The supplied Microsoft Works environment is compatible with Works
3.0.  Be sure you are using Vocal-Eyes 3.0 or greater.

These settings assume that you are using the MS Works default
settings for color, menu bar, etc.  If you make changes in your
Works set-up, you may need to make changes in these Vocal-Eyes
.SET files.

When you install Works, be sure to select text mode rather than
graphics mode.  This is not the default.  If you have already
installed Works, you can determine whether it is in graphics mode
or text mode by doing the following:

Run Works

Go into review mode by pressing CONTROL-Enter.  Vocal-Eyes will
say "review."

Press the left or right arrow.  If you hear "ASCII 255" you are
in graphics mode.  If you hear something more normal like "space"
or "r" or "horizontal," you are in text mode. 

If it is in graphics mode, you can get it into text mode by doing
the following:

  Run Works.

Press ESCAPE twice to remove the initial menu and the files menu
from the screen. 

Press ALT-O to pull down the Options menu.

Press ENTER to choose the "Works Settings" menu.

Press TAB five times to move to the screen mode section of the
set-up screen.

Press the up arrow once to move to the text selection.

Press ENTER.

After a few seconds, Works will return to normal, but in text
mode instead of graphics mode.  You can determine that it has
changed by going into review and moving around as described
above.

Most of the standard read hot keys work as described in the
manual.  For example, use CONTROL-B for previous character,
CONTROL-C for current character and CONTROL-D for next character. 
The same is true for word, line, sentence, and paragraph.  

In most parts of MS Works, the Alt key accesses the menu bar at
the top of the screen.  For this reason, it's usually a problem
to define a Vocal-Eyes hot key to an Alt key combination, since
the key will first do its VE function and then activate the menu. 
Try to use control key combinations where possible.
  
Also, the Alt key is not defined as the fast review key. 
Instead, the Scroll-lock key is being used.  If you want to make
changes in window settings or in options in the Vocal-Eyes
control panel, though, Works may cause some peculiar
interference.  To avoid these peculiarities, go into review by
pressing CONTROL-ENTER (not scroll-lock) before popping up the
control panel.

If you forget to go into review before popping up the control
panel, you may think your computer has locked up, but the problem
is really not serious.  Simply pres the space bar until things
begin to happen again.  This may take fifteen to twenty-five
spaces.
                     
The following hot keys have been added to enhance Works:

In the word processor:

CONTROL-E This will read your entire work area.  This includes
          lines five through twenty-two. This is the window 0 hot
          key.

CONTROL-A    This will read your Works cursor position.  This
          is the window 7 hot key.

ALT-B     This will read a box displayed on the screen.

CONTROL-H    This will read the highlighted text displayed on the
          screen.

Within the speller:

CONTROL-W    reads the misspelled word.  Pressing it a second
time
          will spell the word.

CONTROL-L    reads the line on which the misspelled word 
appears.

ALT-O     reads the suggested words.  Notice that
          each item in the list is read and then spelled.

ALT-F     reads the highlighted item which will be filled         
          in place of your misspelled word.

TAB       Moves you from one menu item to another and speaks 
          the item.

In Help

CONTROL-H reads the entire Help box.

In the spread sheet:

CONTROL-R reads the formula if displayed on line 2 of  the
          screen.

CONTROL-A reads the cell label.

CONTROL-F reads the file name.

CONTROL-C reads the contents of the current cell.

In the calendar:

CONTROL-A reads the date and time currently displayed.

There are actually several Works .SET files.  When you run the
program,, Vocal-Eyes automatically loads WORKS.SET.  This file
has several hyperactive windows which monitor the screen for
specific things and loads .SET files based on what it sees. 
There are separate .SET files for the spell-checker, thesaurus,
spread sheet, calendar, database, editor, menus, and some of the
specific configuration menus and dialogue boxes.  Keep this in
mind as you make changes.  For example, if you wish to change the
speech rate, you will probably wish to change it for each .SET
file.

Feel free to use the utility SET2TEXT to convert the supplied
.SET files into readable ASCII text files.  This gives you a
convenient way to see the default settings.  Also, TEXT2SET can
be used to change one or two items in all the WORK*.SET files.

Remember, you can change any of the default values supplied here. 
This is simply meant to get you started.
