Using The Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary English → French; Looking Up A Word By Filter Search - Sharp PW-E560 Operation Manual

Using the Oxford-Hachette French
Dictionary English → French
In this Dictionary, French translations or equivalents of English words can be found
by entering their spellings. Phrase Search is also available for English words.

Looking up a word by Filter search

A translation of an English word can be looked up by inputting its spelling.
<Example>
Find the translation of 'advance'.
1. Press t to open the Oxford-
Hachette French Dictionary
English → French .
The input screen appears.
2. Input the spelling of 'advance'.
As you type, candidates for matching narrow. If the desired word is found, then
there is no need to type any more letters.
3. Use } and { to move ' ' to point the desired word, then press e. The
detail view of the word appears.
• To browse contents on the next/previous page, press } { or > <. You
may also find the Quick View function useful.
• To search for a word in the detail view, use the Super Jump function.
• Press f to return to the previous screen.
• Press ^ l to list the headwords in the Oxford-Hachette French
Dictionary English → French .
• To search for a different word, simply input a new spelling for the word, or
press b or t to go to the dictionary's input screen.
If there is no match found
The same message appears as for the Oxford Dictionary of English . See page 15 for
details.
Note about entering characters
While entering characters, exclude characters such as spaces, hyphens,
apostrophes, slashes, and periods. See page 13 for details.
Note:
• Up to 24 characters can be entered in the input field of the Dictionary. When
searching words containing 25 characters or more, narrow down the search to
select the words from the list manually.
Browsing Notes
When the icons appear in the detail view, a note can be selected and
browsed. For details, refer to page 11–12.
Note:
• A headword with a Note is marked with an asterisk ( ).
• In many cases, the icon only appears at the bottom of an entry, but
contains important information about usage of the headword as a whole. If unsure
about usage, scroll down to the bottom of the entry to access any relevant notes.
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