Copy and Paste a Button
Buttons can be copied and pasted to new locations. If you
modify a copy of a button, you will edit only the copy.
1. Press and hold on the button you want to copy.
2. Choose
Copy
.
3. Press and hold on the new location.
4. Choose
Paste
.
Link a Button to a Keyboard
1. Edit the button to link to the new keyboard.
2. Choose the
Actions
tab.
3. Press and hold (highlight, if you are using Chat Editor)
the existing Navigate action and choose
Set
. Or, if no
Navigation action has been chosen, choose
Navigate
from the drop-down menu.
4. Choose the new keyboard from the page listing.
5. Choose
OK
. The button should navigate to the new
keyboard.
Create a Page
Pages are levels of specific vocabulary linked together to
create a vocabulary file specific to the device user. You can
create a page by using any of these methods:
•
Create a new page
•
Create a copy of a page
•
Create a page from a template
•
Copy pages from a different vocabulary file
Create a New Page
1. Choose
Menu
or
>
Edit Mode
>
Pages
.
2. Choose
Menu
or
>
New Page
.
3. Give the page a descriptive name.
4. Select the number of rows and columns you need.
5. To change the background color of the page, choose
Set
and choose a color from the palette.
6. To add a background image to your page, do either of
the following:
•
Choose
Import
to use an image stored on the device
•
Choose
Find
to search for an image stored in the
NOVA chat library
7. Center the image or stretch it to fill the page. (If you
stretch the image, the aspect ratio will not change, so it
might not totally fill the page.)
8. Choose
Save
. A blank page will be created in your
vocabulary file, ready for you to place buttons.
Create a Copy of a Page
1. Choose
Menu
or
>
Edit Mode
>
Pages
.
2. Choose the page to copy. (Right-click on the page if you
are using Chat Editor.)
3. Choose
Duplicate
.
4. Give the page a new name and choose
Save
.
Create a Page from a Template
1. Choose
Menu
or
>
Pages
.
2. Choose
Menu
or
>
New from template
.
3. Choose the appropriate template and choose
OK
.
4. Give the page an appropriate name and choose
Save
.
Copy Pages from a Different Vocabulary File
1. Choose
Menu
or
>
Pages
.
2. Choose
Menu
or
>
Import
.
3. Choose the vocabulary file in which the page(s) exist.
4. Check the appropriate page(s) and choose
Import
.
5. Create a button to link to the new page(s).
Add a Word to the Pronunciation Dictionary
1. Choose
Menu
or
>
Settings
>
Speech Output
>
Voice
>
Pronunciations
.
2. Choose
Menu
or
>
New
.
3. Type the word in the Pronounce box.
4. Choose
Next
.
5. Type the word’s phonetic spelling in the Pronounce As
box.
6. Test the word by choosing
Pronounce It
.
7. Once the word is pronounced properly, choose
Done
.
8. Choose
Save
.
To edit or delete a word from within the dictionary, press
and hold on the entry and choose the appropriate option.
Transfer Files between the Device and Editor
1. Start Chat Editor.
2. Connect a USB cable to the device and the computer
that is running the Editor. The device screen will display
“Transfer Mode”.
3. From the Editor, choose the
Library
menu and then
choose
Transfer
.
4. From the Transfer screen, choose
Vocabs to/from Device
.
Copy Files from the Device to Chat Editor
1. From the transfer screen, select the vocabulary file or
files you want to transfer from the device to the
computer.
2. Click the
To Editor
button.
3. When the transfer is complete, the name of the file(s)
should be listed in the Chat Editor section of the
Transfer screen.
4. Click
Done
.
5. When you are finished transferring files, disconnect the
USB cable from the device and the computer and return
to NOVA chat.
Copy Files from Chat Editor to the Device
1. From the transfer screen, check the vocabulary file or
files you want to transfer from the Chat Editor to the
NOVA chat device:
2. Click the
To Device
button.
3. When the transfer is complete, the name of the file(s)
should be listed in the Vocabs on Device section of the
Transfer screen.
4. Click
Done
.
5.
When you are finished transferring files, disconnect the
USB cable from the device and the computer and return
to NOVA chat.
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