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been saved, your current document will be saved automatically when you create a new one, and a blank
document will be opened.
To open a document while editing another one, access the context menu by pressing Space with M,
select File functions, and select the option Open additional document. You can also use the command
Backspace with O to open an additional document. If your current document has not previously been
saved, you will be prompted to do so before opening a new document. If it has already been saved, your
current document will be saved automatically when you open a new one. Select the document you wish
to open from the list presented to you, and the new document will open.
6.8.2 Switching between documents
To switch between two or more previously opened documents, access the context menu by pressing
Space with M, select File functions, and select the option Switch documents. You can also use the
command Space with Dots 1-2-5-6 to switch documents. If your current document has not previously
been saved, you will be prompted to do so before switching documents. If it has already been saved,
your current document will be saved automatically when you switch to another one. Use the Previous
and Next thumb keys to select which drive, among those available on your device, you wish to open,
then select the document you wish to switch to from the list presented to you, and the new document
will open.
A message will inform you of the name of the document you have switched to. When switching from a
document to another, the cursor will be at the last location in your document.
For improved performance, turning on read-only mode on documents which you are not editing, will
avoid needing to save the document every time it is switched from. There is no limit to the number of
documents that can be open at a time, keeping in mind that the larger the documents and more
documents that are open will reduce performance.
Generating Visual
Preview
You may hear at times that the visual output of the KeyWord screen has black boxes or shapes on it that
do not always make sense to a sighted viewer. This is because KeyWord is a Word Processor designed
specifically for the Braille user. These black boxes and shapes are renderings of Braille format markers
which cannot be translated into a visual representation.
This Preview feature can be useful for reading large documents, as it allows for various navigational
elements. For more details, please refer to the list of webview shortcuts (section 3.9.2). There may also
be times when you need to show a sighted teacher or colleague a document you have worked on with
the final formatting.
When these situations occur, you can use the Generate Preview option, which generates a web preview
of your document and displays it on the screen. When a document is in preview mode, you can switch to
Explore by Touch mode to allow the user to pan the document.
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