Installing MegaDots (from Chapter 2 of the User Manual)

Your MegaDots software package contains an installation CD-ROM and a card giving your MegaDots Serial Number and Password.

You need administrative privileges to install MegaDots.

Installing MegaDots 2.3

• Have your serial number and your password ready when you install.
• Insert the CD-ROM. The installation menu appears.
• Select the choice, Install MegaDots.
• If given a choice, indicate you want to run the MegaDots install program (as opposed to just saving the installation file somewhere on your hard drive).
• Indicate where you want to install the software. This is usually c:\Program Files\mega23.
• Indicate the directory of choice where you want to place your MegaDots files. You can save files anywhere on your computer, but you need a default spot. We recommend c:\Megawork. Note that the Tutorial (Chapter 6) is based on using c:\Megawork.
• Click Yes when asked if you want to install a working copy of MegaDots (no means you want to install a demo copy).
• Give your name, Serial Number, and Password.
• If you are not installing in c:\mega, and c:\mega exists on your system, you are asked if you want personalization files copied into the new directory. Do not do this if copying these older files would over-write something important. This choice is supplied in case you have an earlier copy of the software installed, and you want to retain the files that make MegaDots work efficiently for you.
• Indicate your choice of localization: North American, United Kingdom, or Australia.
• Indicate if a JAWS or Window-Eyes user is the primary user of MegaDots on this system.
• See Chapter 5 of the User Manual about how to configure your embosser and your printer.
• You need to make changes in the control panel (using the Performance button under System, Advanced to favor background services over applications) to avoid sluggish speech with JAWS or Window-Eyes. The details are in Chapter 13 of the User Manual. Since new details come all the time, up to date information about speech access to MegaDots 2.3 is found on the Duxbury Systems website.