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Premier Literacy, Inc. E-Text Reader IGT Version 7.31 (IGT = I nter G lactic T ranslator)

Premier Literacy, Inc. E-Text Reader IGT Version 7.31 (IGT = I nter G lactic T ranslator). DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI. Premier Literacy toolbar. Installer puts the Premier Tools shortcut on your desktop. Shortcut opens this toolbar.

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Premier Literacy, Inc. E-Text Reader IGT Version 7.31 (IGT = I nter G lactic T ranslator)

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  1. Premier Literacy, Inc. E-Text Reader IGT Version 7.31 (IGT = InterGlacticTranslator)

  2. DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Premier Literacy toolbar Installer puts the Premier Tools shortcut on your desktop Shortcut opens this toolbar Find EReader icon and click to open www.cast.org

  3. DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI E-Reader screen – 3 parts 1. Menu 2. Toolbar 3. Reading area www.cast.org

  4. DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Opening digital books 1. Click the Open tool 2. In the Files of type: window, select: (*.xml) 3. Use the Look in: window to browse to the folder containing your book 4. Highlight the books title 5. Click the Open button www.cast.org

  5. DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Opening non-DAISY books (other formats) E-Reader will open books in formats other than DAISY, including rich text (.rtf), word (.doc), web (.html) If your book is not DAISY format (.xml), choose a different format when you use the Files of type: window www.cast.org

  6. DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Managing book files With a DAISY book open in your E-Text Reader: • In the File menu, choose Save as • In the File name area, type a name for your books file • In the Save as type: drow-down, choose Microsoft Word (.doc) • Click the Save button Advantages: Familiar format let’s you edit book or add notes, then save changes. Easy to cut-paste book into chapters for summarizing or MP3 creation. Original version of book kept safe from damage www.cast.org

  7. DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Reading digital books E-Reader begins reading from the cursor location. Click once to move the cursor to any spot in the book, then: To Stop, click the Stop button Click the Read button To read one word at a time, hold the Ctrl key and tap the right arrow To spell out a word one letter at a time, tap the right arrow www.cast.org

  8. DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Voice options (click the Voices tool) Use the Voices drop-down menu to find a new voice, then click once to select Use sliders to change rate and pitch Use the Test button, then click OK or Cancel www.cast.org

  9. DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Display options Use the Zoom tool to change the size of the document From the Settings menu, highlight Colors, then choose a new combination for the background and text colors. www.cast.org

  10. DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI More Display options Since E-Reader is essentially a word processor, you may use standard word processor tools to change the appearance of the book. From the Edit menu, Select All text in the book. Then, use the text tools to change the appearance in the whole book. www.cast.org

  11. DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Navigation To move around the book in E-Reader, use the scroll bar on the right side of your screen. You may: Click the arrows to move up or down (hold the mouse down for a fast scroll) Click and grab the slider bar and drag it up or down Note: We will discuss the use of Bookmarks next to help with navigation. www.cast.org

  12. DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Bookmarking To set a bookmark, move to any page and click once to put the cursor at the spot to be bookmarked. Then, click the Mark tool. To move around or locate your bookmarks, use the Prior and Next buttons. www.cast.org

  13. DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Highlighting To highlight text: • Select a block of text by using your mouse to click-hold-drag through the text to be highlighted. • Use the Color button to choose one of 4 possible highlight colors, then click the Highlight tool. Text with yellow highlighting www.cast.org

  14. DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Highlight extraction E-Text Reader allows you to extract highlighted text and will place it in a separate document for you to save or read aloud. Click the Extract tool button Select the Extraction colors, then click Extract www.cast.org

  15. DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI After processing, E-Text Reader will open a new document containing all highlights for the color(s) you chose. Remove all highlighting from this document by choosing Clear Highlights in the Edit menu, or by using the Clear tool in the toolbar. Use Save As in the File menu to save the file for future review. www.cast.org

  16. DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Summarizer E-Text Reader has a built-in document summarizer. To reduce the full document to a shorter document containing basic essential information, click the Summarize button. Choose a Summarize Method then click the Summarize File button. You may want to create separate documents containing individual chapters (cut and paste each chapter to its own new document) before using the summarize tool. www.cast.org

  17. DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Find You can search the document for a word, or a part of a word. 1. Click the Find tool 2. Type a word or part of a word into the Find what: box 3. Choose a search direction, the click Find Next www.cast.org

  18. DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Translation(requires internet connection) To practice translating, copy (Edit menu – Copy) a small block of text from an existing document, then open a New blank document (File – New) in the E-Text Reader program. Paste (Edit menu – Paste) the small block of text into the new document, then proceed with the translation • From the Translate menu, choose Translate. • In the Translatedialog box, pick the language to translate to, • then click the Translate button. Translated text appears in its own window, like this one www.cast.org

  19. DE | GA | IA | LA | ME | MA | MI | MN | MO | NY | PA | UT | VT | WI Hot keys: www.cast.org

  20. The development of this project by the AIM Consortium and the Michigan Department of Education was funded by Grant # H327S070003 from the U. S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. The contents of this project are not exhaustive and inclusion does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Department of Education, the Michigan Department of Education or the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST)

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