What symbols are, the Widgit set and how they are developed
About symbol users and what it's like to be a non-reader
Discover some of the ways in which symbols are used
Make personalised symbol materials
Create symbol materials online
Ordering details, postage and licence information for the UK
Information about translated products and Widgit partners in your country
Our specialist design team will work in partnership with your organisation to create accessible symbol materials
For a more inclusive environment we offer ready-made low-cost symbol signage, or design for bespoke signs
Widgit training resources to help you make the most of your software
Widgit Symbols are protected under copyright, see our copyright and publishing guidance
Phone: 01926 333686 Email: support@widgit.com
Online and on-site training helps you make the most of your software
Explanation of the file types, and download and installation guides
Invoicing, order online, or receive a personalised CD with your chosen resources
See how schools, families and organisations around the world are using Widgit Symbols to support communication, education and understanding.
Share your Widgit story
email: info@widgit.com
Find out where you can see Widgit products at our forthcoming events
Widgit training and resources to help you make the most of your software
Organisations offering advice and support on Widgit products
Contact Widgit Email: support@widgit.com Tel: 01926 333680
Writing Documents
This discusses the different options available when you launch the program.
See how to use the symboliser with single and multiple words, and how to add an alternative word to any symbol.
This video shows you how to attach a photo or other image to a word instead of a symbol and introduces the graphics browser.
This video shows you how you can add pictures to you documents as illustrations.
See how to browse for pictures to bring into SymWriter documents from your computer, network, USB device or from the Internet.
Symbols can be used in the same way as pictures as illustrations. Use the Symbol Finder to call up symbols to add to words or as illustrations.
This video shows how to change the colours of Widgit Symbols and Widgit Pictures.
See how to change between colour and monochrome symbol, how to change the line and background colour, and change the skin tone that is used in some symbols.
Qualifiers are grammatical markers that can indicate plurals, tenses and comparatives or superlatives. These can be turned on or off for individual symbols or for an entire document.
This video shows you how to align text, and explains the uses of bullets and indents.