User Manual

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Assigning Often-used
Dictionaries to the HOME Screen
You can assign often-used dictionaries and
other contents or categories to the HOME
screen for quick and easy recall whenever
you need them.
To display content on the HOME
screen
1
On the HOME screen, touch
【Contents List】.
2
Touch and hold the content you want
to assign to the HOME screen for
about one second.
To rearrange contents on the
HOME screen
1
Touch and hold
the content you
want to reposition
for about one
second. Continue
holding as you drag the content to
the desired location, and then
release it.
•
“YES” will appear at the top of the
display if the movement is allowed,
while “NO” will appear if it is not.
•
To swap two icons with each other,
drag one of the icons and drop it on top
of the other icon.
•
The relocate operation will not be
allowed if the icon of the content you
are moving is larger than the space
available at the destination.
Removing Content From the
HOME Screen
1
Touch and hold
for about one
second the
content you want
to remove, drag it
to
(Remove from HOME) and then
release it.
Launching a Search from the
HOME Screen
You can input Chinese, alpha characters,
or Japanese (E-XA300 and E-XA800 only)
to perform a Multi-Dictionary Search from
the HOME Screen.
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Here, we will show a Multi-Dictionary
Search using the E-XA300.
1
On the Quick
Palette, touch
【HOME】.
•
This displays the
HOME screen.
2
Touch the search method you want
to use: ENGLISH, EXAMPLE,
PHRASE, CHINESE etc.
•
This causes the cursor ( l ) to appear in
the search term input box. As long as
nothing is contained in the search term
input box, you can touch and select a
different search method, if you want.
•
Touching
(Handwriting) displays
the handwriting input cells. For
information about handwriting input,
see “Handwriting Input” (
page 1).
•
E-XA300 and E-XA800 only: Touching
(Japanese syllabary keyboard)
displays the Japanese syllabary
keyboard. For information about
Japanese syllabary keyboard input, see
“Inputting with the Japanese Syllabary
Keyboard” (
page 1).
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Depending on your electronic dictionary
model, you may be able to look up
other language terms besides English.
3
Enter the term you want.
•
Terms starting with the characters
you have entered appear in a list on
the display. In the case of EXAMPLE
(Example Search) and PHRASE (Phrase
Search), enter the characters you want
and then press
.
•
In the case of ENGLISH, EN/FR/GE,
CHINESE, and JAPANESE, a list will
appear showing symbols that indicate
the dictionaries that contain the term. In
the case of EXAMPLE and PHRASE,
abbreviations of the dictionary names
will appear at the top of the display.
4
Touch the term whose explanation
you want to view.
Search
method
Handwriting/
Keyboard
Launching a Search from a
Dictionary
Searching for a Term in a
Dictionary
You can use any of the three methods
below to search for a term in a dictionary.
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For details about the search patterns of
each dictionary, see the 收录词典 (Included
Dictionaries) chapter in the 用户说明书
(User’s Guide) for your electronic dictionary.
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Using Incremental Search
Terms starting with the characters you
have entered appear in a list on the display.
1
Input the term you want to find into
the search term input box.
2
Touch the candidate you want to
view.
•
With this search method, you can select
the term you want without necessarily
inputting all of its characters.
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Using Search After Input
With this search method, you input a term,
touch 【Search】, and then select the one
you want from the list of candidates that
appears.
This search method can be used with
EXAMPLE (Example Search), PHRASE
(Phrase Search), etc.
Example: To look up example sentences
that contain “dictionary” in The English-
Chinese Dictionary
1
Input the term you want to find into
the search term input box and then
touch 【Search】.
2
Touch the candidate you want to
view.
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Using Navigation Search
With this search method, you sequentially
select categorized items (headwords,
images) to navigate to the information you
want.
Example: To look up 8-language
expressions for communicating information
about symptoms and pain (Dr. PASSPORT)
Select headwords
Example: To look up with the 不列颠简明百
科全书 (BRITANNICA CONCISE)
Select images
Looking Up Another Term From a
Definition Screen
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Inputting Another Term in the Same
Dictionary
After specifying a dictionary and looking up
a term, you can look up another term in the
same dictionary by simply inputting it while
the current term’s definition screen is
displayed.
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Looking Up a Term Indicated by
When there is green text following on a
definition screen, it means that there is
another term that includes the current term,
related items, or other information within
the current dictionary.
With some dictionaries, only green text is
displayed without .
Example: On the “entrepreneur” definition
screen, looking up the meaning of
“enterprise” in 英汉大词典 (The English-
Chinese Dictionary)
Touching “ENTERPRISE” jumps to the
“enterprise” definition screen.
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means that “enterprise” is a related item.
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If pronunciation or other audio is playing
back, pause playback before performing
this operation.
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Looking Up a Displayed Term
Example: On the “custom” definition
screen in The English-Chinese Dictionary,
looking up the Chinese meaning of 习惯
1
On the
“custom”
definition
screen, drag
across 习惯
from left to
right.
•
The mini dictionary will also appear to
the left of the Touch Menu, which you
can use to view the meaning of the
selected term.
2
On the Touch
Menu, touch
【Word Jump】.
•
Touching
【Separated】
in the upper
right of the
list screen
switches to
lists for each
individual
dictionary. To
return to the
list screen, touch 【Combined】.
3
Touch the term whose explanation
you want to view.
Displaying Detailed Information
Use the operations described here to view
detailed explanations and other information
about looked up words and terms.
Viewing Phrases
If is on the
screen, it indicates
that there is phrase
information
available for the
term you are viewing.
1
Touch an icon on the display.
2
Touch the candidate you want to
view.
Viewing Examples and
Explanations
If , or
is on the display, it
means that
example,
illustration,
explanation, or other information is
available.
1
Touch an icon on the display.
Pronunciation
You can use earphones or the product’s
built-in speaker to hear readings of terms,
examples, etc.
Hearing Native Speaker
Pronunciation
1
While a
detailed
explanation
screen is
displayed,
touch【发音】(Audio) on the Quick
Palette.
•
This causes the Touch Menu to enter
the Audio Mode and plays the
pronunciation.
•
To change the volume level, touch
or
on the Touch Menu.
•
To change the playback speed, touch
or on the Touch Menu.
•
To change the number of repeats to
three or five, touch 【Play Once】 on the
Touch Menu.
2
To exit the Audio Mode, touch in
the upper right corner of the Touch
Menu.
•
Note the following precautions
concerning English terms.
–
Proper pronunciation will not be
produced for a language other than
English.
–
The pronunciation produced by the
electronic dictionary may not be
correct if there is more than one
pronunciation for a term.
Recording Your Reading to
Compare with Native Speaker
Reading
1
On the Quick Palette, touch【发音】
(Audio).
•
This displays the Audio Mode Touch
Menu and plays back the
pronunciation.
2
On the Touch Menu, touch 【Record】.
3
After the
“Recording…”
screen
appears,
pronounce the
same term
into the recording microphone.
•
After you finish recording, touch
.
4
On the Touch Menu, touch
【Compare】.
•
The native speaker reading and the
recorded reading will play back in
succession.
•
If you want to compare the readings
more, keep touching 【Compare】.
•
To re-record your reading, repeat the
above procedure from step 2.
5
To exit the compare operation, touch
.
•
Exiting a comparison operation will
automatically delete the reading you
recorded.