Communicate: SymWriter

Technical FAQ

 

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There are two types of wordlist in SymWriter that can be shared; ‘Topic’ wordlists and ‘Symbol Set’ wordlists.

A topic wordlist can be used alongside SymWriter’s smart symbolization to provide specialised symbol support for a given topic; for example, wordlists that come with Widgit Resource Packs. Topic wordlists are automatically included in documents that use them.

A Symbol Set wordlist is a large wordlist that can be used instead of SymWriter’s smart symbolisation, such as a third party symbol set. The Symbol Set wordlist file will need to be copied to every computer that uses it.

If you have a wordlist for ‘In Print’ or ‘By Choice’ that you would like to use with SymWriter, copy the wordlist from the ‘Wordlist’ folder in ‘Communicate Files’ to the appropriate SymWriter wordlist folder. The SymWriter wordlist folders are kept in the ‘Common Files’ folder:

Windows 2000, XP
Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Widgit\Common Files      

Windows Vista
Documents and Settings\All Users\ProgramData\Widgit\Common Files  

Wordlists created for ‘In Print’ or ‘By Choice’ have a ‘.cwl’ file extension. If you copy them to the SymWriter wordlist folders and then start using SymWriter, they will be automatically copied into new SymWriter wordlists, which have a ‘.cfwl’ file extension.

 

Sharing SymWriter Symbol Set wordlists and documents

If you would like to use a SymWriter wordlist on another computer then it is very important that you copy the SymWriter wordlist
(the ‘.cfwl’ file), not the ‘In Print’/’By Choice’ wordlist (the ‘.cwl’ file).

Whenever a new SymWriter wordlist (‘.cfwl’) is created, it contains special information for the program that makes the wordlist unique; so that a document created with one wordlist cannot be accidentally used with another wordlist that has the same filename.

 

Editing SymWriter wordlists

To edit a SymWriter wordlist, use the new Resource Manager for SymWriter which will be available as a free download on the Widgit website from April 2008.

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