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Tutorial

We recommend that you run this quick tutorial to familiarize yourself with Asutype. If you prefer printing this page, select "Print" from the "File" pull-down menu.

Let's start Asutype

1. Run Asutype by double-clicking the Asutype icon in the Asutype folder or program group. Click "OK" button to close the "Welcome" box and start your 30-day evaluation period.
2. See the Asutype running icon appear in your system tray, near the clock.
3. Right click the icon and see the pop-up menu of Asutype, where you can command Asutype the way you prefer easily as you'll see below.

Start WordPad as your word processor

For this tutorial we will use the Windows WordPad program as our word processor.

1. If WordPad isn't already running, run it by choosing "Start" -> "Programs" -> "Accessories" -> "WordPad" from the Start button. Otherwise, switch to WordPad.

(Asutype works at the operating system level to add spell check and speed typing functionality to all other software such as WordPad, NotePad, Outlook Express etc. That's why when Asutype is running, WordPad will have on-the-fly spell check feature, which is not originally included in it).

Try the mistakes detection

1. Type "Thanks for trying asutype " (without the quote marks, and remember to include the ending space)
2. Hear the beep sound alerting that you've made a mistake.
3. Watch out that the word "asutype" is red underlined marking that it is a mistake and a small window with a few suggestions popping up.

(That's because Asutype is set to detect and alert you to any mistake that you may make while typing. See "How Do I Spell Check As I Type" topic for more details)

Teach Asutype to recognize a new word

1. Press F2 to add the word "asutype" into a spelling dictionary.
2. Watch the suggestions window and the red underline are disappeared as the word "asutype" is now accepted as a correct word.

(That's because you can add a new word directly to Asutype from the suggestion pop-up window. See "Suggestion Pop-up Window" topic for more details)

See the new word in a spelling dictionary

1. Right click the Asutype's running icon and choose the "Spelling Dictionaries" command from the pop-up menu.
2. Watch the "Spelling Dictionaries" dialog box is shown up.
3. Click the "user" tab to view the user dictionary.
4. Watch out the word "asutype" is listed in the dictionary.



(Asutype comes with a built-in English dictionary containing about 100,000 words and an empty user dictionary. You can create and open other user dictionaries. The built-in English dictionary has limited editing capability (you can only delete words from it) but you can add new words into user dictionaries as many as you want. See "Spelling Dictionaries Editor" topic for more details).

5. Click "Cancel" button to close the dialog box.

Teach Asutype to recognize a new mistake

1. Switch back to WordPad.
2. Type "and havve fun!" (without the quote marks, and remember to type double 'v' letter in the word "havve" as a deliberate error)
3. Hear the beep sound alerting that you've made a mistake.
4. Watch out that the word "havve" is red underlined marking that it is a mistake and a small window with suggestions popping up.



5. Press 0 to correct the mistake "havve" by the currently selected correction (e.g. "have") and also add the pair "havve" -> "have" to a correction list.
6. Watch out the word "havve" is changed to "have" and the suggestions pop-up window is disappeared.

See the new correction in a correction list

1. Right click the Asutype's running icon and choose the "Correction Lists" command from the pop-up menu.
2. Watch the "Correction Lists" dialog box is shown up.
3. Click the "user" tab to view the user correction list.



4. Watch out the line "have" -> "have" is listed in the database.

(The list contains all common spelling mistakes along with their corrections that Asutype recognizes automatically. Each time you make a mistake that is already in the list, Asutype will automatically change it by its correction.
Asutype comes with a built-in list containing about 1,000 mistakes and an empty user list. You can create and open other user lists. The built-in list has limited editing capability (you can only delete words from it) but you can add new mistakes into user lists as many as you want. See "Correction Lists Editor" topic for more details).

5. Click "Cancel" button to close the dialog box.

Now try to type the whole sentence again

1. Switch back to WordPad.
2. Type [Enter] to make a new line.
3. Type "thanks for trying asutype and havve fun!" (remember double 'v' in the word "havve" as a deliberate error).
4. Watch out that the sentence is changed to "Thanks for trying asutype and have fun!" without any beep or underline.

(That's because the word "asutype" is now recognized as correct, and the mistake "havve" is now also recognized and corrected to "have" automatically. Asutype also capitalizes the sentence automatically.
Asutype can adapt itself to your keyboarding habits, learn and become smarter with use. If you use it everyday, it will learn all your new words and mistakes quickly and effectively. Normally after a few weeks using it, most of your typographical and spelling errors will be recognized and corrected automatically. As a result, you'll write more accurately and much faster, because you don't need to stop typing and go back to correct mistakes yourself).

Try to expand a text

1. Switch back to WordPad.
2. Type " Enjoy aut!" (without the quote marks, and remember to include the exclamation mark).



3. Watch out that the text is changed to " Enjoy Asutype!".

(That's because Asutype is set to expand text shortcuts to a longer text automatically. The shortcut "aut" -> "Asutype" is one of a few sample shortcuts that come with Asutype. You can easily create your own text shortcuts using the Shortcut Lists editor.)

See the shortcut in a shortcut list

1. Right click the Asutype's running icon and choose the "Shortcut Lists" command from the pop-up menu.
2. Watch the "Shortcut Lists" dialog box is shown up.



3. Watch out that there is an entry "aut" -> "Asutype" in the list.
4. Click "Cancel" button to close the dialo

g box.

That's It!

Congratulations! You now know how to use the basic features of Asutype! It is extremely easy-to-use.

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See Also

• Spell Check As I Type
• Get Suggestions for a Mistake
• Use the Suggestion Pop-up Window
• Dismiss the Suggestion Pop-up Window
• Clear All Highlighting
• Use ClipCheck Method to Check After I Type
• Use HiliCheck Method to Check After I Type
• Use Text Shortcuts to Speed Up Typing
• Use Multiple Clipboards to Ease Copy/Paste Editing
• Use Hot Codes for My Text Shortcuts
• Ordering Information
• Contact Information