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Part 4: Deleting Unnecessary Keys
Now you will modify the predesigned overlay so the
student can use it to write one sentence only. You will
keep keys that allow the student to write about what
he/she did today. You will delete unnecessary keys.
Select Tool button
Delete Procedure
1. Notice that by default, the Key Tool (on the
vertical Standard Toolbar) is selected when you
open Overlay Maker 3.
Tip
If you are not sure what a toolbar button
does, hold your mouse over the button to
see a tooltip.
2. Click the Select Tool button.
3. Select the the Read Sentence and Advance key on
the top left corner of the overlay. It is labeled “It is
cool.”
Top row of “toolbar” keys on overlay deleted
4. Press the Delete or Backspace key on your
standard keyboard.
5. Use the delete procedure to remove all the
“toolbar” keys on the top row of the overlay.
Tip
To select multiple keys using the Select
Tool, press the mouse button and drag the
Select Tool around all of the keys.
6. Using the Select Tool, click the rectangular frame
that surrounded the top row of keys and delete it.
7. Use the delete procedure to remove the three keys
on the right side of the overlay—the “I had,” “a
good day,” and “a bad day” keys.
8. Use the delete procedure to remove three of the
six keys that describe the day’s activity— the
“played a game,” “rode the bus,” and “cooked”
keys.
More overlay keys deleted
Keep the other three key choices—“played
sports,” “worked hard,” and “played with
friends”—so five keys remain on the overlay.
What you’ve learned: How to delete unwanted keys
and a frame.
Five keys remain on the overlay
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