These functions may or may not be visible in each Tool depending on the capacity of the Tool or the current window of data -- the one whose caption bar is highlighted.

 

advanced

allows access to advanced features

associates

opens a new window showing Associates.

auto-join

joins (lemmatises) automatically.

auto-size

re-sizes each line of a display so that each one shows as much data as it should. Most windows have lines of a fixed size but some, e.g. in Viewer, allow you to adjust row heights. This adjusts line heights according to the current highlighted column of data.

close (Ctrl+W)

closes a window of data

clumps

computes clumps in a keywords database

regroup clumps

regroups the clumps

clusters

computes concordance clusters.

collocates

shows collocates using concordance data.

compute

calculates a new column of data based on calculator functions and/or existing data.

redo collocates

recalculates collocates, e.g. after you've deleted concordance lines.

column totals

computes totals, min, max, mean, standard deviation for each column of numerical data.

concordance (Shift+Ctrl+C)

within KeyWords, WordList, starts Concord and concordances the highlighted word(s) using the original source text(s).

copy (Ctrl+C)

allows you to copy your data to a variety of different places (the printer, a text file, the clipboard, etc.).

edit

allows editing of a list or searches for a word (type-in search).

exit (Alt+X)

quits a Tool.

edit or type-in mode

alternates between edit and type-in mode.

filenames

opens a new window showing the file names from which the current data derived. If necessary you can edit them.

find files

finds any text files which contain all the words you've marked.

grow

increases the height of all rows to a fixed size. See shrink () below.

help (F1)

opens WordSmith Help (this file) with context-sensitive help.

join

joins one entry to another e.g. sentences in Viewer, words in WordList (lemmatisation).

layout

This allows you to alter many settings for the layout: the colour of each column, whether to hide a column of data, typefaces and column widths.

links

computes links between words in a key-words plot.

mark

marks an entry for joining or finding files.

match lemmas

checks each item in the list against ones from a text file of lemmatised forms and joins any that match.

match list

matches up the entries in the current list against ones in a "match list file" or template, marking any found with (~).

relation

computes mutual information or similar scores in a WordList index list.

new... (Ctrl+N)

gets you started in the various Tools, e.g. to make a concordance, a word list, or a key words list.

  open... (Ctrl+O)

gives you a chance to choose a set of saved results.

patterns

computes collocation patterns.

play media (Ctrl+M)

plays a media file.

plot

opens a new window showing a Concord dispersion plot or KeyWords plot.

print preview (F3)

previews your window data for printing (Ctrl+P); can print to file, which is equivalent to "save as text".

redo

undoes an undo.

refresh (F5)

re-draws the screen (in Viewer re-reads your text file).

remove duplicates

removes any duplicate concordance lines.

replace

search & replace, e.g. to replace drive or folder data, when editing file-names where the source texts have been moved.

re-sort

re-sorts lists (e.g. in frequency as opposed to alphabetical order) in Concord, KeyWords or WordList.

ruler

shows/hides vertical divisions in any list; text divisions in a KeyWords plot. Click ruler in a menu to turn on or off or change the number of ruler divisions for a plot.

save (also Ctrl+F2)

saves your data using existing file-name; if it's a new file asks for file-name first.

save as

saves after asking you for a file-name.

save as text

saves as a .txt file: plain text.

search

searches within a list.

shrink

reduces the height of all rows to a smaller fixed height. See grow () above.

statistics

shows detailed statistics.

  statusbar

toggles on & off the "status bar" (at the bottom of a window, shows comments and the status of what has been done).

summary statistics

opens a new window showing summary statistics, e.g. proportion of lemmas to word-types.

    toolbar

toggles on & off a toolbar with the same buttons on it as the ones you chose when you customised popup menus.

undo (Ctrl+U)

undoes last operation.

unjoin

unjoins any entries that have been joined, e.g. lemmatised entries.

view source text

shows the source text and highlights any words currently selected in the list.

, Microsoft Excel or Word™

save formatted data for Excel or Word.

wordlist

within KeyWords, makes a word list using the current data.

zap (Ctrl+Z)

zaps any deleted entries.

 

see also: Keyboard Shortcuts, Customising popup menus.