power type

[Andremusic]

I was wondering if it would be possible to have an option to add words to the Power Type by right clicking on the (group of) words and then choose; add to Power Type. The same way as with the clippy bank. I would like to make a collection of correct spelled verb tensions (not my strongest point), and I think this would be the fastest and easiest way.

[admin]

Atlantis has the “Add to Power Type” command (the “Tools” category). You can install it to your toolbars, or assign a hot key to this command through the “Tools | Toolbars…” or “Tools | Hot Keys…” menu commands correspondingly. This command adds the selected word or collocation or phrase to Power Type. If you want to add multiple words as separate items to Power Type, you should select them as a multiple selection. Just double-click the first word you want to add, then Ctrl+Click other words that you want to include in a multiple selection. Then use the “Add to Power Type” command.

Note that the Power Type items (words/collocations/phrases) cannot be longer than 63 characters.

[Andremusic]

thanks! A hot key is what I really wanted.

André

[chico]

What about an option to put Clip bank in Atlantis startup? It could be disable by defaut.

[admin]

You can add information to the Clippy Bank even when the Clippy Bank window is not displaying. When you need to view the Clippy Bank window, just press F8.

[Andremusic]

When the Power Type finds a word that I need, the only thing I need to do to insert this word is pressing the enterkey, however, when I do this in the middle of a word, the remains of that word stay. Would it be possible to make the rest of this word dissapear the momet I press the enter key?

André

[admin]

Power Type suggests words in a middle of a word only when the word remainder following the caret is a proper word. For example, Atlantis might suggest "installing" when the current document word is "instsoftware" and the caret is between "inst" and "software". Of course, "software" should be kept after you press Enter.

[luha]

I have started using power type, too. An excellent idea! But it even collects very short words - which is quite useless. I would like to have a setting: «Do not collect words with less than … letters.»

And I know that I can turn the collection on and off - but it would be very practical to check «Do not collect words from password-protected documents».

mvh
Sigurd Hasle

[admin]

Atlantis needs to collect even very short words for its internal purposes. But very short words (5 letters and less) are not suggested by Power Type. Atlantis suggests words and phrases that have 6+ characters and that are longer than the current document (incomplete) word by 2+ characters.

If a user has to work on a public PC, or share his/her PC with other users,
it is preferable to disable the Power Type's "Collect words for Power Type" option. But not every uses encrypted documents (especially if this document is temporary, or the user does not plan to save this document to a disk at all). So a new check box «Do not collect words from password-protected documents» would not change much.

Strictly speaking, if other people have access to your PC, things would not be 100% secure in any case.

But two new options have been added to the Tools | Power Type... dialog:

[alans]

I really like the new Power Type feature but I think it would be even more useful for a touch typist if the actual word selection key was not the Enter key or at least allow for user configuration. My personal choice would be for the Tab key for selection because it's fast for touch typing. My concern about using the Enter key for this function is that I'm so used to pressing that key to start a new line so that it just doesn't seem natural to be using it as a word selector.

[admin]

"Enter" is a standard key for selecting a list item. This applies to all types of lists (list boxes, menus, etc). The Enter key is the most natural choice for this action.

I also do not understand why you need to press the Enter key in the middle of a word (Power Type does not make suggestions when you type punctuation signs which normally terminate a sentence and paragraph).

[alans]

I suppose I can get use to using the "Enter" key. I've actually been using an application called "As-U-Type" which does provide similar features for other Windows programs and that one not only uses the "Enter" key but also the "Tab" key. I now see that it's really just a matter of training myself to choose using the small finger on the right hand instead of the left when using Power Type in Atlantis.