SymWriter

This discusses the different options available when you launch the program.

Here you see how to use the symboliser with single and multiple words, and how to add an alternative word to any symbol.

This video shows you how to change an image attached to a word and introduces the graphics browser.

You can add pictures to act as illustrations. This video shows you how.

This shows the range of formatting available to text, symbols and images.

Widgit Symbols and Widgit Pictures can have the colouring of the images changed. This video shows how to do that.

This video shows you how to use monochrome and change the line and background colour. It also shows how to change the skin tone that is used in some symbols.

Here you see how change the position of symbols so that they are under the text. The video also discusses how to alter the spacing between words, lines and paragraphs.

The three types of qualifiers are demonstrated and how to switch them on or off according to need.

Sometimes you may want to change certain properties of the whole document. This video shows you how and also show hoe to change the start-up preferences.

This video shows you how to align text, and explains the uses of bullets and indents.

Speech can be requested on-demand to hear the text in the document, or it is possible to get speech as you type.

The use of the speller dialog is explained and how you can make your own additions to spelling correction.

This video deals with where to store your own images and deals with saving and loading documents.

This video looks at different possible screen layouts, deals with how to search for symbols, and shows how the program can indicate nouns and verbs.

The concept of a wordlist is explained and how you can use your own wordlist to personalise your work.

This video explains what a topic word list and how they can be used.

Third party symbol and image sets generally come with their own wordlist. This video explains how to use these.