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>      To change the application settings, select
      <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>Preferences</B
> from the
      <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Settings</B
> menu. This opens the
      <SPAN
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>Preferences</SPAN
> dialog, shown in <A
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>Figure 3</A
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>	When opening the <TT
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><B
>Preferences dialog</B
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>,
	<TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>GDict</TT
> conducts a brief conversation with the
	server selected, then customizes the listing in the dialog according to
	the server's capabilities. The dialog shown in <A
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> uses the default server, www.dict.org.
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>      The properties in the <TT
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><B
>Server</B
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> tab are:
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>	    Server &#8212; The name of the server used by
	    <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>GDict</TT
>. www.dict.org is the default. You
	    may use any other server that supports the Internet "dict"
	    protocol.
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>	    Port &#8212; The port number <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>GDict</TT
> uses
	    to connect. 2628 is the standard.
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>	    Database: &#8212; In its initial conversation with the selected
	    server, <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>GDict</TT
> downloads a list of
	    dictionary databases available for searching. This pull-down menu
	    allows you to select one or all of the databases for your searches.
	  </P
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>	    Default strategy: &#8212;  In its initial conversation with the selected
	    server, <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>GDict</TT
> downloads a list of search
	    strategies available on the server. This pull-down menu selects the
	    default strategy to be used for spell-checking, or when you type in
	    a string that does not exactly match a word in the dictionary
	    database being searched.
	  </P
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>      The properties in the <TT
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><B
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></TT
> tab are:
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>	    Headword, Pronunciation, Etymology, Example, Main Body, Sub-number, Part
	    of Speech and Cross-reference &#8212; When
	    <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>GDict</TT
> returns a definition, it uses
	    different fonts and colors to distinguish the various parts of the
	    definition returned. This tab allows you to customize those fonts
	    and colors.
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><P
>Clicking on the "ABC" icon next to each item opens a standard
	  GNOME font selection window. Clicking on the colored box next to each
	  item opens a standards GNOME color selection window.</P
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>    After you have made all the changes you want, click on
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>OK</B
> to apply the changes and close the
      <SPAN
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>Properties</SPAN
> dialog. To cancel the changes and return
      to previous values, click the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Cancel</B
> button.
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