1. What is the WinCE Personal Pocket Dictionary® Series?

LP Laser Publishing Group's WinCE Personal Pocket Dictionary (PPD) is a series of bilingual dictionaries especially designed to help people "on the go" learn new languages. For example, WinCE's Spanish-English PPD will help English-speakers learn basic Spanish and Spanish-speakers learn basic English.

Every bilingual dictionary not only provides you with approximately 5,000 primary vocabulary items, helpfully categorized by useful, everyday topics, but is also equipped with functions that let you build and personalize your own bilingual dictionary. Whether you travel on business, to do research, or just for fun, your working vocabulary will change as you learn new words everyday. Whenever you learn a new word, just enter it into your personal dictionary. This will help you to learn and remember the words that are most critical for your needs. With the help of your Windows CE device, you can record a new word you have just encountered, then review your personal language database at your convenience.

Best of all, the WinCE PPD is bi-directional and personal, so that it will even help someone who does not speak English to convey his or her ideas to you in easy-to-understand English. The bi-directional dictionary teams up with the flexibility offered by a Windows CE-powered HPC or HPC Pro to help you build a personal language database and to act as your personal interpreter on the road. This makes it an absolute must-have for anyone who travels frequently.

WinCE PPD supports HPC, HPC Pro, PPC.

2. New Features of WinCE Personal Pocket dictionary® Series

1. Bi-directional dictionary lets you select the direction of translation.
2. WinCE dictionary is a truly "on the go" application. Main vocabulary entries are organized by topic to address the needs of the traveler. Over 50 topics cover most common situations.
3. Bi-directional Soft Keyboard let you input in the language you select. Soft Keyboard also works together with the hard keyboard. Allows you to use multiple input options to input text.
4. Bi-directional "Add New" word function allows you to build your personal vocabulary in either the source or target language.
5. Supports Unicode text format. WinCE PPD is compatible with WinCE UniWriter or MS Pocket Office. User can copy and paste translations into UniWriter for editing.
6. Personal Pocket Dictionary Pro version is a "text-to-talk" enabled application.

3. Getting Started

1. Install WinCE PPD into your CE unit.
2. To start the application from the Start menu, click the PPD icon in the Programs folder.
3. After starting the application, choose a language from the Language options menu.
4. Click a topic from the Topics menu.
5. Pick a word from the word list.
6. To build your own database, see the "How to" section below.
7. To input the text, see the "How to" section below.
8. To exit the application, click the Exit button.

4. WinCE Personal Pocket Dictionary® "How To"

4-1. Using the Soft Keyboard

1. After starting the application, choose a language from the Language options menu.
2. Click the Soft Keyboard button to display the Soft Keyboard.
3. To move the Soft Keyboard to a certain position, click the soft KB title bar, hold down the left mouse button, and drag and drop to the desired position.
4. To input text into the target language Text Box, first select the language from Option menu and click target language Text Box, then use either the Soft Keyboard or hard keyboard to type in the text.
5. Soft Keyboard works together with the hard keyboard after activating the application. You may use either one of the them to input text.
6. To change the Soft Keyboard layout, select the appropriate language from Language Options menu, then re-activate the Soft Keyboard.
7. To close the Soft Keyboard, click the Close button on Soft Keyboard title bar. Note: Even if you close Soft Keyboard, the hard keyboard is still activated until the application is closed. Change the hard keyboard layout by changing the language selection.

4-2. Finding the Right Word

1. After starting the application, choose a language from the Language options menu.
2. Select and click a topic from the Topic list.
3. Click a word from the word list, or click the navigation button to select.

4-3. Copying a Translation

1. After starting the application, choose a language from the Language options menu.
2. Repeat the steps provided in "Getting Started" Section or "Finding the Right Word" section to select the word.
3. Click the Copy button to copy the text onto the Windows clipboard.
4. Activate the CE UniWriter or one of the MS Pocket applications and paste the text into the application. The translation may now be edited.
5. The Copy function works only on the default language, which means you can only copy the text of the language you have selected.

4-4. Building your own Dictionary

Use "Add New", "Modify", and "Delete" functions from your PPD application to build your personal dictionary.

1. Start the application.
2. To add new words into your personal dictionary, click the "Add New" button. Use the Soft Keyboard or hard keyboard to input data into the proper language text field. After finishing data input, click the "Update" button.
3. To modify the existing new word, select the word from the word list of the "Added New Words" topic. To edit the data in each text field, click the 'Modify" button.
4. To delete the existing new word, select the word from the word list of the "Added New Words" topic, then click the "Delete" button.

Note: "Add New", "Modify", and "Delete" functions are limited to your personal database, i.e. within the "Added New Word" topic.

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