Windows Accessories Programs
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Standard Calculator Features:
- Backspace - deletes the last digit of the number displayed.
- CE - Clears the last number input.
- C - Clears the last calculation.
- +/- - Changes the sign of the number.
- M+ - Adds number displayed to number in memory.
- MS - Stores number displayed in memory.
- MR - Recalls number in memory.
- MC - Clears number in memory.
- Note: Only the commonly misunderstood buttons are pointed out.
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Scientific Calculator:
To view the scientific calculator, select the view menu and click on Scientific.
Have fun calculating! To find out what any calculator button does, move the
mouse over the button, click on the right mouse button, and then select
What's This with the left mouse button.
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WordPad Program:
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CD Player:
- Open the Start menu by clicking on the Start button.
- Select Programs.
- Select Accessories.
- Select Multimedia (Entertainment in Windows 98).
- Select CD Player.
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CD Menu Options:
- Disc - selecting this menu option you can Edit Play
List to select tracks to play.
- View - selecting this menu options allows you to turn the toolbar,
disc and track information, and status bar
on as well as change the track information.
- Options - selecting this menu options allows you to select Random
Order, Continuous Play, Intro Play, or
customize settings.
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Assigning Audio Alerts:
The alert sound is one way the computer provides feedback to the user. Sound
can add excitement and motivation. Try using a very obvious sound or create
a personal message using the Windows 98 Sound Recorder.
- From Start, highlight Settings and then select Control
Panel.
- Double-click Sounds.
- From the Events scroll list, click an event.
- From the Name pull-down menu, choose one of
the available sounds.
- Under Preview, click the Play button to test the sound.
- Click Apply.
- Click OK.
- Click the X button in the top right-hand corner to close the
Control Panel Window.
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Recording and Assigning Custom Alert Sounds:
- From Start, highlight Programs.
- Choose Entertainment, and then select Sound Recorder.
- Note: The Record button and Stop button step
listed below need to be performed almost immediately
after each other.
- Click the Record button.
- Immediately speak the message.
- Click the Stop button when the message is complete.
- Click the Play button to preview the message.
(If changes are necessary, make corrections. From the File pull-down menu,
select New and then click No when prompted to save changes.)
- Click the File pull-down menu, select Save.
- From the Save in pull-down menu, select
Save.
- From the Save in pull-down menu, select (C:).
- Double-click the Windows folder.
- Double-click the Media folder.
- In the File text box, type in a name for the
sound.
- Click Save.
- Click the X in the top right-hand corner
to close the Sound Recorder window.
- From Start, highlight Settings and then select control Panel.
- Double-click Sounds.
- From the Events scroll list, click an event.
- From the Name pull-down menu choose the name
of the newly created sound.
- Under Preview, click the Play button to test the sound.
- Click Apply.
- Click OK.
- Click the X button in the top right-hand
corner to close the Control Panel window.
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Adjusting the Sound Volume:
- From Start, highlight Programs,
- Select Accessories,
- Select Entertainment, and then select Volume Control.
- Move the Volume Control slide bar to the desired
setting. (This screen can also be accessed by double-clicking the speaker
icon located next to the Clock on the Taskbar. Single-clicking
the speaker icon will activate a pop-up volume control.)
- Click the X button in the top right-hand
corner to close the Volume Control window.
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Visual Alert:
For students with hearing impairments or those who are easily distracted
by the alert sounds, Windows 98 can be set to give visual feedback when alerting
the user. Options including having the desktop, active window bar or the active
window border flash.
- From Start, select Settings.
- Select Control Panel.
- Click the Sound tab.
- Check the Use SoundSentry checkbox.
- Click Settings.
- Under the Warning for windowed programs pull-down
menu, select the desired option.
- Under the Warning for full screen text
programs pull-down menu, select the desired option.
- Click OK.
- Click Apply.
- Click OK.
- Click the X button in the top right-hand corner to close the Control
Panel window.
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For additional visual feedback, programs can be
made to display captions for the sounds they make.
- From Start, highlight Settings.
- Select Control Panel.
- Double-click Accessibility Options.
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