Tutorials:

All TSS 4.0 tutorials

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This tutorial will take you through the steps required for creating custom math documents using MathType and the Tiger Software Suite.

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The Tiger menu enables you to create Braille documents in MS Word and Excel. This tutorial will take you on a tour of the Tiger menu with a brief explanation of each feature.

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The Formatter Settings allow you to change the translatable fonts, Braille language, Braille type, ink options, and document settings allowing you to customize your documents to best suit your needs. This tutorial will give you a brief overview of the Formatter Settings.

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The language settings allow you to choose translatable fonts, Braille language, and Braille type. This tutorial will give you a brief explanation of each feature.

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The Braille and Ink Settings allow you to have ink text along with Braille characters allowing sighted readers to follow along. This tutorial will give you a brief explanation of the options available in this menu.

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The document settings allow you to choose your margins, paper size, and the printer you will use to emboss you document. This tutorial will give you a brief explanation of options available in this menu.

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Tiger profiles store complete sets of Formatter Settings so that users can easily switch back and forth between commonly used settings. This tutorial will show you how to save, add, and delete tiger profiles.

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Translating your document to Braille can be done by completing a few easy steps. This tutorial will guide you through the 3 simple steps to translate your document.

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Creating tactile graphics in Microsoft Word can be done in a few easy steps. This tutorial will teach you how to add graphics to your document and print them on your ViewPlus embosser.

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This tutorial will guide you through installing TSS 4.0 which includes Tiger Formatter for Microsoft Word and Excel Tiger Translator Lite and Tiger Designer.

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The Tiger menu enables you to create braille documents in MS Word and Excel. This tutorial will take you on a tour of the Tiger menu with a brief explanation of each feature.

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The Formatter Settings allow you to change the translatable fonts braille language braille type ink options and document settings. This tutorial will provide a tour through the Formatter Settings and teach you how to use these features.

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Translating your document to braille using Microsoft Word can be done by completing a few easy steps. This tutorial will take you through the basic steps of translating your document to braille.

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Tiger profiles store complete sets of Formatter Settings so that users may easily switch back and forth between commonly used setting information.

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Tiger Profiles can be stored on a network in order to share them between computers. This tutorial will teach you how to add a Tiger Profile to your computer from another location as well as how to delete unwanted profiles.

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The quick emboss feature will apply the settings saved in the selected Tiger Profile to your document translate the text to braille and send the document to your ViewPlus embosser.

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ViewPlus embossers have many pre-loaded paper sizes. However there are sometimes unique paper sizes that may not be included. This tutorial explains how to create custom paper sizes.

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The ViewPlus Translator translates standard text to braille in three easy steps. You will find it is just like printing from your Windows based applications to your laser or inkjet printer—only now you have perfectly embossed texts and/or tactile graphics when you are finished. This tutorial will teach you how to use the translation software.

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Microsoft Word offers an array of easy-to-use drawing tools. This tutorial will introduce a few of them. You will learn where each is located and how they are used to create and enhance your documents. Be sure to read and apply the great tips at the end of this tutorial.

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This tutorial explains how to add text boxes as a labeling tool for graphics pictures or other elements in your document. Text boxes are a great tool for working with both text and graphics in the same document.

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This tutorial will show how to insert a Clip Art picture into a document and adjust it for the best tactile results using the Picture Toolbar in Microsoft Word. This tutorial will be helpful for working with complex graphics that may need to be simplified for better tactile comprehension.

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ViewPlus Embossers incorporate the Print to File function to serve many purposes. When you print to file an electronic document is created that shows exactly how the document would look if printed from a ViewPlus Embosser. The file will save with an extension “.prn”.

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Tiger Designer is a component of Tiger Software Suite that allows you to fine-tune documents before sending them to a ViewPlus Embosser. Tiger Designer uses files with a .prn extension to show how a document will emboss displaying dots visually in grayscale on the computer screen. Use Tiger Designer with the ViewPlus Pro Ink Attachment or ViewPlus Emprint to preview the ink and Braille combined view.

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Detailed tutorial on how to edit graphics and insert braille labels in Tiger Designer. It also includes a before and after example.

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Tiger Designer can be used with new or existing files. To use Designer with an existing file follow the directions in the “Printing to File” tutorial. If you prefer to use the Tiger Designer rather than Microsoft Word to create a document in ink and Braille please follow use the following tutorial.

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Using Microsoft Word and the ViewPlus Formatter you can easily create documents in ink and braille with the touch of a button. Then print your documents using the Pro with Ink Attachment or Emprint from ViewPlus. You can also use the interline function to view the original text above braille for ViewPlus Embossers without ink.

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This tutorial walks you through the simple process of preparing a scanned image to emboss. With a ViewPlus Embosser and its included Tiger Software Suite not only is this possible it’s simple.

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This tutorial will teach you how to print a multiple page document in ink and braille using the Tiger Designer.

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Images are sometimes too complicated to be embossed. When this occurs it is better to trace the image in order to leave out the extra detail. This tutorial will teach you how to trace and add text labels to graphics.

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This tutorial will cover how to create a quick and basic template of graph paper that can be adapted for drawing plots or used blank for students to trace solutions to test questions.

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This tutorial will teach you how to translate Microsoft Excel sheets using the Tiger Formatter. Formatter settings braille output selection page scaling and set up are covered throughout this tutorial.

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Excel is a spreadsheet analysis program designed to organize and systematically examine data. Information is arranged into a grid of cells that can hold numbers text dates etc. and then is analyzed. In this tutorial we will use the Pie Chart style to create tactile graphic descriptions of sample data. The result will be displayed both in braille and black ink.

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With the help of Microsoft PowerPoint a variety of on-screen and online presentations as well as notes and handouts can all be easily made. A Microsoft PowerPoint presentation can take many different shapes and sizes depending on where and when it is used. This tutorial will explain how a complicated visual presentation can be adapted for embossing in just a few simple steps.

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This tutorial gives you directions on printing from Braille programs such as Duxbury (DBT) to a ViewPlus Embosser. An additional DOS-based mode comes standard on your ViewPlus Embosser to enable you to print from these programs. The following tutorial walks you through changing these modes on the ViewPlus Pro Max Cub and Cub Jr.

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Duxbury versions 10.5 and higher were designed to let users continue to operate ViewPlus Embossers in Tiger or the Windows printer interface while still using the Duxbury interface designed for the traditional embosser’s DOS-based printer drivers. Duxbury created complex code to bridge the old embossing technology and ViewPlus’ Windows driver resulting in confusion in the software. To solve this problem ViewPlus edited its driver to enable embossing from Duxbury 10.5 without changing modes on the printer. New versions of the ViewPlus Embosser drivers have been added to our website for download. If you have installed or updated your drivers since January 2005 you will not need new drivers.

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This tutorial will explain how to create a custom label template in Microsoft Word to be printed in ink and braille using the Emprintâ„¢ or the Pro Ink Attachment.

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Follow these easy steps to create custom labels to be printed in ink and braille on the ViewPlus Emprint or ViewPlus Pro Embosser with Pro Ink Attachment.

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