Centred contexts

Centred contexts

Contexts can be viewed centred on the headword. This is the default view when a concordance is loaded. To switch to the left-aligned view, use the speedbuttons on the toolbar or the tabs which are down the right-hand edge of the context view. These functions are also available on the Contexts Menu.

See The Context View for an introduction to Contexts.

The tabs and the Contexts Menu also allow you to hide contexts altogether, or to view an Index. Whichever setting you have chosen, it will be used when printing or exporting as HTML.

If you have chosen to hide contexts, you have in effect a simple wordlist, with or without frequencies of occurrence, which is a useful alternative to a full concordance.

All this refers to context views: they can be altered as you look at the concordance. There's a distinction between context views and context styles, which are chosen before you make a concordance. Each choice of context view works with each choice of context style to give many combinations of ways of choosing and viewing contexts.

You can make the program fit columns to the width of their contents automatically.

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