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Using WordFile Creator Pro (Chinese)
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Step
1 of 4 - Project Management
When starting WordFile
Creator the Project Management screen is displayed offering a number of
options: to load an existing wordfile project or to create a new
wordfile project.
The first page also offers:
(i) A tool to do a quick conversion of
wordfile formats: from the Windows (XFL & XFZ) formats to the Pocket PC (XWF) format and
vice versa.
(ii) The option to download the latest
version of the Declan Software Chinese Audio Archive word list (We
will soon be expanding the audio word list to over 8000 words so
current users should check in occasionally using this auto-update
feature).
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Clicking the "Create New Project" button
will bring up the "Create New Project" dialogue box where the new
project name can be entered:

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Clicking the "Load Existing Project" button
will bring up a standard Open File dialogue box where the wordfile
project (FCP) file can be located and loaded.

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If a project file has been loaded and
modified in the recent past it will have an entry in the Recent Projects list.
Clicking an entry in the Recent Projects list will open that project.

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Step
2 of 4 - Populate WordFile
Once
a Wordfile Project has been opened it can then be populated with words.
Using the Word Sources
dropdown box there are a number of ways this can be done:
(i) Searching the Declan
Software Chinese Audio Word List.
Using words from this list will allow an audio recording of every word
in the list to be downloaded from the Declan Software Audio Archive and
be imbedded into the WordFile. Currently there are over 7000 words and
audio recordings in the archive.
(ii) Searching the 20,000
CEDICT Chinese dictionary
database. When a word from the dictionary is added that has a
corresponding audio file in the Declan Audio Archive the audio
recording will be linked to the word.
(iii) Importing words and links to user
created audio (MP3) files by means of TAB
delimited TEXT files.

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Using
either the Audio Word List
or the EDICT dictionary
is as simple as selecting the sources from the Word
Sources dropdown box and then
entering the word you are looking for in the Search
String textbox and then clicking
the "Search"
button.

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The results of the search will be
displayed in the Search/Import
Results window.

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Words
can then be added to the current WordFile project by selecting them in
the "Search/Import Results:"
window and clicking the "<< Add
Word" button. The word(s) will then appear in the "Project Words" list.

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Double clicking on words in the "Project Words" list will bring up
the "Editing Word" dialogue
which allows the word, its meaning and pronunciation to be edited. The
word type can also be modified and the associated sound file can be
changed.

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In
addition to sourcing words from the Audio Word List and the EDICT
dictionary, words can be imported from TAB delimited unicode text
files. This is done by selecting "Tab
Delimited Text File" in the "Word
Sources:" dropdown box.

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Selecting "Tab Delimited Text File" in the "Word Sources:" dropdown box will
bring up the "Text File Importer" tool as shown below.
The text file format has one of two formats:Five Columns (with
sound file names):
| 一 |
<TAB> |
yi1 |
<TAB> |
one |
<TAB> |
number |
<TAB> |
1.mp3 |
<LINE FEED> |
| 二 |
<TAB> |
er4 |
<TAB> |
two |
<TAB> |
number |
<TAB> |
2.mp3 |
<LINE FEED> |
| 三 |
<TAB> |
san1 |
<TAB> |
three |
<TAB> |
number |
<TAB> |
3.mp3 |
<LINE FEED> |
| 四 |
<TAB> |
si4 |
<TAB> |
four |
<TAB> |
number |
<TAB> |
4.mp3 |
<LINE FEED> |
where column one is the word,
column two a TAB character, column three the pronunciation, column four a TAB character,
column five the meaning,
column six a TAB character, column seven the name of the MP3 sound file (or
blank), and the final column is a manual line feed character (the
return or enter key).
OR
Four
Columns (without sound file name):
| 一 |
<TAB> |
yi1 |
<TAB> |
one |
<TAB> |
number |
<LINE FEED> |
| 二 |
<TAB> |
er4 |
<TAB> |
two |
<TAB> |
number |
<LINE FEED> |
| 三 |
<TAB> |
san1 |
<TAB> |
three |
<TAB> |
number |
<LINE FEED> |
| 四 |
<TAB> |
si4 |
<TAB> |
four |
<TAB> |
number |
<LINE FEED> |
where there is no sound file column. In
this case the software will search the Audio Word List for matching sound
files.
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IMPORTANT: Mixes of four and five columns within the one text
file will not work. |
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IMPORTANT: The
text file also needs to be in UNICODE format. |
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IMPORTANT:
The MP3 files need to be Mono 16bit 22050Hz
or Mono 16bit 24000Hz format
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Here is a
to an example of a (five
column) text file.
Here is a
to an example of a (four
column) text file.

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Clicking the "Find.." button will bring up a "Open
File" dialogue with which to locate the text file.

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Then click the "Import
Words" button to read and verify the format of the imported text
file. If all goes well the text file contents will appear in the "Imported Data Fields:" list box. Note that in
this case we are using a four column text file with sound file names.

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Next the path to the MP3 files needs to be specified by clicking the
"Select Sound File Path" hyperlink and
navigating to the desired folder in the "Browse for Folder" dialogue.

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Clicking the "Verify Snd Files" button will check the
existence and format of the MP3 files. If there is a problem the "Sound
Verification Failed" dialogue will appear.
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IMPORTANT:
The MP3 files need to be Mono 16bit 22050Hz
or Mono 16bit 24000Hz format
only. |

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And the sound file that causes the verification failure is
highlighted in red in the "Imported Data Fields" listbox.

If the text file has four columns then words with matches in
the Audio Word List will be highlighted in light blue and unmatched
words will be in red.

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By selecting the "Ignore missing or incorrectly formatted sound
files" check box, the program will ignore and missing sound file
references or non-standard format sound files and allow progression to the
next step..

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If all is well with the import it can now be imported into the by
clicking the "Complete Import >>" button.

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The imported words will then appear in the "Search/Import
Results:" which can then be added to the WordFile Project by selecting a
word and clicking the "<< Add" button.

Click the "Next >>" button to move to Step 3.
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Step
3 of 4 - Collate Sound Files
Step 3 of the process is collating the sound files associated with a
projects words. The words' sound files are divided into four categories:
(i) Words with sound files that have been downloaded from the
Declan Software Audio Archive and are available on the local PC. No action
is required for these words.

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(ii) Words with sound files that need to be downloaded from the Declan
Software Audio Archive. The users PC much be connect to the internet to download
the files.
Once the PC is connected to the internet and the proxy setting are set
as required, then clicking the "Download Snd Files" button will
begin the download process. The download can be interrupted any time by
clicking the "Cancel" button.

The download progress is complete when the progress bar is grey and
labeled "Download Complete."

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- If users are using a proxy server for access to the internet, they may have to configure the
proxy settings by clicking the "Proxy
Settings" button:


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(iii) Words that have been associated with user supplied MP3 files. These
may need to be checked, collocated or converted by clicking the "Process User
Sound Files".

(iv) Words that have no sound files associated with them. No
action is required for these words.
Once the required actions are completed the "Next >>" button can be
clicked to proceed to the final step (4).
Click the "Next >>" button to move to Step 4.
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Step
4 of 4 - Create WordFile
Step 4 is the final step of the process where the wordfile is
created and saved.
The wordfile name is specified in the "Word File Name:"
textbox.

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The format of the wordfile is selected.

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And the folder where the wordfile is to be saved is chosen. Clicking
the "Set folder in which to save Word Files" hyperlink

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which brings up a "Browse for Folder" dialogue.

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Finally the word file is created and saved by clicking the "Compile
and Save Word File" button.

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If all goes well a dialogue box will appear confirming the name and
location of the saved wordfile.

That is it!!
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