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Advanced Features of Word Q
Button Bar
Options button­ allows users to customize vocabulary, prediction box, and speech feedback
Expand or Add Vocabulary
1. Select My Words from the options menu.
2. Under the Main tab, type in a new word and click Add or type Enter.
Create a Topic List
1. Select My Words from the options menu.
2. Click on the Topics tab and click the New button. Type in the name
of your Topic in the
dialog box.
3. Type words for your topic in the New Word box. Click the Add
button or type Enter after
each new word.
4. To delete words, highlight the word and click the Delete button.
5. To use the Topic List, click the New button, enter the name of the
Topic you will use, click
the Import button and Open the file to use the Topic with.
6. On the button bar, use the dropdown box to select the Topic.
Checking Collected Words (collection of words that Word Q does not recognize
to be added or deleted from dictionary)
1. Select My Words from the options menu.

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2. Click on the Spelling tab.
3. Select word to add or delete and click Add or Delete button.
4. To add or delete all words, click Select All then Add or Delete.
Word Lists in Prediction Box
1. Select Prediction from the options menu and click on Word List
tab.
2. Change number of words in the prediction box by clicking the up
or down arrows.
3. Change font, style, and size of words in the prediction box by
clicking the Font button.
4. If you want usage examples displayed, check in the box.
5. Change order of words, layout, and/or position of list by clicking in
the circle.
6. Click Ok when changes have been made.
Predic tion of Words in Prediction Box
1. Select Prediction from the options menu and click on Prediction
tab.
2. If you want to change how Word Q predicts words, read each
statement and check in the
appropriate box.
3. Adjust spaces, punctuation, and capitalization by checking in the
appropriate box.
4. Click Ok when changes have been made.
Selection of Words in Prediction Box
1. Select Prediction from the options menu and click on
Selection tab.
2. Adjust how words will be selected from the prediction box by
checking in the appropriate box. Both options can be
selected.
3. Click Ok when changes have been made.

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Audio
/Speech Feedback
1. Select Speech Feedback from the options menu and click on the
Voice tab.
2. Adjust volume, speed, pitch, and speaker.
3. Click on the Feedback tab and adjust what type of feedback is given.
Hot Keys
1. Select Hot Keys from the options menu and adjust by
using the dropdown box.
Words button­allows users to show or hide prediction box or use Hot Key F9
Speech button ­ allows users to turn audio on or off or use Hot Key F10.
Read button­ allows users to highlight text and click read to hear what was typed or use
Hot Key F11.

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Additional Help with Word Q
Amy Broomall
3rd Grade Teacher
Tuscarora Elementary
240/566­0086
amy.broomall@fcps.org
http://amybroomall.wikispaces.com/
http://www.wordq.com/wordq_tips.html