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Dictionary filtering (Deluxe version only)

If you have quite a lot of dictionaries installed, scrolling through search results from all active dictionaries may be quite a tedious and time-consuming process.

In such cases TranslateIt! Deluxe users can turn on dictionary filtering.

To turn on dictionary filtering:

  1. Click the filter button in the status bar at the bottom of the main window, and
  2. Choose your preferred dictionary from the list of active dictionaries that contain entries corresponding to your query.

After that TranslateIt! will show translations/definitions only from your preferred dictionary ignoring all other dictionaries in currently active dictionary group. And if TranslateIt! doesn't find translation/definition of the word you are looking up, it will show the corresponding entry from a dictionary that has the highest priority in currently active dictionary group (i.e. from the dictionary closest to the top of the dictionary list of the active dictionary group.)

If you want to be able to see search results from all active dictionaries at the same time, you can always get back to the standard mode by turning filtering off.

To turn off dictionary filtering:

  1. Click the filter button in the main window's status bar
  2. Scroll down to the bottom of the drop-down list, and
  3. Choose All Active Dictionaries.

See also

Installing dictionaries
Sharing dictionaries
Reordering dictionaries
Deleting dictionaries
Grouping dictionaries
Managing dictionary groups