Instant Chinese Dictionary and Translator - Loqu8 iCE

Browse all the available settings for Loqu8 iCE 7 Professional Edition.

General

Popup - true the location and behavior of LiveScan, HighlightScan and ClipboardScan windows

LiveScan: pointing at any Chinese text will popup the LiveScan window
HighlightScan: highlighting Chinese text will popup the HighlightScan window
ClipboardScan: disabled when HighlightScan is enabled. If enabled, copying text with Ctrl+C (or Edit > Copy) will open the ClipboardScan window
Ctrl+Scan: When enabled, the new Ctrl+Scan option invokes these scanning functions only when you press the Ctrl (Control) key.
Auto-height: Let the program adjust the height of the popup windows automatically
Auto-height: Let the program adjust the height of the popup windows automatically
Padding: Distance from the mouse pointer to the popup windows (LiveScan, HighlightScan)
Stickiness: Greater values makes it easier to click and take actions in the popup windows, but slows responsiveness when moving word to word
Auto-height: Let the program adjust the height of the popup windows automatically
Prefer right or Prefer bottom: Default position for the popup windows is the upper left position of your mouse pointer. Check right or bottom to position the windows differently
Pin to desktop: Freezes the popup window. This is the same as clicking the Pin icon
Dismiss on click: After the popup window appears, clicking outside the window will close it

Operation - scan modes and startup options

Padding: Distance from the mouse pointer to the popup windows (LiveScan, HighlightScan, ClipboardScan)
Stickiness: Greater values makes it easier to click and take actions inside the popup windows, but slows responsiveness when moving word to word (LiveScan). If the popup windows seem to move away before you can click inside, then increase this value
Auto-start: Check to make Loqu8 iCE load every time you start Windows
Minimize on start: Minimize the main Loqu8 window after starting Loqu8 iCE
Systray mode: Always hide the main Loqu8 window until you right-click on the iCE program icon from the system tray and choose Show Main

Show - ColorTones, tone numbers or tone marks? They're all customizable here

Alternate: When enabled, pointing to Simplified Chinese will show Traditional Chinese (and vice versa)
Pinyin: Shows Pinyin phonetics (most popular, especially in China)
Bopomofo: Shows zhuyin fuhao (common in Taiwan)*
Definition: Shows meanings from Loqu8's Chinese-English and other dictionaries
HSK levels: Chinese proficiency levels (1-6) for Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi exam. Levels 5 and 6 are advanced; levels 1-2 are elementary*
Source: Indicate the source of the dictionary or MLX Auto-translation*
ColorTones: Chinese characters are shown with colors corresponding to each of the 5 tones in Mandarin Chinese*
Tone numbers: Instead of tone marks, show tone numbers*
Traditional first: In the lists (Lookup, Favorites, History), show the Traditional Chinese first*
Group bar: Group entries in the list by column header (Starred, Term, Pinyin / Definition, HSK, etc.)*
Zoom: Enlarge the Chinese text and English definitions. Ideal for viewing character details in classrooms*

Speech - Learn pronunciation and conversational Chinese

AutoPronounce: Immediately pronounce the Chinese word in LiveScan and HighlightScan. In HighlightScan, pointing will also re-pronounce the word*
Voice: Choose from Microsoft Simplified Chinese, Microsoft Lili (Windows 7/Vista Ultimate) and other SAPI text-speech voices. Bing voices require an Internet connection. Premium voices run locally and support rate control*
Rate: Control the pronunciation rate and pauses. Slide LEFT to hear words pronounced slowly, tone by tone. Slide RIGHT to simulate the rapid pace of conversational Chinese

MLX Auto-translation - Understand Chinese faster with multi-language extensions (MLX)

Bing: Use Microsoft Bing Translate. This web service is currently free, but Microsoft may charge a fee in the near future*
Google: Use Google Translate Service
Credits: Use with Google Translate Service. One hundred credits are included with Loqu8 iCE; up to 100 Chinese characters and punctuation may be auto-translated with 100 credits
Language: Choose from Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Haitian Creole, Hmong Daw, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese. Not all languages are supported with both Bing and Google*
Translate definitions: Translate the English definitions into the specified language*

Copy+/Export - Paste Chinese text, phonetics and definitions into other programs

Rubify: When enabled, adds a formatted row of Pinyin and Chinese ("rubytext")*
Table: When enabled, creates a formatted table with Simplified, Traditional, Pinyin, Bopomofo and Definition entries*
Header: Includes a row for the column headings Simplified, Traditional, Pinyin, Bopomofo and Definition*
Ruby: Font used for the Pinyin and Bopomofo in the Loqu8 iCE program and for Copy+; Arial is recommended*
Chinese: Font used for both Simplified and Traditional Chinese. This font is used in the Loqu8 iCE program and for Copy+; AR PL New Sung is recommended*

Services - Access additional web services from Amazon and Facebook

Dictionaries - Show the meanings of words from your custom dictionaries or other dictionaries

Favorites - Import Favorites from an earlier version of iCE

Import from v5 favorites: add Favorites from iCE Version 5; not required for newer versions of iCE

History - Loqu8 iCE can track words and phrases you've seen recently

Save locally: On faster computers, save your History on your local computers
Delay: The minimum period of time you've seen a word before the event is tracked as a "seen". Slide the control LEFT to minimize the delay in recognizing a word as seen; this will increase the words you've seen. Slide the control RIGHT to reduce the number of words counted as seen