Related Vietnamese Automated Typist blog
http://tockyvnkey.blogspot.com.au/ (Input method VNI version 1.8, Blog)
or http://tockyvnkey-telex.blogspot.com.au/
(Input method Telex version 1.7)
MAT1_1 (Multilingual Automated Typist version
1_1, 356 KB) is a free automated typing program
to assist you in word processing and office works. It does not need installation or any other softwares, runs from an USB on any
computer using Windows XP or later. It can store hundreds of thousands of autocorrect words, can convert
typed numbers into date, time, cardinal words or ordinal words. Other features
include: Perpetual calendar; Geometric and mathematical calculations; Conversion
between the US-British system and Decimal system; Always on top; Conversion of
selected texts (even with diacritical marks) to upper case, title case or lower
case; Set computer turn off time; Set alarm time; Changing transparency of applications; Display digital alarm clock on the screen; Magnifying
lines or words; Drag mouse to divide between 2-4 applications on the screen;
Display computer details; Display dialogue boxes to run 100 of your favorite websites
or to choose nearly 100 special characters to put in your document or email;
Auto open of up to 4 preset arrangements of 2-6 applications and arrange them
neatly on the screen; and Set reminders of up to 25 different dates so that the
program can remind you when it is opened on the set dates.
INSTRUCTIONS
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Download and unzip MAutomatedTypist1_1.zip (356 KB) on your
USB or a directory in your computer. Double click MAutomatedTypist1_1.exe
to run the program. After loading, the icon AT1.1
will appear on your system tray and a small status indicator AT1.1 will appear on the upper right-hand corner of
your screen.
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Press Alt + Shift to suspend the program
(the icon changes to . S and the indicator changes to Suspend). Press Alt +
Shift again to re-run the program. You can also right click on the icon
and tick or untick the Suspend option (the
icon and indicator do not change if you use this method).
·
You can suspend the program for only one word by typing ` then the word (the indicator changes to Suspend word then back to AT1.1
after the word. And yes, you get only the word, the ` does
not appear in the document).
·
To close the program, right click on the icon and click Exit.
•
Automatic conversion of typed numbers into date, time,
cardinal words or ordinal words: When you type as on the left, you get full terms as on the right:
2112d -------------> 21
December 201
1255h -------------> 12
hours 55 minutes (in 5
minute steps)
985n -------------> nine hundred and eighty five
789o -------------> seven hundred and eighty ninth
The letters d,
h, n and o represent day,
hour, number
and order. These terms are readily provided
in English, but you can easily change them into any languages, or add more if
you like. For example you can add:
97p -------------> ninety seven percent
124l -------------> Level one hundred and twenty four
14y -------------> year two thousand and fourteen etc......
You can add, delete or change these
terms through the Control Table as shown later.
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Autocorrect: You can easily store hundreds of thousands of your own autocorrect terms
in the 26 text files, from LetterA.txt to LetterZ.txt. As above, you can access these files through the Control Panel or open them yourself.
Unlike autocorrect of MSWord, the whole program can be store on a USB, so you can use your autocorrect terms on any computer or any application (web, email, etc), and you do not lose them when your computer crashes or when you move to a new computer. Also, you can also easily open these text files to check. Another difference is that you can store up to 26 full terms for each autocorrect
term, separated by a slash /. There are three
examples in the file LetterA.txt:
ad§advertisement
admin§administration office/administrative officer/add a minimum amount of
addmy§house number 00{Enter}Elizabeth road{Enter}orange
When you type ad, you get advertisement
in your document or email
When you type amin, you get a dialogue box to choose:
1. administration office
2. administrative
officer 3. add a minimum amount of
If you type Amin
(first capital letter is the key), the words will change to:
1. Administration office
2. Administrative
officer 3. Add a minimum amount of
If you type ADmin
or aDmin (second capital letter is the key),
the words will change to:
1. Administration Office 2. Administrative Officer 3. Add A Minimum Amount Of
If you type ADMin
or adMin or more capital letters (third
capital letter is the key), the words will change to:
1. ADMINISTRATION
OFFICE 2. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER 3. ADD A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF
When you type Addmy, you get this (the code {Enter} is for next line, {Tab} is for a Tab):
House number 00
Elizabeth road
Orange Telephone:
xxx
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Always On Top: Just press Ctrl + Alt + ` to put the active application always on top on the screen.
One useful application of this is to
create mobile rulers on the screen to read or compare texts. Just open Notepad
(or Wordpad), then press Ctrl + Alt + ` while it is still active to
put it Always On Top, then make it into a
ruler by collapsing it into only the Title Bar. You can create many rulers like
this, then click and drag them around on the screen to follow up text lines or
to compare documents. Press Ctrl + Alt + ` a second time will put the
active application back to normal.
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Changing case (even texts with diacritical marks): Just highlight texts, then Ctrl
+ u to convert to Upper case, or Ctrl + t
(Title case) or Ctrl + l (Lower case)
CONTROL
PANEL
All the other functions of MAT1_1 can be accessed through the Control Panel that is displayed by pressing Ctrl + `. From here, you can choose the following options:
• Option d: Allow you to calculate surface areas and volume of triangles, cuboids, sphere, torus, travelling time, quadratic equation, etc. Just follow the prompts.
•
Option e: The Information Table will be displayed to remind you
of how to use the program.
•
Option f: Beep adjustments: To make
adjustments to the frequency and length of the computer beep of the program.
These adjustments will be remembered (stored) in the two files BeepFrequency.txt and BeepLength.txt.
If you delete these two files, the beep will return to default (frequency 700
and length 300). These two files will be created again when you make new
settings.
•
Option g: Allow you to add, change, or delete your autocorrect
terms
•
Option h: Set reminders for up to 25
different dates. Just follow the prompts. The information
is stored in file Reminders.txt
•
Option i: Your web browser will be directed to the blog of Multilingual Automated Typist
•
Option j: Display a dialogue box of nearly 100 special characters
for you to select for your document or email
•
Option k: Enter a number for conversion between the US-British
system and the Decimal system
•
Option L (Screen divider): Just enter the number of applications (from 1 - 4) that
you want to share on the screen, then click on all the applications in this
order:
Application No. 1: will appear on top left hand corner of
the screen
Application No. 2: will appear on lower left hand corner
of the screen
Application No. 3: will appear on top right hand corner
of the screen
Application No. 4: will appear on lower left hand corner
of the screen
When you click on an application, it will be compressed and
moved to its intended place. After you finish clicking on all the applications,
the next click (and continue to hold down the left mouse button) will expand
the applications to cover the whole screen, with the meeting point being at the
cursor. Move the mouse and the meeting point will follow the cursor. Release
the mouse button when you are happy with a setting.
•
Option m: Display a dialogue box of your 100 favorite bookmarks.
Just enter a number from 1 - 100 to open (or from 101 - 201 to change) the
corresponding bookmark. The information is stored in the file Bookmarks.txt
•
Option n: Display the perpetual calendar from year 1601 to 9999
•
Option o: Magnifying lines to bigger fonts. Click on a line to
magnify, then press Ctrl to magnify the next line. Press Esc + Ctrl to close
this function
•
Option p: Magnifying words. Click on words to magnify. Press Esc +
Click to close this function
•
Option q: Set time to turn off your computer. Just follow the
prompt
•
Option r: Set alarm time. A small count-down clock will appear on
the upper left-hand corner of your screen. The computer will beep and a warning
box appears on the screen when the time is up. Hold down Esc until the beep
stops
•
Option s: Display a digital alarm clock on the screen. Enter a
height in centimeters for the clock (max 2 when still using the computer, max 7
when you leave the computer). Then enter an alarm time if necessary. Press Esc
to stop the alarm when the time is up. Use option s
a second time will make the clock disappear
•
Option t: Press and hold Ctrl (or Shift) to make a selected
application more transparent (or more solid). Press and hold Esc a few seconds
to stop this function
•
Option u: Allows 4 different settings, each can open 2 - 6
applications and arrange them neatly on the screen as you like. Numbers from 1
- 4 are for the settings (just enter the directories of the applications you
want to open or the website addresses you want to open). Numbers from 5 - 8 are
for opening these preset arrangements. Note: applications or websites that are
slow to open should be put last to avoid interfering with the opening of other
applications. This function may not work with some very slow applications or
websites, or some that do not allow to be opened automatically such as Windows
Explorer. Information is stored in files Preset1.txt
to Preset4.txt
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Option v: Gives you immediate details of the computer you are using
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Options 1b
- 20b: Special clipboard of MAT1_1 to permanently record, change or use your
20 most commonly used paragraphs. For example, to record a paragraph into
Clipboard number 1, press 1b, then enter or
change your paragraph in the input box that appears. If you want to bring this
recorded paragraph to your document, just press 1
here. Or, if you remember it, simply press 1=
straight in your document or email. These paragraphs are stored in files Clipboard1.txt - Clipboard20.txt
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Options a,
b, c: To automate word
processing between Word, Web and your dictionary.
Open your Word, Web and dictionary
and put them at three corners of the screen.
Open Word, then enter a and click on Word's
Title bar so that the program remembers the position of Word
Enter b,
then click left mouse button before the first letter in the Google's input box and drag to the end of the box
so that all texts in the box are highlighted. The program will remember the
position of the box. Remember when you first open Google, the input box is in
the middle of the screen. When you enter a word and press Enter, the box will
jump to the top and give you search result underneath, and the box will stay in
that position afterwards. Use this box when determining position with option b,
do not use the first box because it will change position.
Similar, enter c, then click left mouse button before the first
letter in the dictionary's input box and
drag to the end of the box so that all texts in the box are highlighted. The
program will remember the position of the box.
Now, suppose you are preparing a
document about Panda and you want to search for information about Panda on the
Web, just highlight the word Panda on
your document, then press Alt + 2. The
program will copy the word Panda to Google's input box and activate to display
search result.
If you want to look for the meaning
of Panda, just highlight the word Panda on
your document, then press Alt + 3. The
program will copy the word Panda to the dictionary's input box and activate to
display the meaning.
If you find some interesting facts
about Panda on the web or dictionary, just highlight the text and press Alt + 1. The program will copy the selected block
of text to your document.
To copy a whole paragraph from
another application to Word, place the cursor anywhere in the paragraph, then
press Alt + `
. The program will highlight the whole paragraph and copy it to your document.
If you do not use the Web, you can
open a second dictionary to use instead.
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