ABBYY Lingvo 8.0 for Pocket PC

Contents
About ABBYY Lingvo
Demo version
Installing and launching the program
Working with the program
Working with the dictionaries
Dialogues
Lingvo 8.0 dictionaries and phrase books
Technical support

About ABBYY Lingvo

ABBYY Lingvo 8.0 for Pocket PC is a multilingual electronic dictionary to be used on Pocket PCs operating under Windows CE 3.0, Microsoft Pocket PC/Pocket PC 2002.  It includes 40 dictionaries common to both the PC and Pocket PC, a number of compact dictionaries (which are abridged versions of the LingvoUniversal En-Ru and Ru-En dictionaries), as well as Russian-English, Russian-German, Russian-French, Russian-Spanish, and Russian-Italian phrase books. You can install any number of dictionaries on your Pocket PC depending on the amount of free space available on your Pocket PC or on its storage cards. You can also use Lingvo to translate words and phrases while working with other applications.

Demo version

The demo version of ABBYY Lingvo for Pocket PC will work as a fully functional version for 30 days and will allow you to open no more than 300 cards. 

Installing and launching the program

• System requirements
• Installing Lingvo
• Launching Lingvo

Working with the program

Lingvo's main window

Card window

Translating words and phrases in Lingvo

Translating words and phrases from the card

Translating words and phrases while working with other applications

Changing the interface language

Working with the dictionaries

Installing/uninstalling dictionaries

Activating/deactivating dictionaries

Changing the priorities of dictionaries

Working with dictionaries stored on external storage cards

Installing/uninstalling dictionaries

You can install and uninstall dictionaries on your Pocket PC using your desktop PC. You can install on your Pocket PC both system dictionaries (i.e. those supplied with Lingvo) and user's dictionaries created in the desktop version of Lingvo 8.0.

To install/uninstall dictionaries:

• Check the connection of your Pocket PC with your desktop PC.
• Click the Start button on the Windows taskbar and select Programs/ABBYY Lingvo 8.0 Tools/Pocket PC Setup manager.
• In the opening dialog, select Modify and check the Dictionaries item.
• Click Next...
• In the opening list of dictionaries, select those dictionaries you wish to install and deselect the ones you wish to uninstall. In this dialog you can also select dictionaries which are located in other folders on you desktop PC and which you wish to install on your Pocket PC.
• Follow the installation program's instructions.

Note. If there is not enough free space on your Pocket PC for all the dictionaries you wish to install and your Pocket PC can work with external storage cards, you may wish to install some of the dictionaries on external storage cards. To do this, launch the Pocket PC Setup manager and from the drop-down list select "Storage card" as the storage medium for your dictionaries (the dictionaries you choose during the current installation will be stored on the storage card).

Activating/deactivating dictionaries

You can activate or deactivate dictionaries on your Pocket PC. Deactivated dictionaries will not be used for translation.

To activate/deactivate your installed dictionaries, tap in the program's main window and in the opening Dictionary setup dialog go to the Dictionaries group and check or uncheck those dictionaries you wish to activate or deactivate.

Changing the priorities of dictionaries

Dictionary priorities determine the order in which cards with the same headword but from different dictionaries are displayed.

To change the priorities of the installed dictionaries, tap in the program's main window, in the opening Dictionary setup dialog go to the Dictionaries group, select the dictionary whose priority you wish to increase or decrease, and tap the Move Up or Move Down button respectively. The dictionary at the top of the list will have the highest priority.

Working with dictionaries stored on external storage cards

Dictionaries that are stored on external storage cards are used by the program in conjunction with the other dictionaries. These dictionaries can also be activated/deactivated and their priorities can be changed in the Dictionary setup dialog.

Once you have unplugged your external memory card, the dictionaries stored on the card will become unavailable to the program and you will need to replug the card to be able to use them.

"Dictionary setup" dialog

Dialogs

"Options" dialog, "General" tab

"Options" dialog, "Card" tab

"Dictionary setup" dialog

"Cards history" dialog

"Cards history" dialog

In the "Cards history" dialog you can see a list of cards you have opened during the current session. You can open any card by tapping its headword.

Dictionaries and phrase books supplied with Lingvo 8.0

Dictionaries:

English-Russian
Russian-English

Russian-Russian

German-Russian
Russian-German

French-Russian
Russian-French

Italian-Russian
Russian-Italian

Phrase books:

Russian-English
Russian-Spanish
Russian-Italian
Russian-German
Russian-French

Technical support

If you have any questions while working with the program, please consult the help file and visit the technical support section on our website.

If you are unable to find answers to your questions there,  please contact our technical support team at support@abbyy.ru or use this phone number: (095) 234-4400.

Translating words and phrases while working with other applications (Pocket Word, Pocket Excel, etc. )

To translate a word or a phrase:

• Select the word or phrase you wish to translate and press the programmable hardware button you have associated with Lingvo.

If you have not associated Lingvo with any hardware buttons on your Pocket PC, you can use the clipboard to translate words and phrases while working with other applications.

To copy text to the clipboard:

1. Select the word or phrase you wish to translate.
2. Tap Ctrl on the on-screen keyboard and then tap C. Alternatively, you can rest your stylus on the desired word until a pop-up menu appears and select Copy. 
3. Open Lingvo and tap .

You will see the following results:

• A card with translations of the selected word or phrase, or
• Lingvo's main window with some text highlighted in the Edit Line if the word you are trying to translate has not been found. The Word List will be synchronized with the text in the Edit Line. 

How can I assign a hardware button to Lingvo?
Translating words and phrases in Lingvo

Card window

In this window, the card of the selected word is displayed.

A card contains a header (which can be a word or a phrase) and its translations. Depending on the dictionary, a card can also display the pronunciation of the headword, grammatical and stylistic labels, usage examples, comments, synonyms, antonyms, and hyperlinks to related articles.

A card can be opened from Lingvo's main window or from another card (by tapping a hyperlink or by translating a word from another card). When you open cards from other cards, Lingvo will remember all the cards you have opened. Before you return to Lingvo's main window, you can navigate the history of the cards you have opened.

Card's toolbar:

  Back to - shows the previously opened card.

  Forward to - shows the card you were working with before tapping the Back to button.

  Show brief/full translation - hides/displays optional text (i.e. examples, hyperlinks, synonyms and antonyms).

  Copy - copies to the clipboard the text you have selected on the card.

  Previous dictionary - shows the card with the same headword from the previous dictionary (i.e. the dictionary with a higher priority than the current one).

  Next dictionary - shows the card with the same headword from the next dictionary (i.e. the dictionary with a lower priority than the current one).

  Dictionary - opens a list of all the dictionaries that contain the given headword. The dictionary whose card is currently open will be marked. To look up your headword in other dictionaries, select the desired dictionary from the list.

"Dictionary setup" dialog

Use this dialog to change the translation direction (i.e. source and target languages), activate/deactivate any of the installed dictionaries of the current translation direction or change the priorities of the dictionaries.

To change the translation direction:

• In the Source language list, select the language from which you are going to translate;
• In the Target language list, select the language into which you are going to translate. 

The list of dictionaries in the Dictionaries group will change depending on which languages you choose as your source and target languages.

To activate/deactivate any of the installed dictionaries:

• In the Dictionaries group, check/uncheck those dictionaries you wish to activate/deactivate.

To change the priorities of the dictionaries:

• In the Dictionaries group, select the dictionary whose priority you wish to increase/decrease and tap either the Move Up or the Move Down button. The dictionary at the top of the list will have the highest priority.

Launching Lingvo

To launch ABBYY Lingvo 8.0:

• Tap the Start button and select ABBYY Lingvo from the Start menu.

You can also launch ABBYY Lingvo 8.0 by pressing a hardware button on your Pocket PC. You need to assign a hardware button to Lingvo 8.0 before you can launch Lingvo this way. This can be done from within Lingvo itself.

To assign a hardware button to Lingvo:

• Tap in the program's main window. In the "Options" dialog, go to the "General" tab, check "Assign Lingvo to the program hardware button" and select the desired button from the drop-down list.

ABBYY Lingvo 8.0 main window

Installing ABBYY Lingvo 8.0

ABBYY Lingvo 8.0 for Pocket PC is installed on your Pocket PC from the desktop PC. Before installing the program, make sure that Microsoft ActiveSync is installed on your desktop PC. Microsoft ActiveSync is necessary to connect your Pocket PC with your desktop PC.

To install ABBYY Lingvo 8.0 for Pocket PC:

1. Connect your Pocket PC with your desktop PC.
2. Start Microsoft ActiveSync and make sure that the two computers are communicating.
3. Insert the ABBYY Lingvo CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
4. Click the Start button on the Windows taskbar and select Settings/Control Panel.
5. Double-click the Add/Remove programs icon.
6. Go to the Install/Uninstall tab and click Install...
7. Follow the installation program's instructions.

• When the installation program prompts you, insert the floppy disk labeled "Installation diskette" supplied with the ABBYY Lingvo 8.0 for Pocket PC distribution package and continue with the installation.
• By default, if you have not disabled the CD autorun option, the installation program will launch automatically. You will see the installation program's dialog in which you will need to choose ABBYY Lingvo 8.0 for Pocket PC.
• Steps 4 through 7 are equivalent to running the setup.exe program from the ABBYY Lingvo CD-ROM.

Once ABBYY Lingvo 8.0 has been installed on your desktop PC, the program will ask you if you wish to install ABBYY Lingvo 8.0 on your Pocket PC. By default, the Install ABBYY Lingvo on Pocket PC option is checked.

Uncheck the Install ABBYY Lingvo on Pocket PC option if you wish to install the program on your Pocket PC later. You can do so by using the Pocket PC Setup manager on your desktop PC (Start/Programs/ABBYY Lingvo Tools).

Using the Pocket PC Setup manager, you can select the program's interface language and change the dictionary configuration, installing only those dictionaries that you really need at the moment.

The Pocket PC Setup manager is also used to repair your Lingvo installation and to uninstall Lingvo. If you have not activated your copy of ABBYY Lingvo for Pocket PC and it is functioning as a demo version, you can activate the program by checking the appropriate item in the Pocket PC Setup manager.

Installation procedures 

You can install ABBYY Lingvo 8.0 in the following two ways:

• Using the ABBYY Lingvo CD-ROM and the original Installation diskette
• Using the ABBYY Lingvo CD-ROM and the Installation Code

The Installation Code is generated from the Product ID and serial number of your copy of the program. You can obtain your Installation Code from ABBYY by filling out a special registration form on the web page specified by the installation program, by sending a filled-out registration form to ABBYY by e-mail, or by calling the User Registration Service at +7095 234 44 00.

If you encounter an error message during the installation, please consult the readme.txt file (you can find this file on the ABBYY Lingvo 8.0 CD-ROM in the Readme folder or in Programs/ABBYY Lingvo 8.0 Tools). Recommendations provided in this file will help you resolve most of the issues that may arise during the installation.

If you cannot obtain your Installation Code immediately, click Activate Later in the Installation Code dialog. The installation will continue, but the program will work as a demo version and the Installation Code dialog will be displayed periodically when you launch Lingvo reminding you to register your copy of the program.

System requirements

Desktop/portable PC

1. Pentium 133 MHz processor or higher
2. Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 3 or greater, Windows 95/98/Millennium Edition (your operating system must support Cyrillic fonts)
3. 64 MB of RAM for Windows 2000/XP; 32 MB of RAM for Windows NT 4.0/98/Millennium Edition; 16 MB of RAM for Windows 95
4. 60 to 280 MB of free hard disk space depending on the number of components you choose to install. Additional 130 MB required for the LingvoSound dictionary.

Note: During custom installation the system will rebuild the index. This process may require additional disk space to store temporary files. Temporary files are stored in the folder into which you are installing ABBYY Lingvo 8.0 and in the Temp folder of your operating system.

If you are short of disk space, the system will inform you how much space and on which disks you will need to free up in order to complete the installation. This information can also be obtained by clicking on the Space button in the Custom setup dialog. In most cases, the system will need no more than 90 MB to store temporary files during installation (including 35 MB in the Temp folder).

5. Sound card, headphones or loudspeakers (recommended for the LingvoSound dictionary) 
6. Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 SP2 or higher (Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5. is included in the Lingvo package; you will need 27 MB of hard disk space to install I.E. 5.5)
7. CD-ROM drive and 3.5" floppy disk drive for program installation 
8. Mouse or other pointing device 
9. Microsoft ActiveSync 3.х to connect your Pocket PC and desktop PC

Pocket PC:

1. Device type: Pocket PC
2. Processor: Intel PXA250 (Xscale), Intel StrongARM, NEC MIPS
3. Operating system: Windows CE 3.0, Microsoft Pocket PC, Microsoft Pocket PC 2002
4. Memory: at least 16 MB, free memory - at least 8 MB (4 MB for storing program files and for program operation and 4 MB for minimal dictionary configuration). Full installation will require 90 MB for all the dictionaries, which can be stored both in the main memory and on external storage cards. 

Translating words and phrases in Lingvo

To translate a word or a phrase from the Edit Line:

• Type a word or a phrase in the Edit Line using the on-screen keyboard or by converting writing to text and tap Enter on the on-screen keyboard (you can also press your Pocket PC's navigation button or tap ). A card with translations will be displayed.

You can use suggestions for quicker input of English words (only if you have checked the Suggest words when entering text option in Settings/Personal/Input)

To translate a word or a phrase from the ABBYY Lingvo 8.0 Word List:

• Tap a word or a phrase in the Word List or browse the Word List to the desired word and tap .

Note. To jump to the desired word in the Word List, simply start typing this word in the Edit Line. Once the desired word is highlighted in the Word List, either tap this word or tap ENTER (you can also press the navigation button or tap ). A card with translations will be displayed.

Translating words and phrases from the clipboard

1. Copy to the clipboard the text you wish to translate.
2. Open Lingvo.
3. Tap .

ABBYY Lingvo 8.0 for Pocket PC can only translate words in their primary form. If the word you are trying to translate is not in its primary form, the word closest to your query word will be highlighted in the Word List.

ABBYY Lingvo 8.0 will translate words and phrases within the current language pair. 

Changing the current language pair

Changing the current language pair

1. Tap in the program's main window. The Dictionary setup dialog will appear.
2. In the Source language list, select the language from which you will be translating.
3. In the Target language list, select the language into which you will be translating.

You can invert the translation direction by tapping in the program's main window.

Translating words and phrases from the card

You can translate any words and phrases you may encounter while reading a card. 

To translate a word or a phrase from the card:

• Tap and hold the desired text until a pop-up menu appears and select Translate.

Lingvo will translate this text as if you were translating a word from the Edit Line.

Note.

1. Words that are shown in blue are hyperlinks. Clicking on these words will open their respective cards from the same dictionary.
2. Words that are shown in green italics are labels. Clicking on these words will bring up the full text of the labels.
3. Any word from the card, with the exception of labels and hyperlinks, can be translated or copied to the clipboard using the appropriate command from the pop-up menu. If the word you are trying to translate is not in its primary form, the word closest to your query word will be highlighted in the Word List.

Changing the interface language

ABBYY Lingvo's interface language can be changed via your desktop computer.

To change Lingvo's interface language:

1. Click on the Start button on the Windows taskbar and select Programs/ABBYY Lingvo 8.0 Tools/Pocket PC Setup manager.
2. In the opening dialog, select Modify and check the Interface language item.
3. Click Next...
4. Select the desired interface language.
5. Follow the program's instructions.

"Options" dialog, "General" tab

Copy the Word List item to Edit Line during Word List browsing - check this option if you wish the highlighted Word List item to be copied to the Edit Line while you are browsing the Word List.

Assign Lingvo to the program hardware button - check this option if you wish to launch Lingvo by pressing a programmable hardware button on your Pocket PC. You can select the desired hardware button from the dropdown list below this option.

"Options" dialog,  "Card" tab

In this dialog, you can set card parameters as well as font colors that will be used to display various text fragments.

"View settings" group

• Full card - check this option if you want all usage examples and hyperlinks to be displayed
• Brief card - check this option if you want to see concise cards (i.e. without usage examples and hyperlinks)
• Remember card view settings - check this option if you want all your cards to look like the last opened card.

By default, Lingvo will display cards in full view.

"Colors" group

• References - this option allows you to select the color of the hyperlinks on the card. To change the color, tap and in the opening Colors window select the desired color and tap OK.
• Optional text - this option allows you to select the color of optional text (i.e. the color of usage examples and synonyms and antonyms that are not hyperlinks). To change this color, tap and in the opening Colors window select the desired color and tap OK.
• Labels - this option allows you to select the color of grammatical, stylistic and other labels. To change this color, tap and in the opening Colors window select the desired color and tap  OK. 

ABBYY Lingvo 8.0 main window

ABBYY Lingvo's main window includes the Word List, the Edit Line and the toolbar.

The Word List includes the entry words of all the active dictionaries of the current translation direction; the words are arranged alphabetically according to the alphabet of the source language.

The Edit Line is where you type your query words. You can change the translation direction by tapping on  . If the word you are typing cannot be found in the active dictionaries of the current translation direction, the closest word will be highlighted in the Word List. 

ABBYY Lingvo 8.0 toolbar

  Open card - tap this button to open the card of the word or phrase highlighted in the Word List

  Translate text from clipboard - click this button to place the text from the clipboard into the Edit Line and, if possible, open the relevant card with translations. Important! Lingvo for Pocket PC can only translate words in their primary form.

  Select languages and dictionaries - click this button to open the "Dictionary setup" dialog.

  Invert translation direction - click this button to invert the translation direction (to invert the source and target languages).

  Options -click this button to open the "Options" dialog

  Cards history - click this button to see a list of cards that you have opened during the current session with ABBYY Lingvo 8.0.

English-Russian
Russian-English

Russian-Russian

German-Russian
Russian-German

French-Russian
Russian-French

Italian-Russian
Russian-Italian

Phrase books