosity dialog found under the Speech menu and place the insertion point at the very end of the comment marker in the document. Use this keystroke to avoid hovering over the comment marker in the document. If you hover over the comment marker in higher magnifications, scrolling the magnified comment text could be a problem. List Hyperlinks Press MAGic Key+F8 to list the hyperlinks in the current document. From this dialog, you can either move to the hyperlink in the document, or you can activate the hyperlink. List Inline Objects Press CTRL+SHIFT+O to list all the objects in the text layer of the document. It allows you to move to the location of the selected object in the document. Focus to First Form Field Press MAGic Key+CTRL+HOME to move to the first form field in a document. Select a Field Use CTRL+SHIFT+L to list all the fields in a document. From this dialog, you can move to a selected field. Select a Table Press MAGic Key+CTRL+T to list all the tables in the document. You can move to a table from the dialog that appears. If the document is protected to only allow edits in form fields, MAGic moves the insertion point to the first form field of the selected table. Post Footnote or Endnote Press ALT+SHIFT+E to display a footnote or endnote in a message box. The insertion point must be located on the footnote or endnote reference and you must enable “Unpunctuated Phrases” in the Verbosity dialog found under MAGic’s Speech menu. **MAGic and Microsoft Excel MAGic has shortcut keys to help you use Microsoft Excel 97 or 2000 without relying on the mouse to access certain features. Adjust MAGic Options MAGic Key+O List Cells with Comments CTRL+SHIFT+ APOSTROPHE List Column CTRL+SHIFT+C Post Column Title ALT+SHIFT+C Post Column Total MAGic KEY+ENTER List Row CTRL+SHIFT+R Post Row Title ALT+SHIFT+R Post Row Total MAGic KEY+R List Visible Cells with Data CTRL+SHIFT+D Select Hyperlink CTRL+SHIFT+H Set Monitor Cells ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+1 THROUGH 0 Move to Monitor Cell CTRL+SHIFT+M Post Monitor Cells ALT+SHIFT+1 THROUGH 0 Listed below are detailed descriptions of the MAGic keystrokes you can use in Excel. Adjust MAGic Options Press MAGic Key+O to adjust options that allow for easier navigation in higher levels of magnification. MAGic presents the Adjust MAGic Options dialog box, which contains several options from which you can choose. * Single or multiple region support –If you use more than one region in Excel, turn on multiple region support to hear when you enter different regions. For information regarding regions, please see the Excel Help file. * Set region column titles to row range – MAGic defined the selected row range as the rows containing column titles so that when you press the keystroke to Post Column Title, MAGic reads the title for the current row. * Set region row titles to column range – MAGic define the selected column range as the columns containing row titles so that when you press the keystroke to Post Row Title, MAGic reads the title for the current column. * Set region total column to current – MAGic defines as the column in this region where row totals will be found. If you press post row total, instead of searching down the row to find the total, MAGic looks directly to this column. * Set region total row to current – MAGic defines as the row in this region where column totals will be found. If you press post column total, instead of searching down the column to find the total, MAGic looks directly to this column. * Set next available monitor cell – A monitor cell is a cell or range of cells you can observe while you work in other areas of the spreadsheet. You have ten monitor cells available, which are defined by pressing ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+1 through 0 on the number row, and read by pressing ALT+SHIFT+1 through 0. Instead of using ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+1 through 0, you can press MAGic Key+O for Adjust MAGic Options, and press the SPACEBAR on this option, and MAGic determines the next undefined monitor cell for this sheet and defines it to point to the currently selected range of cells. MAGic then tells you which monitor cell it has assigned to the range. Then you press the appropriate keystroke to read this range from anywhere on this sheet. For example, if you hear, “assigning monitor cell 5 to B5, it means that you should press ALT+SHIFT+5 to hear the cell contents. Monitor cells are defined on a sheet-by-sheet basis regardless of the multiple or single region support setting. * Clear worksheet’s monitor cells – Clears the monitor cells defined for the current sheet. * Clear region’s title/total definitions – Clears any definitions for the following: the row range used for this region’s column titles, the column range used for this region’s row titles, and the row and column used for column and row totals. It also turns off title reading and resets MAGic so if you press a total reading keystroke (Post Row/Column total), MAGic will search across the row or down the column in the current region for a total rather than using the defined total row or column. List Cells With Comments Use CTRL+SHIFT+APOSTROPHE to list 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 Use CTRL+SHIFT+C to list the cells in the current column that contain data. From this dialog, you can move to a particular cell. If you defined column or row titles they will also be displayed. Post Column Title Use ALT+SHIFT+C to display the current column’s title in a message box. Use this keystroke when you work in complex datasheets to find the column title without scrolling away from your current place. You must define the column’s title before the keystroke will be effective. Do so from within the Adjust MAGic Options dialog. You also must enable “Unpunctuated Phrases” in the Verbosity dialog found under MAGic’s Speech menu. Post Column Total Press MAGic Key+ENTER to display the current column’s total in a message box. Magic will find either the predefined row containing column totals, set in the Adjust MAGic Options dialog, or will search the current column for a cell that contains the word SUM. You also must enable “Unpunctuated Phrases” in the Verbosity dialog found under MAGic’s Speech menu. List Row Use CTRL+SHIFT+R to list the cells in the current row that contain data. This allows you to set focus on the selected cell. If you defined column or row titles they will also be displayed. Post Row Title Press ALT+SHIFT+R to display the current row’s title in a message box. You must define the row’s title first, using the Adjust MAGic Options dialog and you must enable “Unpunctuated Phrases” in the Verbosity dialog found under the Speech menu. Post Row Total Use MAGic Key+DELETE to display the current row’s total in a message box. Magic will find either the predefined column containing row totals, set in the Adjust MAGic Options dialog, or will search the current row for a cell that contains the word SUM. To use this keystroke you must enable “Unpunctuated Phrases” in the Verbosity dialog found under the Speech menu List Visible Cells With Data Use CTRL+SHIFT+D to list only the cells with data, which are visible on the screen. This enables you to quickly access relevant cells that are visible on the current screen, skipping blank cells. Select Hyperlink Press CTRL+SHIFT+H to list all hyperlinks on the current sheet, and this dialog allows you to either move to the cell containing the hyperlink, or activate the link. Set Monitor Cells Use monitor cells to observe an area of your spreadsheet as you work. Press ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+1 to assign the cell or region of cells to the first monitor cell. Use ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+1 through 0 on the number row to assign up to ten different monitor cells. Move to Monitor Cell Press CTRL+SHIFT+M to list all defined monitor cells, so you can move to a particular cell. Post Monitor Cells Use the keystroke ALT+SHIFT+1 through 0 on the number row to display the contents of that monitor cell in a message box. For example if you have 5 monitor cells defined, and you want to know the information in the 3rd monitor cell, press ALT+SHIFT+3. To use this keystroke you must enable “Unpunctuated Phrases” in the Verbosity dialog found under the Speech menu. **MAGic and Microsoft Internet Explorer MAGic has shortcut keys to help you use Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 and 5.5 without relying on the mouse to access certain features. Select a Frame MAGic Key+F9 Reformat Document MAGic Key+F5 Select a Link MAGic Key+F7 Listed below are detailed descriptions of the MAGic keystrokes you can use in Internet Explorer. Select a Frame Use MAGic Key+F9 to bring up a dialog containing a list of the frames present in the page. Choose a frame from the list and press ENTER. The focus will move to the frame you selected. Reformat Document Use MAGic Key+F5 to reformat multiple column pages to be more readable with speech. Reformat Document rearranges multiple column pages to read in a linear fashion. Internet Explorer columns are read one after another. Select A Link Use MAGic Key+F7. Brings up a dialog containing a list of the links present in the page. You can then select a link by using the arrow keys or the first letter of the link. Press ENTER to open the selected link. You may also press the TAB key to move between the various controls in the Select a Link dialog. **Chapter 8 - Contacting Freedom Scientific Corporate Headquarters Freedom Scientific BLV Group, LLC 11800 31st Court North St. Petersburg, FL 33716-1805 USA Telephone: (727) 803-8000 Fax: (727) 803-8001 World Wide Web: http://www.FreedomScientific.com Office hours: Monday through Friday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (USA) Technical Support Hours: Monday through Friday 8:30 am to 7:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (USA) Freedom Scientific Website The Freedom Scientific Website, http://www.FreedomScientific.com, is a comprehensive source of information regarding MAGic screen magnification software, JAWS screen reader software, training opportunities, application-specific cassette tutorials and the company that develops these products. The Freedom Scientific Website is designed to be accessible by people with disabilities and includes a great deal of technical support information as well as online ordering capability, RealAudio descriptions of many products, and continuous product update and maintenance downloads. Documentation Feedback At Freedom Scientific, we strive to produce the highest quality documentation products, and welcome your feedback. If you have comments or suggestions about our online Help or printed guides, send your e-mail messages to Documentation@FreedomScientific.com. Sales Contacting the Freedom Scientific Sales Department Sales Telephone: (800) 444-4443 International Sales Telephone, including Canada: (727) 803-8000 Sales Fax: (727) 803-8001 World Wide Web: http://www.FreedomScientific.com Sales e-mail: info@FreedomScientific.com To ensure that your request is handled promptly, include your complete address and telephone number. Office Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm EST (USA) **Technical Support You must be a registered user to access Freedom Scientific support services. Freedom Scientific support services are subject to Freedom Scientific terms and conditions in place at the time the service is used. Reach Technical Support using the following options: World Wide Web: http://www.FreedomScientific.com Technical Support e-mail: Support@FreedomScientific.com Technical Support Telephone: (727) 803-8600 When you call, be at your computer, have your documentation in hand, and be prepared to provide the following information: * Product serial number used for registration. * Product name and version number. * Type of computer hardware you are using. * Software version number of Windows. * Exact wording of any messages that appear on your screen. * What you were doing when the problem occurred. * How you tried to solve the problem. Technical Support Hours: Monday through Friday 8:30 am to 7:00 pm EST (USA) **Appendix A - Using HJAuth **Using HJAuth HJAuth serves four main purposes: 1. To move an authorization key from your hard drive, 2. To determine the number of authorization keys on your MAGic authorization disk, 3. To determine whether your hard drive already has an authorization key, and 4. To perform an authorization reset. To move an authorization key to or from your hard drive Place your authorization disk in your floppy drive. Press the Start button, select Run, and then type C:\MAGic802\hjauth.exe and press ENTER. Select the Install Authorization or Uninstall Authorization from the list of available commands. To determine the number of authorization keys on your MAGic authorization disk Place your authorization disk in your floppy drive. Press the Start button, select Run, and then type A:\HJAuth and press ENTER. Select the Get Install Count radio button from the list of available commands. Press the TAB key to move to the edit box following the Install Count radio button and type A:. Choose the EXECUTE button to display the number of authorization keys. 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. To determine whether your hard drive already has an authorization key Place your authorization disk in your floppy drive. Press the Start button, select Run, and then type A:\HJAuth and press ENTER. Select the Get Authorization Information radio button form the list of available commands. In the edit field next to the authorization information radio button, type C:. Choose the EXECUTE button to display the authorization information. If there is no authorization on your hard drive, “No Authorization Found,” is displayed. To perform an authorization reset Contact Technical Support, at (727) 803-8600 or support@FreedomScientific.com to obtain an authorization reset code. Place your authorization disk in your floppy drive. Press the Start button, select Run, and then type A:\HJAuth and press ENTER. Select Authorization String from the list of available commands. Press the TAB key to move to the next edit field, and type the authorization reset code you obtained from Technical Support. Do not include spaces when typing the authorization reset code. Choose the EXECUTE button. When you see, “Modification Complete,” or something similar, your authorization key reset is complete. **Appendix B - Using SAPI Synthesizers with MAGic on a Network When you use MAGic on a network, the procedure for selecting a synthesizer other than Eloquence is the same as when you use a standalone version of MAGic. When you update your synthesizer list in the Voices dialog, the synthesizers that populate the Available SAPI Synthesizers list are stored in your user profile. Therefore, the next time that you log into MAGic this information will automatically be displayed for you. If you move to another computer that does not have the same synthesizers installed, and attempt to change your synthesizer to one of these, you will receive a message stating, “The synthesizer you have selected is not available. Would you like this synthesizer removed from your list of available synthesizers.” Choose Yes if you do not want to use this synthesizer on the network in the future. Choose No to have the synthesizer remain in your list for use on other network computers. When you choose an unavailable synthesizer, after attempting to find the synthesizer on your computer, MAGic will continue to use the synthesizer you were using before attempting to change synthesizers. If you select a synthesizer other than Eloquence as your synthesizer for your primary language, and move to a computer that does not have that synthesizer installed, when you log into MAGic, you will receive notification of this. Speech then defaults to Eloquence. If you select a synthesizer other than Eloquence as your synthesizer for your secondary language, and move to a computer that does not have that synthesizer installed, when you press MAGic Key+F11 to toggle the language, you will receive notification of this. MAGic then uses the same synthesizer that you have set for your primary language. **Appendix C - Hot Keys **General Launch MAGic ALT+CTRL+M Display/Hide MAGic User Interface MAGic Key+ NUM PAD STAR Pass through key MAGic Key+3 Refresh Screen MAGic Key+ESC **Magnification Hot Keys Magnification, Views, & Color Increase Magnification MAGic Key+NUM PAD PLUS or CTRL+EQUALS Decrease Magnification MAGic Key+NUM PAD MINUS or CTRL+DASH Magnification Toggle On/Off MAGic Key+DELETE Switch between Magnified Views MAGic Key+ NUM PAD SLASH Inverse Color (toggle) MAGic Key+F12 **Panning and Screen Movement Pan Right MAGic Key+ RIGHT ARROW Pan Left MAGic Key+ LEFT ARROW Pan Down MAGic Key+ DOWN ARROW Pan Up MAGic Key+ UP ARROW Increase Speed during Panning NUM PAD PLUS or CTRL+EQUALS Decrease Speed during Panning NUM PAD MINUS or CTRL+DASH Move to Left Edge of Screen in Magnified View MAGic Key+HOME Move to Right Edge of Screen in Magnified View MAGic Key+END Move to top of Screen MAGic Key+PAGE UP Move to Bottom of Screen MAGic Key+ PAGE DOWN Move to Beginning of Next Line MAGic Key+ENTER **Tracking Tracking Toggle On/Off MAGic Key+R Reposition Mouse MAGic Key+ NUM PAD 5 Locator Mode Start Locator MAGic Key+F10 Stop Locator ESC Move Left LEFT ARROW Move Right RIGHT ARROW Move Up UP ARROW Move Down DOWN ARROW Move to End of Line END Move to Beginning of Line HOME Move to Top of Screen PAGE UP Move to Bottom of Screen PAGE DOWN **Speech Hot Keys **General Silence Current Speech CTRL Enable/Disable Speech MAGic Key+SHIFT Language Toggle MAGic Key+F11 Note: On multi-language systems, the primary language by default is the language of the operating system. When you choose a second language, use MAGic Key+F11 to toggle between the primary and secondary language. To set another language, do so in the Voices dialog, activated from the Speech menu on the MAGic user interface. **Document Reading Read All From Location MAGic Key+ SPACEBAR Read Active Window (reads from the beginning of document window) MAGic Key+ SPACEBAR (twice) Say Title Bar MAGic Key+T Text Reading Say Current Block or Label from Location MAGic Key+CTRL Say Current Word MAGic Key+ALT Spell Current Word MAGic Key+ALT (twice) Note: When you use Say Current Block or Label from Location, if you move the mouse it reads where the mouse lands, although if you move the insertion point, it reads from the location of the insertion point. If you have Read Uniform Block of Color selected from the Text Reading Page of the Document and Text Reading Dialog, you can select text and use Say Current Block or Label from Location to read the selected text. **Mouse Echo Mouse Echo Toggle MAGic Key+M Note: Toggling the mouse echo rotates between Speak Lines, Speak Words, and Mouse Echo Off. Some actions in MAGic do not have hot keys assigned. You can define hot keys for many of these features from within the Keyboard Assignments dialog. **Appendix D **Windows Shortcut Keys **General Get Help F1 Open the Start Menu Windows Logo Key or CTRL+ESC Open Windows Explorer Windows Logo Key+E Open Run dialog Windows Logo Key+R Find file or folder from Desktop F3 Minimize all applications Windows Logo Key+M Switch between applications ALT+TAB Quit the active application ALT+F4 For **Windows and Menus Open the application control menu ALT+SPACEBAR Move to the Menu bar ALT Choose a menu item ENTER Move between menus ALT, arrow keys Cancel or close a menu ESC Cancel or close a cascading menu ALT Open a child window control menu ALT+HYPHEN Close a child window ALT+F4 Open the applications menu Applications key or SHIFT+F10 For Dialogs Move through dialog controls TAB Move backward through dialog controls SHIFT+TAB Move to another page CTRL+TAB Reverse direction through pages CTRL+SHIFT+TAB Move to first item HOME Move to last item END Select or clear in list view SPACEBAR or CTRL+SPACEBAR Toggle a check box on/off SPACEBAR For **Reading Text Move left one character LEFT ARROW Move right one character RIGHT ARROW Move left one word CTRL+LEFT ARROW Move right one word CTRL+RIGHT ARROW Move to beginning of line HOME Move to end of line END Move up one paragraph CTRL+UP ARROW Move down one paragraph CTRL+DOWN ARROW Scroll up one screen PAGE UP Scroll down one screen PAGE DOWN Move to beginning CTRL+HOME Move to end CTRL+END **For Editing Text Copy CTRL+C Cut CTRL+X Paste CTRL+V Undo CTRL+Z Delete current character DELETE Select one character prior BACKSPACE Select one character left SHIFT+LEFT ARROW Select one character right SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW Select one word left CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW Select one word right CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW Select to beginning of line SHIFT+HOME Select to end of line SHIFT+END Select to beginning CTRL+SHIFT+HOME Select to end CTRL+SHIFT+END Select all CTRL+A For Windows Explorer Delete files DELETE Rename a file or folder F2 Open properties ALT+ENTER Refresh a window F5 Switch between windows F6 OR TAB Go up a level BACKSPACE **Glossary A Autofeed When reading documents with MAGic and you arrive at the bottom of a line or page, MAGic can automatically present the next line or page of the document. Autofeed differs from scrolling, in that you must scroll manually. B Button Usually rectangular shaped control found in dialog boxes, which is activated using the SPACEBAR or ENTER. C Caret Used as the insertion point for text processing applications. It normally appears as a blinking vertical bar. Check box Select with the SPACEBAR to activate a feature. Deactivate a check box’s feature by clearing it with the SPACEBAR. Combo box A box from which you choose from standard choices. Use the UP or DOWN ARROWS to move through the choices, or in some cases, you may press the first letter of the choice you want. Context menu A menu that appears if you right click or press the Applications key on a control. Context menus change depending on where they are activated. Use the UP or DOWN ARROWS to move through the items on a context menu, and press ENTER to activate a menu choice. Cursor A moveable, visible mark that is used to indicate the position where the next operation will occur. The cursor may be a caret or an underscore. D Default A selection automatically used by MAGic in the absence of a choice made by the user. Dialog box A window containing various controls, from which you can carry out commands or tasks. Use the TAB key to move through the available controls. Document Reading MAGic reads your documents to you, starting from the insertion point, continuing to the end, when you press MAGic Key+SPACEBAR. E Edit box A field that contains an editable area for you to type the information requested. Edit combo box A combination of two types of controls, the edit box, and the combo box. Either type in a value or press ALT+DOWN ARROW to open a list box that contains suggestions for the contents of the field. Use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to move through the items in the list, and press ALT+UP ARROW or ESC to close the list box. Edit spin box A field that contains an editable area where you can insert information. Also you can use your UP or DOWN ARROWS to move through a set of fixed values. Use the PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN keys to move through at higher increments. Edit spin boxes are commonly used for fields requiring numerical values. F Focus A windows term used to describe the state in a window, dialog, menu, or control can receive keyboard input. For example, if a control can receive input form the keyboard, it is said to have focus. Full A MAGic view that magnifies the entire screen. G Group box A rectangular area enclosing related controls. You can press TAB to move from one group box to another, and then use your arrow keys to move between the controls found inside the group box. H Highlight MAGic highlights words as it speaks them. A word is highlighted when you see a box of inverted color around the word, or if the words are underlined as MAGic reads to you. Hot key Use only to refer to a key or key combination that cause some function to occur in the computer no matter what is currently running. I Icon A graphic representation of an item that can be selected and opened, such as a document or program. Inverse Changes the colors of the computer display to increase contrast. L Lens A MAGic view that places a box on your screen that is magnified, while the rest of the display remains unmagnified. You can move the Lens around the display to find items with the magnified view. List box A control containing a list of features from which you can select. Use the UP or DOWN ARROWS to move through the items in the list box. List view A view that lists items. A list view is typically connected to a tree view and lists the contents of the items displayed in the tree view. Use your UP and DOWN ARROWS to move through the items in the list view. Locator Visual indicator of where the current magnified view is located in relation to your full computer screen. M MAGic An acronym for MAGnification In Color. Magnified View The portion of your screen that is enlarged. The magnified view can be the Full, Lens, Overlay, or Split views. Menu bar The bar located along the top of most application windows, which contains words that expand into menus. Press the ALT key to activate the menu bar, and then press the right and left arrow keys to move across the menu bar. Press ENTER to activate any menu. Mouse Pointer The visual pointer that moves on your screen whenever you move your mouse. With MAGic, you can enhance you mouse pointer to take on different shapes and colors. O Overlay A MAGic view that shows the top left corner of your screen magnified, while the rest remains unmagnified. P Panning Lets you visually browse application windows without changing the contents of the screen. Panning differs from document reading, in that it only lets you view the screen, and does not read while you pan. R Radio button A round button, found in dialog boxes, that you select to make a choice from several options. Use the arrow keys to move between different radio buttons, and use the SPACEBAR to select a radio button. S Setting When you change the state of the controls in MAGic, you modify the settings. You must save the settings for MAGic retain this information. Smoothing Compensates for the loss of character definition, as screen objects get larger during magnification. Spin box A control that contains values from which you can choose. Use the UP or DOWN ARROWS to move through the choices in the spin box. Use the PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN keys to move through at higher increments. Spin boxes typically contain numerical values. Split A MAGic view that separates your display into two portions, one is magnified, while the other remains unmagnified. The split can be vertical or horizontal. Shortcut Key Refers to a keyboard key or key combination such as CTRL+N or CTRL+S that invokes a particular command. Start button The button located by default in the bottom left corner of the Windows Desktop. Press ENTER on this button to open the Start menu, and use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to move through the menu items. Start menu The menu activated when you press the Start button. The Start menu is customizable, but contains such items as Programs, Documents, Settings, etc. Static text Text found in a dialog that describes controls and does not change. Status bar Found in most application windows along the bottom of the window. Contains descriptive information that changes based on where your cursor is located. Synchronization Occurs when the magnified view shows what MAGic speaks. As MAGic reads the display moves to show what is spoken. T Task bar The bar that appears, by default, at the bottom of the Windows desktop. It contains the Start button and the systray. As you open applications in Windows they will appear as buttons on the taskbar. Toolbar The bar found just below the menu bar that contains buttons for commonly used commands. Tracking Enables MAGic to focus automatically on an active object anywhere on the magnified view. An object can be an open dialog, a button, or a text cursor. Tree View Items are presented in a hierarchical format, organized vertically on the screen. Use the RIGHT ARROW to open closed levels, and use the UP or DOWN ARROWS to move through the list. Press the LEFT ARROW if you want to close a level. Press the TAB key to move to the information in the right pane of the tree view. U Unmagnified View Refers to the portion of your screen that appears in the default size. The unmagnified view can be seen in the Lens, Overlay, or Split views. The unmagnified view is not active when you disable magnification. When magnification is turned off, it is not considered unmagnified. V Verbosity Amount of information MAGic speaks. Specify what MAGic speaks in the verbosity dialog, activated from the Speech menu. **Index A alignment 78 application specific functions 83 internet explorer 83, 93 Internet Explorer 93 microsoft excel 86 Microsoft Excel 86 microsoft word 84, 85 Microsoft Word 84 applications specific functions Microsoft Word hot keys 84 authorization 6, 10, 11, 99, 100, 101 using HJAuth 99 auto advance 73 automatically speak 37, 67, 69, 70 all keystrokes 68 arrow keys 67 letter by letter 68 word by word 68, 72 auto-switch 46 C close MAGic 13 save settings 13 color 9, 43, 48, 49, 50, 52, 76, 104, 108, 115, 116 all views 53 inverse 33, 51 all views 33 hot keys 33 magnified view 33 unmagnified view 33 inverse display 53 magnified view only 53 unmagnified view only 53 contacting freedom scientific 95 context menu 25, 26, 29, 37, 113 context menus 29 Applications Key 26 crosshair 43 cursor trakcing See tracking D dialog box reading 74 display 39 document and text reading 72, 74 document reading 75 highlight options 77 text reading 76 document reading hot keys 107 documentation feedback 96 E eloquence 61, 63, 102, 103 Eloquence 61, 63 excel 83, 87, 88 exit 13, 18, 20, 28, 57 Exit 29 exit MAGic 13 eyeglass 52 F file menu 13, 18, 20, 28, 71 freedom scientific 9, 18, 95, 96, 97 Freedom Scientific 12, 21, 95, 96, 97 contact information 95 full cross 51, 52 inverse 51 H help About MAGic 21 context sensitive help 21 Help Topics 20 Online Help System 20 SHIFT+F1 21 What's This? Help 21 hjauth 99, 100, 101 HJAuth 99 hot keys 7, 19, 24, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 36, 37, 57, 80, 81, 82, 104, 106, 108, See Also shortcut keys add 81 change 81 differentiate between left and right ALT, CTRL, and SHIFT keys 82 document reading 107 general 104 Internet Explorer 93 locator mode 106 magnification 104 magnification, views, & color 104 microsoft excel 86 Microsoft Word 84 mouse echo 108 panning and screen movement 105 remove 81 restore defaults 81 speech 106 general 106 text reading 107 tracking 106 I Incremental Panning 57 install automatic or guided 10 setup 10 installing magic 10 Internet Explorer 93 hot keys 93 inverse 52 locator 51 inverse colors 51 Inverse Colors 33 J jaws 95 JAWS 95 K keyboard 22 assignments 23, 24, 29, 57, 80, 81, 82, 108 menu 18, 22, 23, 24, 57, 79, 80, 82 options 81 using with magic 22 keyboard assignments 80 customizing hot keys 81 view hot keys 80 keyboard commands See hot keys and shortcut keys keyboard options 81 keystrokes See hot keys and shortcut keys L language primary 60, 103, 107 secondary 60, 61, 63, 103, 107 languages 63 primary 60 secondary 61 lens 48 resize 34 resize to control 40 lens view 33, 34, 35, 39, 40, 47, 48, 49, 50, 116, 119 line delay 57 line wrap 54, 56 line-lock 46 locator 16, 32, 51, 52, 106, 116 border 52 disable 32 enable 32 eyeglass 52 full cross 51, 52 hot keys 32, 106 reverse eyeglass 52 reverse eyeglasss 52 style 52 M M button 30 magic hot keys 19 MAGic Key 22 magnification 30 button 30 buttons 30 decrease 19, 31, 40 disable 30 display 39 enable 30, 38 features 38 hot keys 104 increase 19, 31, 40 level 14, 16, 30, 31, 40 level button 30 level one 40 locator 51 menu 18, 32, 38, 39, 41, 47, 51, 52, 55, 57 panning 53 smoothing 41 tracking 57 vertical stretch 40 view properties 47 views 8, 42, 47, 53 magnified views 8, 17, 35, 42, 47, 53, 104 menu bar 17, 20, 27, 28, 38, 59, 116, 119 Microsoft Excel 86 hot keys 86 Microsoft Internet Explorer 93 microsoft word 84, 85 Microsoft Word 84 mouse 22, 25 enhancements 31 navigation options 45 settings 41 mouse echo 17, 35, 36, 37, 65, 66, 108 button 17, 36 disable 36 enable 36, 65 hot keys 37, 108 line 66 word 66 mouse enhancements button 16, 31, 41, 42 settings 32, 41 mouse settings 32, 41 auto-switch 46 crosshair 43 enhancement color 43 line lock 46 magnified mouse 42, 44 navigation options 32, 45 pointer color 43 mouse tracking 46, 58 centered 58 edge 58, 105 relative 58 moving automatically See panning N navigating magic 22 navigation options 45 network synthesizers 102 O open MAGic 13 run MAGic at startup 13 overlay resize 34 overlay view 33, 34, 35, 39, 40, 47, 50, 116, 117, 119 P panning 8, 18, 48, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 105, 117 change direction 54 hot keys 105 line delay 57 line wrap 54, 56 pont size 56 quick advance 54 speed 55, 56 start 54 pass through 23 MAGic Key 23 pass through key 23 pitch 63 point size 48, 56 pointer 9, 16, 20, 32, 33, 34, 35, 42, 43, 44, 58, 73, 116 Q quick access window 29 Quick Access Window 27, 29 Quick Start Guide 8 quitting magic 20 R reading dialog boxes 72, 74 documents and text 72, 73, 74, 108 registering 11, 12 registration 11 changing 12 completing 12 register later 11 sending 12 resize to control 40 resize view 16, 33, 34, 48 resize windows See resize view restore factory configurations 29 reverse colors See inverse color reverse eyeglass 52 run magic at startup 13, 28 S save settings 28 shortcut keys 7, 18, 24, 79, 84, 86, 93, 109, 118 Windows 109 for dialogs 110 for editing text 111 for reading text 110 for windows and menus 109 for Windows Explorer 112 general 109 silence speech 66 smoothing 16, 33, 41, 117 Smoothing 33 speaker 63 speech 59 buttons 14, 15, 19, 35 disable 36 document and text reading 72, 73, 74, 108 enable 36, 59 hot keys 106 menu 18, 28, 29, 37, 59, 60, 65, 67, 72, 73, 74, 85, 86, 90, 91, 92, 107, 119 mouse echo 17, 35, 36, 37, 65, 66, 108 pitch 63 rate 64 rates 64 default 64 reading 64 typing echo 64 synchronization 72, 73, 74, 118 synthesizers 61 typing echo 17, 35, 37, 64, 67 verbosity 66, 69, 70, 85, 86, 90, 91, 92, 119 voices 36, 60, 61, 63, 102, 107 speech menu 59 split resize 34 split view 33, 34, 35, 39, 40, 47, 48, 56, 116, 118, 119 position 47 synchronization 72, 73, 74, 118 auto advance 73 dialog box reading 72, 74 document and text reading 72, 73, 74, 108 synthesizers 61, 62, 63, 102, 103 add 62 Eloquence 63 network 102 remove 62 system requirements 9 T technical support 21, 95, 96, 97, 98, 101 text reading hot keys 107 title bar 14, 27, 28, 69, 107 toolbar 119 tracking 46, 57, 106, 119 auto-switch 46 cursors and carets 58 hot keys 106 mouse 58 mouse tracking 46, 58 resize to control 40 typing echo 17, 35, 37, 64, 67 automatically speak 67 button 17, 37 buttons 37 disable 37 enable 37, 67 keystrokes to echo 68 U uninstall 13 uninstalling magic 13 unmagnified view 32, 33, 40, 41, 44, 47, 53, 119 user interface 14, 15, 19, 21, 25, 27, 29, 41, 42, 80, 104, 107 buttons 25 magnification buttons 30 menu bar 28, 59 speech buttons 15, 35 title bar 28, 107 V verbosity 66, 69, 70, 85, 86, 90, 91, 92, 119 automatically speak 69 speak shortcuts 71 vertical stretch 40 view 39 full 35, 39 lens 35, 39 magnified 35 overlay 35, 39 split 35, 40 view properties 47 lens 48 overlay view 50 split view 47 voice 36, 60, 61, 63, 102, 107 pitch 63 speaker 63 speech rate 64 voices 60 language 63 pitch 63 primary language 60 sample voice 63 secondary language 61 speaker 63 synthesizers 61 W window tool See resize view Windows shortcut keys 109 Word See Microsoft Word 440054-001 Rev. B 26 27 136 137