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In the future, DynaVox may offer additional symbols set as an option. When additional symbol sets are
installed, they are accessible through the

Symbol Selection

dialog by selecting

Up a Folder

from the symbol

viewport until this choice is no longer available. At this point, you will see the three default symbol sets -

Custom

Enkidu

, and

(the Mayer-Johnson color PCS symbols) - plus any other installed sets. To browse

through the pictures, select the name of the symbol set.

4.20.1. Importing Images

You can use the PC Editor software to transfer custom pictures from your computer to your Palmtop device
and assign the pictures as button symbols. The PC Editor will handle most .

bmp

, .

gif

, and .

jpeg

images

(although there are some non-standard versions of these formats that it will not handle). The PC Editor will
automatically resize your pictures to properly fit the buttons in your Palmtop configurations. When you import
an image, the PC Editor will make a copy, resize the copy, and then store it in with other "custom" images
(as opposed to the "standard" symbols that are supplied with your Palmtop device). When you transfer a
configuration from the PC to your Palmtop device by selecting

Tools > Transfer Utilities > Transfer Files

option (see section 4.17), any custom images used by that configuration will also be transferred to your
device.

Images are imported through the

Symbol Selection

dialog in the PC Editor software. From the

Labels

tab of

the

Button Properties

dialog, select the

Browse

button. Then select the

Import

button. You can now browse

your computer hard drive for .

bmp

, .

gif

, and .

jpeg

images. When you find the image you want to import,

double-click it to select it.

You will see a preview of the image, scaled to fit the button. You can now browse through the images on
your hard drive from the

Symbol Selection

dialog just as you normally do for symbols. Once you have

selected the image you want to import, select

and the image will appear on the button. If you decide that

you do not want to import an image, you can select the

Cancel

button to close the

Symbol Selection

dialog,

or you can click the

Home

button to return to browsing the symbols that are supplied with your Palmtop

device and PC Editor software.

If you select

Browse

for a button that has a custom image, you will start browsing in the

Custom

folder. If

you move up a folder, you will find yourself at the top level symbol folder (where all of the installed symbol
sets will be listed). If you want to reuse an image you have already imported, browse to the

Custom

folder -

you do not have to re-import the image.

If you encounter problems when you try to import an image, or if you want to import an image that is not a
.

bmp

, .

gif

, or .

jpeg

file, try saving it to a different format using a third-party photo editing software. There are

many such commercial and freeware programs available for converting graphics formats.

4.20.2. Pasting Images

Using the PC Editor software, you can also paste images from your system clipboard into the

Symbol

Selection

dialog. Pasting an image is much like importing an image, but instead of selecting

Import

from the

Symbol Selection

dialog, you select

Paste

. If there is a valid image on your system clipboard, it will appear

in the preview box of the dialog. If you decide that you do not want to use that image on your button, you
can select the

Home

button to return to browsing the provided symbols, you can select the

Import

button to

import a picture from your hard drive, or you select the

Cancel

button to close the

Symbol Selection

dialog.

If you decide to keep the pasted picture, select

. Once you do this, a dialog will appear and ask you to

name the image. The Palmtop software will suggest a generic name (something like "Image0003.jpg"). If you
will not be using this picture in other configurations or on other buttons, you can select

to use the generic

name. If you want to reuse the image, however, you should give it a descriptive name, making it easier to