Preprogrammed Computer Activities and Pages in the Vantage Lite.

Once you are connected to a computer, you can use your device and the Computer Activity or the Computer Page to emulate almost any activity on the computer.

 

The Computer Activity has the most common computer functions in Activity rows. This means that your Unity overlay is always in front of you. You don’t have to go to a separate Page to perform most computer functions.

 

Computer Activity

Select the This shows you the VTools activity key. DEVICE icon in the Activity Row on your device.

Select the This shows the Computer key within the VTools activity. COMPUTER  key.

 

 Here is the Computer Access Activity row.

You see the first row of computer functions. Select the MORE key to view more functions.

The COMPUTER ON/OFF key Computer On/Off key. allows you to turn the Output to the computer On and Off without having to go to the OUTPUT MENU in your Toolbox.

MENUS gives you access to the computer’s start menu and the file menu, among other things.

EDIT allows you to edit your work. You can copy, cut and paste, undo, print, etc.

WWW gives you the tools you need to navigate on the Web.

MOUSE allows you to use your device as a mouse. You can make large and small mouse movements on the computer, click and double-click, hold mouse buttons down, etc.

F KEYS allows you to perform the functions of the F keys on a computer.


Computer Page    

If you prefer to see all the computer functions laid out in front of you on a Page, you can use the Computer Page.

Select the This shows the pages key. PAGES  Activity from your Activity Row.

Select the COMPUTER  activity.  This shows the computer page linking key.

 This shows the computer access page in Unity 45 Sequenced.

 

You see the Computer Page. Your Core vocabulary disappears. To see your Core you must select the CORE key.

From the Computer Page you can go to your spelling page to use a word processor; copy and past text into a notebook; use a mouse; open and close computer programs and many other things. 

If you select the ED SOFTWA (Educational Software) key in the activity row located under the school activity This shows the Education Software activity key. you see an Activity that contains a number of educational programs as well as access to Microsoft Word, e-mail and the Web. 

 

 This shows the Education Software Activity.

Turn COMP OFF

When you have finished using your computer you can select the COMP ON/OFF key  or  and turn the computer Output to OFF.  Your Vantage Lite then reverts back to a communication device.

You will see a green box beside Output in the Status Area if your Output is On and active.  You will not have a green box if the Output is turned off.

 This shows the Computer On/Off function key.   This shows how you tell if your Output is on or off.