Wenlin Menu Overview

This Appendix provides an overview of the Wenlin application menu items, with links to the corresponding parts of the Wenlin online User’s Guide.

About the Apple menu choices

(Mac only)

The Apple Menu item is only available on Mac OS. See the Mac OS system documentation for more information on the Apple Menu items.

In this Guide, see also:

• Choosing Menu Commands

About the Wenlin menu choices

(Mac only)

The Wenlin Menu item is only available on Mac OS.

In this Guide, see also:

• Starting and Quitting Wenlin

About the File menu choices

New

• Creating a New Document

Open

• Opening Documents

Re-open As

• What Format Is This File?

Close

• Closing a Window

Save

• The Save and Save As... Commands
• Saving A Dictionary Entry
• Starting and Quitting Wenlin
• Closing a Window
• Read-Only Windows
• The Active Window

Save As

• The Save and Save As... Commands

Enable Editing

• Creating a New Document
• Editing Dictionary Entries in General
• Creating a New Zidian Entry
• Modifying an Existing Cidian Entry

Flashcards

• Flashcards

Page Setup

• The Page Setup Command

Paginate

• The Paginate Command

Print

• Printing

Quit Wenlin

(MS Windows only ; on Mac see the Wenlin menu)

• Starting and Quitting Wenlin

About the Edit menu choices

Undo

• Undo

Cut

• Cut

Copy

• Copy

Paste

• Paste

Clipboard Format

• Clipboard Format

Clear

• Clear

Select All

• Select All

Convert

• Convert

Grab

• Grab

Make Transformed Copy

• Make Transformed Copy

About the Search menu choices

Find

• Searching

Find Again

• Find Again

Replace

• Replace

Replace & Find Again

• Replace & Find Again

Replace All

• Replace All

Find Fix:

• Find Fix

Search Files

• Search Files

About the List menu choices

Characters By Pinyin

• List Characters by Pinyin

Characters By Stroke Count

• List Characters by Stroke Count

Characters By Frequency

• List Characters by Frequency

Characters Containing Components

• List Characters containing Components

Characters By Unicode

• List Characters By Unicode

Words By Pinyin

• List Words By Pinyin

Words By Frequency

• List Words By Frequency

Words By Serial Number

• List Words By Serial Number

English Words Alphabetically

• List English Words Alphabetically

Radicals By Stroke Count

• List Radicals By Stroke Count

Radicals By Number 1-214

• List Radicals By Number (1-214)

Numbers

• List Numbers

Shuowen Seal Radicals

• List Shuowen Seal Radicals

About the Dictionary menu choices

Look up word

• The Look Up Word Command
• Look up word

Look up selection

• Look up selection
• Look up selection

Choose dictionary

• Choose dictionary

Show dictionaries

• Show dictionaries

Toggle dictionaries

• Toggle dictionaries

Import list of entries

• Import list of entries

About the Font menu choices

Monospace Pinyin

• Monospace Pinyin

FreeType Pinyin

• FreeType Pinyin

Choose FreeType Pinyin

• Choose FreeType Pinyin

Recent FreeType Pinyin

• Recent FreeType Pinyin

Song Hanzi

• Song Hanzi

Plain Hanzi

• Plain Hanzi

Bitmap Hanzi

• Bitmap Hanzi

FreeType Hanzi

• FreeType Hanzi

Choose FreeType Hanzi

• Choose FreeType Hanzi

Recent FreeType Hanzi

• Recent FreeType Hanzi

Mac OS Hanzi

(Mac OS Only)

• Mac OS Hanzi

Choose Mac OS Hanzi

(Mac OS Only)

• Choose Mac OS Hanzi

About the Size menu choices

0..21

• [[]]

About the Options menu choices

Simple Form Characters

• [[]]

Instant Lookup

• [[]]

Toolbar

• [[]]

Special Key (/) Convert

• [[]]

Choose Special Key

• [[]]

Typing 1-4 Adds Tone Mark

• [[]]

Backup Old Versions

• [[]]

Quiet

• [[]]

Smooth Text

• [[]]

Open files With Editing Enabled

• [[]]

Reveal Codes In This Window

• [[]]

Separate New Windows

• [[]]

Colors

• [[]]

Tab Width

• [[]]

Newlines

• [[]]

Hanzi Filter

• [[]]

Show/Hide dictionary items

• [[]]

Advanced Options

• [[]]

Keyboard

(MS-Windows only)

• [[]]

Describe Options

• [[]]

Show Current Options

• [[]]

Restore Standard Options

• [[]]

About the Window menu choices

(Mac only)

Minimize

• [[]]

Zoom

• [[]]

Cycle Through Windows

• [[]]

Bring All To Front

• [[]]

Wenlin:File Name

• [[]]

Combine All Windows

• [[]]

About the Help menu choices

Wenlin User’s Guide (Website)

• [[]]

Wenlin User’s Guide (local HTML)

• [[]]

Out-date Help

• [[]]

About Wenlin

• [[]]

About The ABC Dictionary

• [[]]

About The Shuowen Data

• [[]]

Parts Of Speech

• [[]]

Abbreviations

• [[]]

References

• [[]]

Sample Texts

• [[]]

Technical Information

• [[]]