Many students using this option will not be using a standard mouse but will instead be using a trackball, touchpad, or headpointer. The instructions are fairly simple. The Select menu has options to control how selections from the keyboard are made. The keyboard window can be positioned as desired, and if it resized, the keyboard will rescale to fit the available space. For students who use this technology to write lab reports, there are two features that may improve typing speed.
Word prediction presents a list of guesses for the word that the student is typing.
The student can pick the word from the list rather than having to select all of the letters. This is a nice feature for students who type at 10 wpm or less or who need spelling cues. The other feature, abbreviation expansion, allows a student to type in abbreviations for words or phrases, and the program will un-abbreviate the words. This feature works best for standard information that is frequently used, such as report headers. This type of technology is useful for students who have trouble physically using a keyboard.