If you want the window at the top of the screen press: Control+n.
Alternatively: pull down Macro menu to "aa) Foreground/Darken".
Now any time you want to take a note while reading just type n. The note file will open up and go to the end of the file. When you are finished typing your note press the Enter key and you will return to the PR file and continue reading.
Proportional reading will stop and the outline file will zoom open. Examine the outline and/or type a note at a particular section. Your notes will start on the far left margin and be easily recognized. When you are finished typing your note press the "enter" key and you will return to the PR file and continue reading.
The basics of reading Proportionalized text can be mastered in about three minutes.
Almost all reading is done in the Standard Pause Format. There is no extra time at the end of sentences in this format beyond the standard amount. To choose this Format, press the two keys immediately to the left of the space bar (Option and Command) with the index and middle finger of your left hand.
To choose to have extra time at the end of each sentence, choose the Extra Pause Format. To choose this format, press the two bottom left keys on the keyboard (Control and Option) with the index and middle finger of your left hand.
To choose to have a variable amount of time at the end of each sentence, choose the Interactive Pause Format. To choose this format, press the Shift and Option keys with the index and middle finger of your left hand. To continue after the end of a sentence you must press the Enter key. With the selection of a Format choice, simultaneously choose a speed to read at by pressing one of fourteen key choices with the index finger of your right hand (key letter: F1-F14). The slowest speed is achieved by pressing the "F1" key. The fastest speed is achieved by pressing the "F14" key.
Now type new speed keystroke as shown above. Alternatively: pull down Macro menu to desired speed number (a01-a11). Each speed has three font choices: Standard Pause Format is first, Extra Pause Format is second, and Interactive Pause Format is third.
If you want to hear the text, as is, read out loud instantly word by word, press F2.
If you want to hear the text, as is, read out loud instantly line (phrase) by line, press F3.
If you want the existing selection of questions and answers or math drills read out loud line by line with a pause at the end of each line (after question or answer), press: F4.
If you want a selection of text (selected and copied) enlarged and read out loud sentence by sentence, with space between sentences, type: Command+F1.
If you want a selection of text (selected and copied) to be enlarged and read out loud by phrase (i.e., one line at a time), type: Command+F3.
If you want the selection of questions and answers or math drills (selected and copied) to be enlarged and read out loud line by line with a pause at the end of each line (after question or answer), type: Command+F4.
If you want a selection of text (selected and copied) to be enlarged and read out loud word by word with the sentence showing, type: Command+F5.
If you want a selection of text (selected and copied) to be enlarged and read out loud word by word with several words in a phrase on the screen in one line of type, and only one line of type visible at a time, type: Command+F6.
If you want a selection of text (selected and copied) to be enlarged and read out loud word by word with just one word visible at a time, type: Command+F7.
To pause the presentation at any point type: `. To restart the presentation, type ` again.
To stop the presentation at any point type: Command+period.
To change highlight color as well as the colors of the foreground and background, type: Option+Command+h to bring up the color window. Make your selections and click on "Ok".
Note: Make sure the Find/Replace window is closed. If this window is open, you will probably not be able to have text displayed correctly as it is read out loud.
To read out loud a PR document one word at a time, press F2..
The routine for having text read out loud with contol panels is always the same. If you have been reading another document out loud clear it away. The easy way to throw out the file is to pull down the Apple menu to "a2 PR" and then choose "a3 Quit STE alias".
Now choose the text you want read out loud. You can either select regular text and have it formatted for being read out loud one word at a time or one sentence at a time, or you can choose a file that has already been formatted. In the former case the text will be formatted with the title "Text". In the latter case the title will be whatever it is. You will need to change the title to "Text", because all files to be read out loud need to have the title "Text" when they are actually read out loud. This is easy to do. Right after you have opened a file to be read out loud, just pull down the Apple menu to "a2 PR" and then choose "a3 Retitle Document alias".
When you are through reading a file it should be thrown away or saved with a specific title. The easy way to throw out the file is to pull down the Apple menu to "a2 PR" and then choose "a3 Quit STE alias".
When you save documents to be read out loud the first three letters should be "prv" if the text is formatted to be read out loud one word at a time. The first four letters should be "prvs" if the text is formatted to be read out loud one sentence at a time. This way you know instantly that the document has been Proportionalized and additionally formatted for reading out loud in a specific way. You may wish to save a formatted section of text with a full title before closing the window. This way you or others can open it up again instantly.
To format a section of regular text, select the text and copy it to the clipboard. Then pull down the Apple menu to "a1 WordPerfect alias" and press Command+F8 to have the text formatted for reading out loud one sentence at a time. Alternatively, press Command+F9 to have the text formatted for reading out loud one word at a time. In either case a window will open up partway through the formatting process. When it does, choose the letter "a" by typing a or clicking the cursor on the letter "a" in the window.
When the text is through being formatted you will see a little box in the lower right corner of the screen. This is the text file.
Now choose the control panel for how you wish to read. Go to the Apple menu and choose a2 PR and pull down "a4 Read Text w Human Voice alias" if this is what you wish to do. Pull down "a6 Read by Sen by W/Hum alias" if you wish to have sentences read out loud with real human voice, one highlighted word at a time, as they are displayed one sentence at a time. Pull down "a7 Read by Sen by W/Syn alias" if you wish to have sentences read out loud with synthesized voice, one highlighted word at a time, as they are displayed one sentence at a time. Chose "a8 Read by Sen with Syn alias" if you wish to have full sentences read out loud one by one with synthesized voice.
To start, press the word "start" on the control panel. To stop, click on the word stop. In either case you may need to click once on the control panel to activate it and then click once to perform the desired function.
The little box in the lower left with the number in it refers to the number of the word or sentence you are currently on. To repeat, just adjust this number as much as you wish and click on start twice (the first click activates the control panel).