Copyright: D C AL CODA, Ken and Coda Hale


QuickStart

Editor is included with the Tray Suite and is intended to be used as a Notepad replacement.

Editor is also available as a stand alone application.

This Help File is to be used with Editor, whether included with Tray Suite or stand alone. So, if you have purchased the stand alone version of Editor you may read something in this Help file which refers to Tray Suite and does not seem to apply to anything you can find in Editor. In such a case you can know that it is not missing from your copy of Editor, it is just a feature which comes with the full version of Tray Suite.

Editor provides all the basic text document capabilities and some very nice advanced features.

Please note that you may configure a HotKey, default is Ctrl +Shift + Alt + E, which will open Editor, while Tray Suite is open and running in the Windows System Tray. The  HotKey may be configured to almost any key combination. It is recommended that your choice be a 3 or 4 key combination, so that it will lessen the chance of it being in conflict with a shortcut key being used by Windows or another application that is open. See the Tray Suite Help File for a more detailed explanation of the HotKey feature.

The use of Editor is fairly basic and easy. This Help File attempts to detail the use of the many provided features. Below, a few of the more advanced features are explained.

General Options:

You can go to the Options Dialog, General TabSheet for more details on all the General  Options. General Options contain the following:

File Type Association:

Many different File Types may be associated with Editor so that the files can be opened with a double right mouse click, from within Explorer or on the Desktop. Go to File Associations TabSheet for complete instructions on how to accomplish this.

This feature is not intended to be a complete substitute for the built-in Windows File Types dialog, which you can reach by opening My Computer|View Menu|Options|File Types Tab. Windows provides you with the ability to make detailed changes to the File Types.

You may also make any file type associations from within Windows Explorer. Go to the View | Options menu and open the Options dialog's File Types tab. From this property sheet, you can make any edits you wish.

Note: Some file types associated with some applications by default (for example the .PAS file associated with Borland Delphi) use DDE to actually open the file. In order for the Editor to open this file type, the "Use DDE" checkbox must be unselected. The "Use DDE" checkbox is found on the Editing action for type: dialog when you are editing actions from the File Type dialog.

Filter File Types:

You can customize the types of files that appear in the Open and Save dialogs. The defaults are Plain Text with the .TXT extension filter and All Files, with the *.* filter. Go to Filters TabSheet for detailed instruction on how to manage your desired file type filters.

Spell Check TabSheet

Spell Check Options:

The Spell Check TabSheet provides access to the Spell Check's Ignore Quoted Characters, Ignore Prefix and  Ignore Suffix options.

QuickOpen Projects:

QuickOpen Projects enable you to create a Project and associate related files, which can then be all opened at the same time, with a click on the QuickOpen Menu. Go to the QuickOpen TabSheet, to configure the QuickOpen Projects. Note that there is one permanent QuickOpen Project, System Files, which open the commonly used system files, Autoexec.bat, Win.ini, Config.sys, System.ini and Protocol.ini

Editor Options:

Editor Options contains options which directly affect the appearance, operation and editing of the actual file or document. Editor Options contain the following:

General and Printing Editor Options:

Configure the general and printing options on the Editor Options, General and Printing tab.

Highlighting Scheme Editor Options:

Configure the Highlighting Schemes for Plain Text and the various languages on the Editor Options, Highlighting tab.

Key Assignments Editor Options:

Configure the navigation and editing Shortcut keys on the Editor Options, Key Assignments tab.

Auto Correct Editor Options:

Edit the Auto Correct words, automatically change "teh to the". Configured on the Editor Options, Auto correct tab.

Code Templates Editor Options:

Create Templates to use in any editing situation on the Editor Options, Code Templates tab. Examples can be for any list, such as ToDo, Memo "From the office of" Headers, procedure outlines or large blocks of code.

Active Spell:

Active Spell automatically spell checks the words as you type and underlines and misspelled word with a "red squiggly underline". Right Click, click with the Right Mouse Button, the underlined word and Editor will attempt to suggest correct spellings.

Active Spell

Multiple ToolBars:

The ToolBars, Main, Find, Words and Tools contain the most often used features and can be Shown or Hidden.

They may also be docked to all four sides of Editor. Just click and hold your mouse cursor on the vertical lines on the right side of the ToolBar. You will notice that the ToolBar's outline will change to a dashed line. Holding the left mouse button down and dragging the ToolBar, you will see the dashed outline following your mouse and it's shape change, getting a little taller. Hold it over either the top, right, left or bottom sides and when you see the outline change back to the narrower shape. Release the mouse button and the ToolBar will dock to that side.

They may also be parked somewhere other than on a side. Either inside the confines of Editor or parked outside the confines of Editor, beside it, not in it.

The ToolBar's position is saved between sessions. If you prefer to have a ToolBar on the bottom, it will always appear there until you move it. Also, if you have it parked inside or outside Editor, it will appear there also.

Please see Definitions Dictionary QuickStart, Spell Check QuickStart and Thesaurus QuickStart for information on using these features.

QuickFind:

We want to mention QuickFind, located on the Find Toolbar,here because it is a very fast and easily used find feature. Basically, all you have to do is type the word(s) into the QuickFind EditBox and hit the QuickFind button or F2 key. Editor will search the current document for that word(s). F2 initiate subsequent QuickFind procedure using the same word(s).

You may also highlight a given word(s) and initiate a QuickFind using that word(s).


Getting Started

Using Editor is pretty straightforward. In using this Help File, please know that most screen shots in this help file have "hotspots" where the mouse cursor turns into a little pointing hand. Clicking the left mouse button, when the cursor is a hand, will move to another part of this help file or popup a little window with even more information and hotspots. :-}

Please go to QuickStart for a more detailed explanation of getting started.


Tray Suite Brief Tutorial

Using Editor is pretty simple. You can use it instead of NotePad, which is supplied with Windows. Editor is fast and versatile. You can open several files at the same time, each in it's own EditTab. Editor may be associated with different File Types. .TXT, .LOG, .INI, .SQL, .1ST are a few examples.

Please see QuickStart, for an overview of using Editor.

The Tray Suite Brief Tutorial is included here because Tray Suite's functionality is an integral part of this suite of applications. If you have purchased the stand alone version, you will of course not have access to the Tray Suite specific features. However, the Editor functionality is identical for both versions.

Tray Suite Brief Tutorial

Tray Suite Words Suite is designed to provide on-the-fly Spell Checking, Definitions Dictionary and Thesaurus lookups with any Windows application.

The first thing we suggest doing is to open up the Preferences, from the popup menu Options | Preferences, and enable the "Automatically run at Windows Startup"option. Selecting this will enable Tray Suite to automatically run each time Windows starts or restarts, thereby having it ready to easily perform a spell check.

Most applications support Tray Suite messages and allow you to use the Tray Suite (Application) Actions, which are the fastest and easiest way to initiate a Tray Suite Action, SpellCheck(Application), Definitions(Application) or Thesaurus(Application). The (Application) Actions automatically copy your selected text and paste your spell checked text or chosen replacement word back into the working application.

Look in the Tray Suite Help File for a list of known HotKey Supported Applications and there are many more that are not in this list.

If you work with an application that does not support Tray Suite messages, you can use the Tray Suite (ClipBoard) Actions, which require you to perform the copy-paste operations.

Determining if a working application supports Tray Suite Messages:

The easiest way to determine if a working application supports Tray Suite messages is attempt one of the (Application) Actions, for example: perform a lookup in the Definitions Dictionary. If the word you typed and highlighted comes up in the Definitions Dictionary, then that application supports the use of the Tray Suite (Application) Actions. Please see Testing Applications for HotKey support  for more detailed instructions on testing your working application to determine if it supports Tray Suite (Application) Actions.

Quick steps to perform a Tray Suite (Application) Action:

To perform a Spell Check using the Spell Check(Application) Action:

1. Open the Windows Notepad or Wordpad

2. type a word that you know is mis-spelled, for example: testr

3. highlight that word, hit the SpellCheck(Application) Hotkeys: Ctrl + Shift + Alt + S

4. and watch Tray Suite bring up the Spell Check dialog

5. Perform the spell check and upon completion hit the OK button

6. Tray Suite replaces the mis-spelled word with the word you chose in the Spell Check dialog.

To perform a lookup using the Definitions(Application) Action:

1. Open Notepad or Wordpad, if it is not already open

2. type a word (for example: spell)

3. highlight that word

4. hit the Definitions(Application) Hotkeys: Ctrl + Shift + Alt + D

5. and watch the Definitions Dictionary come up, displaying definitions and related words

6. find a word that you want to use as a replacement and hit the Replace button

To perform a lookup using the Thesaurus(Application) Action:

1. Open Notepad or Wordpad, if it is not already open

2. type a word (for example: spell)

3. highlight that word

4. hit the Thesaurus(Application) Hotkeys: Ctrl + Shift + Alt + T

5. and watch the Thesaurus come up, displaying related topics and words

6. find a word that you want to use as a replacement and hit the Replace button

If that word does not come up in the Definitions Dictionary and you are sure you followed the correct steps, then you may use the Tray Suite (ClipBoard) Actions, which do require a copy before the Action and a paste upon completion of the Action.

Quick steps to perform a Tray Suite (ClipBoard) Action:

To perform a Spell Check using the SpellCheck(ClipBoard) Action:

1. Open the Windows Notepad or Wordpad

2. type a word that you know is mis-spelled, for example: testr

3. highlight that word, copy it using Ctrl + C or the Edit | Copy menuitem

4. hit the SpellCheck(ClipBoard) Hotkeys: Ctrl + Shift + Alt + V

5. and watch Tray Suite bring up the Spell Check dialog

6. Perform the spell check and upon completion hit the OK button

7. Paste the corrected word back into the working application using Ctrl +V or the Edit | Paste menuitem

To perform a lookup using the Definitions(ClipBoard) Action:

1. Open Notepad or Wordpad, if it is not already open

2. type a word (for example: spell)

4. highlight that word, copy it using Ctrl + C or the Edit | Copy menuitem

4. hit the Definitions(ClipBoard) Hotkeys: Ctrl + Shift + Alt + F

5. and watch the Definitions Dictionary come up, displaying definitions and related words

6. find a word that you want to use as a replacement and hit the Replace button

7. Paste that word back into the working application using Ctrl +V or the Edit | Paste menuitem

To perform a lookup using the Thesaurus(ClipBoard) Action:

1. Open Notepad or Wordpad, if it is not already open

2. type a word (for example: spell)

3. highlight that word, copy it using Ctrl + C or the Edit | Copy menuitem

4. hit the Thesaurus(ClipBoard) Hotkeys: Ctrl + Shift + Alt + H

5. and watch the Thesaurus come up, displaying related topics and words

6. find a word that you want to use as a replacement and hit the Replace button

7. Paste that word back into the working application using Ctrl +V or the Edit | Paste menuitem

Configure Tray Suite AutoRun, so Tray Suite will always run at Windows startup:

The first big tip is to make sure Tray Suite is configured to AutoRun upon Windows Startup. Go to the Preferences Dialog by right-clicking on the Tray Suite Tray Icon, choose Options | Preferences and ensure that the AutoRun checkbox is checked. This will tell Tray Suite to "Automatically run at Windows Startup". Now Tray Suite will open every time you start Windows, thereby always being open in the System Tray and ready to spell check or perform a Definitions/Thesaurus lookup.

Additional Dictionaries:

Tray Suite is shipped with the American dictionary and this will be configured as the Main Dictionary. If you wish another language dictionary. please visit the web site by clicking the Help | Web Site menuitem.

The Available dictionaries, in addition to the American dictionary, are British, British1, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Spanish, Swedish.

Getting familiar with Tray Suite:

These are screen shots of the Tray Suite menus, accessed via a right mouse click on the little ABC icon that resides in the Windows System Tray, where the time is located. You can use this to familiarize yourself with the menus, which really contain the basic Tray Suite functions.

The ClipViewer can be used to view the Windows Clipboard contents. This gives you the ability to actually spell check your selected paragraphs or documents using the ClipViewer to monitor the spell check progress.

The Spell Check dialog moves along with and avoids the word currently being checked.

Tray Suite icon located in the Windows System Tray (where the Time is)

Main popup menu, accessed via the mouse right click.

Select AutoRun to have Tray Suite open upon Windows startup.

Configure the Left mouse click actions here. You may choose to have no action assigned to the left mouse or have the left mouse click initiate the Spell Check or Thesaurus. We like to have the single left mouse click initiate the Spell Check and the double left mouse click initiate the Thesaurus.

Here also are the Character Preferences that can be configured so Tray Suite will ignore certain special characters.

Here you may configure the HotKeys. The HotKeys shown are the default values and may be changed to almost any key or key combination.

It is recommended that you choose HotKeys that will not interfere with the many different shortcut keys in many applications and even Windows, itself. A couple examples will illustrate the point, Ctrl + S is often used as the shortcut for File|Save, the Windows shortcuts start with Ctrl + Alt + ?.

The default use of Ctrl + Shift + Alt + {key of your choice} is fairly safe, even if it seems like too many keys to push at the same time. With practice you will be able to hit all the three keys.

If you choose to reconfigure the Hotkeys, test them in application with which you will use Tray Suite. This will avoid any conflict between your configured Tray Suite Hotkeys and any shortcut keys present in the working application.

By keeping Tray Suite running all the time in the Tray, these HotKeys are constantly available.

Options menu

Help menu

The Spell Check dialog provides many useful options for easily locating misspelled words and correcting them.

The ClipViewer is a simple window that opens and displays the word(s) you are spell checking. It supports RichText and may be used with any RichText type of application, such as WordPad and Outlook. All RichText formatting, bold, italic, underline and bullets are supported.

The Spell Check dialog moves along with and avoids the word currently being checked. This gives you the ability to actually follow along in your selected paragraphs or documents using the ClipViewer to monitor the spell check progress and see the words in context.

The ClipViewer can be resized to suit your needs and it's size and position are saved between sessions. See the Frequently Asked Questions "Sometimes Tray Suite does not ignore email quoted lines, even though I have the correct symbol, ">" (without the quotation marks) for example, entered into the Quoted Character Preference?", for a description of resizing the ClipViewer for use with your email program's message window.

Roget's 1911 Public Domain Thesaurus, containing over 1000 context topics and 30,000 words, is accessed via the right click menu.

The definitions Dictionary contains 160,000 words and provides instant access to synonyms and antonyms, as well as the meaning and context of words

Tray Suite Actions:

There are two different ways to use Tray Suite's Spell Check Definitions Dictionary and Thesaurus, Tray Suite (Application) Actions and Tray Suite (ClipBoard) Actions.

1. (Application) Actions Performing Spell Checks and using the Definitions Dictionary or Thesaurus within many applications which support Tray Suite messages

Definitions (Application), Spell Check (Application) and Thesaurus (Application)

Uses HotKeys to process Definitions Dictionary, Spell Check and Thesaurus messages between Tray Suite and the working application, such as WordPad.

By simply highlighting the desired word(s) and using the configured HotKeys a Spell Check can be performed or the Definitions Dictionary or Thesaurus invoked.

See Testing Applications for HotKey support to learn how to test an application for HotKey support

2. (ClipBoard) Actions Performing Spell Checks and using the Definitions Dictionary or Thesaurus by Copying and Pasting, using the Windows built-in Clipboard

Definitions (ClipBoard), Spell Check (ClipBoard) and Thesaurus (ClipBoard)

Uses the Copy and Paste methods within and application, which does not support Tray Suite Spell Check and Thesaurus messages, such as Netscape 4.0 Composer.

The process is Copy, invoke and perform Definitions Dictionary, Spell Check or Thesaurus, Paste the accepted changes back into the working application.

(Note: The Clipboard is a little rarely seen application that accepts cut or copied text and other file formats, but we will limit this tutorial to the use of text. The Clipboard just sits quietly in the background, never seen, waiting to receive cut or copied text. Tray Suite uses the Clipboard to perform it's (ClipBoard) Actions.

Using Spell Check:

Spell Check (Application)

Working within a supported application, Tray Suite is able to perform almost seamlessly, using the same basic ways you would use with any built-in spell checker. Highlighting the chosen word(s), performing the spell check and accepting the changes.

Tray Suite uses it's built-in ClipViewer to intercept the text that has been copied to the Windows ClipBoard. When you copy word(s) onto the ClipBoard and initiate a Spell Check ClipViewer action, Tray Suite opens the ClipViewer and Spell Check dialog and proceeds with the spell check.

The Spell Check (Application) Steps:

1. Open WordPad or your chosen working application

2. Open a WordPad document or Type some text into the document, making sure there is a misspelled word

3. Highlight that word or any portion of the text, using Ctrl + C or the Edit menu item

4. Hit the Spell Check HotKeys, by default they are Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S. Note that all keys have to be held down. An easy to do this is to use your left hand, little finger on the Ctrl, thumb on the Alt, ring finger on the Shift and while holding these down, hit the S key with your pointer finger or a finger from your right hand. This explanation reads more complicated that the action is to perform.:-}

5. Perform the Spell Check

6. When the Spell Check Complete dialog pops up, hit the OK button

7. Notice that instantly, the corrected word(s) is pasted into WordPad without any more action on your part

Using HotKeys within a working application

Tray Suite has the capability to perform a spell check from within many different applications. Here is a small partial list:

Web-O-Rama

EditPad

Pegasus 2.54

Eudora 3.x

HelpScribble

Notepad

NextPad

ICQ98

MIRC

MiniNotePad

SuperNotePad

InControl3

ScratchPad Jr

MS Access97

MS Outlook97

MS Outlook Express

Paint

WordPad

Netscape 4.x Messenger

This ability provides seamless Spell Check, Definitions Dictionary and Thesaurus integration. You can be working in an application, say WordPad, highlight a given word, phrase, paragraph or the entire document, and by using the Tray Suite HotKeys, rapidly spell check that selection. Upon spell check completion and you hitting the OK button, Tray Suite will automatically paste the corrected word(s) into WordPad.

Spell Check (ClipBoard)

Open Tray Suite, copy something onto the clipboard (from any windows application), initiate a Spell Check from Tray Suite's TrayIcon menu or a single left mouse click on the TrayIcon. Tray Suite is self-configuring for the included American Dictionary and Thesaurus. There are more Available dictionaries.

Tray Suite spell checks the Windows Clipboard contents. This means that any text that is copied onto the Clipboard, from any program, can be spell checked.

An important Tray Suite feature is the included Roget's 1911 Public Domain Thesaurus, containing over 1000 context topics and 30,000 words.

The basic method is, as you are working in a program like Notepad, Copy a word or the entire text, click the Tray Suite icon, located in the System Tray, and go through the spell check process. When the spell check is complete, go back to the program and Paste the Clipboard contents into it, whether it is a single word or the entire text. If a single word, make sure that word is selected (highlighted) before you Paste. If a paragraph or the entire file, make sure that paragraph or the entire text is highlighted before you Paste.

Note: Often the text will remain highlighted (in the application in which you are working) and if you put the focus back on that program by clicking your mouse on the Titlebar, that will leave the text, chosen to spell check, highlighted and you can just Paste the corrected word or text back in your working program.

The Spell Check (Clipboard) Steps:

The Spell Check (ClipBoard) and Thesaurus (ClipBoard) may be initiated in three ways, using the ClipBoard HotKeys, Single or Double clicking the Tray Suite icon which resides in the Windows System Tray (by the clock) and via the right-click popup menu ( accessed by a right-click on the Tray Suite tray icon).

1. Open Tray Suite, leaving it run idle in the System Tray

2. Open another program, say NotePad

3. Type something into Notepad that you know is misspelled, like testr

4. Highlight a word or some text in Notepad

5. Copy that onto the Windows Clipboard, by using CTRL + C, or Edit Menu|Copy

6. Single left click (or double click) on the Tray Suite icon, in the Tray, or right click and choose Spell Check ClipBoard. Or use the Clipboard HotKeys, by default Ctrl+Shift+Alt+V.

7. Perform the spell check, hitting the OK button when completed

8. Go back to Notepad, make sure the previously selected text is still selected (it usually remains selected, unless the focus has changed somehow), Paste the corrected text, using CTRL + V or the Edit Menu|Paste (Windows Trick: click Notepad's Titlebar or Notepad's Taskbar button and you will see that the selected text remains highlighted, meaning that if you paste the corrected text, it will replace that text. Windows programs will usually "remember" what was highlighted , if you do not click the mouse around inside the program before wanting to Paste your corrected word or text back.)

That's all there is to it. It is actually more accessible and faster than explaining it.:-} It really becomes a quick copy, click, spell check, OK, paste.

Using the Thesaurus:

There are three ways to use the Thesaurus.

1. Lookup a specific word that is highlighted in Editor.

Highlight the word, hit the Open Thesaurus button. The Thesaurus will open with the selected word already in the Word EditBox and will automatically lookup the word.

2.  Lookup a specific word that is highlighted in your other working application.

Highlight the word, use Thesaurus (Application) or Thesaurus (ClipBoard) to open the Thesaurus with the selected word already in the Word EditBox and will automatically lookup the word.

3. Open and manually type in the word to be looked up.

In Editor, you simply open the Thesaurus , using the Thesaurus button or MenuItem, type your desired word into the Lookup Word EditBox and push the Lookup button.

From the Tray Suite Tray Icon Popup Menu, click the Thesaurus  (ClipBoard) MenuItem or use the Thesaurus  (ClipBoard) Hotkey to open the Thesaurus . You may then type in your desired word into the Word EditBox and push the Lookup button.

Using Thesaurus (Application)

Thesaurus (Application) relies on the use of HotKeys within applications which support Tray Suite messages.

The Thesaurus (Application) Steps:

1. Open WordPad or another application that supports Tray Suite messages. See HotKey Supported Applications  and Testing Applications for HotKey Support for more information.

2. Open a WordPad document or Type some text into the document

3. Choose a word and highlight it

4. Hit the Thesaurus HotKeys, by default Ctrl+Shift+Alt+T. Again, note that all keys have to be held down.

5. Use the Thesaurus to choose a substitute word

6. Hit the Replace button and notice that instantly, the newly chosen word is pasted into WordPad without any more action on your part

7. Note that you may drill down more levels into the suggestions by clicking a word in the Topic Listbox, which will display new words in the Word Listbox. You can then click a word in the Word Listbox, which will move that word into the Word Editbox and automatically look up that word, displaying new related words in the Topic Listbox.

Using Thesaurus (ClipBoard)

You can open the Thesaurus from the Thesaurus (Clipboard) MenuItem or Thesaurus (ClipBoard) HotKey for independent use, in which you may type a word and perform a Lookup.

The Thesaurus (Clipboard) Steps:

1. Type a word into NotePad

2. Highlight that word

3. Copy that word onto the Windows Clipboard, by using CTRL + C, or Edit Menu|Copy

4. Single left click (or double click) on the Tray Suite icon, in the Tray, or right click and choose Thesaurus ClipBoard. Or use the Clipboard HotKeys, by default Ctrl+Shift+Alt+H.

5. Use the Thesaurus to choose a substitute word

6. Hit the Replace button, the Thesaurus will close

7. Go back to NotePad, making sure the old word is still highlighted and paste the newly chosen word, using Ctrl + V or the Edit menu item

8. Note that you may drill down more levels into the suggestions by clicking a word in the Topic Listbox, which will display new words in the Word Listbox. You can then click a word in the Word Listbox, which will move that word into the Word Editbox and automatically look up that word, displaying new related words in the Topic Listbox. Then by clicking a new Topic word, display new related words in the Words Listbox.

Using the Definitions Dictionary:

There are three ways to use the Definitions Dictionary.

1. Lookup a specific word that is highlighted in Editor.

Highlight the word, hit the Open Definitions Dictionary button. The Definitions Dictionary will open with the selected word already in the Lookup Word EditBox and will automatically lookup the word.

2.  Lookup a specific word that is highlighted in your other working application.

Highlight the word, use Definitions (Application) or Definitions (ClipBoard) to open the Definitions Dictionary with the selected word already in the Lookup Word EditBox and will automatically lookup the word.

3. Open and manually type in the word to be looked up.

In Editor, you simply open the Definitions Dictionary, using the Definitions Dictionary button or MenuItem, type your desired word into the Lookup Word EditBox and push the Lookup button.

From the Tray Suite Tray Icon Popup Menu, click the Definitions Dictionary (ClipBoard) MenuItem or use the Definitions Dictionary (ClipBoard) Hotkey to open the Definitions Dictionary. You may then type in your desired word into the Lookup Word EditBox and push the Lookup button.

Using Definitions (Application)

Definitions (Application) relies on the use of HotKeys within applications which support Tray Suite messages.

Tray Suite has to be open in the Windows System Tray.

The Definitions (Application) Steps:

1. Open WordPad or another application that supports Tray Suite messages.  See HotKey Supported Applications and Testing Applications for HotKey support for more information.

1. Highlight a word you wish to lookup

2. Hit the Definitions (Application) Hotkey, Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F by default

3. Your chosen word will appear in the Lookup word: editbox, as well as other words, if found in the Dictionary, will appear in the Sense Descriptions Listbox and Showing Related Words tabbed notebook. If the word was not found, there will be a "Word not found." message in the Sense Descriptions Listbox.

4. Choose a word to use as replacement

5. When you find a word that you want to use as a replacement, select it and hit the Replace button.

6. The Definitions Dictionary will close and that word will automatically be pasted back into your working application

7. Note that you may drill down more levels into the suggestions by double-clicking a word in the Showing Related Words, moving that word into the Lookup word: editbox. This will start a new lookup based on that new word.

Using Definitions(ClipBoard)

The Definitions (ClipBoard) and may be initiated in three ways, using the ClipBoard HotKeys, Single or Double clicking the Tray Suite icon which resides in the Windows System Tray (by the clock) and via the right-click popup menu ( accessed by a right-click on the Tray Suite tray icon).

The Tray Suite (ClipBoard) Action can be used with any application which does not support Tray Suite messages.

Tray Suite has to be open in the Windows System Tray.

The Definitions(ClipBoard) Steps:

1. Open your working application.

2. Highlight and copy a word from your work document, via Ctrl + C, the work application's menuitem or Copy button. This copies that word onto the Windows Clipboard.

3. Open Tray Suite's Definitions Dictionary

4. Your chosen word will appear in the Lookup word: editbox, as well as other words, if found in the Dictionary, will appear in the Sense Descriptions Listbox and Showing Related Words tabbed notebook. If the word was not found, there will be a "Word not found." message in the Sense Descriptions Listbox.

5. When you find a word that you want to use as a replacement, select it and hit the Replace button.

6. This will close the Definitions Dictionary and place the chosen word onto the Windows Clipboard, ready to paste into your work document, via Ctrl + V, the work application's menuitem or Paste button.

7. Note that you may drill down more levels into the suggestions by double-clicking a word in the Showing Related Words, moving that word into the Lookup word: editbox. This will start a new lookup based on that new word.

Further Usage Tips

The Definitions Dictionary may be used to look up a word's meaning, find a synonym or antonym or drill down into the meaning and context of a word.

You may drill down into the meaning and context of a word by double-clicking a word located in one of the tabbed pages, Synonym, Antonym... This will automatically place that word in the LookUp Word Editbox, perform the Lookup and populate the tabbed pages. In this way you can Lookup the word "spell", double-click "enchantment" in the Synonym tabbed page, double-click "trance" and find "enamour".

To select a word, such as "enamour",  to use as a replacement for the word which you were looking up, such as "spell", you would highlight the desired word, "enamour",  in the tabbed page and click the Replace Button.

Click on a part of the window to see a description of what it does, or select one of the following topics:

Showing synonyms by sense

Showing synonyms by word type

Showing related words


Hints and Tips

Definitions Dictionary:

1. The Definitions Dictionary may be used to look up a word's meaning, find a synonym or antonym or drill down into the meaning and context of a word.

2. You may drill down into the meaning and context of a word by double-clicking a word located in one of the tabbed pages, Synonym, Antonym... This will automatically place that word in the LookUp Word Editbox, perform the Lookup and populate the tabbed pages. In this way you can Lookup the word "spell", double-click "enchantment" in the Synonym tabbed page, double-click "trance" and find "enamour".

3. To select a word, such as "enamour",  to use as a replacement for the word which you were looking up, such as "spell", you would highlight the desired word, "enamour",  in the tabbed page and click the Replace Button.

Thesaurus:

1. The Thesaurus may be used to look up a word and drill down into the meaning and context of a word.

2. You may drill down into the meaning and context of a word by alternately clicking a word located in the Topic listbox or Word listbox.

3. For example, when the word "spell" is looked up, you will see "time (Noun)", "spell (Noun)" in the Topic Listbox, among several other choices. Clicking on "spell (Noun)" displays "spell", "charm", "incantation" in the Word Listbox, among several other choices. Click "incantation" and "request (Noun)", "spell (Noun)" and "rite (Noun)"  will appear in the Topic Listbox. Clicking on "request (Noun)" displays "prayer", "motion" in the Word Listbox, among several other choices.

4. To select a word, such as "prayer",  to use as a replacement for the word which you were looking up, such as "spell", you would highlight the desired word, "prayer",  in the Word listbox and click the Replace Button.

More Hints and Tips

1. Leave Tray Suite open all the time. By checking the AutoRun checkbox, Tray Suite will open when you boot up Windows. This makes all the configurable Hotkeys available for the Editor, as well as spell check, thesaurus and dictionary access. It takes up very little resources to just sit there and then it is always available and you will soon prefer using Tray Suite instead of many of the built-in spell checkers.

2. The more often you use Tray Suite as your spell checker, the faster you will become and the better your Custom User Dictionary will become.

3. Use the default Hotkeys or select one that suits you better. Looking at Ctrl + Shift + Alt + S, it seems like that is a very hard key combination, but with practice you will be able to hit the very easily.

Windows Tip: Keep you left hand poised at the Ctrl key at all time anyway. This is the key that is used with the Z key for an Undo ( a very important shortcut to know and use) and also the Cut (X), Copy (C) and Paste (V) shortcut keys. In time the Tray Suite HotKeys will become second nature just like these standard Windows shortcut keys.

4. If you do change the HotKeys, make sure they do not conflict with any shortcuts keys in your working applications, like WordPad or an HTML authoring application. For example, if you choose Ctrl + P for a Tray Suite HotKey, you will probably run into problems in many applications because that is a common Print shortcut key combination.

5. Tray Suite and Editor use the same dictionaries, thesaurus, Spell Check configuration and Spell Check options, such as Quote Characters. So by using both these applications as part of the Tray Suite suite, you will have a computer/universal word center.

6. Associate Editor with Text Files, *.TXT and any other text files, such as *.SQL, and you can open them with a double click.

The Options form's File Association Tab is provided to make it easier to associate File Types with Editor. It performs much the same function as Windows in Adding and Removing File Types.

If you are more comfortable using the Windows File Type dialog, then use it to associate. You must add "%1" to the Editor path in the Application used to perform action: editbox. So it will look like this, depending on where you installed Tray Suite: C:\Program Files\Tray Suite\Editor.exe "%1".

Using the UnAssociate button will remove the File Type from the Registry. Using the Associate button will add a new File Type or associate Editor with that existing File Type.

7. The Definitions Dictionary may be used to look up a word's meaning, find a synonym or antonym or drill down into the meaning and context of a word..

8. Use the Custom Users Dictionary often. If you use a certain word or abbreviation often, add it to your Custom Users Dictionary. You can add the word by hitting the the Add button while performing a spell check or open the Custom Users Dictionary via the Tools menu, Edit Custom Dictionary.

9. Using Auto Correct: Auto Correct allows you to have Tray Suite automatically correct the spellings of your more common spelling mistakes, for example, the instead of the.

There are two ways of entering a word combination into Auto Correct.

The first is when performing a spell check and Tray Suite finds a misspelled word, such as the, choose the correct spelling for that word, from the Suggestion List or type the correct word into the Replace with: editbox and hit the Auto-Correct button.

The second method is to use the Edit Custom Dictionary dialog, opened from the Tools Menu, Edit Custom Dictionary item. Using this dialog, choose the AutoCorrect tab and hit the Add New Word button. Enter the incorrect word you wish to change, hit the OK button, enter the word as it should be corrected and hit the OK button. You will see that the AutoCorrect combination has been entered.

Now when you miss type that word and perform a spell check, Tray Suite will automatically correct that word.

10. You may use Auto Correct to automatically change a certain abbreviation into a full word or phrase.

For example when you type "tvm", Tray Suite will change to "Thanks very much". Open the Edit Custom Dictionary dialog, hit the AutoCorrect tab and the Add New Word button. In the first entry dialog, type "tvm" (without the quotation marks), hit the OK, type in "Thanks very much" (without the quotation marks), hit the OK button. You will see the combination has been added.

Now if you type "tvm" and perform a spell check, Tray Suite will automatically change that to "Thanks very much".

11. The StatusBar contains some very useful information, so it pays to keep your eye on it.

Here are descriptions of what is displayed in the seven panels, located left to right, on the StatusBar.

Panel #1. Indicates Line Number on which the cursor is currently located.

Panel #2. Indicates Column number in which cursor is currently located.

Panel #3. Indicates the Cursor position. Generally in bytes, so this can be used to get an indication of the file size, in byte. Also can be used to see how many characters (Character Count including spaces)  are contained in the file, from beginning to end, or from beginning to the cursor position.

Panel #4. Indicates the current state of the Insert/Overwrite key.

Panel #5. Indicates the current state of the Caps Lock key.

Panel #6. Indicates the current state of the Num Lock key.

Panel #7. Toolhint Panel displays toolhints (little tips of what action the button or menuitem performs) as the cursor passes over certain buttons and menuitems. Also displays the file name and path of the file in the active EditTab.


Using this Help File

Most screen shots in this help file, have "hotspots" where the mouse cursor turns into a little pointing hand. Clicking the left mouse button, when the cursor is a hand, will move to another part of this help file or popup a little window with even more information and hotspots. :-}


Installation

Installation is automatic and a part of the overall Editor/Tray Suite installation program.


Purchasing Editor

Purchasing the Editor is accomplished via an online Secure transaction through your Internet browser using your credit card. Once your purchase is complete you will gain Instant e-Delivery via Internet download.

Point your browser to the web page by clicking the Help | Internet Web Site menuitem:

This web page has instructions on how to order using a credit card via a secure page, from any part of the world.

Site Licenses are available.

Entering Serial Number:

Go to the Help | Register menuitem, click it and enter the Serial Number exactly as you shown.

After 30 day Trial period has expired:

Attempt to open the either Tray Suite or Editor by clicking their shortcut.

This will bring up the Expiration Message.

Click the Yes button and enter the Serial Number exactly as you shown.

This will register both applications, Tray Suite and Editor. Then you may open and continue using the applications as usual.


Entering Serial Number

Entering Serial Number:

Go to the Help | Register menuitem, click it and enter the Serial Number exactly as you shown.

After 30 day Trial period has expired:

Attempt to open the either Tray Suite or Editor by clicking their shortcut.

This will bring up the Expiration Message.

Click the Yes button and enter the Serial Number exactly as you shown.

This will register both applications, Tray Suite and Editor. Then you may open and continue using the applications as usual.


Credits

We want to thank many people who have helped. At the risk of leaving someone out, here goes.

Thanks to:

David Brock

Coda Hale

Brian Feifarek

John Girton

Alan Moore

Robert Muir

Larry Rutledge

Mike Prestwood

Alejandro Aguirre Vila-Coro


Uninstalling Editor

Editor has an uninstall feature if purchased as a stand alone application. If purchased with Tray Suite, the Tray Suite uninstallation will remove Editor also.

Tray Suite, itself,  has an Uninstall feature included in the initial installation program and will handle uninstalling the Editor. Go to the Control Panel/Add Remove Programs and select Tray Suite to uninstall. This will automatically uninstall everything that was installed.

You will have to manually go to the Tray Suite home folder and delete it . The user dictionary, default.udt, will still be there, because it was created after the installation process.


What's New/History

(Note: This What's New also includes Tray Suite)

6/15/1999: version 1 of the Editor is released, when Editor is included with Tray Suite, the entire application carries a version of #1, however the actual Tray Suite is based on version 3 of that set of modules.

5/12/199: Tray Suite Version 3 released

8/23/1998: Tray Suite Version 2.0

Added Definitions Dictionary, the 160,000 word dictionary. Also several minor changes to both Tray Suite and Editor.

7/1998: Version 1.3.1

Made one very minor change to the setup program, to better accommodate first time installations on various sizes of monitors and different screen resolutions.

4/1998: Version 1.3

Included the NotePad replacement, Editor and more HotKey support. This version marks the beginning of the Tray Suite Word Suite, with more planned features that will create a word repository that includes spell checking, thesaurus, dictionary, text editor and more.

2/1998: Version 1.2

Internal version, not released.

Added HotKeys, ClipViewer is now RichText compatible.

2/1998

Tray Suite chosen as a Top Ten Shareware Download, by Windows Magazine!

1/26/1998

Version 1.1

Added ClipViewer, which allows the viewing of the word or words being spell checked. You can now follow along with the spell check progress.

Redesigned Thesaurus dialog

New Options:

Automatically run Tray Suite at Windows Startup option

Single and Double Click Preferences, configure the mouse clicks to suit your working style.

Spell Check Clipboard

Spell Check ClipViewer

Thesaurus

Character Preferences

Quoted Characters, ClipViewer spell check will ignore lines beginning with this chosen character

Ignore Prefix, such as the apostrophe '

Ignore Suffix, such as 's

Improved Help File

Added context help buttons to About/Preferences dialog

Slight redesign of tray icon's popup menu

Added animation to the tray icon, which gives visual feedback that

the spell check is in progress

11/02/1997

Version 1.01

Fixed a problem with the way the Single and Double click preferences were being saved.

Added a What's New topic in Help File

Corrected a few errors in the Help File

10/26/1997

Version 1.0

Initial release as Shareware


License

Please refer to the included License text file.


Support

We are happy to provide support to licensed users. Please read this. You can use the Help | Internet Web Site menuitem to launch your web browser and go to the Editor web site where you can follow the Support links for specific instructions.

One of our main goals is to provide software that is useful and easy to use. We also want to know about any problems or suggestions you may have, if you are a licensed user or using the Trial.

Please check Frequently Asked Questions to see if something like you are experiencing has been reported and what solution was proposed.

Also, read the QuickStart, Brief Tutorial, and Tips and Hints help topics, as they contain much of the information about using this application. What you are experiencing may be answered in this Help File.

You may also go to the Frequently Asked Questions page on the Web Site, by clicking Help | Internet Web Site menu item.

This FAQ page will always contain the latest hints, tips and FAQs.

We are very interested in providing a useful and easy to use application. Therefore, we appreciate all suggestions and comments that will help Tray Suite to be that. So, please send us suggestions for improvements in the application, as well as the help file and documentation.

If you are reporting a problem, please be as specific as you can.

We will only be able to correct any problems (or offer solutions or workarounds) if those problems are reproducible on our computers, so your clear explanation will be very helpful. We want to hear about any problems that you have. Those problems that are reproducible by performing the same steps or operations are going to be more easily solved.

1. Include a description of the problem, as detailed as possible, what action you were attempting to preform at the time the error happened

2. Include the Details of the Error Message, if any are provided in the Error Message Dialog. This is what follows the word "Details:" at the bottom of the Error Message Dialog

3. Which version of Editor you are using, by looking at the About box, Help | About

Note: Please check the web site to ensure that you are using the latest version. If you are not using the latest version, please download the latest and see if the same problem occurs. It is possible that the problem you are experiencing has been fixed or changed in later a version.

4. What operating system you are using, Which version of Windows (NT: which Service Pack has been applied)


About Editor

About Editor

Editor started it's life as one of the four modules of the award winning Tray Suite application. It is now available as a stand alone full featured text editor with easy access to spell checking, Roget's Thesaurus and Definitions Dictionary.

About Tray Suite

Tray Suite is a Windows Tray application, one that opens up and puts an icon in the Taskbar Tray (where the time is located). The intent is to develop a suite of applications and dictionaries that will provide a repository of words.

Tray Suite is intended to provide fast and easy spell checking and thesaurus, for use with any Windows program. The application opens into the Windows System Tray, the little area with the clock, and just sits there waiting for you to use. A single left mouse click initiates a spell check on what ever you have copied into the clipboard. A double left mouse click initiates the thesaurus on any word that you have copied onto the clipboard.


Can not find Custom Dictionary

Problem: There is no Custom Dictionary, DEFAULT.UDT.

Solution: The first thing to consider is that Tray Suite does not ship with an existing Custom Dictionary.

The custom Dictionary, by default created as DEFAULT.UDT, is created the first time you Add a word, using the Add Button.

If you have never added a word, there will be no Custom Dictionary.

So, to correct this, please spell check a word that you know is not in the dictionary, like downloading, and hit the Add button.

This will add downloading to the Custom Dictionary and you can then open it with the Custom Dictionary Editor.


Can not find the dictionaries

Problem: Tray Suite reports that it can not find the dictionaries. Or even after you have selected the appropriate dictionary, Tray Suite can not find it.

Solution: Open the Spell Check Configuration (Dictionaries).

Remove any dictionaries, by unchecking the little square to the right of the dictionary name.

Add a dictionary by hitting the Add Button, located on the Spell Check Configuration (Dictionaries).

This will open a Open Main Dictionary dialog, where you can find correct folder and the appropriate dictionary.

Select the desired dictionary and hit the Open button.

This will add that dictionary to the Main Dictionaries list.

Check the little box to the right of the dictionary name and close the Spell Check Configuration dialog with the OK button.


Error opening Spell Check Configuration

You are probably reading this because you tried to open the Spell Check Configuration dialog and saw an error message. Or perhaps a "List out of bounds error".

The error can be caused by a few different reasons. One is that the Default dictionary has been mistakenly removed form the Spell Check Configuration. This causes a disagreement between the Tray Suite Configuration information, contained in the file, Addict.CFG, and what the Tray Suite program expects to have there.

Whatever the reason, there is a fairly simple solution.

Close Tray Suite.

Go to the Tray Suite home folder.

There you will find the Addict.CFG file. Rename it to Addict.OLD.

Open Tray Suite.

Right click on the TrayIcon and choose Options|Spell Check Configuration from the popup menu.

This will bring up the Spell Check Configuration dialog. Make sure that Default.udt is in the Users Dictionaries and that the checkbox on the left is checked.

At this time, also ensure that your preferred Main Dictionaries are chosen.

Close the dialog with the OK button, saving your configuration.

This should solve the problem.

If it does not please see Support for instructions on obtaining support.


Cannot find default users dictionary

See also: Can not find Custom Dictionary, especially if you have never performed a spell check and then added a word to the default dictionary.

Usually the spell engine included in Tray Suite pretty much handles creating the default user's dictionary and locates it in the Your Spell home folder.

When you first install Your Spell, by unzipping the downloaded file into the folder of your choice, it is configured to use a file called, DEFAULT.UDT. That file does not exist yet and is not in the downloaded file. The first time you do a spell check and ADD a word, Your Spell should create the file and add the word.

The Open User Dictionary dialog usually opens up in the Your Spell home folder. That is where DEFAULT.UDT should be, if one has been created. If it opens up somewhere else, navigate your way to the Your Spell home folder and see if the file is there.

If somehow that sequence has gotten a little messed up, maybe  you can create the file, if you haven't found it by the above suggestion.

So, to create a new DEFAULT.UDT, try the following.

Remove the DEFAULT.UDT that is already listed in the Spell Check Configuration dialog and create a new one.

Open the Spell Check Configuration dialog, from the Tools menu. Highlight the listed DEFAULT.UDT and click the Remove button. Click the New button in User Dictionaries, and enter DEFAULT.UDT in the File Name editbox. Hit the Save button and see what happens.

Make sure it is checked in the little box on the left, and appears in Add Words To:. Open Tray Suite and do a spell check on a word that you know you want to Add. See if this works.


Tray Suite has encountered an Error

One way you have found your way to this help topic is to have pressed the Options button, on the Spell Check Configuration dialog, after having encountered a previous error directing you to the Help File or to close Tray Suite and look at the Help File. If that is the case, please go to Error opening Spell Check Configuration and follow the instructions to correct the problem.

If you have gotten this error message in some other manner and if it continues to happen, please write to Support where we will be able to help you solve the problem. To seek support, please go to Support for instructions on reporting a Tray Suite problem.


Frequently Asked Questions

Many of these FAQs deal with Tray Suite, but since Editor's history is entwined with Tray Suite, we leave it here.

Send us your Questions

We want to build and improve our Frequently Asked Questions and Tips. The Questions and Tips that are submitted will soon appear on the web site's FAQ page, so go there for the latest in FAQ and Tips. These recently submitted FAQs and Tips will also be put into the Help File in future upgrades, but the latest will be available on the Internet site.

Send in your questions and help build the FAQ. Send your questions to:

faq@dcalcoda.com

Tell us which application (the application you are working with, example: Notepad), version number and operating system you are using and describe your question in detail.

Send us your Hints and Tips

It is a know fact that individuals will find new and varied ways to use any application and we are constantly amazed in hearing about how people are using Tray Suite.

We would also like to hear about any tips that you might have on the use of our applications. If you have any tips or bits of information to offer, send them to:

tips@dcalcoda.com

Just tell us which application you are using and describe your tip. We will use your initials in the credits.

Thank you.

Here are links to a few longer Frequently Asked Questions.

Can not find Custom Dictionary

Can not find the dictionaries

Error opening Spell Check Configuration

Cannot find default users dictionary

Tray Suite has encountered an Error

Error on spell check Cancel

Error adding a word to the Custom User Dictionary

Moving Tray Suite location and problems encountered

Adding dictionaries

Using language dictionaries

Using multiple dictionaries

These are shorter FAQs that will help answer some often asked questions. Please read these, as well as the Hints and Tips topic.

Words like "download", "internet", "inflection" are not found, but suggested as "down load", "inter net" and "in flection":

Firstly, go to the web site, Downloads page, download and install the American 2 Dictionary. This dictionary contains many "newer" words like internet and download.

Secondly, when words you know are correctly spelled, like above, are divided, all it means is that the words are not in the dictionary (or dictionaries) you have selected in Spell Check Configuration, Main Dictionaries. Please do note that Tray Suite will correctly suggest to divide words that are incorrectly conjoined , like "inthe" or "notethat".

The best way to deal with this is use the Add button on the Spell Check dialog. You will, in this way, soon have a Custom Dictionary, DEFAULT.UDT, that can be edited with the Custom Dictionary Editor.

If your Custom Users Dictionary becomes large, We will be happy to work with you to create a compiled dictionary or add your words to one of the existing dictionaries. In this way, you will have a dictionary that contains your specialized words and other Tray Suite users will benefit also.

I keep getting told that "&nbsp;" is either misspelled or a "repeated" word.

Add both &nbsp and nbsp to the Custom Dictionary, via the Spell Check dialog's Add button or Edit Custom Dictionary. Then in Spell Check Configuration Options Tab, unselect "Prompt on Repeated Word". This solution also works for any other word or symbol.

Sometimes a file name, as viewed on the EditTab and right side StatusBar panel has something like, MyFile~1.txt, when the real name of the file is MyFileList.txt.

This happens when you open a file via the Windows Send To menu. The file will not be affected and will remain named as you have named it. If you open the same file by either the File|Open menu or double-clicking, the filename will be correctly displayed. This is a little anomaly that will be fixed as soon as we find a solution.

Once in awhile the Spell Check Complete dialog comes up behind the Spell Check Dialog.

This seems to happen once in awhile and there does not seem to be an easy answer for why this is happening. In tests, this behavior can come and go on the same computer. Sometimes the Windows video drivers seem to have become confused and the behavior will go away.

I can paste RichText into Editor and can view the RTF formatting, like bold, italic. But, when I edit or save the file, all the formatting disappears. What is going on here? (This FAQ applies only to YTSEditor)

Yes this is a funny behavior and happens because of the type of Windows Memo that Editor uses is built on a RichText capable memo. This allows you to use all your different fonts and background colors. It will also show the RichText formatting, Bold, Italic and Underline of any RichText pasted into it. However, at this time, Editor is a plain text editor and when such a file is saved and reopened, all the RichText will become plain text.

I opened the Options form, File Associations tab and all the files that I had previously associated with Editor were gone. Why is that?

Editor has been moved from it's original folder or perhaps the folder renamed or moved.

This will cause Editor and the Registry to be out of sync. The solution is to go back to the File Associations Tab and Re-Associate those File Types with Editor, using the Associate button.

You may also use My Computer|View|Options|File Types Tab to perform the same association.

In French, as well as in other languages, there are many contractions (words beginning in l', like "l'avocat"). These words seem to incorrectly spell checked by Tray Suite. How can we tell Tray Suite to honor these characters?

You may use the Ignore Prefix option to tell Tray Suite to ignore such prefixes. In French there are other prefixes that may be ignored,   c'  d'  l'  m'   n'  and s'.

Note: It has been reported that disabling Word spell check behavior, from the Editor Options Dialog, S pell Check Tab, can help in some cases of using the Ignore options.

Also, please note that you can also Ignore Suffixes, as this might help in some languages.

There are no Shortcut keys available to navigate the HotKey Tab.

Yes, that is correct. The reason is that the typical shortcut modifiers (Ctrl, Shift and Alt keys) are contained in the HotKeys. So, if you have the cursor in one HotKey and attempt to navigate to another, using the Alt+"shortcut key", you will enter that key combination into the HotKey editbox in which you currently have the cursor.

I moved Tray Suite and now when I open it or try to do a spell check, it is hanging.

Please see the Error opening Spell Check Configuration Help Topic for an explanation of how to fix this.

The Taskbar button sometimes does not appear on the Windows Taskbar, when a spell check is in process.

This behavior has been observed and reported. It appears to be that Windows gets confused on what to display on its Taskbar.

This behavior also seems to different on different computers as well as sometimes different on the same computer. The presence of a Tray Suite Taskbar button has been observed  to change on the same computer. The Taskbar button has been present and then not shown during spell checks. Restarting the computer restored the Taskbar button showing on the Taskbar. So, it seems that Windows gets confused about what it is supposed to be displaying.

Sometimes the Spell Check or Thesaurus dialogs get hidden behind another open window. Also the Spell Check OK message dialog.

This does happen sometimes, due to the multitasking nature of Windows. If you are in the process of spell checking (or using the Thesaurus) and happen to click on another open window, the Tray Suite dialog will get hidden behind.

This behavior also seems to different on different computers as well as sometimes different on the same computer. The presence of a Tray Suite Taskbar button has been observed  to change on the same computer. The Taskbar button has been present and then not shown during spell checks. Restarting the computer restored the Taskbar button showing on the Taskbar. So, it seems that Windows gets confused about what it is supposed to be displaying.

The Main Dictionaries (and other configurations) shown in the Spell Check Configuration dialog are sometimes different between Tray Suite and Editor.

Yes, this happens and is the way the configuration is planned. This allows Tray Suite and Editor to share a common configuration or during any single session, you may choose to have them configured differently.

The first time each application is opened they will display the same dictionary configuration. If during the same session, one is changed, the other will not show that change until they are both closed and reopened.

If, during the same session, you Add/Remove or Select/Unselect and dictionaries in one application, the other application will not reflect this change on the fly. This allows you to have different configurations during the same session, if you choose and return to the same shared configuration when both are closed and opened.

The Spell Check dialog's Add button is grayed out and I can not add any words to the Custom Users Dictionary.

This can be related to having moved Tray Suite from one folder to another. Or perhaps the default Users Dictionary, default.udt, has been deleted or moved.

Sometimes a spell check seems to stop working.

Sometimes when Tray Suite is somewhere in the process of checking, a user may click on another window, thereby putting Tray Suite in the back. If this happens, there are a few ways to get it back in front. Sometimes it is the Spell Check Complete information dialog message that has been hidden.

1. If perhaps it was the Spell Check Complete information dialog message, hitting the Enter key will usually OK that message.

2. Minimize the currently active window and find Tray Suite.

3. Right-Click on the Tray Icon, which will sometimes bring it to the front.

4. When the focus is taken away from the Spell Check dialog, either by putting the cursor into the ClipViewer or hitting the Options button, you have to hit the Spell Check Dialog's Start button to restart the spell check.

Sometimes the Spell Check Dialog's Replace with: editbox and Suggestions listbox are blank, when Tray Suite finds a misspelled word.

This can mean a couple of things. The word is either so "badly" misspelled that Tray Suite can not find anything even close or that the word is not in the dictionary and Tray Suite can not suggest another word that is close. See the Words like "download"... FAQ above.

This is another case where, if you are sure of the spelling, Add it to your Custom Users Dictionary.

Can't find the default users dictionary, default.udt".

The first thing to consider is that Tray Suite does not ship with an existing Custom Dictionary.

The custom Dictionary, by default created as DEFAULT.UDT, is created the first time you Add a word, using the Add Button.

If you have never added a word, there will be no Custom Dictionary.

So, to correct this, please spell check a word that you know is not in the dictionary, like downloading, and hit the Add button.

This will add downloading to the Custom Dictionary and you can then open it with the Custom Dictionary Editor.

If this does not work please see the Help Topic Cannot find default users dictionary for a more complete discussion of this error.

Can't find the dictionaries error.

Open the Spell Check Configuration (Dictionaries).

Remove any dictionaries, by unchecking/unselecting the little square to the right of the dictionary

name.

Add a dictionary by hitting the Add Button, located in the Spell Check Configuration (Dictionaries) dialog.

This will open a Open Main Dictionary dialog, where you can find correct folder and the appropriate dictionary.

Select the desired dictionary and hit the Open button.

This will add that dictionary to the Main Dictionaries list.

Check the little box to the right of the dictionary name and close the Spell Check Configuration dialog with the OK button.

I keep getting told that "Some word or symbol", is either misspelled or a "repeated" word.

Add that "Some word or symbol" to the Custom Dictionary, via the Spell Check Dialog's Add button or edit the Custom Dictionary Editor.

Then in Spell Check Configuration Options Tab, unselect "Prompt on Repeated Word".

You are no longer offering the option of ordering Tray Suite on floppy disk. Why is that?

The main reason is that it is too time consuming. This decision will only affect less than 1% of Tray Suite users. Of course, this will be a great inconvenience to the person who really wanted to order the floppies. We do apologize for this inconvenience, but must, at this time, cease sending Tray Suite on floppy disks.

What are some standard text selection Windows Shortcut keys?

Here are a few Shortcuts keys taken directly from the Windows Help File. We hope you find them useful.

Select Text Shortcut Keys

Ctrl + A = Highlight/Select entire document

Shift + End = Highlight/Select line from the cursor to the end of line

Shift + Home = Highlight/Select line from the cursor to the beginning of the line

Ctrl + Shift + Left Arrow = Highlight/Select one word to the left of cursor, one word per key stroke

Ctrl + Shift + Right Arrow = Highlight/Select one word to the right of the cursor, one word per key stroke

Shift + Left Arrow = Highlight/Select each one to the left of the cursor, one character per key stroke

Shift +Right Arrow = Highlight/Select one character to the right of the cursor, one character per key stroke

Shift + Down Arrow = Highlight/Select one line down from cursor

Shift + Up Arrow = Highlight/Select one line up from cursor

Ctrl + Shift + Down Arrow = Highlight/Select to the end of a paragraph

Ctrl + Shift + Up Arrow = Highlight/Select to the beginning of a paragraph

Shift + Page Down = Highlight/Select one screen down

Shift + Page Up =Highlight/Select one screen up

Copy and Paste Shortcut Keys

Ctrl + C = Copy the Highlighted/Selected word

Ctrl + V = Paste the Highlighted/Selected word

Ctrl + X = Cuts/Removes the Highlighted/Selected word

Ctrl + Z = Undo the last action that was performed

Sometimes Tray Suite does not ignore email quoted lines, even though I have the correct symbol, ">" (without the quotation marks) for example, entered into the Quoted Character Preference?

This can happen when your email program's message window width is greater than the size of the ClipViewer. Normally the message window's default width is 70, as seen in Eudora and Pegasus. The 70 refers to the number of characters which will fit across one line and seems to be a fairly common setting value.

So, what does all this have to do with the Tray Suite ClipViewer?:-}

Well, if you initiate a Spell Check and resize the ClipViewer window to be exactly as wide as your email program's message window, then each message line will appear as a distinct line in the ClipViewer. Then the quoted lines will be exactly as they are in your email program and Tray Suite will correctly ignore the lines which begin with your chosen Quoted Character, which is ">" (without the quotation marks) by default.

An easy way to resize the ClipViewer is to initiate a Spell Check on a message which has quoted lines and has a mis-spelled word. When the Spell Check is in progress, place your mouse cursor over the ClipViewer's edge, just like any other window, and left-clicking the edge, drag that edge larger, until the width is as wide as the email program's message window. You will see that the individual email message lines are now on individual lines within the ClipViewer.

Now when you terminate the Spell Check, the ClipViewer will remember it's size and the next time you initiate a Spell Check, the ClipViewer will open up the same size and Tray Suite will correctly ignore the quoted lines.

Note that the ClipViewer will also remember it's screen position so you can place it anywhere on the screen and it will reopen with the same size and position.

Hotkey? What is a Hotkey?

A Hotkey is another name for a shortcut key, such as Ctrl + S is often a shortcut key for Save (see the Editor File menu). A Hotkey is a keyboard shortcut that will save time and using Tray Suite will be much faster.

A Hotkey, within Tray Suite Words Suite, is a combination of keys which initiate a Tray Suite action, such as a lookup in the Definitions Dictionary or Roget's Thesaurus, or initiate a Spell Check or open the Editor.

The Tray Suite actions, Definitions Dictionary (Application), Spell Check (Application), Thesaurus (Application) and Open Editor are only available via the Hotkeys.

The default Tray Suite Hotkeys are listed below. Please know that you can configure these Hotkeys in the Preferences HotKeys Tab, located in the Tray Suite Preferences Dialog, accessible from the Options | Preferences MenuItem | Hotkeys Tab.

Here are the default Tray Suite Hotkeys:

 Ctrl + Alt + Shift + D = Definitions Dictionary (Application)

 Ctrl + Alt + Shift + S = Spell Check (Application)

 Ctrl + Alt + Shift + T = Thesaurus (Application)

 Ctrl + Alt + Shift + E = Open Editor

 Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F = Definitions Dictionary (ClipBoard)

 Ctrl + Alt + Shift + V = Spell Check (ClipBoard)

 Ctrl + Alt + Shift + H = Thesaurus (ClipBoard)

When you simultaneously press all these keys (not in sequence) the above Tray Suite action is initiated.

A functional note of caution if you are configuring a Hotkey to something different than the default. The key combinations above were chosen because they do not conflict with any (that we know of) other application's Hotkeys (such as Ctrl + P which is usually a program shortcut/hotkey for Print). So, if you wish to configure you own Hotkey, be sure that it is not a combination that is used in your working program, be it a database, HTML editor or word processor.

What is the ClipViewer?

The ClipViewer is a simple window that opens and displays the word(s) you are spell checking. It supports RichText and may be used with any RichText type of application, such as WordPad and Outlook. All RichText formatting, bold, italic, underline and bullets are supported.

The Spell Check dialog moves along with and avoids the word currently being checked. This gives you the ability to actually follow along in your selected paragraphs or documents using the ClipViewer to monitor the spell check progress and see the words in context.

The ClipViewer can be resized  to suit your needs and it's size and position are saved between sessions. See the FAQ above, "Sometimes Tray Suite does not ignore email quoted lines, even though I have the correct symbol, ">" (without the quotation marks) for example, entered into the Quoted Character Preference?", for a description of resizing the ClipViewer for use with your email program's message window.


Error on spell check Cancel

This is a rarely reported problem. Sometimes Tray Suite, on different computers, will cause an error if the Spell Check is canceled when it is working, looking for the next misspelled word. If this happens you may see one or two different Error messages and then the spell check is canceled. This is an annoying error, but Tray Suite should recover from that error and allow you to continue using it.

When we find a way to more gracefully avoid such an error, we will post the update file on our site.


Error adding a word to the Custom User Dictionary

This error is related to the Error opening Spell Check Configuration topic and seems to be caused by moving the location of the Tray Suite folder, without updating the Spell Check Configuration.

When this condition exists, the Add button can also be grayed out. We are currently working on a solution for handling this move related error.


Moving Tray Suite location and problems encountered

You may experience problem after moving the Tray Suite location, from one folder to another. Tray Suite uses the file Addict.cfg to store various pieces of configuration information, such as file paths. This information can then be out of synchronization and various problems may be encountered.

Please see the Error opening Spell Check Configuration topic for one solution to this problem.


Failed to set data for "OldAssociation"

This error may be seen when associating file types with the Editor from the File Associations tab in the General Options dialog.

The Editor's file association dialog attempts to save the current Registry data for the File Type being associated. This Old data is saved in a key named OldAssociation.

This means that if you are attempting to associate the File Type .mine with the Editor, the current Registry information, currently associated application and currently assigned icon, will be saved as OldAssociation. Thereby allowing the File Type to become "re-associated" with the former (Old) application, should you decide to un-associate that File Type from EP.

The cause of the error seems to be:

If, for some reason, the File Type you are attempting to associate with EP does not currently have an associated program or is somehow incorrectly entered into the Registry, the Editor may return the error "Failed to set data for "OldAssociation"" when attempting to associate that File Type with the Editor.

Suggestions for handling the error:

One is to select the File Type in File Type Listbox, on the left side of the File Associations tab in the General Options dialog and hit the "Unassociate the selected File Type" button. Then enter the desired File Type into the File Type to be associated combobox and hit the "Associate the above File Type" button. This often correctly sets the association without any error.

Another method is to use Windows Explorer's File Types dialog to associate the desired File Type with the Editor.


Using multiple dictionaries

Editor searches all the dictionaries listed in Spell Check Configuration dialog, Main Dictionaries: listbox.

Editor searches for suggestion in the top dictionary first. Therefore, if your main language is Swedish, move the Swedish dictionary to the top.

Programming language note: When using Editor's spell checking while editing code, you may find that moving your language dictionary to the top will provide suggestions for the language.

Moving dictionaries up and down:

To move a dictionary up or down, use the Up and Down Buttons, located on the Spell Check Configuration dialog, Dictionaries tab.

These buttons move the selected user dictionary up and down in the main dictionary list.  The order of dictionaries in the list is also the order which they are searched, so the most frequently used user dictionary should be first in the list.

Using language dictionaries

Adding dictionaries

Installing and using additional dictionaries

Available dictionaries


Using language dictionaries

Editor searches all the dictionaries listed in Spell Check Configuration dialog, Main Dictionaries: listbox.

Editor searches for suggestion in the top dictionary first. Therefore, if your main language is Swedish, move the Swedish dictionary to the top.

Programming language note: When using Editor's spell checking while editing code, you may find that moving your language dictionary to the top will provide suggestions for the language.

You should be able to use the programming language dictionary in conjunction with any of the other dictionaries. The only "problem" that may be seen is that sometimes a "funny or strange" correction is suggested when using a programming language dictionary with a regular language dictionary.

One way you can handle such a situation is to move the programming dictionary up to primary dictionary when using the Editor with code. And then move your regular language dictionaries up to primary when writing non-code text.

Please experiment with these settings. Editor provides suggestions so rapidly that these "funny or strange" suggestions may not be distracting.

Moving dictionaries up and down:

To move a dictionary up or down, use the Up and Down Buttons, located on the Spell Check Configuration dialog, Dictionaries tab.

These buttons move the selected user dictionary up and down in the main dictionary list.  The order of dictionaries in the list is also the order which they are searched, so the most frequently used user dictionary should be first in the list.

Using multiple dictionaries

Adding dictionaries

Installing and using additional dictionaries

Available dictionaries


Adding dictionaries

Unzip the newly downloaded and place it in the Tray Suite or Editor home folder.

Tray Suite Menu: Open Tray Suite, right click the TrayIcon menu,  Options and select the Spell Check Configuration MenuItem , which opens the Spell Check Configuration dialog.

Editor Menu: Open Editor, click the Tools menu, select the Spell Check Configuration MenuItem ,

which opens the Spell Check Configuration dialog.

Choose the Add button, which will open an Open Dialog where you can highlight the desired dictionary and choose the Open button. This will add the desired dictionary to the Main Dictionaries list.

Select the little checkbox to the left of the new dictionary. This adds the new dictionary to the choices that Tray Suite will process. You may move the new dictionary up to be the first dictionary.

Spell Check Configuration (Dictionaries) will provide a more in depth explanation of Dictionary Configuration.

Using language dictionaries

Using multiple dictionaries

Installing and using additional dictionaries

Available dictionaries


Installing and using additional dictionaries

All the dictionaries are downloaded in self-extracting compressed files. Just double click them and follow the directions to uncompress them into the folder of your choice.

Changing the Main Dictionary:

Uncompress the newly downloaded and place it in the Tray Suite or Editor home folder.

Tray Suite Menu: Open v, right click the TrayIcon menu, Options and select the Spell Check Configuration MenuItem, which opens the Spell Check Configuration dialog.

Editor Menu: Open Editor, click the Tools menu, select the Spell Check Configuration MenuItem, which opens the Spell Check Configuration dialog.

Choose the Add button, which will open an Open Dialog where you can highlight the desired dictionary and choose the Open button. This will add the desired dictionary to the Main Dictionaries list.

Select the little checkbox to the left of the new dictionary. This adds the new dictionary to the choices that Tray Suite or Editor will process. You may move the new dictionary up to be the first dictionary.

Please note that under some circumstances it may be difficult to see it the checkbox is actually checked. Checking it puts a dark center in the little square. You can move the highlight off the newly installed dictionary and more easily see if the checkbox has a dark center.

The above description is also in the Help File. Please read the "Available dictionaries" topic in the Tray Suite and Editor Help File. There is also a Readme.txt file in the downloaded zipped file.

Please note that the dictionaries are provided as is, we can not guarantee their accuracy.

Perhaps it will make it more clear, if it is written out, step by step:

1. Unzip the new dictionary and place it in the Tray Suite or Editor home folder

2. Open Tray Suite and Right click on the tray icon or Open Editor

3. Go to Options | Spell Check Configuration

4. Hit the Add button, which will bring up the Open Main Dictionary dialog

5. Navigate to the Tray Suite or Editor home folder where the new dictionary reside

6. Select the new dictionary and hit the Open button. This adds the new dictionary.

7. Notice that the line which shows "new dictionary" (of course, the name you see will depend on which new dictionary you are in the process of adding ) is highlighted, black on our screen

8. The "new dictionary" is highlighted, but not selected. Notice that the checkbox has a dark center, with light edges on the right and lower sides (again on our screen)

9. Place the mouse pointer's tip exactly over the checkbox's dark center and click the left mouse button

10. The checkbox's center turns a lighter color (white on our screen). The lighter color indicates the dictionary is selected.

11. Repeat steps 4 through 10 to add another dictionary, if you are adding more than one at this time. Notice that when "new dictionary #2" is added, the entire line is highlighted and you can see that the center of the checkbox to the left of "new dictionary #1" is still dark.

12. Notice also that the checkbox to the left of "new dictionary #2" resembles the description in step 8 and that if you perform step 9, the center of "new dictionary #2" turns white or light.

13. You can verify that the checkbox on "new dictionary #2" is indeed checked by placing the focus on "new dictionary #1" by clicking the mouse cursor on the word "Italian" (not on the checkbox)

14. You can also verify that the checkbox on "new dictionary #1" is indeed checked by placing the focus on "new dictionary #2" by clicking the mouse cursor on the word "Italian" (not on the checkbox)

We will provide new dictionaries as they are created.

If you provide the word lists, we will be happy to create new dictionaries, either languages or specialized uses. Email us to find out the details of how to get a new dictionary created.

Custom Dictionary Needs:

If you have many words added to you Custom Users Dictionary, we can create a special compiled dictionary with those words, thereby making your spell checking more suited to your needs. This might be especially helpful in situations where you use lots of specialized terms, from auto mechanic to zygote propagation.

Using language dictionaries

Using multiple dictionaries

Adding dictionaries

Available dictionaries


Available dictionaries

Tray Suite is shipped with the American dictionary and this will be configured as the Main Dictionary. If you wish another language dictionary. please visit the web site by clicking the Help | Internet Web Site menuitem.

On this site you can download the dictionary of your choice. The available dictionaries include Medical, English, French, Spanish and many others.

Changing the Main Dictionary:

Unzip the newly downloaded and place it in the Tray Suite or Editor home folder.

Tray Suite Menu: Open Tray Suite, right click the TrayIcon menu,  Options and select the Spell Check Configuration MenuItem , which opens the Spell Check Configuration dialog.

Editor Menu: Open Editor, click the Tools menu, select the Spell Check Configuration MenuItem ,

which opens the Spell Check Configuration dialog.

Choose the Add button, which will open an Open Dialog where you can highlight the desired dictionary and choose the Open button. This will add the desired dictionary to the Main Dictionaries list.

Select the little checkbox to the left of the new dictionary. This adds the new dictionary to the choices that Tray Suite will process. You may move the new dictionary up to be the first dictionary.

Spell Check Configuration (Dictionaries) will provide a more in depth explanation of Dictionary Configuration.

Using multiple dictionaries

Using language dictionaries

Available dictionaries

Adding dictionaries


Quote Characters

Editor will ignore lines which begin with your chosen symbol, if the Ignore Quoted Lines option is checked in the Spell Check Configuration (Options) dialog.

By default, Tray Suite will ignore a line beginning with > (greater than symbol).

Leaving this editbox blank tell Tray Suite to NOT ignore any lines that begin with a special character.

Leaving a special character in this editbox and unchecking the Ignore Quoted Lines option will also tell Tray Suite NOT to ignore lines beginning with a special character. In this manner, you can easily change the option, depending on your desire.

These Quote Characters are usually associated with e-mail messages. In a reply, if some of the original message is quoted, the quoted lines normally begin with a special character. For example, a > (that is a greater than sign) or [ (a bracket).

You can choose to Ignore these lines in your spell check. Saves time and there is no need to spell check someone else's spelling.:-}

Enter the characters in the editbox, just one after another, if you wish to ignore more than one.


Ignore Prefix

This option will tell Editor to Ignore special Suffix characters. This can be useful if you use certain beginning characters and do not want to constantly have to hit the Spell Check Ignore button.

By default, Editor will ignore an apostrophe, ' .

A good example of this is the apostrophe.  This, as used normally, is harmless.  However, a sequence of text may be enclosed within a single quote (the common method of representing a quote within a quote).  In this case, the first word in the quote will begin with the apostrophe character.  Thus we add the apostrophe as a standard ignore prefix.

Keep in mind, please,  that the word itself is not ignored, only the removed prefixes.  If the word could not be found, the user will still be prompted.

Multiple ignore prefixes can be applied by using the semicolon character (;) between prefixes, as follows.

';\;/

That is an apostrophe, separated by a semicolon, back slash, separated by a semicolon, forward slash

Leaving this editbox blank tell Editor to NOT ignore any prefixes.


Ignore Suffix

This option will tell Editor to Ignore special Suffix characters. This can be useful if you use certain ending characters and do not want to constantly have to hit the Spell Check Ignore button.

By default, Editor will ignore, '(apostrophe) and 's (apostrophe s)and . (period or full stop) .

Several languages have standard word modifiers in the form of suffixes and prefixes.  An example of this is specifying plural in English with an apostrophe s.

Keep in mind, please, that the word itself is not ignored, only the removed suffixes.  If the word could not be found, the user will still be prompted. Whoo's will still be found as incorrect and Who's suggested.

Multiple ignore suffixes can be applied by using the semicolon character (;) between prefixes, as follows:

';'s;.

That is an apostrophe and an "s" (as in a possessive noun), separated by a semicolon,  period (full stop),

Leaving this editbox blank tell Editor to NOT ignore any suffixes.


Character Preferences

These are configurable characters which will enable you to customize Tray Suite.

Quote Characters

Ignore Prefix

Ignore Suffix


Thesaurus Dialog

From within Editor, initiating a Thesaurus Lookup is very easy. Simply highlight the desired word, click the Thesaurus button or shortcut key, Ctrl + T or select the Tools|Thesaurus menuitem.

Roget's 1911 Public Domain Thesaurus, containing over 1000 context topics and 30,000 words.

Since Tray Suite and Editor are used as a suite, we include a description of using the Tray Suite Thesaurus from the Tray Suite TrayIcon.

Thesaurus How To:

1. Highlight and copy a word from your work document, via Ctrl + C, the work application's menuitem or Copy button. this copies that word onto the Windows Clipboard.

2. Open Tray Suite's Thesaurus

3. Your chosen word will appear in the Word: editbox, as well as other words, if found in the Thesaurus, will appear in the Topic Listbox and the Word Listbox. If the word was not found, there will be a "Not found." in the Topic Listbox

4. When you find a word that you want to use as a replacement, hit the Replace button. This will close the Thesaurus and place the chosen word onto the Windows Clipboard, ready to paste into your work document, via Ctrl + V, the work application's menuitem or Paste button.

5. Note that you may drill down more levels into the suggestions by clicking a word in the Word Listbox, moving that word into the Word: editbox. This will start a new lookup based on that new word.


Thesaurus QuickStart

There are three ways to use the Thesaurus.

1. Lookup a specific word that is highlighted in Editor.

Highlight the word, hit the Open Thesaurus button. The Thesaurus will open with the selected word already in the Word EditBox, ready for you to push the Lookup button.

2.  Lookup a specific word that is highlighted in your other working application.

Highlight the word, use Thesaurus (Application) or Thesaurus (ClipBoard) to open the Thesaurus with the selected word already in the Word EditBox, ready for you to push the Lookup button.

3. Open and manually type in the word to be looked up.

In Editor, you simply open the Thesaurus, using the Thesaurus button, type your desired word into the  Word EditBox and push the Lookup button. When using another working application, you may open the Thesaurus using Thesaurus (ClipBoard) and proceed to type in your desired word.

Using Thesaurus

1. Highlight a word in the Editor's EditTab

2. Open Thesaurus

3. Your chosen word will appear in the Word: editbox, as well as other words, if found in the Thesaurus, will appear in the Topic Listbox and the Word Listbox. If the word was not found, there will be a "Not found." in the Topic Listbox

4. When you find a word that you want to use as a replacement, hit the Replace button. This will close the Thesaurus and place the chosen word onto the Windows Clipboard, ready to paste into your work document, via Ctrl + V, the work application's menuitem or Paste button.

5. Note that you may drill down more levels into the suggestions by clicking a word in the Word Listbox, moving that word into the Word: editbox. This will start a new lookup based on that new word.

Further Usage Tips

The Thesaurus may be used to look up a word and drill down into the meaning and context of a word.

You may drill down into the meaning and context of a word by alternately clicking a word located in the Topic listbox or Word listbox.

For example, when the word "spell" is looked up, you will see "time (Noun)", "spell (Noun)" in the Topic Listbox, among several other choices. Clicking on "spell (Noun)" displays "spell", "charm", "incantation" in the Word Listbox, among several other choices. Click "incantation" and "request (Noun)", "spell (Noun)" and "rite (Noun)"  will appear in the Topic Listbox. Clicking on "request (Noun)" displays "prayer", "motion" in the Word Listbox, among several other choices.

To select a word, such as "prayer",  to use as a replacement for the word which you were looking up, such as "spell", you would highlight the desired word, "prayer",  in the Word listbox and click the Replace Button.

Click on a part of the window to see a description of what it does, or select one of the following topics:


Noun Tab, Thesaurus

This tab contains noun suggestions for the selected word.

Back to the Thesaurus How To: Thesaurus Dialog


Topic Editbox, Thesaurus

This dropdown combobox contains words which have been selected in the current session.


Word Editbox, Thesaurus

This editbox contains the word currently being looked up.


Lookup button,Thesaurus

Initiates the lookup procedure.


Replace button,Thesaurus

Replace the word which was looked up, with this selection. This will close the Thesaurus and copy the chosen replacement word onto the Windows Clipboard, ready to be pasted into your working document.


Cancel button,Thesaurus

Cancel the Thesaurus session.


Topic Listbox, Thesaurus

This listbox contains the various topics that are associated with the word currently being looked up.


Word Listbox, Thesaurus

This listbox contains the suggested words for the word currently being looked up.


Help button, Thesaurus

Opens the Help file on the Thesaurus Help topic.


Verb Tab, Thesaurus

This tab contains verb suggestions for the selected word.

Back to the Thesaurus How To: Thesaurus Dialog


Adjective Tab, Thesaurus

This tab contains adjective suggestions for the selected word.

Back to the Thesaurus How To: Thesaurus Dialog


Adverb Tab, Thesaurus

This tab contains adverb suggestions for the selected word.

Back to the Thesaurus How To: Thesaurus Dialog


Spell Check Dialog
Spell Check

First of all, you may click on any part of the picture to the right for context sensitive help.

The spell check dialog provides many useful options for easily locating misspelled words and correcting them.  Many different configuration options are also available, see Spell Check Configuration for more details.

The Change All button will replace all occurrences of the misspelled word with the word in the "Replace With:" edit field, while the Change button replaces only the current occurrence of the misspelled word. Please note also that double clicking the suggested word replaces the currently selected misspelled word.

The Ignore All button will ignore the word thought to be misspelled throughout the rest of the spell check, while the Ignore button will only ignore the current occurrence.

The Add button adds the word in the "Not Found:" edit field to the user dictionary specified in the Spell Check Configuration, Dictionaries Tab.

The Auto-Correct button adds the words in the "Not Found" edit field and the "Replace With" edit field to the current user dictionary (Spell Check Configuration, Dictionaries Tab) as an auto-correct pair.  Any future occurrence of the presumed misspelled word will then be replaced with the correct spelling automatically.  This is useful for common spelling mistakes, such as recieve:receive and teh:the.

The Suggest button will, if possible, add additional word alternatives to the suggestions list.

The Start button is used to restart a spell check session from the current cursor position if the spell check window lost focus in favor of another window in the current application.  This gives freedom of movement, allowing you to edit the document being checked without ending the current spell check session.

The Undo Last button restores the last spell check action performed and reselects the previous misspelled word (if possible).  This button can be pressed multiple times to undo multiple operations.

The Options button shows a window allowing you to set Spell Check Configuration, Dictionaries Tab options


Spell Check Configuration  (Dictionaries)

 First of all, you may click on any part of the picture to the right for context sensitive help.

This tab of the configuration window controls which main dictionaries and user dictionaries are active during the spell check.   See the Spell Check Configuration Options Tab for more configuration options.

In both the main and user dictionary lists the checkbox to the left of the item indicates whether or not a specific dictionary is active.  To change the active status, simply click on this checkbox.

To add an already existing dictionary to the list, click on the Add button.  When adding a preexisting user dictionary, Microsoft Word user dictionaries (.DIC file extension) may also be used.  To delete a dictionary already in the list, click on the Remove button.

To form a new user dictionary, click on the New button.

The "Add Words To" selection box lets you specify which user dictionary new words and auto-corrections are to be added to.  This must be an active user dictionary (and not a Microsoft Word user dictionary).

The OK button saves the current configuration and closes the configuration window.

The Cancel button aborts any changes made to the configuration and closes the configuration window.

See Also:

Spell Check Configuration, Options Tab


Spell Check Configuration  (Options)

 First of all, you may click on any part of the picture to the right for context sensitive help.

This tab of the configuration window controls specific configuration options related to the spell check.  See the Spell Check Configuration, Dictionaries Tab for more configuration options.

Ignore Options:

The "Words in UPPERCASE" checkbox, when checked, forces the spelling checker to skip any words completely in uppercase.  This can be useful for ignoring abbreviations.

The "Words Containing Numbers" checkbox, when checked, forces the spelling checker to skip any words that may contain one or more numeric characters.  This can be useful for ignoring license plates and other partially numeric words.  This can also be somewhat detrimental if a numeric key was pressed instead of a character by mistake.

The "HTML Tags" checkbox, when checked, forces the spelling checker to skip any HTML tags encountered (i.e. text between opening and closing angle brackets).

The "URLs and E-mail Addresses" checkbox, when checked, forces the spelling checker to skip any e-mail addresses or world wide web addresses found in the document.

The Reset Ignore All button removes any words previously added to the "Ignore All" list.  Words previously in the list will no longer be ignored when encountered.

The Reset Change All button removes any word sequences added to the "Change All" list.  Words matching added to the "Change All" list will no longer be automatically replaced.

Note: These Suggest Options are no longer available as options. Tray Suite will always suggest replacements and will use all dictionaries listed in the Main Dictionaries listbox.

Suggest Options:

The "Generate Automatically" checkbox, when checked, forces the spelling checker to make suggestions for replacement of a word as soon as a misspelled word is located.  If this option is not checked, no suggestions are given initially.

The "From Primary Dictionary Only" checkbox, when checked, forces all suggestions to be constructed from the primary dictionary only.  If the option is not checked, then suggestions are generated from each main dictionary.  The primary dictionary is the first dictionary in the Main Dictionary List

General Options:

The "Re-check Replaced Words" checkbox, when checked, forces the spell checker to re-check words that it has replaced as a result of a change or change all operation.  This is a useful feature to counteract the occasional spelling mistake that may occur when typing a corrected word.

The OK button saves the current configuration and closes the configuration window.

The Cancel button aborts any changes made to the configuration and closes the configuration window.

See Also:

Spell Check Configuration, Dictionaries Tab


Edit Configuration Dialog Popup
Edit Configuration Dialog


Spell Check QuickStart

There are two ways to use the Spell Check.

1. Lookup a specific word that is highlighted in Editor.

Highlight the word or words, initiate a Spell Check by hitting the Open Spell Check button, use the Tools|Spell Check menuitem or shortcut key, Ctrl + K.

2. In Tray Suite, lookup a specific word that is highlighted in your other working application.

Highlight the word, use Spell Check (Application) or Spell Check (ClipBoard) to initiate Spell Check on a highlighted or copied word.

Further Usage Tips

Within Editor you can highlight a specific word, phrase or paragraph to be spell checked. When that selection has be checked, you will be asked if you want to continue the spell check or not. Saying OK will spell check the rest of the document, saying No will end the spell check.

You may also begin checking at the cursor position, whether that is at the beginning or somewhere inside the document.

Add words to your Custom Users Dictionary, by using the Add button on the Spell Check Dialog. In this way, you will soon have many words specific to your needs.


Main Dictionary List

This list shows the main dictionaries that are known to the system.  The checkbox to the left of the item indicates whether or not a specific dictionary is active.  To change the active status, simply click on this checkbox.  The main dictionary that is first in the list is considered the primary dictionary.  The order of dictionaries in the list is also the order which they are searched, so the most frequently used language should be first in the list.


Add Button

This button presents an open dialog for adding an existing main dictionary to the main dictionary list.


Remove Button

This button removes the currently selected main dictionary from the main dictionary list.  It is not removed from the computer, just the available dictionaries list.


User Dictionary List

This list shows the user dictionaries that are known to the system.  The checkbox to the left of the item indicates whether or not a specific dictionary is active.  To change the active status, simply click on this checkbox.  The order of dictionaries in the list is also the order which they are searched, so the most frequently used user dictionary should be first in the list.


Add Button

This button presents an open dialog for adding an existing user dictionary to the user dictionary list. When adding a preexisting user dictionary, Microsoft Word user dictionaries (.DIC file extension) may also be used.


Remove Button

This button removes the selected user dictionary from the user dictionary list.


New Button

This button adds a new user dictionary to the user dictionary list.


Add Words To:

This selection box lets you specify which user dictionary new words and auto-corrections are to be added to.  This must be an active user dictionary and cannot be a Microsoft Word user dictionary.


Ignore Upper Case Option

This option forces the spell checker to ignore all words that are fully uppercase.


Ignore Partial Numbers Option

This option forces the spell checker to ignore words that have imbedded numeric characters within (in addition to alphabetic characters).


Generate Suggestions Automatically Option

Note: This Option is no longer available as an option. Tray Suite will always suggest replacements.

This option forces the spelling checker to make suggestions for replacement of a word as soon as a misspelled word is located.  If this option is not checked, no suggestions are given initially.


Primary Dictionary Only Option

Note: This Option is no longer available as an option. Tray Suite will always use all dictionaries listed in the Main Dictionaries listbox.

This option forces all suggestions to be constructed from the primary dictionary only.  If the option is not checked, then suggestions are generated from each main dictionary.  The primary dictionary is the first dictionary in the main dictionary list.


Re-check Replaced Words Option

This option forces the spelling checker to re-check words that it has replaced as a result of a change or change all operation.


Prompt on Repeated word

This option will prompt on repeated words, such as "that that".


Reset Ignore All Button

This button clears the list of words the spell checker is ignoring for the current session.


Reset Change All Button

This button clears the list of words the spell checker is automatically changing for the current session.


OK Button

This button saves the current configuration and closes the configuration window.


Cancel Button, Spell Check Configuration

This button aborts any changes made to the current configuration and closes the configuration window.


Prompt on DUal Caps

This option will prompt on words containing dual caps (uppercase), such as "DUal".


Ignore HTML Tags

This option will force the spelling checker to ignore any text found within HTML tags encountered during the parse.


Ignore URLs and E-mail Addresses

This option forces the spelling checker to ignore common internet strings, such as URLs and e-mail addresses.


Ignore Quoted Lines

This option will force the spelling checker to ignore lines which begin with the Quoted Character, >, usually in email messages.


Change All Button

This button replaces the current and all successive instances of the misspelled word with the word in the "Replace With" edit field.


Change Button

The button replaces only the current instance of the misspelled word with the word in the "Replace With" edit field.  Any successive instances of the misspelled word will not be replaced.


Ignore All Button

This button will force the spell checker to ignore all future instances of the misspelled word in the current spell check session.  Future sessions will not ignore the word.


Ignore Button

This button will force the spell checker to ignore the current instance of the misspelled word.  Future instances will not be ignored.


Add Button

This button adds the word thought to be misspelled to the currently active user dictionary (specified in the configuration).  Any future occurrences of the word will be ignored, provided the user dictionary it was added to is active.


Auto-Correct Button

This button adds an auto-correction pair to the active user dictionary (specified in the configuration).  This will force the current and any future occurrence of the misspelled word to be replaced with the word specified.


Suggest Button

If suggestions are not generated automatically (a configuration option), then pressing this button initially will add suggestions for the misspelled word to the suggestions list.  From this point, the suggest button will generate more suggestions for the currently selected word in the suggestions list.


Start Button

This button is used to restart a spell check session from the current cursor position of the document being checked if the spell check window lost focus in favor of another window in the current application.  This gives freedom of movement, allowing editing of the document being checked without ending the current spell-check session.


Undo Last Button

This button will restore the last spell check action performed and reselect the previous misspelled word (if possible).  This button can be pressed multiple times to undo multiple operations.


Options Button

This button will show a window allowing you to set which main and user dictionaries are active, as well as several other configuration options.


Help Button

This button opens Help File on the Spell Check Dialog topic.


Cancel Button, Spell Check dialog

This button closes the spell check window and ends the current spell check session.


Word Not Found

This field simply displays the word that is currently thought to be misspelled.


Replace With Word

This edit field contains the word that the misspelled word is to be replaced with.  To change this field, simply click on a word suggestion in the suggestions list, or edit the field directly.


Suggestions List

This list generally contains several correctly spelled words each thought to be a possible replacement for the misspelled word.  To select a word for replacement, simply click on that word.  Double clicking on a word will replace the current and all future instances of the misspelled word with the suggestion clicked upon (Change All).


Up and Down Buttons

These buttons move the selected main dictionary up and down in the main dictionary list.  This is important for several reasons.  The main dictionary that is first in the list is considered the primary dictionary.  The order of dictionaries in the list is also the order which they are searched, so the most frequently used language should be first in the list.


Up and Down Buttons

These buttons move the selected user dictionary up and down in the main dictionary list.  The order of dictionaries in the list is also the order which they are searched, so the most frequently used user dictionary should be first in the list.


Custom Dictionary Editor

The Custom Dictionary Editor allows you to edit the custom dictionary, DEFAULT.UDT. Often, this is not necessary and should only be done to correct some mistake that you told Tray Suite's Spell Check.


Custom Dictionary Editor Popup


Custom Dictionary ListBox
Custom Dictionary List

This is the list of the words added to your Custom Dictionary. These are the words that you choose to add via the Add Button on the Spell Check Dialog.


Open Default Custom Dictionary

This is the Open Dialog, from which the, Custom Dictionary (DEFAULT.UDT) is opened.

The Default Custom Dictionary usually resides in the Tray Suite home folder, unless you have moved it to another folder.

You may navigate to your Custom Dictionary, because it can reside in a folder other than the Tray Suite home folder. Especially if you have more than one application which uses the same Custom Dictionary. However, you may only open .UDT files with this dialog. Attempting to open any other file types will bring up an error message.

Once you choose the correct Custom Dictionary, hit the Open button and that file will be opened in the Custom Dictionary Editor.


Auto-Correct Words Listbox

This is the list of the Auto-Correct words added to your Custom Dictionary. These are the words that you choose to add via the Auto-Correct Button on the Spell Check Dialog.


Add New Word Button

Opens the Add Word Dialog so you can add a new word to the Custom Dictionary.


Change Word Button

Opens the Change Word Dialog so you can change a word that you have previously added to the Custom Dictionary. Use this feature to edit and correct an entry, made via the normal Spell Check Dialog, made in error.


Remove Word Button

Remove or delete a word from the Custom Dictionary Editor.


Add Word Dialog Popup


Change Word Dialog Popup


OK Button

Accept/save changes and close the Custom Dictionary Editor.


Cancel Button, Custom Dictionary Editor

Cancel/reject any changes and close Custom Dictionary Editor.


AutoCorrect Words Tab

These are the words that you have added to the Default User dictionary, DEFAULT.UDT, via the AutoCorrect button, on the Spell Check dialog. You can also choose to Add, Change or Remove words via this handy AutoCorrect Words tab on the Custom Dictionary Editor.


User Added Word Tab

These are the words that you have added to the Default User dictionary, DEFAULT.UDT, via the Add button, on the Spell Check dialog. You can also choose to Add, Change or Remove words via this handy Add Words tab on the Custom Dictionary Editor.


Editor

Here is a screen shot of the main Editor window. Use the links below or the hotspots on the screen shot, where your mouse cursor turns into a little pointing hand.


Drag and Drop

Editor fully supports the Windows Drag and Drop feature. This allows you to Drag a file from Windows Explorer or Desktop onto the Editor main form and it will be opened into a new EditTab.

To Drag and Drop, open Editor, go to a text file in Windows Explorer or Desktop, click that file with your left mouse button. While still holding the mouse button down, begin to drag that file and you will visually see that the file is "attached" to your cursor. Drag it over the open and running Editor and you will see the mouse cursor change to an cursor with a little plus (+) sign. Let go of the mouse button, while it is over Editor and that file will be opened into a new EditTab.

You may also drag multiple files in the same manner, by using the Windows Shift-Click or Ctrl-Click methods, and each file will be opened into a separate EditTab.


Opening Multiple files

Editor allows you to open multiple files either with  Drag and Drop or via the Open Dialog.


EditTab

Tab into which a new document is created or opened.


Top Toolbar Dock

When you first open the Editor, the following 3 ToolBars will be located at the top of the Editor.

Main Toolbar

Find Toolbar

Words Toolbar

The Find Toolbar can only be docked to the Editor's Top Toolbar Dock. The other ToolBars may be docked to either the Left Toolbar Dock, Right Toolbar Dockor Bottom Toolbar Dock.


Left Toolbar Dock

Invisible toolbar docking area on the Editor's left side.


Right Toolbar Dock

Invisible toolbar docking area on the Editor's Right side.


Bottom Toolbar Dock

Invisible toolbar docking area on the Editor's bottom side.


System Files

Open the System Files with one click on the Quick Open | System Files menuitem.

The System Files are:

Autoexec.bat

Config.sys

Win.ini

System.ini

Protocol.ini

System Files command line switch:

-S

You can use the -S command line switch to open the five system files.

At the DOS command or Start Button | Run, type the path to the Editor, plus the -S,

C:\path\EditorPro.exe -S

C:\path\PrestoEdit.exe -S


Main Toolbar

The Main Toolbar contains the more commonly used File and Edit functions. The ToolBar can be moved and docked on all four sides of Editor or they may float and redocked.


New button

Creates a new file on a new EditTab.


Open button

Initiates the Open dialog, from which you can open a existing file or files, using multi-select.

Arrow to the right of the open folder icon brings down a menu with the Most Recently Used files, same as the File | Reopen menuitem.


Close button

Close the currently active EditTab.


Close All button

Closes all open EditTabs.


Save button

Saves the currently active EditTab.


Save All button

Saves all currently open EditTabs.


Save As button

Opens the Save As dialog and initiates saving the active EditTab as another filename or type.


Print button

Prints the document in active EditTab.


Cut button

Cuts (removes) the selected, highlighted, text.


ToolBar Features

The ToolBars, Main, Find, Words and Tools contain the most often used features and can be Shown or Hidden. You can use the Options MenuItem or Checkboxes in General Options to Show/Hide the ToolBars.

ToolBar Docking:

They may also be docked to all four sides of Editor. Just click and hold your mouse cursor on the vertical lines on the right side of the ToolBar. You will notice that the ToolBar's outline will change to a dashed line. Holding the left mouse button down and dragging the ToolBar, you will see the dashed outline following your mouse and it's shape change, getting a little taller. Hold it over either the top, right, left or bottom sides and when you see the outline change back to the narrower shape. Release the mouse button and the ToolBar will dock to that side.

ToolBar Parking:

They may also be parked somewhere other than on a side. Either inside the confines of Editor or parked outside the confines of Editor, beside it, not in it.

The ToolBar's position is saved between sessions. If you prefer to have a ToolBar on the bottom, it will always appear there until you move it. Also, if you have it parked inside or outside Editor, it will appear the also.


Copy button

Copy selected text.


Paste button

Pastes text which was cut or copied previously.


Help button

Opens Help file.


QuickOpen button

Opens the Quick Open tab on the General Options dialog, ready to edit the Quick Open Projects.

Arrow to the right of the open folder icon brings down a menu with the Quick Open Projects list, as well as the System Files.


Print Preview button

Open the current document in Print Preview.

The Print Preview uses the margins and other set up parameters which are located in the Page Setup dialog, accessed from the File | Page Setup menuitem.


Undo button

Performs the Undo action on the last editor input. There are an unlimited number of Undos available, successive Undo actions un-does the previous input. Shortcut key is Ctrl + Z.


Redo button

Performs a Redo action on the last Undo action. You can Undo all input actions back to a point so that the document is no longer modified. Shortcut key is Shift+Crtl+Z.


Editor Options button

Opens the Editor Options


General Options button

Opens the General Options Dialog.


Find Toolbar

Use the Find, Find Again and Replace buttons to perform Find and Replace functions. Also handy is the QuickFind. The ToolBar can be moved and docked on all four sides of Editor or they may float and redocked.


Find button

Initiate a Find process. Shortcut key is Ctrl + F.


Find Again button

Find the current word(s) again. Shortcut key is F3.


Replace button

Initiate a Find and Replace process. Shortcut key is Ctrl +R.


QuickFind button

Initiate a QuickFind, shortcut key is F2.

Note: Search Forward and Back by clicking the arrow to bring down a menu.


QuickFind Editbox

You may type word(s) into this editbox and hit the F2 keyboard key, to search the current EditTab for the given word(s). You can also highlight a word in the text and hit the F2 keyboard key.


Words ToolBar

Contains the Spell Check, Thesaurus and Definitions Dictionary buttons. The ToolBar can be moved and docked on all four sides of Editor or they may float and redocked.


Spell button

Initiates a spell check.


Active Spell button

Turns on Active Spell, which underlines misspelled words on the fly.

Right click the underlined word for a popup menu with correct spelling suggestions and other spell check options.


Thesaurus button

Initiates a Thesaurus lookup on the selected word or opens the Thesaurus.


Definitions Dictionary button

Initiates a Definitions lookup on the selected word  or opens the Definitions Dictionary.


Format Toolbar


Indent button

Indents the selected line or lines of text the specified number of spaces, which by default is one space.


Undent button

Undents the selected line or lines of text the specified number of spaces, which by default is one space.


Quote Block button

Insert the Quote Block characters in front of the line or lines of seleceted text.


Insert Character button

Open Insert Character form, from which various ASCII characters can be chosen and inserted into the document. Also contains the ASCII  value and keystroke.


Change Case button

Change the case of selected text to all UPPER or all lower.

Clicking the button brings down a menu from which to choose Upper or Lower.


EditTab

The EditTab is a tabbed page containing an edit memo, into which you type text.

A new EditTab's tab has "untitled1", where the 1 represents the first new EditTab of a session. Subsequent EditTabs will be named "untitled2", "untitled3" ....

When an document is saved, the EditTab's tab contains the file name, such as "My Doc.txt".

Also note that the full path and file name are displayed in the titlebar, at top of Editor. Such as, C:\MyFolder\My Doc.txt ....


EditTab Panel

This is the blank raised panel the lies between the Menus/ToolBars and StatusBar. This is the area into which the EditTabs are opened


StatusBar

The area at the bottom of Editor which shows the Line, Column, Position of the cursor. The Position number can be interpreted as the file size, in KB.

Also shown is the status of the Insert/Overwrite, CapsLock and NumLock keys.

The long box on the right contains the Toolhint, when the mouse cursor hoovers over a button.


Line Number Popup Link
Indicates Line Number on which the cursor is currently located.


Column number Popup Link
Indicates Column Number in which cursor is currently located.


Cursor position Popup Link
Indicates the Cursor Position, generally speaking in bytes, so this can be used to get an indication of the file size, in bytes. Also can be used to see how many characters are contained in the file, from beginning to end, or from beginning of file to the cursor position.


Insert/Overwrite key Popup Link
Indicates the current state of the Insert/Overwrite key.


Caps Lock key Popup Link
Indicates the current state of the Caps Lock key.


Num Lock key Popup Link
Indicates the current state of the Num Lock key.


Modified flag
Indicates if the current file has been modified.


Hint Panel
Hint Panel displays toolhints as the cursor passes over certain buttons and menuitems.


EditTab Popup Menu

Access this menu via the mouse right click. It offers easy access to often used menu actions.


File Popup MenuItem

Cascading menu with New, Open, Save, Save As, Save All menu selections.


Search Popup MenuItem

Cascading menu with Find, Find again Replace,  Show All and Go to Line menu selections.


Main Menu

The Editor Main Menu. For further information, click the hotspots, when mouse cursor turns into a little hand, or click the topics below.


File Menu


Titlebar

This is the application Titlebar which contains the following information

Contains name of application, if no document is open.

Contains "untitled" if the current document is a new document, which has not been modified and saved.

Contains path and name of current document.

Note: The above information is also contained in the application's Taskbar button, located on the Windows Taskbar. If the information is too long for the button, a popup hint will display the full information.


New MenuItem

Creates a New document with the default file type and Highlighting Scheme.


New File As... MenuItem

Creates a New document with the selected Highlighting Scheme.


Open MenuItem

Opens the Windows Open Dialog, from which you can open any file.


Quick Open MenuItem

Access menuitems to open Quick Open Projects.


Reopen MenuItem

This menuitem contains a list of Most Recently Used (MRU) files and is created the first time you open and close a file. The number of MRU files is limited to 10.

Use this menuitem to easily and quickly open the files you have recently used.

Located at the bottom of the menuitem are the following items.

Clear MRU List

Remove Obsolete


Clear MRU List

Click this to remove all files on the Reopen menuitem. This operation also temporarily removes the Reopen menuitem. It will reappear the next time you open and close a file.


Remove Obsolete

Selecting this menuitem will remove only those files that do not exist any longer or which have been moved or renamed. In this way the Reopen MRU list is easily kept up-to-date.


Most Recently Used files

This is a list of the files which have been recently opened.


Close MenuItem

Close current EditTabs.


Close All MenuItem

Closes All open EditTabs.


Save MenuItem

Saves the current EditTab.


Save As MenuItem

Saves the current EditTab As another file name.


Save All MenuItem

Saves All open EditTabs.


Export MenuItem

Saves current document to different text formats, HTML, Rich Text or UNIX.


Print MenuItem

Opens the Print dialog, which allows printing the current EditTab.


Printer Setup MenuItem

Opens the Windows Printer Setup dialog, from which you can configure your printer.


Printing Options MenuItem

Access the different Printing Options.


Print/No Highlighting MenuItem

Print the current document without Syntax Highlighting


Print Selection MenuItem

Print the selected text in current document. Highlight/select a portion of the text in current document, hit this menuitem and only that portion will be printed.


Print Selection/No Highlighting MenuItem

Print the selected text in current document without any Systax Highlighting. Highlight/select a portion of the text in current document, hit this menuitem and only that portion will be printed.


Print Preview MenuItem

Open the current document in Print Preview mode.


Page Setup MenuItem

Opens the Page Setup dialog, from which you can configure the Margins and Paper Orientation. The Margins are saved for future use.


Exit MenuItem

Close Editor.


Edit Menu


Undo MenuItem

Undo the most recent action. Shortcut key is Ctrl + Z. Unlimited number of undos.

Performs the Undo action on the last editor input. There are an unlimited number of Undos available, successive Undo actions un-does the previous input.


Redo MenuItem

Redo the most recent Undo action

Performs a Redo action on the last Undo action. You can Undo all input actions back to a point so that the document is no longer modified. Shortcut key is Shift+Crtl+Z.


Select All MenuItem

Selects (highlights) all the text in the current EditTab. Shortcut key is Ctrl + A.


Cut MenuItem

Cuts (removes) selected text from Editor and places it on the Windows Clipboard. Can be used to remove the selected text from it's location and paste it somewhere else, either in the currently EditTab or any other Windows application. Shortcut key is Ctrl + X.


Copy MenuItem

Copies selected text from Editor and places it on the Windows Clipboard. Can be used to  copy the selected text and paste it somewhere else, either in the currently EditTab or any other Windows application. Shortcut key is Ctrl + C.


Paste MenuItem

Pastes the word(s), from the Windows Clipboard, that have been previously Cut or Copied. Shortcut key is Ctrl + V.


Delete MenuItem

Delete selected word(s)


Select All

Select all text in the current document


Grouped Undo MenuItem

Allows Undo operation on a series of editing actions. These actions are grouped as a single undo action and can be Undone as a group.


Grouped Redo MenuItem

Allows a Redo action on operation on a series of editing actions, which were grouped as a single undo action.


Undo After Save MenuItem

Allows you to perform Undo actions after the document has been saved.


Paste As HTML MenuItem

Paste text with HTML tags included. This operation can only be performed when using when copying text from a supporting browser, such as Internet Explorer 4.0.


Word Wrap MenuItem

Turns Word Wrap state on and off. Checking turns on Word Wrap, unchecking turns if off.

This applies the chosen Word Wrap state to the current document.

If you wish to make a change to Word Wrap which will be applied to all new documents of this Highlighting Scheme/File Type, make that change in Editor Options, General and Printing.

However, please note that each open file can have different Word Wrap states. Meaning that if you have 5 different text files open, each one can either have Word Wrap turned on or off and when switching back and forth between the open EditTabs, that Word Wrap state is saved. This is useful in a multiple file editor which is capable of editing plain text files as well as code file, such as Delphi, HTML or Visual Basic. Code files normally have Word Wrap turned off so the individual lines are delineated, whereas plain text files are normally word wrapped.


Search Menu


Find... MenuItem

Invoke the Find dialog, from which you can find a given word(s) in the current EditTab. Shortcut key is Ctrl +F.

Open the dialog, enter the word(s) into Find What: editbox and hit the Find Next button. You may leave the dialog open and use the Find Next button to find other instances of the chosen word(s) or close the dialog and use the Shortcut key, F3.


Find Again MenuItem

Initiate the Find procedure again. Shortcut key is F3.


Replace... MenuItem

Invoke the Replace dialog, from which you can Find and Replace a given word(s) with the chosen word(s) in the current EditTab.

Fill out the Find what: and Replace what: editboxes and hit the Find Next key. You may then choose to replace or skip the found word(s). You may also hit the Replace All button and all found instances of the word)s) will be replaced.

"Match whole word" and "Match case" may be used to refine the find and replace procedure.


Show All


Go To Line


QuickFind MenuItem

Initiate a Find, on the highlighted word(s) using the QuickFind feature. Shortcut key is F2.


Insert Menu


Date/Time MenuItem

Inserts the Date and Time in the format shown on the menu.


1. <<Saturday, November 1, 1997, 2:43 PM>> MenuItem

Inserts the current Date and Time, in the above format, anywhere in the text.


2. <<11/01/1997 12:44:23 PM>> MenuItem

Inserts the current Date and Time, in the above format, anywhere in the text.


3. Sat, Nov 1, 1997, 01:15 PM MenuItem

Inserts the current Date and Time, in the above format, anywhere in the text.


4. <<11/01/1997 12:44:23 PM>> MenuItem

Inserts the current Date and Time, in the above format, anywhere in the text, plus adds a new line.


5. November 1, 1997 MenuItem

Inserts the current Date and Time, in the above format, anywhere in the text.


Insert Character MenuItem

Opens the Insert Character form.


Format Menu


Indent Selection MenuItem

Indent (move to right) highlighted section of text.


Undent Selection MenuItem

Undent (move to left) highlighted section of text.


Quote Block MenuItem

Insert Quote Block character in front of selected text.


Character Case MenuItem

Upper and Lower Case menu cascades from this menuitem.


Upper Case

Convert slected text to all Upper Case characters


Lower Case

Convert slected text to all Lower Case characters


Highlighting Menu

Menu with the list of available Highlighting Schemes.

Clicking the item assigns the chosen Scheme to the current document.


Tools Menu


Active Spell MenuItem

Turns on Active Spell, which underlines misspelled words on the fly.

Right click the underlined word for a popup menu with correct spelling suggestions and other spell check options.


Spell Check MenuItem

Initiates a Spell Check, Shortcut key is Ctrl + K.


Spell Check All

Spell check all open documents.


Thesaurus MenuItem

Initiates the Thesaurus, Shortcut key is Ctrl + T.


Definitions MenuItem

Initiates the Definitions Dictionary, Shortcut key is Ctrl + D.


Set Bookmark

Sets a bookmark on line where cursor is residing.

Removes bookmark If the cursor is residing on a line with an existing bookmark, therefore you can toggle a bookmark off and on.


Go To Bookmark

Go to selected bookmark


Options Menu


Toolbars MenuItem

Show/Hide toolbar cascading menu


Main MenuItem

Show and Hide the Main ToolBar.


Find MenuItem

Show and Hide the Find ToolBar.


Words MenuItem

Show and Hide the Words ToolBar.


Allow Floating Toolbars

When checked the Toolbars can be moved from their docks and left free floating. When not checked the Toolbars can be moved to any of the four docks, but cannot float.


QuickOpen Projects

Open General Options Dialog, on the QuickOpen Tab.


Editor Options

Opens Editor Options Dialog


Select Editor Font

Open Font dialog to change the font characteristics, applies to current document.

This allow you to choose a different font to view the current document without applying it to all documents of this File Type.

Note: Each Highlighting Scheme may have a different font. To make a change which will affect all new documents of a Highlighting Scheme/File Type, go to Editor Options | Highlighting Tab and select your desired font.


General Options

Opens General Options Dialog


Spell Check Configuration MenuItem

Opens the Spell Check Configuration dialog.


Edit Custom Dictionary MenuItem

Opens the Edit Custom Dictionary dialog.


Help Menu


Contents MenuItem

Opens Help file on the Contents tab.


Active Spell Popup Menu

Popup menu activated by a mouse right-click on a misspelled word when Active Spell is turned on, meaning that the word is underlined with the "red squiggly line".


Active Spell Suggestions

Suggested correct spellings for the underlined misspelled word.


Active Spell Ignore All

Tells Active Spell to Ignore all instances of this underlined "misspelled" word in the current Editor session.

This means that if you type "testr", invoke the Active Spell popup menu and select the Ignore All menuitem, all instances of "testr' will be ignored as misspelled in the current document as well as any document that Active Spell is turned on, while you have Editor open.

This setting does not "stick" once Editor is closed and reopened, "testr" will be underlined as misspelled when Editor is reopened.


Active Spell Add

Adds the selected word to the User Added Words in the Custom User Dictionary. Adding words in this manner performs the same operation as the Add button on the Spell Check Dialog.

Therefore, subsequent spell checks, Active Spell or regular Spell Check, will find this words as correctly spelled.

You may edit the Added Words entries by using the Custom Dictionary Editor.


Active Spell Change All

Changes all instances of the underlined word in the current document.

This is helpful if you are using Active Spell on an existing document and a particular word is repeatedly misspelled. Choosing this menuitem will change all the instances of that word.


Active Spell Auto Correct

Adds the selected underlined word to the Custom User Dictionary's Auto Correct list.

If Active Spell offers multiple suggestions, a cascading menu will be offered with the suggested correct spellings and you may choose which you prefer to add to the Auto Correct list..

Therefore, when a regular spell check is performed, this word will be automatically changed to the correct spelling.

Using "testr" as an example, if you right-click on this word and choose the Auto Correct suggestion, "tester", "tester" is added to the Auto Correct list.

"testr" contained in subsequent spell checks will automatically changed to "tester".

Words added in this manner carry over each time Editor is opened and used.

You may edit the Auto Correct entries by using the Custom Dictionary Editor.


Active Spell Spelling

Invokes the Spell Check Dialog and initiates a regular Spell Check.


Active Spell

Active Spell automatically spell checks the words as you type and underlines and misspelled word with a "red squiggly underline". Right Click, click with the Right Mouse Button, the underlined word and Editor will attempt to suggest correct spellings.

Click on the different areas of this image to see an explanation of the Active Spell popup menu.


Help Topics

Opens Help file on the Index tab.


Web Site MenuItem
Tray Suite Web Site MenuItem

This menuitem will attempt to open your default Web Browser and connect to the Tray Suite web site.


Register MenuItem

Opens Registration form, into which the Serial Number is entered.

Entering Serial Number:

Go to the Help | Register menuitem, click it and enter the Serial Number exactly as you shown.

After 30 day Trial period has expired:

Attempt to open the either Tray Suite or Editor by clicking their shortcut.

This will bring up the Expiration Message.

Click the Yes button and enter the Serial Number exactly as you shown.

This will register both applications, Tray Suite and Editor. Then you may open and continue using the applications as usual.


About MenuItem
About Editor MenuItem

Opens the Editor AboutBox.


Save Dialog


Printer Setup Dialog


Print Dialog

Print dialog, from which you can print the current EditTab.


Find Dialog


Text to find

Enter word(s) or Regular Expression to Find.


Case sensitive

Find words which match the case of the Text to find


Whole words

Find only complete words


Regular expressions

Allows the use of Regular Expressions


Find in all open EditTabs

Searches all open documents


Forward direction

Searches forward/down from the cursor


Back direction

Searches back/up from the cursor


Find button

Begin the Find operation


Close button

Close Find or Replace dialog


Clear history button

Opens Edit Find Replace Entries which allows the Find or Replace history to be edited or cleared.


Replace Dialog


Replace with

Enter word(s) or Regular Expressions to Replace the found text.


Prompt on Replace

Prompt for confirmation before replacing the located word(s)


Replace in all open EditTabs

Replace the word(s) in all open documents


Replace button

Replace the currently found word(s)


Replace All button

Replace all instances of the found word(s)


Edit Find Replace Entries Form


History list, Find or Replace

Word(s) which have been entered into the Find or Replace dialogs, either by Find or Replace operations or by using the Add button.


Add to history list button

Add word(s) to the history list


Remove from history list button

Remove word(s) from the history list


Move Up in history list button

Move selected word(s) up in the history list


Move Down in history list button

Move selected word(s) down in the history list


Clear History list button

Clear all word(s) from the history list, removes them


OK button, Find/Replace

Close and save changes to Edit Find Replace Entries


Cancel button, Find/Replace

Close and not save any changes made to the Edit Find Replace Entries


Page Setup Dialog


About Form
About Editor Form

About Editor. Contains copyright and registration information.


General Options Dialog


OK Button

Close and Save changes made in the Options dialog.


Cancel Button, Options Dialog

Close and Cancel any changes made in the Options dialog, does not save your changes.


Help Button

Open the Options dialog Help file topic.


General TabSheet


Undo after Save checkbox

Enable Undo after Save option. When enabled, you can perform undo actions even after the document has been saved.


Show EditTabs in MultiLine CheckBox

Check this to show the EditTabs in rows. Unchecked, multiple EditTabs will be displayed in a single line.


StatusBar visible CheckBox

Show/Hide the StatusBar.


Paste as HTML checkbox

Enable Pasting HTML tags along with copied text, in some Browsers, like Internet Explorer.


Show Format ToolBar CheckBox

Show/Hide the Format ToolBar.


Show Main ToolBar CheckBox

Show/Hide the Main ToolBar.


Show Find ToolBar CheckBox

Show/Hide the Find ToolBar.


Show Words ToolBar CheckBox

Show/Hide the Words ToolBar.


Allow Floating Toolbars

When checked the Toolbars can be moved from their docks and left free floating. When not checked the Toolbars can be moved to any of the four docks, but cannot float.


Quote Block Characters

Enter the character(s) you wish to be inserted at the beginning of Quoted Blocks in the Editor.


File Associations TabSheet

Here you may easily associate different File Types with Editor. The Options form's File Association Tab is provided to make it easier to associate File Types with Editor. It performs much the same function as Windows in Adding and Removing File Types.

This feature is not intended to be a complete substitute for the built-in Windows File Types dialog, which you can reach by opening My Computer|View Menu|Options|File Types Tab. Windows provides you with the ability to make detailed changes to the File Types.

To associate a File Type, you first click the Associate Button, which will bring up the File Type Input Entry dialog. Enter your desired File Type extension, (example: .txt for Text File) and hit the OK button. This instantly associates that File Type with Editor.

You may also UnAssociate File Types using the Unassociate Button. This will remove the File Type from the Registry, which will require using the Associate button again or the Windows File Types dialog.

Caution: All changes to the File Types, made via this option, are instant. They do not require you to hit the OK button.

DDE Note: Some file types associated with some applications by default (for example the .PAS file associated with Borland Delphi) use DDE to actually open the file. In order for the Editor to open this file type, the "Use DDE" checkbox must be unselected. The "Use DDE" checkbox is found on the Editing action for type: dialog when you are editing actions from the File Type dialog.

Moving Editor Location Note: If you associate file types with Editor and then move the location of the Editor.EXE (or move the home folder), the file type information will not display in the Associations ListBox. If this happens, you can use the Associate button to recreate the associations and continue to open these file types with a double-click.


Associate Button

Used to associate File Types with Editor, so that file can be opened with a double-click.

If you are more comfortable using the Windows File Type dialog, then use it to associate. You must add "%1" to the Editor path in the Application used to perform action: editbox.

DDE Note: Some file types associated with some applications by default (for example the .PAS file associated with Borland Delphi) use DDE to actually open the file. In order for the Editor to open this file type, the "Use DDE" checkbox must be unselected. The "Use DDE" checkbox is found on the Editing action for type: dialog when you are editing actions from the File Type dialog.


File Type to associate

Used to  choose or enter the File Type extension which you want associated with Editor. Entered as, .txt, with a period and the 3 character file extension.


File Types Associations ListBox

List of file Types that are associated to Editor. These files may then be opened, from within Windows Explorer or Desktop, by a double-click on the EXE or Shortcut.

Note: If you associate file types with Editor and then move the location of the Editor.EXE, the file type information will not display in the Associations ListBox.


Unassociate Button

Used to UnAssociate File Types with Editor, so that file can not be opened with a double-click. This will remove the File Type from the Registry, which will require using the Associate button again or the Windows File Types dialog.

If you are more comfortable using the Windows File Type dialog, then use it to unassociate.


Assign Icon to file in Explorer

Assign this icon to the associated file type.


Enable QuickView

Adds Quick View to the right click context menu, allows this file type to be quickly viewed by Windows Quick View.


Show in New

Place this file type on the right click context menu's New item.


Filters TabSheet

Here you can manage all of the Highlighting Schemes and the File Type Extensions to which you wish to apply specific Highlighting Schemes.

The Highlighting Scheme, ANSI C, HTML ..., names are not editable.

However, the File Type Extensions, *.cpp, *.c ..., are completely editable.

To edit an extension click twice, with the Left Mouse button, on extension you want to edit. That is one click to select the extension and a second click to put the list in edit mode, which is visible by a little rectangle box around the list of extensions.

Enter the extensions as shown here, separated by a semi-colon.

*.cpp;*.c;*.h;*.hpp

Some of the common file types will normally be associated with their expected Schemes. For example, HTML file types will normally be associated with the HTML Highlighting Scheme. But, a File Type of *.rpt may be associated with any Scheme of your choice, depending on how you want to view it.

You may also assign custom File Types with any of the Schemes. For example, if you have Paradox ObjectPAL code files and you have a custom extension of *.poc, you can choose to associate that extension with the ObjectPAL Highlighting Scheme.


Add... Button

Add a new File Type extension and description to be used in the Open and Save dialogs.


Remove Button

Removes the selected File Type and description, so it is no longer available in the Open and Save dialogs.


Edit... Button

Edit the selected file Type, change the extension or description, leaving it available to the Open and Save dialogs.


Higlighting Schemes and Associate File Type extensions
Highlighting Schemes

This is a list of Higlighting Schemes and Associated File Type extensions.


Edit Scheme Button

Opens Editor Options to edit the selected Highlighting Scheme and other options for this language type.


Set Default Button

Set the selected Highlighting Scheme as the default. This Highlighting Scheme is applied to all New documents and is the default Save as type: in Save dialogs.


Spell Check TabSheet

Configure the Spell Check options on this tab.


Quote Characters Editbox

Tray Suite and Editor will ignore lines which begin with your chosen symbol, if the Ignore Quoted Lines option is checked in the Spell Check Configuration (Options) dialog.

By default, Tray Suite and Editor will ignore a line beginning with > (greater than symbol).

Leaving this editbox blank tell Tray Suite and Editor to NOT ignore any lines that begin with a special character.

Leaving a special character in this editbox and unchecking the Ignore Quoted Lines option will also tell Tray Suite and Editor NOT to ignore lines beginning with a special character. In this manner, you can easily change the option, depending on your desire.

These Quote Characters are usually associated with e-mail messages. In a reply, if some of the original message is quoted, the quoted lines normally begin with a special character. For example, a > (that is a greater than sign) or [ (a bracket).

You can choose to Ignore these lines in your spell check. Saves time and there is no need to spell check someone else's spelling.:-}

Enter the characters in the editbox, just one after another, if you wish to ignore more than one.


Ignore Prefixes Editbox

This option will tell Tray Suite and Editor to Ignore special Suffix characters. This can be useful if you use certain beginning characters and do not want to constantly have to hit the Spell Check Ignore button.

By default, Tray Suite  and Editor will ignore an apostrophe, ' .

A good example of this is the apostrophe.  This, as used normally, is harmless.  However, a sequence of text may be enclosed within a single quote (the common method of representing a quote within a quote).  In this case, the first word in the quote will begin with the apostrophe character.  Thus we add the apostrophe as a standard ignore prefix.

Keep in mind, please,  that the word itself is not ignored, only the removed prefixes.  If the word could not be found, the user will still be prompted.

Multiple ignore prefixes can be applied by using the semicolon character (;) between prefixes, as follows.

';\;/

That is an apostrophe, separated by a semicolon, back slash, separated by a semicolon, forward slash

Leaving this editbox blank tell Tray Suite  and Editor to NOT ignore any prefixes.


Ignore Suffixes Editbox

This option will tell Tray Suite and Editor to Ignore special Suffix characters. This can be useful if you use certain ending characters and do not want to constantly have to hit the Spell Check Ignore button.

By default, Tray Suite  and Editor will ignore, '(apostrophe) and 's (apostrophe s)and . (period or full stop) .

Several languages have standard word modifiers in the form of suffixes and prefixes.  An example of this is specifying plural in English with an apostrophe s.

Keep in mind, please, that the word itself is not ignored, only the removed suffixes.  If the word could not be found, the user will still be prompted. "Whoo's" will still be found as incorrect and Who's suggested.

Multiple ignore suffixes can be applied by using the semicolon character (;) between prefixes, as follows:

';'s;.

That is an apostrophe and an "s" (as in a possessive noun), separated by a semicolon,  period (full stop),

Leaving this editbox blank tell Tray Suite  and Editor to NOT ignore any suffixes.


Spell Check Configuration button

Opens Spell Check Configuration dialog.


Font Dialog

Choose font to apply to the current document.


QuickOpen TabSheet

QuickOpen Projects enable you to create a Project and associate related files, which can then be all opened at the same time, with a click on the QuickOpen Menu.

Note that there is one permanent QuickOpen Project, System Files, which open the commonly used system files, Autoexec.bat, Win.ini, Config.sys, System.ini and Protocol.ini


Quick Open Projects List

List of Quick Open Projects


Project Files List

List of files in the selected Quick Open Project


Add Quick Open Project button

Adds a Quick Open Project


Remove Quick Open Project button

Remove selected Quick Open Project


Add Files... button

Initiates an Open dialog, from which files can be added to the selected Quick Open Project


Remove Files button

Remove selected file from Quick Open Project


Edit file... button

Initiates an Open dialog, from which the selected file can be edited or renamed.


Go to line number

Enter line number and hit the OK button to go to the specified line. Cancel closes form without going to the line.


Definitions Dictionary


Lookup Word EditBox

Type here the word that you want to look up in the Definitions Dictionary database.

When you have entered the word press Enter, or click on the Lookup button.


Definitions Dictionary QuickStart

There are three ways to use the Definitions Dictionary.

1. Lookup a specific word that is highlighted in Editor.

Highlight the word, hit the Open Definitions Dictionary button. The Definitions Dictionary will open with the selected word already in the Lookup Word EditBox and will automatically lookup the word.

2.  Lookup a specific word that is highlighted in your other working application.

Highlight the word, use Definitions (Application) or Definitions (ClipBoard) to open the Definitions Dictionary with the selected word already in the Lookup Word EditBox and will automatically lookup the word.

3. Open and manually type in the word to be looked up.

In Editor, you simply open the Definitions Dictionary, using the Definitions Dictionary button or MenuItem, type your desired word into the Lookup Word EditBox and push the Lookup button.

From the Tray Suite Tray Icon Popup Menu, click the Definitions Dictionary (ClipBoard) MenuItem or use the Definitions Dictionary (ClipBoard) Hotkey to open the Definitions Dictionary. You may then type in your desired word into the Lookup Word EditBox and push the Lookup button.

Using Definitions Dictionary

1. Highlight a word in the Editor's EditTab

2. Open Definitions Dictionary

3. Your chosen word will appear in the Lookup word: editbox, as well as other words, if found in the Dictionary, will appear in the Sense Descriptions Listbox and Showing Related Words tabbed notebook. If the word was not found, there will be a "Word not found." message in the Sense Descriptions Listbox.

4. When you find a word that you want to use as a replacement, select it and hit the Replace button. This will close the Definitions Dictionary and replace the word which was originally selected and looked up

5. Note that you may drill down more levels into the suggestions by double-clicking a word in the Showing Related Words, moving that word into the Lookup word: editbox. This will start a new lookup based on that new word.

Further Usage Tips

The Definitions Dictionary may be used to look up a word's meaning, find a synonym or antonym or drill down into the meaning and context of a word.

You may drill down into the meaning and context of a word by double-clicking a word located in one of the tabbed pages, Synonym, Antonym... This will automatically place that word in the LookUp Word Editbox, perform the Lookup and populate the tabbed pages. In this way you can Lookup the word "spell", double-click "enchantment" in the Synonym tabbed page, double-click "trance" and find "enamour".

To select a word, such as "enamour",  to use as a replacement for the word which you were looking up, such as "spell", you would highlight the desired word, "enamour",  in the tabbed page and click the Replace Button.

Note that if you hit the Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb buttons, this will display word choices based on the selected word type. For example, looking up the word "spell", if the Verb button is pushed, the offered Synonyms become "import" and "write". In this manner, you can drill down into "spell" used as a verb.

Click on a part of the window to see a description of what it does, or select one of the following topics:

Showing synonyms by sense

Showing synonyms by word type

Showing related words


Definitions Dictionary Features

The powerful Definitions Dictionary contains more than

    -100,000 synonym sets with definitions

    -120,000 root words

    -160,000 possible lookup words

showing synonyms, definitions and related words including:

    -Nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, pronouns, interjections and conjunctions

    -Proper nouns (place names, famous people, etc.)

Finds sets of related words, including:

   -Antonyms

   -More specific words

   -Less specific words

   -Words for parts of things

   -Words for the things of which something is a part

   -Similar words

It also can:

   -Extract root words (shows the definition for "octopus" when you look up "octopi")

   -Do inverse part of speech matching (look up a plural word, and it'll show plural synonyms)

   -Show irregular word form information (tells you that "sink" has past forms "sank" and "sunk")

   -Filter synonyms by part of speech and sense


Previous Button

Press this button to look up the word that you last looked up.


Lookup Button

Press this button to look up the word in the Lookup Word edit box.


Show Nouns Button

Press this button to only show words that are nouns (or press Alt+N).

If the button is disabled it means there is no sense in which the word is a noun.


Show Verbs Button

Press this button to only show words that are verbs (or press Alt+V).

If the button is disabled it means there is no sense in which the word is a verb.


Show Adjectives Button

Press this button to only show words that are adjectives (or press Alt+A).

If the button is disabled it means there is no sense in which the word is an adjective.


Show Adverbs Button

Press this button to only show words that are adverbs (or press Alt+R).

If the button is disabled it means there is no sense in which the word is an adverb.


Sense descriptions ListBox
Sense descriptions ListBox, Definitions

This box shows the different senses (definitions) of the word you are looking up. Different senses are numbered for each word type, nouns first, then verbs, adjectives and adverbs.

See how to Show synonyms by sense.


Showing synonyms by sense

Many words have more than one meaning, so when you lookup a word there many be more than one definition displayed. To show just the synonyms specific to a particular sense, just click on the sense number. Alternatively you can press TAB until the cursor appears in the sense section, use the cursor keys to move the cursor onto the sense you want to view, and press ENTER.

For example if the Lookup word is diffuse then your sense list would be

Verb: diffuse

 1. move outward

 2. spread or diffuse through

 3. as of information

The synonyms include broadcast, disperse, spread out, permeate, etc. To show just the senses corresponding to move outward, click on the '1'. You will then only see the synonyms  fan out, spread out and spread.

Click another sense number to select a different sense, or click the selected number to show all the senses once again. The selected sense definition is shown in a different color.

See Glossary of Definitions Dictionary terms for explanation of the different types of related word.


Showing synonyms by word type

The four buttons at the side of the definition box

Show Nouns Button

Show Verbs Button

Show Adjectives Button

Show Adverbs Button

show whether the Lookup word is a noun, verb, adjective, or adverb, the most common word types. A button is grayed if the Lookup word does not have a meaning of that word type.

Click on one of the buttons to show only synonyms of that type, or use Alt+ the letter on the relevant button. Selecting a word type is also a good way to quickly view the definitions for that word type.

To show all the synonyms again (regardless of type) just click on the button again.

See Glossary of Definitions Dictionary terms{linkID=6120} for explanation of the different types of related word.


Showing related words

The Definitions Dictionary not only finds synonyms of words, but also a whole host of other words related in some way to the Lookup word. The different types of relation are explained in the Glossary of Definitions Dictionary terms.

When you first look up a word, the Definitions Dictionary displays the synonyms in the list box in the lower half of the window. The other types of related word available are shown in the set of tabs at the top of the list box. Just click on one of these to show the related words of that type.

The tabs at the bottom of the synonyms list box show the different available types of related word. Just click on a tab to see words of that relationship, e.g. to see the antonyms of the Lookup word click on the tab that says Antonyms (if no such tab is present it means there are no antonyms in the database). You can also see related words by pressing the TAB key until the tabs are selected and then using the cursor keys. Often the list of related words is quite long and you may use the scroll bar, located on the right side, to move to the bottom of the list.

See Glossary of Definitions Dictionary terms for explanation of the different types of related word.


Glossary of Definitions Dictionary terms

Synonyms	Words which mean the same in some context e.g. close is a synonym of shut.

Antonyms	Words meaning the opposite in some context e.g. big is an antonym of little.

Attribs	A noun for which the adjective expresses value e.g. big is an attribute of size.

Type of	Shows less specific words. e.g. a comedy is a type of play.

Types	Shows more specific words. e.g. flower has daisy as one of its types.

Parts	Shows words for part of an object e.g. tree is one of the parts of a forest.

Part of	Shows words for a collection or the whole e.g. bumper is a part of a car.

Similar	Words with meanings that are close e.g. big is similar to huge.


Replace button

Press the copy button to copy the selected word to the clipboard.

If there is selected text in the definition section then that will be copied, otherwise the word selected in the list box. If you are running Definitions Dictionary from another working application this button will close the window and copy the selected word into that application, if using Definitions Dictionary (Application) or make it available to paste into that working application if using Definitions Dictionary (ClipBoard).


Help button

Opens Help file on the Definitions Dictionary topic.


Cancel button, Definitions Dictionary

Press this button to close the Definitions Dictionary window.


Tabs

Click on one of the tabs to show different sets of related words.

See Glossary of Definitions Dictionary terms for what the different words on the tabs mean.


Synonyms ListBox

This show the synonyms of the Lookup word, or other sets of related words indicated on the tabs at the top.

Click on a word and press the Copy button to copy a word to the clipboard (or if you are using Definitions Dictionary from another working application to replace the looked-up word). Double click on an item in the list to look it up in the database.

If Definitions Dictionary cannot match the part of speech of a word (for example if you look up plural noun Definitions Dictionary may not know how to pluralize the noun collocations that appear as synonyms) the word with appear with a start (*).


History list

Click on this to show the list of words previously searched for. You can press the up and down cursors to move quickly up and down the list without clicking this button. Press the Previous button to return to the previous word.


Definitions Dictionary Dialog

Definitions Dictionary How To

1. Highlight a word in the Editor's EditTab

2. Initiate Definitions Dictionary using Definitions(Clipboard) or Definitions(Application)

3. Your chosen word will appear in the Lookup word: editbox, as well as other words, if found in the Dictionary, will appear in the Sense Descriptions Listbox and Showing Related Words tabbed notebook. If the word was not found, there will be a "Word not found." message in the Sense Descriptions Listbox.

4. When you find a word that you want to use as a replacement, select it and hit the Replace button. This will close the Definitions Dictionary and replace the word which was originally selected and looked up

5. Note that you may drill down more levels into the suggestions by double-clicking a word in the Showing Related Words, moving that word into the Lookup word: editbox. This will start a new lookup based on that new word.

Click on a part of the window to see a description of what it does, or select one of the following topics:

Showing synonyms by sense

Showing synonyms by word type

Showing other related words


Regular Expressions

Regular Expression Syntax and Usage

The Editor application allows the searching and replacing of text in the editor via the Edit / Find... and Edit / Replace.. menu options. The Edit / Use Regular Expressions menu option controls when the Find... and Replace... dialogs will expect a regular expression or plain text. Plain text specification allows simple matching and replacing of exact text within the editor and should be familiar to most users. Regular expressions can be used to specify text by its characteristics rather than by the exact characters. For example, to find all identifiers in a Pascal program, it is known that the identifier can only start with certain characters and thereafter can contain only certain other characters. Regular expressions allow the specifications of such items through the use of a syntax borrowed from tools such as GREP, LEX and YACC.

Note: The following syntax definition uses EBNF notation.

EBNF syntax specification:

EBNF (Extended Backaus-Naur Form) is a style of specification used for formal syntax descriptions. Within the syntax description the following metacharacters are used:

a ::= b	Construct a is defined by construct b

[a]	Indicates that construct a is optional

(abc)	Indicates that constructs a, b and c are taken as a single construct

a|b	Indicates either construct a or construct b

'abc'	The literal characters 'a' followed by 'b' followed by 'c'

<a>	Single syntax construct a defined in the specification

REGULAR EXPRESSION SYNTAX

The formal description of the syntax supported by TSyntaxMemo is given as:

    <regular expression>  ::=  [ '^' ] <expression> [ '$' ]

    <expression>          ::=  <term> [ '|' <expression> ]

    <term>                ::=  <factor> [ <factor> ]

    <factor>              ::=  <char atom> [ <modifier> ]

    <char atom>           ::=  <char>                                 |

                               <string>                               |

                               <charclass>                            |

                               '.'                                    |

                               ( '(' <expression> ')' )

    <string>              ::=  '"' <charlist> '"'

    <charlist>            ::=  <char> [ <charlist> ]

    <charclass>           ::=  '[' [ '^' ] <CClist> ']'

    <CClist>              ::=  <one CChar> [ <CClist> ]

    <one CChar>           ::=  <char> [ '-' <char> ]

    <modifier>            ::=  '*'                                    |

                               '+'                                    |

                               '?'                                    |

    <char>                ::=  <escaped char>                         |

                               <plain char>

    <escaped char>        ::=  '\' <escape sequence>

    <escape sequence>     ::=  'x' <Hex value>                        |

                               '0' <Octal value>                      |

                               'n'                                    |

                               't'                                    |

                               'r'                                    |

                               'b'                                    |

                               'f'                                    |

                               's'                                    |

                               <plain char>

    <Hex value>           ::=  <Hex digit> [ <Hex digit> ]

    <Hex digit>           ::=  '0' | '1' | '2' | '3' | '4' | '5' | '6' | '7' | '8' | '9' |

                               'a' | 'b' | 'c' | 'd' | 'e' | 'f' |

                               'A' | 'B' | 'C' | 'D' | 'E' | 'F'

    <Octal value>         ::=  <Octal digit> [ <Octal digit> ] [ <Octal digit> ]

    <Octal digit>         ::=  '0' | '1' | '2' | '3' | '4' | '5' | '6' | '7'

    <plain char>          ::=  Any visible character (See note 1)

NOTES

1.	<plain char> specifications of grammar characters such as '*', '?' etc. should be escaped to prevent mis-interpretation.

2.	<octal value> specifications must result in an 8 bit value. At most 3 <octal digit>s will be used to determine the <octal value>, any more will be parsed as <char atom>s after the <octal value>. If the <octal value> results in a character value > 255 (i.e. \0377) then an error will be reported.

<hex value> will only accept at most 2 hex digits, any following <hex digit>s will not be used in the escape value and will be interpreted as <char atom>s. To remove ambiguity, always use a 2 digit hex code such as \x0F etc.

3.	The <modifier>s are interpreted as follows:

'*'	Zero or more of

'+'	One or more of

'?'	Zero or one of (i.e. optional)

4.	A caret (^) at the beginning of a regular expression matches the start of a line. A dollar ($) at the end of an expression matches the end of the line. Both do NOT include the line start/end markers in the recognised text.

5.	The <escaped char> letters can be upper or lower case and are interpreted as follows:

\r	Carriage return	(ASCII code 10)

\n	New line	(ASCII code 13)

\f	Form feed	(ASCII code 12)

\t	Tab character	(ASCII code  9)

\b	Backspace	(ASCII code  8)

\s	Space	(ASCII code 32)

REPLACEMENT TEXT SYNTAX

Replacement text is defined by:

    <replacement text>    ::=  <char specifier list>

    <char specifier list> ::=  <char specifier> [ <char specifier list> ]

    <char specifier>      ::=  <field value>                                 |

                               <escaped char>                                |

                               <plain char>

    <field value>         ::=  '%' <decimal value>

    <decimal value>       ::=  <decimal digit> [ <decimal value> ]

    <decimal digit>       ::=  '0' | '1' | '2' | '3' | '4' | '5' | '6' | '7' | '8' | '9'

NOTES

1.	<escaped char> and <plain char> are as in the regular expression syntax.

2.	The <decimal value> should evaluate to a number in the range 1..10. The upper value may be changed by purchasers of the source code.

EXAMPLES

1.	Locate Internet references

           ("http://"|"mailto:"|"ftp://")[^ \n\r\"\<\\]+

Would allow the detection of internet references that start with 'http://', 'mailto:' or 'ftp://'. The <field values> will be assigned based upon the syntax element <factor> and devolve to:

        %1.....("http://"|"mailto:"|"ftp://")

        %2.....[^ \n\r\"\<\\]+

In english, the expression reads:

"Find all occurences of text that start with 'http://', 'mailto:' or 'ftp://' and are followed by at least one character that is not one of a space (\s), anewline(\n), a carriage return(\r), a quote(\"), a bracket (\<), or a slash (\\)"

2.	Locate all compiler directives in an Object Pascal program

 "{$"[a-zA-Z_]+[\s\t\r\n]*[^\}]*"}"

Would create fields as below:

        %1....."{$"

        %2.....[a-zA-Z_]+

        %3.....[\s\t\r\n]*

        %4.....[^\}]*

        %5....."}"

In english, the expression reads:

"Find all occurences of text that starts with a curly brace and a dollar ("{$") and is followed by at least one letter or underscore ([a-zA-Z_]+) optionallyfollowed by some whitespace ([\s\t\r\n]*) optionally followed by any number of anything except a close curly brace ([^\}]*) and terminated by a closecurly brace "}"


Insert Character form

Use this form to choose various characters which can be inserted into Editor's active document.


Font editbox

Font name currently set in the active document.


Selected characters editbox

Contains the characters currently selected, ready to insert into the active document.


Character list

List of the characters for any given font.


Keystroke editbox

Keystroke combination which produces the chosen chanracter.


ASCII editbox

The ASCII number associated with the chosen character.


Select button

Select chosen character. Moves the charcter into the Selected characters editbox ready to insert into active document.


Insert button

Insert the selected characters into the active document.


Cancel button, Insert Character

Cancel Insert Characters and do not insert any selected characters.


Editor Options, General and Printing

Click the different areas to see help topics for that specific area.


OK button, Editor Options

Save and Close Editor Options dialog


Cancel button, Editor Options

Close dialog and do not save any changes.


Wrap long lines, Editor Options

When printing, wrap long lines


Line numbers, Editor Options

When printing, print line numbers


Title in header, Editor Options

When printing, print source filename in header


Date in header, Editor Options

When printing, print current date/time in header


Page numbers, Editor Options

When printing, print page numbers in footer


Word Wrap, Editor Options

Word-wrap text display in document.

Select this option to toggle Word Wrap for each Highlighting Scheme.


Override wrapping, Editor Options

When in word-wrap mode, override word-wrapping for lines that start with any of the following characters  >|:


Auto indent, Editor Options

When not in word-wrap mode, indent caret to first non-space character in line above


Smart tab, Editor Options

When not in word-wrap mode, TAB keys move to next non-space character in line above


Smart fill, Editor Options

When auto-indenting (AutoIndent required) or tabbing to a column (TabToColumn required) and UseTAB is present then Editor will fill the required gap with a minimum number of characters made up of TABs and spaces. When SmartFill is absent, or UseTab is absent, then auto-indent and tab to column will insert the required number of spaces.


Use tab character, Editor Options

Insert the TAB character into the text, when absent, the correct number of spaces are inserted in place of the TAB character


Line numbers in gutter, Editor Options

Display line numbers in gutter


Mark wrapped lines, Editor Options

Display wordwrap picture in gutter, for wordwrapped lines


Title as filename, Editor Options

Update title to filename when document is saved


Block cursor for Overwrite, Editor Options

Change the cursor to a larger block cursor when in Overwrite Mode


Word select, Editor Options

Double clicking selects word nearest to mouse position


Syntax highlight, Editor Options

Use highlighting in current document and all documents of this Highlighting Scheme


Cursor beyond EOL, Editor Options

Allow cursor to be placed beyond the end of line.

Not implemented in this version.


Show all chars, Editor Options

Display formatting characters, such as paragraph ¶, space .Tab ->


Visible right margin, Editor Options

Show a right margin mark at Right Margin column


Right margin size, Editor Options

Width of text display area, in characters


Visible gutter, Editor Options

Show left gutter area. This is the are which displays the various pictures, such as word wrap and bookmarks. You can choose not to have the gutter visible, if you do not care if the pictures are visible.


Gutter width, Editor Options

Width of gutter. Must be about 20 for the gutter pictures, word wrap and bookmarks to display properly.


Block indent step size, Editor Options

Specify by how many characters the block indent command will indent a selected block of text.


Word wrap column, Editor Options

Determines the width of the word wrap column, 0 = same as the Right Magrin setting


Show word wrap column, Editor Options

Show/Hide word wrap column


Tab Columns, Editor Options

Specify the position, in characters, of tab columns in a document. Separate each entry with a space

For example, if you are making a list with 3 columns, you may wish to set this to:

10 20 30

Or if you are editing HTML documents and you wish to format the code, you may wish to set them to:

2 4 6 8

Defines tab stops for the editing environment. The string is a list of tab columns separated by a space or comma, e.g.:

9 17 24 31

9, 17, 24, 31

both define tab stops at character columns 9, 17, 24 and 31.

The column indicated is the position of the average character width in the display. It corresponds exactly to the width of each character in non-proportional fonts such as Arial etc. however in proportional fonts the actual character offset may not correspond with the viewed tab stop position. In either type of font though, the actual position of the tab stop will be the same in each line of the display allowing alignment of columns.

The list of tab stop column numbers must be given in ascending order. The first column of the display is column one (1).


Tab stop, Editor Options

Defines tab stops for the Editor, as a list of tab columns separated by a space

9 17 24 31

these define tab stops at character columns 9, 17, 24 and 31.


Editor Options, Highlighting

Click the different areas to see help topics for that specific area.


Current language style, Highlighting

Current Language style as displayed in the current EditTab.


Element, Highlighting

List of the various elements, such as Selected Text, Gutter and other language elements, such as Keywords.


Foreground, Highlighting

Set the foreground color of selected element. Example: if you have Selected text highlighted in the Element list, you can then choose what color you wish the selected text to display in the Editor.


Background, Highlighting

Set the background color of selected element. Example: if you have Selected text highlighted in the Element list, you can then choose what color you wish the background of the selected text to display in the Editor.


Bold Text attribute, Highlighting

Assign Bold to the selected text element.


ItalicText attribute, Highlighting

Assign Italic to the selected text element.


Underline Text attribute, Highlighting

Assign Underline to the selected text element.


Use defaults for foreground, Highlighting

Choose to use the defaults for foreground color. The defaults used are the ones that are configured in the Display Properties dialog, Appearance Tab, which is normally the color Black.


Use defaults for background, Highlighting

Choose to use the defaults for background color. The defaults used are the ones that are configured in the Display Properties dialog, Appearance Tab, Item: Window | Color.

Note also that this affects the Editor's text area window color, on screen.

Printing with the Print Button or File | Print Menuitem prints the page with a white background.

Printing from Print Preview will print the actual background color, if you have a color printer and some shade if gray, if you have a black & white printer.

Printing seletions via the File | Printing Options will print the background as you see it on screen.


Font name, Highlighting

Choose font name from the combobox.


Font size, Highlighting

Choose font size from the combobox.


Charset, Highlighting

Choose Charset from the combobox, ANSI is the Charset for many different spoken languages, such as English.


Example text, Highlighting

Example text which instantly displays your choices, so that you may view your changes before closing dialog and committing the changes to the document in the EditTab.


Editor Options, Key Assignments

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Commands, Key assignments

List of commands which are activated by the shortcut keys.


Uses keys, Key Asssignments

Shortcut keys which activate the selected command.


Add button, Key Assignments

Add shortcut keys.


Edit button, Key Assignments

Edit selected shortcut keys.


Delete button, Key Assignments

Delete selected shortcut keys.


Editor Options, Auto correct

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Replace list

Word(s) to be replaced.


with list

Word(s) which will replace the word(s) to be replaced.


Replace entry editbox

Enter the word(s) to be replaced.


with entry editbox

Enter the word(s) with which to replace the selected word(s).


Add button, Auto correct

Add current Auto correct entry.


Delete button, Auto correct

Delete selected Auto correct entry.


Act key(s)

ActivateKeys {Act key(s)}  describes the keyboard keys that can activate an auto-replace/correct action. The keys need to be pressed when the cursor is at the end of an existing auto-replace value.

The default value for ActivateKeys is [;,:.=[]\n\t\s] ';,:.=()[]\{Return}\{Tab}\{Space}' which covers most punctuation and normal control characters.

You may edit the ActivateKeys using the following values.

\s	SPACE key

\t	TAB key

\n	RETURN key

\{SPACE}	SPACE key

\{RETURN}	RETURN key

\{BACKSPACE}	Backspace key

\{INSERT}	Insert key

\{DELETE}	Delete key

\{HOME}	Home key

\{PAGE UP}	Page up key

\{PAGE DOWN}	Page down key

\{UP}	Up arrow key

\{DOWN}	Down arrow key

\{LEFT}	 	Left arrow key

\{RIGHT}	Right arrow key

\{F1}	F1 key

\{F2}	F2 key

\{F3}	F3 key

\{F4}	F4 key

\{F5}	F5 key

\{F6}	F6 key

\{F7}	F7 key

\{F8}	F8 key

\{F9}	F9 key

\{F10}	F10 key

\{F11}	F11 key

\{F12}	F12 key


Editor Options, Code Templates

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Note: Code Templates can be used much the same as Macros, quickly inserting blocks of text by typing a few characters and hitting the HotKey, Ctrl+J.

For example:

          You might wish to separate paragraphs with a line of hyphens, ------------.

          Open Options | Editor Options | Code Templates tab

          Enter the following:

          Name: --- (3 hyphens or any other name that you wish)

          Description: Hyphen Separator

          Code Template:

          -------------------------------------------

          and hit the Add button and then the OK button to save the Code Template.

          Now, when you wish to separate two different paragraphs, type the 3 hyphens, ---, and

          hit Ctrl+J.

          This will insert the line of hyphens in place of the 3 hyphens.


Name list

Name of Code Template, displayed in the popup Code Template window, when the Hotkey is hit within Editor.

This name can also be used to initiate a specific template. Type this short name into the Editor and hit the Hotkey, Ctrl+J by default.

Example:

If you have a template as follows:

Name: yt

Description: Yours truly

Code Template:

Yours truly

YourName

Type the "yt" (without the quotes) and hit Ctrl+J (without moving the cursor away from the yt) and you will see that the Code Template is automatically inserted into the Editor, replacing the yt.


Description list

Description of Code Template, displayed in the popup Code Template window, when the Hotkey is hit within Editor.


Name entry editbox

Enter name of new or edited Code Template.


Description entry editbox

Enter description of new or edited Code Template.


Code Template

Enter the desired template, which will display the highlighting scheme of the current Editor.


Add button, Code Templates

Add selected template.


Replace button, Code Templates

Replace the selected template with the current template.


Hotkey, Code Template

Key combination to initiate the selected Code Template.


Print Preview form

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Print button

Print the current document in the Print Preview.


First Page button

Go to first page of document.


Previous Page button

Go to previous page of document.


Next Page button

Go to next page of document.


Last Page button

Go to last page of document.


Zoom Level combobox

Displays current Zoom Level.


Fit to page button

Fit current document to a page view.


Fit to width button

Fit current document to full page width.


Grid button

Displays a grid on the Print Preview page, which can be used as a layout tool.


Select Zoom Tool button

Select Zoom Tool, cursor changes into a magnifying glass with plus mark/cross hairs. Left click increases Zoom Level, Right click decreases Zoom Level.


Select Hand Tool button

Selects Hand Tool, cursor changes into a little hand. Use to move the page by clicking and dragging.


One Page button

Display one page at a time.


Two Page button

Display two pages at a time.


Close button

Close Print Preview.


Page View

Displays Print Preview of one or two page.


Go To Page button

Brings up a form into which you may enter a page number. Click the OK button to go to the desired page.


Zoom Level display

Shows the Zoom Level in percentage.


Hint display panel

Displays Toolhint when mouse is held over a button.


Page numbers

Shows number of pages and which page is being viewed, example "Page 1of 4".