H2I SimplyTouch OpticalBar USB User manual

OpticalBar USB
User's Guide
SimplyTouchTM
make it interactive

Copyright © 2003 h2i technologies S.A.. All rights reserved. SimplyTouch is a registered trademark of h2i technolo-
gies S.A. All other names and trademarks mentioned in this documentation elong to their respective owners.
H2i technologies S.A. and its suppliers decline all lia ility for any damage or losses resulting from the use of the
guide, the SimplyTouch Media Launcher software or the OpticalBar peripheral.

Ta le of Contents
1. Welcome.......................................................................................... 5
2. Box Contents................................................................................... 6
3. Installation........................................................................................ 7
4. Using the Software for the First Time: Installing and Adjusting your
OpticalBar............................................................................................ 8
4.1. Positioning the OpticalBar....................................................................................8
4.2. Adjusting your Screen........................................................................................10
4.3. Positioning the Window......................................................................................10
5. The SimplyTouch Touch Palette.................................................... 11
6. Changing Shortcuts....................................................................... 12
6.1. Window Description............................................................................................13
6.2. Choosing an Action............................................................................................14
6.2.1. Starting an Application..............................................................................14
6.2.2. Opening a Document................................................................................16
6.2.3. Sending e-mail..........................................................................................17
6.2.4. We Site ..................................................................................................17
6.2.5. Key oard Shortcuts..................................................................................18
6.2.6. Standard Actions.......................................................................................19
6.3. Changing an Icon's Appearance........................................................................19
6.4. Validating Changes............................................................................................20
7. Preferences.................................................................................... 21
7.1. Advanced Options..............................................................................................22
8. Hardware Installed......................................................................... 25
9. Care and Contact Information........................................................ 26
9.1. Care During Use.................................................................................................26
9.2. Contact and Support Information.......................................................................26

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OpticalBar User's Guide :: Welcome
1. Welcome
It's so easy to make your screen interactive with the SimplyTouch OpticalBar. The links
made availa le to you will simplify the use of your computer. Easier, faster and simpler,
are the advantages the OpticalBar rings you.
You will have 14 icons always ready for you to use, while others are made availa le to
you directly and a infinite num er can e customized and configured as you please.
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OpticalBar User's Guide :: Box Contents
2. Box Contents
Your SimplyTouch OpticalBar ox contains the following items:
1: OpticalBar USB
2: Adhesive pads
3: User guide
4: SimplyTouch Media Launcher software on CD-ROM
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OpticalBar User's Guide :: Installation
3. Installation
Insert the SimplyTouch Media Launcher CD-ROM into your drive. The software installa-
tion process should start automatically. If you have disa led the CD autorun function,
dou le-click on the My Computer icon, then on your CD icon to start the installation.
Then follow the step y step instructions on-screen.
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OpticalBar User's Guide :: Using the Software for the First Time: Installing and Adjusting your
OpticalBar
4. Using the Software for the First Time:
Installing and Adjusting your OpticalBar
As soon as the software is installed, it will guide you through the installation and config-
uration of your OpticalBar. Three steps must e completed efore you can use your Op-
ticalBar:
•
Correctly position it over the screen.
•
Adjust your screen if necessary.
•
Tell the software exactly where the OpticalBar is located.
4.1. Positioning the OpticalBar
Use the self-adhesive pads to position the OpticalBar as
shown elow:
·Position the adhesive pads on the ack of the OpticalBar, then remove the protect-
ive film.
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OpticalBar User's Guide :: Using the Software for the First Time: Installing and Adjusting your
OpticalBar
·Mount the OpticalBar on the screen edge as follows:
·Right at the edge of the display area ( ut not on it)
·Parallel to the display area
•
Connect the OpticalBar to the USB port on your PC
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OpticalBar User's Guide :: Using the Software for the First Time: Installing and Adjusting your
OpticalBar
4.2. Adjusting your Screen
If the display area does not cover your entire screen, and especially if there are lack
stripes at the top of your screen that are too wide, you will not e a le to correctly posi-
tion the shortcut window. Make sure that the distance etween your OpticalBar and the
screen's display area does not exceed five millimeters. If not, you will have to adjust
your screen so that the display area occupies as much screen area as possi le.
Once the screen is adjusted, press the “Next” utton to move onto the next step.
4.3. Positioning the Window
This third step displays a positioning window.
Move this window so that it occupies the following position:
•
The left and right hand window edges must e aligned with the left and right hand
edges of the OpticalBar.
•
The lower edge of the window must e located three centimeters from the screen
casing.
To make adjustment easier, you can use the marker found at the ack of this guide to
position the window.
Choose “Validate” to validate once the window is positioned.
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