Reading the Text
The computer will automatically read the text in program menus and buttons when the Talking Interface is made available in Application Properties.

To automatically read text in program menus and buttons:

1. On the Utility menu, choose Application Properties.
2. Under Audio, select the Talking Interface check box, and then click OK.
3. Point to a menu or button

Recording Sounds
You can record audio and attach it to a symbol or topic. To record sounds, you must make Record Sounds available in Application Properties, and your computer must have a microphone.

Note: To enable recording, choose Application Properties on the Utility menu. Under Audio, select the Record Sound check box.

To record a sound:

1. Select the symbol or topic for which you want to record a sound.
2. On the Tools menu, point to Sound, and then click Record.
3. In the recording control box, click Record to begin recording.
4. Generate the sound that you want to record.

The maximum length of a recorded sound is 30 seconds. You can click Stop at any time to end recording. When you finish recording, click Save.

The Audio Quick Control is displayed next to the symbol or topic when a recorded sound is attached. Click the Audio Quick Control to play the sound.

Changing Font, Size, Color etc.
Make changes in the Text menu bar.

POWERPOINT ADAPTATIONS

Record a sound or comment on a single slide
To do this procedure, you'll need a microphone.

1. Display the slide you want to add a sound to.
2. On the Insert menu, point to Movies and Sounds, and then click Record Sound.
3. To record the sound, click Record.
4. When you are finished, click Stop.
5. In the Name box, type a name for the sound, and then click OK.
6. A sound icon appears on the slide.

Tip To animate the sound so that it plays automatically in an animation sequence, select the sound icon, click Custom Animation on the Slide Show menu, and then select the options you want.

Record a voice narration
To do this procedure, you'll need a microphone.

1. On the Slide Show menu, click Record Narration.
2. A dialog box appears showing the amount of free disk space and the number of minutes you can record.
3. If this is the first time you are recording, do the following:
4. Click Set Microphone Level, and follow the directions to set your microphone level.
5. Do one of the following:
6. To insert the narration on your slides as an embedded object and to begin recording, click OK.
7. To insert the narration as a linked object, select the Link narrations in check box, and then click OK to begin recording.
8. Advance through the slide show, and add narration as you go.
9. At the end of the show, a message appears.
10. To save the timings along with the narration, click Yes. To save only the narration, click No.
11. A sound icon appears in the lower-right corner of each slide that has narration.

Notes

• When you run the slide show, the narration will automatically play with the show. To run the slide show without narration, click Set Up Show on the Slide Show menu, and then select the Show without narration check box.
• Because you can't record and play sounds at the same time, while you're recording the narration, you won't hear other sounds you inserted in your slide show.

WORD ADAPTATIONS

Display Readability Statistics

1. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Spelling & Grammar tab.
2. Select the Check grammar with spelling check box.
3. Select the Show readability statistics check box, and then click OK.
4. Click Spelling and Grammar icon on the Standard toolbar.

When Word finishes checking spelling and grammar, it displays information about the reading level of the document.

AutoSummarize

1. On the Tools menu, click AutoSummarize.
2. Under Type of summary, click the way you want to view the document: Highlight key points or Hide everything but the summary without leaving the original document.
3. In the Percent of original box, type or select the level of detail to include in the summary.
4. Click OK.
5. To fine-tune the way the document is displayed, use the following options on the AutoSummarize toolbar:
6. To adjust the level of detail, drag the slider or click arrows on the Percent of Original box.
7. To switch between displaying only the key points or highlighting them, click Highlight/Show Only Summary.
8. When you finish, click Close on the AutoSummarize toolbar.

Note: To cancel a summary in progress, press ESC.

Find/Replace Formatting

1. On the Edit menu, click Replace. Do one of the following:
2. To search for text with specific formatting, enter the text in the Find what box.
3. To search for specific formatting only, delete any text in the Find what box.
4. If you don't see the Format button, click More.
5. If you want to clear the specified formatting, click No Formatting.
6. Click Format, and then select the formats you want.
7. In the Replace with box, repeat steps 2 through 5.
8. Click Find Next, Replace, or Replace All.

Note: To cancel a search in progress, press ESC.