Basic Operation of PW-E420

Inputting words for a dictionary search

In this section, the basic search operation is described, the so-called filter search. For details, refer to the manual chapter for each dictionary.

<Example>

Find translations of ‘convenience’ in Langenscheidt Englisch-Deutsch.

1.Press Tto display the initial screen for

Langenscheidt Englisch-Deutsch, then type ‘conven’. The entries starting with ‘conven’ are listed.

2.Type ‘i’ to narrow down the list further. If the desired word is found, then you do not need to type any more letters.

3.While the ‘’ indication is visible on the left of ‘convenience’, press E.

Press Fto return to the previous view.

Press ^Lto list the headwords in Langenscheidt Englisch-Deutsch.

Note:

• Refer to the section ‘Inputting characters’ on page 14.

To learn different searching methods from those above, refer to the manual chapter for each dictionary.

If there is no match found

As you input the spelling of the desired word, the dictionary will narrow down the matching candidates. If the match is narrowed down to none (i. e. no word starting with the spelling is found in the dictionary), the message ‘Ähnliche Wörter’ appears.

In this case, press Eto list the dictionary entries alphabetically after the entered spelling.

Note about entering characters

While entering characters, exclude characters such as spaces, hyphens, apostrophes, slashes, commas, periods and brackets. See pages 14 and 15 for details.

Note:

Up to 24 characters can be entered in the input field of the dictionary. When searching for words containing 25 characters or more, narrow down the search to select the words from the list manually.

Selecting a dictionary / function in the main menu

Press M.

The main menu appears.

Select an item by its index number using the number keys (0to 9). The initial screen of the selected item appears.

The desired item can also be selected by using the {}keys, followed by pressing the Ekey.

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