There are several important ways the user can get information about the layout of a given page. With Explore Layout Mode, the user controls the movement from element to element while hearing what each element is. You get the same information in Explore Mode and Guided Mode, but in Guided Mode, the program guides your movement, while in Explore Mode, you control your own movement. For example, as you move through a text block you will feel a washboard effect, as though the tactile mouse were bumping over the lines of text. As you move from one column to another, you will feel resistance at the edge of the column.
Graphics have a texture like a window screen.
It is important to note that you can use and benefit from Page Layout functions whether you have a tactile mouse, a regular mouse, or no mouse at all. The same goes for visual feedback with a monitor. Both modes display the entire page in Exact View. The entire original page, either in black and white or in full color, is displayed on the screen in Exact View. If you have a tactile mouse connected, Open Book will give you unique tactile feedback for each element type.