Transcription: The dial icon opens the preferences window where you can turn a variety of program features on or off. You can also drag the slider on the volume controller to raise or lower the volume. To turn all sounds off, drag the volume slider all the way down. If these preferences are turned on, you will hear sound effects when windows open and close, see rollover text if you hold your cursor over icons, and See Alert Messages to warn you if information is about to be deleted. You can choose to turn any of these features off by clicking the appropriate button in the Preferences window. Please note that ...