Advanced Tips

 

Highlighting Words

 

 

 

Viewing Complete Menu Items

The words and phrases followed by ellipses are too long to fit onto one line. At any highlighted menu item, press ? to view the whole item.

Umlauting and Capitalizing German Letters

You don’t need to type umlauts at entry screens. However, if you want to umlaut a letter, first type the letter and then press repeatedly until the correct umlaut, or accent, appears. To capitalize a letter do the same until the letter is capitalized.

Another Way to Find Words

Instead of entering words only at entry screens, try searching the dictionary menus. First, press

MENÜ (or MENU ). Then start typing a word. When the word you want is highlighted, press EINGABE (or ENTER ) to view its definition(s).

To learn more about a word appearing in a definition, you can highlight the word and find its definition(s) and in- flections.

1.At the German entry screen, type a German word (e.g., frei).

2.Press EINGABE (or ENTER ).

3.Press EINGABE (or ENTER ) again to start the highlight.

To turn off the highlight, press

ZURÜCK (or BACK ).

4.Press the arrow keys to highlight Mitarbeiter.

5.Press one of these keys.

to . . . press . . .

view its definition(s)

EINGABE / ENTER

view its inflections

FLEKT

(red)

add it to a word list

LISTE

(blue)

6. Press ZURÜCK (or BACK ) to back up.

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