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IBM Keyboard Optimizer Version 1.1.1.1 User Guide August 10, 2005 Licensed Materials – Property of IBM © Copyright IBM Corp 2000, 2005 All Rights Reserved US Government Users Restricted Rights – Us e, duplication or disc losure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp.[...]
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Introduction People with mild to moderate m otor di sabilities can usually use a keyboard, but sometimes with some difficulty. Windows in cludes functions that can help, but the parameters of the Windows Keyboard Accessibi lity Options must be set manually, or by responding to a series of questions. Th e Keyboard Optimizer was developed by IBM Rese[...]
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When you skip or undo a suggestion, the Keyboard Optimizer will not offer that suggestion again. If you choose the 'Start again' button, all changes to the settings will be undone and the typing analysis restarted. When you are happy with the curre nt settings, choose 'Finish' (Ctrl-f). If changes have been made, you will be ask[...]
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Finding out your current settings At any time, you can see the technical details of the keyboard settings by pressing the 'See details' button (Ctrl-d). This opens a dr op-down panel containing a table. Each row of the table is a setting the Keyboard Optimizer covers. For each setting, the table lists the current value of the setting, the[...]
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is recommended, the Keyboard Optimizer will explicitly offer that suggestion, and you can decide what to do. Logging If you have a reproducible proble m with the program , you can r ecord your sess ion to help with troubleshooting. The log file records inform ation about your typing but DOES NOT contain the exact text you type d. All alphabetic cha[...]