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ClickIt! for the Macintosh is a program that allows you to create "Hot Spots" (similar to "markers" in Ke:nx) within applications.  You can then access these Hot Spots using a variety of methods.  Access methods include the following:

Intellikeys expanded keyboard, 
Intellikeys with switches, 
switches with Ke:nx or another Macintosh Switch Interface, 
switch adapted mouse, 
or the regular keyboard.

Hot Spots can be set up to change dynamically as the screen changes (by creating different sets), and sounds can be added to provide auditory feedback for scanning.

This brief tutorial will provide an overview on how to create Hot Spots and how to set up the system for different access methods.  Users are referred to the ClickIt! manual for more extensive information.  Chapter 2 of the manual provides a tutorial that guides you through creating Hot Spots and sets.

Creating Hot Spots (Manual, pp. 39-51)

 1. Open the ClickIt! control panel (located in the Control Panels folder for your computer).
 2. Make sure that only Control is checked as a modifier.  Make sure that ON is selected in the top right of the dialog box.  Make sure that Silent Operation is not checked under sound options.
 3. Close the ChickIt! control panel.
 4. Open the program you want to create a Hot Spot in.
 5. If the program has multiple screens, move to the screen in the program where you want to create the Hot Spot.
 6. Press Control-Space.  The ClickIt! dialog box will appear.
 7. Click on the Hot Spots icon.
 8. Move your mouse to where you want the Hot Spot.  Hold down the Control key and click the mouse.
 9. Name the Hot Spot.
 10. Give the Hot Spot a new keystroke if you want to be able to access it in a certain way from the keyboard.
 11. Click on OK to dose this dialog box.  The Hot Spot will appear on the screen as a pointing flag.  (These flags do not appear when the program is scanning the Hot Spots.)
 12. Repeat steps 6-11 to create more Hot Spots.
 13. Press Escape to exit Hot Spot mode.  (When Hot Spots are being viewed, the rest of the program cannot be accessed.  You must press Escape to exit Hot Spot mode and return to the program.)

Hot Spot Qptions (pp. 42-48)

Clicking on the Options button in the Hot Spot dialog box brings up the Hot Spot Options dialog box.

 1. You can change the Action of the Hot Spot.  The Hot Spot can be used to click, double-click, or not click at all.  It can be used to pick up something, drag it, and put it down (as youâd do with the mouse) by selecting Button-Up and Button-Down.
 2. You can change the Sound associated with the Hot Spot.  You can have a Selection Sound (sound played when Hot Spot is selected) or a Scanning Sound (sound played when Hot Spot is scanned).  You may also add digitized or synthesized sounds to the Hot Spots.
 3. You can change the Highlighting shape that is used for the Hot Spot (oval, rectangle, none).

Sets (pp. 51-58)

A set is a group of Hot Spots associated with a certain portion of the program.  You can only have one set active at a time, and Hot Spots from one set are not in another.  Use sets to change Hot Spots within a program, especially when screens change in an application program.

 1. Open the program you want to create sets in.
 2. Press Control-Space to see the Clicklt! dialog box.
 3. Click on the Sets icon. The Sets dialog box will appear.
 4. A list of available sets will appear.
 5. Create a new set and name it.
 6. Close this dialog box. You can now enter Hot Spot mode and create the Hot Spots in this set.

WatchSpots (pp. 54-56)

The Clicklt! program will automatically change sets when the WatchSpot (a small square that stays in one location on the screen while the program is running) changes.  You can use the WatchSpot to switch sets if you want the Hot Spot set to change when the screen changes in the application program.  (Note that you may also switch sets of Hot Spots by using simple Branching techniques without using WatchSpots.  This is preferred for programs in which the screen doesnât change.) 

To assign a WatchSpot image to a set of Hot Spots:

 1. Open the program containing the sets you want to work with.
 2. Move to the screen of the program containing the WatchSpot image that you want to assign to the set.
 3. Press Control-Space to open the Clicklt! dialog box.
 4. Click on the Sets icon.
 5. Click once to select the set that you want to assign the current WatchSpot image to.
 6. Under WatchSpot, click on Assign to Set. The Watch Spot image will appear next to the name of the selected set in the list.

Access Methods (pp. 79-80; 83-86)

 1. Dedicated Scanning is a mode in which you use the spacebar, numbers on the keyboard, or the mouse button to control scanning.  To turn on Dedicated Scanning press Control-Delete.  Click on either keyboard or mouse scanning.  When Dedicated Scanning is on, the apple in the upper left comer of the screen changes to an icon of a switch.  (Remember that to exit Dedicated Scanning at any time during the application program, you must press Escape.)

 2. Intellikeys (pp. 23-26)÷This can be used with an overlay as an expanded keyboard, with one switch, or with two switches.  Remember to turn off the computer when you attach the Intellikeys keyboard.  You can create overlays for specific programs (using Overlay Maker) and then use them with ClickIt! to make a program more accessible. To attach an Intellikeys overlay:

a. Press Control-Space to bring up the dialog box.
b. Click on the Overlays icon.
c. Click on Attach.
d. Select the Automatic Scanning Overlay to attach.  This overlay is located in the Clicklt! Extras folder.
e. Click on Open.
f. Click on Send.

 3. Macintosh Switch Interface (pp. 84 -85)÷To scan using this technique:

a. Plug your switch or switches into the appropriate jacks of the interface.  For Automatic Scanning plug the switch into jack 1.
b. Start up the computer with the Macintosh Switch Interface plugged in.
c. Open the program you want to scan in.
d. Press Control - Delete.
e. Select Keyboard from the dialog box.
f. When done scanning, press Escape to exit Dedicated Scanning.