Onscreen Popup Keyboards in Clicker 5
by Penny McCulloch
Clicker 5.2 now has a greater range of popup keyboards for writing for those learners who use a mouse or mouse device to enter text rather than a conventional keyboard. Previously there were two options, Alphabetical 3D Grey and Qwerty 3D Grey.
The keyboards can be selected by going to Options, User Preferences, then by clicking on the Writing tab. From there you can specify the preferred keyboard layout by clicking on the drop down menu.
Here are some available keyboard layouts. The prediction keyboards are designed to be used with both Clicker 5 and Penfriend version 3.1 (XP or XL) for those students using word prediction.
Alphabetical Grey
Alphabetical Grey Prediction
Frequency Grey
Frequency Grey Prediction
123 Keyboard
Note: The English pounds sign can be overwritten with the dollar sign appropriate for Australian currency.
Qwerty Grey
Qwerty Grey Prediction
These keyboard layouts can be displayed when entering text into Clicker Writer by clicking on the “Show popup keyboard” icon on the Grid toolbar.
The frequency grey prediction keyboard layout does not include foreign characters.