Franklin BSI-6300 Personal Dictionary, Creating Dictionaries on the Device, Edit or add new words

4.6 Personal Dictionary

Use the Personal Dictionary to create your own dictionaries on the device. You can copy them to your PC for further editing. A maximum of 50 dictionaries can be created with up to 500 entries in each dictionary.

Creating Dictionaries on the Device

1.In the Learn menu, press / to select “Personal Dictionary” and then press OK / .

2.Press F1 [ ] to create a new personal dictionary.

3.Create a name for the dictionary

and then press OK / .

4.Input a word and its definition in the appropriate fields and then press F1 [].

•Press , OK orto advance to the next field.

•To quit without saving, press F5 [].

5. Press / to select the dictionary

you have just created and then press OK / .

6.Press F1 [ ] to add more words to the dictionary.

Editing Personal Dictionaries on PC

1.Connect the device to your PC.

• See 9.1 Connecting to a PC.

2.Double-click “PersonalDict” to open that folder.

3.In the folder, double-click to open a personal dictionary file (.txt) with a text editor.

4.Edit or add new words.

•Each new word must start on a new line. Separate the headword

and its definition with a tab. Press “Enter” after entering the definition, including the last line.

5.Save the file and disconnect the device from your PC.

•Note: You may also create your custom dictionaries from scratch on your PC. A template .txt file is saved in the “PersonalDict” folder of the device. Please copy it to your PC and follow the format to create dictionaries.

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