User's Guide

Part 7: Changing the Shape and the
Fill Color of Keys
Changing the shape and color of keys can help a
student visually discriminate between key functions.
Using the next steps you will change the shape and fill
color of the Read and Delete keys.
1. Click the Select Tool. Click the “Read” key.
2. Click the Shape button on the vertical Standard
Toolbar to display a pull out menu of shapes.
Select the circle. The shape of the Read key will
change from a rectangle to a circle.
3. Click the Fill Color button on the vertical Standard
Toolbar to display a pull out menu of colors and
patterns. Select a color for the “Read” key.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to change the shape and color
of the “Delete” key.
What you’ve learned: How to change the shape and
the fill color of a key.
Part 8: Modifying Key Content
Key content is what a key does (i.e., what happens onscreen)
when the IntelliKeys user presses the key on a
printed overlay. Overlay Maker 3’s default key content
is Same As Text Label. This means that when an
IntelliKeys user presses that key, the text on the key
(i.e., the text label) shows on-screen.
In this part of the tutorial, you will learn how to modify
the default key content so it puts more than just the
key’s text label on-screen.
To correctly format the beginning of the sentences the
IntelliKeys user will write:
1. Double-click the “I like” key to select it and display
its Properties of Key dialog box. Using this
Properties dialog box, you can edit all the
properties of this key.
2. Click the Key Content tab. Notice that the key
content is [Same As Text Label]. We will leave that
command, because we want the key to type the
text label (i.e., the words I like) on-screen.
3. To write a sentence correctly, we need to also type
a blank space after the phrase I like:
a. Insert your cursor directly after the key
content [Same As Text Label.]
Shape choices
Selected key with new shape and new fill color
Key Content tab in Properties of Key dialog box
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