Caitlin DiCristofalo Kristin Hope Gail Petrjcik

Agenda 4:30- 7:30 Button bar Possible uses Follow-up

Getting Started 1. Open Read & Write Gold 2. Open Word 3. Click on textHELP drop down arrow 4. Choose General Options

Change the Button Bar Choose “Small icons without text” Click OK

Spell Check Video Tour

Spell Check Type into a Word document Make a few spelling errors Word underlines errors in red Click on the Spell Check button

Hear the Definitions Click the Play button on the menu bar to hear the definition Click the Change button to select the new word Click Ignore button if you do not want to change anything

Spelling Options Add Word Delete Word Settings Add a list

Prediction Video Tour

Prediction Click on the Prediction button Right click on the prediction window Check “Speak the word when it is clicked” Try it out!

Prediction Options Select “Prediction Options” Check desired options Alphabetical Follow the cursor Color Show advanced options Additional tabs

Dictionary Video Tour

Dictionary Select a word Click on the Dictionary icon Select a definition Click on the Play button to hear the definition

Fix Play Options Choose Speech Options Select Autoread tab Remove all checks

Web Definitions Select “Web Definitions” from the drop down menu Select a word in your document Click on the Dictionary icon Dictionary.com opens!

Word Wizard Select a word Click the Word Wizard button A dialog box pops up You can discover related words, phrases, etc.

Sounds Like Video Tour “ Sounds Like ”

Sounds Like Click on the Show button and all the homophones will be colored in blue Click on the Sounds Like button, and a dialog will pop up It will show you all the possible definitions of possible homophones for a word You can replace a word with the word that was intended

Sounds Like Click the Play button to hear the definition Choose Replace or Ignore Check Always Ignore this word in future for common words! Click the Hide button to turn off the homophone support

Calculator Video Tour

Calculator Click the Calculator drop-down to choose Standard or Scientific

Calculator Notice Conversion options NEW in ver. 8! Volume conversions added

Speech Video Tour

Speech Controls Open a Word document Practice using Speech Controls Open Internet Explorer Practice using Speech Controls

Speech Options Select desired Speech Options

Convert text to speech Open a document Select text Select “Speech Maker” from the drop down list Continue with on- screen prompts

NEW! Screenshot Reader Video Tour

Screenshot Reader Can be used to read even locked PDF documents Open a webpage or a PDF Click the Screenshot Reader icon Click and drag a box over a portion of text NEW!

Scan Video Tour

Scanning Options Select scanning format Select “Scanning Options” Select Output Settings tab Click to choose a location to save to

Scan Place a document in the scanner Click the Scan button and follow scanning prompts Use any of the features in Read & Write Gold with your scanned document

Fact Tools Use the Fact finder, Fact Folder, and Fact Mapper to do research and keep track of bibliographical information

Highlighter Select text Click a highlighter color Click the Collect Highlights button Choose colors to collect Highlights will be pasted into a new Word document NEW!

Summary Copy and paste text into Word Click the Summary button Choose the percentage in the drop-down and click OK A summary will be pasted into a new Word document

Web Sites

AT Lab Links

Caitlin DiCristofalo Kristin Hope Gail Petrjcik