iPad: Settings and Customisation

Settings and customisation

The standard iPad settings app allows you to customise Flashonary to your needs.

Switching between traditional and simplified characters

1. Navigate to Flashonary settings (Home screen -> Settings -> Flashonary)

2. Use the “Dictionary” option to switch between simplified and traditional character sets.

Turning tone colours on/off (requires tone colours add-on)

1. Navigate to Flashonary settings (Home screen -> Settings -> Flashonary)

2. Tap the “Tone Colours Add-on” option to turn Tone colours on or off. When Tone Colours are on, all

Chinese characters in the dictionary and flashcards are coloured according to their pronunciation

tone.

Flashcards when created start turned on/off

1. Navigate to Flashonary settings (Home screen -> Settings -> Flashonary)

2. Use the “Default On” option to change the default behaviour of words added to the word list. If this

option is turned on, words/flashcards when added to the word list will automatically be included in the

study set. If turned off, they will not be. You will need to turn these on by navigating to the word in the

word list and turn them on.

Changing the appearance of the flashcards

1. Navigate to Flashonary settings (Home screen -> Settings -> Flashonary)

2. The Flashcards section allows you to change the appearance of both the reading and the writing

flashcards, what details are shown on each side of the flashcards and sound (sound requires Chinese

Audio Pack Add-on). You can also turn off the type of flashcard.