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Avant
Mechanical,
Programmable
Keyboards
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NOTES Copyright Portions of this documentation and accompanying software are copyrighted by Interfatron - BBC, LTD and Microsoft Corporation.
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Contents NOTES INTRODUCTION .................................................................... 5 About Your Keyboard ................................................................... 5 Unpacking And Installation........................................................... 6 AVANT UTILITIES INSTALLATION ...................................... 7 Windows 3.x Installation ............................................................... 7 Windows 9x Installation ..............................
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Changes The materials in this document are for information only and are subject to change without notice. While reasonable efforts have been made in the preparation of this document to assure its accuracy, Creative Vision Technologies, Inc. (CVT) assumes no liability resulting ATTENTION KEYBOARD OPERATOR from errors or omissions in this document or from the use of the information contained herein. CVT reserves the right to make changes in the product design without reservations and Some studies
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Introduction CVT Avant Keyboard Limited Warranty Money Back Guarantee Congratulations on your purchase of an Avant keyboard! CVT is so confident in the quality of our Avant keyboards that we offer the This document describes setup and software installation for the Avant Series original purchaser a 30-day money back guarantee. The keyboard must be keyboards. An in-depth instruction manual is located in the on-line Help File. received back at our facility within 30 days from the date of invoice.
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Unpacking And Installation Troubleshooting and Technical Support Complete the following steps to install your Avant keyboard: If you experience problems or questions setting up or using your Avant key- • Carefully unpack your keyboard as you would any other piece of board, please refer to the on-line help located in the Avant utilities program. In electronic equipment. many instances problems that arise are minor and can be resolved easily. Store the packing material in a safe place. If, fo
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Operating System Compatibility Avant Utilities Installation The utilities supplied with the Avant keyboards were created to work with Note: Before installing this program, close all open applications. Microsoft Windows 3.x, Windows for Workgroups™ version 3.11 and Windows The Avant Utilities Disk is a single 3.5” diskette containing an installation 9x. The programming utilities will not operate with Windows NT™, Windows program called “CVTSETUP.EXE”. 2000™ , IBM OS/2™ or UNIX. To use the progr
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Quick Tutorial Hardware and Software Compatibility The Avant keyboards are compatible with the majority of hardware and software Remapping Keys available on the market today. For more information about compatibility issues, please read the following: Remapping refers to changing a single key to another function. For example, if you never use the key but use the often, you can make the keyboard send a every time the Hardware Compatibility is pressed. Follow thes
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Change to Macro mode by clicking the button in the upper right of the screen. Special Key Combinations The program switches to Macro mode and the Important key combinations for use with the Avant keyboard: display is updated. The first step in programming a macro is to select Reset To Factory Settings the key combinations to use to begin the macro. Press and hold the key while turning on your system. Use this function Most keys on the keyboard can be used. The most popular keys to use
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To review what is recorded, click on the key and select under the Swapping the CAPS, CTRL and ALT Keys modifiers. The macro description is displayed. The utility automatically adds The Avant keyboard allows exchanging the CAPS LOCK, CTRL and ALT keys. any special key description necessary to emulate what is typed. The program This option is provided for those preferring an alternate keyboard layout or will add shift indicators before and after any capitalization to exactly emulate
