Getting Started with MegaDots
Version 2.4, February, 2008
Copyright 2005 by Duxbury Systems, Inc.
270 Littleton Road, Unit 6
Westford MA
01886
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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 2.4
- 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:\mega24.
- 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 the installer finds and earlier installation of
MegaDots, 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.
- 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 2.4 is
found on the Duxbury Systems website.