It may be useful to hide some of the buttons when introducing a vocabulary to the communicator. Showing all buttons at once may be overwhelming. Hiding some of the buttons will allow the communicator to focus more easily on the vocabulary that is shown. Hiding a button does not delete the associated information.
Hide a Button
To hide a single button on the device:
Select Menu > Edit Mode.
Select and hold the button to hide.
Select Edit Button to display the Button Properties.
Uncheck the box next to Visible.
Select Save and exit Edit Mode. The button is hidden and the button action is disabled automatically.
Note: To hide a single button using ChatEditor, right-click, select Edit Button, select the Style tab, and uncheck the box next to Visible.
Hide or Show Multiple Buttons
To hide buttons:
Go to Menu > Edit Mode > Menu > Hide Mode.
Select the buttons to hide. They will turn gray.
Select Menu > Hide Mode to exit Hide Mode.
Select Menu > Edit Mode to exit Edit Mode and hide the buttons.
To show buttons:
Go to Menu > Edit Mode > Menu > Hide Mode.
Select one or more of the gray buttons to redisplay them.
Select Menu > Hide Mode to exit Hide Mode.
Select Menu > Edit Mode to exit Edit Mode and redisplay the buttons.
Hide or Show All Buttons
To hide all buttons on the current page, go to Menu > Edit Mode > Menu > Hide Mode > Menu > Hide All. Then back to Menu > Hide Mode > Menu > Edit Mode.
To show all buttons that had previously been hidden on the current page, go to Menu > Edit Mode > Menu > Hide Mode > Menu > Show All. Then back to Menu > Hide Mode > Menu > Edit Mode.
Save Hidden Button Settings
If you hide buttons to work with a particular device user and would like to save the settings to use during your next teaching session, go to Menu > Application Settings > Input and check Show Hidden Buttons. The Chat software or ChatEditor will remember all of the currently hidden buttons.
If you forget that you already had hidden items previously, and you go to Menu > Edit Mode > Menu > Hide Mode, you will receive a pop-up notification when the Show Hidden Buttons setting is turned on.
To disable the Show Hidden Buttons setting, select Yes. Hide Mode will be enabled. Buttons that are currently hidden will be displayed with a dark gray tint in Edit Mode and then hidden when you exit Edit Mode.
To close the notification without changing your settings, select Cancel. Show Hidden Buttons will remain enabled, Hide Mode will remain disabled, and previously hidden buttons will be displayed.
To start where you left off during your last teaching session, go to Menu > Application Settings > Input and uncheck Show Hidden Buttons.
Hide and Show Button Images
If you prefer buttons to display the text labels only, with no images, go to Menu > Application Settings > Style. Then deselect Show Button Images. Buttons that have both labels and images will now display the labels only.
In some vocabularies, buttons that have images only (such as the Home and the Next and Back arrows) will retain their images.
In other vocabularies, buttons that have images only (such as some Home and Next and Back arrows) might not retain their images. To correct this, edit the button and add a space to the label.
To show all button images, go to Menu > Application Settings > Style. Then select Show Button Images.