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User's Guide

Learn Mode

1. The Learn mode provides a way of "teaching" VP about the location of the fields on the various screens found in the Kurzweil user interface. All of the fields on a Kurzweil screen become hotspots when viewed through VP. All of the hotspots on a screen must be "learned" for cursoring to happen properly when clicking on a hotspot.
2. The Learn checkbox enables the Learn mode. When enabled, the user can "cursor around" on the screen using the VP Up, Down, Left & Right buttons. (Don't use the buttons on the Kurzweil itself.) When a Field is "learned" it becomes a different color, indicating that it is hot. Once all of the fields on a screen are "hot", the user can simply click on it and VP will automatically cursor the Kurzweil screen to the proper field (i.e., point & click is now available for that screen).
3. Be warned, Learn mode is very slow! Don't leave Learn mode enabled when it is not needed; otherwise you will become very discouraged.
4. This "learned" information is saved in the VP metafile and is reused in future editing sessions; therefore it only has to be learned once. (Note that I attempt to ship the most complete metafile I can when releasing new versions. You only need to do this when you find a screen that I haven't yet gotten to myself. -Warp)
5. Command REMFRAME - This command forces VP to "forget" the hotspots for a screen. Use this if something gets messed up and you believe that "re-teaching" VP for a particular page might help.