LinguaLinks Workshop Tools Tutorial
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Task 38. Working with the Index database
Learning objective
You will learn to use an Index (a reversal dictionary that is a resource for users unfamiliar with the language of the Lexical Database). You will also learn to look up a word in a familiar language to find the rough equivalent in the Lexical Database.
Preparation
Open the English Lexical Database and on the menu, click Options…Preferences. For Preferences, go to the Data Entry–Normal view and under Unused Components, select Index Links, move it to View Components in Order, and then move Index Links below Gloss.
Adding Index links automatically
Tip: You need to first gloss each Entry in your Lexical Database that you want to Index, because the program automatically copies the Gloss to the Index field exactly as it is. Carefully decide if you want the Gloss and Index to be I, my, me, 1sg, or all of these.
Caution: The scope of the automatic indexing depends on which Editor you use.
Indexing all glossed entries automatically
1. In the Lexical Database Editor, go to the menu and click Tools…Auto-Set Index Links.
2. In LinguaLinks Message, click Continue.
Result: Indexes the entire database.
Indexing one glossed entry automatically
1. Open the Major Entry flag.
2. Double-click the title.
3. In the Major Entry Editor, go to the menu and click Tools…Auto-Set Index Links.
Result: Displays the Index link in both 
Sense
boxes.
Indexing one Sense automatically
1. On the menu, click Edit…Undo.
2. Double-click the flag 1 Sense title.
3. In the Sense Editor, click Tools…Auto-Set Index Links.
Result: Displays the Index link in the Sense
box.
4. Close the Sense Editor.
Tip: Only the first Sense has an index.
Adding Index links manually
1. Open the Subentry bear out.
2. In the Sense, click .
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3. In Add Index Entry, for 
,
click 
and
select French.
4. For Entry, type confirmer and click OK.
Deleting an Index link from the Lexical Database Editor
1. In a Sense box beside ,
click an undesired Index link.
2. On the keyboard, press Delete.
Editing an Index term
1. On the menu, click Tools…Indexes.
2. In Choose One, double-click English Index.
3. In Index Editor: English Index, go to the menu and click
Go…Search (or on the toolbar, click 
).
)
4. In Search, double-click a very.
5. In Index Editor: English Index, click 
.
6. In the Index Form Editor, delete a and the space, and click OK.
Deleting links to Senses from the Index Editor
1. In an Index entry, below 
,
click the Sense you want to unlink.
2. On the menu, click Edit…Delete (or on the keyboard, press Delete).
Result: Removes the Index Entry from the Lexical Entry.
Deleting an Index item
1. In an Index entry, click the title.
2. On the menu, click Edit…Delete (or on the keyboard, press Delete).
Tip: You can reverse this with Edit…Undo, but need to refresh the Index Editor window to refresh a search.
Setting Preferences for the Index
1. In the Index Editor, go to the menu and click Tools…Index Print Layout.
2. Click Options…Preferences.
3. For Preferences, click English Index Setup.
4. For Index, enter the title.
5. Go to Index Editing and select Publication–Normal.
6. Click Components and choose the desired components for the Index Entry and the Sense.
7. Click View Options and select or clear "Show icons for opening WAV, MIDI, MOV, MP3 files."
8. Go to Index Editing and select Rich Text Format–Normal.
9. Repeat Steps 6 and 7 and click OK.
Exporting the Index
1. On the menu, click Tools…Index Print Layout.
2. Click File…Export.
3. In Choose One, select the desired format, and click Select.
4. Type a filename and click Save.
5. Close the Index windows.
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