FLEx Session 2 - Filtering, Sorting
Opening FLEx
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Start FLEx and open Sena 3 project..
The Sena 3 project should be opened.
Status bar
Looking at the status at the bottom of the window, the following information appears
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Dates
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Creation date
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Last modified date - automatic date and time of last change.
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Parser status
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Filter status
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Current entry/entry count.
Using Browse view
Adding columns to browse
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In the Lexicon area, click Browse.
The Browse view appears
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To choose the columns to be displayed, on the Tools menu, click Configure Columns.
The Configure Columns dialog box appears.
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In the Current Columns box, set columns to display Headword, Lexeme Form, Citation Form, Glosses, and Grammatical Info (Full) using Add and Remove buttons.
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In the Column Options box, click Definitions and then click Add.
In the Current Column box, click Citation Form and then click Remove.
In the Column Options box, click Number of Senses and then click Add.
In the Current Column box, click Grammatical Info and then click Remove.
Then click OK.
Have the participants add Date Modified & Citation Form and remove Numbers of Senses.
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To change the column order, on the Tools menu, click Configure Columns.
The Configure Columns dialog box appears.
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In the Current Columns box, click Date Modified. The click the Up Arrow button twice. Then click OK.
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In the Current Columns box, click Citation Form. The click the Down Arrow button until it is at the bottom of the list. Then click OK
Have the participants set up the columns in the following Order: Head Word, Lexeme Form, Morph Type, Definition, Glosses, Grammatical Info (Abbr), Date Created.
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To change the writing system, on the Tools menu, click Configure Columns.
The Configure Columns dialog box appears.
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In the Column Options box, click Definitions and then in the Writing System box, select English.
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Add a second Definitions to Column Options box, and then in the Writing System box, select Portuguese.
Have the participants change the writing system of Lexeme Form and Grammatical Info.
Have the participants configure columns so that Glosses is display in two writing systems.
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Resize columns using mouse
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Drag columns to change order.
Sorting
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In the Lexicon area, click Lexicon Edit.
The Edit view appears
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To choose the columns to be displayed, on the Tools menu, click Configure Columns.
The Configure Columns dialog box appears
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In the Current Columns box, set columns to display Headword, Lexeme Form, Glosses, and Grammatical Info (Full) using Add and Remove buttons.
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Click column headers to sort.
Columns which are sorted have the blue arrow indicator.
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Click Lexeme Form column. What happens? Click it again. What happens?
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Shift+click for secondary sort.
Have participants sort by headword.
Have participants sort by gloss.
Have participants sort by gloss, then by lexeme form.
Have participants sort by grammatical info, then by lexeme form.
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Right-click on column header to access less common sort options:
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Sorted from end - useful when looking for patterns at the ends of words.
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Sorted by length (not available everywhere)
Have participants sort by length of lexeme form.
Have the participants set up the columns in the following Order: Head Word, Lexeme Form, Citation Form, Glosses, Grammatical Info (Abbr).
Filters
At the Top of each column, the current filter is displayed. To change a filter, do the following
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Select one of the following in the filter box
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Show all = no filter on that field
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Blanks = entries for which this field is empty (or blank).
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Non-blanks = entries which contain data in this field.
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Filter for = entries which satisfied a specified filter.
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Add some words to the Citation column
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In the filter box, select Blanks.
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In the filter box, select Non-blanks.
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In the filter box, select Show All.
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In the filter box, select Filter for.
The Filter for items containing dialog box appears.
In the Enter text to search for box, type b. Then select Anywhere. Then click OK.
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In the filter box, select Filter for.
The Filter for items containing dialog box appears.
In the Enter text to search for box, type b. Then select At Start. Then click OK.
Have participants display lexeme forms starting with br.
Have participants display nouns only.
Have participants display nouns only for blank citation forms. Note filter indicator and count in status bar.
Have participants turn off all filters using toolbar.
Have participant restrict entries to a given month
Have participants to turn off all filters.
