• Creating a Story Book in IntelliPics (Macintosh)
• Modifying a BoardMaker Picture and Saving it Back to BoardMaker (Macintosh)
• Windows '95 Visual Consideration Tips
• Convert IntelliStuff - MAC TO PC
• TypeIt4Me - Tips & Tricks!

Creating a Story Book in IntelliPics
Note:  Prior to beginning the computer work outlined here, it is best if you sketch out your story book ideas on paper first.

Getting Started:
1. Open IntelliPics
2. Go to "File" and select "New"
3. Assign a title to your new file
4. Go to "Options" menu and select "Activities Preferences"
5. Turn off all visible palattes (i.e. none should have a check in their box)
6. Go to the "Create" menu and select "Picture Items"
7. Select "New"
8. Enter a name for the picture (To arrange pictures in sequential order, start the name of the first picture with "a)", the second with "b)", etc.
9. Go to the "Edit Menu" and select "Picture Library"
10. Choose a picture
11. Select "copy" (Command-C)
12. Select "paste" (Command-V)

To Edit Picture Items:
1. Go to "Create" Menu
2. Go to "Picture Items"
3. Select the item to edit
4. Click on "Edit"

To Add New Picture Items:
1. Go to "Create" menu
2. Go to "Picture Items"
3. Select "New"

To Add Movement:
1. Click on "Movement"
2. Select a movement
3. Click on "Done"

To Add Captioning:
1. Click on "Advanced"
2. Go to "Caption"
3. Type in text
4. Click on "Done"
To Add Digitized Sound:
1. Select "Sound"
2. Select "Digitized"
3. Click on "New"
4. Click on "OK"
5. Speak into the microphone
6. Click on "Stop" (or record) when finished speaking
7. Click on "Save"

To Make a Picture Larger:
1. Click on "Advanced"
2. Go to "Scaling"
3. Change # to a larger #
4. Click on "Done"

To Use the Mouse Click to Advance Frames:
1. Go to "Options" menu
2. Select "Activity Preferences"
3. Click and hold on "Palatte Display"
4. Go to "Click Response"
5. Click on "Goes to next item"
6. Click "OK"

Copyright © 1998 Maro/Tufte A Potpourri of AAC Intervention Ideas
 

Modifying a BoardMaker Picture and Saving it Back to BoardMaker (Macintosh)

• Open BoardMaker
• Click on the BoardMaker picture library icon
• Find the picture you wish to modify
• Open a Paint program (e.g. ClarisWorks)
• Go back to BoardMaker
• Change the text to "Hidden"
• Copy the BoardMaker picture to the Clipboard
• Go back to your Paint program
• Paste the picture into your Paint program
• Modify the picture using the paint tools
• Highlight the picture.  Keep your highlight box as close to the picture edges as possible
• Copy the picture
• Go back to BoardMaker
• Be sure you are in the library you wish to copy the new picture into (e.g. nouns, verbs)
• Select "paste"
• Click on "Change" to the right of Picture Name
• Type the new name for your new picture
• Click on "OK"
• When closing the Paint program, you do not have to save the picture as it is now saved in BoardMaker

Windows '95 Visual Consideration Tips

Changing Cursor Features in Windows '95
1.  Point, click and hold the "Start" button
2.  Go to "Settings" and open the "Control Panel" folder
3.  Double click on "Mouse"
4.  Click on the file folder tab labeled "Pointers"
5.  Click and hold the down arrow next to the message bar in the "Schemes" menu.
6.  Select a new pointer such as "Windows Standard (extra large)"
7.  Click on "Apply"

Adding "Pointer Trails"
1.  Click on the "Motion" tab in the "Mouse" control panel
2.  Click on "Show Pointer Trails"
3.  Click on "Apply"

Changing How Text is Displayed in Windows '95
1.  Go to "Control Panels" and double click on "Accessibility Options"
2.  Click on the "Display" tab
3.  Click on "Use High Contrast"
4.  Click on "Settings" and experiment with different options
5.  Click on "OK"
6.  Click on "Apply"

More Accessibility Options!
Visit the TRACE Center web site at:  http://trace.wisc.edu/world/computer_access/

© 1999 Maro
 

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CONVERT INTELLISTUFF - MAC TO PC
*The Quick & Easy Instructions!*
Compiled by:  Caroline Musselwhite

Requirements:
- Macintosh files (IntelliPics or Overlay Maker) that you wish to convert to PC Windows
- The program IntelliTools Converter  (get from:  PC version of IntelliPics, internet at www.intellitools.com, or IntelliTools Web
Activity Exchange, CD Volume 3 (look in Training Materials folder, then Utilities folder)
- Access to Macintosh computer that can access both Mac & PC files and disks (must be higher model than a Performa) - samples:  Power Mac, G3
- PC formatted floppy disk (note:  other options for transferring are described on the Read Me file in the InetlliTools Converter  program)

Instructions:
1) Make sure the file(s) that you want to convert are on the hard drive of your Mac
2) Install the IntelliTools Converter  program on your Macintosh computer
3) Place PC formatted disk in your disk drive
4) Open IntelliTools Converter
5) Select the program that you want to convert (you may have to move from file to file)
6) Click <open>
7) Make sure that you are saving to your PC formatted disk (be sure the name of the disk is showing at the top of the destination folder), then click <save>
8) Continue converting as long as necessary!

Problems?
This is the quick and easy instruction set!  If you need more help, see the "Read Me" file that accompanies the IntelliTools Converter program.  For example, that file helps you  consider other places to store or share the converted files, in case the converted file won't fit on a single disk (you might want to use a zip, send through the Internet, etc.)
 
 

More "Cheat Sheets" Coming Soon!

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