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Customizing the word lists

Colin Gallaway edited this page Dec 26, 2023 · 10 revisions

Creating a custom word list

  1. From the main window, click on the "View Word Lists" button or click the "View Word Lists" menu item in the "File" menu or use the CTRL+W shortcut.
  2. From the "Word Lists" dialog, click the "Add Custom List" button.
  3. Enter a name for the custom list and click OK.
  4. The created custom word list can be viewed by selecting it from either the left-side dropdown menu or right-side dropdown menu.

Example Video

KonPon.-.Creating.a.custom.word.list.mp4

Deleting a custom word list

  1. From the main window, click on the "View Word Lists" button or click the "View Word Lists" menu item in the "File" menu or use the CTRL+W shortcut.
  2. From the "Word Lists" dialog, click the "Delete Custom List" button.
  3. Select a custom word list to delete.
  4. Choose either to "Delete words contained in list" or "Move words to the below list" and in the case of "Move words to the below list," select a destination list from the dropdown menu.

Example Video

KonPon.-.Deleting.a.custom.word.list.mp4

Tips

  • The default lists "Unknown Word List" and "Known Word List" cannot be deleted.

Moving words to a different list

  1. From the main window, click on the "View Word Lists" button or click the "View Word Lists" menu item in the "File" menu or use the CTRL+W shortcut.
  2. From the "Word Lists" dialog, select a list from the left-side dropdown menu and select a second list from the right-side dropdown menu.
  3. From either the left-side list or the right-side list, select the word(s) to be moved to the other list.
  4. Move the word(s) by clicking the arrow button that points towards the destination list.

Example Video

KonPon.-.Moving.words.to.a.different.list.mp4

Deleting words from a word list

  1. From the main window, click on the "View Word Lists" button or click the "View Word Lists" menu item in the "File" menu or use the CTRL+W shortcut.
  2. From the "Word Lists" dialog, select a list from either the left-side dropdown menu or right-side dropdown menu
  3. From either the left-side list or the right-side list, select the word(s) to be deleted.
  4. Click the "Delete Words" button.

Example Video

KonPon.-.Deleting.words.from.a.word.list.mp4

Tips

  • Deleting words from a word list will cause the association with imported texts to also be deleted.
  • Re-adding a word deleted from a word list will not result in the text association to be recovered. Currently, this requires the text to be re-imported.

Adding words to a word list

  1. From the main window, click on the "View Word Lists" button or click the "View Word Lists" menu item in the "File" menu or use the CTRL+W shortcut.
  2. From the "Word Lists" dialog, select a list from either the left-side dropdown menu or right-side dropdown menu.
  3. From either the left-side or the right-side, click the "Add Word" button.
  4. Enter the kana of the word, click OK, enter the kanji of the word, and click OK.

Example Video

KonPon.-.Adding.words.to.a.word.list.mp4

Tips

  • Adding a word to a word list will not result in the word being associated with imported texts. Currently, this requires the texts to be re-imported.

Changing the word highlight color associated with a word list

  1. From the main window, click on the "View Word Lists" button or click the "View Word Lists" menu item in the "File" menu or use the CTRL+W shortcut.
  2. From the "Word Lists" dialog, select a list from either the left-side dropdown menu or right-side dropdown menu.
  3. Click the "Edit List Settings" button.
  4. Select a color from the dropdown menu and click OK.

Example Video

KonPon.-.Changing.the.word.highlight.color.associated.with.a.word.list.mp4

Tips

  • Once a highlight color is set, words belonging to the list will appear highlighted when viewing a text and the word list's highlight checkbox is checked. (If the text is already opened, then uncheck and recheck the highlight checkbox to see the new highlight color.)

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