RJA532512-001V01 MO1412-A
CASIO Electronic Dictionary
Quick Guide (XD-K Series)
The contents of this Quick Guide apply to the
CASIO XD-K Series Electronic Dictionaries. Most
illustrations and screen shots show the XD-K8500.
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Hangul, Russian, Simplified Chinese, and accented
characters cannot be input on a model that does not
include a dictionary that requires such characters.
Installing optional content automatically enables
input of characters that match the installed content.
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The screen shots and product illustrations shown
in this manual may be different from those of the
actual product. Also note that some keys and screen
indicators are shown in simplified form.
Example:
→
,
→
Quick Palette
【メニュー】
button
Loading Batteries for the First Time
Load the two AA-size batteries that come with the
electronic dictionary before trying to use it.
1
Remove the battery cover.
While pressing
down on the two
locations shown in the
illustration, slide the
battery cover in the
direction indicated by
the arrows.
2
Load two batteries.
Load each battery
with the minus (–) pole
facing as shown in the
nearby illustration.
With the battery on top
of the ribbon, press
down on the plus (+)
end of the battery.
Make sure the (+) and
(–) ends are facing
correctly and that
the spring is pressed
straight down.
3
Replace the battery cover.
4
Remove the stylus
from the side of the
electronic dictionary
and then press the
RESET button.
Do not use a
toothpick, lead
pencil, or other object
with a breakable tip.
5
Unfold the electronic dictionary.
Display
Recording microphone
Keyboard
Arrow keys
This causes the
電池設定
(Battery Setting) screen
to appear.
If the message
液晶保護フィルムが正しく貼ら
れていない．．．
(Display screen protective film
may not be affixed properly
．．．）
appears on
the display, remove the protective film (option)
from the display screen. If there is no protective
film on the display screen, refold the electronic
dictionary panels and then repeat steps 4 and 5
again.
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After confirming that
アルカリ電池
(Alkaline
Batteries) is selected for
電池設定
(Battery Setting),
press
.
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Stylus
RESET button
Stylus
RESET button
If you have commercially available eneloop
batteries or rechargeable EVOLTA batteries
loaded, use
and
to select the battery
type, and then press
.
If you have commercially available EVOLTA
alkaline batteries loaded, select
●アルカリ電池
(Alkaline Batteries).
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Use the time setting
screen to configure
time settings.
Use
,
,
, and
or the stylus to highlight
the setting you want to
change, and then use the
on-screen number keys to change the setting.
Touch
【
12/24
】
to toggle between 12-hour and
24-hour format timekeeping.
When you are using 12-hour format
timekeeping, you need to touch
【
AM
】
(a.m.) or
【
PM
】
(p.m.) before setting the time.
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Press
.
Alternatively, you
also could touch
【保存】
(Save) on the
time setting screen.
This displays the
メニュー
(Menu)
screen.
To display the menu screen without changing
time settings, touch
【中止】
(Cancel).
To avoid misplacing the stylus, always be sure
to return it to its storage slot in the side of the
electronic dictionary whenever you are not using it.
Turning Power On and Off
Power turns on and off
automatically whenever
you open or close the
electronic dictionary’s
panels.
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You also can use the following
key operation to turn power on
or off.
1
Press
the
key to turn on power.
Power also turns on when you press a
dictionary/mode key.
2
Press again to turn off power.
General Guide
Display
You can touch the screen to select an on-screen item,
swipe it to scroll to another screen, or input characters
by handwriting them on the screen.
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②
⑲
⑰
⑭
⑮
⑯
⑱
⑩
⑪
⑫
⑬
⑨
⑧
⑦
⑥
④
⑤
③
Quick Palette buttons
You can quickly perform
various operations by
touching buttons with
the stylus.
Quick Palette icons
You can quickly perform
various operations by
touching icons with the
stylus. The Quick Palette
icons along the left side
of the display depend on
the function being used.
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Number keys
Number keys
Dictionary/
mode keys
Dictionary/
mode keys
①
Dictionary/mode keys
Toggle between the initial screens of the two
dictionaries/modes assigned to each key.
②
(Power) Key
Toggles power on and off.
③
(Shift) Key
Shifts the keyboard. To use
, press and
release it, and then press the next key.
④
(Scroll) Keys
Scroll screen contents up and down.
Pressing
and then a scroll key scrolls to next
definition or explanation screen.
⑤
(History) (Volume Level (-)) Key
Accesses history data.
When adjusting the pronunciation volume level,
press to lower the level. If there is no voice output,
press
and then this key.
⑥
(Jump) (Volume Level (+)) Key
From a definition or explanation screen, jumps
to a related item in the same dictionary or looks
up a term that used on the screen in a different
dictionary.
When adjusting the pronunciation volume level,
press to raise the level. If there is no voice output,
press
and then this key.
⑦
(Back/List) Key
Back-steps through previous operations.
Press while a dictionary’s initial screen is
displayed to return to the
メニュー
(Menu) screen.
⑧
(Audio/Guide) Key
Press to play native speaker or synthesized
pronunciation or to compare your pronunciation
with native speaker pronunciation.
Press after
to view guide information.
⑨
(Translate/Execute) Key
Applies input characters or the item selected on
the screen.
⑩
Arrow Keys
These keys move the selection highlighting or
cursor up, down, left, or right.
⑪
(Setup/Delete) Key
Deletes the character at the current cursor
location.
Press after
to display a screen for changing
the setup of the electronic dictionary.
⑫
Letter Keys
Enter letters and numbers.
⑬
【戻る／リスト】
(Back/List)
Performs the same functions as the
⑦
(Back/List) key.
⑭
【ノート】
(Note)
Touch to use the
ノート
(Note) function.
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⑮
【さらに検索】
(Search Again)
Touch this button when performing split screen
search
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2, refine/specific word order search
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3, or
spelling/original form search.
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⑯
【文字サイズ】
(Text Size)
Cycles through available screen text sizes.
⑰
【
音声】
(Audio)
Performs the same functions as the
⑧
(Audio/Guide) key.
⑱
【ジャンプ】
(Jump)
Performs the same functions as the
⑥
(Jump) (Volume Level (
＋
)) key.
⑲
【メニュー】
(Menu)
Toggles between the
メニュー
(Menu) screen and
the
学習帳
(Workbook) screen.
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1 The Note function lets you add handwritten
memos to electronic dictionary note screens,
and to write on displayed dictionary screens.
Text you write and figures you draw can be
saved for later recall.
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2 You can display another dictionary at the
bottom of a definition or explanation screen,
and look up a term in two dictionaries
simultaneously.
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3 On a
成句検索
(Phrase Search) or
例文検索
(Example Search) list screen, you can add terms
and specify the word order to refine a search.
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4 Inputting characters for
見出し語検索
(Headword
Search) with a dictionary that has
スペルチェッ
ク
(Spell Check) and then touching
【さらに検索】
will display a term whose spellings resemble
your input or a term that is thought to be the
spelling original form of your input.
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Display Items
The following explains the meanings of the different items
(indicators, icons, buttons) that appear on the display.
This:
Means this:
A defi nition or explanation
continues off the top, bottom, left,
or right of the screen. Use the arrow
keys to scroll the screen.
(Explanation)
There is an explanation for the word
where the indicator is located.
(Compound Term)
There is a compound term that
uses kanji you are looking up.
(Phrases/Compound
Expression)
(Phrase)
There is a phrase or compound
expression that uses the term you
are looking up.
With some electronic dictionary
models,
will appear if optional
content is installed.
(Example)
There is an example that uses the
term you are looking up.
Native speaker pronunciation is
available for the contents to the
right or below this indicator.
(True Voice)
Native speaker pronunciation is
available.
(Reading)
Synthetic voice reading is available.
(Pronunciation
Search)
Pronunciations are available for the
English term on the screen.
(English)
The language whose pronunciation
is applied for pronunciations and
readings
There is related information for
the term you are looking up in the
current dictionary.
(Jump)
Jump function in use
(History)
History function in use
(Zoom)
Textbook typeface zoom in use
(Guide)
Guide function in use
(Display All)
(Word Order)
(Continuous)
Indicates the display method when
using
例文検索
(Example Search) or
成句検索
(Phrase Search).
Screen Touch Operation Tips
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When performing a display
screen touch operation, be
sure to support the back of
the display with your hand.
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Strong pressure is not
required when performing
display screen touch
operations.
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Avoid applying excessive
pressure during touch
operations and input. Strong pressure can cause
cracking or breaking of LCD panel.
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For stylus character input, be sure to use only the
stylus that comes with your electronic dictionary.
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When using your finger for input, do not tap with
your fingernail.
Keyboard Input
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Alphabetic and Russian characters are input using
lower case.
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Except for certain models, Hangul, Chinese pinyin,
and Russian characters are not printed on the keys.
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To input numbers, touch the on-screen number
keys or handwrite numerals into the input cells. See
“Handwritten input” for more information. Note that you
can also use the electronic dictionary’s keys to input
numbers, but numbers are not printed on the keys.
Inputting Japanese Characters
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Use alphabetic characters to input Japanese.
To input this:
Type this:
いんかん
さんぽ
or
きょう
らっこ
or
えーる
Display
Display
Inputting Alphabetic Characters
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Use English input for unaccented alphabetic
characters.
To input this:
Type this:
internet
?
~
Accented Characters
All alphabetic characters are input in lower-case,
regardless of their normal capitalization.
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For the German “ß”, input “ss”.
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For other characters that normally include a
diacritic, input the character without the diacritic.
Example: “à”
→
“a”, “ê”
→
“e”, etc.
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For the French “ç” input “c”, and for “œ”, input “oe”.
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Input hyphenated terms as single words, without a
hyphen. To look up “heaven-sent”, for example, input
“heavensent”.
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When inputting a term that consists of multiple
words, input the words without any spaces. To
look up “in orario”, for example, input “inorario”.
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When entering a noun that is normally accompanied
by an article, enter the noun only without the article.
To look up “die Elbe” for example, input “elbe”.
Inputting Hangul Characters
To input this:
Type this:
GGG
Inputting Chinese Characters (Pinyin)
1
2
3
4
0
To input this:
Type this:
ming2tian1
(míng ti
ā
n
・明天
)
W
T I A N
Q
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To specify one of the four Chinese tones (
,
,
,
) or the “toneless” tone ( ), press and release
, and then press the key that corresponds
to the tone you want to specify. The four Chinese
tones and the “toneless” tone are indicated by
numbers on the display.
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To input “ü”, press
V
.
Inputting Russian Characters
To input this:
Type this:
хобби
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To input a character marked in the upper right
corner of a key, press (and immediately release)
and then press the key.
Inputting with the Soft Keyboard
The soft keyboard that appears on the screen can
be used to input text.
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The soft keyboard that appears depends on the
dictionary and search method being used.
Example:
明鏡国語辞典
(Japanese Dictionary)
Touching
【
50
音】
(Japanese syllabary
keyboard),
【
QWERTY
キーボード】
(alphabet
keyboard) or other soft
keyboard Quick Palette
icon causes the input
screen to appear.
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Soft keyboard
Soft keyboard
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While the soft keyboard is displayed, touch the
character keys to input characters.
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To delete a character, use and to move the
cursor to the character, and then touch
【削除】
(Delete).
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To input a small character while the Japanese
syllabary screen is displayed, input the desired
character and then touch
【小文字】
(Small character).
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Touching
closes the input screen. If the input
screen was displayed by touching
【
50
音大】
(large
Japanese syllabary keyboard), close the input
screen by pressing
.
Handwritten Input
Use the stylus to write the character on the screen.
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Touch the Quick Palette
【手書き】
(Handwriting) icon
to display character input cells.
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Write a character into a cell and then touch
【認識】
(Recognize).
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With some search methods, like
単漢字
/
熟語を手書き入
力から探す
(Kanji/Compound Term Handwritten Input
Search) (
新漢語林
(Japanese Kanji Dictionary)), you
can enter search terms using handwriting input only.
Character Input Mode
The indicators
described below
appear on the
screen to show the
current input mode.
Indicator
Supported
Input
Characters
Hiragana
Katakana
Kanji
Simplifi ed
Chinese
Hangul
Indicator
Supported
Input
Characters
Alphabetic
Alphabetic
and accented
alphabetic
Russian
【認識】
(Recognize)
【削除】
(Delete)
【書き直し】
(Rewrite)
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The number of cells that appear on the screen
depends on the type of characters that can be input.
Correcting Character Input
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The example here uses the screen (character input
cells) that are displayed after
【手書き】
(Handwriting)
is touched.
Example: After mistakenly inputting
喜怒衰楽
instead of
喜怒哀楽
Input fi eld
1
Touch
the
character (
衰
) in
the input field.
This displays up
to 10 possible
candidates for the
character.
2
If you find the
correct character
among the
candidates, touch
it.
3
If you do not find the correct character,
touch
【書き直し】
(Rewrite), rewrite
the character and then touch
【認識】
(Recognize).
Touching
【書き直し】
(Rewrite)
while the character
cells are blank (nothing input) will delete the
character currently in the input field.
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Indicator
Indicator
(Continued on other side.)
