Contents

Spanglish Help

Contents

General Information

About TecApro International

About Spanglish 3.0

System Requirements

User Guide

Installing Spanglish

Loading Spanglish

Using Spanglish

The Spanglish Menu

Translate a Word

The Spanglish Window

Parameters

Edit Dictionary

Unloading Spanglish

Uninstall Spanglish

Registering and Upgrading Spanglish

Support

Spanglish is a product of TecApro International S.A. For more information about this product, or about our other products, or about the Company itself, visit our website at http://tecapro.com or contact us by e-mail at: utilidades@tecapro.com.

(c) 1994-2002 TecApro Internacional

http://www.tecapro.com/


About TecApro International
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About TecApro International

TecApro International is a privately held software company founded in 1985 by a go ahead group of imaginative young computer professionals. Right from the start the company has pursued a clearly defined corporate mission - to give its clients access to the substantial benefits which the use of appropriate information technologies can provide. TecApro strives to fulfil its mission by making available to its clients high quality software specially designed to help them to modernize their business processes and to improve their personal productivity.

The Company's Headquarters is located in Costa Rica. The Company has offices in Panama, Spain and Venezuela and commercial partnerships with companies in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Some of our other products are:

Mi Tutor: Mecanografía: A perfect combination of a book (in Spanish) and a typing tutor program, so you can quickly and easily learn to type correctly and efficiently.

D-Find: Search engine for MS-Word, Excel, documents, in any hard disk or LAN.

TeQuita: A high quality spell checker for both Spanish and English, with the unique characteristic that it can correct orthographic errors automatically as you type. It can be used on line with many Windows applications, and it is fully integrated with the most popular word processors. The system also includes a comprehensive Spanish thesaurus.

Keyholder: a utility for storing and managing your login keys and other important personal data whose database is protected by strong encryption.

TecApro also offers business administration systems, call accounting systems and telecommunications.

I you want  more information about our Company or the products we offer, or you want demos, or fully functional shareware versions of some of our products, visit our web site at http://tecapro.com/

(c) 1994-2002 TecApro Internacional


About Spanglish 3.0
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About Spanglish 3.0

The product

Spanglish 3.0 is an innovative English-Spanish translation dictionary for Microsoft Windows NT. Besides being incredibly fast, it is also extremely easy to use. Just locate the mouse pointer over any English word on the screen and its Spanish translation appears automatically. The system works with almost all Windows applications - word processors, browsers, spreadsheets, graphics packages etc. With Spanglish to hand you can forget about your paper translation dictionary!

Feedback

TecApro is committed to continuously improving its products so we welcome your feed back. Please e-mail us any comments that you have about this product to utilidades@tecapro.com , or by post to the following address:

TecApro Internacional

J.B.C.-SJO #176

P.O. Box 025240

Miami, FL. 33102-5240

Credits

Spanglish was developed by:

Programming

Dianelos Georgoudis

Ricardo J. Méndez Castro

Damian Leroux

Billy Simón Chaves

Dictionary

Dianelos Georgoudis

Ricardo J. Méndez Castro

Sergio Orozco A.

Mike Pengelly

(c) 1994-2002 TecApro Internacional

www.tecapro.com


System Requirements

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System Requirements

In order to be able to use Spanglish 3.0 your computer system must comply with the following system requirements:

•  IBM-PC Intel Pentium compatible

•  32 MB of RAM (64 Mb or more preferred)

•  3 Mb of free space on the hard disk

•  Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Client or Server

•  CD-rom or floppy disk drive


Installing Spanglish
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Install Spanglish

Physical version

To install (or reinstall) the physical version of Spanglish 3.0, first make sure no other version of Spanglish is currently loaded in memory and then insert the distribution diskette or CD-ROM in the corresponding drive and run the program A:SETUP.EXE and follow the instructions that appear on the screen. At the end of the installation process Spanglish will be loaded into memory and left ready for you to use.

Electronic version

To install (or reinstall) the electronic version of Spanglish 3.0, first make sure no other version of Spanglish is currently loaded in memory and then copy the file which you downloaded into any convenient directory, run the program SETUP.EXE and follow the instructions that appear on the screen. At the end of the installation process Spanglish will be loaded into memory and left ready for you to use.


Loading Spanglish
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Loading Spanglish

Before you can use Spanglish you must load it into memory. To load the program double click on the Spanglish icon in the Program Group in which you installed it (normally Tecapro). The system will displays a welcome screen and then the Spanglish icon, which is displayed in the lower right-hand corner of the screen in what is called the System Tray. It looks like this:

The presence of the Spanglish icon in the system tray indicates that the system is loaded and ready to use.

If you want Spanglish to be loaded and left ready to use automatically each time you start Windows then you must select the option Parameters from the Main Menu and set the parameter Run at Start Up in the Parameter Definition Window

If you don't want to load Spanglish automatically when you start Windows you can always place a Spanglish icon on the Desk Top so you can quickly load Spanglish when you need it.

If you want to unload  Spanglish, select the option Exit on the  Main Menu.


Using Spanglish
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Using Spanglish

Before you can use Spanglish it must be loaded into memory. The presence of the Spanglish icon in the System Tray indicates that Spanglish is loaded and ready to use.

The Spanglish icon, which is displayed in the System Tray, is used to control the operation of the program.

Left click on the icon to toggle automatic translation mode on and of

Right click on the icon to popup the Spanglish Menu.

The Spanglish Menu can also be accessed by means of a Menu Key (short cut key) which is defined in the Parameter Definition Window.

Select the Parameters option on the Spanglish Menu to open the Parameter Definition Window.


The Spanglish Window
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The Spanglish Window

The Spanglish window displays a list of the possible translations for the word you asked Spanglish to translate. If the word can be used in several different ways (as a verb, as a noun etc.) then the system will list each of these different uses separately. If Spanglish cannot recognize the word, because it is not in the dictionary, or because it is misspelled, it will display "(?)" next to the word and offer a list of suggestions as to what the word might be and a list of possible translations for each of the suggestions.

The Spanglish Window includes a set of buttons which give you access to other features of the system. The functions of these buttons are:

   	Copy the list of possible translations to the Clipboard, from where you can paste them into any Windows application.

 	Display this help file.

   Toggle automatic translation mode on and off. This button and the Spanglish icon in the system tray are highlighted when automatic translation mode is on. To find out how to translate words when the automatic translation mode is not on,  consult the section Translate a Word.

When the list of possible translations won't fit in the window an arrow, like this  appears so that you can scroll through the list of possible meanings.

If the Spanglish window is covering text you want to read, or a word you want to translate, then use the mouse to drag it into a new position.

To close the Spanglish window, move the mouse pointer away from the word you just translated, or if the mouse pointer is in the Spanglish Window then move it away from the window.


The Spanglish Menu
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The Spanglish menu

To popup the Spanglish Menu  right click on the Spanglish icon which appears in the system tray or use the Menu Key.

The Menu contains the following items:

•  	Automatic translation: select his option to turn automatic translation mode on and off. You can also turn automatic translation mode on and off by left clicking on the Spanglish Icon in the system tray.

•  	Translate a word: select this option to translate a word which is not on the screen.  The system will display a data capture window where you can enter the word that you want to translate. Insert the word and click on the Translate button to display the translation in the Spanglish Window.

•  	Parameters: select this option to display the parameters Window.

•  	Edit dictionary: select this option to edit dictionary.

•  	Help: select this option to display the help file.

•  	English interface: select this option to switch Spanglish to use the English user interface.

•  	Interfaz en Español: select this option to switch Spanglish to use the Spanish user interface.

•  	About Spanglish: select this option to display the About Spanglish Window.

•  	Exit: select this option to terminate Spanglish, and unload it from memory. When you select this option the Spanish icon will disappear from the system tray indicating that the system is no longer available for use.


Translate a Word
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Translate a word

There are several ways to use Spanglish to translate words

In automatic mode

When in automatic mode you just place the mouse pointer over a word and the translation will appear in the Spanglish Window.

When not in the automatic mode

When automatic mode is turned off,  place the mouse pointer over the word you want to translate and use the HOT KEY,  the translation will appear in the Spanglish Window. To define the Hot Key select the Parameters option from the Main Menu to open the Parameter Definition Window and set the appropriate parameter.

Translate a word: option on the Spanglish menu

This option on the Spanglish Menu enables you to translate words which are not on the screen. Select this option to open the Translation Window in which you can enter the word you want to translate. Enter the word and click on the Translate button and the translation will appear in the Spanglish Window.


Unloading Spanglish
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Unloading Spanglish

To unload Spanglish bring up the Spanglish Menu  and select the Exit option. This will save your settings, close the program and unload Spanglish from memory. For information on how to load it again consult the section Loading Spanglish.


Registering and Upgrading Spanglish
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Registering and Upgrading Spanglish

Physical version

To register the physical version of Spanglish complete and return to TecApro, at the address specified below, the registration card which is included in the manual, or send the data requested on this card by e-mail to utilidades@tecapro.com, so as to establish your right to both the warranty service specified in the product license agreement, and to the provision of technical support and upgrades.

If you purchased Spanglish from one of TecApro's authorized distributors then you should consult the distributor about the provision of warranty services and upgrades for your version of Spanglish. If the distributor is not able to help you, or if you bought your copy of Spanglish from a retail store, then send a letter to the address below, or an e-mail to utilidades@tecapro.com, or visit our Web site http://www.tecapro.com/ .

TecApro International Corp.

JBC SJO 1277

P.O.Box 025240

Miami, Fl. 33102-5240

Electronic version

To register or upgrade an electronic version of Spanglish visit our Web site http://www.tecapro.com/ .


Automatic Translation Mode

While automatic translation mode is turned on you can translate any word on the screen just by placing the mouse pointer over it.


Parameters
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Parameters

When you select the option Parameters in the Main Menu  the system opens the Parameter Definition Window which allows you to specify the following parameters:

1.	Seconds before displaying the translation: insert in this field a value between 1 and 5 to specify the number of seconds that the system will wait before opening the Translation Window.

2.	Run at Start Up: mark this parameter if you want Spanglish to be loaded and left ready to use every time you start Windows.

3.	Shift + Right Click to translate a word: mark this parameter if you want to use this key combination as the HOT KEY to translate a word when you are not in automatic mode.

4.	Click Right to translate a word: mark this parameter if you want to use this key combination as the HOT KEY to translate a word when you are not in automatic mode.

5.  Short Cut Key:  used to set the combination of keys to be used to popup the  Main Menu. For example if you want to use Ctrl+Alt+T as the Menu Key (short cut key) then, mark the  Alt field  and the Ctrl field, and   insert the letter T in the Key field.


Edit Dictionary

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Edit the Dictionary

Select Edit Dictionary from the Main Menu  to open the Edit Dictionary Window which displays a list of the translations that have been added to the dictionary and allows you to modify them, delete them or add new ones.  The following features are provided:

 1.	Insert a translation:  If you want to add a new translation to the dictionary, first insert the word to be translated in the data capture field, then type an equals sign and finally insert the translation. For example you could type day=luz del día. When you have completed the translation click on the Insert Button to add the new translation to the dictionary.

The insert option allows you both to add the translation of  a new word to the dictionary and to change the translation of a word that is in the dictionary. For example, the effect of day=luz del día will be to replace the existing translation of day in the dictionary with the new one. Now when you ask Spanglish to translate day it will return the translation luz del día followed by a plus(+) sign to show that this is a translation that the user added to the dictionary. If later you want to restore the original translation of day then you use the delete feature described below.

2.	Delete a translation: If you want to delete a translation that has been added to the dictionary then just select the translation from the list and click on the Delete Button.

The delete option can only be used on translations  which  have been added to the dictionary.

3.	Modify a translation: If you want to modify a translation that has been added to the dictionary, select the translation from the list and then edit the copy that appears in the data capture field. When you have completed the new translation click on the Modify Button.

The modify option can only be used on translations  which  have been added to the dictionary.

4.	Change the User Dictionary: The translation that are added to the dictionary are stored in a separate User  Dictionary. Spanglish allows you to store an unlimited number of translations in a user dictionary. However it also allows you to set up any number of user dictionaries each of which can hold a different set of translations.  At any time only one of these user dictionaries is in use. this option allows you to specify which user dictionary Spanglish is to use.  Select this option to display a list of the user dictionaries available. To Change the User Dictionary select form the list the dictionary you want to use and click on the  Open Button. From this moment on Spanglish will consult the user dictionary you have chosen, and will store any changes that you make to the dictionary in this user dictionary.

When you have finished editing the dictionary you must confirm the changes you have made and close the Dictionary Editing Window by  clicking on the Accept Button.  If you don't do this all the changes you made to the dictionary will be ignored..


Uninstall Spanglish
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Uninstall Spanglish

To uninstall  Spanglish (that is to say remove Spanglish from your PC), first make sure that  Spanglish is not load in memory. Next open  Window's  Control Panel and select the  Add/Remove Programs folder. This opens a window which displays a list of all the programs currently installed in your PC, select the entry TecApro Spanglish 3.0 and click on the Add/Remove button. This opens a window asking you to confirm that you want to uninstall TecApro Spanglish 3.0, just click on the Uninstall button to complete uninstalling Spanglish.


Support
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Support

To receive support you must have registered your copy of Spanglish. User who have not registered are not eligible either for support or for warranty service or for product upgrades.

To obtain warranty service or support send an e-mail to utilidades@tecapro.com

If you have ideas about how we can improve Spanglish please contact us at:

e-mail: 	utilidades@tecapro.com

Tel: 	(506) 234-4400

Fax:  	(506) 234-4401

Or visit our Web site:

http://www.tecapro.com