Tips and Tutorials

New users may prefer to access the tutorials outside the layout of our main website, to do this visit: www.YourDolphin.com/tutorials

Or select from the following Tips & Tutorials:

Access Tools

1. TIP: Selecting text on a web page  (for version: v7 and onwards)
2. TIP: How to switch on Click and Read from Here (for version: 11)
3. TIP: How do I turn on Focus Highlighting  (for version: 6.01 & later)
4. Using Winamp with Dolphin Products (for version: 10)
5. Using the Colour Changer (for version: 6 and later)
6. Using Verbosity Schemes (for version: 6 and later)
7. Application Specific Settings (for version: 6 and later)
8. Graphics Training: The standard way (for version: 6 and later)
9. TIP: What is Virtual Focus? (for version: 5 and later)
10. TIP: Making use of Application Notes (for version: 5 and later)
11. TIP: Making use of Magnification modes (for version: 5 and later)
12. TIP: How to read the time (for version: 6.01 and later)
13. TIP: Magnification Overview Mode (for version: all)
14. TIP: Using Matlab with your Screen Reader (for version: 7 and 8)
15. TIP: Muting the speech (for version: 5 and later)
16. TIP: Switching synthesisers (for version: 6 and later)
17. TIP: Switching on the colour changer (for version: 5.01 and above)
18. TIP: Enhancing the mouse pointer (for version: 6.01 and higher)
19. TIP: Hotkeys and the Numeric key pad (for version: 5 and later)
20. TIP: Updating to 9.03 (for version: 9.01)
21. TIP: Accessing the System Tray (for version: 7 and later)
22. Sending emails to multiple recipients (for version: 5)
23. Saving your favourite websites with Dolphin Guide (for version: 5)
24. Customising your menu options in Dolphin Guide (for version: 5)
25. Getting updates over Internet (for version: 5.0)
26. Temporarily stop Dolphin Guide from reading the document (for version: V5)
27. Use Facebook with Dolphin Guide (for version: 5.0)
28. How to use eBay with Dolphin Guide? (for version: 5.0)

Accessing Microsoft Programs

1. Reading and editing Word documents with Supernova/Hal (for version: 7 and 8)
2. Reading and editing Excel documents with Supernova/Hal (for version: 7 and 8)
3. TIP: Using Lists to get information from Excel Spreadsheets (for version: 6.5 and later)
4. TIP: Using Lists to get information from Word documents (for version: 6.5 and above)
5. Using Outlook Express with Dolphin screen readers (for version: 7.01 and 8)
6. Navigating the Office 2007 ribbon (for version: 9.01 and later)

Accessing the Internet

1. URL Specific (Web Page) Settings (for version: 10)
2. Getting Started on the Internet (for version: 6.5, 7 and 8)
3. Getting Started on the Internet (OLD VERSION) (for version: 6.0)
4. Improving Your Internet Skills Further (for version: 6.0)
5. TIP: Using Forms on the Internet (for version: 7 and 8)
6. TIP: Making the most of tabbed browsing in IE7 (for version: Version 6.53 and later)
7. TIP: How to select and copy text on the Internet (for version: 5.11 and above)
8. TIP: Jump between Edit Areas in Internet Explorer (for version: 9 and later)
9. TIP: Finding things on a webpage (for version: 7 and later)

AltFormat Tools

1. EasyConverter Quick Start tutorial (for version: 1.0)
2. Converting a file with EasyConverter (for version: 1.0)
3. EasyConverter - converting from scanned text (for version: 1.0)
4. TIP: Using Microsoft Word with EasyConverter  (for version: 1.0)
5. Using Microsoft Word to create digital talking books with EasyProducer. (for version: 1.50)
6. TIP: Working with Filenames and Dolphin Publisher (for version: all)
7. TIP: Using EasyReader with a Foot Pedal (for version: 2.02 and above)
8. TIP: Changing text size in EasyReader (for version: all)
9. TIP: Editing Audio with Dolphin Publisher (for version: 2.01 and later)
10. TIP: Creating an Audio CD using EasyProducer (for version: all)
11. TIP: Audio descriptions for images with EasyProducer (for version: 1.5 and later)
12. TIP: Read DAISY with your choice of synthesiser (for version: 2.30 and later)
13. TIP: Getting started with EasyReader (for version: )
14. TIP: Creating navigable headings in your DAISY book with EasyConverter (for version: 2 and later)
15. TIP: Save your MP3 or DAISY to an external player (for version: all)
16. How to convert electronic documents to Braille, DAISY, Large Print & MP3 audio  (for version: 4.01)
17. How to scan and convert to Braille, DAISY, Large Print & MP3 audio  (for version: 4.01)

General

1. TIP: Helping You To Help Yourself (for version: 5 and later)
2. TIP: Useful Resources and Keyboard Shortcuts (for version: all)
3. TIP: Instant Help (for version: all)
4. TIP: Dolphin free update facility (for version: 7.01 and later)

Mobile Tools

1. TIP: The Pocket Hal Function Menu (for version: 6 and 7)
2. Access your media library remotely using Orb and Smart Hal (for version: 7)
3. Windows Live Search Mobile and Smart Hal (for version: 7.04)
4. Using a Smartphone (the basics, email, browsing the web and more) (for version: 7 and later)
5. TIP: Read the time and date with Smart Hal (for version: 7.04 and later)
6. TIP: Read the signal and battery level with Smart Hal (for version: 7 and later)

Tools for Learning Difficulties

1. TIP: Changing screen and text colours with EasyTutor (for version: all)

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