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Series 5 v1.07 - User’s Guide 101
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Using Slots
permanently available when this slot is selected (or for any other feature that uses this
concept).
Adding Slots to Button Labels
You can use one of these two behaviors to add a slot to the label of a button:
• Insert Label
- This behavior will send the button label to the Message Window. You
can then select the slot to open the Select Slot Filler menu and choose a new word for
the slot.
• Insert Label, Fill Slots
- This behavior will send the button label to the Message
Window, and then automatically open the
Select Slot Filler
menu.
To add a slot to a button’s label:
1. Select the Modify button in the title bar. It will turn red.
2. Select the button that you want to modify. The
Modify Button
menu will open.
3. Select the
Behaviors
button. The
Behavior Editor
menu will open.
4. Select the
Behaviors
drop-down menu, and then select
Message Window Operations
option (use the scroll bar to find this option).
5. Select
Insert Label
,
Fill Slots
or
Insert Label
in the
Behaviors
viewport (use the scroll
bar to find these behaviors).
6. Select the
Add
button. The behavior will appear in the
Steps
viewport.
7. Select the
OK
button to close the
Behavior Editor
menu. The new behavior will be
displayed by the
Behaviors
button in the
Modify Button
menu.
Reference:
You can change the list of vocabulary that is available for this slot by
editing the concept that is assigned to it. To do this, refer to the
Editing a Concept
section in this
User’s Guide
.
Note:
Since you must be able to see the text in the Message Window to replace
the word in the slot with different vocabulary, you cannot use slots with the
Speak Label behavior.
Note:
You may want to delete any other behaviors that are assigned to the
button. To do this, select a behavior in the
Steps
viewport and then select
the
Delete
button.