To choose the text Narrator always reads

Under Main Narrator Settings box, do one or more of the following:

To hear what you type
Select the Echo User's Keystrokes checkbox.

To hear background events, such as notifications
Select the Announce System Messages checkbox.

To hear an announcement when the screen scrolls
Select the Announce Scroll Notifications checkbox.

To start Narrator Minimized

Select the Start Narrator Minimized checkbox.

The next time you start Narrator, it will appear as an icon on the taskbar instead of being open on your screen.

Notes:

• To restore the Narrator dialog box to its full size, click Narrator in the taskbar.

Select a layout for On-Screen Keyboard

You can adjust the layout, alignment, or number of keys that appear on the On-Screen Keyboard.

To change the keyboard layout

You can display On-Screen Keyboard in two different views (Standard Keyboard or Enhanced Keyboard) to promote faster typing or maximize the number of available keys.

• Click Keyboard, and then select Enhanced Keyboard or Standard Keyboard.

To organize keys either in rows or like a keyboard

Block layout displays the keys in vertical and horizontal rows, which can make selecting the keys easier. The regular layout displays the keys in overlapping rows, simulating a physical keyboard.

• Click Keyboard, and then select Regular Layout or Block Layout.

To add extra keys to the keyboard

When using the regular layout, you can add extra keys to your keyboard layout by selecting the number of keys you want from the Keyboard menu.

Select the number of keys from the Keyboard menu:

• 101 keys displays a standard keyboard.
• 102 keys displays an extra backslash (\) next to the SHIFT key in the lower left.
• 106 keys displays extra characters useful for typing Japanese.

Change how information is entered into On-Screen Keyboard

There are three ways to enter data in On-Screen Keyboard:

• Clicking mode.
  In clicking mode, you click the on-screen keys to type text.
• Hovering mode.
  In hovering mode, you use a mouse or joystick to point to a key for a predefined period of time, and the selected character is typed automatically.
• Scanning mode.
  In scanning mode, On-Screen Keyboard continually scans the keyboard and highlights areas where you can type keyboard characters by pressing a hot key or using a switch-input device. Use scanning mode to select keys with a single button or key.

To change the On-Screen Keyboard input mode

• Click Settings, click Typing Mode, and then select the mode you want:
• To use clicking mode, click Click to select.
• To use hovering mode, click Hover to select.
  You can change how long the On-Screen Keyboard waits before it selects the key on the Minimum time to hover menu.
• To use scanning mode, click Joystick or key to select.
  You can set the speed for how quickly the keys are scanned on the Scan interval menu.

Tips:

• To use a mouse, joystick, or other pointing device instead of a keyboard key, click Advanced. In the Scanning Options dialog box, select the Serial, parallel, or game port checkbox. Plug in a joystick, gamepad, or other pointing device, and On-Screen Keyboard will work with it.
• To change the key you use to select keys in On-Screen Keyboard, click Advanced. In the Scanning Options dialog box, select the Keyboard key checkbox, and then click the key you want to use in the drop-down menu.

Change the font for On-Screen Keyboard keys

The On-Screen Keyboard might be more comfortable to use if you change the font used to illustrate the screen's keys. The fonts that most people find easiest to see on the screen are Verdana and Arial.

• Click the Settings menu, and then click Font.
• In the Font box, select a font, and then click OK.

Set On-Screen Keyboard to use audible clicks

You can have On-Screen Keyboard make an audible click when a key is pressed.

• Click Settings, and then select Use Click Sound to hear clicks when you select keys using On-Screen Keyboard.

Before a task can be scheduled to run, one or more tasks must be created.

To schedule a new task

1. Open Scheduled Tasks.
2. Double-click Add Scheduled Task.
3. Follow the instructions in the Scheduled Task Wizard.

Notes:

• To open Scheduled Tasks, click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Scheduled Tasks.
• If you want to configure advanced settings for the task, select the Open advanced properties for this task when I click Finish check box on the wizard's final page.
• Confirm that your computer's system date and time are accurate because Scheduled Tasks relies on this information to run scheduled tasks. To verify or change this information, double-click the time indicator on the taskbar.
• If you leave the password blank and want the task to run when you log in, open the task. On the Task tab, select the Run only if logged on check box. The task will run at its scheduled time when the user who created the task is logged on to the computer.

Created scheduled tasks can be modified. You can change the program, the schedule, or the specifics of a particular task.

To modify a scheduled task

1. Open Scheduled Tasks.
2. Right-click the task you want to modify, and then click Properties.
3. Do one or more of the following:
   • To change a program being run, in Run, type the path for the new program.
   • To change the schedule for the task, click the Schedule tab.
   • To customize the task settings, such as maximum run time, idle time requirements, and power management options, click the Settings tab.
   • To set security for the task, click the Security tab.

Notes:

• To open Scheduled Tasks, click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Scheduled Tasks.
• If you change the user account or the program that is being run, you must supply the user account's password.
• If the task program requires command-line options, type them in Run, after the task path.
• If the path to the task program includes spaces, type double quotation marks ("") around the entire task path. For example:
  "C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\Mplayer2.exe"
• Confirm that your computer's system date and time are accurate because Scheduled Tasks relies on this information to run scheduled tasks. To verify or change this information, double-click the time indicator on the taskbar.

For scheduled tasks that are no longer needed, you can remove them entirely.

To remove a scheduled task

1. Open Scheduled Tasks
2. Right-click the task that you want to remove, and then click Delete.

Notes:

• To open Scheduled Tasks, click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Scheduled Tasks.
• Removing a scheduled task only removes the task from the schedule. The program file the task runs is not removed from the hard disk.
• You can also remove a scheduled task by selecting it and then pressing DELETE.

In the event that a task starts while you are using your computer, you can stop the task and then restart it later.

To stop a scheduled task that is running

1. Open Scheduled Tasks.
2. Right-click the task that you want to stop, and then click End Task.

Notes:

• To open Scheduled Tasks, click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Scheduled Tasks.
• If a scheduled task is started and then stopped, End Task does not stop all other programs that the scheduled task might have started.
• If you stop a scheduled task currently running, you might experience a delay (up to three minutes) before the task shuts down.
• To restart a stopped task, right-click the task, and then click Run.

You can temporarily turn off or pause all scheduled tasks from running and then turn on the tasks later.

To pause Scheduled Tasks

1. Open Scheduled Tasks.
2. On the Advanced menu, click Pause Task Scheduler.

Notes:

• To open Scheduled Tasks, click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Scheduled Tasks.
• The Pause Task Scheduler command is useful if you do not want scheduled tasks to run at the same time as you are installing software or running another program (such as a game).
• Tasks scheduled to run while Scheduled Tasks are paused are not run until their next scheduled time.
• To resume the schedules for all tasks, on the Advanced menu, click Continue Task Scheduler.