Copy and Paste a Button
Buttons can be copied and pasted to new locations. If you
modify a copy of a button, you will edit only the copy.
1. Press and hold on the button you want to copy.
2. Choose Copy.
3. Press and hold on the new location.
4. Choose Paste.
Link a Button to a Keyboard
1. Edit the button to link to the new keyboard.
2. Choose the Actions tab.
3. Press and hold (highlight, if you are using Chat Editor)
the existing Navigate action and choose Set. Or, if no
Navigation action has been chosen, choose Navigate
from the drop-down menu.
4. Choose the new keyboard from the page listing.
5. Choose OK. The button should navigate to the new
keyboard.
Create a Page
Pages are levels of specific vocabulary linked together to
create a vocabulary file specific to the device user. You can
create a page by using any of these methods:
• Create a new page
• Create a copy of a page
• Create a page from a template
• Copy pages from a different vocabulary file
Create a New Page
1. Choose Menu or > Edit Mode > Pages.
2. Choose Menu or > New Page.
3. Give the page a descriptive name.
4. Select the number of rows and columns you need.
5. To change the background color of the page, choose
Set and choose a color from the palette.
6. To add a background image to your page, do either of
the following:
• Choose Import to use an image stored on the device
• Choose Find to search for an image stored in the
NOVA chat library
7. Center the image or stretch it to fill the page. (If you
stretch the image, the aspect ratio will not change, so it
might not totally fill the page.)
8. Choose Save. A blank page will be created in your
vocabulary file, ready for you to place buttons.
Create a Copy of a Page
1. Choose Menu or > Edit Mode > Pages.
2. Choose the page to copy. (Right-click on the page if you
are using Chat Editor.)
3. Choose Duplicate.
4. Give the page a new name and choose Save.
Create a Page from a Template
1. Choose Menu or > Pages.
2. Choose Menu or > New from template.
3. Choose the appropriate template and choose OK.
4. Give the page an appropriate name and choose Save.
Copy Pages from a Different Vocabulary File
1. Choose Menu or > Pages .
2. Choose
Menu or > Import.
3. Choose the vocabulary file in which the page(s) exist.
4. Check the appropriate page(s) and choose Import.
5. Create a button to link to the new page(s).
Add a Word to the Pronunciation Dictionary
1. Choose Menu or > Settings > Speech Output >
Voice > Pronunciations.
2. Choose Menu or > New.
3. Type the word in the Pronounce box.
4. Choose Next.
5. Type the word’s phonetic spelling in the Pronounce As
box.
6. Test the word by choosing Pronounce It.
7. Once the word is pronounced properly, choose Done.
8. Choose Save.
To edit or delete a word from within the dictionary, press
and hold on the entry and choose the appropriate option.
Transfer Files between the Device and Editor
1. Start Chat Editor.
2. Connect a USB cable to the device and the computer
that is running the Editor. The device screen will display
“Transfer Mode”.
3. From the Editor, choose the Library menu and then
choose Transfer.
4. From the Transfer screen, choose Vocabs to/from Device.
Copy Files from the Device to Chat Editor
1. From the transfer screen, select the vocabulary file or
files you want to transfer from the device to the
computer.
2. Click the To Editor button.
3. When the transfer is complete, the name of the file(s)
should be listed in the Chat Editor section of the
Transfer screen.
4. Click Done.
5. When you are finished transferring files, disconnect the
USB cable from the device and the computer and return
to NOVA chat.
Copy Files from Chat Editor to the Device
1. From the transfer screen, check the vocabulary file or
files you want to transfer from the Chat Editor to the
NOVA chat device:
2. Click the To Device button.
3. When the transfer is complete, the name of the file(s)
should be listed in the Vocabs on Device section of the
Transfer screen.
4. Click Done.
5. When you are finished transferring files, disconnect the
USB cable from the device and the computer and return
to NOVA chat.
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