Cheatsheet for Using Notebooks in a Pathfinder
Notebooks are text files. They are equivalent to word processing documents.
There are three ways to open notebooks:
1. via an icon sequence
2. via an activity
3. via the Notebook Menu
To close a notebook (in Pathfinder Unity):
1. activate NOTEBOOK NOTEBOOK
2. activate CLOSE NOTEBOOK in the DESKMATE activity
3. open another notebook
Hide/Show notebook does NOT close a notebook. It moves the notebook to the back of
the workspace.
Ways to tell that you are in a notebook:
1. The status bar changes color.
2. There is a notebook icon on the status bar.
3. Activating CLEAR DISPLAY does not clear the display.
To save a notebook:
1. Answer YES to the prompt when you close a notebook
2. Activate SAVE NOTEBOOK in the Notebook Menu
Two ways to speak a notebook:
1. SPEAK SENTENCE (Speaks the notebook one sentence at a time)
2. SPEAK ALL (Speaks the entire notebook)
To Lock or Unlock a notebook:
1. Go into the Notebook Menu
2. Select No. 7 – More Items
3. Select No. 3 – Lock Notebook
Note: Locked notebooks are Read Only notebooks.
Creating Notebooks – there are two kinds of notebooks:
1. blank
2. formatted
To create a New Blank notebook:
1. Go into the Notebook Menu
2. Select No. 1 – New Blank Notebook
To save and title the notebook:
1. Go into the Notebook Menu
2. Select No. 4 – Save Notebook
3. Type the title you want for the notebook
4. Select OK
OR
1. Add text to the notebook
2. Close the Notebook
3. Answer YES to the prompt to Save the notebook
4. Title the notebook
5. Select OK
To create a new Formatted Notebook:
1. Go into the Notebook Menu
2. Select No. 2 – New Formatted Notebook
3. Follow the prompts to select format you want.
4. Save and title the notebook.
To Save a Notebook under an Icon Sequence:
1. Activate STORE
2. Select the Icon Sequence, then select OK
3. Select No. 2 – Spell Text for Message
4. Select INSERT TOOL
5. Type O – for Open Notebook
6. Select OPEN NOTEBOOK
7. Select the Notebook you want to open with this sequence. If needed us
No. 7 – More Items, to page through the screens of notebooks. (Note: the
Notebooks are in alphabetical order.)
8. Select OK twice to exit the menu.
Editing Notebooks:
PAGE UP -- Moves cursor to the top of the current page (screen)
PAGE DOWN -- Moves cursor to the bottom of the current page (screen)
HOME -- Moves cursor to front of current line
Note: HOME is stored in COMPUTER MODE ONLY
END -- Moves cursor to end of current line
Note: END is stored in SPELL and COMPUTER MODES
Note: The status bar on the side of the notebook shows how far you are
into the notebook.
Moving the cursor:
Character mode
←→one character
↓↑ one line
Word mode
←→ one word
↓↑ one screen
Sentence mode
←→ one sentence
↓↑ beginning / end
To Highlight Text:
1. Move cursor to beginning of the text.
2. Activate BLOCK MARK.
3. Move cursor to the end of the text.
To Cut Text:
1. Highlight the text.
2. Activate EDIT MENU
3. Activate No. 1 Cut Text
To Paste Text:
1. Activate BLOCK MARK to unhighlight the text
2. Place the cursor where you want the text to go.
3. Activate EDIT MENU
4. Activate No. 3 Paste Text
To unhighlight text, activate BLOCK MARK again
Tools for Notebooks:
v TOOLS NOTEBOOK HAMMER = Stress Next Word ["]
v TOOLS NOTEBOOK MUSIC = Accent Next Word [‘]
v TOOLS NOTEBOOK PHONE = Change Voice
v TOOLS NOTEBOOK EYE = Print
v TOOLS NOTEBOOK BED = Pause
Changing Voices in Notebooks:
v TOOLS NOTEBOOK PHONE BOOK = Paul [:np]
v TOOLS NOTEBOOK PHONE ELEPHANT = Harry [:nh]
v TOOLS NOTEBOOK PHONE TIME = Frank [:nf]
v TOOLS NOTEBOOK PHONE MEDICAL = Dennis [:nd]
v TOOLS NOTEBOOK PHONE LOVE = Betty [:nb]
v TOOLS NOTEBOOK PHONE THINK = Ursula [:nu]
v TOOLS NOTEBOOK PHONE EAR = Wendy [:nw]
v TOOLS NOTEBOOK PHONE MASKS = Rita [:nr]
v TOOLS NOTEBOOK PHONE BOY = Kit [:nk]
To Print a Notebook:
1. Go into the Notebook Menu
2. Select No. 7 – More Items
3. Select No. 2 – Print Notebook
OR
1. In Unity – Select the Icon Sequence: TOOLS NOTEBOOK EYE
OR
1. Select the DESKMATE Activity
2. Choose PRINT NB
NOTE: You would need to have the OUTPUT Menu set for ON with a cable connection
to the printer OR have the OUTPUT Menu set for IRDA and an IRDA printer available
to receive the text.
Word Prediction:
To turn Word Prediction On or Off:
1. Go into the Word Prediction Menu
2. Select 1 – Word Prediction On/Off
OR
1. Select the TOOLS Activity
2. Select WORD PRED on/off
To change the text size, color, or background color of the Word Prediction options:
1. Go into the Word Prediction Menu
2. Select No. 7 – More Items
3. Select No. 3 – Predicted Word Display
Computer Access
To get into Computer Mode: select TOOLS COMPUTER
To return to Minspeak Mode: select SPELL/MINSPEAK
To set the Output Method for the computer
1. Go into the Output Menu
2. Select No. 1 – Output Method
Select RS232 if you are connected to the computer via a cable
Select Infrared if you are using an infrared receiver
3. Set No. 4 (Output Mode) to IMMEDIATE
4. Set No. 5 (Baud Rate) to match the Baud rate of your computer (usually
1200 or 300)
To turn the Output On or Off
1. Go into the Output Menu
2. Select No. 2 – Output
OR
1. Select the TOOLS Activity
2. Select MORE ITEMS
3. Select Comp. ON or Comp. OFF
OR
1. Select the Icon Sequence TOOLS COMPUTER to get into Computer
Mode
2. When in Computer Mode,
COMPUTER CHAIR = Computer ON
COMPUTER SPACE = Computer OFF
Memory Transfer:
To do a memory transfer to save the contents of your Pathfinder, you will need:
1. A computer
2. The MTI Program Disk (MTI = Memory Transfer Interface)
3. An MTI Cable
4. A disk or space on the hard drive
5. The Pathfinder
6. Pathfinder Plus may also use a Secure Digital Card or a USB Flash Disk to
do a memory transfer. Complete instructions are on the PRC web site.
Remember to back up the memory of your device periodically.
To get help: Call technical service at 1-800-262-1990 or
E-mail service: service@prentrom.com
To contact your regional representative call 1-800-848-8008.