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What's New in MAGic 11.0 Screen Magnification Software

The latest product improvements in both JAWS® and MAGic® incorporate more JAWS screen reading functionality into the MAGic screen magnification application. These enhancements also improve how JAWS reads when MAGic is running at the same time.

The following list highlights new functionality available when running the two programs together:

• The MAGic highlighting option is in sync as JAWS reads Web pages. By providing this visual cue, you always know where you are on the computer screen as JAWS is reading.



• The addition of Navigation Quick Keys is another improvement. When running the two programs simultaneously, you can use these keystrokes so that MAGic highlights each item you jump to as you read by heading, list item, paragraph, and so on.



• When viewing a Web page with either or both programs running, you can use Windows keyboard commands to select text and items. As you do this, MAGic, JAWS, or the combination of MAGic and JAWS, visually show you the items that are selected. The text that is copied can be pasted into an HTML e-mail or any rich text word processor and maintains the links and original formatting.

To take advantage of these enhancements, be sure to download the latest JAWS 9.0 release and MAGic 11.0 build.

Overview

This page describes the new features and improvements available in MAGic version 11.0. To go directly to the MAGic 11.0 download links on this page, choose MAGic 11.0 download links.

Use the following links to jump to a specific section of this page:

MAGic 11.0 and MAGic EyeMerge 11.0

• MAGic 11.0 New Features and Improvements
• Enhancements in MAGic 11.0.1117 (April 2008)
• Enhancements and New Features in ONYX™ PC Edition (MAGic EyeMerge 11.0 – April 2008)

Previous Improvements

• Enhancements in MAGic 11.0.613 (March 2008)
• Enhancements in MAGic 11.0.603 (February 2008)

Downloads and FAQs

• Download MAGic 11.0
• Dusty Voorhees, MAGic Product Manager, Discusses What's New in MAGic 11.0
• Frequently Asked Questions

MAGic 11.0 New Features and Improvements

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• Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 Support
• Windows Vista Support
• Automatically Start MAGic in Windows Vista
• New DAISY Book for Windows Vista
• Completely New Basic Training for MAGic 11.0
• DAISY Book Addition
• Microsoft Office 2007 Support
• Newly-designed Adjust MAGic Options Dialog Box
• JAWS Navigation Quick Keys and MAGic Tracking are Now Synchronized!
• Document Presentation Mode Updated for Use with MAGic
• HTML Formatting Retained when Copying and Pasting
• Focus Enhancement
• RealSpeak Solo Speech Synthesizer
• Say All Command and SAPI 5 Voices
• Alternate Say All Command
• Magnify up to 36x
• MAGic Scripts
• Virtual Find
• MAGic EyeMerge Installation

Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 Support

MAGic 11.0 supports Windows Internet Explorer® 8 Beta 1 release.

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Windows Vista Support

In addition to working with Windows XP and Windows 2000, MAGic now supports Windows Vista™ and Windows Vista Service Pack 1.

MAGic 11.0 Professional and MAGic 11.0 Scripting Edition support the following 32-bit versions of Microsoft Windows:

• Windows Vista Ultimate
• Windows Vista Enterprise
• Windows Vista Business
• Windows Vista Home Premium
• Windows Vista Home Basic
• Windows XP Pro
• Windows XP Home
• Windows XP Media Center
• Windows 2000

MAGic 11.0 Standard supports the following 32-bit versions of Microsoft Windows:

• Windows Vista Home Premium
• Windows Vista Home Basic
• Windows XP Home

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Automatically Start MAGic in Windows Vista

For Windows Vista users, the Automatically Start MAGic function now appears as a button in the Preferences dialog under the File menu. Use this button and its options to configure MAGic to start before or after you start Windows Vista. These options can also be used to determine if MAGic runs when several individuals use the same computer. For example, imagine that a couple owns one computer: he uses MAGic and she does not. In Windows Vista, they can set up separate user accounts so that his account always runs MAGic before and after he logs on, and her account never starts MAGic after she logs on. Another example is when MAGic is used in a classroom or network environment. If several students use MAGic, the network administrator can set up their user accounts so that MAGic is running before and after log on. However, the administrator can configure his or her account so that MAGic never starts.

For more information about using this function, use the SHIFT+F1 context-sensitive help, or refer to Starting and Quitting MAGic in the MAGic help file.

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New DAISY Book for Windows Vista

A new DAISY book that describes how to install, activate, and use MAGic on a Windows Vista™ computer is available for download from Freedom Scientific. This free book, which is full of valuable information to help guide you through the new operating system's user interface, is also offered in MP3 format. To download this book, go to the Freedom Scientific Training Downloads page and navigate to the heading titled DAISY Books for MAGic®. Once there, select the Introduction to Windows Vista (MAGic DAISY 49.8 MB) link.

After DAISY books are downloaded and installed, they appear in a folder that is easily accessed by the FSReader Demo DAISY reader. To open and play the books using FSReader Demo, do the following:

1. From the MAGic Help menu, choose Training. FSReader Demo opens, and the File Open dialog box appears.
2. Use the ARROW keys to navigate to the XTraMAGicIntroToVista DAISY book.
3. Press ENTER to open the DAISY book.
4. Press CTRL+P to play the narrated audio or use standard reading commands to read the text of the DAISY book.

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Completely New Basic Training for MAGic 11.0

The Basic Training for MAGic 11.0 was completely rewritten and recorded using a Windows Vista computer with Microsoft Office 2007. This new Basic Training in text and narrated audio DAISY format is included on all program and demo MAGic CDs beginning with MAGic 11.0. The new Basic Training is also available as a free download in either MP3 or DAISY format from the Freedom Scientific Training Downloads page. New topics include:

• Using FSReader Demo with Narrated Audio and Training Materials
• Focus Enhancements
• MAGic user interface changes, including Tools and Help menu
• Say All Command and RealSpeak™ Solo SAPI 5 Voices
• Alternate Say All Command
• Creating Verbosity Schemes

• Creating a New Frame for a Specific Control
• View Posted Comments in Word 2007
• Footnotes and Endnotes in Word 2007
• Script Writing with MAGic and JAWS

• Microsoft Office 2007 with MAGic and JAWS

The Basic Training includes more than five hours of instruction, including step-by-step instructions and sample practice documents to help you make the most of your experience using MAGic 11.0.

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DAISY Book Addition

A new DAISY book is available. It describes how to create accessible forms in Microsoft Excel by using input messages and hyperlinks to provide useful feedback to JAWS and MAGic users.

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Microsoft Office 2007 Support

MAGic 11.0 has full support for Microsoft Word 2007, Microsoft Excel 2007, and Microsoft Outlook 2007.

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Newly-Designed Adjust MAGic Options Dialog Box

The Adjust MAGic Verbosity list has been updated with the newly-designed Adjust MAGic Options tree view (MAGic Key+O). Instead of showing items in a list format, the reorganized dialog box uses a logical tree menu format. This grouping is sure to help new and experienced MAGic users understand the relationship between various MAGic settings. The MAGic Options dialog box (MAGic Key+O) only applies while using Word or Excel (any supported version), Internet Explorer 7, and Outlook 2007. The keystroke does nothing while using any other program.

The tree view is expanded by default when you open it to allow for first letter navigation, thus continuing the ease of use found in the original Verbosity list design. If you would rather have it collapsed, press TAB to navigate to the Expand Tree View check box and uncheck it; the change takes effect immediately. You may also navigate through the tree view using the RIGHT ARROW and LEFT ARROW keys to expand and collapse groups. Use the UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW keys to move up and down in the tree.

Once an option is selected, use the SPACEBAR to cycle through the available setting values. To save changes, press ENTER or the CLOSE button.

MAGic 11.0 also includes built-in help messages for each item found in the tree view. As you navigate items in the list, simply press TAB to move to the Read-Only edit window at any time for a help description of the current item.

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JAWS Navigation Quick Keys and MAGic Tracking are Now Synchronized!

When running MAGic 11.0 screen magnification software with JAWS 9.0, there is now a visual indication on Web pages as you read or navigate using JAWS. Navigation Quick Keys let you move easily and quickly around Web pages, Outlook and Outlook Express e-mails, Adobe Acrobat PDF files, the JAWS or MAGic help files, and anywhere else the Virtual Cursor is active.

The following examples highlight this new functionality:

• When reading a Web page in Internet Explorer with JAWS and MAGic, pressing the letter H not only jumps to the next heading and reads it aloud, but it also provides a visual indication of where you are on the Web page.
• The Navigation Quick Key P moves you to the next paragraph and begins reading using a synchronized reading box to make it easier to know where JAWS is reading. As you navigate around Web pages, a visual box appears around each word that is read.

Sighted trainers and low vision users will love this new combination of JAWS and MAGic. If there is no need to magnify, just set the MAGic magnification to 1x, so that a sighted user can easily find your location in a document.

The following Navigation Quick Keys provide visual tracking when running JAWS and MAGic together:

Navigation Quick Key	Description
A	Next Anchor
B	Next Button
C	Next Combo Box
D	Next Different Element
E	Next Edit Control
F	Next Form Control
G	Next Graphic
H	Next Heading (Press 1–6 on the number row to jump to the next heading at that level.)
I	Next List Item
K	Next Placemarker
L	Next List
M	Next Frame
N	Skip Past Links to Next Block of Text
O	Next Object
P	Next Paragraph
Q	Next Block Quote
R	Next Radio Button
S	Next Same Element
T	Next Table
U	Next Unvisited Link
V	Next Visited Link
X	Next Checkbox
Z	Next Division
> (Greater Than)	Step Past Current Element
< (Less Than)	Step Back to Current Element

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Document Presentation Mode Updated for Use with MAGic

The JAWS Document Presentation option has been updated so that it defaults to Enhanced Visual Layout mode when running MAGic 11.0 with JAWS 9.0. This means that the layout of Web pages, tables, links, and graphic elements is the same in the virtual buffer as these items appear on the screen. If a paragraph on a Web page has only four or five words per line, then this is exactly what the JAWS user hears when moving up and down the page while JAWS and MAGic are running. If MAGic is not running, the JAWS user hears longer lines of text that do not always synchronize with the text layout on the screen, which is exactly what the JAWS user has typically experienced.

The Select and Copy option's default setting for HTML documents has changed. It is now Full Content Using Onscreen Highlight instead of Full Content. The default setting lets you highlight and copy HTML text and elements and retain the formatting just as it appears in the HTML document. This means that you can use the SHIFT+UP ARROW or SHIFT+DOWN ARROW, the CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW or CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW, and the SHIFT+LEFT ARROW or SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW keystrokes to select HTML e-mail and Internet Explorer items that appear on the screen.

To open the Select and Copy option and choose a setting, press INSERT+V while in an HTML document. Next, press S to navigate to the Select and Copy option, and then press SPACEBAR to scroll through the settings. Press ENTER to save the change.

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HTML Formatting Retained when Copying and Pasting

MAGic 11.0 now properly copies the contents of a Web page to the virtual buffer, and retains all the HTML formatting and markup when pasting the information into an HTML formatted e-mail or Word document. This breakthrough in screen reading means that you can now copy and paste content and retain its formatting, colors, and active hyperlinks, but does not include any of the other MAGic messages, such as the number of items in a list, and so on. What you paste is essentially the same rendering that a sighted user would see. Plus, you have the added advantage of being able to use MAGic HTML commands to read and navigate the Web content when pasted into an e-mail message.

In addition, MAGic still provides a way to select, copy, and paste in the traditional manner of stripping out the formatting if you choose. This option is in the Virtual Cursor Options group in the new Adjust MAGic Option dialog box (MAGic Key+O).

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Focus Enhancement

The Focus Enhancement function lets you define a visible rectangular border that identifies and tracks the item that is currently selected on the screen. As you select different items, using either the mouse or keyboard, the rectangular border moves its focus to that place on the screen. This function is very useful when using Windows Vista since the colors of the user interface can appear muted and difficult to distinguish.

The Focus Enhancement command is located under the Magnification menu. The Focus Enhancement button is located to the far right in the second row of the MAGic user interface. Right-click the button to open the Focus Enhancement dialog box. If you make changes, remember to save by pressing CTRL+S.

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RealSpeak Solo Speech Synthesizer

Included with your package is the RealSpeak Solo, SAPI 5 synthesizer CD. It contains a variety of voices in several languages. To install these voices, insert the CD into your computer's CD-ROM drive. Then, follow the instructions to select which voices you want to install, and complete the installation.

The following RealSpeak Solo voices are available on the English/Spanish CD.

Language	RealSpeak Solo Voice
American English	Jill, Samantha, and Tom
British English	Daniel and Emily
Australian English	Karen and Lee
Latin American Spanish	Paulina
Note: Additional languages are available from your international distributor.

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Say All Command and SAPI 5 Voices

MAGic can immediately switch from its current Eloquence synthesized voice to a SAPI 5, RealSpeak Solo synthesized voice when using the Say All command (INSERT+DOWN ARROW or MAGic Key+SPACEBAR). While the default Eloquence voice may be useful for reading and navigating short text such as prior or next line, sentence, or paragraph, it may not be the preferred voice for longer passages of text. The SAPI 5 voice offers a higher-quality sound, which makes reading using the Say All command a more pleasing experience.

When using the new feature, the SAPI 5 voice remains active while you fast forward, rewind, speed up, or slow down during the Say All. However, when you use navigation functions such as Say Word and Say Paragraph, or when you use the UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW keys to read the previous or next sentence, or when you press the CTRL key to stop the Say All command, MAGic immediately switches back to the Eloquence voice.

To choose a SAPI 5 synthesizer to use during the Say All, do the following:

1. From the Speech menu, choose Global Voice Adjustment or Individual Voice Adjustment.
2. From the Global Voices dialog box or the Individual Voices dialog box, choose the Use SAPI 5 During Say All radio button.
3. Choose a SAPI 5 voice from the Person combo box.
4. Adjust the SAPI 5 speech rate using the Rate slider.
5. Choose the amount of punctuation that MAGic announces using the Punctuation combo box
6. Choose OK to save your changes.
7. Press CTRL+S or choose Save Default Settings from the File menu to save your changes.

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Alternate Say All Command

MAGic 11.0 basically has two types of Say All options. The first is the regular Say All command, which uses the keystroke INSERT+DOWN ARROW or MAGic Key+SPACEBAR. The second is the Alternate Say All command, which uses the keystroke ALT+INSERT+DOWN ARROW. This lets you perform a Say All using either an Eloquence synthesized voice or a SAPI 5, RealSpeak Solo synthesized voice. By default, the Alternate Say All command is configured for SAPI 5.

To determine if the Alternate Say All command uses a SAPI 5 voice, do the following:

1. From the Speech menu, choose Global Voice Adjustment or Individual Voice Adjustment.
2. From the Say All section of the Global Voice dialog box or the Individual Voice dialog box, do one of the following:
• Select the Use SAPI 5 During Alternate Say All radio button to use a SAPI 5 voice when you press ALT+INSERT+DOWN ARROW. This radio button is selected by default.


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• Select the Use SAPI 5 During Say All radio button to use an Eloquence voice when you press ALT+INSERT+DOWN ARROW.
3. If desired, choose a SAPI 5 voice from the Person combo box.
4. If desired, adjust the SAPI 5 speech rate using the Rate slider.
5. If desired, choose the amount of punctuation that MAGic announces using the Punctuation combo box.
6. Choose OK to save your changes.
7. Press CTRL+S or choose Save Default Settings from the File menu to save your changes.

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Magnify up to 36x

MAGic can now magnify up to 36x magnification. Previously, the highest magnification level was 16x. Users with higher resolution monitors may benefit from using magnification levels above 16x.

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MAGic Scripts

MAGic scripts have been reorganized into logical categories to make it easier for users to find functions and learn the assigned key combination or assign key combinations that fit their preferences. The new categories are:

• Enhancements
• Help
• Locator
• Magnification
• Navigation
• Navigation Panning
• Quick View Frame
• Script Development
• Selection
• Speech
• Tracking
• User Interface
• Verbosity

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Virtual Find

MAGic 11.0 introduces a new search capability known as Virtual Find. It is available when you press CTRL+F when running MAGic with Internet Explorer or Adobe Reader files. Instead of showing the application's normal Find dialog, the Virtual Find dialog lets you maintain a history of the last 20 entries in the edit combo box, clear the history, search forwards or backwards through a Web page or document, and ignore letter case. You can also press F3 to continue your search to the next item or SHIFT+F3 to search for the previous item.

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MAGic EyeMerge Installation

The MAGic EyeMerge™ software lets you view, capture, and save magnified images when using the new Freedom Scientific ONYX™ magnification camera with your computer. This companion application automatically installs and creates a desktop icon when you install MAGic 11.0.

Refer to the MAGic EyeMerge help file for operational procedures and information. Go to What's New in MAGic EyeMerge 11.0 on this page for a list of the latest features.

For information about ONYX cameras, visit the ONYX product page.

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Enhancements in MAGic 11.0.1117 (April 2008)

The following reported items were addressed in this update. All enhancements since the initial public beta release are included in the update.

MAGic

• When installing a newer version of MAGic over an existing MAGic version, the MAGic EyeMerge application is also automatically updated.
• After creating application specific settings using MAGic, you can now quickly save these changes by opening the MAGic Context menu (MAGic Key+RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON) and then selecting command labeled Save X Settings, where X is the applications name, for example, Microsoft Word 2007.
• When Focus Enhancements is enabled, and you are using the mouse to navigate through a list, such as the All Programs submenu, MAGic now accurately speaks and highlights items in the list. Previously, highlighting was one item off from the spoken item.
• When authorizing MAGic with a hardware dongle, it is now possible to set MAGic to run at startup and it will recognize the dongle.
• When using a SAPI 5 synthesizer for Alternate SayAll, you can adjust the volume of the voice. This setting is saved as part of the voice profile.

.Net

• When running .NET applications, MAGic now correctly reads and highlights commands, submenus, and other selected items available in the application's menu bar.

Microsoft Excel

• When using the Spelling command in Excel, MAGic now correctly announces the title of the Not in Dictionary edit box, without mentioning the Ignore Once or Ignore All buttons.
• When running MAGic and JAWS together, JAWS now correctly reads all combo and edit boxes that appear in the Sort dialog box.
• When running MAGic and JAWS together, the options available for the Number Format edit box, located in the Ribbon Toolbar Home tab, are now read correctly.
• When using the Spell Checker, MAGic now reads the entry not in the dictionary without extra chatter.

Microsoft Internet Explorer

• The MAGic highlighting feature works properly when using the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to move through and read table cells in a Web page.

Microsoft Office

• When opening an Office document that contains images, MAGic now recognizes and magnifies all images. Previously, the graphics were missing and required a restart of the application in order to be seen.
• If an Office application fails, MAGic now reads the entire contents of the Document Recovery dialog box when the dialog gains focus.
• MAGic now recognizes all controls in the Options dialog of Office 2007 applications.

Microsoft Outlook

• After inserting a signature into an e-mail message when running JAWS and MAGic together, JAWS now returns focus to the message window – instead of the Signature button submenu – and announces the insertion of the signature.
• MAGic moves its focus to the correct field if you copy text from an e-mail message that you are composing, and then press SHIFT+TAB to move from the message window to the Subject field.
• As you navigate through folders in Outlook, MAGic now announces the number of unread messages in each folder.
• When the Spelling and Grammar dialog box is opened in an Outlook 2003 e-mail message, MAGic now announces and spells any misspelled words that appear in the Not in Dictionary edit box. Also, when pressing UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW to move through words in the Suggestion list box, MAGic will announce and spell the suggested word.
• MAGic now correctly reads all header edit fields, such as To, CC, and Subject, when you e-mail a worksheet directly from Excel.
• MAGic now highlights during Say All when you set it to read messages automatically.
• MAGic now reads items in drop down lists without double-speaking.
• MAGic can now read items in the Profiles dialog without double-speaking.
• When you press SHIFT+TAB while on the message body, focus now goes to the Subject field as expected instead of the attachment list or document properties.
• Performance has been improved when navigating word by word on an email message.
• MAGic now announces the correct value in the Reminder Time field even when the Task Priority has been changed.
• MAGic can now read the items in the Address Book correctly.
• While using the Spell Checker, MAGic now notifies you when you reach a repeated word.
• MAGic now identifies all appointments in the Calendar regardless of their start time.

Microsoft Word

• While running Word 2007 on a Windows Vista system, MAGic now successfully announces both text in a document and items in the Apply Styles dialog box when switching between the two.
• If you are reading a Word document that contains comments, and the MAGic option Comments, Footnotes, and Endnotes Detection (MAGic Key+O) is enabled, MAGic correctly announces all comments in the document when pressing DOWN ARROW or UP ARROW to read by line.
• When reading Word document tables, MAGic can now read the contents of all cells in a row when pressing UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW to move to the previous or next table row. To do this, you must change the new Document Presentation option – press MAGic Key+O and then D until the option appears – from Simple Layout to Screen Layout.
• When you configure the Column Titles Row Set option and the Row Titles Column Set option in a Word table, MAGic now retains the settings that you select in the Adjust MAGic Options dialog box (CAPS LOCK+O).
• Pressing CTRL+PAGE UP or CTRL+PAGE DOWN now honors the default functionality from the Word application.
• MAGic now recognizes bulleted list items in Word documents, as well as Outlook messages when Word is used as the editor.
• When selecting text, MAGic now speaks your selection only once.
• MAGic can now identify comments when navigating the document line by line.
• There is significant improvement while reading tables with Say All.
• Performance while navigating a form with TAB or SHIFT+TAB has been improved.

Windows Vista

• MAGic now announces the correct volume increase and decrease values when pressing UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW while in the Volume Mixer dialog box.
• Tracking of controls in the Logon screen has been improved.
• After closing MAGic, use of ClearType is now enabled, if it was enabled when MAGic was loaded.

Windows XP

• Focus Enhancement now follows the correct item while navigating the Start Menu with the mouse.

WordPad

• MAGic no longer causes the screen to jump when selecting text via the keyboard in WordPad.
• Selecting text in WordPad with the mouse now works. MAGic no longer pulls the mouse pointer back.

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Enhancements and New Features in ONYX™ PC Edition (MAGic EyeMerge 11.0 – April 2008)

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Numerous enhancements have been added to the MAGic EyeMerge image management software used with the ONYX PC Edition. The following briefly describes these new features. For additional information, consult the MAGic EyeMerge help file.

• Camera Control through the Computer
• Auto Save Images
• Flip
• Computer and Camera View
• Split Image Position
• Zoom
• Find
• Focus Lock and Freeze Frame
• Image Capture Functions
• File Preferences
• Color Mode
• Image Enhancement
• Image Management
• Camera Power

Camera Control through the Computer

You can now easily control the application using both menu bar commands and hot keys, which provide keyboard command shortcuts. This improves the ease of use by letting you change camera settings without having to move your hands from the keyboard or mouse, thus streamlining camera operation and image capture.

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Auto Save Images

Auto Save is a new and very handy function. When you capture an image using F12+TAB, MAGic EyeMerge automatically creates a file name and saves the image to a specified folder on your computer. This allows you to concentrate on image capture without having to decide on where to store and what to name the file. By default, the file name includes a base name prefix, for example, EyeMerge, and a time stamp using the date and time the picture was taken. The base name can be a descriptive word to help you identify images associated with multiple cameras or magnification devices. The time stamp uses a two digit format for the year, month, day, hour, minutes, and seconds. Auto Save is turned on by default. You can control it by using the check box in the Preferences dialog box.

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Flip

The Flip function is now available using the keyboard to issue the F12+Q hot key. It rotates the image between normal, mirrored, upside down, and upside down mirrored views. Previously, you could only flip an image using the ONYX camera's remote control. Use SHIFT+F12+Q to switch between views in reverse order.

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Computer and Camera View

As in previous releases, you can use F12+V to rotate between full screen camera, full screen computer, and split screen views. Additional key assignments have been made in this release to allow you to go directly to a specific view.

• F12+HOME switches to camera view
• F12+END switches to computer view
• F12+PAGE UP switches to split view

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Split Image Position

When using the split view, you may want to position the camera image at different screen locations while carrying out computer tasks. In previous releases, F12+P moved the position of the camera image around the screen in a clockwise direction starting with the image at top, right, bottom, and then left screen positions. F12+P has now been reassigned to Split Screen Orientation and toggles between horizontal and vertical orientation. F12+F toggles the camera image position from top to bottom or from left to right based on screen orientation.

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Zoom

With MAGic EyeMerge, you can now zoom in and zoom out smoothly or incrementally using the new F12+F2 and F12+F1 hot keys. The advantage of using the hot keys over the ONYX remote control's PLUS and MINUS buttons is that while holding F12 and tapping the F2 or F1 keys you can zoom in or zoom out in steps.

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Find

The Find feature allows you to quickly zoom out with the camera, locate a new point of interest, and return to the previous zoom level to view the new object. For example, a professor has written an equation on the classroom's chalkboard. While you are making notes, the professor writes another equation. Using Find, you can zoom out, manually move the camera until you locate the new text, and then, using the crosshairs, center the camera on the equation and zoom in to see a clear, close up image. The crosshairs disappear after the camera zooms in.

This very popular and powerful ONYX camera feature has been expanded when using the keyboard. With the keyboard, press and hold the new F12+A hot key to turn on Find, display the crosshairs, and zoom out to a zoom level that makes it comfortable to move the camera and locate the new point of interest. You can adjust the zoom level while the crosshairs are on using the F12+F2 and F12+F1 Zoom hot keys. Once you have centered the camera view on the new point of interest, press F12+A to turn off the crosshairs and zoom in to the previous zoom level view.

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Focus Lock and Freeze Frame

The built-in Auto Focus, lets the camera automatically focus on the object that is closest to the camera, making it easy to change the distance at which you are viewing without having to manually adjust the focus. At times however, objects moving into the foreground such as a raised hand may cause focus to blur on the object you are actually viewing. Focus Lock turns Auto Focus off, leaving the focus at its current setting. You can toggle this powerful feature on or off with the new F12+D hot key, or select the Enable Focus check box on the new Camera tab page.

Freeze Frame (F12+Z) allows you to have prolonged viewing of an object even after it has been removed or erased. When Freeze Frame is enabled, the current image becomes static and remains as the screen image until you press F12+Z again to turn off Freeze Frame.

By using the keyboard commands to activate each of these functions, you can continue to keep your focus locked while toggling Freeze Frame on and off.

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Image Capture Functions

Greater functionality has been added for Image Capture. For example:

• The new F12+TAB hot key takes a snapshot of the current camera view, automatically assigns it a file name, and saves it to the My Pictures folder. The new file is also added to the Images list in the Manage Image dialog box. This hot key replaces the F12+I hot key, previously used to capture a snapshot.
• Use F12+DELETE to delete a captured image from your computer. This is especially useful when something impedes the camera view of the image at the point when the snapshot is captured.
• You can now capture an unlimited number of images per camera. Earlier MAGic EyeMerge releases limited you to only nine images.
• You can scroll through all active images using F12+SPACEBAR and F12+SHIFT+SPACEBAR
• Using the F12+1 through F12+9 hot keys, you can jump to the last nine images created with F12+1 being the most recent, and, descending in order, F12+9 being the oldest image.
• Pressing F12+0 (zero) returns your view to the live camera image.
• The Manage Image dialog box now shows a thumbnail image. This is a very effective feature when searching for a specific image to load or when renaming images to a more descriptive name.

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File Preferences

The Preferences dialog box has been expanded to include the following functions:

• The Auto Save check box allows MAGic EyeMerge to name and save files as previously described.
• The Base Name edit box defines the descriptive word that you want as a file name prefix. This is helpful when trying to identify images created using different cameras or magnification devices. The default base name is EyeMerge.
• The Location edit box defines where images are saved on your computer. The default folder is C:\Documents and Settings\user name\My Documents\My Pictures.
• The Image Type combo box lets you quickly select a default graphic format for image files. The default is PNG, but this can be changed to BMP, GIF, JPEG or TIFF.
• The Warn When Deleting Files check box determines if an alert message appears when using the Manage Image dialog box to delete images.

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Color Mode

Camera modes can often be used to reduce glare and make images easier to read. With this release of MAGic EyeMerge, you are able to easily rotate between the four color modes or go directly to the desired color mode. For example:

• F12+E cycles through the four Color modes
• F12+SHIFT+A switches to Normal (full color) mode
• F12+SHIFT+S switches to Negative (inverted color) mode
• F12+SHIFT+D switches to Black on White (positive) mode
• F12+SHIFT+F switches to White on Black (negative) mode

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Image Enhancement

Depending on lighting conditions and things such as image quality and contrast, you may want to vary standard settings for brightness, hue, saturation, and contrast. You can now quickly adjust these settings using the keyboard. For example:

• F12+B increases brightness (intensity of light) of the view while F12+SHIFT+B decreases brightness
• F12+H increases hue (shade of a color) of the view while F12+SHIFT+B decreases hue
• F12+B increases saturation (color intensity) of the view while F12+SHIFT+B decreases saturation
• F12+C increases contrast (difference between the lightest and the darkest parts of the image) of the view while F12+SHIFT+C decreases contrast

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Image Management

The Manage Images dialog box has been enhanced to make it easier to perform such tasks as loading previously saved images, renaming images, or deleting images. Press F12+G at any time to open the Manage Image dialog box.

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Camera Power

The ONYX camera can now be turned on or off from the MAGic EyeMerge interface or with the F12+X hot key. The POWER UP or POWER DOWN toggle button is located on the View tab page.

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Enhancements in MAGic 11.0.613 (March 2008)

The following was addressed in this update. All enhancements since the initial public beta release are included in the update.

MAGic EyeMerge

• MAGic EyeMerge now supports Windows Vista.

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Enhancements in MAGic 11.0.603 (February 2008)

The following is a list of items addressed between the final MAGic 11.0 public beta release and the final MAGic 11.0.603 posting.

MAGic

• An issue involving video corruption when running JAWS and MAGic together has been resolved. This corruption, also known as mouse painting, would cause pixels to disappear when passing the mouse over the title bar, toolbars, and menus of dialog boxes. Often it would take up to 45 seconds or a minute for this problem to resolve itself.
• Now, when running JAWS and MAGic together, the keystroke MAGic Key+SHIFT+DELETE toggles MAGic screen magnification and does not lose speech.
• When connected to a client computer using Remote Desktop, MAGic now correctly performs a Say All from the caret position instead of the mouse pointer position. This issue sometimes occurred in applications such as Word and Notepad.
• Focus Enhancement tracking works correctly when navigating through menu lists with an item highlighted.
• Focus Enhancement tracking now always draws focus onto the first item of multi-page dialog boxes. In earlier releases, the MAGic focus was not always consistent when moving between dialog boxes.
• When using keyboard navigation, MAGic now correctly tracks menus on the MAGic user interface and the MAGic Contest menu (MAGic Key+RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON). Previously, menu tracking was failing in Windows Vista when User Account Control was enabled.
• After pressing CTRL to stop speech during a Say All, the caret now stops at the last word spoken. If you resume the Say All, MAGic starts reading from the caret position where the last word was spoken.
• If you are running JAWS and MAGic together, and you decide to install a MAGic upgrade, magnification now works after you reboot your computer.

Citrix Program Neighborhood

• MAGic now supports Citrix Program Neighborhood® 10.

Microsoft Excel

• The Blank Cell Announcement option in Excel now functions correctly. When this option is off, MAGic only announces the cell coordinates of a blank cell. When this option is on, MAGic announces blank and the cell coordinates. To open the Blank Cell Announcement option and choose a setting, press MAGic Key+O while in an Excel document. Next, press B to navigate to the Blank Cell Announcement option, and then press SPACEBAR to toggle through the settings. Press ENTER to save the change.
• The Merged Cells Detection option now functions correctly in an Excel file. Previously, if you navigated into merged cells, and this option was off, MAGic would still announce that you were in merged cells. To open the Merged Cells Detection option and choose a setting, press MAGic Key+O while in Excel. Next, press M to navigate to the option, and then press SPACEBAR to toggle through the settings. Press ENTER to save the change.

Microsoft Internet Explorer

• Previously, MAGic would stop speaking if you pressed ALT+TAB to move away from an HTML document, while the Virtual Cursor was in an edit field, and then pressed ALT+TAB to return to the HTML page. This problem no longer occurs.
• When MAGic speech is disabled, the keystrokes to show headings and lists (MAGic Key+F6 and MAGic Key+F7) in an HTML document function correctly.
• MAGic now functions correctly if you use the mouse to highlight and then copy items that appear on an HTML page.
• The default setting for the Select and Copy option is now Full Content Using On-screen Highlight. To open the Select and Copy option and choose a setting, press MAGic Key+O while in Internet Explorer. Next, press S to navigate to the Select and Copy option, and then press SPACEBAR to toggle through the settings. Press ENTER to save the change.

Microsoft Office

• Caret and mouse cursor tracking in Office 2007 applications now works correctly with italic text.
• The Adjust MAGic Options dialog box (MAGic Key+O) now opens in Word, Excel, and Outlook when MAGic is configured for Latin American Spanish or Castilian Spanish with Bilingual Interface enabled.
• If you have created a signature line in Word or Outlook that exceeds two lines, MAGic now correctly reads all lines of the signature as you navigate through it using the UP and DOWN ARROW keys.
• When using the Say All command (INSERT+DOWN ARROW) to read a Word 2007 document or an Outlook 2007 e-mail message, the MAGic highlight box correctly tracks along as MAGic reads the text.
• MAGic now correctly tracks menu items that appear when the Office button is selected.
• When running JAWS and MAGic together with Office applications, the Adjust JAWS Options dialog box (INSERT+V) is used instead of the Adjust MAGic Options dialog box (MAGic Key+O).
• If ClearType font smoothing is enabled on your computer, and you then start MAGic, MAGic will disable ClearType and then enable it again when you close MAGic. Previously, MAGic would not restart ClearType. This issue has been resolved.
• The Cursor Enhancement function now works correctly in Office 2007 applications.

Microsoft Outlook/Outlook Express/Windows Mail

• Navigating up or down in an e-mail message no longer occasionally causes a screen shift to the left when reading a line of text that exceeds the magnified area.
• When turned on, the option to automatically read Outlook 2007 e-mail messages now works correctly. To open the Messages Automatically Read option and choose a setting, press MAGic Key+O while in Outlook 2007. Next, press M to navigate to the option, and then press SPACEBAR to toggle through the settings. Press ENTER to save the change.
• After changing the voice profile from English to another language, the Outlook Options tree view (MAGic Key+O) is now populated with the correct options in that language.
• Editing and navigation keystrokes in Outlook Express work correctly if you begin composing an e-mail message, move to another application, and then return to the message in Outlook Express.
• When navigating through the Window Mail user interface, MAGic now correctly announces Windows Mail instead of Outlook Express.
• If Outlook is running prior to starting MAGic, there is no longer a lengthy delay before MAGic starts.
• When replying to or composing an e-mail message in Outlook 2007, MAGic can now correctly track text that appears italic.
• Pressing SHIFT+TAB once while in the message body of a new mail message window moves focus back to the Subject edit field.
• MAGic no longer double-speaks if you press SHIFT+TAB to move from the message box back to the Subject edit field in Outlook 2007.
• Navigating up or down in an e-mail message no longer causes screen jitter when running JAWS and MAGic together. Previously, the screen jitter typically occurred when a line of text wrapped to a second line. If you navigated to the line of text that exceeded the magnified area, the text would shift one to three characters to the right and then back to the original position. This no longer happens.

Microsoft Word

• If a Word document contains consecutive comments and tracked changes, MAGic now detects all comments and changes and correctly reads each item.
• In Word 2003, when you press ENTER in a document, you no longer receive an unknown function call.
• When running JAWS and MAGic together, pressing INSERT+V while in Word now opens the Adjust JAWS Options dialog box instead of the Adjust MAGic Options dialog box.
• The selected setting for the Defined Document Column and Row Table Titles Override option is now retained by MAGic. To open this option and choose a setting, press MAGic Key+O while in Word. Next, press D to navigate to the option, and the press SPACEBAR to toggle through the settings. Press ENTER to save the change.
• As you navigate through Word tables using TAB or SHIFT+TAB, MAGic only announces the table type once when you enter a table. Previously, the table type would be announced every time you move from one cell to another.
• In Word 2003, an unknown function call no longer appears as you navigate the Font command's Font combo box.
• When running JAWS and MAGic together, the setting for the Floating Toolbars Dock option operates correctly. To open this option and choose a setting, press INSERT+V while in Word. Next press F to navigate to the option, and press SPACEBAR to toggle through the settings. Press ENTER to save the change.
• If you stop a Say All while in Word, and then move the caret by pressing the UP or DOWN ARROWS, MAGic now properly tracks the caret.
• MAGic now reads all items that appear in the Word 2007 Spelling dialog box.

Windows Explorer

• MAGic, when configured for Spanish, now correctly tracks by file name when Windows Explorer is set for Details view.
• When using the mouse wheel to scroll through Windows Explorer, tracking no longer jumps to the upper left corner of the dialog box.

Windows Vista

• You can now use the Mouse Enhancements' size attribute to change the mouse size from Standard to Large while running Windows Vista. In previous MAGic releases, the Windows Aero interface in Windows Vista prevented mouse size changes.
• You can now update your graphics card's video driver while MAGic is running on a Windows Vista computer. Previously, MAGic would close when attempting to upgrade the driver.
• When running MAGic on a Windows Vista computer, MAGic now magnifies every time it is started. Previously, on a few computers, the first time you ran MAGic, magnification worked, but subsequent MAGic sessions would not magnify.
• When running MAGic on a computer that has been upgraded from Windows XP to Windows Vista, magnification now works when the graphics card uses older non-WDDM (Windows Vista Display Driver Model) drivers.
• MAGic supports a video color setting of 32-bit color or higher in Windows Vista. If you try to use 16-bit color mode, MAGic now shows a dialog stating that this display setting is not supported.

Windows XP

• After installing MAGic 11.0 on a Windows XP computer, if you open the Display Properties dialog box and select the Settings tab, you no longer receive an Invalid Display Settings error message.

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Enhancements During the MAGic 11.0 Development Cycle

The following items were resolved during the MAGic 11.0 development cycle and public beta releases.

MAGic

• When running MAGic together with JAWS moving word by word with the JAWS cursor is now reliable.
• There is a new script function GetMagicSerialNumber, that script developers using MAGic Pro Scripting Edition can use to label there scripts for specific users.
• Scroll bars are no longer displayed when running MAGic in 40-minute mode.
• The Focus Enhancement should now display the selected program in the Windows XP Start Menu, even if the All Programs list expands to multiple columns.
• FSReader demo can now open the latest training books for JAWS or MAGic without crashing.
• In Office 2007, MAGic speaks the buttons in the Ribbon, but will not speak the tooltip unless you actually point with the mouse. Previously MAGic spoke both button name and tooltip even when navigating via the keyboard, which resulted in too much information being spoken.
• MAGic now honors SAPI 5 volume settings correctly.
• Fixed the problem of an error message on some Windows XP systems that reported the video driver was made for an earlier version of Windows.
• The default color for Focus Enhancement is now saddle brown.
• If you select the uninstall option, Remove Shared Components, when removing MAGic from your computer, all components in the ffdshow folder and the Freedom Scientific talking installer are now removed.
• The Windows Vista blue screen no longer appears when shutting down MAGic.
• MAGic correctly tracks when navigating between multiple icons on the Windows Vista desktop.
• Changes made in the Global Voices Adjustment dialog box are now saved and apply to all applications used with MAGic.
• MAGic now magnifies using the latest video drivers for ATI and NVIDIA video cards.
• With magnification turned on, mouse movements and selections no longer stick and now move smoothly around the screen.
• At higher magnification levels, such as 26X, 28X, 30X, 33X, 35X, and 36X, there is no longer visual corruption when using magnified Split View (MAGic Key+NUMPAD SLASH).
• The Lens View function (MAGic Key+NUMPAD SLASH twice quickly) no longer shows visual corruption at higher magnification levels.
• When use an applications Find function, the forward search (F3) and the previous search (SHIFT+F3) keystrokes operate correctly with MAGic.
• Switching magnification from 2x to 1.9x or from 1x to 1.1x no longer produces video corruption.
• If Focus Enhancement is enabled, opening the MAGic Context menu no longer causes the enhancement to be disabled.
• In the Global and Individual Voices dialog boxes, pressing PAGE UP increases values on the sliders and pressing PAGE DOWN decreases the value. This matches the behavior in JAWS.
• In Speech menu, Highlight Options dialog box, the Highlight Style options work correctly for all applications.
• The Focus Enhancement is no longer displayed while reading a document. Only the reading highlight is displayed.
• The border surrounding the Overlay view is now displayed correctly.
• MAGic no longer crashes when adjusting the volume if a SAPI 5 synthesizer is used for the Primary voice profile.
• The MAGic 11.0 talking installer no longer warns of a premature expiration. The talking installer will expire when the MAGic beta expires.
• Focus Enhancement now surrounds the entire control, even when higher magnification levels are used.
• When navigating by Line with Eloquence, it no longer mispronounces text such as "1 Married" incorrectly like "March onest rried".
• The typing cursor now blinks at a normal rate when running MAGic and JAWS together. Previously, the blinking was too fast.
• Higher magnification levels, such as 21x, 28x, and 30x, no longer cut off the right edge of the screen.
• Moving the mouse across the right edge of the screen no longer leaves traces of the mouse pointer.
• Selecting a custom SAPI 5 voice for Say All or Alternate Say All now keeps the custom SAPI voice when you save the voice profile.
• Changing magnification level for the MAGic context menu will now remember the correct level the next time you use keystrokes to change the level.
• Check boxes for Minimize on Startup and Run MAGic from System Tray can now be selected together or independent of each other.
• Mouse Enhancement with pointer color set to either Invert Brightness or Invert Color now displays the inverted pointer correctly. Previously it was showing just an outline of the pointer.
• The resize tool now positions and resizes the Overlay correctly on any portion of the screen of your choice.
• MAGic maintains speech when reading the Help menu for Microsoft Calculator.
• MAGic announces the highlighted item when using the UP or DOWN ARROW keys in the edit boxes in Font dialog of WordPad and Notepad.
• The name of the active script set for Office applications is announced using the keystroke, ALT+WINDOWS+INSERT+Q.
• Spanish language MAGic users will now hear the correct pronunciation of "equal", "igual" in Calculator.
• SHIFT+F1 help is available for the Restore Defaults and the MAGic Key buttons in the Keyboard Manager dialog box.
• In the Keyboard Manager dialog box, the Set Typing Echo action is available in the All Default category and the Verbosity category.
• The Cursor Enhancements functionality is available as you move the mouse.
• MAGic correctly speaks the decimal point when reading a decimal number.

Microsoft Excel

• In Microsoft Excel, bringing up the Adjust MAGic Options dialog box (MAGic Key+O) no longer produces a message about an unknown function.
• MAGic announces Custom dialog titles.
• When characters d or u are entered in edit combo boxes, MAGic continues the search as requested without repeating the entered text.
• MAGic reads the cell's content in Excel by pressing ALT+CTRL+NUMPAD 5.
• MAGic correctly speaks and spells misspelled words and speaks provided suggestions when performing a spell check.
• MAGic no longer announces "blank" as you navigate through the combo box items in the Custom Auto Filter dialog box.
• Left and right character navigation is fixed for edit combo boxes.
• MAGic now announces the correct information when moving from top to bottom in a cell with comments.

Microsoft Internet Explorer

• After searching for text in HTML windows using the MAGic Find dialog, you can now use F3 to find the next occurrence or SHIFT+F3 to find the previous one.
• MAGic no longer announces an Unknown Function Frame Loaded Event when opening Web sites using Internet Explorer 7.
• When Focus Enhancement is enabled, but speech is disabled, the rectangle now correctly tracks movement when new Web pages are loaded using Internet Explorer.
• In Microsoft Internet Explorer, pressing TAB to navigate items on the page will remove the document reading highlight.
• The Say All command (INSERT+DOWN ARROW or MAGic Key+SPACEBAR) now reads correctly from the mouse position on a Web page.
• During a Say All, highlighting works correctly while reading a Web page.

Microsoft Office

• The Focus Enhancement now correctly surrounds the controls in Microsoft Office dialog boxes.
• In Office 2007, you can now navigate the Office Button menu with the mouse without experiencing lockups.
• The function to toggle tracking on or off (MAGic Key+R) now works while in Internet Explorer and Adobe Reader.
• Tracking now works in the Favorites menu and Favorites center of Internet Explorer 7.
• MAGic now tracks the User Account Control dialog boxes when first displayed and when pressing TAB to navigate through the buttons in these dialog boxes.
• MAGic now tracks the highlighted item in the context menus for all Office 2007 applications.
• MAGic now correctly tracks all items in the ribbons for Word 2007, Excel 2007, and Outlook 2007.
• MAGic now tracks the ribbon in the Outlook 2007 e-mail editor, as well as the menu bar in the main Outlook window.
• MAGic is tracking menu bars and toolbars in Office 2003 applications.
• In Windows Help, MAGic reads the correct page contents when using the keystrokes to navigate backwards or forward through pages.

Microsoft Outlook/Outlook Express/Windows Mail

• MAGic now has the option to read messages automatically in Outlook 2007 when you open them
• Editing keystrokes, such as ENTER and SHIFT+ARROW Keys, now work correctly when composing an e-mail message. Previously, if you temporarily moved focus away from the composition area, and then back again, these keystrokes would not work.
• MAGic no longer announces the message "Unknown function SetGlobals" when composing an e-mail message or navigating through the various sections of an e-mail message.
• MAGic reads the menu and button names while navigating the menu bar of the New Mail Message window in Outlook 2003.
• MAGic announces the tab page names correctly when using CTRL+TAB in the Rules and Alerts dialog in Outlook 2003.
• MAGic announces the Reminder time edit combo boxes present in Options dialog, Appointment dialog, and Meeting dialog.
• While running Word as the editor for Outlook, you can now press SHIFT+TAB to return to the Outlook headers.
• The text reading highlight works correctly when rereading the same e-mail message using Say All.

Microsoft Word

• MAGic now announces asterisks instead of the recently typed password when you enter text into the password field of a password-protected file. This only occurs when using Word with Windows Vista.
• When you change MAGic options using the Adjust MAGic Options dialog box (MAGic Key+O) while running Word, MAGic saves the updated options. Previously, MAGic would save the settings, but would also announce the message "Application settings could not be saved." This message is no longer heard.
• In Microsoft Word 2007, MAGic Options (MAGic Key+O) can now be toggled on or off.
• In Word, bringing up the Adjust MAGic Options dialog box (MAGic Key+O) no longer produces a message about an unknown function.
• When you hold down and release the BACKSPACE, DELETE, or any of the ARROW keys, the cursor now stops instead of repeating.
• In Word 2007, MAGic enables users to view posted comments.
• Spanish language MAGic users are able to access previous (CTRL+PAGE UP) and next (CTRL+PAGE DOWN) item commands while using Word.
• MAGic reads the edit controls as well as the second and third lines of the address when using Envelopes and Labels subcommand, which appears under the Letters and Mailings command of the Tools menu in Word.
• MAGic announces the Custom Mark edit box, located in the Footnote and Endnote dialog.
• MAGic correctly responds to the Move to start of row keystroke (ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW) while using a Word document with a table.
• While using Word with MAGic, you will now hear the message voice rather than the PC Cursor voice when messages appear.
• In Word 2007, MAGic enables users to view posted comments.
• Spanish language MAGic users are able to access previous (CTRL+PAGE UP) and next (CTRL+PAGE DOWN) item commands while using Word.
• MAGic reads the edit controls as well as the second and third lines of the address when using Envelopes and Labels subcommand, which appears under the Letters and Mailings command of the Tools menu in Word.
• While using Word with MAGic, you will now hear the message voice rather than the PC Cursor voice when messages appear.

Microsoft WordPad

• Issues involving the selection of text using the mouse or the SHIFT+ARROW Keys have been resolved.

Mozilla Firefox

• In Mozilla Firefox, MAGic Mouse Echo no longer misreports buttons as menus.

Sun Java

• MAGic now correctly reads the menu bar in JAVA applications.
• Java Applets are now correctly displayed while MAGic is running.



Note: For this to work, you need to install JAVA Runtime Environment Version 6 as well as the latest JAVA Access Bridge.

Windows Explorer

• The Focus Enhancements feature now works correctly when navigating through a list of files in Windows Explorer.

Windows Vista

• The Focus Enhancement now works correctly in the default Start Menu of Windows Vista.
• Smoothing now works on the Aero mouse pointer scheme from Windows Vista.
• Fixed memory leak when displaying the Start menu in Windows Vista.
• Fixed a video lockup that occurred on some Windows Vista systems when clicking on Start menu items with the mouse.
• MAGic now reads the CTRL+ALT+DELETE prompt when Secure Log On is enabled on a Windows Vista computer.
• If an invalid password is entered when logging on to Windows Vista, MAGic now reads the static text for the Invalid Password dialog box including the error message.
• The Locator function now correctly returns to a mouse pointer when turned on and off while running Windows Vista.
• The Volume Mixer application in Windows Vista now lists MAGic displaying the icon for MAGic instead of the one for JAWS.
• In Windows Vista, MAGic now tracks the Desktop icons when running with JAWS 9.0.
• In Windows Vista, MAGic can now track both columns of the Start menu.
• In Windows Vista, MAGic now speaks security dialog boxes for downloaded files regardless of the mouse pointer position. Previously, MAGic would speak the dialog only if the mouse pointer was inside that dialog box.
• The option to Disable Screen Saver (File menu, Preferences dialog) now works in Windows Vista.
• In Windows Vista, MAGic now honors the setting for Mouse Enhancements when set to display enhancements only when the mouse is moving, or when the mouse is not moving, even while using Internet Explorer with Protected Mode enabled.
• When you shut down or restart Windows Vista, MAGic now exits without leaving traces of the magnified screen over the unmagnified image.
• In Windows Vista, you can now manipulate the Locator using the keyboard.
• In Windows Vista, buttons for Sleep, Lock this computer & Shutdown submenu are now tracked correctly by MAGic.
• In Windows Vista, the MAGic Startup Wizard will not generate UAC confirmation prompts unless you choose to change startup options or set the startup hotkey.

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Download MAGic 11.0

The following briefly describes how to download and install the latest MAGic release.

1. Select the MAGic download link associated with your authorization (ILM or Dongle) that appears at the end of this procedure.
2. When the dialog box opens, choose Save and select a location where you can easily find the downloaded executable file.
3. Run the executable file and follow the talking installer.

MAGic 11.0.1117 – ILM release (105 MB - FTP download)

MAGic 11.0.1117 – Dongle release (102 MB - FTP download)

Demonstration Version of MAGic

Select the following link to download a 40-minute version of MAGic 11.0

Free DEMO of MAGic 11.0 (98 MB - FTP download)

USB Thumb Drive Version of MAGic

Select thumb drive version to jump to the thumb drive Web page. It contains download links and installation instructions for the latest MAGic thumb drive release.

MAGic 11.0 Promotional Release

Get the latest MAGic 11.0 trial offer that lets you try MAGic with JAWS 9.0. Refer to the MAGic 11.0 Promotional Release Web page for more information about this offer.

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Dusty Voorhees, MAGic Product Manager, Discusses What's New in MAGic 11.0

You can download and listen to an interview with Dusty Voorhees, product manager for MAGic, in which he discusses the exciting new features available in MAGic 11.0. The interview is available in DAISY and MP3 format. If you download the DAISY version, you will need a DAISY reader (such as FSReader or FSReader Demo) to listen to the interview.

"What's New" interview with Dusty Voorhees (MP3 version)

"What's New" interview with Dusty Voorhees (DAISY version)

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Frequently Asked Questions

Question: If I download the MAGic 11.0 release from the Web, should I install MAGic from the CD when I receive it?

Answer: No. You only need to install the training materials that are on the MAGic program CD. This information is available in a digital document format known as DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System). To install these files, do the following:

1. Insert your MAGic program CD into your CD drive.
2. When the MAGic Setup dialog box appears, press TAB to move to the Training Materials button, and then press SPACEBAR.
3. In the MAGic Training Materials dialog box, select the check box next to each DAISY book that you want to install.
4. Choose the Install button.
5. When the installation is finished, remember to put your MAGic program CD in a safe place so you will have it for future use when needed.

Question: If I wait until my CD arrives to install MAGic 11.0, should I also download the version that is available on the Web?

Answer: No, but once you have installed MAGic 11.0 from the CD, you should check for updates by pressing ALT+H from the MAGic program window, and then pressing P to select Check for Updates.

Question: If I’ve been installing and using the MAGic public beta releases, should I remove the public beta before installing the official MAGic 11.0 release?

Answer: No. Simply download the MAGic release build from our Web site and install it over the public beta build.

Question: If I remove my existing version of MAGic before installing MAGic 11.0, should I remove shared components?

Answer: Yes, however, remember that you will not have speech between removing your current MAGic version and installing MAGic 11.0. If you download MAGic 11.0 from the Web, copy the executable file to a location that is easy to find without speech and magnification.

Question: When should I receive my MAGic 11.0 English release CD?

Answer: You should receive your CD by the second week of March 2008 at the latest. You may receive it sooner or later depending on where you live; we have taken steps to make sure they arrive in all markets at the same time.

Question: If I recently received MAGic 10.5, how do I get MAGic 11.0?

Answer: If you purchased MAGic 10.5 after April 2, 2007, you can download the MAGic 11.0 release for free from the Freedom Scientific Web site. Remember that you can verify the current version you're entitled to on www.fsactivate.com if you know your serial number.

Question: If my SMA expires, will I receive a notice?

Answer: Customers in the U.S. will receive notification in the mail shortly after the MAGic 11 CD arrives. The envelope will contain an SMA Renewal letter explaining the process. This form to renew your SMA is also available for download now from the Freedom Scientific Web site under Blindness Products or by using this link, MAGic SMA Renewal Form. SMA renewal prices are discounted if you purchased prior to the end of April 2008. Please watch for your notices.

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