AuxDict XT is a free XTension courtesy of Markzware which has been extracted from the more advanced XState™ and the powerful SuperXState™ as a means of advertising some of its features. Full working demos of these popular XTensions are available upon request.
AuxDict XT "remembers" your last used auxiliary dictionaries by automatically adding their names to a pop-up menu attached to the Utilities->Auxiliary Dictionary... menu item. Thereafter, selecting a dictionary from the menu makes it the currently active dictionary. Selecting the item <none> will set no active dictionary.
Dictionaries
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The dictionary menu items will have various marks next to their titles that represent their current “status”:
√ signifies that the dictionary is currently active.
• means the dictionary was active during the current session.
◊ means the dictionary was active during your very last session.
No mark means no recent activity.
A dictionary title shown in italics will signify it cannot be readily located on your disk drive and you’ll be asked to find it upon selecting it.
To remove a dictionary, simply select it from the menu while holding down the shift key. Pressing the shift and command keys will delete the selected menu item and all items below it.
Dictionary Folders
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The source folder of the dictionary will likewise be added to a Dictionary Folders pop-up menu. Selecting a folder from this menu will instantly point you to that folder when presented with the QuarkXPress Auxiliary Dictionary dialog. An underlined folder will represent the default folder.
To remove a folder, simply select it from the menu while holding down the shift key. Pressing the shift and command keys will delete the selected menu item and all items below it. Pessing the shift, command and option keys will delete a "group" of consecutive folders from the same volume.
Folders displayed in italics will signify they cannot be readily located. However, if the folders in question are on a drive not currently mounted, they will be updated to a plain style when the drive is eventually mounted.
