Copyright ©2005 Paragon Software (Smart Handheld Devices Division) Dolgoprudny, Moscow region, Russia Language Extender (LEng) National Language Support System for Pocket PC 2002/Windows Mobile Dear customer! Thank you for buying LEng! We hope LEng will make your work with PDA convenient and pleasant and the pocket computer will become your reliable companion and assistant. We present you the document with information about using Language Extender. 1 Contents About the program ....................................................................................................................... 3 Installation.................................................................................................................................... 6 Using LEng .................................................................................................................................. 7 LEng options............................................................................................................................. 7 English and national keyboard layouts. Switching between languages. ................................ 12 Additional utility..................................................................................................................... 13 LEng uninstallation .................................................................................................................... 14 Customer support service ........................................................................................................... 15 License copy registration ........................................................................................................... 15 How to buy LEng ....................................................................................................................... 16 2 About the program LEng is National Language Support System for PDA with Microsoft Pocket PC installed. LEng package includes drivers of national on-screen keyboard, national regional settings. It also includes as optional feature files that provide translation of operating system interface to national language. Using LEng you can input information in national language in any application on your PDA, edit it, save, transfer to other computers and print documents including texts in national language. Currently we offer LEng for following languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish and Turkish. Start menu in Greek language. Full version of LEng. Russian text in Pocket Word and Russian on-screen keyboard layout. Full version of LEng. Attention! Unlike other applications (Pocket Word, Pocket Excel, Microsoft Money and so on) LEng is not installed in ROM and after a hard (full) reset of your PDA caused by batteries discharge or any unforeseen situation LEng will be lost. To avoid such situation we recommend you to save disk with LEng or save LEng back up on Flash-card. The last is especially recommended in cases when you can't have a permanent access to desktop PC with program Microsoft ActiveSync installed (in travels, business trips and so on.) Recommendation: If you are registered LEng user, you can receive the latest version of the program at any time you wish by yourself. The procedure is described in details in our Support Knowledge Base: http://support.penreader.com . 3 PDA Applications (Calendar and Excel) interface is translated to Czech. Full version of LEng. Two modifications of LEng: LEng package includes Full and Lite versions of the program. If you choose to install Full version of localization onto your mobile device, then shortcuts, menus, dialogs will be translated to a national language. Also external keyboard driver will be installed onto your mobile device, enabling you to type in your native language, exactly the same way as you do in desktop Windows. Full version is currently available for following languages: Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Slovak. If you choose to install Lite version, only keyboard driver for national language will be installed on your device. In this case shortcuts, menus and dialogs will remain in English. Lite version is currently available for all supported languages. Limitations of Demo-version: Every time you turn on your PDA while using the Demo-version of LEng you’ll see the message about using Demo-version and offer to register the program. Demonstration version of LEng expires in 14 days. Recommendation: We also recommend you to buy PenReader extension pack for LEng. PenReader is an on-line handwriting recognition system for Pocket PC and Pocket PC 2002/Windows Mobile based devices. PenReader enables handwriting text input possibility, making the work with your device more comfortable and effective. It doesn't require training or adjustment for a particular handwriting - it's ready to work right after installation! 4 The PenReader for Pocket PC 2002/Windows Mobile of handwriting recognition system is developed for Pocket PC 2002/Windows Mobile based devices. It is compatible with HP iPAQ, Toshiba, NEC MobilePro, Fujisu-Siemens Pocket LOOX, HP Jornada 565/568, Dell Axim X5, ViewSonic, ASUS MyPal, MiTAC Mio and other devices. This version's improved PenReader core provides advanced handwriting recognition quality. The system recognizes all national languages based on standard Latin characters. It "understands" all kinds of national modifiers for Latin characters: strokes, ticks, umlauts and so on. PenReader core also has two additional recognition engines for Cyrillic (Russian, Bulgarian etc.) and Greek alphabets. Current version of PenReader handwriting recognition system supports the following languages: Albanian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish. PenReader recognizes 28 languages, including Greek. Read appropriate help files from PenReader package to see in details PenReader program features. LEng + PenReader fully realize environment for operating with PDA in national language. More detailed information about PenReader and demo-versions of the program are available at: http://pocket-pc-software.penreader.com/PenReader.html. 5 Installation Installation of LEng should be made from desktop PC. Be sure that Microsoft ActiveSync is installed on your desktop PC. You need ActiveSync to connect your Pocket PC with desktop PC. Usually it is delivered on a CD disk in PDA package1. You can read about ActiveSync installation in the documentation to this program. Attention! Don’t install LEng on a storage card. If you have old or demo version of LEng already installed on your PDA you should remove it first. Read «LEng uninstallation». Attention! As LEng is a system utility it can result in conflict with software of other developers. So if you have many programs installed and if you face problems with LEng installation we recommend you to make full reset. After full reset install LEng first and then install other programs. Don't forget to perform back up operation before LEng installation! Installation 1. Connect your PDA with desktop PC by cable. Start ActiveSync program that provides partnership between PDA and desktop PC. When devices are connected an icon of connection on desktop PC traybar becomes rich green. 2. On desktop PC start LEng installation file by double click on it. Installation process will start automatically on your desktop PC. 3. Follow the instructions of installation program. If you do not enter the registration code during the installation the demo-version of program would be installed. You will be able to register the program later on youк device. You can choose LEng modification you want to be installed (Full or Lite). You can install Full modification with full interface translation (Typical). It means that national regional settings, national keyboard layout, full translation of interface elements (buttons, menus, dialogues, messages, icons) will be installed. CharMap Utility also will be installed. You can also install Lite modification without interface translation (Compact). It means that national regional settings and national keyboard layout only will be installed. All interface elements will remain in English: Custom installation allows you to choose the components that you want. 1 You can find the newest Microsoft ActiveSync version at Microsoft web-site www.microsoft.com 6 Click appropriate icon. 4. When LEng installation is finished the dialog will appear on your PDA screen. Click Ok. Automatic reset will happen. After system reset LEng will be installed. If the reset does not happen during 20 seconds, you have to do it manually. For this purpose press Reset button at the back side of your device. Using LEng LEng options LEng allows you to tune some options for more convenient using. To tune LEng options open Start > Control Panel > System tab > LEng options. There are some tabs in the LEng options: LEng. On this tab you can disable (enable) interface translation or the whole localization system. Also you may register the program if you use the demo-version of it. 7 External Keyboard. If you use the “Targus” external portable keyboard with your device, you can choose some convenient layouts for it on this tab. The last version of LEng supports the following keyboards: Targus Stowaway External Keyboard iPAQ Foldable Keyboard iPAQ MicroKeyboard Dell Axim Foldable Keyboard Dell Axim Snap-On Keyboard FS PocketLoox Foldable Keyboard Belkin G700 Foldable Keyboard for HP Jornada Belkin G700 Foldable Keyboard for Toshiba PocketPC XDA Foldable Keyboard Mitac MIO Foldable Keyboard Targus Universal Wireless Keyboard 8 Transliteration. LEng gives the possibility to input national letters by using Letter Recognizer according to the transliteration rules. On this tab you can choose if you will use the standard transliteration table (LEng) or you will use the table edited by you (LEng User defined). Don’t forget to choose one of the transliteration tables before using Character Recognizer. To switch quickly between input of national and English letters and back tap keyboard tap . On appeared : Onscreen Keyboard. For some languages LEng supports some national layouts (for example, there are Czech secretary and Czech programmer layouts for Czech language). On this tab you can choose layout you are going to use. In addition, you can tune language indicator for on- 9 screen keyboard. By default this indicator shows language of the current layout. If you switch on the “Show next layout name on the switch key” option, the indicator will show language of the next layout (next layout will appear after you have tapped the indicator). To add the layout into the list of active layouts you should tap Add and choose the layouts you want to use in the list of available layouts, then tap OK. To delete the layout from the list of active layouts mark it in this list and tap Remove. The option Disable Gestures allows you to disable the standard function “Gestures” (for the following operations: Space , Upper Case , Erase , Enter ) for the onscreen keyboard of Pocket PC. Visual Options. On this tab you can tune appearance of the LEng on-screen keyboard: color of keys and font style for showing the key meaning. 10 Word Autocompletion. In the LEng software the function of Word Auto Completion is implemented. It allows the faster typing of frequently used words. The word once entered will be added to the base of frequently used words. To turn on/off this function check/uncheck the box Suggest words when entering text. Also you may choose the number the of entered letters after which the suggestion will be made, and the number of suggested words. If you check the box Add a space after suggested word the space will be added automatically after suggested word. 11 Some changes in the LEng options will take place after the device reset. If you need reset, you will see an appropriate message. English and national keyboard layouts. Switching between languages. If LEng is installed on your PDA you can use national on-screen keyboard for input information and editing it in national language. To begin using LEng on-screen keyboard start application, in which you want to use on-screen keyboard at first. Then click on arrow button in right bottom corner of the screen, open input method menu and choose LEng keyboard from the list: The keyboard indicator with « » symbol will appear. It means that LEng keyboard is active. The keyboard opens by single click on this indicator. It also will appear as default keyboard when you input information (for example, after starting Pocket Word.). To close it you should click on keyboard indicator once more. You can change active language layout from national to English by single click on National/En (for example, Ru/En) indicator on LEng on-screen keyboard. This is very simple and quick way: In addition to LEng keyboard, you can use the standard PDA keyboard. You can open it in the same way as LEng keyboard. But you should choose Keyboard from input method menu. 12 Additional utility The CharMap utility is designed for typing special symbols ( , , , ) in any application on your mobile device. Moreover, using CharMap you can insert symbols from different national languages. For example, Russian language support system is installed on your device but you can type also Greek or French letters ( , , , ) by means of CharMap. To install CharMap on the device put the tick in an appropriate checkbox during Custom installation of LEng package. Typical installation of LEng package already includes CharMap by default. Remember that CharMap doesn’t work without LEng. 13 LEng uninstallation To remove LEng: 1. Open Start menu and choose the Settings item. Then select System tab and click on Remove programs icon. 2. Choose Paragon Software LEng. Click Remove button. 3. In appeared dialog you should confirm LEng removing by click on Yes button. You will see warning that you need to perform PDA reset. Click Ok. Automatic system reset will happen and then LEng will be completely removed. If automatic system reset does not happen during one minute you should reset your PDA manually by click Reset button on the back side of your device. Don’t try to delete some single files of LEng by yourself. It may bring your device to fatal system errors. You should remove localization system only in accordance with established procedure as described above. For example, if you have LEng Full modification installed and you have decided to don’t use it any more but you want to save the possibility of national letters using then you should remove the entire Full modification and install Lite modification next. ATTENTION! Char Map have the same uninstallation procedure. 14 Customer support service Now Support knowledge Base is available for our customers. You can find there detailed answers for frequently asked questions about all programs of Paragon Software (SHDD) (PenReader, the SlovoEd and MultiLex dictionaries, the InterKey and CETuner utilities, the AnotherBall and One for all Solitaires Collection games and so on). Visit Support Knowledge Base while you are waiting for a reply from customer support service or visit it before writing to support team. We suppose you will find there the necessary information on your problem. Welcome to Support Knowledge Base! http://support.penreader.com License copy registration Customers who bought the program via Internet (Softkey, Handango, Digital River) don’t need to register in E-Care. ATTENTION: We recommend those customers who got LEng together with Pocket PC device to register in our automatic system for registration and renewal E-Care. To register you need the registration code of LEng, which you can find on the registration card or on the CD disk label. You can do the following using our E-Care: Get new versions of the program for free; Register your copy of the program any time you wish; Download the current version of the program any time; Contact with customer support service; Learn about other software by Paragon Software (SHDD); Receive news about new releases. More detailed information about E-Care and how to register is available here: http://www.penreader.com/company/e_care.html ATTENTION: Dear customers! Please register your programs! According to our long-lived experience customers have less troubles if they are registered. Besides, new versions of our programs are available only for registered customers via E-Care. For example, if an unregistered customer lost the serial number of the program, he will not be able to restore his license using E-care. 15 How to buy LEng We would like to invite you to our web-site http://pocket-pc-software.penreader.com/ devoted to software for Windows Mobile/Pocket PC by Paragon Software (SHDD). You can find here trial versions and detailed descriptions of our programs: dictionaries, games, utilities and handwriting recognition tool. On the page http://pocket-pc-software.penreader.com you can purchase the commercial version of LEng via secure on-line ordering with your credit card. This way of payment provides the "real-time fulfillment", that means that you will be emailed with your Registration Code immediately. © Paragon Software (Smart Handheld Devices Division), Dolgoprudny, Moscow region, Russia Copyright © 2003 Paragon Software (Smart Handheld Devices Division) Dolgoprudny, Moscow region, Russia 16