Spelling Software - Add/Import List

Version 1.6

The user has many options to create or modify a word list that can later be used in a test. These consist of:

1. Adding a word list manually
2. Loading a list via an internal software database
3. Loading a list from a file
4. Drag and drop a document making it a list (This is shown in more detail later.)

When starting a new list utilizing the first option, the first step that the user performs is to click the “Create New List” button. This will display another form where the user can give the list a name. When the information is entered the user will click the “Done” button. The user is then ready to add words to the new list. The user then enters a word next to the “Add Word” button and adds it to the list by either clicking the “Add Word” button or just pressing enter. When the user is finished adding words to the list, click the “Save List” button. If the user wants to remove words from the list just check the words to be removed and click the “Remove Checked” button.

Watch this movie to see a quick tutorial on this section.

The second option is to load a list from the software database. This is where the lists are stored when the “Save List” button is clicked. To load a list from the internal database, select a list from the drop down box in the save/load list controls section. This is used to modify a list or to get audio for a list. When the desired list is highlighted, click the “Load List” button. Then make any desired changes and resave the list. If no changes need to be made the list does not need to be loaded to take a test. The test center lets the user select any list that is inside the spelling software internal database.

When a list is loaded the user has the option to either: “Get Audio”, click the “Click Here” for a word definition, or modify the list of words. When the “Get Audio” button is clicked the program uses the Internet to find audio files from Spelling Made Simple Servers. The audio column next to the word will change from “No” to “Yes”. There is a progress bar above the button that shows the status of the task. If the word is not found, a user can record the word themselves using windows audio recorder. The file should be saved where the user can later navigate to it. The user can check the words that he or she recorded themselves and click the “Import Audio” button.

This will show a dialog box asking the user to select the audio for a specific word at the top of the dialog box. Each time the audio is selected for the word the next word will show up at the top of the dialog box until all the words that were checked have their audio selected.

The user can click the Open Audio Folder button to see where the wav files are kept. If the “Click Here” is clicked in the definition column next to the word, www.M-W.com is brought up to show the definition of that word.

The next method of entering a list into the internal database is from a file. The user can click the "Active List Manager" button. Then by clicking the “Open List Folder”, a folder will open that stores all the spelling list files. The user can import lists from “*.sms” files by clicking the “Import List” button. Multiple lists can be selected at the same time by holding the Ctrl key down and selecting additional lists. When the lists are imported they will show up in the “Active Lists” box. The lists can be moved back and forth from the internal database by selecting the list and clicking the center arrows. If a user has a list that is not on the Spelling Made Simple website, the user can select the list under the Non-Active Lists box and click the “Upload Lists” button. The user will have a chance to add comments before the list is sent. The user can modify the order the lists appear in the software by selecting an Active list and clicking the up or down arrows to the left of the box.