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A v ant Mechanical, Pr ogrammab le K eyboar ds rev 10/00 By Cr By Cr By Cr By Cr By Cr ea ea ea ea ea tiv tiv tiv tiv tiv e V e V e V e V e V ision T ision T ision T ision T ision T echnologies, Inc. echnologies, Inc. echnologies, Inc. echnologies, Inc. echnologies, Inc. http://www .cvtinc.com[...]
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Copyright Portions of this documentation and accompanying software are copyrighted by Interfatron - BBC, LTD and Microsoft Corporation. NOTES[...]
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Page 3 Contents INTRODUCTION .................................................................... 5 About Y our Keyboard ................................................................... 5 Unpacking And Installation ........................................................... 6 AVANT UTILITIES INSTALLATION ...................................... 7 [...]
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Page 4 Changes The materials in this document are for information only and are subject to change without notice. While reasonable efforts have been made in the preparation of this document to assure its accurac y , Creative Vision T echnologies, Inc. (CVT) assumes no liability resulting from errors or omissions in this document or from the use of t[...]
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Page 5 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of an A vant keyboard! This document describes setup and software installation for the A vant Series keyboards. An in-depth instruction manual is located in the on-line Help File. Y our Avant will give you unmatched performance and features: • Left and right Windows™ keys • Windows™ appli[...]
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Page 6 Unpacking And Installation Complete the follo wing steps to install your A vant k eyboard: • Carefully unpack y our keyboard as y ou would an y other piece of electronic equipment. • Store the packing material in a safe place. If, for any reason, you are required to return the keyboard during the warranty period , the ke yboard must be s[...]
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Page 7 Page 14 Avant Utilities Installation Note: Before installing this program, close all open applications. The A vant Utilities Disk is a single 3.5” diskette containing an installation program called “CVTSETU P .EXE”. Wind ows 3.x Installation 1. From the Program Manager in Windows, select File, then Run. 2. Load the program by typing A:[...]
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Page 8 Page 13 Quick Tutorial Remapping Keys Remapping refers to changing a single key to another function. For example, if you never use the <L> key but use the <BACKS PA CE> often, you can make the keyboard send a <BACKS PA CE> every time the <L> is pressed. Follow these steps. • Click on the <L> key as displayed o[...]
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Page 9 Page 12 Change to Macro mode by clicking the button in the upper right of the screen. The program switches to Macro mode and the display is updated. The f irst step in programming a macro is to select the key combinations to use to begin the macro. Most keys on the keyboard can be used. The most popular keys to use are easy to remember combi[...]
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Page 10 Page 11 To review what is recorded, click on the <N> key and select <CTRL> under the modi f iers. The macro description is displayed. The utility automatically adds any special key description necessary to emulate what is typed. The program will add shift indicators before and after any capitalization to exactly emulate the way [...]