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Chapter 3: Writing on the Diamante

When an entry in your dictionary conflicts with a steno outline used by the Spell Mode feature, the steno
outline in the Spell Mode feature takes priority. It is necessary to fingerspell the definition for any entry
that conflicts with the Spell Mode feature. For example, you want to J-Define the misstroke for TKELG as
“Dell.” You write the steno stroke TKELG in the J-Define Steno field and TKEL in the J-Define Text field.
Since the Spell Mode feature uses TKEL for <Delete Space>, the Diamante automatically enters
<Delete Space> in the J-Define Text field. It is necessary to fingerspell Dell in order to define TKELG as
“Dell.”

The exception to Spell Mode priority is for the #*. The #* is internally defined in the Diamante as Delete.
If a dictionary used for translation contains another definition, the definition in dictionary takes priority.

When you use Power Define commands from a Case CATalyst Power Define dictionary loaded onto the
Diamante to create J-Defines, the Spell Mode feature is disabled and the Power Define dictionary takes
the highest priority over other dictionaries in the J-Define feature.

Create J-Defines Using Power Defines

You can use Power Define commands from a Case CATalyst Power Define dictionary loaded onto the
Diamante, in lieu of Spell Mode, to create J-Defines. The Power Define dictionary allows the use of your
customized entries to fingerspell, write format commands and navigate within the J-Define feature.
When you load your Case CATalyst Power Define dictionary onto your Diamante, the Spell Mode feature
is disabled and the Power Define dictionary takes the highest priority over other dictionaries in the
J-Define feature. If you are using Case CATalyst V13 or higher and the Diamante V2.0 or higher when
writing realtime via USB or WiFi connection, the definition is sent to the global table of the Case
CATalyst realtime file.

When creating a J-Define, the Power Define dictionary loads into the dictionary priority list but does not
display in the list of Job Dictionaries. A Power Define entry takes priority if it conflicts with another
dictionary entry. When finished creating J-Defines, the Power Define dictionary is removed from the
dictionary priority list.

Since the Spell Mode feature is disabled, you may want to put specific format symbols definitions in your
Case CATalyst Power Define dictionary to use with the J-Define feature. For example, you use the
Colloquy format symbol in your J-defines for speaker identifications. In your Power Define dictionary,
you insert an entry using the steno, KOL, with the <Colloquy> format symbol entered in the

Text

of the

definition. You export the Power Define dictionary along with any other dictionaries to the Diamante.
When writing a job, you stroke “KOL” in the

Text

field of the J-Define feature to insert the <Colloquy>

format symbol followed by a speaker name. See

Format Symbols

on page 66 for Spell Mode format

symbol definitions. See the

Case CATalyst Help

for information on creating Power Define dictionary

entries in Case CATalyst.

You may want to review the Spell Mode entries for

Punctuation

on page 66 and

Format Symbols

page 66 before exporting your Power Define dictionary. To remove the Power Define dictionary from
your Diamante and use the Diamante default Spell Mode entries for J-Defines, export your dictionaries
into the Diamante without selecting the Power Define dictionary. See

Dictionaries

on page 55 for

information about loading dictionaries.