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Settings Packager Overview
Exporting Settings
Viewing Detailed Settings Information
Changing Export Options
Importing Settings
Viewing Detailed Settings Information
Changing Import Options

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Settings Packager Overview
Settings Packager is a program that allows you to import or export speech and
sound schemes, PlaceMarkers, and personalized Web settings. You can use this
program to share your JAWS schemes and settings with other users. Settings
Packager collects settings information into a single .zip file that you can
send in an e-mail message or distribute on the Internet.
Settings Packager includes the following key features that make sharing
settings easier than manually copying JAWS settings files:
Compresses all settings that you want to export into a single .zip file that
you can send as an e-mail attachment or make available on a Web site.
Displays all your customized schemes, PlaceMarkers, and personalized Web
settings in a single list.
Creates a plain text and HTML summary of all files included in the .zip file.
Automatically collects and packages all files that comprise schemes you want
to export, including sound files and voice aliases.
Warns you when settings you are about to import will replace your existing
JAWS settings.
Lets you sample sound files and voice aliases before you import them.
Using Settings Packager
To begin using Settings Packager, open the Start menu and choose Programs,
JAWS 8.0, Tools, Settings Packager. The Settings Packager dialog box contains
two lists. The Current Settings list shows all of your current custom speech
and sound schemes, domains and pages with assigned PlaceMarkers, and Web sites
with personalized verbosity settings. Schemes included with JAWS that you have
not modified are not shown in this list. The Packaged Settings list shows
settings that you are exporting or, if you opened a .zip file created with
Settings Packager, shows settings you can import.
To view the details of any item in the Current Settings list, select it and
then press ALT+C to activate the Current Settings Details button. To view the
details of any setting in the Packaged Settings list, select the setting and
then press ALT+P to activate the Packaged Settings Details button.
For more information on sharing settings, choose one of the following topics:
Exporting Settings
Importing Settings

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Exporting Settings
You can save your speech and sound schemes, PlaceMarkers, and personalized Web
settings (including custom labels) as a compressed .zip file. You can then
give this file to other JAWS users so they can use these settings. To export
your settings, do the following:
From the File menu, choose New to create a new settings file.
Your customized speech and sound schemes, PlaceMarkers, and personalized Web
settings are displayed in the Current Settings list. PlaceMarkers and
personalized Web settings are grouped by the Web site and/or page they are
assigned to.
In the Current Settings list, use the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to select a
setting that you want to export. To select multiple settings, hold CTRL while
you move through the list and press the SPACEBAR to add an item to the
selection.
Press ALT+X to activate the Export button and add the selection to the
Packaged Settings list. If you selected a group of PlaceMarkers, you are asked
to type a description of those PlaceMarkers. Choose Skip if do not want to
enter a description.
Press CTRL+S to save the settings in a compressed file with the .zip file
extension.
Give the file a name and choose the folder you want to save it in.
Tip: To change the default folder where settings files are saved, open the
File menu, choose Options, and then choose General Options. Choose the Browse
button next to the ZIP Directory edit box and locate the folder you want to
use as the default location for settings files.
After you create the .zip file, you can send it an e-mail message. You can
also copy the file onto a disk or CD. In addition to the settings information,
Settings Packager also includes any sound files or voice aliases associated
with schemes you exported. A file named Readme.txt that lists the contents of
the .zip file is also created.
For more information on importing the settings contained in a file created
with Settings Packager, see Importing Settings.
Removing Settings from the Export List
If you decide that you do not want to export a setting in the Packaged
Settings list, do the following:
Press the TAB key until you move to the Packaged Settings list.
Select the setting you want to remove.
Press DELETE.
Related Topics:
Viewing Detailed Settings Information
Changing Export Options

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Viewing Detailed Settings Information
To view detailed information for any of your custom JAWS settings, or to
listen to sounds and voice aliases included in a scheme, do the following:
Press the TAB key until you move to the Current Settings list.
Select the setting that you want to view.
Press ALT+C to activate the Current Settings Details button.
Listening to Sounds and Voice Aliases
If you view detailed information for speech and sounds schemes, you can read
the scheme description and listen to the sounds and voice aliases included in
the scheme. To hear a sound, select it in the Scheme Sounds list and choose
Play Sound. To hear a sample of a voice alias, select it in the Scheme Voice
Aliases list and choose Sample Voice. Type the text you want JAWS to read
using the voice alias and then choose Sample Packaged Voice Alias. You must
have JAWS running to hear voice alias samples.

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Changing Export Options
To change whether Settings Packager asks you to enter a description for
PlaceMarkers you export, open the File menu, choose Options, and then choose
Export Options. Press the SPACEBAR to select or clear the PlaceMarker
Description During Export check box. If you select this check box, you are
asked to type a description for any PlaceMarkers that you export. If you clear
this check box, you cannot enter a description for PlaceMarkers that you
export.

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Importing Settings
You can import settings contained in a .zip file created with Settings
Packager. After you import these settings, you can use them with JAWS just as
if you had created them yourself.
To import settings, do the following:
From the File menu, choose Open.
Navigate to the folder where the .zip file is located.
Tip: To change the default folder that Settings Packager looks in, open the
File menu, choose Options, then choose General Options.Choose the Browse
button next to the ZIP Directory edit box and locate the folder you want to
use as the default location for settings files.
Select the .zip file and press ENTER. The settings contained in this file
appear in the Packaged Settings list.
In the Packaged Settings list, use the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to select a
setting that you want to import. To select multiple settings, hold CTRL while
you move through the list and press the SPACEBAR to add an item to the
selection.
Press ALT+I to import the selected settings. If any of the imported schemes
have the same name as an existing scheme, or if you already have PlaceMarkers
or personalized Web settings for a particular Web site or page, Settings
Packager asks you to either overwrite or skip this setting. Choose Overwrite
if you want to replace your settings with the new imported settings. Choose
Skip to retain your existing settings.
Tip: You can change how Settings Packager handles imported settings if a
previous setting already exists. For more information, see Changing Import
Options.
Related Topics:
Viewing Detailed Settings Information
Changing Import Options

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Viewing Detailed Settings Information
To view detailed information for any of the settings that you can import, or
to listen to sounds and voice aliases included in a scheme, do the following:
Press the TAB key until you move to the Packaged Settings list.
Select the setting that you want to view.
Press ALT+P to activate the Packaged Settings Details button.
Listening to Sounds and Voice Aliases
If you view detailed information for speech and sounds schemes, you can read
the scheme description and listen to the sounds and voice aliases included in
the scheme. To hear a sound, select it in the Scheme Sounds list and choose
Play Sound. To hear a sample of a voice alias, select it in the Scheme Voice
Aliases list and choose Sample Voice. Type the text you want JAWS to read
using the voice alias and then choose Sample Packaged Voice Alias. You must
have JAWS running to hear voice alias samples.

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Changing Import Options
To change how Settings Packager handles imported settings if a previous
setting already exists, open the File menu, choose Options, and then choose
Import Options. You can choose to have Settings Packager automatically skip
importing settings that already exist, automatically overwrite existing
settings with imported settings, or prompt you to decide whether to skip or
overwrite the settings.
Overwrite Scheme Options
In the Overwrite Scheme Options area, choose how Settings Packager imports
speech and sound schemes if a scheme with the same name already exists.
Overwrite Sound Options
In the Overwrite Sound Options area, choose how Settings Packager imports a
sound associated with a scheme if a sound with the same name already exists.
Tip: If you select the Warn when Scheme References a Sound that does not Exist
check box, Settings Packager will notify you if you attempt to import a scheme
that uses a sound file that is not located on your computer and was not
included in the .zip settings file.
Overwrite Voice Alias Options
In the Overwrite Voice Alias Options area, choose how Settings Packager
imports a voice alias associated with a speech and sound scheme if a voice
alias with the same name already exists.
Overwrite PlaceMarker Options
In the Overwrite PlaceMarker Options area, choose how Settings Packager
imports PlaceMarkers associated with a Web site or page that you have
previously assigned PlaceMarkers to.
Overwrite Web Settings Options
In the Overwrite Web Settings Options area, choose how Settings Packager
imports verbosity settings associated with a Web site that you have previously
defined personalized settings for.

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