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            Word Translator™ for Windows version 3.0

                                  Shareware Version

             1. Starting Out with Word Translator for Windows

             2. Difference Between Shareware & Registered Versions

             3. System Requirements

             4. Installing Word Translator for Windows

             5. How to Load & Call-Up Word Translator

             6. Operating Notes for Word Processors & Applications

             7. Speed Bar, Buttons, Message Box & Type Accents Check Box

             8. Scrolling Through the Dictionary

             9. Translate Words and Phrases...

                       A) Typed in Your Word Processor or Application

                       B) Typed Inside Word Translator

           10. Adding New "Base Words/Phrases" & Translations

           11. Changing & Deleting "Base Words/Phrases" & Translations

           12. Spell-Checking As-You-Type

           13. Prediction & Spell-Checking

           14. Document Translation Modes

           15. Setup Window

           16. Typing Accented Characters

           17. Russian and Serbian Cyrillic

           18. Polish, Croatian & Serbian Latin

           19. Backing-Up Your User Dictionary Files

           20. Authorized Distributors

           21. Word Translator for DOS & Other Language Products & Services

           22. Software Development Team

           23. New Versions

           24. Technical Support

           25. Introduction to Tutorials

                     Tutorial Session 1: Translate a Word

                     Tutorial Session 2: Add a New Translation

                     Tutorial Session 3: Delete a Translation

                     Tutorial Session 4: Add a New "Base Word/Phrase"

                     Tutorial Session 5: Change a "Base Word/Phrase"

                     Tutorial Session 6: Spell-Check As-You-Type

                     Tutorial Session 7: Use "Standard" Document Translation

                     Tutorial Session 8: Use Quick Document Translation

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Starting Out with Word Translator for Windows
1. Starting Out with Word Translator for Windows

Word Translator for Windows is the bilingual, bi-directional word/phrase

dictionary and translation program used all over the world for teaching, learning

and working with languages. With it, you can quickly and easily translate

individual words and phrases or even complete documents word-by-word and

phrase-by-phrase from English to another language or from another language

to English. Word Translator for Windows uses the most advanced state-of-the-art

computer algorithms to achieve the fastest dictionary access of any program of

its kind anywhere. Word Translator's modest system requirements, memory-

resident capabilities, ease of use, intelligent interface and fast operation are

making it a favorite around the world.

Word Translator for Windows works unobtrusively with most popular Windows

word processing programs, many major Windows applications and, with many

of the currently available languages/dictionary modules, even Windows Write

and Notepad. Word Translator for Windows is also fully compatible with many

popular Windows network systems.

With Word Translator for Windows you can easily add new "base words,"

phrases and even short sentences to the dictionary that reflect your individual

business or personal needs. Word Translator for Windows also automatically

writes Reverse Translations of every new word, phrase and translation you enter

so there's no need to enter them more than once to have them available in both

languages, in both directions.

Word Translator for Windows provides two different Document Translation

modes that help you to translate any text you desire--sentences, paragraphs

and even complete documents--word-by-word and phrase-by-phrase quickly

and easily. Either Document Translation mode is great for producing first rough

translations. And Word Translator also provides fast and accurate as-you-type

Spell-Checking in the "source" language of any dictionary module.

This version of Word Translator for Windows contains numerous major

improvements and advantages including:

> Use of the standard Windows installation (setup) program

> No need for any other fonts, keyboard drivers or other programs that you

    might have had to use in the past to type a foreign language

> Universally faster, easier and more "user friendly" operation

> Greater compatibility with more Windows word processing programs,

    applications and utilities

> "Paired" or "coupled" supplied dictionary modules that individually provide

    one-way translation and greatly speed up every Word Translator for

    Windows function and operation

> User dictionary files that separately store all new additions and changes made to

    the supplied dictionary modules

> A single Keyboard Hot Key to toggle back and forth between typing English and

    accented characters or between typing English and Russian, Polish, Croatian

    Serbian Latin, Serbian Cyrillic or Japanese

> Two Document Translation modes that allow you to highlight the text to translate,

    are easier and faster to use and provide maximum flexibility for placement of

    the translated text

> Fast and accurate as-you-type Spell-Checking

> A Prediction & Spell-Checking mode that both spell-checks and predicts the

    word you are typing after a predetermined number of characters are entered

> Use of the East European Code Page (IBM Code Page 1250/CP 1250) for

    Polish, Croatian and Serbian Latin languages

> New "Danube" East European TrueType font for Polish, Croatian and Serbian

    Latin

> Ability to quickly and easily change the East European Keyboard Layout to any

   desired configuration

> A conversion program to convert non-East European Code Page text

> For Russian and Serbian Cyrillic, use of the standard Windows Cyrillic Code

    Page (IBM Code Page 1251/CP 1251)

> New "Pravda" Cyrillic TrueType font for Russian and Serbian Cyrillic

> "Default" phonetic/homophonic Russian Keyboard Layout

> Supplied Russian Federation and AATSEEL keyboard layouts (".exe" files)

> Supplied Serbian Cyrillic Keyboard Layout

> Ability to quickly and easily change the Russian or Serbian Cyrillic Keyboard

    Layout to any desired configuration (keyboard mapping)

> Ability to change the Russian Code Page

> A text conversion program to convert non-Windows Cyrillic Code Page text

> Supplied Hiragana and Katakana (JIS Standard) TrueType fonts for Japanese

    dictionary modules

> Ability to quickly and easily change (re-map) the Japanese Keyboard Layout

    to any desired configuration

Word Translator for Windows is a must for anyone who works in another

language. For foreign or English language studies, business communications,

personal correspondence or anywhere you work with another language, Word

Translator for Windows is the on-line language bilingual dictionary and word/

phrase translation program that::

> Works unobtrusively with most popular Windows word processing programs

    Windows applications and, for many languages, even the Windows 3.1 Write

    and Notepad utilities

> Allows you to look-up translations much faster that you can flip through the

    pages of a conventional printed dictionary

> Quickly and accurately translates foreign words and phrases right on your

    computer

> Permits you to customize your dictionary by allowing you to add new words,

    phrases and translations you use in your profession, business, hobby or

    personal correspondence

> Automatically writes "reverse translations" as you add new "base word/phrases"

    and translations

> Provides two different word-by-word and phrase-by-phrase document

    translation modes

> Eliminates the need for you to purchase often expensive foreign language

    font programs, keyboard drivers or other similar programs you may have had

    to use in the past to type a foreign language

> Saves time writing business and personal letters, reports, faxes and more

> Spell-checks as-you-type in the "source" language of the "paired" dictionary

    module you are using

> Helps you learn a foreign language or English or improve your foreign or

    English language skills

> Allows you to create your own original bi-directional, bilingual dictionary with

    any two languages you desire

> Assists you in studying a foreign language or English


Difference Between Shareware & Registered Versions
2. Difference Between Shareware & Registered Versions

This Shareware version of Word Translator for Windows accomplishes

all of the functions the registered version does. However, registered

versions contain "paired" or "coupled" bilingual dictionary modules

with substantially more "base word" and phrase entries, for some

languages, over 128,000 combined entries in both "paired" dictionary

modules versus the +/- 5,000 contained in Shareware versions.

Most registered versions also contain a Grammar help file and, for

Russian, Serbian Cyrillic, Serbian Latin, Polish and Croatian dictionary

modules, pre-made and installed ".cpc" files (Code Page conversion tables)

that will, for example, convert Code Page 866 text to Code Page 1251

or Code Page 852 (DOS East European) text to Code Page 1250

(Windows East European).

The "paired" or "coupled" bilingual dictionaries provided with

Shareware versions of Word Translator for Windows are a random

compilation of "base words" and phrases (together with their associated

translations) taken from the largest dictionary module available for

the specific language. They are only intended to provide a sampling

of the entries contained in the dictionary modules provided with

registered versions. They are not intended to be all inclusive.

Because the quality of the results obtained from Word Translator's

Spell-Checking, Prediction & Spell-Checking, "standard" (interactive)

Document Translation and (automatic) Quick Document Translation modes

are directly dependent upon the size of the dictionary employed, the

larger dictionary modules provided with registered versions of Word

Translator for Windows are substantially more helpful when used with

these features.

You may freely copy and distribute this Shareware version of Word

Translator for Windows to friends, relatives, associates and/or others

who may be interested in evaluating the program. But if you use the

program for more than thirty days, we ask that you please register

your copy. The financial support provided by registered users allows

us to improve the quality of Word Translator software as well as

continue to develop other language dictionaries and software products.

To order a registered version, double-click the Product & Ordering

Information icon in the Word Translator program group window to view

the info.wri document (in Windows Write format). This file contains

the latest information about available bilingual dictionary modules,

prices, ordering options and instructions as well as order forms for

both Word Translator for Windows and Word Translator for DOS. You may

print-out any individual page (including the order forms) or the entire

document by selecting Print from the Windows Write File menu.

Ordering a registered version of Word Translator for Windows provides

you with numerous advantages including:

> "Paired" bilingual dictionary modules with substantially more entries

> A useful Grammar help file with most available dictionary modules

> A printed User's Manual and special Supplements containing instructions

   for Russian and Serbian Cyrillic and East European (Polish, Serbian

   Latin and Croatian) dictionary modules

> For Russian and Serbian Cyrillic and East European (Polish, Serbian

   Latin and Croatian) dictionary modules, pre-made and installed ."cpc"

   files for converting text from one Code Page to another

> The best technical and user support services anywhere

> Notice of new versions of Word Translator, new bilingual dictionary

   modules and other language software programs

> Discounts on future upgrades of Word Translator software as well

   as other Translation Experts language software


System Requirements
3. System Requirements

1. IBM - PC/XT/AT or 100% IBM compatible computer (IBM "clone"). A VGA

    or better monitor is highly recommended.

2. Microsoft Windows 3.1 or later (purchased separately). Additionally, use of

    one of the major Windows word processing programs--Word for Windows,

    WordPerfect for Windows or AmiPro (purchased separately) is highly

    recommended. For Russian, Polish, Serbian Cyrillic and Japanese dictionary

    modules, a word processor or application that can automatically import and

    export rich text format (.rtf) is required. Word for Windows, WordPerfect for

    Windows and AmiPro (purchased separately) are all capable of this.

3. For Shareware versions, A hard disk drive with approximately 1 MB of free

    space.

4. At least 4MB of memory (RAM) is recommended.

5. A mouse is recommended.

6. A printer supported by Windows 3.1 or later.


Installing Word Translator for Windows
4. Installing Word Translator for Windows

At minimum, a hard disk with sufficient space and Microsoft Windows 3.1 or

later are required for installation. You may install Word Translator for Windows

either From Inside Windows or From the DOS C:\> Prompt.


Installing Word Translator From Inside Windows
4A. Installing Word Translator From Inside Windows

Installation Tip: If you have RAM to spare (an "extra" 1+ MB depending upon

the size of the specific dictionary modules you are installing) and can create a

RAM Drive of sufficient size that will easily contain all Word Translator for

Windows files you are installing, it will speed up all Word Translator operations

to a very significant degree to use the RAM Drive instead of your hard drive to

run Word Translator. It is best to first install Word Translator on your hard drive

and, then, copy all Word Translator files to your RAM Drive to test it out.

Unfortunately, using a RAM Drive may not be feasible for users having

insufficient amounts of RAM (memory).

1. Insert the disk containing the decompressed or extracted Word Translator

    for Windows files into your A (or B) drive. You may also install the program

    from a directory on your hard drive.

2. From the Program Manager menu bar, click your left mouse button once on

    the File menu option.

3. From the File menu options, click your left mouse button once on the Run option.

4. A window titled Run will appear and require you to type a Command Line in

    the Command Line box (where your cursor is blinking).

5. In the Command Line box type a:\setup (or b:\setup if the disk is in the B drive).

6. Carefully follow the On-Screen Installation Instructions.


Installing Word Translator From the DOS C:\> Prompt
4B. Installing Word Translator From the DOS C:\> Prompt:

Installation Tip: If you have RAM to spare (an "extra" 2 to 8 MB depending upon

the size of the specific dictionary modules you are installing) and can create a

RAM Drive of sufficient size that will easily contain all Word Translator for

Windows files you are installing, it will speed up all Word Translator operations to

a very significant degree to use the RAM Drive instead of your hard drive to run

Word Translator. It is best to first install Word Translator on your hard drive and,

then, copy all Word Translator files to your RAM Drive to test it out. Unfortunately,

using a RAM Drive may not be feasible for users having insufficient amounts of

RAM (memory).

1. Insert the disk containing the decompressed or extracted Word Translator for

    Windows files into your A (or B) drive. You may also install the program from a

    directory on your hard drive.

2. At the C:\> prompt, type: win a:\setup (or b:\setup if you placed the disk in the

    B drive) and press the <enter> key on your keyboard. Your system will first open

    Windows and then install Word Translator from the drive you specified.

3. Carefully follow the On-Screen Installation Instructions.


On-Screen Installation Instructions
4C. On-Screen Installation Instructions

The installation options provided by Word Translator for Windows are the same

whether you install it from inside Windows or from the C:\> prompt. In either case,

after the installation process begins:

1. A Word Translator for Windows Setup window will appear containing the

    message "Initializing Setup, please wait..." Depending upon your system and

    its configuration, this can take up to a few minutes.

2. A Word Translator for Windows Installation window will appear containing

    the "default" destination that will install Word Translator to C:\WINTRAN

    (on the C drive in a directory named WINTRAN that the installation program will

    create). This window also displays both the Space Required and the Space

    Available on the destination hard drive in kilobytes. Please make sure there

    is sufficient space available your hard drive for installation.

    For most users and most installations, the "default" destination C:\WINTRAN

    can be accepted without any problem. To accept the "default" installation

    options click the Install button with your mouse.

3. If for some reason you need to install the program to a drive and destination

    directory other than the "default" C:\WINTRAN (the C drive in a destination

    directory named WINTRAN), click once on the Set Location button. This will

    display a Get Destination Path window and you will see your cursor blinking

    immediately after the "default" destination C:\WINTRAN. Backspace over the

    portion or portions you need to change. After you have backspaced over the

    destination directory name and/or drive letter, type a different drive and/or

    destination directory name and click the Continue button to accept the

    change(s) you made and continue with the installation. Click the Back button

    to reject any changes you've made and return to the main installation window.

4. In any specific Word Translator for Windows Installation window containing one

    or more of the following buttons:

    > Click the Help button for on-line assistance

    > Click the Continue button to continue with the installation process

    > Click the Back button to reject a change you made and return to the main

        installation window

    > Click the Exit button to end the installation process

    > Click the Install button to accept all installation options and continue

5. When the installation is compete, a window will appear to advise you that the

    installation succeeded.

    To begin using Word Translator after the installation is complete, carefully

    follow all the instructions about How to Load & Call-Up Word Translator.


How to Load & Call-Up Word Translator
5. How to Load & Call-Up Word Translator

A) From the Word Translator Program Group

Word Translators installation program creates a new Windows program group

titled Word Translator.

The Word Translator program group includes a Word Translator icon

Before you can call-up Word Translator, the program must be loaded into your

computer's memory. To load Word Translator into memory, double-click directly

on the Word Translator icon in the Word Translator program group with your left

mouse button. This action will both load the program into your computer's memory

and cause a Word Translator icon to be displayed beneath the Program Manager

window as well as the Word Translator Speed Bar to be displayed in the ("default")

upper left-hand corner of your screen. The Word Translator icon in the Word

Translator program group will remain in the program group window after the Word

Translator icon is displayed beneath the Program Manager window.

If you use another Program Manager utility program, the Word Translator icon

(normally displayed beneath the Windows Program Manager window ) will be

displayed wherever you normally see Minimized icons displayed.

To call-up Word Translator at any time after it has been loaded into memory,

simultaneously press the hot key combination on your keyboard. The "default"

Word Translator program hot key combination is (Control) Ctrl + Shift. It is

sometimes better to press the Shift key first and then the Control key. You may

also double-click on the Word Translator icon displayed beneath the Program

Manager window to open Word Translator and type directly inside it without

opening your word processor or other application.

B) From Windows StartUp Program Group

You can move or copy the Word Translator icon into the Windows StartUp

program group. This will ensure that Word Translator is loaded into your

computers memory every time you open Windows. To move the icon, first

open both the StartUp program group and the Word Translator program group

windows. Click your left mouse button on the Word Translator icon and,

while holding down the left mouse button, drag the Word Translator icon inside

the StartUp program group window. Once the icon is inside the StartUp program

group window, release the mouse button. The Word Translator icon should

remain in the Windows StartUp program group window.

When the Word Translator icon is resident in your StartUp program group, it

will automatically be loaded into your computers memory every time you open

Windows.

For more information about the StartUp program group or how to move and/or

copy icons between program groups, please refer to your Microsoft Windows

User's Guide.


Operating Notes for Word Procesors & Applications
6. Operating Notes for Word Processors & Applications

If you use Microsoft Word for Windows, WordPerfect for Windows, AmiPro,

Microsoft Works for Windows or Windows Write  with Word Translator for

Windows, you should always specifically select it in the Interact With section of

the Setup window BEFORE you begin to use Word Translator with the word

processor. Click on one of the following for specific operating information about it:

                                            Word for Windows

                                            AmiPro

                                            WordPerfect for Windows

                                            Works for Windows

                                            Microsoft Publisher

                                            Windows Write

                                            Windows Notepad

Specifically selecting the word processing program you use allows Word

Translator to operate more efficiently as well as providing a special operating

interface for the selected word processor. If you use a word processing program

or other application not specifically listed in the Interact With section, you should

always select Other in the Interact With section of the Setup window. For more

information, click Interact With.


AmiPro Operating Notes

AmiPro users cannot use the single Right Alt hot key to toggle between typing

English and accented characters OR to toggle between typing English and

Russian, Polish, Croatian or Serbian characters. Instead, AmiPro users must

ONLY use the Control (Ctrl) key after AmiPro has been selected in the Interact

With section of the Setup window. It may be necessary to completely close

Word Translator after you have selected AmiPro in the Interact With section of

the Setup window and, then, reload Word Translator into your computer's memory

before calling it up. For further related information, click:

How to Load & Call-Up Word Translator.

The Control (Ctrl) key provides the same hot key function for AmiPro users as the

Right Alt hot key does for some programs and systems that will allow its use. For

related information, click Hot Keys.

With AmiPro opened, if no word or phrase has been typed and selected

(highlighted) before you call-up Word Translator (by simultaneously pressing the

("default") Ctrl + Shift hot keys), the Word Translator window may not open. You

can remedy this by first minimizing your AmiPro window and, then, double-clicking

on the Word Translator icon. To prevent this from happening, never attempt to

call-up Word Translator (by simultaneously pressing the ("default") Ctrl + Shift

hot keys unless you have first highlighted a word inside AmiPro. For related

information, click How to Load & Call-Up Word Translator and

Translate Words and Phrases... Typed in Your Word Processor or Application.


WordPerfect for Windows Operating Notes

The Windows keyboard is becoming increasingly "crowded" as software developers

attempt to provide numerous key commands that duplicate both traditional DOS

keyboard commands as well as the same functions produced by mouse actions.

None is more "crowded" than the WordPerfect for Windows keyboard.

WordPerfect for Windows users should not use the two-key Alt + F-7 hot key

combination to open the Setup window. Additionally, because WordPerfect for

Windows has been designed to use almost all the numerous key commands used

by the DOS version, those using this program may have to experiment to locate a

suitable two-key hot key combination not already used by WordPerfect for

Windows. For more information, click Hot Keys and/or Interact With.

The Control Keyboard Hot Key is automatically selected for WordPerfect in the

Setup window. With the Ctrl key selected as the Keyboard Hot Key in the Setup

window (and if your system allows use of the Right Alt key), you might be able

to use either Ctrl or the Right Alt key as the Keyboard Hot Key. If your system's

Right Alt key is not operative, you will only be able to use the Ctrl key. For more

information, click Hot Keys.

Always select WordPerfect in the Interact With section of the Setup window BEFORE

calling-up Word Translator from WordPerfect for Windows.


Microsoft Word for Windows Operating Notes

Currently, the only known conflicts you may experience using Word Translator with

Word for Windows is user-defined hot key combinations or use of the ability Word

for Windows has to emulate WordPerfect key commands. If a one-key or two-key

hot key combination you defined conflicts with those used by Word Translator, it

is better to change the hot key combination in Word for Windows rather than the

combination used by Word Translator. It is also best to DISABLE WordPerfect

"emulation" if it is enabled. Word Translator requires only a very few hot keys. With

the numerous keys used by Word for Windows and WordPerfect for Windows,

other programs have little chance. Please see the WordPerfect for Windows

section immediately above. For more information, click Hot Keys and/or

Interact With.

The Control Keyboard Hot Key is automatically selected for Word for Windows in

the Setup window. With the Ctrl key selected as the Keyboard Hot Key in the Setup

window (and if your system allows use of the Right Alt key), you might be able

to use either Ctrl or the Right Alt key as the Keyboard Hot Key. If your system's

Right Alt key is not operative, you will only be able to use the Ctrl key. For more

information, click Hot Keys.

Always select Word for Windows in the Interact With section of the Setup window

BEFORE calling-up Word Translator from Microsoft Word for Windows.


Works for Windows Operating Notes

Always select Works in the Interact With section of the Setup window when using

Works BEFORE calling-up Word Translator from Microsoft Works. To toggle

back and forth between typing English and accented characters in Works word

processor (and depending upon your system) you may use Word Translators

Ctrl (Control) Keyboard Hot Key, the US-International keyboard driver or both.

Always select Works in the Interact With section of the Setup window when using

Works BEFORE calling-up Word Translator. For more information, click Hot Keys

and/or Interact With.


Microsoft Publisher Operating Notes

All Word Translator functions should operate without conflict. Always select Other

in the Interact With section of the Setup window when using Microsoft Publisher

BEFORE calling-up Word Translator from Microsoft Publisher. To toggle back

and forth between typing English and accented characters in Publisher (and

depending upon your system) you may use Word Translators Ctrl (Control)

Keyboard Hot Key, the US-International keyboard driver or both. Always select

Other in the Interact With section of the Setup window when using Publisher

BEFORE calling-up Word Translator. Some systems might operate more

efficiently with Word for Windows selected in the Interact With section of the

Setup window. For more information, click Hot Keys and/or Interact With.


Windows Write Operating Notes

Many dictionary modules will operate with Windows Write. Polish, Croatian and

Serbian Latin module users must select the "Danube" TrueType font inside

Windows Write just as they would in any other word processor or application. To

toggle back and forth between typing English and accented characters (or Polish,

Croatian or Serbian [Latin]) in Windows Write you can use Word Translators

keyboard hot key (Control ) Ctrl or Right Alt key -- whichever will operate best with

your system. Many users can also use the US-International keyboard driver with

Windows Write. Always select Write in the Interact With section of the Setup window

when using Windows Write BEFORE calling-up Word Translator from Microsoft

Write. For more information, click Hot Keys and/or Interact With.

Croatian or Serbian Latin dictionary users will only be able to type Croatian or

Serbian Latin in Windows Write after selecting the "Danube" TrueType font

inside Windows Write.

However, because Windows Write will not automatically transfer rtf (rich text

format) text through your Windows Clipboard to Word Translator nor automatically

accept rtf text from Word Translator through Windows Clipboard, you cannot

successfully use Windows Write with a Russian or Serbian Cyrillic dictionary

module.


Windows Notepad Operating Notes

To toggle back and forth between typing English and accented characters in

Windows Notepad (and depending upon your system) you may use Word

Translators Ctrl (Control) Keyboard Hot Key, the US-International keyboard

driver or both. Always select Other in the Interact With section of the Setup

window when using Windows Notepad BEFORE calling-up Word Translator.

For more information, click Hot Keys and/or Interact With.

Because Windows Notepad does not allow the selection of a specific font

(such as the required "Pravda" or "Danube" TrueType font), you cannot use

Windows Notepad to type Russian, Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin or Cyrillic.


Speed Bar & Word Translator Buttons & Messages
7. Speed Bar, Buttons, Message Box

& Type Accents Check Box

Word Translators Speed Bar, interactive Messages and Type Accents check

box have all been designed to both help you work faster and provide you with

on-screen information about the function or functions of various Word Translator

features. Click one of the following for specific information:

                                   Word Translator Speed Bar

                                   Word Translator Buttons & Messages

                                   Type Accents Check Box


Word Translator Speed Bar

IMPORTANT: Using some program or file manager programs instead of the

standard Windows 3.1 or above Program Manager has been found to cause

problems when running Word Translator for Windows as well as many other

Windows programs. If you use such a program and experience problems

running Word Translator, try checking the Speed Bar Not Always On Top

check box in the Setup window so the Speed Bar will not be displayed on top

of your word processor or any other Windows application you open. In most

situations, this has been found to correct most conflicts with third party file/

program manager programs.

The Word Translator Speed Bar is a small, oblong box containing seven

Word Translator icon buttons. It will always first appear in the ("default") top

left-hand corner of your screen after you have loaded Word Translator into

your computer's memory. You may move the Speed Bar to any position you

desire. To load Word Translator into your computer's memory, carefully follow

the instructions about How to Load & Call-Up Word Translator.

The buttons on the Speed Bar can be activated whenever it is displayed on

top of a program or application but will not operate when displayed over any

Word Translator window. Clicking the desired Speed Bar button activates the

choice. The active Speed Bar button will remain "pushed" (dark-colored) until

you make another selection.

The Speed Bar allows you to quickly select and/or switch between one of the

Operation Modes, open the Setup Window or open this on-line

Word Translator manual/help file.

Icon / Button = Function

1st icon [wt] = Change to Word Translation mode

2nd icon [sp & check mark] = Change to Spell-Checking mode

3rd icon [curved arrow over vertical box] = Prediction & Spell-Checking mode

4th icon [blue "papers"] = Change to "standard" Document Translation mode

5th icon [red "papers"] = Change to Quick Document Translation mode

6th icon [set-up] = Open the Word Translator Setup window

7th icon [?] = Open this on-line Word Translator manual/help file

The specific function of each Speed Bar icon/button is displayed in a box

immediately beneath the Speed Bar whenever you place your cursor over any

of the icon buttons.

Additionally, as you press the default Ctrl (Control) Keyboard Hot Key--to

toggle between the standard US keyboard you normally use and the Cyrillic or

East European keyboard defined by the Keyboard Layout Editor window--the

"drag strip" at the far left of the Speed Bar will alternately change color from

GRAY to RED or from RED to GRAY. This is the same "drag strip" you would

use to move the Speed Bar.

When the "drag strip" is GRAY, it indicates that the standard US keyboard you

normally use is enabled. When the "drag strip" is RED, it indicates that the

Cyrillic or East European keyboard is enabled--the keyboard layout defined in

the Keyboard Layout Editor window and displayed in the Keyboard Layout

window. Because the Speed Bar is displayed in the ("default") far upper

left-hand corner of your word processor or application (unless, in the Setup

window, you choose not to display it), you will always have a quick indication

of which specific keyboard is enabled or active

The Speed Bar is only visible after Word Translator is loaded into your

computer's memory. If you check the Speed Bar Not Always On Top check box

in the Setup window, the Speed Bar will not be displayed on top of your word

processor or any other Windows application you open. It will, however, remain

on top of the Program Manager window until you click the Program Manager

window title bar. Clicking the title bar will cause the Speed Bar to disappear

"behind" the Program Manager window.

With the Speed Bar Not Always On Top check box un-checked in the Setup

window, the Speed Bar will be always be displayed on top of your word

processor or any other Windows application you open.

You can move the Speed Bar from the ("default") top left-hand corner position

to any other position on your screen by first clicking and holding down on the left

mouse button when your mouse is directly on the small dark gray strip at the far

left side of the Speed Bar. While holding down on the left mouse button, move

your mouse to the position on the screen where you want to display the Speed

Bar and, then, release the mouse button. You will see a dotted outline of the

Speed Bar physically move as you move your mouse and it will be displayed in

any position you "drag" it to and, then, release the left mouse button.


Word Translator Buttons & Messages

Each button in any Word Translator window performs a specific function. If

the lettering inside the button is functional (dark), it can be clicked to perform

its function. If the lettering inside the button is light, it is inoperable in that

specific Word Translator window.

The function of any button is interactively displayed either in Word Translators

Message box or on the title bar of the window you have open whenever you

place your mouse over a Word Translator button or section of the window.

If you move your mouse very quickly over  areas of any Word Translator window,

the message displayed in either the Message box or on the title bar of the window

will change (flash) very quickly. This is not an error but, rather, only reflects the

speed your mouse is moving. Slow down and all will be well.


Type Accents Check Box

All installed and selected dictionary modules except Russian, Polish, Croatian,

Japanese, Serbian Latin and Serbian Cyrillic contain a Type Accents check box

located inside the main Word Translator window. It will toggle (check/un-check)

every time the "default" Control Keyboard Hot Key is pressed and allow you to

alternate between typing on the standard keyboard and one that only produces

accented characters.

Because checking/un-checking this check box has the same effect as

pressing the "default" Control Keyboard Hot Key, there are two methods you

can use to toggle (switch back and forth) between typing on the normal

keyboard (un-checked) and the accented character keyboard (checked).

The status of this check box (checked or un-checked) will also provide you

with an indicator of whether the standard keyboard or the accented character

keyboard is enabled. For additional information, click:

Typing Accented Characters.

With Russian, Polish, Croatian, Japanese or Serbian Cyrillic or Latin dictionary

modules installed and selected as the Current Dictionary, this check box will

be displayed as either Type in Russian (Russian), Polish Characters (Polish),

Croatian Characters (Croatian), Serbian Characters (Serbian Latin or Cyrillic)

or Japanese Characters (Japanese) instead of Type Accents and it will toggle

you back and forth between the standard keyboard and the keyboard layout

pictured in the Keyboard Layout Editor window. It will operate in essentially

the same fashion as described here for accented characters except that it will

provide access to the special characters needed for Russian, Croatian, Serbian

Latin, Serbian Cyrillic or Japanese. For additional related information, click:

Russian and Serbian Cyrillic or Polish, Croatian & Serbian Latin.

Additionally, as you press the default Ctrl (Control) Keyboard Hot Key--to

toggle between the standard US keyboard you normally use and the Cyrillic or

East European keyboard defined by the Keyboard Layout Editor window--the

"drag strip" at the far left of the Speed Bar will alternately change color from

GRAY to RED or from RED to GRAY. This is the same "drag strip" you would

use to move the Speed Bar.

When the "drag strip" is GRAY, it indicates that the standard US keyboard you

normally use is enabled. When the "drag strip" is RED, it indicates that the

Cyrillic or East European keyboard is enabled--the keyboard layout defined in

the Keyboard Layout Editor window and displayed in the Keyboard Layout

window. Because the Speed Bar is displayed in the ("default") far upper

left-hand corner of your word processor or application (unless, in the Setup

window, you choose not to display it), you will always have a quick indication

of which specific keyboard is enabled or active.


Scrolling Through the Dictionary
8. Scrolling Through the Dictionary

PLEASE NOTE: Word Translator provides and uses a system of two "paired"

or "coupled" dictionary modules that comprise any single bilingual dictionary.

For example, for German, there is a German-English dictionary module

(that contains German "base words" and phrases with corresponding English

translations) and an English-German dictionary module (that contains English

"base words" and phrases with corresponding German translations).

If, for example, you wanted to translate German to English, you should only

use the German-English dictionary module. If you wanted to translate English

to German, you should only use the English-German dictionary module.

With any dictionary module, the first named language is the "source" language

and the second named language is the "destination" language. So, for example,

a German-English dictionary module only contains German "base words" and

phrases with corresponding English translations and only translates German to

English while an English-German dictionary module only contains English

"base words" and phrases with corresponding German translations and only

translates English to German.

You can easy scroll through an alphabetic listing of the "base words" and

phrases in any dictionary module by clicking your left mouse button on the

top or bottom scroll arrow on the right side of the Choose Word/Phrase box.

After you have clicked directly on a word in the Choose/Word Phrase box

(other than a word already highlighted), you may also use the PgUp and

PgDn keys to scroll up or down through "pages" of the dictionary or the up

and down (arrow) toggle keys to scroll through individual entries (single words

and phrases). You can also change to a completely different section of the

dictionary by typing a new word in the uppermost box inside Word Translator.

For example, to change from dictionary entries beginning with the letters "D-O"

(like the English word "dog") to words and phrases beginning with the letters

"C-A" (like the English word "cat"), first highlight the word in the uppermost box

of the main Word Translator Choose Word/Phrase window and, then, type, for

example, the English word "cat" in the uppermost box. The Choose Word/Phrase

window will change to the section of the dictionary listing words and phrases

beginning with the letters "C-A" and include, in this example, the word "cat"

(if it is entered in your dictionary). You may then scroll through this section of

the dictionary as before.

For more information about how to type, change and/or display a "base word"

or phrase in the uppermost box of the Word/Phrase to Translate window, click:

Translate Words and Phrases... Typed Inside Word Translator and/or

Translate Words and Phrases... Typed in Your Word Processor or Application.


Translate a Word or Phrase Typed in Your Word Processor or Application
9A. Translate a Word or Phrase Typed in Your Word Processor or Application

PLEASE NOTE: Word Translator provides and uses a system of two "paired"

dictionary modules that comprise any "combined" bilingual dictionary. For

example, for Polish, there is a Polish-English dictionary module (that contains

Polish "base words" and phrases with English translations) and an English-

Polish dictionary module (that contains English "base words" and phrases with

Polish translations).

If, for example, you wanted to translate Polish to English, you should only use

the Polish-English dictionary module. If you wanted to translate English to

Polish, you should only use the English-Polish dictionary module.

With any dictionary module, the first named language is the "source" language

and the second named language is the "destination" language. So, for example,

a Polish-English dictionary module only contains Polish "base words" and

phrases with corresponding English translations and only translates Polish to

English while an English-Polish dictionary module only contains English "base

words" and phrases with corresponding Polish translations and only translates

English to Polish.

IMPORTANT: Word Translator must first be loaded into your computer's

memory (as signified by the display of a Word Translator icon beneath the

Program Manager window and the Speed Bar in the upper left-hand corner)

BEFORE you open your word processor and proceed with this function.

Click How to Load & Call-Up Word Translator for detailed information

about how to do this.

1. First make sure that the correct dictionary module is selected as the Current

    Language in the Setup window. For example, if you wanted to translate from

    English to Polish, an English-Polish dictionary module should be selected in

    the Current Dictionary box in the Setup window. Conversely, if you wanted to

    translate from Polish to English, a Polish-English module should be selected

    in the Current Dictionary box in the Setup window.

2. Choose a word or phrase you want to translate that youve typed in your

     Windows word processor or other Windows application.

3. Select the word or phrase by highlighting it with your mouse. For individual

    words, this is easily accomplished by either double-clicking on the left mouse

    button while the cursor is directly over the word or by holding down on the left

    mouse button while sweeping the cursor over the word. To highlight phrases,

    you must sweep the cursor across the entire phrase while holding down the

    left mouse button. Be careful not to highlight characters or punctuation that

    are NOT part of the word or phrase you want to translate. Highlight ONLY the

    word or phrase you want to translate.

4. When the word or phrase is highlighted, simultaneously press the Word

    Translator program hot key combination to call-up Word Translator. (Control)

    Ctrl + Shift is the "default" combination. If the word or phrase is entered in the

    dictionary, the Word/Phrase to Translate window will appear and display the

    word or phrase you highlighted in the uppermost box and provide one or more

    translations in the Choose Translation box immediately beneath it.

5. If there is more than a single translation, highlight the specific translation you

    want in the list in the Choose Translation box by clicking directly on the word

    once with your left mouse button. If only a single translation exists, it will already

    be highlighted. You may also double-click on any translation you select instead

    of following the next step.

6. When the translation you want is highlighted, click once on the Choose button

    with your left mouse button. Clicking the Choose button will replace the word or

    phrase you typed in your word processor or application with the translation you

    selected and also close Word Translator's Word/Phrase to Translate window.

7. If the word or phrase is not in your dictionary module, you may add it at this

    time together with one or more translations. For more information about how to

    do this, click Adding New "Base Words/Phrases" & Translations.

AmiPro Users Please Note: While inside AmiPro, if no word or phrase has

been typed and selected (highlighted) before you call-up Word Translator (by

simultaneously pressing the ("default") Ctrl + Shift hot keys), the Word Translator

window may not open. You can remedy this by first minimizing your AmiPro

window and, then, double-clicking on the Word Translator icon. To prevent this

from happening, never attempt to call-up Word Translator (by simultaneously

pressing the ("default") Ctrl + Shift hot keys unless you have first highlighted a

word inside AmiPro.


Translate a Word or Phrase Typed Inside Word Translator
9B. Translate a Word or Phrase Typed Inside Word Translator

PLEASE NOTE: Word Translator provides and uses a system of two "paired"

dictionary modules that comprise any "combined" bilingual dictionary. For

example, for Polish, there is a Polish-English dictionary module (that contains

Polish "base words" and phrases with corresponding English translations) and

an English-Polish dictionary module (that contains English "base words" and

phrases with corresponding Polish translations).

If, for example, you wanted to translate Polish to English, you should only use

the Polish-English dictionary module. If you wanted to translate English to

Polish, you should only use the English-Polish dictionary module.

With any dictionary module, the first named language is the "source" language

and the second named language is the "destination" language. So, for example,

a Polish-English dictionary module only translates Polish to English while an

English-Polish dictionary module only translates English to Polish.

IMPORTANT: Word Translator must first be loaded into your computer's memory

(as signified by the display of a Word Translator icon beneath the Program

Manager window and the Speed Bar in the ("default") upper left-hand corner)

BEFORE you proceed with this function. For more information about how to do

this click How to Load & Call-Up Word Translator.

You do not need to open any other program or application to call-up Word

Translator with the hot key combination and you may call-up Word Translator

with the hot key combination from anywhere in Windows as long as it has first

been loaded into your computers memory.

1. First make sure that the correct dictionary module is selected as the Current

    Language in the Setup window. For example, if you wanted to translate from

    English to Polish, an English-Polish dictionary module should be selected in

    the Current Dictionary box in the Setup window. Conversely, if you wanted to

    translate from Polish to English, a Polish-English module should be selected

    in the Current Dictionary box in the Setup window. You may also change from

    one dictionary module to another in the main Word Translator window.

2. Call-up Word Translator by simultaneously pressing the Word Translator

    program hot key combination--(Control) Ctrl + Shift is the "default" combination.

    Word Translators Word/Phrase to Translate window will appear.

3. If the uppermost box of the Word/Phrase to Translate window is blank, place

    your cursor inside the box and click once with your left mouse button. This

    will cause your cursor to "blink" inside this box.

    NOTE: If any words are displayed in the uppermost box (because they were

    already resident in your Windows Clipboard before you called-up Word

    Translator), highlight them with your mouse and press the Backspace key on

    your keyboard to delete them. You may have to do this more than once if there

    was a great deal of text in your Windows Clipboard.

4. With the cursor blinking in the (blank) uppermost box, type a word or phrase

    you want to translate. As you type, Word Translator will attempt to "guess"

    the word or phrase you are typing in the Choose Word/Phrase box immediately

    beneath the one you are typing in. Essentially, Word Translator attempts to

    match the word/phrase you are typing to words and phrases in your

    dictionary module.

5. If the word or phrase you typed in the uppermost box is in your dictionary, it

    will be highlighted in the Choose Word/Phrase box and exactly match what you

    typed. Click once on the Choose button to see all available translations in the

    Choose Translation window that will appear. If the word or phrase is not in your

    dictionary module, Word Translator will highlight the word or phrase from your

    dictionary module in the Choose Word/Phrase box that most closely resembles

    the word or phrase you typed. If the word or phrase is not in your dictionary, you

    may add it at this time together with one or more translations. For detailed

    information, click Adding New "Base Words/Phrases" & Translations.

6. You may continue to type inside Word Translator by clicking the Back button

    to exit the Choose Translation window and make the letters in the uppermost

    box of the Word/Phrase to Translate window functional (dark). To erase

    previous words or phrases you typed in the uppermost box, highlight the word

    with your mouse and press the Backspace key, then, type a new word or phrase

    and proceed as before.


Adding New "Base Words/Phrases" & Translations
10. Adding New "Base Words/Phrases" & Translations

A "base word" or "base phrase" is a word or phrase in a dictionary module that

has one or more translations associated with it, thereby making it the basis or

"base" for all associated translations.

A. Adding New "Base Words/Phrases" Not in the Dictionary

B. Adding a New Translation to a "Base Word/Phrase" Already in the Dictionary

C. The Add Reverse Translations Check Box

PLEASE NOTE: Word Translator provides and uses a system of two "paired"

dictionary modules that comprise any "combined" bilingual dictionary. For

example, for Danish, there is a Danish-English dictionary module (that contains

Danish "base words" and phrases with corresponding English translations) and

an English-Danish dictionary module (that contains English "base words" and

phrases with corresponding Danish translations).

For example, if you wanted to add a new Danish "base word/phrase" to your

dictionary, you should only select the Danish-English dictionary module as the

Current Dictionary in the Setup window. If you wanted to add a new English "base

word/phrase," you should only select the English-Danish dictionary module as

the Current Dictionary in the Setup window.

With any dictionary module, the first named language is the "source" language

and the second named language is the "destination" language. So, for example,

a Danish-English dictionary module only translates Danish to English while an

English-Danish dictionary module only translates English to Danish.


Adding New "Base Words/Phrases" Not in the Dictionary
10A. Adding New "Base Words/Phrases" Not in the Dictionary

PLEASE NOTE: Word Translator provides and uses a system of two "paired"

dictionary modules that comprise any "combined" bilingual dictionary. For

example, for Russian, there is a Russian-English dictionary module (that contains

Russian "base words" and phrases with corresponding English translations) and

an English-Russian dictionary module (that contains English "base words" and

phrases with corresponding Russian translations).

For example, if you wanted to add a new Russian "base word/phrase" to your

dictionary, you should only select the Russian-English dictionary module as the

Current Dictionary in the Setup window. If you wanted to add a new English

"base word/phrase," you should only select the English-Russian dictionary

module as the Current Dictionary in the Setup window.

With any dictionary module, the first named language is the "source" language

and the second named language is the "destination" language. So, for example, a

Russian-English dictionary module only translates Russian to English while an

English-Russian dictionary module only translates English to Russian.

Whenever you add new "base words," phrases and translations to any dictionary

module, all such new additions are saved and stored in separate User Dictionary

files. For example, if you were using the Russian-English I and English-Russian I

"paired" dictionary modules and added a new English "base word" with several

corresponding Russian translations to the English-Russian III module, these new

additions would be saved and stored in User Dictionary files in your ("default")

WINTRAN directory named engrusa.ndx, engrusa.rec, engrusa.sfx and

(sometimes but not always) engrusa.sbs. It doesn't matter if you are using a I, II

or III version dictionary module. The User Dictionary files only reflect the first

three letters of the "source" and "destination" languages of the specific dictionary

module (e.g. engrus) followed by an a and, then, the file type--ndx, rec, sbs or sfx.

Additionally, the "reverse translations" for the newly made entries are saved

in corresponding files of the "paired" dictionary module -- rusenga.ndx,

rusenga.rec, rusenga.sfx and (often but not always) rusenga.sbs. Word

Translator automatically accesses these files in addition to the Supplied

Dictionary files so there is no need for you to attempt to access them separately.

For more information about the User Dictionary and Supplied Dictionary files

and the naming conventions for various language/dictionary modules, click:

Backing-Up Your User Dictionary Files.

Whenever you enter a word or phrase that you typed either in your word

processor or directly inside Word Translator that is not entered in the selected

dictionary module (Current Dictionary), you may add the word or phrase as well

as any number of translations for it to your dictionary. To do this:

1. First make sure that the correct dictionary module is selected as the Current

    Language in the Setup window. For example, if you wanted to add a new

    Russian "base word/phrase," a Russian-English dictionary module should be

    selected in the Current Dictionary box in the Setup window. Conversely, if

    you wanted to add a new English "base word/phrase," an English-Russian

    dictionary module should be selected in the Current Dictionary box in the

    Setup window.

2. Make sure the new "base word" or phrase you wish to add to the dictionary

    is displayed in the uppermost box of the Word/Phrase to Translate window.

    It should be a "base word" or phrase in the "source" language (the first named

    language of the selected dictionary module. For example, if you wanted to add

    a new English "base word," an English-?????? dictionary should be selected

    not a ??????-English dictionary.

    The "base word" or phrase in the uppermost box can be either a word or phrase

    you typed directly inside Word Translator or one you highlighted in your

    word processor or other application and, then, called-up Word Translator to

    translate. For detailed information about how to translate a word or phrase

    using either of these methods, click either Translate Words and Phrases...

    Typed in Your Word Processor or Application or Translate Words

    and Phrases... Typed Inside Word Translator.

3. With the new "base word" or phrase (you wish to add to the dictionary)

    displayed in the uppermost box of the Word/Phrase to Translate window,

    click the Add button and the window title will change to Add New Translations

    and two new boxes will appear beneath the uppermost box displaying the new

    "base word" or phrase you are entering. One box is titled New Translation

    and other box is titled Translation List. An Add Reverse Translations check

    box will also appear in the lower left-hand corner of the window. If you do not

    want Word Translator to write reverse translations (translations as "base words")

    to your "paired" dictionary, un-check this check box. With this box checked,

    Word Translator will automatically write all translations you enter as "base words"

    with the original "base word" as their translation.

    PLEASE NOTE: You may add a "base word" or phrase to the dictionary without

    any translations. To do this, click the Done button immediately after the New

    Translation box appears (the box where you would normally type a new

    translation).

4. In the New Translation box (where the cursor is blinking), type a single

    translation for the new "base word" or phrase and, then, either press the

    <enter> key on your keyboard or click the Add button again.

5. The new translation you just typed will appear in the Translation List and the

    word in the New Translation box will become highlighted. You can then type

    more individual translations in the New Translation box one at a time. The

    previous translation you added (that is now highlighted) will disappear when

    you start to type another individual translation.

6. You may add more translations (one at a time) by typing each one individually

    in the New Translation box and, then, either pressing the <enter> key on

    your keyboard or clicking the Add button. Each new translation you add to a

    new "base word" or phrase will appear in the Translation List in the order you

    enter it.

    IMPORTANT: The top or first translation listed in Translation List for any

    word or phrase in your dictionary module is the only translation Word

    Translator will use when you translate text using (automatic) Quick Document

    Translation mode.

    Any short note you add (in parenthesis) to any "base word/phrase" or translation

    --such as (noun), (verb), (adj.), (adv.), (slang), (m), (f), et cetera--will not

    be carried across/included as a part of the translation of any word or phrase

    you call-up Word Translator to translate.

7. If you misspell or make a mistake typing a word while you are typing in the

    New Translation box, either highlight the entire word and retype it or

    Backspace over the misspelled portion and retype it. You may also click

    your cursor after a letter or character inside the word you wish to change,

    Backspace over the errant characters and, then, retype them.

    If you discover a misspelled word in the Translation List box, the only way to

    change it is to first delete it and then re-enter it. To do this, first highlight the

    word in the Translation List box by clicking directly on it once with your mouse

    and, then, press the Delete button. The misspelled word will be deleted from

    the Translation List box. You may then re-enter the correctly spelled word by

    first highlighting the word in the New Translation box and re-typing over it. Add

    the corrected translation by either pressing the <enter> key or clicking the Add

    button.

8. When you have added all the new translations you want, click the Done

    button and Word Translator will add the new "base word" or phrase and

    translation or translations you entered to the dictionary. Clicking the Done

    button is the only action that "saves" new "base words/phrases" and

    translation(s).

9. If the Add Reverse Translations check box was checked when you clicked

    the Done button, Word Translator will also automatically write all the

    translations you entered to one dictionary module in their "reverse" to the

    other  ("paired") dictionary module.

    Clicking the Back button in the Add New Translations window at any time

    will return you to the previous Word/Phrase to Translate window and neither

    the "base word" nor any of the translations you entered will be saved to the

    dictionary module.

For additional related information, click: Scrolling Through the Dictionary,

Adding a New Translation to a "Base Word/Phrase" Already in the Dictionary

and/or The Add Reverse Translations Check Box.


Adding a New Translation to a "Base Word/Phrase" Already in the Dictionary
10B. Adding a New Translation to a "Base Word/Phrase" Already in the Dictionary

PLEASE NOTE: Word Translator provides and uses a system of Supplied

Dictionary modules that contain two "paired" dictionary modules that

comprise any "combined" bilingual dictionary. For example, for Portuguese and

English, there is a Portuguese-English dictionary module (that contains

Portuguese "base words" and phrases with English translations) and an English-

Portuguese dictionary module (that contains English "base words" and phrases

with Portuguese translations). All new "base words," "base phrases" and

translations you enter are saved and stored in separate and corresponding

User Dictionary files. Word Translator automatically accesses both the

Supplied Dictionary module files and the User Dictionary files whenever you

use any mode.

If, for example, you wanted to add a Portuguese translation for an existing

English "base word" or phrase, you should only select an English-Portuguese

dictionary module as the Current Dictionary in the Setup window. The English-

Portuguese dictionary module contains English "base words/phrases" with

corresponding Portuguese translations.

If, for example, you wanted to add an English translation for an existing

Portuguese "base word" or phrase, you should only select an Portuguese-

English dictionary module as the Current Dictionary in the Setup window. The

English-Portuguese dictionary module contains Portuguese "base words/

phrases" with corresponding English translations.

In any dictionary module, the first named language is the "source" language

and the second named language is the "destination" language. So, for example,

a Portuguese-English dictionary module only translates Portuguese to English

while an English-Portuguese dictionary module only translates English to

Portuguese.

Whenever you add new "base words," phrases and translations to any dictionary

module, all such new additions are saved and stored in separate User Dictionary

files. For example, if you were using the Portuguese-English I and English-

Portuguese I" paired" dictionary modules and added a new English "base word"

with several corresponding Portuguese translations to the English-Portuguese I

module, these new additions would be saved and stored in files in your ("default")

WINTRAN directory User Dictionary files named engpora.ndx, engpora.rec,

engpora.sfx and (often but not always) engpora.sbs.

Additionally, the "reverse translations" for the newly made entries are saved and

stored in corresponding files of the "paired" User Dictionary module --

porenga.ndx, porenga.rec, porenga.sfx and (often but not always) porenga.sbs.

Word Translator automatically accesses these User Dictionary files in addition to

the Supplied Dictionary files whenever you call-up Word Translator so there is

no need for you to attempt to access them separately. For more information about

this, click Backing-Up Your User Dictionary Files.

To add a new or additional translation or multiple translations to a "base word"

or phrase already in the dictionary, you will essentially follow the same procedure

you would for Adding New "Base Words/Phrases" Not in the Dictionary.

The only difference will be that, when the Choose Translation section of the

Word/Phrase to Translate window appears, it will probably already contain a

translation or list of translations for the "base word" or phrase displayed in the

uppermost box. To add another single translation or multiple translations:

1. First make sure that the correct dictionary module is selected as the Current

    Language in the Setup window. For example, if you wanted to add a new

    Polish translation to an existing English "base word/phrase," an English-

    Polish dictionary module should be selected in the Current Dictionary box in

    the Setup window. Conversely, if you wanted to add a new English translation

    to an existing Polish "base word/phrase," a Polish-English dictionary module

    should be selected in the Current Dictionary box in the Setup window.

2. Click the Add button and the window title will change to Add New Translations

    and two new boxes will appear beneath the uppermost box displaying the

    "base word" or phrase. One box is titled New Translation and other

    Translation List. The Add Reverse Translations check box will also appear

    in the lower left-hand corner of the window.

3. In the New Translation box (where the cursor is blinking), type an individual

    new translation for the new "base word" or phrase and, then, either press the

    <enter> key or click the Add button. Add additional individual translations in

    the same way.

4. When you have added all the new translations you want, click the Done

    button and Word Translator will add the new translation or translations you

    entered to your dictionary. Clicking the Done button is the only action that

   "saves" new "base word/phrase" and translation(s).

    IMPORTANT: The top or first translation listed in Translation List for any

    word or phrase in your dictionary module is the only translation Word

    Translator will use when you translate a document using Quick Document

    Translation mode.

    If you want to display translations for any "base word/phrase" in a specific

    order (e.g. in a specific order of preference from top to bottom), it is often

    easier to first delete all translations and, then, re-enter them one at a time

    in the specific order you desire. The first translation you enter will appear first

    on the list, the second, will be second on the list and so forth. You may also

    place a specific translation in a specific place on the Translation List by

    highlighting the translation that you want to immediately follow the new

    translation you are adding after you have typed the new translation but

    before you click the Add button or press the <enter> key.

    Any short note you add (in parenthesis) to any "base word/phrase" or

    translation -- such as (noun), (verb), (adj), (adv), (slang), (mas.), (fem.), et

    cetera -- will not be carried-over or included as a part of the translation of

    any word or phrase you call-up Word Translator to translate.

You can display any "base word" or phrase in your dictionary in the

uppermost box of the Word/Phrase to Translate window by:

A) entering the word or phrase typed in your word processor, highlighting it

     with your mouse and, then, calling-up Word Translator with the hot key

     combination (Ctrl + Shift is the "default" hot key combination).

B) typing the word directly inside the uppermost box inside Word Translator

C) scrolling through your dictionary and highlighting any "base word/phrase"

     listed in the Choose Word/Phrase box of the Word/Phrase to Translate

     window by clicking directly on the word

For more information about how to display a "base word" or phrase in the

uppermost box of the Word/Phrase to Translate window and related topics, click:

Translate Words and Phrases... Typed in Your Word Processor or Application,

Translate Words and Phrases... Typed Inside Word Translator and/or

Scrolling Through the Dictionary.


The Add Reverse Translations Check Box
10C. The Add Reverse Translations Check Box

Reverse translation is an automatic process that will save you time when you

add new "base words" or phrases and translations to your dictionary.

If, for example, if you were using an English-Portuguese dictionary module

(English as the "source" language and Portuguese as the "destination" language)

and you added the new English "base word" "dear" together with two Portuguese

translations "caro" and "querido," you would only have to enter them once to

have them available in the "reverse" direction. All new entries are saved and

stored in the appropriate User Dictionary module files.

In this example, Word Translator will automatically write the two translations

"caro" and "querido" to your Portuguese-English dictionary module (Portuguese

as the "source" language and English as the "destination" language) as "base

words" with the translation "dear" for each. To then add, for example, the translation

"expensive" to the new "base words," "caro" and "querido," you will need to

change to and open your Portuguese-English dictionary and individually display

each of these new "base words" word in the uppermost box and, then, add the

new translation to these newly added "base words" just as you would any other.

Essentially, all the "paired" dictionary modules that comprise any "combined"

bilingual dictionary automatically "communicate" through the Add Reverse

Translations option without you doing anything, consequently, Reverse Translations

will automatically write reverse translations (reverse "base words/phrases" and

translations) to the appropriate User Dictionary module whenever you add new

"base words/phrases" and translations to the "source" User Dictionary module.

To enable Add Reverse Translations, check the Add Reverse Translations

check box before you click the Done button. The "default" setting for the Add

Reverse Translations check box is checked so it is enabled every time you open

the Add New Translations window.

To disable Add Reverse Translations, un-check the Add Reverse Translations

check box before you click the Done button. You may want to un-check the Add

Reverse Translations check box when you want to add a note longer than just

(noun), (verb), (adj), (adv), (mas), (fem), (das), (der), et cetera, that would, for

example, remind you about the specific use of a translation but don't want the

note to become a translated part of a "base word" or phrase.

For additional information about related topics, click: Scrolling Through the Dictionary,

Adding New "Base Words/Phrases" Not in the Dictionary and/or

Adding a New Translation to a "Base Word/Phrase" Already in the Dictionary.


Changing & Deleting "Base Words/Phrases" & Translations
11. Changing & Deleting "Base Words/Phrases" & Translations

A "base word" or "base phrase" is a word or phrase in your dictionary module that

has one or more translations associated with it, thereby making it the basis or "base"

for all associated translations.

At any time, you may choose to change or delete any newly added or already

existing "base word," "base phrase" or translation contained in your User Dictionary

files. "Base words" and phrases contained in the Supplied Dictionary module

cannot be changed or deleted, however, translations in any Supplied Dictionary

module can be changed.

For further detailed information, click:

                                A) Change or Delete "Base Words" or Phrases

                                B) Change or Delete Translations


Change or Delete "Base Words" or Phrases
11A. Change or Delete "Base Words" or Phrases

PLEASE NOTE: Word Translator provides and uses a system of "paired"

dictionary modules that comprise any "combined" bilingual dictionary. For

example, for Spanish, there is a Spanish-English dictionary module (that

contains Spanish "base words" and phrases with corresponding English

translations) and an English-Spanish dictionary module (that contains

English "base words" and phrases with corresponding Spanish translations).

To display "base words" and phrases in one of the "coupled" dictionary modules,

make sure you select the appropriate dictionary module as the Current Dictionary

in the Setup window. The first named language in any dictionary module is the

"source" language containing "base words" and phrases in that language with

corresponding translations in the other language.

Should you discover a "base word" or phrase in a supplied dictionary module

that is misspelled, contains a typo or is accented incorrectly, the only way to

change it is to add the correctly spelled or correctly accented word to the

dictionary just as you would add any other "new" "base word" or phrase. You

cannot change or delete any "base word" entry in any Supplied Dictionary

module but you may enter a new spelling, et cetera, of any "base word" you

desire (as an alternative) just as you would enter any new "base word" or

phrase.

You can change or delete any "base word" or phrase you yourself added to

the dictionary but it must first be displayed in the uppermost box of the

Word/Phrase to Translate window.

You can display any "base word" or phrase in your dictionary in the

uppermost box of the Word/Phrase to Translate window by:

A) typing a word or phrase you know is in the dictionary in your word processor,

     highlighting it with your mouse and, then, calling-up Word Translator with the

     hot key combination. (Ctrl + Shift is the "default" hot key combination).

B) typing the word directly inside the uppermost box inside Word Translator

C) scrolling through your dictionary and highlighting any "base word/phrase" listed

     in the Word/Phrase to Translate box by clicking once directly on the word

For more information about how to display a "base word" or phrase in the

uppermost box of the Word/Phrase to Translate window, click Translate

Words and Phrases... Typed in Your Word Processor or Application,

Translate Words and Phrases... Typed Inside Word Translator and/or

Scrolling Through the Dictionary.

To change a "base word" or phrase you yourself added:

1. Make sure the "base word" or phrase you wish to change is displayed in

    the uppermost box of the Word/Phrase to Translate window and the exact

    spelling of the word is highlighted in the Choose/Word Phrase box immediately

    beneath it. This window contains a Change button. Click the Back button if

    the Choose Translation box is displayed.

2. Click the Change button and the "base word" or phrase will become

    highlighted in the uppermost box.

3. Either press the Backspace key on your keyboard to totally erase the

    highlighted "base word" or phrase in the uppermost box or place your

    cursor between characters inside the word and click once with your left

    mouse button. This will "un-highlight" the displayed word and allow you to

    backspace over misstyped characters inside the word.

4. If you totally erased the displayed word, correctly re-type the entire word in

    the uppermost box of the Word/Phrase to Translate window. If you only back-

    spaced over certain characters inside the displayed word, correctly retype

    that section of the word.

5. When you are sure you have retyped the word correctly in the uppermost

    box, press the Choose button and Word Translator will implement the change

    and return you to the Word/Phrase to Translate window.

To delete a "base word" or phrase you yourself added:

1. Make sure the "base word" or phrase you wish to delete is displayed in the

    uppermost box of the Word/Phrase to Translate window. If the "base word"

    or phrase has translations associated with it, they will be displayed in the

    Choose Translation box immediately beneath the uppermost box where the

    "base word" or phrase is displayed.

2. It's a good idea to first delete all translations for any "base word" or phrase

    you want to delete. Do this by highlighting each individual translation in the

    Choose Translation box (by clicking directly on the word) and, then pressing

    the Delete button.

3. Press the Back button to return you to the Word/Phrase to Translate window.

    This window contains a Change button.

4. The "base word/phrase" in the Choose Word/Phrase box (the dictionary entry)

    should exactly "match" the word in the uppermost box and be highlighted.

    Press the Change button and the "base word" or phrase displayed in the

    uppermost box of the Word/Phrase to Translate window will become

    highlighted.

5. Press the Backspace key on your keyboard and the displayed "base word"

    or phrase in the uppermost box will be totally erased.

6. Press the Choose button and the displayed "base word" or phrase will be

    erased from you dictionary. You may still see the word or phrase displayed in

    the Choose Word/Phrase box immediately after this action but it will disappear

    after you exit and completely close Word Translator (unload it from memory).

    When you reload Word Translator again (reload it into your computer's memory)

    the "base word/phrase" entry you deleted (as described above) will no longer

    be listed or entered in your dictionary.

To "change" a "base word" in the supplied dictionary module:

The ONLY way to "change" a "base word" or phrase in a supplied dictionary

module is to use the existing "base word" or phrase as the basis for a NEW

"base word" or phrase and, then, add it as you would any other new "base

word" or phrase. For more information about adding new "base words" and

phrases, click Adding New "Base Words/Phrases" & Translations

To "delete" a "base word" in the supplied dictionary module:

You cannot delete any "base word" or phrase contained in any Supplied

Dictionary module. You can only delete "base words" and phrases you yourself

have added and that reside in the User Dictionary module. If you discover a

a "base word" or phrase in a Supplied Dictionary module that is misspelled

or contains some other error, use it as the basis for a NEW "base word" or

phrase and, then, add it as you would any other new "base word" or phrase.


Change or Delete Translations
11B. Change or Delete Translations

PLEASE NOTE: Word Translator provides and uses a system of "paired"

dictionary modules that comprise any "combined" bilingual dictionary. For

example, for French, there is a French-English dictionary module (that

contains French "base words" and phrases with corresponding English

translations) and an English-French dictionary module (that contains English

"base words" and phrases with corresponding French translations).

To display "base words/phrases" and their corresponding translations in one of

the "paired" dictionary modules, make sure you select the appropriate dictionary

module as the Current Dictionary in the Setup window. The first named language

in any dictionary module is the "source" language containing "base words/phrases"

in that language and the corresponding translations in the other language.

With any dictionary module, the first named language is the "source" language

and the second named language is the "destination" language. So, for example,

a French-English dictionary module only translates French to English while an

English-French dictionary module only translates English to French.

The Word/Phrase to Translate window displays the "base word" or phrase in

the uppermost box and, immediately beneath it, the Choose Translation box

contains all associated translations in your dictionary module for that "base word"

or phrase.

You can display any "base word" or phrase in your dictionary in the

uppermost box of the Word/Phrase to Translate window by:

A) typing a word or phrase you know is in the dictionary in your word processor,

     highlighting it with your mouse and, then, calling-up Word Translator with the

     hot key combination. (Control) Ctrl + Shift is the "default" hot key combination.

B) typing the word directly inside the uppermost box inside Word Translator

C) scrolling through your dictionary and highlighting any "base word/phrase" listed

     in the Word/Phrase to Translate box by clicking once directly on the word

For more information about how to display a "base word" or phrase in the

uppermost box of the Word/Phrase to Translate window, click: Translate

Words and Phrases... Typed in Your Word Processor or Application,

Translate Words and Phrases... Typed Inside Word Translator and/or

Scrolling Through the Dictionary.

You may delete any translation for any "base word" or phrase. It doesn't matter if it

is translation you yourself entered or one contained in the supplied dictionary module.

To delete any  translation:

1. Select the translation you wish to delete from the list in the Choose Translation

    box by highlighting it with your mouse. Do this by clicking once directly on the

    word with your left mouse button.

2. Click once on the Delete button and the selected translation will be deleted

    from the list of translations. Click once on the Back button and you will be

    returned to the main Word/Phrase to Translate window. Be careful not to

    delete a translation you will need in the future because once deleted, there

    is no way to retrieve it. However, you can always retype and Add a deleted

    translation.

To change any translation:

The only way to change a translation once it has been entered in any dictionary

module is to first delete it and, then, add it just as you would add any other new

translation.


Spell-Checking As-You-Type
12. Spell-Checking As-You-Type

PLEASE NOTE: Word Translator for Windows provides and uses a system of

two "paired" dictionary modules that comprise any "combined" bilingual dictionary.

For example, for the Danish language, there is a Danish-English dictionary

module (that contains Danish "base words" and phrases with corresponding

English translations) and an English-Danish dictionary module (that contains

English "base words" and phrases with corresponding Danish translations).

To use Spell-Checking, you should only select and use the dictionary module

that contains the base words/phrases in the language you want to spell-check.

For example, if you wanted to spell-check in Danish, you should select and use

only the Danish-English dictionary module. If you wanted to spell-check in

English, you should only select and use the English-Danish dictionary module.

In any dictionary module, the first named language is the "source" language

(that only contains base words/phrases in that language) and the second

named language is the "destination" language. So, for example, a Danish-

English dictionary module only spell-checks in Danish while an English-

Danish dictionary module only spell-checks in English.

With Spell-Checking mode enabled, Word Translator will accomplish an "as-

you-type" spell-check in the "source" language of the currently selected

dictionary module (Current Dictionary).

Spell-Checking is enabled in either the Setup window by checking the

Spell-Checking check box or by clicking the 2nd icon (sp) on the Speed Bar.

At any point, you may disable Spell-Checking by selecting another operation

mode from the Speed Bar or by un-checking the Spell-Checking check box

in the Setup Window.

You can only enable/disable the spell-checking Beep inside the Setup window

by checking/un-checking the Beep check box displayed beneath the

Spell-Checking check box. You can also only enable/disable the Suggested

Spelling option by checking/un-checking the Suggestions check box displayed

beneath the Spell-Checking check box in the Setup window.

To hear a beep when Beep is enabled (checked) you may need to install a

"pc speaker" driver or other Windows sound device.

With Spell-Checking enabled, every time you press the space bar on your

keyboard or type a punctuation symbol (after typing a word), Word Translator

will accomplish a spell-check of that word (the last complete word you typed)

using the "base words/phrases" entered in the selected dictionary module

(Current Dictionary) as the sole reference source.

If a word you type is not already entered in the dictionary, is misspelled or

contains a typo, Word Translator will sound an alert (Beep) and a Suggested

Spelling window will appear (if the Beep and Suggestions check boxes are

checked inside the Setup window) and display a list of "base words/phrases"

from your dictionary module whose spelling most closely resembles the word

you typed.

When the Suggested Spelling window appears, you may "scroll" horizontally

(left and right) across the Choose Word/Phrase box (if "scroll arrows" are present)

to choose a replacement "base word" or phrase for the one you typed. If an

appropriate replacement word exists in the dictionary module, highlight the word

by clicking directly on it once with your mouse and, then, click the Choose button.

Word Translator will automatically replace the word in your document with the

word you selected from the list.

If the list of "base words/phrases" does not contain a suitable replacement word,

click the Exit button to return you to your word processor where you can again

type or you may choose to add the word to your dictionary module by clicking

the Add button.

Because Word Translator uses the selected dictionary module as its sole

reference source, the quality of both Spell-Checking and Suggested Spelling is

directly dependent upon the number of "base word/phrase" entries contained in

the currently selected dictionary module (Current Dictionary). The more "base

word/phrase" entries contained in the dictionary module, the better the results

obtained from Spell-Checking will be.

For additional information about Spell-Checking and the Suggested Spelling

and Beep check boxes, click Operation Modes.


Prediction and Spell-Checking As-You-Type
 13. Prediction & Spell-Checking As-You-Type

The Prediction & Spell-Checking mode will spell-check and/or predict the word(s)

and/or phrase(s) you are typing as you type them in your word processor or

application. Prediction can be very useful when typing long or unfamiliar foreign

words or phrases that are already entered in your dictionary. Prediction & Spell-

Checking is enabled in either the Setup window (by checking the Prediction

check box in the Operation Mode section) or by clicking the 3rd icon (curved

arrow over a vertical box) on the Speed Bar.

At any point, you may disable Prediction & Spell-Checking by selecting another

operation mode from the Speed Bar or by un-checking the Prediction check box

in the Setup Window.

The "default" number of characters setting for Prediction in the Setup window is

five (5) characters. We recommend you use this setting until you have gained

experience using the Prediction & Spell-Checking mode. You may increase or

decrease this number by changing it in the Setup window.

As you type in your Windows word processor or other Windows application with

the Prediction & Spell-Checking mode enabled, Word Translator will Spell-Check

words you type that contain fewer characters than the number of characters

setting in the Setup window (five [5] is the "default") and provide a Prediction of

the word you are typing after the number of characters you type is equal to the

setting in the Setup window (five [5] is the "default"). In short (using the "default"

of five [5] characters), if you type less than five characters, Word Translator will

Spell-Check the word. If you type exactly five characters, Word Translator will

provide a Prediction of the word or phrase you are typing by displaying a list of

entries from the selected dictionary module.

For example, if you had the Prediction & Spell-Checking mode enabled, were

using an English-?????? dictionary module and typed the word English word

"cat" in your Windows word processor, Word Translator would only Spell-Check

the word. If you typed the first five characters of the English phrase "national

character" (n-a-t-i-o), a Word Translator window would appear and display an

alphabetic listing of words and phrases contained in the dictionary module.

This list will include "base words" and phrases entered in the dictionary module

in their alphabetical order and may include words and phrases beginning with the

first five characters you typed (e.g. n-a-t-i-o). You may scroll through the list and,

if the word or phrase you want is listed, you may select it by first clicking directly

on it and, then, the Choose button. Word Translator will automatically change the

five characters you typed in your word processor (e.g. n-a-t-i-o) with the word or

phrase you select from the list (e.g. "national character").

You may also opt to Remove the characters you typed in your word processor,

select other Word Translator options or Exit the window.

For additional information about Prediction & Spell-Checking, click Operation Modes

and/or Spell-Checking As-You-Type.


Document Translation Modes
14. Document Translation Modes

Word Translator for Windows provides two different Document Translation

modes:

                   1.  "Standard" (Interactive) Document Translation

                   2.  Quick (Non-Interactive) Document Translation

PLEASE NOTE: Word Translator provides and uses a system of two "paired"

dictionary modules that comprise any "combined" bilingual dictionary. For

example, for Croatian, there is a Croatian-English dictionary module (that

contains Croatian "base words" and phrases with corresponding English

translations) and an English-Croatian dictionary module (that contains English

"base words" and phrases with corresponding Croatian translations).

If, for example, you wanted to translate Croatian to English, you should only

use the Croatian-English dictionary module. If you wanted to translate English

to Croatian, you should only use the English-Croatian dictionary module.

In any dictionary module, the first named language is the "source" language

and the second named language is the "destination" language. So, for example,

a Croatian-English dictionary module only translates Croatian to English while

an English-Croatian dictionary module only translates English to Croatian.

Either Document Translation mode translates either selected text or an entire

document word-by-word and phrase-by-phrase from the "source" language to

the "destination" language supported by the selected dictionary module (Current

Language). For example, if you wanted to translate from Croatian to English, the

selected dictionary module (Current Dictionary) should be a Croatian-English

dictionary module. Make sure you have selected the appropriate dictionary

module in the Current Dictionary section of the Setup window before starting

either Document Translation mode. Also, please remember that before selecting

either mode, Word Translator must be loaded in your computers memory. For

more information, click: How to Load & Call-Up Word Translator.

Because Word Translator uses the selected dictionary module as its sole

reference source, the quality of both "standard" Document Translation

and Quick Document Translation is directly dependent upon the number of

entries contained in the selected dictionary module (Current Dictionary).

The more "base word/phrase" entries the dictionary module contains, the

better the results will be.

Both "standard" Document Translation and Quick Document Translation modes

can be enabled and/or disabled either in the Setup Window or by clicking the

appropriate icon (button) on the Word Translator Speed Bar.

Because "Standard" Document Translation mode is interactive, it permits you to

more closely control the translation process by displaying each recognized word

or phrase (because it is entered in the dictionary) that has multiple translations. It

then allows you to select the specific translation you want from the Translation List.

Word Translator will automatically translate all recognized words and phrases that

have only a single translation listed in the dictionary.

This mode also allows you to add new "base words/phrases" and translations

not in your dictionary as such words are identified in your document. You can

also change, alter or delete many dictionary entries during the "Standard"

Document Translation process.

While you are building your dictionary module to include most of the words,

special terms, phrases and other language you normally use in most of your

written communications, its best to use the interactive Document Translation

mode which is "Standard" Document Translation.

Quick Document Translation mode scans your document and translates words

and phrases in your dictionary module using only the top or first translation

listed for each "base word" or phrase it recognizes. Words or phrases contained

in your document that are not recognized (because they are not entered in your

dictionary module) are not translated but are skipped or carried-over "as is."

Quick Document Translation mode is not interactive but, rather, automatic.

During Quick Document Translation, you cannot add new "base word/phrases"

that are not in your dictionary nor add new translations, select specific translations

or accomplish other similar Word Translator functions. While Quick Document

Translation mode is often much faster than "standard" Document Translation

mode, you should only use it if your dictionary contains most of the words/phrases

and translations you normally use. If your dictionary contains most of the words and

phrases and translations you need, use Quick Document Translation.


"Standard" Document Translation Mode
14A. "Standard" (Interactive) Document Translation Mode

PLEASE NOTE: Word Translator for Windows provides and uses a system of

two "paired" dictionary modules that comprise any "combined" bilingual dictionary.

For example, for German, there is a German-English dictionary module (that

contains German "base words" and phrases with corresponding English

translations) and an English-German dictionary module (that contains English

"base words" and phrases with corresponding German translations).

If, for example, you wanted to translate German to English, you should only

use the German-English dictionary module. If you wanted to translate English

to German, you should only use the English-German dictionary module.

In any dictionary module, the first named language is the "source" language

and the second named language is the "destination" language. So, for example,

a German-English dictionary module only translates German to English while

an English-German dictionary module only translates English to German.

First make sure that the correct dictionary module is selected as the Current

Language in the Setup window. For example, if you wanted to translate from

English to German, an English-German dictionary module MUST be selected

in the Current Dictionary box in the Setup window. Conversely, if you wanted

to translate from German to English, a German-English module MUST be

selected in the Current Dictionary box in the Setup window.

1. You can enable "Standard" Document Translation either in the Setup Window

    or by clicking on the 4th icon (blue "papers") button on the Speed Bar. If you

    enable this mode using the Speed Bar, do so before you highlight any text.

    In Word Translator's Setup window, check only the Document Translation

    check box in the Operation Mode section of the window and click the OK

    button to both enable "Standard" Document Translation mode and exit the

    Setup window.

2. Open your word processor, application or Windows Write or Notepad

    and "load" the document you wish to translate. Windows Notepad cannot

    not be used with Russian, Polish, Croatian, Serbian or Japanese dictionary

    modules because Notepad will not allow you to select a specific font such

    as the necessary TrueType font.

3. With your mouse, highlight the entire text or a section of text in the

    document you wish to translate. Do this by first placing your cursor in front

    of the first word in the text you wish to translate and (while pressing down

    on the left mouse button) sweep the cursor across and/or down the desired

    text. When the desired text is highlighted, release the mouse button. The

    selected text should remain highlighted.

4. Call-up Word Translator by simultaneously pressing the hot key combination.

    (Control) Ctrl + Shift is the "default" combination. "Standard" Document

    Translation mode will start immediately and display a (maximized) full-screen

    window that includes a variety of Word Translator buttons as well as a Source

    Text box and, immediately below it, a Destination Text box. The Source Text

    box contains the original text from your document and the Destination Text box

    will contain the translations as Word Translator and/or you individually select

    them.

5. As your document is scanned word-by-word and phrase-by-phrase, Word

    Translator will display the Choose Translation window and provide you with

    (and allow you to choose from) all the available translations for any "base

    word" or phrase that it recognizes (because it is in your dictionary) that has

    more than one listed translation. To select a specific translation from the list,

    highlight it by clicking directly on the word once with your mouse and, then,

    click the Choose button. The translation you selected will be displayed in

    the "Destination Text Window" and Document Translation will continue to

    the next word or phrase.

    Word Translator will automatically select the single translation for any "base

    word" or phrase it recognizes (because it is in your dictionary) that has ONLY

    one listed translation.

6. When Word Translator identifies a word or phrase that is not in your

    dictionary module, the Choose Word/Phrase window will display a list of

    "base words/phrases." A word in the list may be highlighted but it will not

    exactly "match" the word in the uppermost box -- the word from your

    document. You then have the following Word Translator (button) options:

Skip -------- skip the word in your document/not translate it

Remove -- remove the word from your document

Add -------- add the word as a new "base word/phrase" together with

                  a translation or list of translations to the dictionary module

Choose -- select a translation as the translation for the word in your document

Delete ---- delete a "base word", phrase or translation from the dictionary

Change -- change a misspelled or misstyped "base word/phrase"

Back ------ return to the previous Word Translator window

Exit -------- stop and exit Document Translation

7. When Word Translator has completed scanning the text you selected to

    translate, a Paste Translated Text window will appear and give you two

    options of what to do with the translated text in the Destination Text box.

    You may then:

    (1) Click the Paste button ...

         If you want to automatically paste the translated text OVER the source

         text (replace the original document text with the translated text).

         OR

    (2) Click the Exit button ...

         If you want to paste the translated text wherever you choose. To do this:

         (a) Press the Exit button

         (b) Place the cursor in the position where you want the translated text to

              appear in your word processor (for example, beneath the original text

              as a new paragraph or in a completely new or different document)

         (c) Click your cursor once beneath the original text or in a completely new

              or different document and simultaneously press the Shift + Ins (Insert)

              keys on you keyboard to paste the translated text at that point. On many

              systems you may also use the Paste command found in the menu options

              of the Edit menu.

              IMPORTANT: If you use the Shift + Ins method to paste the translated

              text, you should do so immediately to avoid losing the translated text.

              If you do not paste the translated text immediately, the next use of

              Windows Clipboard by any Word Translator function or word processor

              or application copy function will overwrite the translated text and it will

              be lost.


Quick Document Translation Mode
14B. (Automatic) Quick Document Translation Mode

PLEASE NOTE: Word Translator for Windows provides and uses a system of

two "paired" dictionary modules that comprise any "combined" bilingual dictionary.

For example, for Norwegian, there is a Norwegian-English dictionary module

(that contains Norwegian "base words" and phrases with corresponding English

translations) and an English-Norwegian dictionary module (that contains English

"base words" and phrases with corresponding Norwegian translations).

If, for example, you wanted to translate Norwegian to English, you should only

use the Norwegian-English dictionary module. If you wanted to translate English

to Norwegian, you should only use the English-Norwegian dictionary module.

In any dictionary module, the first named language is the "source" language

and the second named language is the "destination" language. So, for example,

a Norwegian-English dictionary module only translates Norwegian to English

while an English-Norwegian dictionary module only translates English to

Norwegian.

First make sure that the correct dictionary module is selected as the Current

Language in the Setup window. For example, if you wanted to translate from

English to Norwegian, an English-Norwegian dictionary module should be

selected in the Current Dictionary box in the Setup window. Conversely, if you

wanted to translate from Norwegian to English, a Norwegian-English module

should be selected in the Current Dictionary box in the Setup window.

1. You can enable Quick Document Translation either in the Setup Window

    or by clicking on the 5th icon (red "papers") button on the Speed Bar.

    If you enable this mode using the Speed Bar, do so before you highlight

    any text. In Word Translator's Setup window, check both the Document

    Translation and Quick check boxes in the Operation Mode section of the

    window and click the OK button to both enable Quick Document Translation

    mode and exit the Setup window.

    You may select one of five "Cancel" Speeds for Quick Document Translation

    in the Setup window. The "Cancel" Speed determines how quickly Word

    Translator responds to a Cancel command while Quick Document Translation

    is in progress. The five possible speeds range from "very slow" to "very fast."

    If, for example, your computer is a 386 running at 20Mhz, you should select

    "very fast." On the other hand, if your computer is a 486 or Pentium running at

    50Mhz or above, you should select "very slow." The "default" "Cancel" Speed

    is "very slow."

2. Open your Windows word processor, application or Windows Write or Notepad

    program and "load" the document you wish to translate. Windows Notepad

    cannot not be used with Russian, Polish, Croatian, Serbian or Japanese

    dictionary modules because Notepad will not allow you to specifically select

    the necessary TrueType font.

3. With your mouse, highlight the entire document or just the desired text within a

    document that you wish to translate. This is accomplished by first placing your

    cursor in front of the first word of the text you wish to translate and, then, (while

    pressing down on the left mouse button) sweeping the cursor across and/or

    down the text. When the desired text is highlighted, release the mouse button.

    The selected text should remain highlighted.

4. Call-up Word Translator by pressing the hot key combination. (Control)

    Ctrl + Shift is the "default" combination. Quick Document Translation mode

    will start immediately and display a Quick Document Translation window

    displaying both the message "Please wait, Quick Document Translation is in

    progress" as well as a "thermometer" gauge displaying the percentage of

    completion.

5. After the "thermometer" gauge displays 100% completion (signifying that Word

    Translator has completed the Quick Document Translation process) a Paste

    Translated Text window will appear and give you two options of what to do

    with the translated text. You may then:

    (1) Click the Paste button ...

         If you want to automatically paste the translated text OVER the source

         text (replace the original text with the translated text).

         OR

    (2) Click the Exit button ...

         If you want to paste the translated text wherever you choose. To do so:

         (a) Press the Exit button

         (b) Place the cursor in the position where you want the translated text to

              appear in your word processor (for example, beneath the original text

              as a new paragraph or in a completely new or different document)

         (c) Click your cursor once beneath the original text or in a completely new

              or different document and simultaneously press the Shift + Ins (Insert)

              keys on you keyboard to paste the translated text at that point. . On many

              systems you may also use the Paste command found in the menu options

              of the Edit menu.

              IMPORTANT: If you use the Shift + Ins method to paste the translated

              text, you should do so immediately to avoid losing the translated text.

              If you do not paste the translated text immediately, the next use of

              Windows Clipboard by any Word Translator function or word processor

              or application copy function will overwrite the translated text and it will

              be lost.


Word Translator Setup Window
15. Word Translator's Setup Window

Word Translator's Setup window can be called-up in four ways:

1. by clicking on the 6th icon (set-up) on the Speed Bar

2. by clicking on the Setup button in any Word Translator window

3. by clicking once on the Word Translator icon that appears beneath the

    Program Manager window (after Word Translator is loaded into memory)

    and, then, clicking once on the Setup... option from the menu that appears

4. by pressing the Setup window hot key combination simultaneously.

    Alt + F7 is the "default" hot key combination for the Setup window.

Caution: WordPerfect for Windows users should not use the hot key

method (option 4 above) to open the Setup window.

You can change the following settings in the Setup window:

A. Operation Modes

B. Interact With

C. Bilingual Dictionary

D. Hot Keys

E. Fonts


Operation Modes
15A. Operation Modes

You may change and/or enable or disable the following Operation Mode settings

in the Setup window:

1. Word Translation Operation Mode

2. Spell-Checking Operation Mode

3. Prediction & Spell-Checking Operation Mode

4. Document Translation Operation Modes

5. Cancel Speed


Word Translation Operation Mode

When the "default" Word Translation mode is enabled -- either in the Setup

window or by clicking the 1st icon (wt) on the Speed Bar -- Word Translator

will translate any individual word or phrase highlighted in your word processor

or other Windows application after you call-up Word Translator by

simultaneously pressing the hot key combination. (Control) Ctrl + Shift is the

"default" combination.

Using Word Translation operation mode, you may also type words or

phrases directly inside Word Translator. No matter the mode you may have

previously selected, whenever you open the Setup window, Word Translator

will revert to Word Translation mode, the "default" Operation Mode. This

is also the mode you will most likely most often. You should always select

this mode after you have finished using Spell-Checking or either of the

Document Translation modes.

Make sure that the correct dictionary module is selected as the Current

Language in the Setup window. For example, if you wanted to translate

from English to Croatian, an English-Croatian dictionary module should be

selected in the Current Dictionary box in the Setup window. Conversely, if

you wanted to translate from Croatian to English, a Croatian-English module

should be selected in the Current Dictionary box in the Setup window.


Spell-Checking Operation Mode

Spell-Checking Operation Mode

With this mode enabled, Word Translator will spell-check words as-you-type

them in your Windows word processor or application. Word Translator will

accomplish a spell-check in the "source" language supported by the selected

dictionary module.

In any dictionary module, the first named language is the "source" language

and the second named language is the "destination" language. So, for

example, a Serbian-English dictionary module contains Serbian "base

words" and phrases with corresponding English translations. Conversely,

an English-Serbian dictionary module contains English "base words" and

phrases with corresponding Serbian translations.

Make sure that the correct dictionary module is selected as the Current

Language in the Setup window. For example, if you wanted to spell-check in

English, an English-Serbian dictionary module should be selected in the

Current Dictionary box in the Setup window. Conversely, if you wanted to

spell-check in Serbian, a Serbian-English module should be selected in the

Current Dictionary box in the Setup window.

You can enable/disable both the Beep or the Suggestions Spell-Checking

options but only in the Setup window. By enabling the Beep option (checking

the check box), you will hear a warning sound when Word Translator detects

that you have misspelled or misstyped a word contained in the dictionary

module or typed a word not contained in the dictionary module. To hear a beep

when Beep is enabled (checked) you may need to install a "pc speaker" driver

or other Windows sound device.

By enabling the Suggestions option (checking the check box), a Suggested

Spelling window will appear whenever Word Translator detects that you have

misspelled a word that is entered in the dictionary or typed a word not entered

in the dictionary module.

You may also enable Spell-Checking by clicking the 2nd icon (sp) on the

Speed Bar but the Beep and Suggestions Spell-Checking options can only

be enabled/disabled in the Setup window


Prediction & Spell-Checking Operation Mode

Prediction & Spell-Checking Operation Mode

With this mode enabled, Word Translator will spell-check and/or predict the

word(s) and/or phrases you are typing as you type in your word processor or

application. Prediction can be very useful when typing long or unfamiliar

foreign words or phrases that are already entered in your dictionary.

Prediction & Spell-Checking is enabled in either the Setup window by

checking the Prediction check box in the Operation Mode section or by

clicking the 3rd icon (curved arrow over a vertical box) on the Speed Bar.

At any point, you may disable Prediction & Spell-Checking by selecting another

operation mode from the Speed Bar or by un-checking the Prediction check box

in the Setup Window.

The "default" number of characters setting for Prediction in the Setup window is

five (5) characters. We recommend you use this setting until you have gained

experience using the Prediction & Spell-Checking mode. You may increase or

decrease this number by changing it in the Setup window. To change this setting,

either click your cursor inside the box containing the number, backspace over it

and type a new number (setting) or highlight the number and, then, type a new

number (setting).

As you type in your Windows word processor or other Windows application with

the Prediction & Spell-Checking mode enabled, Word Translator will Spell-Check

words you type that contain fewer characters than the number of characters

setting in the Setup window (five [5] is the "default") and provide a Prediction of

the word you are typing after the number of characters you type is equal to the

setting in the Setup window (five [5] is the "default"). In short (using the "default"

of five [5] characters), if you type less than five characters, Word Translator will

Spell-Check the word. If you type five characters, Word Translator will provide

a Prediction of the word or phrase you are typing by displaying a list of entries

from the selected dictionary module.

For example, if you had the Prediction & Spell-Checking mode enabled, were

using an English-?????? dictionary module and typed the word English word

"cat" in your Windows word processor, Word Translator would only Spell-Check

the word. If you typed the first five characters of the English phrase "national

character" (n-a-t-i-o), a Word Translator window would appear and display an

alphabetic listing of words and phrases contained in the dictionary module.

This list will include "base words" and phrases entered in the dictionary module

in their alphabetical order and may include words and phrases beginning with

the first five characters you typed (e.g. n-a-t-i-o). You may scroll through the list

and, if the word or phrase you want is listed, you may select it by first clicking

directly on it and, then, the Choose button. Word Translator will automatically

change the five characters you typed in your word processor (e.g. n-a-t-i-o) with

the word or phrase you select from the list (e.g. "national character").

You may also opt to Remove the characters you typed in your word processor,

select other Word Translator options or Exit the window.

For additional related information, click Operation Modes and/or

Spell-Checking As-You-Type.


Document Translation Operation Modes

Document Translation Operation Modes

Either of the two Document Translation modes allow you to translate either

selected (highlighted) text word-by-word and phrase-by-phrase. You may

select either (interactive) "Standard" Document Translation or

(automatic) Quick Document Translation. With either mode, it is best

to limit the amount of text selected to a few paragraphs or, at maximum, a page or

two of text at any one time. Selecting too many pages of text at one time may

cause the program to "lock-up" and require you to re-boot.

Either Document Translation mode can be enabled by clicking its icon on the

Speed Bar or by selecting it in the Setup Window.

You may enable or change between Document Translation modes or any

Operation Mode in the Setup window or by clicking the appropriate icon (blue

"papers" for "standard" interactive Document Translation or red "papers" for

automatic Quick Document Translation) on the Speed Bar.

Make sure that the correct dictionary module is selected as the Current

Language in the Setup window. For example, if you wanted to translate from

English to Polish, an English-Polish dictionary module should be selected in

the Current Dictionary box in the Setup window. Conversely, if you wanted to

translate from Polish to English, a Polish-English module should be selected

in the Current Dictionary box in the Setup window.


"Cancel" Speed

You may select one of five "Cancel" Speeds for Quick Document Translation in

the Setup window. The "Cancel" Speed determines how quickly Word Translator

responds to a Cancel command while Quick Document Translation is in progress.

The five possible speeds range from "very slow" to "very fast." If, for example,

your computer is a 386 running at 20Mhz, you should select "very fast." On the

other hand, if your computer is a 486 or Pentium running at 50Mhz or above, you

should select "very slow." The "default" "Cancel" Speed is "very slow." Essentially,

you should always select a "Cancel" Speed that is the opposite of the relative

speed of your computer.


Interact With
15B. Interact With

If you use Word Translator with any of the following specific Windows word

processing programs, you should always select it in the Interact With section

of the Setup window BEFORE you open your word processor and use it with

Word Translator. If you use a word processor or application not listed, select

Other in the Interact With section of the Setup window. Word for Windows is

the "default" Interact With setting. Word Translator's Interact With section of the

Setup window can be set for use with any of the following specific word

processing programs:

                               Microsoft Word for Windows

                               WordPerfect for Windows

                               Lotus AmiPro

                               Microsoft Works for Windows

                               Windows Write

For further information about any of these specific word processors, click

Operating Notes for Word Processors & Applications.


Bilingual Dictionary
15C. Bilingual Dictionary

PLEASE NOTE: Word Translator for Windows provides and uses a system

of two "paired" dictionary modules that comprise any "combined" bilingual

dictionary. For example, for Spanish, there is a Spanish-English dictionary

module (that contains Spanish "base words" and phrases with English

translations) and an English-Spanish dictionary module (that contains

English "base words" and phrases with Spanish translations).

If, for example, you wanted to translate Spanish to English, you should only

use the Spanish-English dictionary module. If you wanted to translate English

to Spanish, you should only use the English-Spanish dictionary module.

With any dictionary module, the first named language is the "source" language

and the second named language is the "destination" language. So, for example,

a Spanish-English dictionary module only translates Spanish to English while

an English-Spanish dictionary module only translates English to Spanish.

Click on one of the following for specific information about its function and/or

operation in the Bilingual Dictionary section of the Setup window:

                                  1. Current Dictionary Box

                                  2. Number of Entries Box

                                  3. Add Dictionary Button


Current Dictionary Box

All Word Translator dictionary modules will operate with the Word Translator for

Windows program but you can only select and use one dictionary module at any

one time.

The Current Dictionary box displays the currently selected dictionary module

(e.g. English-Spanish I, Spanish-English I, English-Russian III, Russian-English III,

English-Brazilian Portuguese I, Brazilian Portuguese-English I, English-Danish II,

Danish-English II, Serbian Cyrillic-English, English-Serbian Cyrillic, et cetera) that

you will use for a particular Word Translator session.

If, for example, you wanted to translate English to Spanish, you should select

an English-Spanish dictionary module. With any dictionary module, the first

named language is the "source" language and the second named language is

the "destination" language. The number associated with a dictionary name

denotes the version of that specific dictionary. Together, the "paired" dictionary

modules make up the "combined" bilingual dictionary.

To change from one dictionary module to another, click once on the Down

Arrow ("scroll arrow") button to the immediate right of the Current Dictionary

box. This will display all dictionary modules installed on your system and

available to Word Translator. Select the dictionary module you want to use by

clicking once directly on the name of the dictionary. Doing this will highlight the

dictionary module you selected and, then, close the box. Click the Setup

window's OK button to both enable the newly selected dictionary module and

close the Setup window.

You may also change from one dictionary module to another in the main Word

Translator window in the same manner as described above


Number of Entries Box

There are two separate Number of Entries boxes--Total Number of Entries

and # of Entries. When you first open the Setup window, the Total Number of

Entries box will display the TOTAL number of "base words" and phrases entered

in the selected dictionary module (Current Dictionary) and the # of Entries box

will display the number of entries you yourself have added to that specific

dictionary module.

When you change from one dictionary module to another, the Total Number of

Entries box will change and display the TOTAL number of "base words" and

phrases entered in BOTH of the "paired" or "coupled" dictionary modules and

the # of Entries box will then ONLY display the total number of "base word" and

phrase entries contained in the chosen or currently selected dictionary module

(Current Dictionary). Either box includes the new "base words" and phrases

you yourself entered in your User Dictionary (files) so you'll be able to monitor

the number of "base words" and phrases as you build your dictionary.

One entry equals one "base word" or phrase that can have one or more

translations associated with it. Neither the Total Number of Entries or the

# of Entries number reflects the total number of words but, rather, only the

number of "base word" and "base phrase" entries. Because phases contain

several words and each "base word" or phrase will have at least one

translation (if not more), the total number of words contained in any

individual dictionary module (or in the "combined" "paired" dictionary modules)

is at least two to three times the number displayed in either box, if not

considerably more.

As you change from one dictionary module to another, the # of Entries

contained in the selected dictionary module (Current Dictionary) will be

displayed immediately after you make the change. The small boxes

immediately preceding Total Number of Entries and # of Entries are not

check boxes and provide no user function.


Add Dcitionary Button
Add Dictionary Button

Clicking the Add Dictionary button displays an Add New Dictionary window

containing the message: "Please enter the name of the new user dictionary"

as well as a small box titled New Dictionary Name where you can enter the

specific name of a new dictionary module you want to add to Word Translator.

The OK button in this window will add the new dictionary module to Word

Translator and allow you to initiate it (call it up). The Cancel button will cancel

any entry you typed in the New Dictionary Name box.

The Add Dictionary button is only of use to those who want to create an

original dictionary not available anywhere else. If you want to create an original

dictionary, please contact an authorized distributor for further assistance.

Word Translator Language Naming Convention

Various Word Translator for Windows dictionary files use and recognize a

specific three letter naming convention for individual languages. Combining

one such three letter language name with another three letter name first

identifies the "source" language and, second, the "destination" language of a

specific dictionary module.

For example, combining ENG (English) with RUS (Russian), makes the

designation ENGRUS -- an English-Russian dictionary module -- where English

is the "source" language (containing English "base words" and phrases) and

Russian is the "destination" language (containing Russian translations for the

English "base words" and phrases). Conversely, a RUSENG dictionary module

is just the reverse. Russian is the "source" language (containing Russian

"base words" and phrases) and English is the "destination" language

(containing English translations for the Russian "base words" and phrases).

Most Supplied Dictionary modules also contain a number that immediately

follows the combined "source" and "destination" language designations, for

example, ENGRUS1, ENGRUS2 or ENGRUS3. This number is the size

designation of the specific dictionary module version.

The naming convention Word Translator for Windows recognizes for various

languages are:

eng = English

ger = German

fre = French

ita = Italian

dan = Danish

nor = Norwegian

swe = Swedish

fin = Finnish

spa = Latin American Spanish

por = Portuguese

tha = Thai

slo = Slovenian

cro = Croatian

bos = Bosnian

ser = Serbian

mac = Macedonian

alb = Albanian

grk = Greek

tur = Turkish

arm = Armenian

geo = Georgian

kaz = Kazahstanian

bel = Belorusian

ukr = Ukranian

mon = Mongolian

cha = Chinese

kor = Korean

jpn = Japanese

tag = Tagolog

pol = Polish

che = Czech

slv = Slovak

hun = Hungarian

bul = Bulgarian

rum = Rumanian

rus = Russian

lit = Lithuanian

lat = Latvian

est = Estonian

per = Persian

heb = Hebrew

ara = Arabic

esp = Esperanto

lat = Latin

amh = Amharic

urd = Urdu

hin = Hindi

tel = Telugu

san = Sanskrit

tib = Tibetan

vie = Vietnamese

azb = Azerbajdani

pob = Brazilian Portuguese

poe = European Portuguese

sec = Serbian Cyrillic

sel = Serbian Latin

spe = European Spanish

spl = American Spanish

spd = Spelling Dictionary

jph = Japanese Hiragana

jpk = Japanese Katakana

Additionally, numerous extensions for specialized dictionary modules (that will

be available for some languages in the future) may also be used for identification.

The two letter extensions used to identify these specialized dictionary module

files follow the name of the specific language "direction." For example, the files

of the Aeronautic & Space dictionary module for Russian-English would be

identified as RUSENGAS.*

Specific specialized dictionary module files will contain the following two letter

extension (in addition to the six letter language naming convention described

above):

og = Oil & Gas

as = Aeronautics & Space

md = Medical

th = Technical

cp = Computer

lj = Law & Justice

ch = Chemical

mm = Minerals & Mining

bb = Business & Banking

tt = Trade & Transportation

me = Media

ac = Arts & Crafts

fi = Fisheries

sl = Slang

gr = Government & Regulation

sp = Special

fc = Food & Cooking

oc = Oceanographic

Word Translator will also recognize and allow the use of the following

bi-directional, bilingual dictionary modules that were used with versions

1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 of Word Translator for Windows:

poreng   = English-Portuguese-English poreng1 = English-Portuguese-English I	daneng   = English-Danish-English daneng1 = English-Danish-English I daneng2 = English-Danish-English II
engspa   = English-Spanish-English engspa1 = English-Spanish-English I	gereng   = English-German-English gereng1 = English-German-English I gereng2 = English-German-English II gereng3 = English-German-English III

English-Russian-English (I, II III), English-Croatian-English, and

English-Serbian-English bilingual, bi-directional dictionaries used

with versions 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 of Word Translator for Windows will

not operate with this version because they use a different Code Page.

Please contact an authorized distributor about having such a dictionary

converted for use with this version of Word Translator for Windows.


Hot Keys
15D. Hot Keys

The Windows keyboard is becoming increasingly "crowded" as many

software developers provide keyboard commands that duplicate both

traditional DOS commands as well as the same functions produced by

mouse actions. Many reported "problems" using Word Translator have

been found to be strictly hot key conflicts between Word Translator and

a specific Windows word processor or application or hardware system.

If you simultaneously press the (Control) Ctrl + Shift keys (to call-up Word

Translator) or the Alt + F-7 keys (to call-up the Setup window), or individually

press the Ctrl (Control) or Right Alt keyboard hotkey (to toggle between typing

English and accented characters or between typing English and Russian,

Polish, Croatian or Serbian) and something else or nothing at all happens,

you may have a hot key conflict between Word Translator and your word

processor, application or hardware system

If you believe you may be experiencing a hot key conflict, please review

the following information very carefully.

Hot keys are one or more keys on your keyboard keys that, when pressed

either individually or simultaneously, perform a certain function. Word

Translator for Windows uses two, two-key hot key combinations and one

single Keyboard Hot Key. One two-key, hot key combination calls-up

Word Translator while the other two-key, hot key combination calls-up the

Setup window. The one-key, Keyboard Hot Key  is used to toggle back and

forth between typing English and accented characters OR between typing

English and either Russian, Polish, Croatian, Serbian or Japanese.

You can change or redefine either of the two-key, hot key combinations in

the Setup window. However, unless these "default" two-key, hot key

combinations are already used by your word processor or other Windows

application to perform other functions, you should leave them unchanged.

You can also change the one-key, Keyboard Hot Key used to toggle back

and forth between typing English and accented characters OR between

typing English and either Russian, Polish, Croatian, Serbian Latin or Cyrillic

or Japanese.

The "default" Word Translator hot keys are: Ctrl + Shift to call-up Word

Translator, Alt + F-7 to call-up the Setup window and the Control (Ctrl)

Keyboard Hot Key used to toggle back and forth between typing different

characters.

A one-key, hot key or two-key, hot key combination already used by your

word processor or other Windows word processor or application or hardware

system to perform another function will always take precedence over the

same one key, Keyboard Hot Key or the two-key, hot key combinations

(designated to call-up Word Translator or the Setup window).

If, for example, you attempt to call-up Word Translator by simultaneously

pressing the Ctrl + Shift ("default") hot key combination and your word

processor or other application performs a different function or nothing at all

(instead of calling-up Word Translator), you must first attempt to determine

if the hot key function is "built into the program" or is "user-defined."

If the hot key is "built into the program," you must change the hot key

combination from the Ctrl + Shift "default" to another combination not already

used by the program to perform another function. If the two-key, hot key

combination that is causing a conflict is one that is "user defined" -- one

that you yourself defined for your word processor or application -- it is

better to change the hot key combination used by the application rather

than change the combination used by Word Translator.

If you need to change one of the two-key, hot key combinations because,

for example, a "default" combination is already used by your word processor

or one of your other Windows applications, you easily may do so in the Setup

window by changing (redefining) either the first or second key or both. If you

use a word processing program or application that uses numerous key

commands, you will have to experiment to discover a suitable combination

that will work with your system. You may also change the Keyboard Hot Key

to either Right Alt, Control or None depending upon which setting operates

best with your system, setup and software.

THE KEYBOARD HOT KEY

All Russian, Polish, Croatian, Serbian and Japanese dictionary modules

absolutely require the Keyboard Hot Key to enable them to alternately

access either the Cyrillic, East European or Japanese keyboard layouts

containing the needed characters from the TrueType fonts. All other

language dictionaries do not absolutely require the Keyboard Hot Key

because all required accented characters can be produced using other

methods--such as use of the US-International Keyboard driver. If you do

not need or use the Keyboard Hot Key for the language you are working

with, it is best to completely disable it by selecting None in the Change

Keyboard Hot Key section of the Setup window.

The Ctrl (Control) key is the "default" Keyboard Hot Key for all installations.

With many systems, setups and programs, even though the Ctrl (Control)

key is the selected Keyboard Hot Key in the Setup window, the Right Alt

key will also provide the same function. However, the Right Alt key will

not operate with all systems, setups and programs in this manner.

Additionally, some users will be able to individually select the Right Alt key

as the Keyboard Hot Key in the Setup window and use it successfully while

some will not. This is because some systems, setups and programs do NOT

allow use of the Right Alt key.

Before you attempt to select the Right Alt key as the Keyboard Hot Key

selection in the Setup window you should experiment to determine if you

have a functional Right Alt key or if the key is already used by another

program you will use with Word Translator to perform another function.

Some computer manufacturers have completely omitted the Right Alt key

from their keyboards. Other manufacturers have errantly allowed the Right

Alt key to perform the SAME function as the Left Alt key. Additionally, some

word processing programs (such as AmiPro) already use the Right Alt key

to perform other functions. To determine if your computer system has a

FUNCTIONAL Right Alt key or if your word processor already uses this

key to perform another function, try this quick experiment:

1. With the word processor you intend to use with Word Translator open, first

    toggle (press "on and off") the LEFT Alt key. You will probably see either

    the small minus sign in the upper left hand corner of your window change

    from light gray to dark gray (and back and forth) as you toggle the LEFT Alt

    key or you may witness some other area of the window change or highlight

    or some other action occur as the LEFT Alt key is toggled.

2. Next, do the SAME thing with the RIGHT Alt key. If toggling the RIGHT Alt

    key performs the SAME action you witnessed when you toggled the LEFT Alt

    key, your RIGHT Alt key is either NOT FUNCTIONAL (and cannot

    independently be used with Word Translator or any other program requiring

    the RIGHT Alt key) or--if your word processing program performs a function--

    the key is already used by the program to do something else and cannot be

    used as the Keyboard Hot Key with Word Translator.

    If you do NOT witness the SAME action as that produced by the LEFT Alt

    key or witness NO action whatsoever, chances are your RIGHT Alt key IS

    FUNCTIONAL and/or is not used by your word processor to perform another

    function and can be used with Word Translator or any other program as

    it was INTENDED to operate.

WordPerfect Users Note: WordPerfect for Windows users should not use

the two-key Alt + F-7 hot key combination to open the Setup window.

Additionally, because WordPerfect for Windows has been designed to use

almost all the numerous key commands used by the DOS version, those using

this program may have to experiment to locate a suitable two-key hot key

combination not already used by WordPerfect for Windows to perform

another function.

Word for Windows Users Note: If you have WordPerfect "emulation"

enabled, you may experience hot key conflicts . It is best to disable

WordPerfect "emulation" when using Word for Windows with Word Translator.

Please review the information for WordPerfect.

AmiPro Users Note: AmiPro users should never attempt to change to or use

the Right Alt Keyboard Hot Key to toggle between typing English and

accented characters or (for Russian, Polish, Croatian or Serbian) between the

standard US Keyboard Layout and the Keyboard Layout displayed in the

Keyboard Layout Editor window. AmiPro users must always use only the

Control (Ctrl) key after AmiPro has been selected in the Interact With section

of the Setup window and Control as the Keyboard Hot Key in the Setup

window. Click Operating Notes for Word Processors & Applications

for more information.


Fonts
15E. Fonts

Selected Font

The Selected Font box in the Setup window displays the font Word Translator

uses internally to display words, phrases and translations. When you select a

dictionary module, the best available font for the Current Dictionary is

automatically selected for you. This font has no effect upon the font you

yourself select in you word processor or application. It is ONLY used for

Word Translator's internal displays. For example, when you Choose a

translation to paste to your document, the translation is not pasted in the font

used to display it inside Word Translator but, rather, in the font you yourself

selected and are using for the document inside your word processor or

application. You should never need to change this font selection.

Russian, Polish, Croatian, Serbian and Japanese dictionary users must always

ensure that the appropriate Word Translator-supplied TrueType font is selected

in both the Selected Font box as well as inside their word processor or

application.

Choose Font Button

If, for some reason, you need to change the Selected Font, click the Choose

Font button. This will display all available fonts installed and available on your

system and allow you to select one from the listing. If you select another font,

make sure it contains all the accented characters you require for the language

you are working with and that you have selected a 12 point size. The name of

the new font you select will appear in the Selected Font box after it has been

selected.

You can quickly and easily view all the characters contained in any font by

using the Windows Character Map utility. Consult your Windows User's Guide

for detailed information about using Windows Character Map.

For all practical purposes, you should never need to change the Selected Font

because Word Translator automatically does this for you when you install or

choose a new dictionary module.

Convert Between ANSI and OEM Character Layouts Check Box

This check box is automatically set for you when you choose a new bilingual

dictionary. For all practical purposes, you should never need to change the

status of this check box unless you need to use an OEM-supplied font (an

original equipment manufacturer-supplied font) that is, for example, supplied

with a printer by the manufacturer.

Type Accents Check Box

This check box will be displayed when a German, French, Spanish, Danish,

Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese or Norwegian dictionary module

is installed and selected as the Current Dictionary. If you want to type

accented characters using Word Translator's accented character function

(either in your word processor or Windows application) or inside Word Translator),

you must first either check this check box or press the "default" Ctrl (Control)

Keyboard Hot Key once to allow you to type accented characters. For more

information about hot keys, click Hot Keys.

If you want to type on the standard US keyboard either in your word processor

(or Windows application) or inside Word Translator, you must first either

un-check this check box or press the "default" Ctrl keyboard hot key once to

allow you to use the standard US keyboard. For further related information click

Control (Ctrl) Keyboard Hot Key or Typing Accented Characters.

Type in Russian Check Box

This check box will be displayed when a Russian dictionary module is installed

and selected as the Current Dictionary. If you want to type in Russian (Cyrillic)

in either your word processor (or Windows application) or inside Word Translator,

you must first either check this check box or press the "default" Ctrl (Control)

Keyboard Hot Key once (Ctrl only for AmiPro) to allow you to type Russian

(Cyrillic) characters. For more information about hot keys, click Hot Keys.

If you want to type in English either in your word processor (or Windows

application) or inside Word Translator, you must first either un-check this

check box or press the "default" Ctrl Keyboard Hot Key once to allow you to

type English characters. For further information, click Typing in Russian and/or

Typing in English--Russian Module Users.

Polish, Croatian or Serbian Characters Check Box

This check box will be displayed when a Polish, Croatian, Serbian Latin or

Serbian Cyrillic dictionary module is installed and selected as the Current

Dictionary. If you want to type Polish, Croatian, Serbian Latin or Serbian Cyrillic

either in your word processor (or Windows application) or inside Word Translator,

you must first either check this check box or press the "default" Ctrl (Control)

Keyboard Hot Key once (Ctrl only for AmiPro) to allow you to type Polish,

Croatian, Serbian Latin or Serbian Cyrillic characters. For more information about

hot keys, click Hot Keys.

If you want to type in English (using the standard US keyboard) either in your

word processor (or Windows application) or inside Word Translator, you must

first either un-check this check box or press the "default" Ctrl Keyboard Hot Key

once to allow you to type English characters. For further related information, click:

Typing Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin

Typing English--Polish, Croatian & Serbian Latin Module Users

or

Typing Cyrillic Characters

Typing English--Serbian Cyrillic Module Users

Show Keyboard Layout Window Check Box

This check box is only functional when a Russian, Polish, Croatian, Serbian

Cyrillic, Serbian Latin or Japanese dictionary module installed and selected as

the Current Dictionary in the Setup window. Checking this check box will

display a Keyboard Layout icon beneath the Program Manager window

(next to the Word Translator icon) and/or over your Windows word processor.

If you do not want to display the Keyboard Layout icon, leave this check box

unchecked.

When displayed, the Keyboard Layout icon can be moved to another position

(just as with any other icon) by placing your mouse directly on the icon and

pressing and holding down on the left mouse button while you move the icon to

the desired location on your screen. Releasing the left mouse button positions

the Keyboard Layout icon at the point where you release the left mouse button.

You may view the Keyboard Layout window and, thereby, the Keyboard Layout

defined by the Keyboard Layout Editor window at any time, by double-clicking

directly on the Keyboard Layout icon. This will display a small Keyboard Layout

window. Initially, you will only see the lowercase Keyboard Layout but you may

toggle between the uppercase and lowercase Keyboard Layout by clicking your

mouse directly on the Shift or Caps Lock keys in the Keyboard Layout window.

You may Minimize the Keyboard Layout window at any time (again making it an

icon), by clicking your left mouse button directly on the "down arrow" in the far,

upper right-hand corner of the Keyboard Layout window.

CAUTION: Don't confuse the Keyboard Layout window with the Keyboard

Layout Editor window accessed by clicking the Keyboard Layout/Code Page

Change button in the Setup window. While both windows will display either the

Russian, Polish, Croatian, Serbian Latin, Serbian Cyrillic or Japanese keyboard

layout (depending upon the language(s) installed and selected), you can only

use the Keyboard Layout Editor window to "re-map" or redefine keys on the

keyboard.

For further information about the Keyboard Layout icon and window, click:

The Keyboard Layout Icon & Window

Keyboard Layout/Code Page Change Button

This button is relevant and operational only for those who have a Russian,

Polish, Croatian, Serbian Latin, Sebian Cyrillic or Japanese dictionary module

installed and selected as the Current Dictionary in the Setup window. Clicking

this button opens the Keyboard Layout Editor window and allows you to change

the upper and lower case keyboard layouts (by allowing you to attribute

different characters to different keys on your keyboard). Additionally, Russian

module users can access the Edit Code Page inside the Keyboard Layout

Editor window and change the Code Page used to produce Russian characters.

For further information, click:

Change the Keyboard Layout -- Russian or Serbian Cyrillic

Change the Keyboard Layout -- Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin

Change the Current Code Page -- Russian Only


Typing Accented Characters
16. Typing Accented Characters

The ability to type both upper and lower case accented characters (such as

À, à, Á, á, Ä, ä, Ã, ã, Â, Å, å, Ê, ê, É, é, È, è, Ë, ë, Ï, ï, Í. Í, Ì, ì, Î, î, Õ, õ, Ö, ö,

Ü, ü, Ú, ú, Ù, ù, Ñ, ñ, Ç, ç, Ð, ð, Ø, ø, Æ, æ, µ, Þ, ß, ¡, ¿, et cetera) is critical for

some languages. With Word Translator for Windows and Windows 3.1 or above,

you do not need to purchase or use any other font program or utility to produce

most of the accented characters you need to type any accented character for

most of the languages supported by Word Translator for Windows.

Except for Russian, Polish, Croatian, Serbian and Japanese dictionary modules

(which are provided with special Word Translator-supplied TrueType fonts) you

can use any one or all three of the different methods listed immediately below to

accented characters both inside Word Translator for Windows and in your

Windows word processor or application. To type accented characters, you can:

1. Use Word Translator's accented character function by pressing the "default"

    Control (Ctrl) Keyboard Hot Key to toggle or switch back and forth between

    typing accented characters and typing English on a standard US keyboard.

    You may also check the Type Accents check box in the main Word Translator

    window. The small gray "drag strip" at the far left of the Speed Bar will turn

    red whenever the alternate (accented characters keyboard) is enabled and

    back to gray when the standard US keyboard is active.

    Some users may be able to use both the Ctrl (Control) and Right Alt keys

    even when only the Ctrl (Control) key is the selected Keyboard Hot Key in the

    Setup window. Some users with certain systems, setups and word processing

    programs might be able to specifically select the Right Alt key as the

    Keyboard Hot Key in the Setup window. Amipro users can only use the

    Ctrl (Control) key as the Keyboard Hot Key. You may also completely disable

    the Keyboard Hot Key function by selecting None in the Change Keyboard

    Hot Key section of the Setup window.

    To be able to either use the Right Alt key or to select the Right Alt key as the

    Keyboard Hot Key in the Setup window , your hardware system and the

    programs you use with Word Translator for Windows must allow it. If the

    Right Alt key is not functional on your keyboard or if the Right Alt key is used

    by another program, you will not be able to use it as the Keyboard Hot Key.

    For further information about the Keyboard Hot Key, click Hot Keys.

AmiPro Users Note: AmiPro users should not attempt to use the Right Alt

key as the Keyboard Hot Key to toggle between typing English and accented

characters or (for Russian, Polish, Croatian or Serbian) between the standard

US Keyboard Layout and the Keyboard Layout displayed in the Keyboard

Layout Editor window.

Because AmiPro already uses the Right Alt key to perform another function,

those using AmiPro can only use the Control (Ctrl) key as the Keyboard

Hot Key after AmiPro has been selected in the Interact With section of the

Setup window and Control as the Keyboard Hot Key in the Setup window.

For more information about this, click Hot Keys and/or

Operating Notes for Word Processors & Applications.

2. Install and use the Windows 3.1-supplied US-International Keyboard Driver

    or other Windows 3.1-supplied international keyboard driver. The US-

    International keyboard will not produce the characters required for Russian,

    Polish, Croatian or Serbian. Those using these language modules should

    only use Word Translator's Keyboard Hot Key to toggle between the

    standard US Keyboard Layout and the Keyboard Layout displayed in the

    Keyboard Layout Editor window.

3. Use the numeric keypad to enter accented characters via the ASCII Code.

We recommend you use either Word Translator's Keyboard Hot Key to produce

accented characters--by using the ("default") Ctrl (Control) Keyboard Hot Key

and/or Type Accents check box--or install and use the US-International

keyboard driver or both. See the printed Word Translator for Windows User's

Manual or your Windows  User's Guide for more information about the

US-International keyboard driver and/or other international keyboard drivers.


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16A. Using the Keyboard Hot Key To Type Accented Characters

With Word Translator for Windows loaded into your computer's memory, the

("default") Ctrl (Control) key on your keyboard will act like a toggle switch to shift

your keyboard back and forth between typing accented characters and typing

English on a standard US keyboard. The Type Accents check box will check/

un-check as you press the Ctrl (Control) Keyboard Hot Key so there are two

methods you can choose to toggle back and forth to type accented characters.

Additionally, as you toggle between keyboards, the small gray "drag strip" at

the far left of the Speed Bar will turn red whenever the alternate (accented

characters keyboard) is enabled and back to gray when the standard US

keyboard is active so you will always have an indicator of which keyboard

layout is enabled.

Some users may be able to use both the Ctrl (Control) and Right Alt key to

perform this function even when only Ctrl (Control) key is the selected Keyboard

Hot Key in the Setup window. Users of Amipro can only use the Ctrl (Control)

key as the Keyboard Hot Key and should only select Control as the as the

Keyboard Hot Key in the Setup window.

When you press the ("default") Ctrl Keyboard Hot Key once, the Type Accents

check box will check and your keyboard will produce accented characters when

you start typing. When it is pressed again (a second time), the Type Accents check

box will un-check and your keyboard will revert back to its normal mode.

                             Uppercase Accented Characters

      Produced After Pressing The "Default" Ctrl Keyboard Hot Key

                       or Checking the Type Accents Check Box

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                            Lowercase Accented Characters

      Produced After Pressing The "Default" Ctrl Keyboard Hot Key

                      or Checking the Type Accents Check Box

The specific accented characters obtained by different keys on your keyboard

after you press Word Translator's ("default") Ctrl Keyboard Hot Key or check the

Type Accents check box are almost identical to the US-International keyboard

driver where the Right Alt key is held down and used in combination with another

key. However, unlike the US-International keyboard, to use Word Translator's

accented character function, you do not need to hold down the Ctrl key. You

only need to press it once and, then, press the key for a particular accented

character.

If a character you need cannot be produced using Word Translator's accented

character (Ctrl) Keyboard Hot Key (are not shown above in the keyboard layout

pictures), you should install and use the US-International keyboard driver and layout

supplied with Windows 3.1 and above. For a listing of the key combinations and

a picture of the keyboard layouts of the US-International keyboard, click:

Typing Accented Characters Using the US-International Keyboard.

For more information about setting up the Keyboard Hot Key in the Setup window

as well as information about using the Right Alt key as the Keyboard Hot Key, click

Hot Keys.

With a Russian, Polish, Croatian, Serbian or Japanese dictionary module installed

and selected, the "default" Ctrl Keyboard Hot Key will toggle you back and forth

between the standard US Keyboard Layout and the Keyboard Layout displayed in

the Keyboard Layout Editor window, thereby allowing you to toggle between typing

English and either Cyrillic, East European or Japanese characters.

AmiPro Users Note: AmiPro users should never attempt to use the Right Alt

Keyboard Hot Key to toggle between typing English and accented characters or

(for Russian, Polish, Croatian, Serbian or Japanese) between the standard US

Keyboard Layout and the Keyboard Layout displayed in the Keyboard Layout Editor

window. AmiPro users must always use only the Control (Ctrl) key after AmiPro

has been selected in the Interact With section of the Setup window and Control

as the Keyboard Hot Key in the Setup window. For more information about this,

click Hot Keys and/or Operating Notes for Word Processors & Applications.


Typing Accented Characters Using the US-International Keyboard Driver
16B. Typing Accented Characters Using the US-International Keyboard Driver

For those accustomed to the standard US keyboard layout and/or for those who

want to be able to type in English as well as another language requiring accented

characters, the US-International keyboard is probably the easiest to use and

become familiar with.

With the US-International keyboard driver installed and enabled, you can easily

type in English and (on the same keyboard) almost every accented character

(except those required for Russian, Polish, Croatian, Serbian or Japanese) you

may require for another language.

Installing the US-International Keyboard Diver

To install the US-International keyboard driver or another of the Windows 3.1-

supplied international keyboard drivers, double-click on the Control Panel icon

in your Main Windows program group. From the Control Panel window that

appears, double-click on the International icon. An International window will

appear.

To install the US-International Keyboard Driver, first click once on the Keyboard

Layout scroll arrow with your left mouse button and, then, scroll through the list

that appears, scroll up or down the list until you see US-International. Select

US-International by clicking directly on it once with your left mouse button. The

list will disappear and US-International will remain highlighted in the box. You

can also select other international keyboard drivers in the same manner.

If the selected keyboard driver is not installed on your hard disk drive, a

Windows message will ask you to insert a specific Windows 3.1 or later installation

disk into your disk drive. Carefully follow the on-screen directions after you have

inserted the requested Windows 3.1 or later disk in your floppy drive. For more

information about installing, setting up and using international keyboard drivers,

consult the Windows Users Guide. Keyboard layout diagrams of the various

international keyboard drivers are printed in the appendix of the DOS User's

Guide.

US-International Keyboard Driver Keyboard Combinations

One method of using the US-International keyboard driver requires the use of a

"dead key"--typing the accent mark before typing the specific letter you want

accented. After typing only the accent mark, nothing will appear on your screen.

The accent will only appear in combination with a letter (character) after you type

the letter (character) to be accented and only if the character can be accented.

The second method of using the US-International keyboard requires pressing

the Right Alt key (the Alt key on the right side of your keyboard) simultaneously

with a letter key.

To type most required accented characters, you may use either one of these

methods, however, not all selected fonts may include all the accented characters

you require. Additionally, the Right Alt + other key(s) combination method when

used with some word processors in some configurations may duplicate key

combinations and/or key commands already used by the word processor to

perform other specific functions. If the Right Alt + other key(s) combination used

to type an accented character is already used by the word processor to perform

another function, the word processing command will take precedence and you

will not be able to use that specific key combination to type the accented character.

The following keyboard layout and chart should provide you with the necessary

key combinations on the US-International keyboard to enable you to type most

of the accented characters you may require. At first, you may have to experiment

using the US-International keyboard to become familiar with which keys produce

which accented characters but you should soon be able conquer its "mysteries."

                         The US-International Keyboard Layout

        Accented Character Chart for the US-International Keyboard

â	= Shift + ^ keys * simultaneously and then the a key
Â	= Shift + ^ keys * simultaneously and then the Shift + a keys     simultaneously
à	= ~` key * and then the a key
À	= ~` key * and then the Shift + a keys simultaneously
ã	= Shift + ~` keys * simultaneously and then the a key
Ã	= Shift + ~` keys * simultaneously and then the Shift + a keys     simultaneously
á	= ' (apostrophe) key and then the a key OR first press the Right Alt key     and, while holding it down, press the a key
Á	= ' (apostrophe) key and then the Shift + a keys simultaneously OR first     press the Right Alt key and, while holding it down, press the Shift + a     keys simultaneously
å	=(Control) Ctrl + Alt + w keys simultaneously OR first press the Right Alt     key and, while holding it down, press the w key
Å	=(Control) Ctrl + Shift + Alt + w keys simultaneously OR first press the     Right Alt key and, while holding it down, press the Shift + w keys     simultaneously
ç	= Ctrl + Alt + , (comma) keys simultaneously OR first press the Right Alt     key and, while holding it down, press the , (comma) key
Ç	= Shift + Ctrl + Alt + , (comma) keys simultaneously OR first press the     Right Alt key and, while holding it down, press the Shift + , (comma)     keys simultaneously
ð	=(Control) Ctrl + Alt + d keys simultaneously OR first press the Right Alt     key and, while holding it down, press the d key
Ð	=(Control) Ctrl + Shift + Alt + d keys simultaneously OR first press the     Right Alt key and, while holding it down, press the Shift + d keys     simultaneously
è	= ~` key * and then the e key
È	= ~` key * and then the Shift + e keys simultaneously
ê	= Shift + ^ keys * simultaneously and then the e key
Ê	= Shift + ^ keys * simultaneously and then the Shift + e keys     simultaneously
é	= ' (apostrophe) key and then the e key OR first press the Right Alt key     and, while holding it down, press the e key
É	= ' (apostrophe) key and then the Shift + e keys simultaneously OR first     press the Right Alt key and, while holding it down, press the Shift + e     keys simultaneously
ë	= Shift + " (quotation mark) keys * simultaneously and then the e key
Ë	= Shift + " (quotation mark) keys * simultaneously and then the Shift + e     keys simultaneously
î	= Shift + ^ keys * simultaneously and then the i key
Î	= Shift + ^ keys * simultaneously and then the Shift + i keys     simultaneously
í	= ' (apostrophe) key and then the i key OR first press the Right Alt key     and, while holding it down, press the i key
Í	= ' (apostrophe) key and then the Shift + o keys simultaneously OR first     press the Right Alt key and, while holding it down, press the Shift + i     keys simultaneously
ï	= Shift + " (quotation mark) keys * simultaneously and then the i key
Ï	= Shift + " (quotation mark) keys * simultaneously and then the Shift + i     keys simultaneously
ñ	= Shift + ~` keys * simultaneously and then the n key OR first press the     Right Alt key and, while holding it down, press the n key
Ñ	= Shift + ~` keys * simultaneously and then the Shift + n keys     simultaneously OR first press the Right Alt key and, while holding it     down, press the Shift + n keys simultaneously
ö	= Shift + " (quotation mark) keys * simultaneously and then the o key OR     first press the Right Alt key and, while holding it down, press the p key
Ö	= Shift + " (quotation mark) keys * simultaneously and then the Shift + o     keys simultaneously OR first press the Right Alt key and, while holding it     down, press the Shift + p keys simultaneously
õ	= Shift + ~` keys * simultaneously and then the o key
Õ	= Shift + ~` keys simultaneously and then the Shift + o keys
ò	= ~` key * and then the o key
Ò	= ~` key * and then the Shift + o keys simultaneously
ó	= ' (apostrophe) key and then the o key OR first press the Right Alt key     and, while holding it down, press the o key
Ó	= ' (apostrophe) key and then the Shift + o keys simultaneously OR first     press the Right Alt key and, while holding it down, press the Shift + o     keys simultaneously
ø	=(Control) Ctrl + Alt + l keys simultaneously OR first press the Right Alt     key and, while holding it down, press the L key
Ø	=(Control) Ctrl + Shift + Alt + l + keys simultaneously OR first press the     Right Alt key and, while holding it down, press the Shift + L keys     simultaneously
ü	= Shift + / (forward slash) keys simultaneously and then the u key OR first     press the Right Alt key and, while holding it down, press the y key
Ü	= Shift + / (forward slash) keys simultaneously and then the Shift + u     keys simultaneously OR first press the Right Alt key and, while holding it     down, press the Shift + y keys simultaneously
ú	= ' (apostrophe) key and then the u key OR first press the Right Alt key     and, while holding it down, press the u key
Ú	= ' (apostrophe) key and then the Shift + u keys simultaneously OR first     press the Right Alt key and, while holding it down, press the Shift + u     keys simultaneously
ÿ	= Shift + " (quotation mark) keys * simultaneously and then the y key
µ	=(Control) Ctrl + Alt + m keys simultaneously OR first press the Right Alt     key and, while holding it down, press the m key
§	=(Control) Ctrl + Shift + s keys simultaneously OR first press the Right Alt     key and, while holding it down, press the z key
æ	= Right Alt key and, while holding it down, press the z key
Æ	=(Control) Ctrl + Alt + Shift + z keys simultaneously
µ	= Right Alt key and, while holding it down, press the m key
ß	= Right Alt key and, while holding it down, press the s key
¡	= (Control) Ctrl + Alt keys simultaneously and then the ! key OR first press     the Right Alt key and, while holding it down, press the ! key
¿	= (Control) Ctrl + Alt keys simultaneously and then the ? key OR first press     the Right Alt key and, while holding it down, press the ? key

  * PLEASE NOTE:

1. The ~ character is usually combined with the ` character on one key and

    (depending upon the manufacturer of your keyboard) can be located in

    different positions.

2. The ^ character is the uppercase character of the standard number 6 key.

3. To type a " (quotation mark) by itself or before or after a vowel, you must

    press the space bar after pressing the " key.

4. To type an ' (apostrophe) by itself or before or after a vowel, you must

    press the space bar after pressing the ' (apostrophe) key


Typing Accented Characters Using the ASCII Code
16C. Typing Accented Characters Using the ASCII Code

You can enter accented characters in your Windows word processor, application

or inside Word Translator for Windows by using the ASCII Codes for individual

accented characters. This requires you to use a combination of keys that include

the Alt, and Right Alt (the Alt key on the right side of your keyboard) and the

number keys on your numeric keypad (or your "embedded" numeric keypad).

Please read your computer operating manual for further information about using

the numeric keypad.

The table at the end of this section provides the required key combinations

necessary to produce most accented characters via the ASCII Code.

If, for example, you wanted to enter the character À, first ensure that the Num

Lock key on your keyboard has been pressed so that the numeric keypad is

enabled. The Num Lock light will be lighted when the numeric keypad is enabled.

You cannot use the normal number keys located on the top of your keyboard.

You can only use the number keys on the numeric keypad (or the "embedded"

numeric keypad).

To type the character À, press and hold down the Right Alt key (the Alt key

located on the right-hand side of your keyboard) while, simultaneously typing the

number 0192 on the numeric keypad (or on the "embedded" numeric keypad).

To type the character á, simultaneously press the Right Alt (the Alt key on the

right hand side of your keyboard) and the A key.

                         ASCII Code Table for Entering Accented Characters

Character	Required Keys	Character	Required Keys
À	Alt+0192	à	Alt+0224
Á	Alt+0193	á	Right Alt+A
Â	Alt+0194	â	Alt+0226
Ã	Alt+0195	ã	Alt+0227
Ä	Alt+0196	ä	Alt+0228
Å	Alt+0197	å	Alt+0229
Æ	Alt+0198	æ	Alt+0230
Ç	Alt+0199	ç	Alt+0231
È	Alt+0200	è	Alt+0232
É	Alt+0201	é	Right Alt+E
Ê	Alt+0202	ê	Alt+0234
Ë	Alt+0203	ë	Alt+0235
Ì	Alt+0204	ì	Alt+0236
Í	Alt+0205	í	Right Alt+I
Î	Alt+0206	î	Alt+0238
Ï	Alt+0207	ï	Alt+0239
Ð	Alt+0208	ð	Alt+0240
Ñ	Alt+0209	ñ	Alt+0241
Ò	Alt+0210	ò	Alt+0242
Ó	Alt+0211	ó	Right Alt+O
Ô	Alt+0212	ô	Alt+0244
Õ	Alt+0213	õ	Alt+0245
Ö	Alt+0214	ö	Alt+0246
Ø	Alt+0216	ø	Alt+0248
Ù	Alt+0217	ù	Alt+0249
Ú	Alt+0218	ú	Right Alt+U
Û	Alt+0219	û	Alt+0251
Ü	Alt+0220	ü	Alt+0252
Ý	Alt+0221	ý	Alt+0253
Þ	Alt+0222	þ	Alt+0254
ß	Alt+0223	ÿ	Alt+0255


Russian and Serbian Cyrillic
17. Russian and Serbian Cyrillic

To enable you to both type Cyrillic characters and/or access any of the special

operating features provided by Word Translator for Windows, you must have an

English-Russian, Russian-English, Serbian Cyrillic-English or English-Serbian

Cyrillic dictionary module installed on your computer and one of them must be

selected as the Current Dictionary in the Setup window.

With the exception of the special Cyrillic operating instructions described here,

all basic Word Translator for Windows functions will operate with an English-

Russian, Russian-English, Serbian Cyrillic-English or English-Serbian Cyrillic

dictionary module in the same manner as described elsewhere. English-Russian-

English bilingual dictionaries used with earlier versions of Word Translator for

Windows will not operate with this version because previous version dictionaries

use a different Code Page. Please contact an authorized distributor to have such

a dictionary converted for use with this version of Word Translator for Windows.

A. Typing Cyrillic Characters

B. Typing English--Russian & Serbian Cyrillic Module Users

C. "Pravda" Cyrillic TrueType Font

D. Change the Keyboard Layout

E. Change the Current Code Page

F. The Text Converter Program

G. The Keyboard Layout Icon & Window

IMPORTANT--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

English-Serbian Cyrillic or Serbian Cyrillic-English dictionary module users

should use essentially the same instructions contained in this Russian section.

Serbian Latin-English and English-Serbian Latin modules users should use the

instructions provided for Polish, Croatian and Serbian Latin module users

elsewhere in this manual.

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Typing Cyrillic Characters
17A. Typing Cyrillic Characters

VERY IMPORTANT: Before attempting to type Cyrillic characters in your word

processor, other Windows application or inside Word Translator, you should first

disable any other Cyrillic keyboard driver(s) you may have previously used to

type Cyrillic characters. With Word Translator there is no need to use any other

font or keyboard driver program. The use of such programs with Word Translator

may cause your system to become unstable or "crash."

CAUTION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Any Cyrillic word containing any of the above upper or lowercase characters

will only be correctly recognized by Word Translator if you are using a word

processor or application that automatically transfers rtf (rich text format) text

through your Windows Clipboard to Word Translator and will also automatically

accept rtf text from Word Translator through Windows Clipboard. This is due to

the position of these specific characters in the standard Windows Cyrillic Code

Page (IBM Code Page 1251/CP 1251). It has nothing to do with Word Translator.

Word for Windows, WordPerfect for Windows and AmiPro will all automatically

transfer rtf (rich text format) text to Word Translator in this manner. However,

many applications (including Windows Write) do not have this ability. If you use

a word processor or application that is not capable of automatically transferring

rtf (rich text format) text through your Windows Clipboard to Word Translator,

Word Translator will not be provided with the correct characters that will enable

it to correctly "read" the word.

If you call-up Word Translator to translate a Cyrillic  word containing one of

these characters (or an English word whose Cyrillic translation contains one

of these characters) and Word Translator fails to either "read" or translate the

word correctly, it indicates that your application cannot automatically transfer

rtf (rich text format) text and should not be used with Word Translator while

using a Russian or Serbian Cyrillic dictionary module.

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To type both Cyrillic and English in your word processor, Windows application

or inside Word Translator, you must only select and use the supplied "Pravda"

TrueType font when using a Russian or Serbian Cyrillic dictionary module. The

"Pravda" TrueType font will be automatically selected for you as the Selected Font

in the Setup window for use inside Word Translator. But you yourself will have to

select the "Pravda" TrueType font for use inside your word processor or other

Windows application before you will be able to type Cyrillic characters or toggle

back and forth between typing Cyrillic and typing English. The "Pravda" font will

produce all necessary English and Cyrillic characters.

When you install Word Translator with a Russian or Serbian Cyrillic dictionary

module, the "Pravda" Cyrillic TrueType font is automatically installed in your

("default") WINTRAN directory. It should appear on any list of fonts installed on

your computer and you should be able to select the "Pravda" TrueType font in

any Windows word processor or application that allows you to do so -- just as you

would select any other font.

Typing Cyrillic Characters in Your Windows Word Processor/Application

1. After you have loaded Word Translator into your computer's memory, make

    sure a Russian or Serbian Cyrillic dictionary module is the selected Current

    Language in the Setup window.

2. Open your word processor and select the "Pravda" TrueType font for the

    document in your word processor. Even after selecting the "Pravda" TrueType

    font, you will initially only be able to type in English. You may want to set up a

    macro or template (if your word processor or application allows you to do so) to

    help you "automatically" select the "Pravda" TrueType font when you want to

    type Cyrillic characters.

3. To type Cyrillic characters simply press the ("default") Ctrl (Control) Keyboard

     Hot Key once and release it. You will then be able to type Cyrillic characters.

4. To type in English after typing Cyrillic characters, press the Ctrl (Control)

     Keyboard Hot Key once more. By using the Ctrl (Control) Keyboard Hot

     Key, you will be able to toggle back and forth between your standard US

     Keyboard and the keyboard layout displayed in the Keyboard Editor window

     (between typing English and Cyrillic characters) by merely pressing the key

     once.

The Type in Russian or Serbian Characters check box inside Word Translator

should toggle (check and un-check) every time the ("default") Ctrl (Control)

Keyboard Hot Key is pressed. Clicking on this check box has the same effect

as pressing the Ctrl (Control) Keyboard Hot, consequently, there are two

methods you can use change from typing English to typing Cyrillic characters

or vice-versa inside your word processor.

Additionally, as you press the default Ctrl (Control) Keyboard Hot Key--to

toggle between the standard US keyboard you normally use and the Cyrillic or

East European keyboard defined by the Keyboard Layout Editor window--the

"drag strip" at the far left of the Speed Bar will alternately change color from

GRAY to RED or from RED to GRAY. This is the same "drag strip" you would

use to move the Speed Bar.

When the "drag strip" is GRAY, it indicates that the standard US keyboard you

normally use is enabled. When the "drag strip" is RED, it indicates that the

Cyrillic or East European keyboard is enabled--the keyboard layout defined in

the Keyboard Layout Editor window and displayed in the Keyboard Layout

window. Because the Speed Bar is displayed in the ("default") far upper

left-hand corner of your word processor or application (unless, in the Setup

window, you choose not to display it), you will always have a quick indication

of which specific keyboard is enabled or active

PLEASE NOTE: Some but not all users might be able to change to and

successfully use the Right Alt key instead of the ("default") Ctrl (Control)

Keyboard Hot Key as a toggle switch to go back and forth between typing

English and typing Cyrillic (or typing Cyrillic and typing English). However,

please carefully review the information in Hot Keys before attempting to

change to or use the Right Alt key for this purpose.

Because Windows Write will not automatically transfer rtf (rich text format)

text through your Windows Clipboard to Word Translator nor automatically

accept rtf text from Word Translator through Windows Clipboard, we do not

recommend you use Windows Write with a Russian or Serbian Cyrillic

dictionary module.

Because Windows Notepad does not allow you to select a specific font, you

cannot type Cyrillic characters in Windows Notepad.

REMEMBER:

1. You yourself must select and use only the "Pravda" TrueType font in your

    word processor or other major Windows application.

2. To type Cyrillic characters simply press the ("default") Ctrl (Control) Keyboard

     Hot Key once and release it. You will then be able to type Cyrillic characters.

3. To type in English after typing Cyrillic characters, press the Ctrl (Control)

     Keyboard Hot Key once more. By using the Ctrl (Control) Keyboard Hot

     Key, you will be able to toggle back and forth between your standard US

     Keyboard and the keyboard layout displayed in the Keyboard Editor window

     (between typing English and Cyrillic characters) by merely pressing the key

     once.

Typing Cyrillic Characters Inside Word Translator

1. The "Pravda" TrueType font must be displayed as the Selected Font in the

    Setup window

2. Open the main Word Translator window and place your cursor in the

    uppermost box of the window and type inside this box. Initially you will only

    be able to type in English.

3. To toggle between typing in English and typing Cyrillic characters press the

     ("default") Ctrl (Control) Keyboard Hot Key once and release it. Please

     note that the Type in Russian or Serbian Characters check box should

     check/un-check as the Ctrl (Control) Keyboard Hot Key is pressed.

     By using the ("default") Ctrl (Control) Keyboard Hot you will be able to

     toggle back and forth between typing English and Cyrillic characters by

     merely pressing the key once.

5. To toggle back and forth between typing Cyrillic and English inside Word

    Translator, you may also check or un-check either the Type in Russian or

    Serbian Characters check box inside the Word Translator window or inside the

    Setup window. Additionally, as you toggle between keyboards (press the

    "default" Ctrl Keyboard Hot Key), the small gray "drag strip" at the far left of

    the Speed Bar will turn red whenever the Cyrillic keyboard (the keyboard

    defined in the Keyboard Layout Editor window) is enabled and back to gray

    when the standard US keyboard is active so you will always have an indicator

    of which keyboard layout is enabled.

To view pictures of the "default" upper and lower case Russian "Pravda"

keyboard phonetic/homophonic and Serbian keyboard layouts, click:

 "Pravda" Cyrillic TrueType Font.

To change the "Pravda" keyboard layout, open the Setup window and click the

Change button adjacent to Keyboard Layout/Code Page at the bottom of the

Setup window. For additional information about how to do this, click:

Change the Keyboard Layout.


Typing English--Russian & Serbian Cyrillic Module Users
17B. Typing in English--Russian & Serbian Cyrillic Modules

When you yourself have selected and are using only the "Pravda" TrueType font

and typing Cyrillic characters in a word processor or other Windows application,

simply press the ("default") Ctrl (Control) Keyboard Hot Key once and release it.

This action will allow you to type in English.

The ("default") Ctrl (Control) Keyboard Hot Key acts as a toggle to change the

keyboard between English and Cyrillic characters when you yourself have selected

and are using the "Pravda" TrueType font in your word processor or other Windows

application.

PLEASE NOTE: Some but not all users might be able to change to and

successfully use the Right Alt key instead of the ("default") Ctrl (Control)

Keyboard Hot Key as a toggle switch to go back and forth between typing

English and typing Cyrillic (or typing Cyrillic and typing English). However,

please carefully review the information in Hot Keys before attempting to

change to or use the Right Alt key for this purpose.

Because Windows Write will not automatically transfer rtf (rich text format)

text through your Windows Clipboard to Word Translator nor automatically

accept rtf text from Word Translator through Windows Clipboard, we do not

recommend you use Windows Write with a Russian or Serbian Cyrillic

dictionary module.

Because Windows Notepad does not allow you to select a specific font, you

cannot type Cyrillic characters in Windows Notepad.

To toggle back and forth between typing Cyrillic and English characters inside

Word Translator, you may use the ("default") Ctrl (Control) Keyboard Hot Key

or check or un-check the Type in Russian or Serbian Characters check box

inside the Word Translator window or inside the Setup window.

Additionally, as you toggle between keyboards (press the "default" Ctrl

Keyboard Hot Key), the small gray "drag strip" at the far left of the Speed Bar

will turn red whenever the Cyrillic keyboard (the keyboard defined in the

Keyboard Layout Editor window) is enabled and back to gray when the

standard US keyboard is active so you will always have an indicator of which

keyboard layout is enabled.

For further related information, click Typing Cyrillic Characters.

CAUTION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Any Cyrillic word containing any of the above upper or lowercase characters

will only be correctly recognized by Word Translator if you are using a word

processor or application that automatically transfers rtf (rich text format) text

through your Windows Clipboard to Word Translator and will also automatically

accept rtf text from Word Translator through Windows Clipboard. This is due

entirely to the position of these specific characters in the standard Windows

Cyrillic Code Page (IBM Code Page 1251/CP 1251). It has nothing to do with

Word Translator.

Word for Windows, WordPerfect for Windows and AmiPro will all automatically

transfer rtf (rich text format) text to Word Translator in this manner. However,

many applications (including Windows Write) do not have this ability. If you use

a word processor or application that is not capable of automatically transferring

rtf (rich text format) text through your Windows Clipboard to Word Translator,

Word Translator will not be provided with the correct characters that will enable

it to correctly "read" the word.

If you call-up Word Translator to translate a Cyrillic word containing one of

these characters (or an English word whose Cyrillic translation contains one

of these characters) and Word Translator fails to either "read" or translate the

word correctly, it indicates that your application cannot automatically transfer

rtf (rich text format) text and should not be used with Word Translator while

using a Russian or Serbian Cyrillic dictionary module.

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Pravda Cyrillic TrueType Font
17C. "Pravda" Cyrillic TrueType Font

The "Pravda" TrueType font (copyright ©1994-95 Translation Experts, Ltd.) uses

the standard Windows Cyrillic Code Page (IBM Code Page 1251). The "Pravda"

font name will appear in the Selected Font box in Word Translator's Setup

window when a Russian or Serbian Cyrillic dictionary module is displayed as

the Current Dictionary. You should NOT change to any other font while using a

Russian or Serbian Cyrillic dictionary module. The "Pravda" font will allow you

to type both Cyrillic and English characters. You may substitute any other

TrueType font that uses Code Page 1251, however, if it does not, English and/

or Russian or Serbian Cyrillic words you type or view will appear "scrambled"

and nonsensical.

To toggle back and forth and type both Cyrillic and English characters in your

Windows word processor or other major Windows application, you yourself

must select and use only the "Pravda" TrueType font inside your Windows

word processor or application. Like all TrueType fonts, the "Pravda" TrueType

font can be scaled to any size you desire.

                         Uppercase "Pravda" Cyrillic TrueType Font

              Russian "Default" Phonetic/Homophonic Keyboard Layout

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                         Lowercase "Pravda" Cyrillic TrueType Font

              Russian "Default" Phonetic/Homophonic Keyboard Layout

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                          Serbian Cyrillic "Default" Keyboard Layout

                         Uppercase "Pravda" Cyrillic TrueType Font

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                          Serbian Cyrillic "Default" Keyboard Layout

                         Lowercase "Pravda" Cyrillic TrueType Font

The "default" Russian keyboard layout is the phonetic/homophonic layout

most often preferred by non-native Russian speakers. If your prefer to use a

different Russian or Serbian Cyrillic keyboard layout, you may quickly and

easily change the layout by opening the Keyboard Layout Editor window. For

more information about this, click Change the Keyboard Layout.

Checking the Show Keyboard Layout check box in the Setup window will

display a Keyboard Layout icon beneath the Program Manager window

(next to the Word Translator icon) and/or over your Windows word processor.

If you do not want to display the Keyboard Layout icon, leave this check box

unchecked.

When displayed, the Keyboard Layout icon can be moved to another position

(just as with any other icon) by placing your mouse directly on the icon and

pressing and holding down on the left mouse button while you move the icon to

the desired location on your screen. Releasing the left mouse button positions

the Keyboard Layout icon at the point where you release the left mouse button.

You may view the Keyboard Layout window and, thereby, the Keyboard Layout

defined by the Keyboard Layout Editor window at any time, by double-clicking

directly on the Keyboard Layout icon. This will display a small Keyboard Layout

window. Initially, you will only see the lowercase Keyboard Layout but you may

toggle between the uppercase and lowercase Keyboard Layout by clicking your

mouse directly on the Shift or Caps Lock keys in the Keyboard Layout window.

You may Minimize the Keyboard Layout window at any time (again making it an

icon), by clicking your left mouse button directly on the "down arrow" in the far,

upper right-hand corner of the Keyboard Layout window. For further information,

click The Keyboard Layout Icon & Window.

Additionally, as you press the default Ctrl (Control) Keyboard Hot Key--to

toggle between the standard US keyboard you normally use and the Cyrillic or

East European keyboard defined by the Keyboard Layout Editor window--the

"drag strip" at the far left of the Speed Bar will alternately change color from

GRAY to RED or from RED to GRAY. This is the same "drag strip" you would

use to move the Speed Bar.

When the "drag strip" is GRAY, it indicates that the standard US keyboard you

normally use is enabled. When the "drag strip" is RED, it indicates that the

Cyrillic or East European keyboard is enabled--the keyboard layout defined in

the Keyboard Layout Editor window and displayed in the Keyboard Layout

window. Because the Speed Bar is displayed in the ("default") far upper

left-hand corner of your word processor or application (unless, in the Setup

window, you choose not to display it), you will always have a quick indication

of which specific keyboard is enabled or active

The "Pravda" font/keyboard layout was originally designed for use with the

standard BRITISH keyboard driver. While slightly different than the standard

US keyboard driver/layout, it is very similar and, with a few exceptions, will

produce the same characters displayed in the above layouts by pressing the

same keys. Other keyboard drivers may produce vastly different characters

when a specific key is pressed, consequently, to enable you to use the keyboard

layouts displayed above, we recommend that you utilize an American-based

or British-based keyboard driver.

PLEASE NOTE: Some but not all users might be able to change to and

successfully use the Right Alt key instead of the ("default") Ctrl (Control)

Keyboard Hot Key as a toggle switch to go back and forth between typing

English and typing Cyrillic (or typing Cyrillic and typing English). However,

please carefully review the information in Hot Keys before attempting to

change to or use the Right Alt key for this purpose.

Because Windows Write will not automatically transfer rtf (rich text format)

text through your Windows Clipboard to Word Translator nor automatically

accept rtf text from Word Translator through Windows Clipboard, we do not

recommend you use Windows Write with a Russian or Serbian Cyrillic

dictionary module.

Because Windows Notepad does not allow you to select a specific font, you

cannot type Cyrillic characters in Windows Notepad.

To toggle back and forth between typing Cyrillic and English characters inside

Word Translator, you may use the ("default") Ctrl (Control) Keyboard Hot Key

or check or un-check the Type in Russian or Serbian Characters check box

inside the Word Translator window or inside the Setup window.

Additionally, as you press the default Ctrl (Control) Keyboard Hot Key--to

toggle between the standard US keyboard you normally use and the Cyrillic or

East European keyboard defined by the Keyboard Layout Editor window--the

"drag strip" at the far left of the Speed Bar will alternately change color from

GRAY to RED or from RED to GRAY. This is the same "drag strip" you would

use to move the Speed Bar.

When the "drag strip" is GRAY, it indicates that the standard US keyboard you

normally use is enabled. When the "drag strip" is RED, it indicates that the

Cyrillic or East European keyboard is enabled--the keyboard layout defined in

the Keyboard Layout Editor window and displayed in the Keyboard Layout

window. Because the Speed Bar is displayed in the ("default") far upper

left-hand corner of your word processor or application (unless, in the Setup

window, you choose not to display it), you will always have a quick indication

of which specific keyboard is enabled or active

For further related information, click Typing Cyrillic Characters and/or

Typing English--Russian & Serbian Cyrillic Module Users.

CAUTION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Any Cyrillic word containing any of the above upper or lowercase characters

will only be correctly recognized by Word Translator if you are using a word

processor or application that automatically transfers rtf (rich text format) text

through your Windows Clipboard to Word Translator and will also automatically

accept rtf text from Word Translator through Windows Clipboard. This is due to

the position of these specific characters in the standard Windows Cyrillic Code

Page (IBM Code Page 1251/CP 1251). It has nothing to do with Word Translator.

Word for Windows, WordPerfect for Windows and AmiPro will all automatically

transfer rtf (rich text format) text to Word Translator in this manner. However,

many applications (including Windows Write) do not have this ability. If you use

a word processor or application that is not capable of automatically transferring

rtf (rich text format) text through your Windows Clipboard to Word Translator,

Word Translator will not be provided with the correct characters that will enable

it to correctly "read" the word.

If you call-up Word Translator to translate a Cyrillic word containing one of

these characters (or an English word whose Cyrillic translation contains one

of these characters) and Word Translator fails to either "read" or translate the

word correctly, it indicates that your application cannot automatically transfer

rtf (rich text format) text and should not be used with Word Translator while

using a Russian or Serbian Cyrillic dictionary module.

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Change Keyboard Layout
17D. Change the Keyboard Layout

VERY IMPORTANT: Before attempting to make any changes to the Keyboard

Layout or the Current Code Page, it's a very good idea to make a separate

backup disk copy of the original Word Translator RUSENG*.KBD and

ENGRUS*.KBD (Russian) or SECENG*.KBD and ENGSEC*.KBD (Serbian

Cyrillic) files in your "default" WINTRAN directory before you make any changes

so that, in the event your changes are unsuccessful, you can easily return to

the "default" settings by re-installing only these files and not the entire program.

Three self-extracting ".exe" files are installed with any Russian dictionary

module: phonet*.exe, rus_fed*.exe and aatseel*.exe. Each will self-extract both

a ruseng*.kbd and an engrus*.kbd file. The phonet*.exe file contains the

"default" phonetic/homophonic keyboard layout. The rus_fed*.exe file contains

the Russian Federation standard keyboard layout and the aatseel*.exe file

contains the "AATSEEL" (American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East

European Languages) keyboard layout. To use or change to any of these

keyboard layouts, first extract both the ruseng*.kbd and engrus*.kbd files from

the selected ".exe" file and replace the files with the same name in your

("default") WINTRAN directory with both of these two "extracted" files.

If you so desire, you can easily change the Cyrillic keyboard layout by

assigning specific characters to specific keys of your choosing. To do this, first

open the Word Translator Setup window and click on the Change button

following the text Keyboard Layout/Code Page. You must have a Russian

or Serbian Cyrillic dictionary module as the selected Current Dictionary in the

Setup window for this button to work. Clicking the Change button will open a

Keyboard Layout Editor window and display two basic sections:

1. A picture of the current Keyboard Layout used by the "Pravda" TrueType font.

2. A table of available characters from the Current Code Page (the standard

    Windows Cyrillic Code Page (IBM Code Page 1251/CP 1251).

To change the Cyrillic character produced by a specific key on the displayed

Keyboard Layout picture:

1. Click either the Upper Case or the Lower Case button adjacent to the

    displayed Keyboard Layout picture to individually change the layout of either

    the lower case or upper case characters in the Keyboard Layout section.

    You can only change a single case (upper or lower) at any one time.

2. To enable you to choose any character in the Current Code Page, click on the

    either the First Part or the Second Part buttons. Respectively, these buttons

    will either display the first part of the Current Code Page or the second part of

    the Current Code Page.

3. From the table of available characters in the Current Code Page, click your left

    mouse button once on a character you want to attribute to another key on your

    keyboard

4. After clicking on a character in the Current Code Page, immediately click once

    with your left mouse button on the key you wish to attribute that character to in

    the displayed Keyboard Layout picture. You will notice that the character you

    chose from the Current Code Page will then be displayed on the key you clicked

    in the Keyboard Layout section.

5. By continuing this process, you can change any or all of the keys displayed

    for both the Upper Case and Lower Case Keyboard Layout.

6. If you make a mistake or place a character in the wrong position on the

    Keyboard Layout picture, re-select the correct character from the Current Code

    Page (by clicking on it once) and, then, immediately click on the key you wish

    to attribute the character to.

7. When you have made all the changes to both the Upper and Lower Case

    Keyboard Layout that you desire, click the OK button to save the changes

    you have made. All changes to the Keyboard Layout are saved in both the

    (Russian) ruseng*.kbd and engrus*.kbd or (Serbian Cyrillic) seceng*.kbd

    and engsec*.kbd files in your ("default") WINTRAN directory. Word Translator

    will automatically assure that the .kbd files of both "paired" dictionary modules

    are identical.

    If, for example, you make changes while using an Russian-English dictionary

    module, the changes are saved to both the ruseng*.kbd and engrus*.kbd files.

    Word Translator automatically assures that changes are saved to both .kbd

    files.

8. Individually, you can easily print a picture of both the Upper Case and Lower

    Case Keyboard Layout changes you make. With either the Upper Case

    or Lower Case Keyboard Layout picture displayed in the Keyboard Layout

    Editor window, simultaneously press the Left Alt + Print Screen keys on your

    keyboard to paste a copy of the screen onto your Windows Clipboard.

    Next, close the Keyboard Layout Editor window and all other Word Translator

    windows and open either your word processor or Windows Write. With either

    your word processor or Windows Write opened, simultaneously press the

    Shift + Ins keys on your keyboard to paste a copy of the Keyboard Layout

    window from Windows Clipboard to your word processor or Windows Write.

    You may then print the picture by using the command(s) you normally use.

    To obtain a picture and print the other Case, re-open the Keyboard Layout

    Editor window, select the other Case and follow the same procedure.

For an explanation of the letters and numbers in the left-most column and

top-most row of both the Current Code Page and "Pravda" Code Page tables,

click Advanced User's Information.


 Code Page--Advanced User's Information

In most cases you will not need to concern yourself with decimal and hex

numbers because nearly all code page table displays will be arranged as shown

on the screen, so you will not need to convert any number. But for those of you

who would like to know how to do this, the following information has been

provided.

You will see that the Current Code Page displays a series of letters and numbers

in a single column to the left hand side of the Current Code Page as well as a line

of letters and numbers just above the Current Code Page. These letters and

numbers are hexadecimal (hex) digits.

Decimal  =  Hex	Decimal   = Hex	Decimal  = Hex
0        =     0	5         =    5	10       =    A
1        =     1	6         =    6	11       =    B
2        =     2	7         =    7	12       =    C
3        =     3	8         =    8	13       =    D
4        =     4	9         =    9	14       =    E
		15       =    F
		et cetera

To determine the hexadecimal (hex) representation of any character displayed

in the Current Code Page, take the number in the to the immediate left of the

row in which the character is displayed and add to it the number immediately

above the vertical column in which the character is displayed.

It's easy to add the two numbers because any hex number plus 0 is that hex

number. For example:

                                       20 (hex) + 2 (hex) =  22 (hex) and

                                       A0 (hex) + F (hex) = AF (hex)

In addition to converting the hexadecimal number you obtain after adding the

two hex numbers, you must decimal the number. To do that, multiply the number

in the "tens" position with 16 and add to it the number in the "ones" position:

                       22 (hex) = 2 X 16 + 2 = 32 + 2 = 34 (decimal) and

                       AF (hex) = A X 16 + F = 10 X 16 + 15 = 160 + 15 = 175 (decimal)

Note: In the preceding example A = 10 and F = 15. The value of these letters is

determined by consulting the table above.


 The Keyboard Layout Icon & Window

For those languages requiring a Word Translator-supplied TrueType font

(Russian, Polish, Croatian, Serbian Latin, Serbian Cyrillic and Japanese),

the ability to view the Keyboard Layout -- and, thereby, the keys that are

required to produce various foreign language characters--can be of particular

help while working in your word processor or other application.

A Keyboard Layout icon will appear beneath the Program Manager window

(next to the Word Translator icon) and/or over your Windows word processor

when you load Word Translator for Windows into memory by double-clicking

on the Word Translator icon in the Word Translator Program Group and the

Show Keyboard Layout check box in the Setup window is checked.

The Keyboard Layout icon

Additionally, a Russian, Polish, Croatian, Serbian Cyrillic, Serbian Latin or

Japanese dictionary module must be installed and selected as the Current

Dictionary in the Setup window. Because only these languages require and use

a special Word Translator-supplied TrueType font, the Show Keyboard Layout

check box is only functional when one of these languages is selected as the

Current Dictionary in the Setup window. If you do not want to display the

Keyboard Layout icon, leave the Show Keyboard Layout check box in the Setup

window unchecked.

When displayed either beneath the Program Manager window and/or over your

word processor or application, the Keyboard Layout icon can be moved to

another position (just as with any other icon) by placing your mouse directly on

the icon and pressing and holding down on the left mouse button while you move

the icon to the desired location on your screen. Releasing the left mouse button

positions the Keyboard Layout icon at the point where you release the left

mouse button.

You may view the Keyboard Layout window at any time it is displayed (and,

thereby, the Keyboard Layout defined by the Keyboard Layout Editor window)

by double-clicking directly on the Keyboard Layout icon. This will display a small

Keyboard Layout window either over your Program Manager window, word

processor or other open application.

When it is displayed, you may move the Keyboard Layout window to another

location on your screen by placing your mouse directly on the Keyboard Layout

window title bar, then, clicking and holding down on the left mouse button as

you move it to the desired location. When you have positioned the window

where you want it, release the left mouse button and it will remain there.

Initially, you will only see the lowercase Keyboard Layout displayed but you

may easily toggle between the uppercase and lowercase Keyboard Layout by

clicking your mouse directly on the Caps Lock or Shift keys in the Keyboard

Layout window. You may Minimize the Keyboard Layout window at any time

(again making it an icon), by clicking your left mouse button directly on the

"down arrow" in the far, upper right-hand corner of the Keyboard Layout window.

CAUTION: Don't confuse the Keyboard Layout window and the Keyboard

Layout Editor window accessed by clicking the Keyboard Layout/Code Page

Change button in the Setup window. While both windows display either the

Russian, Polish, Croatian, Serbian Latin, Serbian Cyrillic or Japanese keyboard

layout (depending upon the language installed and selected), you can only

"re-map"/change/redefine keys on the keyboard by using the Keyboard Layout

Editor. The Keyboard Layout window only displays the Keyboard Layout

defined by the Keyboard Layout Editor.


Change the Current Code Page (Russian only)
17E. Change the Current Code Page (Russian Only)

This feature only operates with Russian-English and English-Russian modules,

not with Serbian Cyrillic-English or English-Serbian Cyrillic modules.

VERY IMPORTANT: Before attempting to make any changes to the Keyboard

Layout or the Current Code Page, it's a very good idea to make a separate

backup disk copy of the original Word Translator RUSENG*.KBD and

ENGRUS*.KBD files in your WINTRAN directory before you make any changes

so that, in the event your changes are unsuccessful, you can easily return to the

"default" settings by re-installing only these files and not the entire program.

Don't confuse the dictionary .kbd files with the convert.kbd file. They are

different files.

While not installed in your "default" WINTRAN directory, A self-extracting

code.exe file is included with any Russian or dictionary module. This file will

self-extract a code.wri document (a document in Windows Write format)

that contains a picture of the three parts of the "Pravda" Code Page

(Windows Cyrillic Code Page/IBM Code Page 1251/CP 1251) that you may

print-out and use as a reference.

We do not recommend you change the Current Code Page unless you have

a very good reason for doing so. Only if you want to use a TrueType font that

does not use the Windows Cyrillic Code Page (IBM Code Page 1251/CP 1251)

should you even consider changing the Current Code Page and, then, only if

you have the necessary computer skills and understanding of the process. For

most users, it's best not to change from using the "default" Current Code Page.

If you want to use a different font other than the supplied "Pravda" TrueType font

when you are working in your Windows word processor or other Windows

application (as well as inside Word Translator), do the following:

1. Open the Setup window and click the Keyboard Layout/Code Page Change

    button. This will open the Keyboard Layout Editor window.

2. Inside the Keyboard Layout Editor window you will see an Edit Code Page

    button. By clicking the Edit Code Page button you will open the Code Page

    Editor window and it will display two major sections:

    A. The Current Code Page layout

    B. The "Pravda" Code Page layout

    By "default" the Current Code Page is exactly the same as the "Pravda"

    Code Page (the standard Windows Cyrillic Code Page/IBM Code Page 1251/

    CP 1251).

3. Click either the 1st Part, 2nd Part or 3rd Part buttons in both the Current

    Code Page and "Pravda" Code Page sections of the Code Page Editor

    window. Individually change each character in the Current Code Page so each

    exactly match the code page the new Cyrillic TrueType font uses.

4. To edit the Current Code Page, first click on a character in "Pravda" Code Page

    table and, then, immediately click on the box in the Current Code Page table

    where you want that character to be displayed. Continue this process for each

    character in each part. In this way you can change the layout of the Current

    Code Page to correspond exactly to the Code Page used by the new Cyrillic

    TrueType font.

5. When you have made all the necessary changes, click the OK button to save

    the changes or the Cancel button to reject all changes and exit the Russian

    Code Page Editor window.

    All changes to the Code Page are saved to both the ruseng*.kbd and

    engrus*.kbd files in your ("default") WINTRAN directory. Word Translator will

    automatically assure that the dictionary .kbd files of both "paired" dictionary

    modules are identical. Don't confuse the dictionary .kbd files with the

    convert.kbd file. They are different files.

    If, for example, you make changes while using a Russian-English dictionary

    module, the changes are initially saved to the ruseng*.kbd file. If you are using

    the English-Russian dictionary module, changes are initially saved to the

    engrus*.kbd file. Word Translator will automatically change the other "paired"

    dictionary .kbd file to reflect the changes you made to one.

6. In your Windows word processor or application, select the new Cyrillic

    TrueType font name as the selected font.

CAUTION: You must follow the above steps in the precise given order and

you must ensure that you have changed the Current Code Page so that it is

the same as the one used by the new Cyrillic TrueType font. If you fail do

this correctly, the dictionary will display only incomprehensible scrambled

characters.

For an explanation of the letters and numbers in the left-most column and

top-most row of both the Current Code Page and "Pravda" Code Page tables,

click Advanced User's Information.


The Text Convertor Program
17F. The Text Converter Program

The Text Converter program has been designed to allow users who have

Cyrillic text produced with a font that uses another code page to easily convert

it to the Windows Cyrillic Code Page (IBM Code Page 1251/CP 1251) standard

used by the Word Translator-supplied "Pravda" TrueType font. For example,

by using the Text Converter program, you can convert Code Page 866 text

to Code Page 1251. You can also convert text you produce using the "Pravda"

TrueType font to another Code Page, for example, to Code Page 866. The

program is only designed to convert text from one Code Page to another.

We highly recommend that you always use the Windows Cyrillic Code Page

(IBM Code Page 1251/CP 1251) as well as the "Pravda" TrueType font when

using Word Translator, but if you are eager to use your own code page together

with a suitable Cyrillic font, you may do so after you change the Current Code

Page to the code page used by the other Cyrillic TrueType font. For more

information about this, click Change the Current Code Page.

You can use the Text Converter program (convert.exe) to transform any

Cyrillic text you have typed with another font that uses a code page other

than the Windows Cyrillic Code Page (IBM Code Page 1251/CP 1251). You will

need to have the font used to produce the Cyrillic text installed on your computer.

To perform a conversion, carefully follow these steps:

1. Save the Cyrillic text produced using another Cyrillic font/code page

    as a pure ASCII text file such as .txt in Microsoft Word for Windows. Please

    note that the file MUST be saved as a pure ASCII text file in a directory or

    sub-directory on your hard drive, otherwise, we cannot guarantee the success

    of the conversion operation. In the following instructions, we'll use the file name

    russian.txt to refer to the Cyrillic text produced in another code page.

2. Double-click on the Text Converter icon in the Word Translator program group

    window to open the Text Converter window.

    The Text Converter program icon

    Click the OK button in the About window that appears to open the Conversion

    of a pure text file window.

3. In the Conversion of a pure text file window, click the Open button below

    Conversion File Name: and choose the name of the pure ASCII text file

    (e.g. russian.txt) that you saved in a directory or sub-directory on your hard

    drive. Once you've selected the file, it's full path will be displayed in the box

    beneath the Open button. For example, if you use Microsoft Word for Windows

    ("Winword"), the path might be c:\winword\files\russian.txt -- on the c drive

    in the "files" sub-directory of the "winword" directory.

4. You then have the option of either clicking the Change button or the Create New

    button below Conversion Table in the Conversion of a pure text file window.

    If, for example, you already had a .cpc file that, for instance, converted text

    produced with Code Page 866 text to Code Page 1251, it might be named

    866_1251.cpc. Clicking the Change button will open a Code Page Conversion

    Table Name window and allow you to select the 866_1251.cpc file for use

    for the conversion you wish to make. To change to the 866_1251.cpc file,

    click directly on the file name in the Code Page Conversion Table Name window

    and click the OK button. Clicking the OK button will return you to the

    Conversion of a pure text file window where the name of the .cpc file you

    selected will be displayed immediately beneath the Change and Create New

    buttons--e.g. C:\WINTRAN\866_1251.cpc. You may go now go to step 8

    in these directions.

    If you are converting text produced using another Code Page or a Code Page

    for which you do not have an already existing .cpc for, clicking the Create

    New button will allow you to create a new .cpc file. When you click the Create

    New button, a Code Page Conversion Table Name window will appear and

    ask you to name the new .cpc file. It is usually best to name the file using the

    to_from numbers of the code pages (e.g. 866_1251.cpc). After naming the new

   .cpc file, click the OK button. After clicking the OK button, the Code Page Editor

    window will immediately open and allow you to edit the Destination Code Page.

    This is essential because the Text Converter Program (convert.exe) must be

    "told" about the code page used by the text you are converting. When the Code

    Page Editor window first opens, the Source Code Page and Destination Code

    Page sections will match exactly because The "Pravda" font (using the standard

    Windows Cyrillic Code Page/IBM Code Page 1251/CP 1251) is the selected font.

5. Click the Change Font button in the Source Code Page section of the Code

    Page Editor window to select the specific TrueType font used to create the

    source text you are converting. This is the TrueType font used to create the

    original source text (e.g. the russian.txt that was produced in a different font

    than the "Pravda" TrueType font) and, thereby, the Source Code Page of the

    TrueType font used to create the russian.txt. The Source Code Page will

    display the code page used by the font that produced the russian.txt.

6. Part by Part, edit the 1st Part, 2nd Part and 3rd Parts of the Destination Code

    Pages so they correspond exactly to the code pages used by the "Pravda"

    TrueType font. The Destination Code Pages must be edited so they exactly

    "match" the code pages used by the "Pravda" TrueType font (the Windows

    Cyrillic Code page/IBM Code Page 1251/CP 1251).

    Please Note: Detailed instructions about how to print-out pictures of the Code

    Pages used by the "Pravda" font (Window Cyrillic Code Page/IBM Code Page

    1251/CP 1251) are included at the end of this topic.

7. After editing the Destination Code Pages so they exactly "match" the code

    pages used by the "Pravda" TrueType font, click the OK button to accept the

    changes to the Destination Code Pages. These changes to the code pages

    are saved to your WINTRAN directory as the file you named, for example,

    866_1251.cpc so that the next time you import text produced in the same font/

    in the same code page, you will not have to edit the Destination Code Pages

    again but only call-up the 866_1251.cpc file by clicking the Change button.

    You might want to copy the new 866_1251.cpc file to a separate backup disk

    after you complete this process.

8. Click the Save As button beneath Converted File Name: and type a name for

    the converted file as well specifying the directory or sub-directory where you

    want to save the resulting converted file. It is best not to save the converted file

    in the same directory and with the same name as the original Cyrillic text file

    because a newer file will overwrite any older file with the same name. For

    example, you might want to save the converted russian.txt file as russian2.txt.

    When you click the Save As button, a Converted File Name window will

    appear and ask you type the name for the converted file. In this example, you'd

    type the name russian2.txt and press the OK button to accept both the name

    and the directory or sub-directory where it will be saved. After you click the OK

    button in the Converted File Name window, you will be returned to the Text

    Converter Program window and the full path of the converted file will be

    displayed in the box beneath the Save As button, for example, c:\winword\files\

    russian2.txt (on the c drive in the "files" sub-directory of the "winword" directory).

9. Click the Convert button to covert the file. Depending upon the size of the file,

    the conversion process could take a few seconds or a few minutes.

    At any point, you may click the Cancel button to stop/cancel the conversion

    operation. If you click the Cancel button, any and all entries, changes, etc., you

    accomplished will not be saved.

    Once the conversion process is completed, you may open the converted

    russian2.txt in your word processor as you would any other file and perform any

    Word Translator function on the file.

It is very easy to remember the order of these steps because the order of the

boxes and buttons in the Text Converter Program (convert.exe) has essentially

the same top-down order as the instructions above. We hope that you enjoy the

speed, convenience and ease of use of the Text Converter Program (convert.exe).

Printing-Out Pictures of Parts of the "Pravda" Windows Cyrillic Code Pages

Individually, you can easily print pictures of the 1st Part, 2nd Part and 3rd Part

of the "Pravda" Code Pages so you will have a "hard copy" of how the Destination

Code Pages should be changed so they reflect the standard Windows Cyrillic

Code Pages used by the "Pravda" TrueType font (IBM Code Page 1251/CP 1251).

1. First open the Code Page Editor window. Press one of the buttons associated

    with the "Pravda" Code Page section of the window--either the 1st Part, 2nd Part

    or 3rd Part button. The layout of that part of the code page will be displayed in

    the "Pravda" Code Page section of the window.

2. Simultaneously press the Left Alt + Print Screen keys on your keyboard to

    paste a copy of the screen (picture) onto your Windows Clipboard.

3. Close the Code Page Editor window and all other Word Translator windows

    by clicking the Cancel and Exit buttons.

4. Immediately open either your word processor or Windows Write. With either

    your word processor or Windows Write opened, simultaneously press the Shift

    + Ins keys on your keyboard to paste a copy of the Part of the Code Page Editor

    window you copied to Windows Clipboard into your word processor or Windows

    Write. You may then print the picture by using the command(s) you normally use.

5. To copy the other Code Page Parts, re-open the Code Page Editor window, click

    the next Part button and repeat the same procedure.


Polish, Croatian & Serbian Latin
18. Polish, Croatian & Serbian Latin

IMPORTANT------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

English-Serbian Latin or Serbian Latin-English dictionary module users should

use the instructions contained in this section. Serbian Cyrillic-English and English-

Serbian Cyrillic modules users should use the same instructions provided for

Russian module users.

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A. Typing Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin

B. Typing English--Polish, Croatian & Serbian Latin Module Users

C. The "Danube" East European TrueType Font

D. Change the Keyboard Layout

E. The Text Converter Program

F. The Keyboard Layout Icon & Window

To enable you to type either Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin characters and/or

access any of the special features provided for these languages by Word

Translator for Windows, you must have an English-Polish, Polish-English, English-

Croatian, Croatian-English, English-Serbian Latin or Serbian Latin-English

dictionary module installed on your computer and it must be selected as the

Current Dictionary in the Setup window.

With the exception of the special operating instructions described here for Polish,

Croatian and Serbian Latin, all basic Word Translator for Windows functions will

operate with an English-Polish, Polish-English, English-Croatian, Croatian-English,

English-Serbian Latin or Serbian Latin-English dictionary module in the same

manner as described elsewhere. "Non-split" English-Croatian-English and English-

Serbian-English bilingual dictionary modules used with earlier versions of Word

Translator will not operate with this version because they use a different code

page. Please contact an authorized distributor to have such a dictionary converted

for use with this version of Word Translator for Windows.


Typing Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin
18A. Typing Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin

VERY IMPORTANT: Before attempting to type Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin

in your word processor, other Windows application or inside Word Translator, you

must first disable any other font program or keyboard driver you may have

previously used to type Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin. With Word Translator

there is no need to use any other font or keyboard driver program. The use of such

programs with Word Translator may cause your system to become unstable or

"crash."

To type both English and either Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin in your Windows

word processor, Windows application or inside Word Translator, you must only

select  and use the supplied "Danube" TrueType font when using a Polish,

Croatian or Serbian Latin dictionary module.

The "Danube" TrueType font will be automatically selected for you as the

Selected Font in the Setup window for use inside Word Translator. But you

yourself must to select the "Danube" TrueType font for use inside your word

processor or other Windows application before you will be able to type Polish,

Croatian or Serbian Latin characters or toggle back and forth between typing

English and either Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin. The "Danube" TrueType

font will produce all necessary English and Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin

characters.

When you install Word Translator with a Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin

dictionary modules, the "Danube" TrueType font is automatically installed in

your ("default") WINTRAN directory. It should appear on any list of fonts

installed on your computer and you should be able to select the "Danube"

TrueType font in any Windows word processor or application that allows you

to do so just as you would select any other font.

Typing Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin in Your

Windows Word Processor or Application:

1. After you have loaded Word Translator into your computer's memory, make

    sure a Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin dictionary module is the selected

    Current Dictionary in the Setup window.

2. Open your word processor and select the "Danube" TrueType font for the

    document in your word processor. Even after selecting the "Danube" TrueType

    font, you will initially only be able to type in English. You may want to set up a

    macro or template (if your word processor or application allows you to do so)

    to help you "automatically" select the "Danube" TrueType font when you want

    to type Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin.

3. To type Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin characters simply press the

    ("default") Ctrl (Control) Keyboard Hot Key once and release it. Using this key

    will allow you to toggle between the US Keyboard and the Keyboard Layout

    displayed in the Keyboard Layout Editor window.

4. To type in English after typing Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin, press the

    ("default") Ctrl (Control) Keyboard Hot Key once more. By using ("default")

    Ctrl (Control) Keyboard Hot Key, you will be able to toggle back and forth

    between typing English and Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin characters

    by merely pressing the keyboard hot key once.

The Croatian, Serbian or Polish Characters check box inside the Word

Translator window will toggle (check and un-check) every time the ("default")

Ctrl (Control) Keyboard Hot Key is pressed. Checking this check box has the

same effect as pressing the ("default") Ctrl (Control) Keyboard Hot Key,

consequently, there are two methods you can use to change from typing

English to typing Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin characters or vice-versa

inside your word processor.

Additionally, as you press the default Ctrl (Control) Keyboard Hot Key--to

toggle between the standard US keyboard you normally use and the Cyrillic or

East European keyboard defined by the Keyboard Layout Editor window--the

"drag strip" at the far left of the Speed Bar will alternately change color from

GRAY to RED or from RED to GRAY. This is the same "drag strip" you would

use to move the Speed Bar.

When the "drag strip" is GRAY, it indicates that the standard US keyboard you

normally use is enabled. When the "drag strip" is RED, it indicates that the

Cyrillic or East European keyboard is enabled--the keyboard layout defined in

the Keyboard Layout Editor window and displayed in the Keyboard Layout

window. Because the Speed Bar is displayed in the ("default") far upper

left-hand corner of your word processor or application (unless, in the Setup

window, you choose not to display it), you will always have a quick indication

of which specific keyboard is enabled or active

PLEASE NOTE: Some but not all users might be able to change to and

successfully use the Right Alt key instead of the ("default") Ctrl (Control)

Keyboard Hot Key as a toggle switch to go back and forth between typing

English and typing Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin characters. However,

please carefully review the information in Hot Keys before attempting to

change to or use the Right Alt key for this purpose.

Because Windows Notepad does not allow you to select a specific font, you

cannot type Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin characters using Windows

Notepad.

To toggle back and forth between typing Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin

characters inside Word Translator, you may use the ("default") Ctrl (Control)

Keyboard Hot Key or check or un-check the Polish Characters, Croatian

Characters or Serbian Characters check box inside the Word Translator

window.

REMEMBER:

1. You yourself must select and use only the "Danube" TrueType font in your

    word processor or other major Windows application.

2. To toggle between typing in English and typing in Polish, Croatian or Serbian

    Latin, press the ("default") Ctrl (Control) Keyboard Hot Key and release it.

    This toggle hot key does not work with Windows Notepad because it does

    not allow you to select a specific font like the "Danube" TrueType font.

Typing Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin Inside Word Translator

1. The "Danube" TrueType font must be displayed as the Selected Font in the

    Setup window

2. Open the main Word Translator window and place your cursor in the

    uppermost box of the window and type inside this box. Initially you will only

    be able to type in English.

3. To type in Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin, press the ("default") Ctrl

    (Control) Keyboard Hot Key once and release it. You will then be able to

    type Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin characters. Please note that the

    Polish, Croatian or Serbian Characters check box will check/un-check

    as the ("default") Ctrl (Control) Keyboard Hot Key is pressed.

4. To type in English after typing Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin, press the

    ("default") Ctrl (Control) Keyboard Hot Key once more. By using the

    ("default") Ctrl (Control) Keyboard Hot Key, you will be able to toggle back

    and forth between typing English and Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin

    characters by merely pressing the key once.

5. To toggle back and forth between typing Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin

    and English inside Word Translator, you may also check or un-check either

    the Polish, Croatian or Serbian Characters check box inside the Word

    Translator window or inside the Setup window. Additionally, as you toggle

    between keyboards (press the "default" Ctrl Keyboard Hot Key), the small

    gray "drag strip" at the far left of the Speed Bar will turn red whenever the

    East European keyboard (the keyboard defined in the Keyboard Layout Editor

    window) is enabled and back to gray when the standard US keyboard is active

    so you will always have an indicator of which keyboard layout is enabled.

To view a picture of the upper and lower case "Danube" keyboard layout, click:

The "Danube" East European TrueType Font.

To change the "Danube" keyboard layout, open the Setup window and click the

Change button adjacent to Keyboard Layout at the bottom of the Setup window.

For additional information about how to do this, click:

Change the Keyboard Layout.


Typing English--Polish, Croatian & Serbian Latin Module Users
18B. Typing English--Polish, Croatian & Serbian Latin Module Users

When you yourself have selected and are using only the "Danube"

TrueType font and typing Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin characters in

a word processor or other Windows application, simply press the ("default")

Ctrl (Control) Keyboard Hot Key once and release it. This action will allow

you to type in English.

The ("default") Ctrl (Control) Keyboard Hot Key acts as a toggle for

toggling the keyboard between English and Polish, Croatian or Serbian

Latin when you yourself have selected and are using only the "Danube"

TrueType font in your word processor, other Windows application or

inside Word Translator.

PLEASE NOTE: Some but not all users might be able to change to and

successfully use the Right Alt key instead of the ("default") Ctrl (Control)

Keyboard Hot Key as a toggle switch to go back and forth between typing

English and typing Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin characters. However,

please carefully review the information in Hot Keys before attempting to

change to or use the Right Alt key for this purpose.

Because Windows Notepad does not allow you to select a specific font, you

cannot type Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin characters using Windows

Notepad.

To toggle back and forth between typing Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin

characters inside Word Translator, you may use the ("default") Ctrl (Control)

Keyboard Hot Key or check or un-check the Polish Characters, Croatian

Characters or Serbian Characters check box inside the Word Translator

window.

Additionally, as you press the default Ctrl (Control) Keyboard Hot Key--to

toggle between the standard US keyboard you normally use and the Cyrillic or

East European keyboard defined by the Keyboard Layout Editor window--the

"drag strip" at the far left of the Speed Bar will alternately change color from

GRAY to RED or from RED to GRAY. This is the same "drag strip" you would

use to move the Speed Bar.

When the "drag strip" is GRAY, it indicates that the standard US keyboard you

normally use is enabled. When the "drag strip" is RED, it indicates that the

Cyrillic or East European keyboard is enabled--the keyboard layout defined in

the Keyboard Layout Editor window and displayed in the Keyboard Layout

window. Because the Speed Bar is displayed in the ("default") far upper

left-hand corner of your word processor or application (unless, in the Setup

window, you choose not to display it), you will always have a quick indication

of which specific keyboard is enabled or active.

For further related information, click Typing Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin.


The "Danube" TrueType Font
18C. The "Danube" East European TrueType Font

The "Danube" TrueType font copyright © 1994-95 Translation Experts Limited.

The "Danube" font name will appear in the Selected Font box in Word

Translator's Setup window when a Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin dictionary

module is displayed as the Current Dictionary. You should NOT change to any

other font while using an Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin dictionary module.

The "Danube" font will allow you to type English and either Polish, Croatian or

Serbian Latin characters.

The "Danube" TrueType font uses the standard Windows East European Code

Page (IBM Code Page 1250/CP 1250). You may substitute any other TrueType

font that uses this Code Page, however, if the font does not use this Code Page,

English and/or East European words you type or read may appear "scrambled"

or nonsensical.

To type English and either Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin characters in your

Windows word processor or other major Windows application, you yourself

must select and use only the "Danube" TrueType font in the application.

                  Uppercase "Danube" East European TrueType Font

                                   "Default" Keyboard Layout

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                  Lowercase "Danube" East European TrueType Font

                                   "Default" Keyboard Layout

If your prefer a different keyboard layout than the "default" "Danube" keyboard

layout, you may easily and quickly change the layout by opening the Keyboard

Layout Editor. For more information about how to go about doing this, click

Change the Keyboard Layout.

Checking the Show Keyboard Layout check box in the Setup window will

display a Keyboard Layout icon beneath the Program Manager window

(next to the Word Translator icon) and/or over your Windows word processor.

If you do not want to display the Keyboard Layout icon, leave this check box

unchecked.

When displayed, the Keyboard Layout icon can be moved to another position

(just as with any other icon) by placing your mouse directly on the icon and

pressing and holding down on the left mouse button while you move the icon to

the desired location on your screen. Releasing the left mouse button positions

the Keyboard Layout icon at the point where you release the left mouse button.

You may view the Keyboard Layout window and, thereby, the Keyboard Layout

defined by the Keyboard Layout Editor window at any time, by double-clicking

directly on the Keyboard Layout icon. This will display a small Keyboard Layout

window. Initially, you will only see the lowercase Keyboard Layout but you may

toggle between the uppercase and lowercase Keyboard Layout by clicking your

mouse directly on the Shift or Caps Lock keys in the Keyboard Layout window.

You may Minimize the Keyboard Layout window at any time (again making it an

icon), by clicking your left mouse button directly on the "down arrow" in the far,

upper right-hand corner of the Keyboard Layout window. For further information,

click The Keyboard Layout Icon & Window.

The "Danube" font/keyboard layout was originally designed for use with the

standard BRITISH keyboard driver. While slightly different than the standard

US keyboard driver/layout, it is very similar and, with a few exceptions, will

produce the same characters displayed above by pressing the same keys.

Other keyboard drivers may produce vastly different characters when a

specific key is pressed, consequently, to enable you to use the keyboard

layouts displayed above, we recommend that you utilize an American-based

or British-based keyboard driver.

PLEASE NOTE: Some but not all users might be able to change to and

successfully use the Right Alt key instead of the ("default") Ctrl (Control)

Keyboard Hot Key as a toggle switch to go back and forth between typing

English and typing Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin characters. However,

please carefully review the information in Hot Keys before attempting to

change to or use the Right Alt key for this purpose.

Because Windows Notepad does not allow you to select a specific font, you

cannot type Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin characters using Windows

Notepad.

To toggle back and forth between typing Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin

characters inside Word Translator, you may use the ("default") Ctrl (Control)

Keyboard Hot Key or check or un-check the Polish Characters, Croatian

Characters or Serbian Characters check box inside the Word Translator

window.

Additionally, as you press the default Ctrl (Control) Keyboard Hot Key--to

toggle between the standard US keyboard you normally use and the Cyrillic or

East European keyboard defined by the Keyboard Layout Editor window--the

"drag strip" at the far left of the Speed Bar will alternately change color from

GRAY to RED or from RED to GRAY. This is the same "drag strip" you would

use to move the Speed Bar.

When the "drag strip" is GRAY, it indicates that the standard US keyboard you

normally use is enabled. When the "drag strip" is RED, it indicates that the

Cyrillic or East European keyboard is enabled--the keyboard layout defined in

the Keyboard Layout Editor window and displayed in the Keyboard Layout

window. Because the Speed Bar is displayed in the ("default") far upper

left-hand corner of your word processor or application (unless, in the Setup

window, you choose not to display it), you will always have a quick indication

of which specific keyboard is enabled or active.

For further related information, click Typing Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin

and/or Typing English--Polish, Croatian & Serbian Latin Module Users.


Change the Keyboard Layout
18D. Change the Keyboard Layout

VERY IMPORTANT: Before attempting to make any changes to the Keyboard

Layout, it's a very good idea to make a separate backup disk copy of the original

Word Translator POLENG* and ENGPOL* (Polish), CROENG* and ENGCRO*

(Croatian) or SELENG* and ENGSEL* (Serbian Latin) .KBD files in your "default"

 WINTRAN directory before you make any changes so that, in the event your

changes are unsuccessful, you can easily return to the "default" settings by

re-installing only these files and not the entire program.

If you so desire, you can easily change the Keyboard Layout by assigning

specific characters to specific keys of your choosing. To do this, first open the

Word Translator Setup window and click on the Change button adjacent to the

text Keyboard Layout/Code Page. You must have a Polish, Croatian or

Serbian Latin dictionary module as the selected Current Dictionary in the Setup

window for this button to work. Clicking the Change button will open a Keyboard

Layout Editor window that displays two basic sections:

A. A picture of the current Keyboard Layout used by the "Danube" TrueType font.

B. A table of available characters from the Current Code Page.

NOTE: The Edit Code Page button inside the Keyboard Layout Editor window

is not operative for Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin dictionary modules using the

"Danube" TrueType font (Windows East European Code Page/IBM Code Page

1250/CP 1251)

To change the Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin character produced by a

specific key on the displayed Keyboard Layout picture:

1. Click either the Upper Case or the Lower Case button adjacent to the

    displayed Keyboard Layout picture to individually change the layout of either

    the lowercase or uppercase characters in the Keyboard Layout section.

    You can only change a single case (upper or lower) at any one time.

2. To enable you to choose any character in the Current Code Page, click on the

    either the First Part or the Second Part buttons. Respectively, these buttons

    will either display the first part of the Current Code Page or the second part of

    the Current Code Page.

3. From the table of available characters in the Current Code Page, click your left

    mouse button once on a character you want to attribute to another key on your

    keyboard

4. After clicking on a character in the Current Code Page, immediately click once

    with your left mouse button on the key you wish to attribute that character to in

    the displayed Keyboard Layout picture. You will notice that the character you

    chose from the Current Code Page will then be displayed on the key you clicked

    in the Keyboard Layout section.

5. By continuing this process, you can change any or all of the keys displayed

    for both the uppercase and lowercase Keyboard Layout.

6. If you make a mistake or place a character in the wrong position on the

    Keyboard Layout picture, re-select the correct character from the Current

    Code Page (by clicking on it once) and, then, immediately click on the key

    you wish to attribute the character to.

7. When you have made all the changes to both the upper and lowercase

    Keyboard Layout that you desire, click the OK button to save the changes

    you have made. All changes to the Keyboard Layout are saved in both the

    (dictionary) poleng*.kbd/engpol*.kbd (Polish), croeng*.kbd/engcro*.kbd

    (Croatian) or seleng*.kbd/engsel*.kbd (Serbian Latin) files in your "default"

    WINTRAN directory. Word Translator will automatically assure that the

    dictionary .kbd files of both "paired" dictionary modules are identical.

    If, for example, you make changes while using a Polish-English * dictionary

    module, the changes are initially saved to the poleng*.kbd file. If you are using

    the English-Polish * dictionary module, changes are initially saved to the

    engpol*.kbd file. Word Translator will automatically change the other "paired"

    dictionary .kbd file to reflect the changes you made to one.

8. Individually, you can easily print a picture of both the uppercase and lowercase

    Keyboard Layout changes you make. With either the uppercase or lowercase

    Keyboard Layout picture displayed in the Keyboard Layout Editor window,

    simultaneously press the Left Alt + Print Screen keys on your keyboard to

    paste a copy of the screen onto your Windows Clipboard.

    Next, close the Keyboard Layout Editor window and all other Word Translator

    windows and open either your word processor or Windows Write. With either

    your word processor or Windows Write opened, simultaneously press the

    Shift + Ins keys on your keyboard to paste a copy of the Keyboard Layout

    Editor window from Windows Clipboard to your word processor or Windows

    Write. You may then print the picture by using the command(s) you normally

    use. To print the other case, re-open the Keyboard Layout picture, select the

    other case and follow the same procedure.

Please Note: You may want to use the Windows Paintbrush utility to edit the

keyboard layout pictures after you copy them (using the Left Alt + Print Screen

keys on your keyboard to copy the picture) but before you paste the picture(s) to

your word processor or Windows Write.


The Text Convertor Program
18E. The Text Converter Program

The Text Converter program has been designed to allow users who have

East European text produced with a font that uses another code page to

easily convert it to the Windows East European Code Page (IBM Code Page

1250/CP 1250) standard used by the Word Translator-supplied "Danube"

TrueType font. For example, you can use the program to convert Code

Page 852 text to Code Page 1250. Likewise, you can also use the Text

Converter program to convert Code Page 1250 text to another Code Page,

for example, Code Page 852. The program is only designed to convert text

from one Code Page to another.

You can use the Text Converter program (convert.exe) to convert any East

European text you have that was produced in a font that uses another code

page other than the Windows East European Code Page (IBM Code Page

1250/CP 1250). You will need to have the TrueType font used to produce

the Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin text installed on your computer.

To perform a conversion, carefully follow these steps:

1. Save the Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin text produced using another Polish,

    Croatian or Serbian Latin font/code page as a pure ASCII text file such as .txt in

    Microsoft Word for Windows. Please note that the file MUST be saved as a

    pure ASCII text file in a directory or sub-directory on your hard drive, otherwise,

    we cannot guarantee the success of the conversion operation. In the following

    instructions, we'll use the file name polish.txt, croatian.txt or serbian.txt to

    refer to the Polish, Croatian or Serbian Latin text produced in another code page.

2. Double-click on the Text Converter icon in the Word Translator program group

    window to open the Text Converter window.

    The Text Converter program icon

    Click the OK button in the About window that appears to open the Conversion

    of a pure text file window.

3. In the Conversion of a pure text file window, click the Open button below

    Conversion File Name: and choose the name of the pure ASCII text file

    (e.g. polish.txt, croatian.txt or serbian.txt) that you saved in a directory or

    sub-directory on your hard drive. Once you've selected the file, it's full path will

    be displayed in the box beneath the Open button. For example, if you use

    Microsoft Word for Windows ("Winword"), the path might be c:\winword\files\

    polish.txt (or croatian.txt or serbian.txt) -- on the c drive in the "files" sub-

    directory of the "winword" directory.

4. You then have the option of either clicking the Change button or the Create New

    button below Conversion Table in the Conversion of a pure text file window.

    If, for example, you already had a .cpc file that, for instance, converted text

    produced with Code Page 852 text to Code Page 1250, it might be named

    852_1250.cpc. Clicking the Change button will open a Code Page Conversion

    Table Name window and allow you to select the 852_1250.cpc file for use

    for the conversion you wish to make. To change to the 852_1250.cpc file,

    click directly on the file name in the Code Page Conversion Table Name window

    and click the OK button. Clicking the OK button will return you to the

    Conversion of a pure text file window where the name of the .cpc file you

    selected will be displayed immediately beneath the Change and Create New

    buttons--e.g. C:\WINTRAN\852_1250.cpc. You may go now go to step 8

    in these directions.

    If you are converting text produced using another Code Page or a Code Page

    for which you do not have an already existing .cpc for, clicking the Create

    New button will allow you to create a new .cpc file. When you click the Create

    New button, a Code Page Conversion Table Name window will appear and

    ask you to name the new .cpc file. It is usually best to name the file using the

    to_from numbers of the code pages (e.g. 852_1250.cpc). After naming the new

   .cpc file, click the OK button. After clicking the OK button, the Code Page Editor

    window will immediately open and allow you to edit the Destination Code Page.

    This is essential because the Text Converter Program (convert.exe) must be

    "told" about the code page used by the text you are converting. When the Code

    Page Editor window first opens, the Source Code Page and Destination Code

    Page sections will match exactly because The "Danube" font (using the standard

    Windows East European Code Page/IBM Code Page 1250/CP 1250) is the

    selected font.

5. Click the Change Font button in the Source Code Page section of the Code

    Page Editor window to select the specific TrueType font used to create the

    source text you are converting. This is the TrueType font used to create the

    original source text (e.g. the polish.txt, croatian.txt or serbian.txt that was

    produced in a different font than the "Danube" TrueType font) and, thereby,

    the Source Code Page of the TrueType font used to create the polish,

    croatian or serbian.txt. The Source Code Page will display the code page

    used by the font that produced the polish.txt, croatian.txt or serbian.txt.

6. Part by Part, edit the 1st Part, 2nd Part and 3rd Parts of the Destination

    Code Pages so they correspond exactly to the code pages used by the

    "Danube" TrueType font. The Destination Code Pages must be edited so

    they exactly "match" the code pages used by the "Danube" TrueType font

    (the Windows East European Code Page/IBM Code Page 1250/CP 1250).

    Please Note: Detailed instructions about how to print-out pictures of the code

    pages used by the "Danube" font (Window East European Code Page/IBM

    Code Page 1250/CP 1250) are included at the end of this topic.

7. After editing the Destination Code Pages so they exactly "match" the code

    pages used by the "Danube" TrueType font, click the OK button to accept

    the changes to the Destination Code Pages. These changes to the code pages

    are saved to your WINTRAN directory in the file you named, for example,

    852_1250.cpc so that the next time you import text produced in the same font/

    in the same code page, you will not have to edit the Destination Code Pages

    again but only call-up the 852_1250.cpc file by clicking the Change button.

    You might want to copy the new 852_1250.cpc file to a separate backup disk

    after you complete this process.

8. Click the Save As button beneath Converted File Name: and type a name for

    the converted file as well specifying the directory or sub-directory where you

    want to save the resulting converted file. It is best not to save the converted file

    in the same directory and with the same name as the original Polish, Croatian

    or Serbian Latin text file because a newer file will overwrite any older file with the

    same name. For example, you might want to save the converted polish.txt,

    croatian.txt or serbian.txt file as polish2.txt, croatian2.txt or serbian2.txt.

    When you click the Save As button, a Converted File Name window will appear

    and ask you type the name for the converted file. In this example, you'd type

    the name polish2.txt, croatian2.txt or serbian2.txt and press the OK button

    to accept both the name and the directory or sub-directory where it will be stored.

    After you click the OK button in the Converted File Name window, you will be

    returned to the Text Converter Program window and the full path of the

    converted file will be displayed in the box beneath the Save As button, for

    example, c:\winword\files\polish2.txt or croatian2.txt or serbian2.txt (on the

    c drive in the "files" sub-directory of the "winword" directory).

9. Click the Convert button to covert the file. Depending upon the size of the file,

    the conversion process could take a few seconds or a few minutes.

    At any point, you may click the Cancel button to stop/cancel the conversion

    operation. If you click the Cancel button, any and all entries, changes, etc., you

    accomplished will not be saved.

    Once the conversion process is completed, you may open the converted

    polish2.txt, croatian2.txt or serbian2.txt in your word processor as you

    would any other file and perform any Word Translator function on the file.

It is very easy to remember the order of these steps because the order of

the boxes and buttons in the Text Converter program (convert.exe) has

essentially the same top-down order as the instructions above.


Backing-Up Your User Dictionary Module Files
19. Backing-Up Your User Dictionary Files

As you add new "base words/phrases," translations and otherwise customize

your dictionary you should periodically backup your User Dictionary files to

assure they are not lost in the event they are inadvertently deleted, over-written

or if your hard disk becomes inoperable. You can quickly and easily backup

your User Dictionary files whenever you feel it's necessary, however,

periodically a Word Translator window will automatically appear to remind you

to do so. You will receive a certificate good for discounts on future upgrades,

other dictionary modules or any product offered by Translations Experts for

every copy of your User Dictionary files you send to Translation Experts.

Any and all new "base word," phrase and translation entries and deletions

you make to the Supplied Dictionary modules are saved in a separate

set of User Dictionary files. While their names are similar to the names of the

supplied dictionary module files, the User Dictionary files are separate and

different from those of the Supplied Dictionary modules.

For example, if you were using the Polish-English III and English-Polish III

"paired" dictionary modules, the names of the Supplied Dictionary module

files in your ("default") WINTRAN directory would be:

English-Polish III	Polish-English III
ENGPOL3.NDX	POLENG3.NDX
ENGPOL3.REC	POLENG3.REC
ENGPOL3.SBS	POLENG3.SBS
ENGPOL3.SFX	POLENG3.SFX

Click Bilingual Dictionary for more information about the naming conventions

used by Word Translator to define the various Supplied Dictionary modules.

Using the above "paired" dictionary modules as an example, the names of the

corresponding User Dictionary files in the ("default") WINTRAN directory (where

all changes and additions to the Supplied Dictionary modules are saved) would

be named:

English-Polish III	Polish-English III
ENGPOLA.NDX	POLENGA.NDX
ENGPOLA.REC	POLENGA.REC
ENGPOLA.SFX	POLENGA.SFX
ENGPOLA.SBS  (not always present)	POLENGA.SBS  (not always present)

Please note that all User Dictionary files contain an "A" following the name

of the specific dictionary module (e.g. POLENG for Polish-English). The files

containing an "A" immediately before the (.) (point) are your User Dictionary

files and the files that you should copy when you make a backup disk. Depending

upon the number and type of new entries you make, the User Dictionary ".SBS"

may or may not be present. If it's not there, don't worry, just copy the other

existing "A" User Dictionary files.

PLEASE NOTE:

If you send Translation Experts a disk copy of your User Dictionary files (as

you back them up), you will receive a certificate for special discounts on future

upgrades and other dictionary modules. Please clearly label copies of your

"Backup" disk with the name of the dictionary modules it contains (e.g. Polish-

English and English-Polish) and mail 3.5-inch HD disk copies of your User

Dictionary "Backup" disk(s) to:

                                    Translation Experts USA

                                    Post Office Box 18035

                                    Denver, CO  80218-0035 USA

To make a dictionary "Backup" with all files on a single disk:

1. Label a blank, formatted, 1.44 MB, high density disk with the specific dictionary

    module names (e.g. English-Polish and Polish-English) and "Backup."

2. Insert the "Backup" disk into your A (or B) drive.

3. Open Windows and, then, open File Manager by double-clicking on the

    File Manager icon. On the left side of the window, File Manager will display

    all the directories for the drive containing your Word Translator for Windows

    files. For most, this will be the C drive in the ("default") WINTRAN directory

    (C:\WINTRAN).

4. Find the WINTRAN directory in the list of directories on the left and click

    directly on the WINTRAN name once. This will highlight the WINTRAN

    directory name as well as display a list of files in the directory on the right

    side of the window. If you installed Word Translator for Windows in another

    directory name, use that name instead of the "default" WINTRAN name.

5. To backup your User Dictionary files, you need to copy the files with names

     that end with the designation "A" (.) (point) and then the file-type designations

     ".NDX," ".REC," ".SBS" and ".SFX." Additionally, (for Russian, Polish,

     Croatian or Serbian Latin or Cyrillic) you should copy (back-up) all ".KBD"

     and ".CPC" files no matter what designation precedes the ".KBD" or ".CPC"

     designation. The ".KBD" files are the files where any and all changes made

     to the keyboard layout are saved and the ".CPC" are code page conversion

     files.

    User Dictionary files contain an "A" that is immediately preceded by

    the name of your dictionary. So, for example, for any Polish-English

    dictionary module (POLENG), the four files that should be copied to the

    "Backup" disk are named POLENGA.NDX, POLENGA.SBS,

    POLENGA.REC, and POLENGA.SFX. Please Note: An "A.SBS"

    file may not always be present.

    The "paired" dictionary module ENGPOL (English-Polish) also contains

    "A.NDX," "A.REC," "A.SBS and "A .SFX" files and should also be copied to

    the "Backup" disk. Please Note: The dictionary ".REC" files are not Windows

    "recorder" files and, depending upon the number and type of dictionary

    entries you have made, you may or may not have an "A.SBS" file at all.

    You may copy each individual file to the "Backup" disk separately or you

    can copy all at the same time. To copy all the dictionary files at the same

    time, find the User Dictionary's (??????A) ".NDX, ".REC," ".SBS," ".SFX"

    and (for Russian, Polish, Croatian or Serbian) all ".KBD" and ".CPC" files,

    then, while holding down the (Control) Ctrl key on your keyboard, click your

    left mouse button once on each of the file names. This should highlight all

    the file names one at a time. When the selected files and no others are

    highlighted, release the Ctrl (Control) key. The files you selected should

    remain highlighted.

6. Click once on the File option on the File Manager menu bar. From the list of

    menu options that appear, choose Copy by clicking on it once with your left

    mouse button. A Copy window will appear displaying the Current Directory

    C:\WINTRAN (unless you installed Word Translator on another drive or in

    another directory) as well as a From: and To: box. The From: box will list all

    selected files (even if they "run out" of the box) you want to copy. A blinking

    I-shaped cursor will appear in the To: box.

7. In the To: box, type A:\ (or B:\) for the drive containing your "Backup" disk.

8. After you've typed the drive letter of the drive containing your "Backup"

    disk, click once on the OK button or press the <enter> key and your computer

    will copy the dictionary files from your hard disk drive to your "Backup" disk.

    When the copy process is completed, eject the "Backup" disk and place it in a

    safe place.

9. Because it's best to only keep a "Backup" disk of your most recent User

    Dictionary files, you may continue to use the same disk or disks for all

    subsequent dictionary "Backups." To use the same disk or disks again, just

    follow the same procedure. The only difference will be that after you click the

    OK button or press the <enter> key to copy the files to the "Backup" disk, a

    Confirm File Replace window will appear and ask you confirm that you want

    to replace earlier files (already on the disk) with more recent files of the same

    name. Click OK to replace the earlier file(s) with the most recent one(s).

More information about copying files from your hard drive to a disk can be found in

your Windows and DOS User's Guides.


Authorized Distributors
20. Authorized Distributors

North & South America TRANSLATION EXPERTS USA Post Office Box 18035 Denver, Colorado 80218-0035 (303) 329-8716 Fax: (303) 377-8220 CompuServe: [70750,1415] Internet: transusa@usa.net	Great Britain Translation Experts, Ltd. 2 Laverton Place London SW5 OHJ Great Britain Fax: (44) 71-244-8397
Croatia Mr. Robert Devcic HD Info Company Ltd. Ulica Brsljana 21 41040 Zagreb, Republic of Croatia Tel/Fax: +385-41-266-773 Tel/Fax: +385-41-268-807 Internet: Robert.Devcic@aixesa.srce.hr	Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Denmark (Windows only), Belgium & Luxembourg Arkeo A.S. -- WORD OFFICE P.O. Box 21 3965 Herre Norway Tel: +47-35-966-700 Fax: +47-35-966-260 Internet: pera@powertech.no
Portugal Mr. Jose Manuel Fonseca Maxilogica, Lda. Rua da Misevierdia, 78 Sala 254 1200 Lisboa, Portugal Tel: +351-1-352-3000 Fax: +351-1-396-9269 Internet: josem.fonseca@tail.pt	Poland Mr. Andrzej Stokowski Grot ul. Rozana 9 m 1 05-402 Otwock 4, Poland Tel: +48-2-779-34-87 Internet: stokowsk@plearn.edu.pl
Iceland Mr. Halldor Gislason Gautland 19 Reykjavik-108, Iceland Tel: 354-1-814-562 CompuServe: [70744,2463]


Word Translator for DOS & Other Language Products & Services
21. Word Translator for DOS & Other Language Products & Services

Translation Experts has not forgotten about those who still use and prefer to

work with DOS programs. They will happy to know that a fully functional DOS

version of Word Translator is also available. Word Translator for DOS operates

a little "faster" that Word Translator for Windows because it does not require

the Windows graphic interface and because it runs in text mode.

Unlike Word Translator for Windows, most languages for the DOS version use

single "non-split/non-paired" bilingual language modules and Word Translator for

DOS will not operate with all DOS word processing programs. It also requires

additional software or the use of WordPerfect with the Russian language module

to enable you to print Cyrillic characters.

Please contact an authorized distributor if you would like more information about

Word Translator for DOS or if you would like to order a copy.

Other Language Products

Double-click on the Product and Ordering Information icon in the Word

Translator program group window for the most up-to-date listing of available

dictionary modules, sizes, prices, order forms and ordering information or

contact Translation Experts USA directly at:

                                        Post Office Box 18035

                                        Denver, Colorado  80218-0035

                                        (303) 329-8716

                                        Fax (303) 377-8220

                                        CompuServe: [70750,1415]

                                        Internet: transusa@usa.net

PLEASE NOTE: With Word Translator for Windows, it is possible to create

almost ANY dictionary module you may want. If, for example, you wanted to

create a dictionary module not available anywhere else, you could do so with

Word Translator for Windows.

The only limitation is having a font that contains all the necessary accented

characters required for both languages. To create an original, new bilingual

dictionary yourself, you need both the necessary language skills in both of the

languages as well as the time necessary to enter the "base words/phrases"

and translations. Please contact an authorized distributor for more information

about how to go about doing this. We would be happy to help.

Because Word Translator is distributed throughout the world, we also have

available numerous foreign language to/from foreign dictionary modules, for

example, Russian-German and German-Russian, Norwegian-Portuguese and

Portuguese-Norwegian, Danish-German and German-Danish, et cetera.

Additionally, if Translation Experts does not currently carry a specific foreign

language to/from foreign language dictionary module, we can create a custom

dictionary module containing almost ANY TWO languages we offer--with any

almost "source" and "destination" language currently offered.

The cost for customized foreign language dictionary modules varies depending

upon the specific languages involved, the font or fonts required for both languages,

the dictionary size and whether you want a single, "non-paired" bi-directional

dictionary module or "paired"/"coupled" bi-directional dictionary modules. The time

necessary to produce such dictionary modules varies from thirty to ninety days.

Combining most languages in "paired"/"coupled" dictionary modules--from those

languages we already carry--can usually be accomplished for $250 to $500 in

approximately ninety days. For more information, please contact an authorized

distributor.

Professional Human Translation Services

In addition to Word Translator software, Translation Experts now offers

professional human translation services for documents, manuscripts, manuals,

et cetera. Our expert translators use Word Translator to accomplish the first

rough translation and then carefully double-check and rework the text to ensure

100% accuracy. They can translate anything from a one-page letter to extensive

manuals. Exact translation charges vary depending upon the specific languages

and length and type of document to be translated.

Our world-wide network of professional translators can translate to and from

many different languages. Double-click on the Product and Ordering Information

icon in the Word Translator program group window for the most up-to-date listing

of specific available languages and approximate costs.


Software Development Team
22. Software Development Team

Dictionary Authors & Copyright Holders

English>Russian>English I, II, III English>Norwegian>English  English>Danish>English I, II, III Danish>German>Danish I English>German>English I, II, III English>Portuguese>English I,II English>Spanish>English I English>Croatian>English I English>Serbian>English I (Latin & Cyrillic) English>French>English I English>Polish>English I, II, III	--Victor A. Makuha --Arkeo A.S. -- Word Office --Jens Rex --Jens Rex --Alan Bridgewater --Americo de Almeida --Patricio Burbano --Zeljka Martinis,  --grammar Dr. Danko Sipka --Serbisized from Croatian  --dictionary by Dr. Danko Sipka  --grammar Dr. Danko Sipka --Nicholas Heidinger --Dr. Danko Sipka --Radoslaw Plucisz --Dorota Kosciesza --Andrzej Stokowski --Eliza Nowik --Regina Nowodworska --Zdzislaw Pisinski --Vladan Stamenkovic --Magdalena Siudek --Katarzyna Kurek --Joanna Leszczynska

The Software Authors

Nenad Koncar	Principal software engineer and designer of Word  Translator. Holds M.S. degree in Computer Science.  Now doing Ph.D. research in natural language processing.
Koert Zeilstra	Software engineer and co-designer of Word Translator  for DOS and Word Translator for UNIX. Holds M.S.  degree in Computer Science. Now working as a software  engineer in Virginia.
Halldor Gislason	Developing the Macintosh version of Word Translator and the most experienced software engineer on the whole team  with several years experience with a major software  company.
Robert Devcic	Microsoft Windows expert and the driving force behind  Word Translator for Windows. Holds B.S. degree in  Computer Science, Zagreb, Croatia.
Jim Connolly	Author of the Word Translator for Windows on-line  manual hypertext, an avid Word Translator enthusiast  and distributor of Word Translator in North America.
Arkeo A.S.-- Word Office	Norwegian developer of the English-Norwegian and Norwegian-English dictionary modules. They thoroughly  beta tested Word Translator for Windows and distribute  it in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany and Belgium.
Ralph Hancock	Designer of the Cyrillic "Pravda," East European "Danube," and Japanese Hiragana and Katakana TrueType fonts and  all associated keyboard layouts.


New Versions
23. New Versions

We are constantly striving to improve both the quality and utility of our software.

That's why we carefully listen to the people who actually use it. In fact, many of

the ideas we've incorporated into this version of Word Translator have come

directly from Word Translator users just like you. In the future we hope to be

able to offer:

> More dictionary modules for more languages including many European

   languages and dialects

> Larger dictionary modules for many languages

> At least three different sized dictionary modules for each language

> More entries/words in each dictionary module

> Specialized dictionary modules for business, science, banking, medicine,

    education, law, the arts, et cetera

> A thesaurus for each language

> Grammar help for all foreign languages and better grammar help for those

    languages that already contain grammar help

> A verb conjugation utility for many languages

> Speech capability so each word or phrase in the dictionaries can be heard as

    well as read

> Greater flexibility and faster performance with all aspects of the program

> A Macintosh version of Word Translator


Technical Support
 24. Technical Support

Please understand that Translation Experts cannot provide any technical

support for Shareware Versions of Word Translator for Windows. Only

registered users can obtain full technical support from Translation Experts.

Many Shareware versions of Word Translator for Windows are distributed as

a single, compressed, self-extracting .EXE file (e.g. WT4W??.EXE) or as a

single, compressed, zipped file (e.g. WT4W??.ZIP). In the past, most of the

"problems" Shareware users have reported have been found to be a direct

result of the user not properly decompressing or extracting the installation

files before attempting an installation--or improperly decompressing or

extracting the installation files. The single compressed file must always be

decompressed or extracted before attempting to install Word Translator

for Windows.

To extract the installation files from a self-extracting .EXE file:

1. Copy or move the single WT4W??.EXE file to an empty directory on your

    hard drive

2. Open Windows File Manager, find the file in the directory where it resides and

    double-click directly on the file name (e.g. WT4W??.EXE).

3. This will cause all installation files to be self-extracted from the single, self-

    extracting WT4W??.EXE file.

4. You may copy all the files extracted from the single WT4W??.EXE file to a

    disk or leave them in the directory where they were extracted.

5. You may then install Word Translator for Windows from either the directory

    or from the disk.

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Introduction to Tutorials
25. Introduction to Tutorials

Carefully follow the steps and commands outlined in each tutorial. Each

session will guide you step-by-step through the procedures you'll need to

know to successfully use most Word Translator for Windows features. Before

you start any session, make sure you have taken these steps:

1. Followed the instructions on how to load Word Translator into your

    computer's memory. Click on How to Load & Call-Up Word Translator

    for further information about how to do this.

2. Selected the desired language module--the dictionary module you will use

    for your Word Translator session -- in the Choose Language box in the

    Setup Window.

3. Opened your word processing program or other Windows application.

4. Clicked on and read one of the following tutorial sessions:

                     Tutorial Session 1: Translate a Word

                     Tutorial Session 2: Add a New Translation

                     Tutorial Session 3: Delete a Translation

                     Tutorial Session 4: Add a New "Base Word/Phrase"

                     Tutorial Session 5: Change a "Base Word/Phrase"

                     Tutorial Session 6: Spell-Check As-You-Type

                     Tutorial Session 7: Use "Standard" Document Translation

                     Tutorial Session 8: Use Quick Document Translation

    You may print-out any tutorial session or any help topic by first clicking on

    the File option on the menu bar and then clicking Print Topic.

5. When you are ready to call-up Word Translator, use the hot key

    combination. The "default" hot key combination is (Control) Ctrl + Shift.


Translate a Word/Phrase Typed in Your Word Processor or Application
Tutorial Session 1:

Translate a Word/Phrase Typed in Your Word Processor or Application

Perform and/or observe the following steps after Word Translator has been

loaded into memory:

1. Type a word or phrase in your word processor in one of the languages

    supported by your dictionary module. For example, the English word "car."

2. Select the word or phrase you typed in your word processor or other

    Windows application by highlighting it with your mouse.

3. Press the Word Translator program hot key combination simultaneously.

    (Ctrl + Shift is the "default" program hot key combination) to call-up

    Word Translator.

4. Click once on the Choose button.

5. Another Word Translator window will appear.

6. Select (highlight) a translation by clicking on it once with your mouse.

7. Click once on the Choose button with your mouse.

For additional information, click Translate Words and Phrases...

Typed in Your Word Processor or Application.


Add a New Translation to an Existing "Base Word/Phrase"
Tutorial Session 2:

Add a New Translation to an Existing "Base Word/Phrase"

A "base word" or phrase is a word in your dictionary that has one or more

translations to the other language associated with it, thereby making it the

basis or "base word" for all associated translations.

Perform and/or observe the following steps after Word Translator has been

loaded into memory:

  1. Type a word or phrase in your word processor in one of the languages

      supported by your dictionary module.

  2. Select the word you typed by highlighting it with your mouse.

  3. Press the Ctrl + Shift ("default") program hot key combination

      simultaneously to call-up Word Translator.

  4. Click once on the Choose button with your mouse.

  5. Another Word Translator screen will appear.

  6. Click once on the Add button with your mouse.

  7. Type new translation for the word or phrase.

  8. Press the <enter> key and new translation will appear in the

      translation list.

  9. Click once on the Done button to save new translation.

10. You will be returned to the window where you can choose a translation.

      You can either choose new translation or you can exit Word Translator

      without making a selection by clicking once on the Exit button with your

      mouse button.

For additional information, click:

Adding New "Base Words/Phrases" & Translations.


Delete a Translation
Tutorial Session 3:

Delete a Translation

Perform and/or observe the following steps after Word Translator has been

loaded into memory:

 1. Type a word in one of the languages supported by your dictionary module

     inside your word processor or Windows application.

 2. Select the word you typed by highlighting it with your mouse.

 3. Simultaneously press the hot key combination to call-up Word Translator.

     (Control) Ctrl + Shift is the program "default" combination.

 4  A list of translations of the word you typed will appear in the Word

     Translator window if the "base word" is entered in the selected dictionary.

 5. Select one of the translations displayed for the word you typed by clicking

     once directly on the translation (word/phrase) with your mouse and then

     once on the Delete button.

 6. Be careful not to delete a translation that you will need later because there

     is no going back once you've deleted a translation from the dictionary.

 7. You may now choose another option or you may exit Word Translator without

     any further actions by clicking once on the Exit button.

For additional information, click:

Changing & Deleting "Base Words/Phrases" & Translations.


Add a New "Base Word" or Phrase
Tutorial Session 4:

Add a New "Base Word/Phrase"

Perform and/or observe the following steps after Word Translator has been

loaded into memory:

  1. Type a word in your word processor or in the uppermost box inside

      Word Translator's main window that you know does not exist in the

      selected dictionary module (Current Dictionary).

  2. If you typed the word in your word processor, select the word by highlighting

      it with your mouse.

  3. Simultaneously press the hot key combination to call-up Word

      Translator (Control) Ctrl + Shift is the "default" combination.

  4. You'll know the word or phrase is not in the Current Dictionary

      module if you do not see it displayed in the list of word/phrases.

  5. If you want to add the word or phrase you "pasted" from you word

      processor or application to the dictionary, click the Add button with

      your mouse.

  6. Another Word Translator screen will appear.

  7. Type a single translation for the word or phrase you "pasted."

  8. Press <enter> key and the single translation will appear in the translation

      list. You can continue to add separate translations one at a time in the

      same manner.

  9. Click once on the Done button once you have finished adding new

      translations to save both the newly added translation(s) and "base

      word/phrase."

10. Clicking once on the Done button will return you to a Word Translator

      window where you can choose a translation. You may choose one of the

      new translations you just added, select another option or you may exit

      Word Translator without any further actions by clicking once on the Exit

      button and you will be returned to your word processor or Windows

      application

For additional information, click:

Adding New "Base Words/Phrases" & Translations.


Change a "Base Word" or Phrase
Tutorial Session 5:

Change a "Base Word/Phrase"

A "base word" or phrase is a word in your dictionary that has one or more

translations to the other language associated with it, thereby making it the

basis or "base word" for all such associated translations. A "base word" can

be an English word or a word in the other language contained in the dictionary

module. Only "base words" you yourself have added to the dictionary (that

reside in the User Dictionary files) can be changed. "Base words" that are a

part of the Supplied Dictionary modules cannot be changed.

Perform and/or observe the following steps after Word Translator has been

loaded into memory:

1. Type a word or phrase in your word processor or other Windows

    application.

2. Select the word or phrase you typed by highlighting it with your mouse.

3. Press the (Control) Ctrl + Shift (the "default") hot key combination

    simultaneously to call-up Word Translator.

4. You can edit the word in the uppermost box that was "imported" from

    your word processor. While editing the word, you will see a constantly

    updated list of words/phrases displayed beneath it.

5. When you discover a word or phrase in the list that, because of a typo,

    misspelling or some other reason, you want to change, select that

    word by clicking your left mouse button once directly on the word.

6. Next, click once on the Change button.

7. After you have clicked the Change button, the list of words will turn

    "gray" signifying that the list has become inactive. The word in the

    uppermost box (the word you want to change) will appear highlighted

    (selected) signifying that you can change the word. To change the word

    simply retype it.

    NOTE: Be careful when changing a word because the translations for

    the word that you change are inherited by the new word. The only time

    you should need to use the Change button is when and if you find a

    "base word" or phrase that is misspelled or contains a typo.

8. After you have re-typed the word, click once on the Choose button to

    accept (save) the new "base word" you just typed. If you do not want to

    accept (save) the new "base word/phrase," click once on the Back

    button.

9. You will be returned to a Word Translator window where you can choose

    a word to translate, select another option or exit Word Translator without

    taking any further actions by clicking once on the Exit button. When you

    exit, you will be returned to the word processor or application you were

    working in prior to calling-up Word Translator.

For additional information, click:

Changing & Deleting "Base Words/Phrases" & Translations.


Spell-Check As-You-Type
Tutorial Session 6:

Spell-Check As-You-Type

Perform and/or observe the following steps after Word Translator has been

loaded into memory:

1. Select Spell-Checking in the Setup Window or click once on

    the 2nd icon (sp) on the Speed Bar.

2. Select the specific dictionary module to be used by the Spell-Checking

    in the Current Dictionary section of the Setup window.

3. After you have selected a new dictionary module, click the OK button to close

    the Setup window.

4. In your Windows word processor or application, type a word and press

    the space bar on your keyboard or a punctuation symbol and then

    space bar.

5. If the word you typed is not in the current dictionary module, Word

    Translator's Suggested Spelling window will appear with a list of suggested

    spellings that most closely resemble the spelling of the word you typed --

    taken directly from the dictionary module. To select one of these words,

    highlight it and click once on the Choose button.

For additional information, click Spell-Checking As-You-Type.


Use "Standard" Document Translation
Tutorial Session 7:

Use "Standard" (Interactive) Document Translation

Perform and/or observe the following steps after Word Translator has been

loaded into memory:

1.   You may select "standard" (interactive) Document Translation mode in the

      Setup Window or by clicking the 4th icon (blue "papers") on the

      Speed Bar.

2.   If you select "standard" (interactive) Document Translation in the Setup window,

      click once on the OK button to accept the choice and exit the Setup window.

3.   Open your Windows word processor or application and open/load a

      document you want to translate.

4.   Position the cursor in front of the first word in the document or

      in front of the first word of the section you want to translate.

5.   Highlight (select) the part of the document you want to translate by

      clicking and holding the left mouse button while you drag the mouse

      over the region of text you wish to translate.

6.   Press the (Control) Ctrl + Shift (the "default") hot key combination

      simultaneously to call-up Word Translator and start "standard" (interactive)

      Document Translation.

7.   The Word Translator window will become maximized. The screen

      will be divided into three parts. The top third of the screen will be

      occupied by a list box which will give you a list of possible translations

      (or word/phrases that are "close" to the one that you wish to translate)

      surrounded by buttons. The second one-third of the window will display

      the Source Text (the original text) and the bottom one-third of the

      window will display the Destination Text (the translated text).

8.   "Standard" Document Translation will start by first searching the current

      (selected) dictionary module to find words and phrases it recognizes

      because they are contained in the dictionary module.

9.   If Word Translator does not recognize a word in your document after

      "scanning" a word, it will display a list of words and phrases in your

      dictionary module that most closely resemble the spelling of the word it

      does not recognize. You then have the option of selecting one of the

      buttons to:

      Skip: ------- skip the word in your document/not translate it

      Remove -- remove the word from your document

      Add -------- add the new word as a new "base word/phrase" together

                        with a translation or list of translations to the dictionary module

      Choose -- select the newly entered translation as the translation for the

                        word in your document

      Delete ---- delete the word or phrase in the dictionary module

      Change -- change a misspelled or misstyped "base word/phrase"

      Back ------ return to the previous Word Translator window

      Exit -------- exit or stop Document Translation

10. When Word Translator has completed scanning the entire document, a

      "Paste Translated Text" window will appear and give you two options of

      what to do with the translated text in the "Destination Text Window"--

      either Paste or Exit.

    (1) Click the Paste button ...

         If you want to automatically paste the translated text OVER the source

         text (the original document text), press the Paste button

         OR

(2) Click the Exit button ...

         If you want to paste the translated text wherever you choose:

         (a) Press the Exit button

         (b) Place the cursor in the position where you want the translated text to

              appear in your word processor (for example, beneath the original text

              as a new paragraph or in a completely new or different document)

         (c) Click your cursor once beneath the original text or in a new or different

              document and simultaneously press the Shift + Ins (Insert) keys

              on you keyboard to paste the translated text at that point

              IMPORTANT: If you use this Shift + Ins method to paste the translated

              text, you should do so immediately to avoid losing the translated text.

              If you do not paste the translated text immediately, the next use of

              Windows Clipboard by any Word Translator function or word processor

              or application copy function will overwrite the translated text and it will

              be lost.

You can stop the Document Translation process at any time by clicking

the Back button until the button changes to Exit. Then, click the Exit button

to stop your current Document Translation session.

For additional information, click Document Translation Modes

and/or "Standard" Document Translation.


Use Quick Document Translation
Tutorial Session 8:

Use (Automatic) Quick Document Translation

Perform and/or observe the following steps after Word Translator has been

loaded into memory:

1. You may select Quick Document Translation mode in the Setup Window

    or by clicking the 5th icon (red "papers") on the Speed Bar.

2. If you select Quick Document Translation in the Setup window, select both

    Document Translation and the Quick option (immediately beneath Document

    Translation) and click once on the OK button to accept the choices and exit

    the Setup window.

3. Open your Windows word processor or application and load/open a

    document you wish to translate.

4. Position the cursor in front of the first word in the document or

    in front of the first word in the section of the document where you

    want to start translating.

5. Highlight (select) the part of the document you want to translate by

    clicking and holding the left mouse button while you drag the mouse

    over the region of text you wish to translate.

6. Press the (Control) Ctrl + Shift (the "default") hot key combination

    simultaneously to call-up Word Translator and start Quick Document

    Translation.

7. A dialog box will appear and display a "thermometer" gauge indicating

    a percentage of completion of the Quick Document Translation process.

8. You may stop the translation at any time by clicking the Cancel button.

9. When Word Translator has completed scanning the entire document, a

    "Paste Translated Text" window will appear and give you two options of

    what to do with the translated text in the "Destination Text Window"--

    either Paste or Exit.

    (1) Click the Paste button ...

         If you want to automatically paste the translated text OVER the source

         text (the original document text), press the Paste button

         OR

(2) Click the Exit button ...

         If you want to paste the translated text wherever you choose:

         (a) Press the Exit button

         (b) Place the cursor in the position where you want the translated text to

              appear in your word processor (for example, beneath the original text

              as a new paragraph or in a completely new or different document)

         (c) Click your cursor once beneath the original text or in a new or different

              document and simultaneously press the Shift + Ins (Insert) keys

              on you keyboard to paste the translated text at that point

              IMPORTANT: If you use this Shift + Ins method to paste the translated

              text, you should do so immediately to avoid losing the translated text.

              If you do not paste the translated text immediately, the next use of

              Windows Clipboard by any Word Translator function or word processor

              or application copy function will overwrite the translated text and it will

              be lost.

You can stop the Quick Document Translation process at any time by clicking

the Cancel button. You can optimize the "Cancel Speed" to interact with your

specific computer in the Operation Mode section of

the Setup Window.

For additional information, click Document Translation Modes

and/or Quick Document Translation.