Using Parley
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This is the main window of Parley. It consists of two areas: the lesson list in the left third of the window and the current vocabulary list in the other two thirds.
The lesson list on the left shows all lessons in your vocabulary file. If you mark a lesson, is will become the current one. In this case it is survival training.
The ticked box left of the name of each lesson indicates that it is to be included in the practice. You may choose as many lessons for a test as you like.
On top of the list there is a combo box which allows you to select which vocabulary selection you want displayed on the right:
The current lesson only (survival training in this case).
Lessons in the test (the ones with a checkmark).
All lessons (everything in the vocabulary file).
Depending on your selection, one or more lessons are displayed on the right side of the screen.
A green check mark in the second column means that this entry is active. A red and white "X" indicates a deactivated entry that will not be practiced. See Editing Entries for more information on active entries.
If you mark a range of entries to work with, their background colour changes. Many editing functions work for multiple entries simultaneously.
The colour in the column with the original will vary if you have two or more columns with translations. If the cursor is in one of the translations the colour represents its grade “to the original”. See section entry dialog for more on this.
Of course it is also possible to use the vocabulary list as an ordinary dictionary and to look up manually.
The search bar is located above the vocabulary table.
You can use the search bar to filter your vocabulary. If you type in a string, you will only see entries with this string in the vocabulary table.
The status bar is located at the bottom of the main window. It contains:
word type (for example: noun/verb/adjective)
pronunciation. You can use IPA characters from the phonetic alphabet. See more about this in the according options dialog page.
an additional comment.
