Qvadis Lexica
User Guide v.2.1
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Copyright (c) 2001-2003, Qvadis Corp. All rights reserved.
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Welcome to Qvadis Lexica! 

Lexica is a powerful reference viewer and multilingual translator 
for Palm powered devices. 

With current add-in language modules, Lexica allows fast and easy 
search and translation between English and French, Spanish, German, 
Italian, Portuguese and more.

Trial versions of all add-in modules are available, with selected 
keywords and translations. Each is under 85 KB in size.

Full versions of add-in modules (1-2 MB depending on wordcount) 
show keywords but no translations, until activated with a 
registration key code. 

You can purchase a registration key code via our website...

www.qvadis.com.

You can still use the free Lexica viewer to create your own 
glossaries by hand on the palmtop, or to view free dictionaries, 
which Qvadis will release from time to time.

Future add-in modules will include an English dictionary 
and thesaurus, encyclopedias, and more.

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Qvadis is the recipient of the first 
Innovative Technology Achievement Award, 
given by the Digital Literature Institute 
for leading-edge software development.

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Starting Out

This zip file includes

- QLexicaGuide.txt - this User Guide
- QLicense.txt - the Lexica and Add-in Module License
- QLexica.prc - the Lexica viewer application

This package contains the latest version of the Lexica viewer, v.2.1.

Please read the User Guide and License carefully.

Depending on the language module you chose, there will be other files 
included in the zip file. If, for example, you chose the add-in for 
English-French-English, you would also have

- English-French Trial.pdb
- French-English Trial.pdb
- English-French 1.1.pdb
- French-English 1.1.pdb

Lexica Pro is a package that contains all our major language modules, 
at an affordable price.

As mentioned above, the Trial versions (as marked) have selected 
keywords and translations only, but should give you a good flavor 
of how Lexica works.

HotSync QLexica.prc, the *Trial.pdb files, and (checking if you have 
available memory) the *1.1.pdb files to your palmtop.

The full versions of the add-in modules are marked with a version 
number (here 1.1) and show keywords but no translations, until activated 
with a registration key code that you purchase from our website store. 

When you've purchased a keycode for the full versions, you can always 
use Lexica to delete the Trial versions.

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Features

Lexica v.2.1

- Compact viewer memory footprint
- Simple and intuitive user interface, with support for color and grayscale devices
- Support for multiple dictionaries, with superior data compression for efficient memory usage
- Fast keyword lookup via scrollbars or character inut, multiple translations where available
- Customizable screen view via display tool and drag-and-drop window splitter
- Creation of new dictionaries, and editing of registered dictionaries, on handheld
- Rename, delete, view info on dictionary size, wordcount
- Infrared beaming of keyword-translation sets
- Automatic backup of newly-created and edited dictionaries to the desktop on HotSync
- Compatible with Palm OS 3.0 to OS 5.0
- Compatible with Virtual File System (VFS) for expansion media


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Minimum System

- Palmtop running Palm OS 3.0 or higher 
- 4-color (2-bit) or greater screen depth recommended
- 65 KB of free memory for the Lexica viewer
- Appropriate free memory for add-in modules selected


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Add-in Module Memory Requirements 

As we are continually adding new Lexica modules, please refer to our website 
at for the latest information. For reference, the following indicates the 
memory requirements for some representative full modules, in addition to the viewer.

- English-French 863 KB
- French-English 614 KB
- English-Spanish 839 KB
- Spanish-English 652 KB
- English-German 851 KB
- German-English 1,067 KB
- English-Italian 782 KB
- Italian-English 695 KB
- English-Portuguese 546 KB
- Portuguese-English 534 KB

Support for loading modules on external memory cards is expected to be available 
in a future version of Lexica.


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Installation and Download Requirements

To install Lexica on your palmtop, your desktop computer needs to have the
Palm Desktop HotSync Manager or the Palm Install Tool.

To download Lexica or add-in modules from the Web, you need to have an internet 
connection, account and browser software, such as Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator.

For zipped files, you need an unzipping utility such as WinZip.


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Working with Dictionaries

To select active dictionary:
1. Tap on the "Open File" button or select "Misc | Select Dictionary..." menu item.
2. If you have some dictionaries on an expansion card, there may be a short pause while 
     the system checks for these.
3. Select needed dictionary in the available dictionaries list.
4. Dictionaries stored on an expansion card are marked by an asterisk.

To delete active dictionary:
1. Select "Misc | Delete Dictionary" menu item.
2. Confirm deletion in the appeared dialog box.

To see dictionary information:
1. Select "Misc | Dictionary Details..." menu item.


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Working with Keywords and Translations

To search for a translation:
1. Select Find edit field.
2. Input or type the word you wish to translate.
3. First instance of keyword matching will be automatically selected in the keywords list. 

To add a new keyword:
1. Tap on the "Blank/New Entry" button, or select corresponding menu item in the Edit menu.
2. Enter keyword and translation texts.
3. Press Done button to save changes.

To edit already existing keyword:
1. Select keyword to modify.
2. Tap on the "Edit Entry" button, or select corresponding menu item in the Edit menu.
3. Edit Keyword and translation.
4. Press Done button to save changes.

Translation Editor Window.

To delete word:
1. Select word which you want to delete.
2. Tap on the "Redline/Delete Entry" button or select corresponding menu item 
in the Edit menu.
3. Confirm deletion.


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Organizing Appearance
 
Lexica allows you to select the mode of appearance and to customize the keyword and 
translation window sizes by splitting the space between them.

To change appearance mode:
1. Tap on the "Tools" button or select "Misc | Options..." menu item.
2. Select splitting mode in the appeared Options dialog box.
3. Press OK button to apply changes.

Options Window.

To customize the size of keyword and translation windows sizes:
1. Tap on the gray line which splits these windows and drag and drop it to desired size.


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Registration

To download upgrades, or register by purchasing a registration key code, 
please visit our site at...

www.qvadis.com.


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If you haven't yet, please try out our other resources, including...
 
Qvadis Express Reader, our popular, award-winning suite of 
palmtop reader and desktop viewer-editor-converter...

Express Reader lets you read preformatted documents and ebooks 
on your palmtop, or edit and convert documents from 
text, rich text, HTML and MS Word to Palm format. 

With 6,000+ free texts in our library, and 3,000+ ebooks for sale via 
our epublishing dividion and partners, it's no wonder Express Reader 
is the choice of handheld ebook enthusiasts everywhere!

And...now in beta...coming soon...

- Qvadis Envoyage city and destination guides
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