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

3. Change the Button Bar 5) Choose “Small icons without text” 6) Choose “Clear Style Color”

4. Speech Options 7) Click on the green Play button drop-down menu 8) Choose “Speech Options” 9) Click the Auto Read tab 10) Uncheck all the boxes

5. Spell Check Video Tour

6. Spell Check 1) Type into a Word document 2) Make a few spelling errors 3) Word underlines errors in red 4) Click on the Spell Check button

7. Hear the Definitions 1) Click the Play button on the menu bar to hear the definition 2) Click the Change button to select the new word 3) Click Ignore button if you do not want to change anything 4) Error Type is displayed at the bottom

8. Spelling Options 1) Add word 2) Delete word 3) Settings 4) Add a list

9. Prediction Video Tour

10. Prediction 1) Click on the Prediction button 2) Right click on the prediction window 3) Check “Follow the Cursor” and “Speak the word when it is clicked” 4) Try it out!

11. Prediction Options 1) Select “Prediction Options” 2) Check desired options  Alphabetical  Follow the cursor  Color 3) Show advanced options 4) Additional tabs

12. Dictionary Video Tour

13. Dictionary 1) Select a word 2) Click on the Dictionary icon 3) Select a definition 4) Click on the Play button to hear the definition

14. Web Definitions 1) Select “Web Definitions” from the drop down menu 2) Select a word in your document 3) Click on the Dictionary icon 4) Google automatically defines the word for you!

15. Picture Dictionary Video Tour NEW!

16. Picture Dictionary 1) Click on the Picture Dictionary icon 2) Double click a word in a document to see the associated picture 3) Double click on the picture to insert it into the document

17. Word Wizard 1) Select a word 2) Click the Word Wizard button 3) A dialog box pops up 4) You can discover related words, phrases, etc.

18. Homophone Video Tour

19. Homophones 1) Click on the Show button and all the homophones will be colored in blue 2) Click on the Sounds Like button, and a dialog will pop up 3) It will show you all the possible definitions of possible homophones for a word 4) You can replace a word with the word that was intended

20. Sounds Like 1) Click the Play button to hear the definition 2) Choose Ignore or Change 3) Check Always Ignore this word in future for common words! 4) Click the Hide button to turn off the homophone support

21. Verb Checker  Enter a verb to see how it is conjugated for past, present, and future tense NEW!

22. Calculator Video Tour

23. Calculator  Click the Calculator drop-down to choose Standard or Scientific  It will speak the numbers and the solution!

24.  Notice Conversion options Calculator

25. Speech Video Tour

26. Speech Controls 1) Open a Word document 2) Practice using Speech Controls 3) Open Internet Explorer 4) Practice using Speech Controls

27. Speech Options  Select desired Speech Options

28. Screenshot Reader Video Tour

29. Screenshot Reader 1) Can be used to read even locked PDF documents 2) Open a webpage or a PDF 3) Click the Screenshot Reader icon 4) Click and drag a box over a portion of text

30. Speechmaker 1) Open a document 2) Select text 3) Click the Speechmaker button 4) Continue with on- screen prompts to convert text to speech

31. Daisy Reader 1) Click on the DAISY icon 2) Find a DAISY file 3) Adjust display settings

32. Scan Video Tour

33. Scanning Options 1) Be sure you have selected “Scan to Word” 2) Select “Scanning Options” 3) Select Output Settings tab 4) Click to choose a location to save to

34. Scan 1) Place a document in the scanner 2) Click the Scan button and follow scanning prompts 3) Use any of the features in Read & Write Gold with your scanned document

35. Fact Tools  Use the Fact Finder, Fact Folder, and Fact Mapper to do research and keep track of bibliographical information

36. Screen Masking Video Tour

37. Screen Masking  Screen Masking offers many options for highlighting specific areas of the screen

38. Translator Video Tour

39. Translator 1) Select “Single Word” or “Paragraph” translation 2) Select some text 3) Click the Translator button

40. PDF Aloud 1) Click the PDF Aloud button 2) Choose a PDF file on your computer 3) Use the buttons to hear text read aloud

41. Study Skills Video Tour

42. Highlighter Tools 1) Select text 2) Click a highlighter color 3) Click the Collect Highlights button 4) Choose colors to collect 5) Highlights will be pasted into a new Word document

43. Vocabulary 1) Click the Vocabulary button 2) Add words to the list. You can click “with images” or leave them out. 3) Click OK 4) Read & Write will automatically generate a list in a Word document

44. Word Cloud Video Tour

45. Word Cloud 1) Select some text or a word list 2) Click the Word Cloud button 3) Click “Create” 4) A separate window will appear with all the words. You can click on the words to hear them spoken.

46. Voice Note Video Tour

47. Voice Note 1) Click inside a document 2) Click the Voice Note icon 3) Click the Start Recording button and record your message 4) Click Replay to hear your message 5) Click Save to save onto your computer or Insert to include it in your document

48. Summary 1) Copy and paste text into Word 2) Click the Summary button 3) Choose the percentage in the drop-down and click OK 4) A summary will be pasted into a new Word document

49. Common Core Connectors CCSS English Language Arts: Demonstrating proper punctuation and spelling Determining meaning of unknown words Strategic exploration/use of digital media Gathering relevant info from digital resources/following standard format for citation Develop writing by planning, organizing, revising, editing, and rewriting

50. AT Wikispace http://atc-hernando.wikispaces.com/  You can download this PowerPoint from the “Read and Write Gold” page

51. Thanks for attending!