 Dictionary Program

  About this dictionary

  Help subjects

URL dictionary site:

http://www.freedict.com/

E-mail address:

support@freedict.com


Overzicht
  Help subjects

Search words

Add words

Edit / Delete words

Create practice list

Search words in textfile

Credits


About this dictionary

Copyright © 1998 - 2000  Tom van der Meijden

Freely distributable for non-commercial purposes.

Operating system : Windows 95/98/NT

With the Dictionary program you can :

- Search words.

- Add your own words.

- Practice words (with adjustable time-interval).

- Make your own list of words you want to practice.

The wordlists will be expanded in the future, check our website for updates.

The address of the dictionary site is:

http://www.freedict.com/


Search words

Enter one or more characters in the Search box to search for a word.

Activate the character set from the menu to enter foreign characters

Use the right mouse-button to change languages

(Click on the background, not in edit-boxes etc).


Add Words

You can add your own words to the dictionary.

Clicking the Add Words button brings up the data entry window.

(You can activate the character set from the menu to enter foreign characters.)

Each line must be terminated with the Enter key.

When you are done, the records will be sorted.

If the menu item Add new words to the list is checked, the added words

will be added to the practice words list.


Edit words
Edit / Delete words

You can edit or delete records in the Search window.

Click on the word you want to edit.

Edit the word.  (Activate the character set from the menu to enter foreign characters.)

Press the Enter key to terminate the edit.

Use the right mouse-button to delete / restore words.


Make or change list
Create practice list

You can make your own list with words you want to practice.

Adding words to the list :

Click on a word.   (In the list on the right side of the green bar)

Removing words from the list :

Click on a word.   (In the list on the left side of the green bar)

You can also :

- Add all words to the list.

- Remove all words from the list.

- Add a random number of words to the list.

  (This function will also reveal the number of records in the dictionary)


Search words in textfile

Use this function to search for words in a small textfile (ASCII, max. file size 64KB)

First use the File Menu to open a file from disk or clipboard.

Then use the cursor keys or click on a word to search for the translation.

Click the right mouse-button to change languages .

(Click on the background, not in edit-boxes etc).


With thanks to:
Credits

  This program was written by Tom van der Meijden.

  Amsterdam, The Netherlands