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Chapter 3: Writing on the Luminex
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J-Defines
J-Defines are steno-based words or phrases that are specific to a job, such as names and technical
terms. You can create J-Defines on the Luminex before beginning or during a job. The Luminex
automatically uses the J-Defines in the writer’s memory, along with any other selected job dictionaries,
when you write a job. J-Defines created during a job apply from the point you define them and do not
apply to text you have already written.
If you are using Case CATalyst V13 or higher, J-Defines made on the Luminex, including used briefs,
are automatically sent to Case CATalyst when writing realtime via the micro USB connection. The
defines are sent to the global table of the Case CATalyst realtime file. Any dictionary definitions made in
the Case CATalyst file, including D-Defines, J-Defines, K-Defines and Other Defines, are automatically
sent to the Luminex and stored in the memory of the writer as J-defines. The exchanged definitions
apply from the point of creation forward to all new realtime steno written.
J-Defines made for the current job are stored in the writer’s memory and placed into a job dictionary on
the Luminex that uses the same date/time name as the job. The job dictionary is stored on the Data SD
card as a subfile of the job. Case CATalyst automatically transfers the associated job dictionary to the
computer when reading the steno notes from the Data SD card.
All J-Defines created on the Luminex are stored in the Luminex’s memory and remain in there until you
clear them. The J-define’s memory can hold approximately 100,000 J-Defines. J-defines in memory are
automatically used on subsequent jobs. If you do not want to use the J-Defines in another job, you can
manually clear them (see
Clear All J-Defines
on page 66) or set the Clear J-defines when turning
on/ending job option (see
Clear J-defines when turning on/ending job
on page 83).
You can save all the J-Defines from the dictionary within the Luminex memory to a dictionary file,
jdefines.sgdct, on the Data SD and use the file in Case CATalyst as you would any job dictionary. For
example, you can use the file in translations or merge the file into your personal dictionary.
See
Write All J-Defines to a Data SD Card
on page 66 for information about copying the J-Defines.
You can export J-Defines from Case CATalyst to your Luminex. You can also export the Case CATalyst
Power Define dictionary and use Power Defines commands when creating J-Defines on the Luminex.
See
Dictionaries
on page 58 for more information about loading job dictionaries.
Create J-Defines
When creating J-Defines on the Luminex, you can fingerspell the text or you can stroke defined steno
outlines to enter the text portion of a J-Define. The Luminex’s
Spell Mode
allows you to use steno stroke
equivalents for each letter to enter the text portion of a J-Define. When stroking defined steno outlines in
the J-Define Text field, the Luminex automatically enters the text portion of an existing definition from
your dictionary. For example, you have STKPWHR defined in your dictionary as<Question>. To define a
misstroke for a question bank, you write STKPW R in the J-Define Steno field and press OK. In the J-
Define Text field you write STKPWHR. The Luminex automatically inserts <Question>. If you are using
Case CATalyst V13 or higher when writing realtime via a micro USB connection, the definition is sent to
the global table of the Case CATalyst realtime file.
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