March 2012
35 posts
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How to use a "Thanks point" ?
You can give a “Thanks point” to a user who has corrected your entry.
On the corrected journal’s page, you can give a Thanks Point by clicking the “Thanks” button next to the username of the person who corrected your entry.
Then, you can give a “Thanks point”
After giving a “Thanks Point”.
You can not take back a ”Thanks Point”.
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How do I get my work corrected?
You will be corrected by your friends, and native speakers of the language you are studying who happen to come across your journal entries. Lang-8 allows you to interact easily with other users and make new friends while getting your work corrected at the same time. In addition to correcting your friends’ entries, you can make more friends with people studying your native language by actively...
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Can I edit anybody's entry?
We encourage you to correct entries that are written in your native language.
Many people are looking forward to your feedback.
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Sentences are not separated in the correction box.
When you enter text in a correction box, punctuation characters( “。”and “.”) are detected, and line breaks are automatically inserted. Thus, when writing an entry, please make sure to use「。」or “.” accurately. This will make it much easier for others to correct your work.
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I cannot upload a picture.
1. Pictures must be less than 300 kilobytes. Please use GIF, JPEG or PNG formats.
2. Rename the file to another one that doesn’t contain any symbols(!,?,<,*,….).
(e.g., image?123_4 ——rename—-> image)
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How can I correct an entry?
The following example will show you how to correct an entry.
1. Display the entry you’d like to correct, and then click on “Post comment and corrections”
2. “Post comment and corrections” section will be displayed.
3. Click on the “Correct” link below the sentence that you want to correct.
A correction menu will be displayed as shown below.
4. When...
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Donation to Lang-8
Here are two ways to donate.
1, Donation via Paypal
2, Donation to Japanese Bank Account(銀行振り込み)
銀行名: 京都中央信用金庫 (金融機関コード:1611) 支店名: 西陣支店 (店番:012) 口座番号: 普通 0901879 名義: 株式会社Lang-8
Please tell us who you are, after you have donated(optional).
People who have donated
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No advertisements
Click on your user name at the top right corner of a page, and choose “Premium” .
Click on the “Advertisement” tab. You can edit advertisements settings here.
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Payment information
Premium account fees transaction date
Your Paypal payment will be made within 24 hours from the time you sign up. Please be aware that you will still be charged for that month’s payment even if you decide to close your account before the payment date. For the users who upgraded to premium accounts with paypal before 30 December 2010: Your Paypal payment is scheduled to be made one month...
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About emphasizing and setting priority of your...
1. Click on your username at the top right corner of the page, and choose “Premium”
2. Click on the “journals” tab. You can edit premium journal settings here.
*Emphasizing your jourals
If you choose “Emphasize”, all your journals(including all posts made in the past) will be highlighted in blue color.
*Setting journal priority
If you choose...
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How can I convert my journals into PDF files?
In a detailed page on Journal entries, click on the PDF icon next to the title and you can see the PDF file of that entry. You can also save the PDF File from the shortcut menu which is shown by right-clicking “PDF”.
A PDF-processed file will appear, and you can download it.
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How can I confirm the page settings for my Premium...
1. Click on your user name at the top right corner of the page, and then choose “Premium”
2. Click on the “My Premium” tab.
3. Your Premium account expiry date and account updates will be displayed. “From:” indicates the person you received your account from, “Received on:” indicates the date and time you received it, “State:” lets...
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What happens to my footprints with the Premium...
With the Premium service, you can track an unlimited number of “Footprints”, i.e. you can track all viewers who have accessed your page so far. When you change your page, you can track all previous Footprints.
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How can I search for only my own journal entries?
Our search function under the Premium service allows you to search for all journal entries in general. You can also narrow down your search to personal entries. To find specific words or phrases in your journal entries, select “my Journals” from the drop-down list on the left of the search box before searching.
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What changes in my notebook with my Premium...
With the Premium service, you can store an unlimited number of items in your notebook. In other words, you can save more than the previously allowed limit of 501 items.
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My URL settings
1. Click on your username at the top right corner of the page, and choose “Premium”.
2. Click on the “My URL” tab to display settings.
3. Enter your preferred URL in the text box. You can personalize your own page by setting your username as part of the URL. ( e.g. http://lang-8.com/foo ) The availability of your selected URL will be displayed on the right. Please...
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Is it okay to tag other member's entries?
Because there are many important expressions, other member’s corrected entries are also helpful for your own study!
Let’s make use of the tag feature to track and and learn from other members.
*Please don’t be rude by using tagging offensive things to other member’s entries.
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Can I see the corrected sentences I've tagged?
1. Click “My Notebook” via your user name at the top-right corner of the page.
2. Select the tag from the list of your tags on the right side of My Notebook.
3. You can find original sentences you’ve tagged when you click the icon below your Notebook.
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How can I edit tags?
1. Click “My Notebook” via your user name at the top-right corner of the page.
2. Click the yellow colored icon and the edit page will appear.
3. After you’ve finished editing, click “Save”.
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How can I add a correction in "my notebook"?
1. Click the icon in a correction you’d like to add in your notebook.
2. Type in the “tag” field.
You can make multiple tags using a normal space between each word.
3. Choose your privacy settings.
4. You can write down related information.
After editing, please click “Save” to save your tags and Notebook.
5. You have now finished making tags.
*It...
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What's the tag function?
The tag function allows you to easily manage important expressions and corrected entries by attaching keywords.
Once you make new tags you can find them the right side of “My Notebook”. By clicking each tags, you can look up your Notebook which is tagged by the same keyword.
The Tag function makes it easier to brush up on your studies. Let’s make good use of the tag function!
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What's My Notebook?
In “My Notebook”, you can store important expressions or corrections with tags.
In addition, you also can view other user’s Notebooks. This allows you to know what kind of expressions or corrections others consider to be important. Let’s make good use of the Notebook feature for your study.
**To access “My Notebook” menus, click on “My Notebook”...
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How can I quit a group?
1. Go to the page of the group you want to quit.
The groups you are currently in are listed at the bottom left of your main page.
2. Click “Cancel group membership”
3. In confirmation page click “quit this group”, and you can leave that group.
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I want to join a group
1. Click “Groups” from the “Contents” tab.
2. You can search groups by using keywords as you like.
3. Go to the profile page of group which you want to join, and click on “Join this Group”.
If the group is open to everyone, you will be made a member immediately.
If approval of administrator is necessary for membership, upon approval you will become a...
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How can I create a group?
1. Click on “Groups” from the “Contents” tab.
2. Click the “Create a new group” button.
*Please check to see whether or not a similar group exists before you create a new group!
3. Enter the name of your new group, choose access setting and write a short description. Click “Create” to establish your group.
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How can I remove someone from "My Friends" list?
1. Click on “friend settings” from the column of “My Friends” in your main page.
2. Select the member you wish to remove and click “Remove from My friends”.
3. If you are sure you want to remove that member, please click “Delete” and he/she will be removed from your friends list.
They will not receive any notification mail from Lang-8 that they...
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I want to send a message.
1. Go to the profile page of the person to whom you want to send a message.
2. Click on “Message” in the user’s information column.
3. Write a subject, message and click on “preview”
4. After confirming your content via the preview, click on “send”, and your message will be sent.
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How can I register in Lang-8?
1. Click on the orange-colored banner “Learn for free!” at the top page.
2. —how to get an invitation from Lang-8
1) Type in your E-mail in the upper form.
2) Fill in the blanks about your information.
3) Click on “I agree and register”
3. You will find a new message from us titled “Lang-8 Registration”
4. Open the mail and click the...
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How can I find friends who are studying foreign...
Lang-8 has many users who want to brush up on their foreign language skills .
Please refer to the following information to learn how to find new friends on Lang-8.
1. “Search members”
You can find the “Search members” function in the “Other Contents” tab at the top of your home page. On the “Search members” page, you can search for members who...
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Are lang-8's services free?
You can enjoy the main features of Lang-8 for free. To enjoy all features, please register with a premium account.
For more detailed information about the premium service (pay service), please refer to this page; http://lang-8.com/premium/intro
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How can I quit Lang-8?
1. Click on “Settings” via your user name at the top right corner of the page.
2. Open the “Delete account” tab, and click the button below.
3. Click “OK”, after the message “Are you sure you want to delete your account?” came up on the screen.
We would appreciate hearing your comments about Lang-8. Please send a message to us via...
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I cannot log-in
Please try the following methods
1. Make sure that your E-mail address & password are entered accurately.
Note that the fields are case-sensitive.
2. Make sure that your E-mail address & password don’t contain unnecessary spaces.
form:[*****@****.com]——valid form:[*****@****.com ]——-invalid (.com <———-unnecessary...
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I forgot my password
1. Click on “Forgot Your Password ?” at the log-in page.
http://lang-8.com/config/reset_password
2. Type in your email address which you used to sign up with, and click “send”.
3. You should find a new message from us titled “reissued password.” You will find your new password there.
**In case you don’t receive any e-mail from Lang-8,...
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How can I change my email address?
Click on “Settings” via your user name at the top-right corner of the page.
1. Click on the “E-mail address” tab.
Type in your new email address 2 times in the “E-mail address” and “Verify E-mail address” fields, and click on “save”
2. You should receive a new message from us titled “E-mail address registration.” Click...
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How can I change my password?
1. Click on your username at the top right corner of the page, and choose “Settings”.
2. Click on the “password” tab, type in a new password in the “new password” and “confirm new password” fields.
3. Click on “save”.
