Getting the best predictions

• Expanding your vocabulary by adding new words one-at-a-time or by having WordQ learn from existing files
• Focusing your vocabulary for a specialized writing project by using topics
• Limiting your vocabulary by beginning with a blank vocabulary (usually for a young learner)  

Expanding your vocabulary

It is a good idea to add personal words (family, friends and special words) or phrases to your WordQ vocabulary such as the names of family and friends.

You can quickly expand your vocabulary by having WordQ learn words and their usage from existing documents.

For example, you can have WordQ learn from articles that you may be reading on the Internet. The first step is to copy those articles into a word processor or text editor such as Notepad. You must then save the file in a text-only format (*.txt). You may also learn from past documents you have written that are re-saved in a text-only format.

Focusing your vocabulary

You can emphasize words in the prediction by using topics. A topic is a list of words that are part of your vocabulary that will be predicted faster.

When you first use WordQ, a sample baseball topic is available for you to try out.

Topic words are best written out in advance using a word processor or Notepad and saved in text-only (*.txt) format. Enter only one topic word or short phrase (up to 30 letters) per line. Ensure that these words are correctly spelled as they will not be spellchecked by WordQ. The folder ...\WordQ2\Topics initially contains sample text files for different topics that you may find useful.