Editing the text of a cell

The text is the message that is said aloud when you click on a cell. When adding a symbol, the text is completed by default. You can always edit the text.

For example: you can replace the text of a symbol (apple) with a complete sentence (I want an apple).

When you enter the text, you can choose from a number of word classes. You can conjugate verbs, decide to use plurals, adjectives, adverbs and personal pronouns.

  1. Choose Edit > Edit mode (F2).
  2. Select the cell with the text you want to edit.
  3. To quickly edit the text, click in the toolbar in the text box , and edit the text. If, additionally, you want to edit the word classes, proceed to the next step.
  4. Do one of the following:
    • Click on next to the text box. The following action window appears.
    • Edit the cell (F5). The Edit dialog appears.
  5. Change the text.
    When changing the text, the word class is set to Other.
  6. As required, change the word class. Choose one of the following options:
    Option Explanation
    Verb Select this option if the word you have entered in the text box is a verb and you want to conjugate the verb. If the verb is already available, Mind Express will automatically enter the correct conjugation in the Verb - window. If the conjugation is not available, Mind Express will ask you to enter the conjugation yourself.
    Noun Select this option if the word you have entered in the text box is a noun and you want to use the plural.
    Adjective Select this option if the word you have entered in the text box is an adjective and you also want to use the adverb.
    Personal pronoun Select this option if you want to use the word as one of the personal pronouns, i.e. "I, you, he/she, we, you, they".
    Other No grammatical information is used.
  7. As required, click Data to configure the details of the selected word class.
    Word class Explanation
    Verb Enter the conjugation of the verb in the present tense (PT), the past tense (PT) and enter the past participle.
    Noun Enter singular or plural. For example "pig" and "pigs"
    Adjective Enter the adverb and the adjective. For example "beautifully" and "beautiful"
    Personal pronoun Choose which personal pronoun you want to use for the text. For example: a photo of Madonna you can set as "Third person (he/she)".
    Other You cannot specify any details.