SYSTRAN Dictionary Manager Environment

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Understanding SDM interface

Docking and floating panes

SDM uses “docakble” panes to display properties and other information for working with user dictionaries entries. These dockable panes can be moved around independently, or they can be docked to the SDM application window.

Right-click on the title bar of a SDM window to display a popup menu.

Opening multiple dictionaries

You can open multiple dictionaries at the same time.Each dictionary will appear on a tab in the main SDM window. Click on a tab to view and work with that dictionary.

Working with the SDM panes

Dictionary panes can be placed in different positions on the SDM window.

1. Right-click a dictionary tab to open a popup menu.

2. Select a display option from the popup. You can also click, hold and drag a dictionary tab to move it to a new location.

3. Right click on an any dictionary pane to open a popup menu. You can then set this pane to hide or float. You can also click, hold and drag any SDM pane to move it to a new location.

SDM command menus

The SDM menu bar includes six dropdown menus: File, Edit, View, Dictionary, Window, Help

• File Menu:

   
  

New	Create a new dictionary
Open	Open an existing dictionary
Save	Save the current dictionary
Save As	Save the current dictionary with a new name
Save All	Save all open dictionaries
Publish	Publish the current dictionary
Close	Close the currently open dictionary
Print	Print the currently open dictionary
Print preview	Preview the print layout
Page setup	Set up the dictionary page layout
Import…	Import a file into the active dictionary or create a new dictionary
Export…	Export the active dictionary
Exit	Close SDM

• Edit Menu:

   

  

Undo	Undo most recent edit
Redo	Redo most recent undone edit
Cut	Cut an entry
Copy	Copy an entry
Paste	Pate an entry
Delete	Delete an entry
Select All	Select the entire dictionary
Find	Find text
Replace	Replace text
Find next	Find next instance of text
Display Duplicate entries	Display duplicate entries in the dictionary
Search all dictionaries	Search for a term in all dictionaries
Formatting	Font Link Clear Formatting
Lookup Operators	URL Operator Find Operator Number Operator Quote Operator Phone number Operator Chemical Formula Operator

• View Menu:

   

  

Dictionary Columns	Select columns of information to display in the main screen
Entry properties	Display a panel showoing entry properites (part of speect, etc)
Textual Lookup Operators	Add a reference to a complex entity (e.g.numerical) included in a UD entry
Mark headwords	Mark the headwords in each entry
Autosize Row Heights	Select to have SDM automatically set the height of the dictionary entry rows

• Dictionary Menu:

   

  

Dictionary Properties	Select columns of information to display in the main screen
Code selection	Code a selected entry
Code All	Code all of the dictionary entries
Change Entry Type	Multinlingual Do Not Translate

• Window menu:

  The Window menu allows you to close, display, and arrange multiple dictionaries in the SDM environment.

  

• Help menu:

  The Help menu allows you to display version information for SDM and to link direclty to SYSTRAN’s online support.