Coolexon Window

Window Overview

Main interface window

Coolexon’s main window has several functional areas:

Toolbar: contain controls for working with Coolexon.

Sidebar pane: contain a list of active glossaries and frequently used functions, such as text translation, conversion utility or the dictionary lists

Results pane: display the information search results.

Cursor Translation Window

Coolexon's Cursor Translation Window contains two sections, the toolbar and the results pane.

The Top of the window is a toolbar that includes the functional buttons like "Search detailed explanation", "copy", "say it", etc. The bottom is results pane which displays the search results of the words the cursor put on currently.

The results can be displayed in multiple dictionaries, and the number of the displayed dictionary depends on the type and quantity of the activated glossaries in "cursor translator" of dictionary management.

Toolbar

Coolexon toolbar contains several buttons that perform common Windows operations. It also includes additional important indicators.

	Always on top:	Ensure the Coolexon window always appears on top of all the windows.
	Minimize:	Minimize the Coolexon window.
	Maximize:	Maximize the Coolexon window.
	Close:	Exit the Coolexon window.
	Back:	Return to the previous results window.
	Forward:	Display the next results window.
	Term box:	Field for displaying and entering the term or value.
	Search:	Initiate a search for the term displayed in the term box.
	Menu:	Open the Coolexon Menu.
	Hide/Display sidebar panel"	Control the display of sidebar panel.
	Say It :	Pronounce the term displayed in the term box using the currently configured Text-to-speech engine.
	Copy:	Copy the entire contents of the term box, and copy certain part of results box which is selected.
	Save:	Save the search results as .htm file and the term name is the default file name.
	Print:	Print the current search results.
	Find:	Search key words/terms in the current search results.
	Full Text Translation:	Go to full text translation page (Internet connection required)
	Latest Updated Content:	Display dictionary libs and software update information (updated contents need Internet connection)

Term Box

Using the Term Box

Firstly open the Coolexon window and then type or paste the word or text directly in the term box. Press the Enter key or click the Go button on the toolbar to begin the search.

Index Group Dictionaries

The dictionary icon on the left of the term box is the index dictionary currently using.

If the icon is magnifying, it represents that the current index dictionary is arranged automatically on the top of the index group list.

Please refer to "adjusting dictionaries arrangement" as regard to index dictionary priority in sequencing.

Browsing Terms Previously Translated

Coolexon stores the last 20 terms entered in the Term box. (At most 100 terms can be stored)You can view previous results by clicking the arrow on the left of the term box and scrolling through the Term box's pull down list. Alternately, you can use the Back and Forward buttons in the toolbar to scroll through the history list.

The history of results can be cleared via the General tab in the Configuration dialog box.

Results Pane

The Results pane displays all the results for the selected word or text.

Sidebar Panel

Sidebar Pane Overview

The left side of sidebar pane displays two buttons – Index and Guide.

The index provides a list of terms through certain regulation, while Guide provides a list of all the dictionaries which provides search results, dictionary manager and options for activating various functions.

Index

Index bar displays all the terms listed in the top dictionary of index group dictionaries. Index bar will display all the terms in the selected dictionary when you select an index dictionary on the left of term box.

Terms of index column are alphabetized, while non-Latin dictionaries are arranged by specific regulation. For more details please refer to dictionary details.

Guide

Result

The top section of the sidebar displays the list of dictionaries currently showing results. Clicking on a dictionary title in the sidebar brings you directly to the result from that specific title.

Actions

The middle section of the sidebar provides frequently used actions:
Web Search: Searches for the current term using the search engine defined in the Configuration dialog box, this opens the default search engine in your web browser.

Text Translation: translates a text into targeted language.

Options

The bottom section of the sidebar provides links to configuration and help function:
Dictionaries: Open Manage Dictionary dialog box

Configuration: Open the Configuration dialog box.

Coolexon community: Open Coolexon official website http://www.secoolsoft.com