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|| '''Visual Cue'''
|| '''Narration'''

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|| '''Show Slide'''
Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on '''Customizing KTouch'''.
|| Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on '''Customizing KTouch'''.

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|| '''Show Slide'''
'''Learning Objectives'''

* Create a lecture.
* Customize KTouch.
* Create your own keyboard.

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In this tutorial, you will learn how to:

* Create a lecture.
* Customize Ktouch.
* Create your own keyboard.

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|| '''Show Slide '''
'''Systems Requirements'''
* Ktouch 1.7.1
* Ubuntu Linux version 11.10.
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Here,we are using Ktouch 1.7.1 on Ubuntu Linux 11.10.

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|| Open''' KTouch'''.

|| Let’s open '''KTouch'''.

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|| Point to level 3.
|| Notice, that the '''Level '''displays 3.
That is because, we were in level 3, when we closed '''Ktouch'''.

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||

|| We shall now learn to create a new lecture.

Here we create new set of characters that can be displayed in the '''Teacher’s Line'''.

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|| From the '''Main''' menu >> select '''File''' >> click '''Edit''' '''Lecture'''.
|| From the '''Main''' menu, select '''File''', and click '''Edit Lecture'''.

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|| Point to the '''Open Lecture File''' dialog box.
|| The '''Open Lecture File''' dialog box appears.

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|| In the Open Lecture dialog box >> select the '''Create New Lecture '''option >> click '''OK'''.
|| Now, select the '''Create New Lecture''' option and click '''OK'''.

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|| Point to the '''KTouch Lecture Editor''' dialog box.
|| The '''KTouch Lecture Editor '''dialog box appears.

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|| In the '''Title''' field >> select and delete the name '''A default lecture''' >> type '''My New''' '''Training Lecture'''.
|| In the '''Title''' field, select and delete the name '''A default lecture'''

and type '''My New''' '''Training Lecture'''.

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|| Point to the '''Level Editor'''.
|| The '''Level Editor''' displays the Lecture Level.

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|| Click inside the '''Level''' '''Editor''' box.
|| Click inside the '''Level Editor''' box.

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|| In the '''New Characters in this Level''' field, enter the symbols &, *, and $. Enter them only once.
|| Now, under '''Data of Level 1''', in the '''New Characters in this Level''' field, enter the symbols ampersand, star, and dollar.

We enter them only once.

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|| Point to the characters that are displayed in the first line of the '''Level Editor''' box.
|| Notice, that these characters are displayed in the first line of the '''Level Editor''' box.

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|| In the '''Level Data '''field, first select and delete the text displayed.

Enter the symbols &, *, and $ 5 times
|| In the '''Level Data''' field, first select and delete the text displayed.
Enter the symbols ampersand, star and dollar 5 times.

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|| Now under the '''Level Editor '''box, click on the '''Plus''' sign.
|| Now under the '''Level Editor '''box, click on the '''Plus''' sign.

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|| What happened?

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|| Point to the second line comprising of alphabets appears in the Level Editor box.
|| A second line comprising alphabets appears in the '''Level Editor''' box.

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|| Select this line.
|| Let’s select the second line in the '''Level Editor '''box.

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|| Point to the 2 next to the Data of Level.
|| The '''Data of Level''' field now displays 2.
This will be the second level in our typing lesson.

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|| In the '''New Characters in this Level''' field, first delete the alphabets and then type fj.
|| In the '''New Characters in this Level''' field, enter''' fj'''.

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|| In the '''Level Data''' field, first delete the text, enter fj five times.
|| In the '''Level Data''' field, enter '''fj '''five times.

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|| You can create as many levels, as you need, in your typing lesson.

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|| Similarly you can create as many levels as you want in your typing lesson.

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|| Point to the '''Save''' icon which is the second icon on the bottom right hand corner.

Click the '''Save''' icon.

|| Click the '''Save '''icon.

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|| Point to the '''Save Training Lecture – KTouch '''dialog box.
|| The '''Save Training Lecture – KTouch''' dialog box appears.

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|| In the '''Name''' field, enter '''New''' '''Training Lecture'''.

|| In the '''Name''' field, enter '''New''' '''Training Lecture'''.

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Use the triangle to select '''KTouch Lecture Files (*.ktouch.xml)''' '''XML''' from the Filter dropdown list.
|| Now let us select a format for the file.

In the '''Filter''' dropdown list, click the triangle.

Select '''KTouch Lecture Files star.ktouch.xml''' within brackets as the format for the file.

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|| Go to Desktop.
|| Browse to the '''Desktop '''to save the file there.

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|| Click '''Save'''.
|| Click '''Save.'''

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|| Point to the '''KTouch Lecture Editor''' dialog box and the name '''New Training Lecture'''.
|| The '''KTouch Lecture Editor''' dialog box now displays the name '''New Training Lecture'''.

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|| We have created a new training lecture with two levels!

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|| Click the '''Close''' button.
|| Let us close the '''KTouch Lecture Editor''' dialog box.

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|| Now let us open the lecture we created.

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|| From the '''Main''' menu >> select '''File''' >> click '''Open Lecture'''.
|| From the '''Main''' menu, select '''File''', and then click '''Open Lecture'''.

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|| Point to the '''Select Training Lecture''' '''File''' dialog box.
|| The '''Select Training Lecture''' '''File''' dialog appears.

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|| Browse to the desktop and select''' New Training Lecture.ktouch.xml'''.
|| Browse to the '''Desktop '''and select '''New Training Lecture.ktouch.xml'''.

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|| Point to the '''Teacher’s Line'''.

Type three words and stop.
|| Notice that the symbols &, *, and $ are displayed in the '''Teacher’s line'''.

Let’s start typing.

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|| We have created our own lecture and used it as a typing lesson!

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From the '''Main''' menu, select '''File''', click '''Open Lecture '''

Browse the flowing folder path
'''Root->usr->share->kde4->apps->Ktouch '''

and select '''english.ktouch.xml'''

|| To go back to the '''KTouch '''typing lessons,
from the '''Main''' menu, select '''File''', click '''Open Lecture.'''
Browse the flowing folder path

'''Root->usr->share->kde4->apps->Ktouch '''

and select '''english.ktouch.xml'''

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|| Point to the '''Teacher’s Line''' the KTouch interface.

|| We can customize '''Ktouch '''to suit our preferences.

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|| For example, when you type a character that is not displayed in the '''Teacher’s''' '''Line''', the '''Student line''' turns red.

You can customize colours for different displays.

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|| Let us now change the colour settings.

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|| From the '''Main''' menu >> select '''Settings''' >> click '''Configure – KTouch'''.
|| From the '''Main''' menu, select '''Settings''', and click '''Configure – KTouch'''.

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|| Point to the '''Configure – KTouch''' dialog box.
|| The '''Configure – KTouch '''dialog box appears.

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|| In the Configure – KTouch dialog box >> click '''Color Settings'''.
|| In the '''Configure – KTouch''' dialog box, click '''Color Settings'''.

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|| Point to the right panel where '''Color Settings '''displayed.
|| The '''Color Setting'''s details appears.

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|| Check the '''Use custom colour''' for typing line box.
|| Check the '''Use custom colour for typing line box.'''

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|| Under '''Use Custom color for typing line''', against the '''Teacher’s line''', click the colour in the Text.
|| In the '''Teacher’s line''' field, click on the color box next to the '''Text''' field.

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|| Point to the '''Select-Color''' dialog box.
|| The '''Select-Color''' dialog box is displayed.

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|| In the Select-Color dialog box >> click the '''green''' colour under '''Forty Colors.'''
|| In the '''Select-Color''' dialog box, click '''green'''.

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|| Click '''OK'''.
|| Click '''OK'''.

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|| Point to the '''Configure – KTouch''' dialog box.
|| The '''Configure – KTouch''' dialog box appears.

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|| In the Configure – KTouch dialog box, click '''Apply'''.
|| Click '''Apply'''.

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|| Click '''OK'''.
|| Click '''OK'''.

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|| Go to the KTouch interface.

Point to the Teacher’s line.
|| The characters in the '''Teacher’s Line''' have changed to green!

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|| We shall now create our own keyboard.

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|| '''Show Slide'''
'''Create a New Keyboard'''
* To create a new keyboard we have to use an existing keyboard,
* Make changes to it, and save it in a different name.
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To create a new keyboard we have to use an existing keyboard.

Make changes to it, and save it in a different name.

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|| From the '''Main''' menu >> select '''File''' >> click '''Edit Keyboard Layout'''.
|| From the '''Main''' menu, select '''File''', and click '''Edit Keyboard Layout'''.

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|| Point to the '''Open Keyboard File''' dialog box.
|| The '''Open Keyboard File''' dialog box appears.

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|| In the '''Open Keyboard File''' dialog box >> click the '''Open a default keyboard''' option.
|| In the '''Open Keyboard File '''dialog box, select '''Open a default keyboard'''.

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|| Click on the drop-down to select en.keyboard.xml.
||Now, click on button next to this field.
* The list of keyboards is displayed.
* Select '''en.keyboard.xml'''.

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|| Click the '''OK'''.
|| Click '''OK'''.

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|| Point to the '''KTouch Keyboard Editor''' dialog box.
|| The '''KTouch Keyboard Editor''' dialog box appears.

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|| In the Keyboard Title field, enter '''Training Keyboard'''.
|| In the '''Keyboard Title''' '''field''', enter '''Training Keyboard'''.

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|| Select '''en''' from the Language id dropdown list.
|| We need to select a language for the keyboard.

Select '''en''' from the '''Language id '''dropdown list.

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|| Point to the '''Set Keyboard Font '''button.
|| Let us change the fonts in the existing keyboard.

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|| Click the '''Set Keyboard Font '''button.
|| Click '''Set Keyboard Font'''.

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|| Point to the '''Select Font – KTouch '''dialog box window.
|| The '''Select Font – KTouch '''dialog box window appears.

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|| In the '''Select Font - KTouch''' dialog box, select Ubuntu as the Font, Italic as the Font Style, and 11 as the Size.
|| In the '''Select Font - KTouch''' dialog box, let us select '''Ubuntu''' as the '''Font''', '''Italic''' as the '''Font Style''', and 11 as the '''Size'''.

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|| Click '''OK'''.
|| Now click '''OK'''.

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|| In the KTouch Keyboard Editor dialog box, point to the '''Save Keyboard As''' button.

Click the '''Save Keyboard As''' button.
|| To save the keyboard, click '''Save Keyboard As.'''

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|| Point to the '''Save Keyboard – KTouch''' dialog box.

Browse the flowing folder path

'''Root->usr->share->kde4->apps->Ktouch '''

and select '''english.ktouch.xml'''
|| The '''Save Keyboard – KTouch''' dialog box appears.

Browse the flowing folder path

'''Root->usr->share->kde4->apps->Ktouch '''

and select '''english.ktouch.xml'''

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|| In the '''Name''' field, enter '''practice.keyboard.xml'''.
|| In the '''Name''' field, enter '''Practice.keyboard.xml.'''

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|| Click '''Save'''.
|| Click '''Save'''.

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|| The file is saved in the format '''‘<name>.keyboard.xml’.'''

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|| Click '''Close'''.
|| Click '''Close'''.

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|| Can you use the newly keyboard immediately?
No.

You will have to mail it to the '''kde-edu mailing id'''.
It will then be included in the next version of '''KTouch'''.

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|| Show Slide
'''Assignment'''
* Create your own key board.
* Make changes to colours and font level changes to keyboard.
* Check the results.
|| Here is an assignment for you.

* Create your own key board.
* Make changes to colours and font level changes to keyboard.
* Check the results.

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|| '''Show Slide'''
''''''Summary''''''
* Create a lecture for training and modify colour settings.
* Open an existing keyboard layout, modify it, and create our own keyboard.
|| This brings us to the end of this tutorial on KTouch.

* In this tutorial we learnt to create a lecture for training and modify colour settings.
* We also learnt to open an existing keyboard layout, modify it, and create our own keyboard.

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|| Show About Slide

About the Spoken Tutorial Project

* Watch the video available at http://spoken-tutorial.org/What_is_a_Spoken_Tutorial

* It summarises the Spoken Tutorial project

* If you do not have good bandwidth, you can download and watch it
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* Watch the video available at the following link

* It summarises the Spoken Tutorial project

*If you do not have good bandwidth, you can download and watch it
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Acknowledgements

* Spoken Tutorial Project is a part of the Talk to a Teacher project

* It is supported by the National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD, Government of India.

* More information on this Mission is available at

* http://spoken-tutorial.org/NMEICT-Intro
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*Spoken Tutorial Project is a part of the Talk to a Teacher project

* It is supported by the National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD, Government of India

*More information on this Mission is available at

* spoken hyphen tutorial dot org slash NMEICT hyphen Intro
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About the Contributor

* This tutorial has been contributed by DesiCrew Solutions Pvt. Ltd

* www.desicrew.in

* Thanks for joining
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*This tutorial has been contributed by DesiCrew Solutions Pvt. Ltd

* Thanks for joining
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